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A08052	The iournall, or dayly register, contayning a true manifestation, and historicall declaration of the voyage, accomplished by eight shippes of Amsterdam, vnder the conduct of Iacob Corneliszen Neck Admirall, & Wybrandt van Warwick Vice-Admirall, which sayled from Amsterdam the first day of March, 1598 Shewing the course they kept, and what other notable matters happened vnto them in the sayd voyage.; Journael ofte dagh-register, inhoudende een waerachtigh verhael vande reyse ghedaen 1598. English	Neck, Jacob Cornelissoon van, ca. 1564-1638.; Walker, William, fl. 1601.; Warwyck, Wijbrant van, ca. 1569-1615. aut	1601 (1601)	STC 18417; ESTC S113132	75,502	134

we were by the same Island and had fiue degrées To the Easte of this Island Botton lye thrée other Islands from whence many corners and shoels stretch to seaward toward the South-east In sayling towards Amboyna the said three Islands must be left on the starboord and so running forward out by Botton there lye other two Islands to the Northward which must be left on the larboorde sayling forth betwéene both this is to be well obserued by reason of the sholes in that place stretching from those thrée Islands The 20. day wée passed thorowe the straight betwéene Anno 〈◊〉 the 20. of October Selebes and the Soles where two Islands lye right in the middest of the gap betwéene which we ran they lye a good league one from the other it seemed that there was a fire in one of them we might sée boates passe from one Island to another This gappe lyeth from Bantam some 30. leagues and as we returned homewards we left many Islands on our starboorde which lye in 5. degrées and 50. minutes The 21. day we had 5. degrées and 50. minutes to the Southward of Selebes sayling thorowe the straight This land stretcheth for the most part West and by North and East and by South here we made an ende of our last smoked fleshe and euery messe had a kan of Wine The 22. day we passed by the Island Selebes which stretcheth West and by North and East and by South from the straight it is some 20. leagues long Westward with lowe grounde lying before it and thereon very hye and hillie ground as it were doubled or indented the South end whereof lyeth in 5. degrées and 50. minutes and as a man passeth from the West ende forward in comming towards it sayling some eyght or ten leagues along by it there appeareth a round high hill like vnto a cocke of haie in the fieldes séeming to lye farre off from the rest outward but approaching néere thereunto it lyeth plainelie farre within the Land the ground before it being very lowe and stretching at least two degrées thorow the Line on the North side so that it is aboute some eyght degrées long South and North. The 23. day we sayled ouer a shallow of sixe fathome déepe wending West and by South in fiue degrées and sixe and fiftie minutes about some eyghtéene leagues from the Land the winde being Southeast at what time we had sight of a small Island from our Maine top lying to the Northwarde of vs. The same euening we sayled ouer the shallowe at 12. 13. 14. and 15. fathomes which continued thrée glasses wending West and West and by North. The 24. day at noone we had a dish of Rice and a Kan of Wine being the first day since the 30. of August that we sayled without view of Land The 25. day halfe the night time we sayled againe ouer the shallowes the winde West and West and by North at some twentie fathomes depth and as we gessed wee were about 90. leagues from the west ende of Selebes The 29. day wée sawe the Land of Madura as wée guessed where we had béen imprisoned hauing fortie and fiftie fathome with claye grounde The last day we were againe allowed a dish of Rice Anno 1599. the 29. of October we saw Mednra seeing euery day Land but could not haue any certaine knowledge what Land it was The 2 day of Nouember we had sight of the length of the maine Land of Madura to the Northwards wherof lyeth the Island Laybock some 18. leagues distant We ran betwéene them hauing sight of land euery day The 5. day we left the Island Carman Iava behinde vs lying some 20. leagues from Laybock most East and West a sunder finding sometimes 30. 35. 40. 