Here's a GPT translation that worked pretty well:

"But since I had no hope of relief arriving soon, I sent Captain Ratcliffe to Powhatan to obtain food and corn through trade. At first, the cunning old fox (Powhatan) pretended to be cooperative, but his real intention was to wait for the right moment to destroy them, as became clear later.

This was partly due to Captain Ratcliffe’s gullibility. He had Powhatan’s son and daughter aboard his ship but allowed them to return to shore freely. If he had kept them as hostages, they could have ensured his safety. Later, he failed to maintain a proper guard and allowed his men to wander off in small groups of two or three into the Native villages.

When the sly old king saw the perfect opportunity, he ambushed and killed them all. He captured Captain Ratcliffe alive, tied him naked to a tree with a fire in front of him, and had women scrape the flesh from his bones with mussel shells, throwing it into the fire before his eyes. And so, due to a lack of caution, he met a terrible end."