He answered he knew not of any so turning to the Dutch admiral he maruailed he should giue credit to such vntruths reported by a slaue Hee answered againe such things were told but he did not beleeue them to be true So the Generall asked what he ment to do with the Portingales his prisoners He said he would hang them The Generall intreated him to shew them mercy considering they did nothing but what all good subiects are bound to doe in defence of their King and Country and therefore desired not to take their liues nor deliuer them to the King of Tarnata He promised at his intreaty not any one of them should die nor be deliuered to the King of Tarnata but that he would ship them away to Manallia The General gaue him thankes taking leaue of them and came rowing along the shore by the kings towne where he tooke in the Captain of the Fort brought him along with him aboard where he both supped and lodged and from him had the trueth of all the fight farre differing from that which the Hollanders reported The Generall told him his going to the Dutch Admirall was principally to intreat him to shew mercy vnto the Portingales which he promised to performe The Captaine gaue him great thanks for the care he had of them saying now all their hope rested vpon him and vpon the same hee presented the Generall with a small Ruby set in a ring praying him to weare it for his sake which the General would not take saying what he could doe for them was in Christian charity and not for reward The 10 day in the morning our Generall went aboard the Hollands Admirall to see if he could bring the King of Tarnata and the King of Tydore and the Hollanders to a peace The Dutch admirall made answer the King of Tarnata would bee very hardly drawne to any peace with the King of Tydore but he for his part would be willing thereunto and if it pleased the King of Tydore to repaire aboard his ship hee should safely come and go to haue conference with him The Generall thought he could perswade him to come aboord his owne shippe so that he would leaue two duch Captaines a shore in pledge for him But to come aboard his ship he was sure he would not So the Dutch Admiral sent two of his chiefe Marchants with the General to be left as pledges if the King would come aboard whereupon our Generall went to the king of Tydore and told him what he had done in his behalfe perswading him to come aboard our shippe which he was loath to yeeld to The Generall seeing him feareful told him there was no such cause for that he had brought two Dutch Captaines to remaine as pledges and that he would leaue his brother with them Then the King was willing and caused his own boate to be fitted imbarked himselfe Being ready to put off came the Kings sister and his son weeping as if he had gone to death detayned him in this manner halfe an houre In the end he put off but when he was halfe way betweene the shore and the ship he saw a Carricole rowing off from the Fort which he stood in feare of and would proceed no further but returned backe promising the next daye to come aboard if we would ride with our ship nearer his towne The 11. day in the morning we weighed and anchored againe before the Kings towne The General with his pledges going a shore there was an alarum in the town which was sodainly done the cause was that a great number of the Tarnataes had consorted to go robbe some out-houses in the Kings towne and finding nothing therein set them a fire The Tydorians gaue a sodaine assault vpon them and had the cutting off of a dozen of their heads all the rest hardly escaped by running away The heads they presēted to the King our Generall standing by him telling him the cause The King seemed to be offended with the Hollanders which had promised that no hostility of warre should bee offered in this time of parlye The Hollands Captaines which were in our Pinnasse seeing the heads were in no small feare of their owne After the rumor was appeased the King imbarked himselfe with our Generall and the Captaine of the Fort. The Dutch Marchants and Captain Middleton rowed a shore for Pledges but the King and our Generall came aboard our ship where they stayed the comming of the Dutch Admirall who comming aboard was brought downe to the King in the Generalls cabbin and they saluted one the other very friendly After some little pause the King said whereas at your first comming hither you sent me word your comming was not to harme mee nor any of my subiects but to expell the Portingalls your enimies out of the land and make the place open for trade for al nations and therfore you desired I should not take with them against you which I performed till such time I did see my mortall enimy the King of Tarnata ioyne with you so that I was inforced to arme my selfe against him who I know desireth nothing so much as the ouerthrowe and subuertion of my estate and therefore you haue iust cause not to blame me for