ng, did in like manner sing and dance, saving only the women,
which danced and kept silence. The General permitted them to enter
within our bulwark, where they continued their song and dance a
reasonable time. When they had satisfied themselves, they made signs to
our General to sit down; to whom the king and divers others made several
orations, or rather supplications, that he would take their province
and kingdom into his hand, and become their king, making signs that
they would resign unto him their right and title of the whole land, and
become his subjects. In which, to persuade us the better, the king and
the rest, with one consent, and with great reverence, joyfully singing a
song, did set the crown upon his head, enriched his neck with all their
chains, and offered him many other things, honouring him by the name of
_Hioh_, adding thereunto, as it seemed, a sign of triumph; which thing
our General thought not meet to reject, because he knew not what honour
and profit it might be to our country. Wherefore in the name, and to the
use of her Majesty, he took the sceptre, crown, and dignity of the said
country into his hands, wishing that the riches and treasure thereof
might so conveniently be transported to the enriching of her kingdom at
home, as it aboundeth in the same.

The common sort of people, leaving the king and his guard with our
General, scattered themselves together with their sacrifices among our
people, taking a diligent view of every person: and such as pleased
their fancy (which were the youngest), they enclosing them about offered
their sacrifices unto them with lamentable weeping, scratching and
tearing their flesh from their faces with their nails, whereof issued
abundance of blood. But we used signs to them of disliking this, and
stayed their hands from force, and directed them upwards to the living
God, whom only they ought to worship. They shewed unto us their wounds,
and craved help of them at our hands; whereupon we gave them lotions,
plaisters, and ointments agreeing to the state of their griefs,
beseeching God to cure their diseases. Every third day they brought
their sacrifices unto us, until they understood our meaning, that we
had no pleasure in them; yet they could not be long absent from us,
but daily frequented our company to the hour of our departure, which
departure seemed so grievous unto them, that their joy was turned into
sorrow. They entreated us, that being absent we would rem