An account of several late voyages and discoveries

2. ,o .4 Suppleme,it to the mofl towardly and hopefuJ, who might ferve f~r lnterpretcrs and .Brokcrs ro the D~nes ; but two of them, Oxo aDd Omeo, died in the Ship, and che thirct (becaufe tht Dailts durft not land m· trade by rcafon of the grcat numbers of Natives that appcared in Arms on the Coaíl:, rcady to rcvenge thcm that had been beforc carricd away) was brought back into Demn.crk, to bis tormer Treatmcnr. An Ambaífador arriving rhcre from Spain, thc King was plcafecl to íbcw him thofe Sa va ges, and their dexterity irt rowing, which wa~ by all the Speél:ato1·s admircd. Thc Ambaffador fending them Money, one of rhcm had the courage to huy him Clothes aticr the Danifb .Fafbion, got a Feather in his Cap, Boots and Spurs, and all things "'" cavaliere; he carne alfo to thc King, and defired to ferve him ; but this fervor was quickJy dccay'd, and thc poor Man returncd to his fadneis and com, plaints. Some ofthem endcavoured to get tt Sea in their little Boats, but being rctrieved, dyed of Melancholy. Two lived diver!i years at J(pldmgen in 'J11tland, wherc ther were ·empJoycd in diving for Pead Mu· fcles; in whicb thcir Skill and Dextcrity was fuch, ·that every one that faw thcm be– lieved they had praaifcd the fame Employ– ment in their own Country. Such Succeh they ba(i, that the Governour promifcd him .. felf great Profit thereby ; and that in a ~or\ um