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A04364	True report of the gainefull, prosperous and speedy voiage to Iaua in the East Indies, performed by a fleete of eight ships of Amsterdam which set forth from Texell in Holland, the first of Maie 1598, Stilo Nouo, whereof foure returned againe the 19. of Iuly anno 1599. in lesse than 15. moneths, the other foure went forward from Iaua for the Moluccas.	Neck, Jacob Cornelissoon van, ca. 1564-1638.; Warwyck, Wijbrant van, ca. 1569-1615.	1599 (1599)	STC 14478; ESTC S1251	12,187	30

and borne about China hee was well entreated cherished and much made of This Abdoll vpon his returne to Iaua being demanded The relation of Abdoll an Indian concerning the Netherlands concerning the state of the Netherlands made vnto the principall men of Bantam a full declaration thereof with all the rarities and singularities which he had there seene and obserued Which albeit to the greatest part of readers who haue trauailed those countries may seeme nothing strange and scarce worthy the relation yet because the report was made by so meere a stranger with the Iauans that heard it wrought so good effect I thought it not altogether impertinent here in this place to make rehearsall thereof First therefore he tolde them to their great admiration in that hoat climate That hee had seene aboue a thousand sleds drawen and great numbers of horsemen riding vpon the frozen water in winter time and that he had beheld more then two hundreth thousand people trauailing on foote and on horseback vpon the yce as likewise that the said sleds were by horses drawen so swiftly that they made more way in three houres than any man could go on foote in tenne And also that himselfe for pleasure had been so drawen the horses being brauely adorned with bels and cymbals Howbeit they would hardly be induced to beleeue that those countries should be so extreamely colde and the waters so mightely frozen as to beare such an huge waight Hee tolde them moreouer that Holland was a free countrey and that euery man there was his owne Master and that there was not one slaue or captiue in the whole land Moreouer that the houses in regarde of their beautifull and lofty building resembled stately pallaces their inward rich furniture being altogether answerable to their outward glorious shew Also that the Churches which he called Mesquitas were of such bignesse capacity as they might receiue the people of any prety towne He affirmed likewise that the Hollanders with the assistance of their confederates and friendes maintained warres against the King of Spaine whose mighty puissance is feared and redoubted of all the potentates of Europa And albeit the said warres had continued aboue thirty yeares yet that during all that time the saide Hollanders increased both in might wealth In like sort he informed them of the strange situation of Holland as being a countrey driuing vpon the water the earth or ground whereof they vse insteed of fewell and that he had oft times warmed himselfe and had seene meat dressed with fires made of the same earth In briefe that it was a waterish and fenny countrey and full of riuers chanels and ditches and that therein was an innume●able multitude of boates and small shippes as likewise great store of tall and seruiceable ships wherwith they sailed vnto all quarters of the world c. This man Abdoll wee found to bee a captiue or slaue and sawe there his wife and children in very poore estate dwelling in a little cottage not so bigge as an hogsty but by oure meanes he was made free and well rewarded Not withstanding he did but euil recompence vs for he was charged to be the cause why pepper was solde dearer then ordinary vnto vs by a penny in the pounde for hee told them that certaine shippes of Zeland and of other places were comming thitherwardes And here the reader is to vnderstand that some foure moneths before the said three ships arriued at Bantam the Portugales came with an Armada The Portugals go about to hinder the trade of the Hollanders of gallies and fustes being set foorth by the Viceroy of Goa and the gouernour of Molucca to intercept the traffique of the Hollanders vnto those partes and to make them loose all their expenses labour and time which they had bestowed and also that their great and rich presentes which they gaue vnto the Iauans the yeare before to bring them into vtter detestation of the Hollanders might not be altogether in vaine The Generall of them that came from Goa was Don Luis and of those that came from Molucca Don Emanuell who brought their Armada before Bantam intending to surprize the citty vnder pretence that the same preparation was made to resist certaine pirates that came