45. and 50. fathome depth all good clay ground The 9. day we passed by another Island where eyght or ten trées stand in the water a little from the Island lying some 20. leagues from Karmen Iava most West and by North and East and by South from each other where we sayled about by the North. The 13. day we came before Saketra where we made some prouision of Rice and were God be thanked deliuered of our former penurie and hunger héere we heard that the Vizadmirall was departed from Bantam about thrée moneths past The 16. day we sayled from Saketra anchoring the same day before the fresh Ryuer where we furnished our selues with water the Chinans brought vnto vs Aracca and Rice in most plentifull sorte which we bought for some fiue pence the pound The 17. day wee sayled thence towards Bantam where two Dutch ships lay The 18. day we spoke with them they were the Long barke and the Sunne which had lyne eyght moneths and tenne dayes before Bantam and were departed from thence in the night time not refreshing themselues where they had so néerely bartered all that in the ende for want of money they trucked also the whistles from about their neckes and yet had not effected any great matter for both the ships had but 60. last of Pepper and Cloues together and farther were weakened 55. men The 19. day wée arriued before Bantam where wée We arriued before Bantam The price of Pepper Maces Cloues were much made of Iohn Martsson hauing taken in his first Pepper but the fifth of this moneth and bought the same by the bagge euery bagge waying fiftie pounde for the which they paide foure péeces of Ryals of 8. and an halfe but at the last foure Ryals of 8. for a bag The Maces and Cloues are bought by the Baer waying 500 pound the Maces for 80. and the Cloues for 65. péeces of Ryals of 8. The 15. of Ianuarie 1600 our Admirall went a shore to the Magistrates of Bantam bestowing on them sundrie presents and giftes and dealt with them about farther trade wherein they agréed very well with thankes and due salutations on both parts which done he tooke his leaue after he had giuen the boate vnto the Gouerner of Bantam wherein he came ashore hanged with Skarlet cloth and appoynted with two murthering péeces but those people haue small knowledge how to vse the same The 20. day we brought all our Marchants aboorde hauing almost solde all their wares The 21. daye one of our Marchants went againe ashore with a small parcell of Veluet and returned Veluet with twentie bagges of Pepper made of the sayde Veluet The discription of Bantam THE manners and policie vsed in Bantam are very strange for when a man dyeth leauing behinde him any goods whether he haue children or none the King seazeth vpon the widow children and goods appropriating all to himselfe making the Mother his slaue and if a man of China desire to buye the Mother or daughter he selleth them and if afterwards they chance to haue children betwéene them it happeneth to her againe as it did after her first husbands death if the King doe vnderstand of any goods left by the deceased such

as haue any wealth haue no other meanes to preuent this mischiefe but onely to marrie their children while they are young whereby they may inherite their Parents goods wherefore they are married when they are but twelue or thirtéene yeares of age and younger if they be of very rich Parents and which is more strange sometimes such rich children haue two or thrée Wiues according as they abounde in wealth and this is done to preuent the King of the possessions of their goods after they are dead In their trade and traffike they are meruailous théeuish both the people of China and lava in so much that they let not to helpe themselues with false waights falsefying and mingling their Pepper with blacke sand and small stones to make it weigh heauie they are also false of their word or promise and giuen to man-slaughter for if it so chaunce that two fight and the one killeth the other he which liueth knowing that he must dye will stab and kill euery one where he can or may sparing netther man woman nor childe no not the children sucking the Mothers breast so long vntill he be ouercome by force and multitude of people then is he brought before the Gouernour who pronounceth sentence vpon him and after such iudgement giuen hee is thrust into the breast with a dagger that he falleth to the ground but it chaunceth seldome that such an one is apprehended alsue for commonly they are slaine before they be taken The 21. day of Ianuarie we set sayle from Bantam towards Holland but at afternoone we lay still by reason of the calme yet towards the euening we hoysed vp our sayles againe The 26. day we were put to our allowance to wit euery day sixe Mutskins of Atack at which time we were not passed the Islands of Iava The 28. day we were in the height of 8. degrées the euening still and calme the wind Westerlie The 3. day of Februarie we had the winde at Southwest so that we sayled Southeast and South