Ferdinando

As we abode there a while, our Indian Pilot called Ferdinando would needs go ashore to their village to fetch some fruites, and to drinke of their artificiall wines, and also to see the place, and to know the Lord of it against another time, and tooke with him a brother of his which he had with him in the iourney: when they came to the village of these people, the Lord of the Iland offred to lay hands on them, purposing to haue slaine them both, yeelding for reason that this Indian of ours had brought a strange nation into their territorie to spoyle and destroy them: But the Pilot being quicke and of a disposed body slipt their fingers, and ran into the woods, and his brother being the better footman of the two, recouered the creekes mouth, where we staied in our barge, crying out that his brother was slaine, with that we set hands on one of them that was next vs, a very old man, and brought him into the barge, assuring him that if we had not our Pilot againe, we would presently cut off his head.

While we stayed there a while, our Indian pilot, called Ferdinando, insisted on going ashore to their village to fetch some fruit, to drink their brewed wines, to see the place, and to get to know its lord for another time. He took with him a brother of his whom he had brought on the journey. When they came to the village of these people, the lord of the island tried to seize them, meaning to kill them both. He gave as his reason that this Indian of ours had brought a strange nation into their territory to plunder and destroy them. But the pilot, being quick and nimble, slipped through their fingers and ran into the woods. His brother, the better runner of the two, got back to the mouth of the creek, where we waited in our barge, crying out that his brother was killed. At that we seized one of them who was nearest us, a very old man, and brought him into the barge. We assured him that if we did not get our pilot back, we would cut off his head at once.