thither out of Holland the last yeare and were determined this yeare also to come againe Vnder these colours they sought to take the towne and to fortifie the same they built certaine sconces in the countrey committing great outrages rauishing the Women with many other villanies Hereupon the townsemen of Bantam very secretly prouided certaine gallies and fustes in great hast and sodainly assailed the Portugales before they were well aware of them for which cause finding but small resistance they tooke 3 Portugale gallies with certaine shippes and slewe about The Portugals vanquished 300 of them taking 150 Portugales prisoners of which we daily saw some going vp downe the streetes of Bantam like slaues and captiues Besides these they tooke about 900 galli-slaues prisoners Vpon this hard successe the rest of the Portugals betooke themselues to flight but whither they bee arriued at Goa or Molucca or what is become of them since we are not able to auouch The foresaid attempt and ouerthrowe bred greater enmity betweene the Portugales and them of Bantam and gaue an especiall occasion for the aduauncement of our traffique The fiue ships whereof we haue before signified The course which the fiue ships tooke after they were separated from their three consorts about the Cape of buona esperanza that foure were dispatched by the whole companie for the Moluccas being seuered beyonde the Cape of buona speranza from the other three of their company and hauing quite lost them came all of them shortly after vnder an Island called as it is thought by the Portugals Isola de Don Galopes but they named it the Island of Mauritius Here they entered into an hauen calling the same Warwicke after the name of their Viceadmirall wherin they found very good harborow in twenty degrees of southerly latitude This Island being situate to the East of Madagascar The Isle of Mauritius described and containing as much in compasse as all Holland is a very high goodly and pleasant land full of green fruitfull vallies and replenished with Palmito-trees from the which droppeth holesome wine Likewise here are very many trees of right Great store of Ebenwood Ebenwood as black asiet and as smooth hard as the very Iuory and the quantity of this wood is so exceeding that many ships may be laden herewith For to saile into this hauen you must bring the two highest mountaines one ouer the other leauing sixe small Islands on your right hand and so you may enter in vpon 30 fadomes of water Lying win the bay they had 10. 12. 14. fadoms On their left hād was a litle Island which they named Hemskerk Island and the bay it selfe they called Warwick

were glad of their departure hauing some mistrust of vs remaining there so strong with 8. ships And they asked daily when wee should depart making great speed to help vs vnto our lading and shewing themselues most seruiceable vnto vs. The 11 of Ianuary 1599. we in the foure shippes laden with pepper departed from Bantam homeward The 13 we arriued at Sumatra The 19 we shaped our course directly for Holland The 3 of April we had sight of Capo de buona esperanza The 8 of Aprill we doubled the said Cape proceeding on for the Isle of Saint Helena whither we came the twenty sixt of the same moneth and there refreshed our selues for the space of eight daies In this Island we found a church with certaine boothes or tents in it and the image of Saint Helena as likewise a holy water-fat and a sprinkle to cast or sprinkle the holy water but we left all things in as good order as we found them More ouer here we left behinde vs some remembrances in writing in token of our being there At this place died of the bloudy flixe the Pilot of our Admirall Kees Collen of Munickendam a worthy man to our great griefe This Island as Iohn Huighen van Linschotten describeth it is replenished with manifold commodities as namely with goates wilde swine Turkies partriges pidgeons c. But by reason that those which arriue there vse to discharge their ordinance and to hunt and pursue the saide beastes and fowles they are now growen exceeding wilde and hard to be come by Certaine goates whereat we shotte fled vp to the high cliffes so that it was impossible to get them Likewise fishes wee could not catch so many as wee needed but wee tooke in fresh water enough to serue vs till our arriuall in Holland Here we left on land as a man banished out of our A man left on land at Saint Helena society one Peter Gisbrecht the masters mate of the great pinnasse because hee had stroken the Master Very penitent hee was and sorie for his misdemeauour and all of vs did our best endeuour to obtain his pardon but the orders ordinances whereunto our whole company was sworne being read before