Southeast with a fine gale The 4. day of Februarie we were in the height of 10. degrées and could not sayle higher then South and by East and South Southeast with a reasonable gale the winde being Westerlie The 12. day our chiefe Barber master Christopher an Easterling dyed The 14. day the Sunne passed ouer our heads in the height of 13. degrées and 12. minutes The 16. day our Corporall Iohn Peerson being an Englishman borne dyed in Iohn Martssons ship The 26. day we were in the height of 19. degrées with a fine gale shaping our course for the most part West Southwest with a full gale The 27. day a flying fish flew into the Amsterdam at the hause The 3. day of March we were in the height of 23. degrées 50. minutes we sailed with a forewinde according to our hearts desire The 16. day we were in the height of 35. degrées holding our course West and by North. The 18. day was a Mutskin of Aracks bestowed on the most of the chiefe officers to the number of sixtéene persons after the second watch according to the Admirals direction the winde being then Northerly so that we could not saile neerer than West Northwest The 19. day the common Marriners made request to haue one Mutskin of Arack in the night as the officers had which was denied except they would content themselues with one lesse of their allowance in the day and drinke the same in the night so that the officers had soure Mutskins and the rest thrée at euery meale the winde as before The 22. day in the night we had the winde againe at Southest with a fine gale setting out course Northwest and West Northwest The 23. day Iohn Iacob sonne of Medenblick dyed in the Amsterdam The 26. day wee had the winde contrarie at West Northwest which blew very hard The 29. day in the night the winde came faire againe from the North and then wée kept our course West and by North and West Northwest all these dayes the winde was so variable as it might possible be in our owne countrie and as the Pilots sayd wee were two hundred leagues Estwards of Capo de Bonna Esperance The first day of Aprill wee turned by the winde hauing a storme from the West The second day being Easter day we were allowed to our Easter egges a dish of small beanes with a dish of dried fish and a kan of Sacke in liew of Arack The third day Iohn Ianson of Ossenbrugh Cooper in the ship of Iohn Martssen dyed The 6. day of the sayd moneth the winde was againe faire at Northest but it lasted not long for here the windes are marueilous variable with very many durable stormes The 13. day wee had sight of land about some 70. leagues Estward of the Cape in the height of 34. degrées and an halfe and found ground at 80. fathomes or thereabouts being yet as wee gessed fiue leagues from the land we turned again by the winde being West Southwest with a storme The 17. day wee had the winde faire againe at Est Southest the Pilots held a parley and iudged the Capo de bonna Esperance to be from vs 68. leagues Northwest and by West The 19. day the winde was contrarie from the West The 22. day wée were in the height of 37. degrees and 40. minutes wee wended to passe the Cape and then for the most part wee sailed North Northwest and Northwest and by North. The 24. day wee saw land againe wherefore wee put someward yet we could not saile higher than South and by West The 25. day wee had againe faire weather the winde first South afterwards Southest and so Esterly The 27. day we were in the height of 34. degrees and 40. minutes Westward of the Cape and as the Pilots sayd 16. leagues from the land the winde as before The first day of May wee had a fine gale from the South and were in 32. degrées The 9. day of the sayd moneth we were in the height of 22. degrées fiue minutes we saw euery day Trombus or Reedes driuing which as men report driue néere about the Cape the winde Northwest The sixtéenth day about noone wee had sight of the Island of S. Helena wherewith wee were all greatly comforted The 17. day in the morning we had sight of a Carrack néere vnto the land being the Admirall of the Portugals Fléete sayling into the roade of S. Helena where lay at anchor thrée other Carracks whereby wee were forced to put into the old Roade which is the first valley that you come vnto after you are passed the Northwest corner or necke of the land and the Roade where the Carracks lay is the third valley beyond the sayd necke of the land so that we lay within Sakar or Minion shot of each other wee sent vnto them foure men to parley with them but I cannot write what communication passed The same euening came another Carrack making towards the Roade sailing