arming my selfe and people against the inuasion of my mottall enimy And now seeing you haue the vpper hand of your enimies the Portingalles it resteth in your power to dispose of them as you shall thinke good Now you haue your desire of them I would know whether you will haue peace or ioyne with the King of Tarnata against me The Dutch Admiral answered his cōming was only to expel the Portingals which he thāked God was now in his power And for peace he said it was the thing he desired with al princes in those parts that he wold doe what in him did lie to make an agreement betweene the King of Tarnata him The King answered that he desired a good peace but it could hardly be for that any slight occasion was dayly cause of breach betweene thē Therfore he desired the Hollāders they wold take part with neither he doubted not he should haue as good as he brought The Admirall answered he would do what he could to make an agreement which if he could not bring to passe he promised the King taking our Generall to witnes that he would take part with neither of thē Which speeches greatly contented the King who excusing himselfe of not being well tooke leaue and went a shore After the King was gone came the Captaine of the Fort looking very heauilie as he had iust cause which the Dutch Admirall seeing tooke him by the hand bad him bee of good cheere telling him that it was the chance of war and that the fury being nowe gone he minded to deale friendly with him and all the Portingals Willing him to repaire aboard where he should be welcome and safely go and come The Captain gaue him thanks for
he had deliuered them from as for Clowes there was good store to bee had at Tarnata and Makean and for their parts they would not bee our hindrance for that they had nether wares nor money left So the Generall caused them to entreat the king to come into the ship who came in trembling which the General seeing thought hee was a colde and caused his man to fetch him a blacke damaske gowne layde with golde lace and lyned with vnshorne Veluet which the king put vpon his backe but neuer had the maners to surrender it againe but kept it as his owne the king being in the Generals Cabin desired him to goe with him to Tarnata where hee minded to haue a factorie but himselfe and his shippe would make no stay there but goe to Tydore to see what vsage hee should finde of the Portugals The king did what hee could to perswade him to the contrary but could not preuayle Heare the Generall deliuered a Letter from the KINGS MAIESTIE of ENGLAND with a fayre standing Cuppe and a couer double gilt with diuers of the choisest Pintadoes which hee kindly accepted of and presently had the Letter red and enterpered vnto him where-with hee made shewe to bee greatly contented Wee trimmed our Sailes by a winde and plyed to winde ward for Tarnata the Kings Carracole not daring to put from the shippe About foure of the clocke in the after-noone came the King of Tarnatas eldest sonne aboard in a light Frigat which rowed well hee greatly doubted the well-fare of his father and the king stood in doubt of his sonne At his comming to his father aboard our ship in the Generals cabin he kissed his fathers right foot he kissed his head the Generall had giuen warning to all his company that they should tell no newes of the Hollands fleet but before night it was tould the King and all the rest but by whome could neuer be learned From the twentie two to the twentie foure the King and all his crewe taried a bord of vs. the foure and twentieth day we came by the chiefe towne of Tarnata and saluted them with seauen peeces of ordinance the same after noone wee came to an anker in the rode which is in the Southest part of the Iland in fourteene fadomes sandy grownd the rode is from the towne two leagues and a halfe The twentie fiue day the king sent for his plate and vittells from the towne and feasted the Generall in his owne cabin there sat none of his nobles with him at table none sat but his sonne and the Generall the rest sat vpon the floore of the Cabin crosse legged like tailors after dinner the Generall desired him that he would take some order he might haue a house to establish a factorie for that he was minded to goe to the Portugals to see what he could do with them the King perswaded him earnestly not to meddle with them for he was sure there was nothing but villanie and trecherie with them The Generall sayd it was a folly to disswade him from it and therefore prayed him that he might haue a house according to his promise The King seeing in what earnestnes the Generall did speake vnto him sayd hee would presently depart to the town and cause a house to be prouided in a redinesse for his Marchants The twentie six before day our Generall was in a redines with such Marchants and Marchandizes as he minded to leaue at Tarnata went to the towne and an howre before day came thirther the King hearing