In which scroll were written
in ancient Hebrew, and in ancient Greek, and in good Latin of the
School, and in Spanish, these words: 'Land ye not, none of you.
And provide to be gone from this coast within sixteen days,
except ye have further time given you. Meanwhile, if ye want
fresh water, or victual, or help for your sick, or that your ship
needeth repair, write down your wants, and ye shall have that
which belongeth to mercy.'
*Staff of office.
"This scroll was signed with a stamp of Cherubim's wings, not
spread but hanging downwards, and by them a cross.
"This being delivered, the officer returned, and left only a
servant with us to receive our answer. Consulting thereupon
among ourselves, we were much perplexed. The denial of landing
and hasty warning us away troubled us much. On the other side,
to find that the people had languages and were so full of
humanity, did comfort us not a little. And above all, the sign
of the cross to that instrument was to us a great rejoicing, and
as it were a certain presage of good.
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