and though we put out a white flagge of peace, yet they
desired we would put forth our nations proper colours, which
done, they pceived whence wee were, and then boldly came
aboard: this people is bigger then ours, and fatt and tawney
coloured with ointments and oiles wherew^th they be painted,
something wee trucked with them, as knives, bells and the
like: and so they returned, saieing if we would ride there till
morneing they would bring better trucke, as hammachoes,
baskets and the like: they are a fierce nation, feeding on
mans flesh w^thout all knowledge of god, and haue heretofore
cut of some English enterprisers: the Iland is all a hill, yet
wonderfull fruitfull and florishing it is the serious report of
seamen, vpon report of a ffrench wrecke, that here hath beene
seene the Carbuncle, haveing in his head a pretious stone,
light as a glowinge coale, of infinite valew ffides sit penes
autorem: next morning by dawneing of the day we made
Guadelupe an Ile so called for the similitude it hath with
Guadelupe of Spaine, mountainous, almost as the other, by
noone we came before Monserat, where is a noble plantation
of Irish Catholique whome the Virginians would not suffer to
live with them because of their religion thence next morneing
wee came to Maeuis,¹ an Iland infamous for agues by reason
of the bad aire, here haveing staied a day, next morninge we
came to S^t. Christophers hard by, where we staied 10 dayes,
nobly enterteined by S^r. Thomas Waroner, governour, Cap-
taine Jefferson, leiuetennant Coronell, by 2 Catholique Capt:
Cauerley, and Capt. Pellam, and my selfe in particular by the
governour of the ffrench Colonie: in the same Iland, here is
beside all the varities of Barbadoes, a hill of brimstone and
much more to be admired, here is also the virgin plant, or
Parthenia, w^ch they terme the sensible tree, which after the

¹ Probably Nevis.