a noyse of trumpets knew that our Generall was come and sent a small Prawe to our pinnes to will our Generall to come vnto him he was a board the admirall of the Caracoles he came into our pinnes and sat some halfe an howre there taking Tabacko and then came the Sabendor with light and brought the Generall to his house and the King to his Caracole Our Generall presently after his landing caused his men to land all our goods carrie thē to the house which was performed before day light then the Dutch Marchants enuited the Generall and Maister Browne to dine with them with whome they presently went to the Dutch-house where they shewed them what euery sort of commodities were worth in that place with proffers of any kindnes they could doe him As for the prices of our wares the Generall had made enquirie of the Gusorates which came aboard which did agree with the Dutchmen in rating of euery sort of them whereby he knewe that they did not dissemble Before it was dinner time there came a Messenger from the King to will the Dutch Marchants to come and speake with him and the Generall came home to our house where hee had not stayed halfe an houre but one of the Dutch Marchants came for him to come speake with the King So the Generall taking Master Browne and Iohn Addeyes one that had the language and my selfe with him went presently with them that were present where wee found the King in a large roome sitting in a chaire and all his chief Counsellars about him sitting vpon mattes on the ground before him the Dutch-Marchants sitting amonge them when the Generall came the King willed him to sit downe after hee was set the King caused the Letter brought by our Generall from the kinges Maiestie of England to bee openly read which being done the King acknowledged himselfe beholding vnto his Maiestie for so kinde a Letter and a present which he would endeuour to requite And for confermation thereof he gaue his subiects free leaue to trade with vs for cloues and likewise as one wishing vs all the good he could hee desired our Generall for his owne good that he would not haue any thing to doe with his enemies the King of Tidore and the Portugalles with whome he should finde nothing but treason and trecherie The Generall by his interpretor gaue him great thanks for his kindnes in giuing so free liberty to trade with his people and likewise for his good counsell to shun the trecherie of the Portugalls but for his part he doubted no trecherie at all should harme him for that he did mind to stand vpon such a gard as all the strength they had should not offend him and therefore desired his highnes to pardon him hee did not follow his counsell for that hee purposed withall speede to goe thither and to offer them peaceable trades which if they refused hee had the thing he desired then had he iust cause to bee at warres with them and if they would not accept of peaceable trade hee minded to ioyne with the Hollanders against them when GOD should send them thither This spech of the Generall contented the King and all there present so that they had no more to say but intreat him that he did not furnish them with any of our great ordinance and to take great care of their trechery and so the counsell broke vp The Generall
7. day the Generall waited to be sent for to the King but seeing no body came he sent to know the reasō He sent word he was very busie that day and could not intend it till the morrow The Dutch admiral had conferēce with the King twise this day where belike he had what he desired for as soone as night came hee departed for Tydore The 8. day the King sent his secretary and one of the Dutch Marchants vnto him with a letter sealed with hard waxe which seale had two letters an H a B. which stood for Hance Beerepot with a Marchants marke betweene the letters This letter they deliuered and told him it was the Kings letter to the King of England The Generall would not beleeue the King would send so great a Prince as the King of England a letter with so little state and a Marchants seale vpon it They answered and if he doubted thereof they would cause the King to come and iustifie it The Generall said he would not otherwise beleeue it So they left the letter and departed Halfe an houre after came the King a great traine to our Generals chamber where saluting him kindely they sat downe vpon a trunck togither The King said I sent you a letter sealed by my secretary which you haue receiued making doubt it is not sent by mee to so great a king deliuered with so little state sealed with a marchāts seale Now you heard me say thus much I hope you are satisfied the letter is sent by me and none other therefore prepare your selfe to morrow to bee gone The General neither would nor durst deliuer it to the King of England willing him to take it againe He would not but departed The 9. Chichell Gegogoe the Kings vncle hearing how the Generall had bin vsed by the