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A42798	A new voyage to the East-Indies containing an account of several of those rich countries, and more particularly of the kingdom of Bantam : giving an exact relation of the extent of that monarch's dominions, the religion, manners and customs of the inhabitants, their commerce, and the product of the country, and likewise a faithful narrative of the kingdom of Siam, of the isles of Japan and Madagascar, and of several other parts, with such new discoveries as were never yet made by any other traveller / by Mr. Glanius.	Glanius, Mr.	1682 (1682)	Wing G793; ESTC R40478	75,780	191

what remains of the body of my Daughter The King waiting their answer one amongst 'em said That His Majesty had too much understanding to doubt what he saw How replied the King all in a fury I have but too much reason not to doubt any longer of a suspicion I have had a hundred times my Daughter was poisoned In finishing those words he gave order they should secure all the Women who had serv'd the Defunct and that not one should be excepted The days following new suspicions were formed upon which a number of innocent People were imprisoned for what tortures soever they made them suffer there was not one but disavowed the Crime In the mean while the Kings fury daily augmented all those that were accused made appear they were not culpable but the Cruelties did not diminish and when the Court was dreined and the King no longer found any one upon whom to discharge his Anger he sent upon divers pretexts for the greatest Men of the Kingdom and their Wives whom he caused to be put in Prison as soon as they arrived at Court When he had 'em in his power he caused several holes to be digged round the City about twenty Foot square wherein great Fires were kindled guarded by Souldiers who took care to hinder 'em from going out And thither he sent the Prisoners loaded with Chains to the end he might draw from 'em by force what Threatnings and Promises had not been able to make 'em confess When they were at the place of Punishment it was begun with making 'em enter into a Tub of hot water for to soften their skin and render it more susceptible of the impression of the Fire After which they scraped the Soles of their Feet with Irons as sharp as Knives then carried 'em before Judges who examined 'em concerning the pretended business of poysoning those who continued obstinate to deny that they were culpable of it were forced to walk bare footed upon burning Coals and if it was found afterwards that the Fire had penetrated 'em it was a convicting proof they were guilty of the fact whereof they had bin accused An Errour which in all times has been entertained among the Pagans who made use of Fire for the trying of Criminals Witness the Roman Vestals who only proved their Chastity by grasping a burning Iron without burning ' emselves As for the Siamites we speak of they whom the heat of the Fire caused to fall into a Swoun and who had not Strength enough to get out of ' emselves perished there miferably no body daring to to help 'em for fear of running the same danger Those who escaped it were tyed to a Post from whence an Elephant instructed in that manner of Death tore 'em with his Trunk cast 'em into the Air from whence they fell again upon his Teeth and after several Tosses he trod 'em under Foot and made their Guts come out which were afterwards cast into the River Besides this hard punishment there was one that was no less to be feared which was to be Interred all alive unto the Chin upon the High-way of the City with obligation to Passengers to spit upon 'em and prohibition to give 'em ease in any manner and even to advance their Deaths which was the favour those miserable Wretches demanded with most Ardency Amongst other Punishments there was this very remarkable and which is also very frequently executed upon notorious Malefactors The Criminal is bound so streight about with a Napkin that a Man may grasp him with his Hands and then is pricked with Engines as sharp as Needles not only make the bloud gush out but force the Patient to hold in his breath Which taking the opportunity of on a sudden they cut him through the middle and clapping immediately the upper part of his body upon a flaming hot piece of Brass through the cauterization of which he remains a considerable time alive in far greater torments than can be imagined These cruel Executions lasted for above four Moneths during which they took the Lives away of an incredible Multitude One day in less than four or five Hours I my self saw above fifty put to death People imagined that would have been the last day of the Massacres because some Moneths passed afterwards without putting any body to death but they were quickly disabused As the Nobility that were terrified began to take Heart and return to Court the Executions were renewed and so many Heads fell at length that the flower of the most Apparent whom the King thought ill intentioned to His Person and Children perished upon the Pretext of having had a Hand in this Sham-business of Poysoning or of having been privy to it To have seen those Cruelties and so visible an Injustice it was much to be wondered there was no Rising and indeed there has been such for less considerable Reasons but the King had provided against that by keeping on foot a great number of Forces with which he had filled his best Towns in appearance for to send 'em against the Chinezes but indeed to bridle those whom he distrusted while he made sure of the others And further His Hatred did only extend to the Great Men whose Fall the People did joyfully see by reason of their Insolence and the ill Treatments they received from ' em On the 28 of February they carried three Hundred Persons who had served the Defunct Lady to go thro the Fire but whether it was only a Fire of Straw or painted it is said to have spared those three Hundred Domesticks who by those means were absolved and released some days after one of the deceased Kings Daughters was impeached she was one of the youngest of his Children who was suspected of the Crime then in Examination because it had been observed that she laughed when all the others wept at the Obsequies of the Princess They were fortified in this Suspicion by the Remembrance of the frequent complaints she had made of the King by reason he had not Consideration enough for her and His Slights were the cause that she was no longer treated as a Kings Daughter wherein she was in no wise inferiour to His other Children who were the Delight and Admiration of the Court. Tho these Conjectures were but Half Proofs yet they were made use of for the bringing her to a Tryal or rather she was condemned contrary to all forms of Justice for without hearing her reasons they caused her to pass thro the Fire with almost all her Attendants but as they had only a design upon her a Rumour was spread abroad that it had hurt no body but her wherefore they loaded her with Chains of Gold in an obscure place with prohibition to whomsoever it was to see and speak with her Nothing was now expected but the Hour of that Princesses Death when People learn'd that the King being moved with Compassion desired nothing more than to save her provided she could justifie her self of

