An account of several late voyages and discoveries
9 8 Sir John Narbrough 's Voyage grc1t Silk-fcarf with Gold Lace on thc cnds of it, that was crofs ovcr thcir Shouldcl's ; a fhort Crlvat of Linncn about their Nccks, anda Canc in thdr Hand hc:1dcd with Silver ; thcir Shoocs ~nd Stockings, and Breechcs afccr thc Sprwi'!; E1íhion. Tney WCl'C vcry kind to my Lk utcnint and Mcn, and tn:atcd them vcry courrrnufü·. Thcy wcrc not permittcd to go into thc foir but werc cntcrtaincd in a Tc:nt hy thc Fon'. rour of thc Sp,mitird, \V ivcs would ncc.:<ls !.!O into thc Engl~(h Bo~tt, and fit down on clic Bcnchcs, to fay that thcy had bc,n in a BoJt which c~unc from Europe. Thcfc wcrc vcry pro. pcr whitcW omen, born in thc King~om o f Peru: of Spani.fh Par<:nts ; thcy never had been in Eterope. Thc Spmii,ird, havc fome Inditm Wc. men to thcii- Wivcs: Thc ,v omcn wcre all wdl .app.ircllcd in Silks afrcr che SpanHh fafhion, and about thcir Nccks grcat Gold C bains, and Pcr.. danrs at thdr Ears of Sapphyr Stoncs, &c. Thc Captain of St. Ja·~o's Fort prcfentcd my Licutcnant with a Si lver Tobacco-box, and :l Sil, Vi.:l'-hl'..Hkd e .me, J.nd a Plumc of Oíl:ricki Fc.1thers, which ~1c wor c on his l·IJt ~lt che farn time.: : Thc fcather of thc Plumc is bue Íinall nothing fo good as the Barba ry-Feather : Thi Plume was of red, and whitc., and bluc l~eatheri dyed in thc Country. I faw anothcr Plum which a Spanifh Gcmlcm~m gavc to Mr. 1/,'ori which was black and largc, :md a vcry fair . madc o f the Oftriches Fcathcr of thc Coum Thcre are many Oftrichcs in thc plain Land ;tnd G11ianar:oe,, which are thc Bcafts that b ti
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