king the Hollanders came to visit him at his chāber where there passed much talke betweene thē concerning the foresaid counterfeit letter intended to haue bin sent to the disgrace of the Generall to the king of England Chichell Gegogoe assuring the Generall that if it lay in his power he wold procure of the king that they might leaue a factory there Moreouer that at his next returne to him he should know the cōtents of that base slanderous letter inuented by the Hollanders so he departed with promise to returne the next day The people of the coūtry vnderstāding the Hollanders had procured our banishment were much offended that the petty prince of Holland and his whom they esteemd but debaushed drūkards should be esteemed before the mighty King of England his subiects knowing we were commanded to depart brought all their commodities ro vs none to the Hollanders Whereat they finding themselues agreeued caused our beame that we weighed cloues with to be taken away but it was restored againe by the meanes of Chichell Gegogoe Which the Hollanders perceiuing they sent to their admiral at Tydore to returne to Tarnata which he did threatning the King that he would leaue him and establish a factory at Tydore Wherevpon the King with the vnwilling consent of his councell gaue order for our banishment sending the Sabendor to our Generall to will him to lingar no longer but to depart aboard The 16. day towards euening the king of Tarnata with a great company of his Nobles came downe from the towne landing right against our shippe and caused a tent to be set vp sending for our Generall to come a shore which he presently did The King caused him to sit downe by him excusing himselfe that we left not a factory there alleaging that the Hollanders inforst him to the contrary he and his subiects owing them much which he hoped to pay the next haruest that thē he would take an other order with them which being done he caused a letter to be read by his Secretary openly the contents whereof follow at the end of the booke Sealing it vp he deliuered it to the General intreating him to returne and he shold be welcome Who answered that it was in vaine for the English to returne thither so long as the Hollanders bare rule holding it a disparagement to his nation to giue place to them being so farre their inferiors This communication ended by the sodaine comming of a great many of lights and in the middest one of his chiefe Noble men vnder a Canopy carrying in a platter of gold couered with a couerture of cloth of gold the letter which was before so publikely read and the Generall looking earnestly not knowing what the matter was the King called vnto him willing him to arise and receiue the letter he sent to the King of England Which he presently doing the party which carried it made lowe obeisance after their country fashion and then deliuered it to the Generall which he kissing receiued and sat him downe againe by the King Giuing him thanks in doing our king himself that right in deliuering the letter in such sort as it ought to be The king answered this letter which you haue is vnsealed and written in the Malaya tongue to the intent at Bantam it might bee interpreted by some of your owne people which haue learned that language But the other was inuented by the Hollanders to haue done you iniury telling him in briefe the effect thereof excusing himselfe that hee had no good thing to send the King of England but onely a Bahar of Cloues which he hoped his Maiestie would accept in good part considering his contrey yeelds no other thing of worth Likewise hee bestowed vpon our Generall a Bahar of cloues and caused them presently to be carried to the Boate which done hee tooke his leaue and departed aboord his Caracole The 17. day the King of Tarn̄ata came roing about our ship and diuers of his women with him in a Caracole the Generall entreating him to come aboord but he would not Chichell Gegegoe came aboord this afternoone to our General certifying him that the contents of the Hollanders counterfeit Letter was that we had solde powder great ordinance and other munition to the Portugalls And more that to their great hurt in the fight we had assisted them with Gunners and that was the cause we left not a Factory there hoping the Generall would haue carried and deliuered it to his owne disgrace but he suspecting their slaunderous trecherie refused it The 18. day the King and his Vncle came aboord in a small Prawe because he would not haue the Hollanders which rid by vs to know of his being there for it was death to them to see him vse our Generall kindly their comming was to take leaue of our Generall he desired them to come downe to his Caben and made them a banquet whih they kindly did accept and spent most part of the day with him vrging our Generall to returne thither againe or at the leastwise to send and he or they should be welcome doe the Hollanders what they