Attendants Sect. II. FRom the sixteenth of August which was the day of our departure from Sierra Leona until the 13 th of October which was that of our Arrival at Madagascar we had not any considerable Adventure The first Port that we met with was that at Antongil As soon as we had cast Anchor we went into a Pinnace wherein we set the white Flag the People of the Island did the same but however with precaution for they assembled upon the Mountains armed with Arrows and Azagu●es which are Staves of about five or six foot long which they lance very dexterously against the Enemy This made us apprehend that they designed to seize upon us and in that Opinion we would have returned on Board when one of the Insularies taking notice of the fear we were in called out to us in Dutch and bid us be of good Courage and if we would come on Shore he would answer for 't that no mischief should happen to us The word of a Man we understood dissipated our Fears and we went on Shore where we were kindly received by the King in Person who was attended with a numerous Train The King after having told us we were very welcome had us along to his Palace It is situated upon a rising ground and Reintrenched on all sides the inner parts of it are neat and all covered with extraordinary fine Mats The King asked the Commander who he was whither he went and for what design he had Cast Anchor on his Island to which the Commander answer'd that he and his Men were Hollanders but that they Sailed for the Service of the Republick of Genoa The King having interrupted him to inform himself of some other things the Commander was surprised to hear him speak Dutch so well and asked him the reason of it I have replied the King been the Slave of a Pilot called Iean Meas originally of Holland the necessity I was in of understanding his Tongue for to obey him obliged me to learn it and you see to what perfection I attain'd in it At our return from the Indies where we had been we were so shattered by a furious Tempest that it cast us upon this Island and broke our Masts After that we had refitted our Ship the day being appointed for our Departure the repugnance I had to the Name and Life of a Slave made me hide my self in the Island where I have remained ever since that time Did not you call your self Diembro said the Commander how came you replied the King to know my Name because I had a Slave in the Indies rejoyn'd the Captain who had all your Features and whose Adventures were very like yours I brought him hither by the Accident you have mentioned where he hid himself for fear of following me as you you say you did in a word I am that John Meas and if I am not mistaken I meet again in you what I lost at my leaving of this Island You are not mistaken replied the King looking upon him with joy you find again in me the Man whom you had and whom Heaven has preserved to render you greater Services than those you could have exacted from me at that time You were a good Master to me pursued he embracing him it is but justice that I remember it and it is with pleasure I meet with this occasion to testifie my sincere acknowledgments I am obeyed by all here and I will likewise have all obey you do here what you please and do not fear that any one should have the boldness to contradict you The Commander being surprized at so much Generosity gave him thanks for his offer which he did not merit and told him that he only desired the permission of changing some of his Merchandizes for those of the Country In short the King remained stedfast he would needs have him to take all he had a mind to and keep his Merchandizes After which according to the Custom used amongst Friends of that Island he offered him his Wives and made others do the same to all those of his Ship As the Women of that Country are not very avaricious of their Caresses and the Europians are a singular good ragoust to them far from suffering us to beg their favours they offered themselves and that too with so good a grace that it would have been very uncivil to have denied them While our Men were diverting themselves and were all dissolv'd in Joy and Mirth Death came to disturb it and caused a Division which had like to have been the ruine of us all The Vice-Commander having languished under a fit of Sickness for some time at last died some days after our Arrival at Madagascar The Commander puts the Master of his Ship into his place and would needs have the other come on Board of his but instead of obeying this last sent word to the Commander that he did not understand why he should be deprived of a Place that was his Due and that he would not go out of his Ship but by force at the same time causing all his Canon to be Mounted that was at the bottom of the Hold and prepared himself as if he had been to fight On the Morrow the Commander seeing this Rebel had set up the Red Flagg made preparations on his side insomuch as nothing was expected but the Hour of coming to Engagement In the mean while the Boutefeu sent a Chaloupe to a convenient place to take in Water which the Commander perceiving filled his own with Souldiers with whom he went himself and so ordered the business that he constrained 'em to yield themselves up and put them all into Fetters until he was made acquainted with their Design Whereupon he posted himself in such manner as it was impossible for the other to stir from his place Whereupon the chief of the Rebels seeing himself shut up on all sides and besides his Men being weakened by the loss of those whom the Commander had taken repented of the fault he had committed and fancied that the shortest way of reparation was to yield himself up at the Commanders Direction And taking along with him some of the Ships Crew he went on Board the Commander where as soon as he was come he had Fetters put upon his Hands and Feet notwithstanding the cries of his Men who protested that if he was not released they were resolved to fight to the extremity and not give any Quarter This Bravado had so little effect that upon the first resistance that was made to the two Pilots in the Commanders Name to come on board him they went thither as Sheep and were treated after the same manner as the others Those who remained being daunted by the detention of their Leaders lost heart and yielded upon discretion By order of the Council of War it was demanded of all the Officers that were revolted except the Master Which they would choose rather either to burn altogether with their