vs we were constrained to surcease our importunate suit and he for the example of others to vndergo the seuere doome that was allotted him There was deliuered vnto him a certaine quantity of bread oile and rice with hookes and instruments to fish withall as also a hand gun and gunpoulder Hereupon we bad him generally farewell beseeching God to keepe and preserue him from misfortunes and hoping that at some one time or other he should finde deliuerance for that all shippes sailing to the West Indies must there of necessity refresh themselues Not far from this place we descried a saile which wee iudged to be some Frenchman by whom peraduenture the saide banished party might bee deliuered The fourth of May we set saile from Saint Helena The Isle of Ascension and the tenth of the same moneth wee passed by the Isle of Ascension The 17 day wee passed the line The 21 we sawe the Pole-starre The 10 and 11 of Iune we had sight of the Canaries About the Azores wee stood in feare to meete with some spanish Armada because our men were growen faint and feeble by reason of their long voiage The 27 of Iune we entered the Spanish sea The 29 we found our selues to be in fortie foure degrees of northerly latitude The 6 of Iuly our Admirall the Mauritius had two of his mastes blowne ouerboord for which cause we were constrained to towe him along The 11 of Iuly wee passed the Sorlings The 13 we sayled by Falmouth Dartmouth and the Quasquets The 17 we passed by Douer The 19 meeting with some stormes and rainy weather we arriued at Texell in our owne natiue countrey without any great misfortune saue that the Mauritius once stroke on ground Thus hauing attained to our wished home we gaue God thankes for this our so happy and prosperous voiage because there neuer arriued in Holland any shippes so richly laden Of pepper we brought eight hundreth tunnes of The particulars of their rich lading Cloues two hundreth besides great quantity of Mace Nutmegs Cinamom and other principall commodities To conclude this voiage was performed in one yeare two monethes and nineteene daies We were sailing outward from Texell to Bantam seuen moneths we remained there sixe weekes to take in our lading and in six moneths we returned from Bantam in Iaua to Holland The performance of this long and daungerous voiage in so short time we ascribed to Gods deuine wonderfull prouidence hauing sailed at the least 8000. leagues that is to say twenty four thousand English miles The ioye of the safe arriuall of these shippes in Holland was exceeding great and postes were dispatched to euery principall towne and citty to publish these acceptable newes The merchants that were owners of these ships went straight toward Texell for the refreshing of their men and for other necessary considerations The Commissary or factor master Cornelis Heemskerck together with Cornelis Knick hied them with all speed towardes the Estates generall and prince Mauritz his excellency not onely to carry the saide good newes but withal to present the letters of the King of Iaua importing mutuall alliance friendship Friendly letters and presents from the king of Iaua and free intercourse of traffike in consideration of their honourable liberal and iust dealings they brought gifts also from the said king of great price and value The 27 of Iuly the Mauritius our Admirall together with the Hollandia came before Amsterdam where they were ioyfully saluted with the sound of eight trumpets with banqueting with ringing of bels and with peales of ordinance the Generall and other men of command being honourably receiued and welcommed by the citty The merchants that aduentured in these voyages A new supply of foure Hollandish ships sent this last spring 1599. to the East Indies being in number sixeteene or seauenteene notwithstanding the foure shippes gone from Iaua to the Moluccas as is before mentioned haue sent this last spring 1599. foure ships more to continue this their traffique so happely begun intending moreouer the next spring to send a newe supply of other ships And diuers other Marchants are likewise An intent of the marchants of Amsterdam to send more ships the next spring 1600. determined to enter into the same action Of them that departed from Zeland these bring no newes otherwise then is aforesaide Neither doe they report any thing of the two fleetes or companies that went from Roterdam the last sommer 1598. shaping their course for the streites of Magellan Wee haue before made mention of an Indian called Abdoll which was brought from Bantamin the first voiage and had continued an whole winter or some eight monethes at Amsterdam in Holland Where during that space being a man of good obseruation and experience