A shorte and briefe narration of the two nauigations and discoueries to the northweast partes called Newe Fraunce: first translated out of French into Italian, by that famous learned man Gio: Bapt: Ramutius, and now turned into English by Iohn Florio; worthy the reading of all venturers, trauellers, and discouerers

¶How the sayde men commming to our shippes, and our men going toward them, both parties went on land, and how the saide wilde men with great ioye beganne to tra∣ficke with our men.

THe next daye, part of the sayde wilde men with nine of their boates came to the point and entrance of the créek, where we with our ships were at road. We being aduertised of theyr cōming, went to the point where they wer with our boates: but so soone as they sawe vs, they began to flée, ma∣king signes that they came to traficke with vs, shewing vs suche skinnes as they cloth themselues withall, whiche are of small value. We likewise made signes vnto them, that we wished them no euil: and in signe thereof two of our men vē∣tured to go on lande to them, and carrie them kniues wyth

other Iron wares, and a red hat to giue vnto their Captain. Which when they saw, they also came on land, and broughte some of their skinnes, and so began to deale with vs, séeming to be very glad to haue our iron wares, and other things, stil dauncing with many other ceremonies, as with their handes to cast sea water on theyr heades. They gaue vs whatsoeuer they had, not kéeping any thing, that they were constrained to go backe againe naked, and made vs signes that the nexte day they would come againe, and bring more skinnes wyth them.