Bacon, Francis, Sylva sylvarum : or, a natural history in ten centuries

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            all forty, (many more then we needed) were inſtituted as an Infirmary for
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            ſick perſons. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12557" xml:space="preserve">And he told us withal, that as any of our ſick waxed well,
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            he might be removed from his Cell to a Chamber; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12558" xml:space="preserve">for which purpoſe,
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            there were ſet forth ten ſpare Chambers, beſides the number we ſpake of
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            before. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12559" xml:space="preserve">This done, he brought us back to the Parlor, and lifting up his
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            Cane a little (as they do when they give any charge or command) ſaid to
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            us, “Ye are to know, that the Cuſtom of the Land requireth, that after this
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            “day and to morrow (which we give you for removing your People ſrom
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            “your Ship) you are to keep within doors for three days: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12560" xml:space="preserve">But let it not
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            “trouble you, nor do not think your ſelves reſtrained, but rather left to
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            “your Reſt and Eaſe. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12561" xml:space="preserve">You ſhall want nothing, and there are ſix of our
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            “people appointed to attend you for any buſineſs you may have abroad.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s12562" xml:space="preserve">We gave him thanks with all affection and reſpect, and ſaid, God ſurely is
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            manifeſted in this Land. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12563" xml:space="preserve">We offered him alſo twenty Piſtolets; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12564" xml:space="preserve">but he ſmiled,
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            and onely ſaid, VVhat, twice paid? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12565" xml:space="preserve">and ſo he left us. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12566" xml:space="preserve">Soon after our Dinner
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            was ſerved in, which was right good Viands, both for Bread and Meat,
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            better then any Collegiate Diet, that I have known in Europe. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12567" xml:space="preserve">VVe had
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            alſo drink of three ſorts, all wholeſome and good; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12568" xml:space="preserve">VVine of the Grape,
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            a Drink of Grain, ſuch as is with us our Ale, but more clear; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12569" xml:space="preserve">and a kinde
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            of Sider made of a Fruit of that Countrey, a wonderful pleaſing and re-
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            freſhing drink. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12570" xml:space="preserve">Beſides, there were brought in to us greatſtore of thoſe
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            Scarlet Orenges for our ſick, which (they ſaid) were an aſſured remedy
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            for ſickneſs taken at Sea. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12571" xml:space="preserve">There was given us alſo a Box of ſmall gray or
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            whitiſh Pills, which they wiſhed our ſick ſhould take, one of the Pills
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            every night before ſleep, which (they ſaid) would haſten their recovery. </s>
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            The next day, after that our trouble of carriage and removing of our
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            Men and Goods out of our Ship, was ſomewhat ſetled and quiet, I thought
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            good to call our company together, and when they were aſſembled, ſaid
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            unto them, “My dear Friends, let us know our ſelves, and how it ſtandeth
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            “with us. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12573" xml:space="preserve">VVe are Men caſt on Land, as Fonas was out of the VVhales
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            “Belly, when we were as buried in the deep; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12574" xml:space="preserve">and now we are on Land,
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            “we are but between Death and Life, for we are beyond both the Old
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            “VVorld and the New, and whether ever we ſhall ſee Europe, God onely
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            “knoweth: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12575" xml:space="preserve">It is a kinde of miracle hath brought us hither, and it muſt be
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            “little leſs that ſhall bring us hence. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12576" xml:space="preserve">Therefore in regard of our deliver-
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            “ance paſt, and our danger preſent and to come, let us look up to God,
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            “and every man reform his own ways. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12577" xml:space="preserve">Beſides, we are come here amongſt
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            “a Chriſtian People, full of Piety and Humanity; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12578" xml:space="preserve">let us not bring that con-
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            “fuſion of face upon our ſelves, as to ſhew our vices or unworthineſs be-
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            “fore them. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12579" xml:space="preserve">Yet there is more; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12580" xml:space="preserve">for they have by commandment (though
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            “in form of courteſie) cloiſtered us within theſe VValls for three days; </s>
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            “vvho knovveth vvhether it be not to take ſome taſte of our manners and
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            “conditions; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12582" xml:space="preserve">and if they finde them bad, to baniſh us ſtraight-vvays; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12583" xml:space="preserve">if
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            “good, to give us further time? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12584" xml:space="preserve">For theſe men that they have given us ſor
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            “attendance, may vvithal have an eye upon us. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12585" xml:space="preserve">Therefore for Gods love,
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            “and as vve love the vveal of our Souls and Bodies, let us ſo behave our
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            “ſelves as vve may be at peace vvith God, and may finde grace in the eyes
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            “of this people. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12586" xml:space="preserve">Our Company vvith one voice thanked me for my good
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            admonition, and promiſed me to live ſoberly and civilly, and vvithout
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            giving any the leaſt occaſion of offence. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12587" xml:space="preserve">So vve ſpent our three days
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            joyfully and vvithout care, in expectation vvhat vvould be done vvith us
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            vvhen they vvere expired: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12588" xml:space="preserve">During vvhich time, vve had every hour </s>
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