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A05051	The description of a voyage made by certaine ships of Holland into the East Indies VVith their aduentures and successe: together with the description of the countries, townes, and inhabitantes of the same: who set forth on the second of Aprill 1595. and returned on the 14. of August. 1597. Translated out of Dutch into English by W.P.; Verhael vande reyse by de Hollandtsche schepen gedaen naer Oost Indien. English.	Phillip, William.; Houtman, Cornelis de, d. 1599, attributed name.; Langenes, Barent.	1598 (1598)	STC 15193; ESTC S109348	41,570	78

one of his sonnes who wee likewise tooke and sent to lande The Bishoppe was of Meca and much esteemed of among them a great Clearke and Gouernour ouer all the rest of the Countrey There was a Iewell found about him which as yet is kept About euening we hoysed ankers set sayle the 11. of December we came to two small Islands where wee ankered there wee founde none but poore people and fishermen that brought vs fish Hens other fruit to sell How farre they were from Moluccas The 13. wee set sayle and the 14. wee had a West winde which they call the passage winde that would haue serued vs well to saile to Moluccas from whence wee were not distant aboue two hundred miles and as then it was a good yeare for Cloues which happeneth euery three yeares It was told vs that we might there haue a Cabbin laden full of Cloues wherevpon wee determined to sayle thither but because wee had already indured a long and troublesome voyage and but ill manned wee woulde not longing to bee at home This contrary wind holding vppon the foure and twentie of December wee came to an Islande where we had beene before The 25. of December Iohn Molenaer maister of the Mauritius dyed sodainely for an hower before hee was well and in good health The 28. 29. 30. and 31. of December wee were busied to take all the wares sayles and other thinges out of the Amsterdam her victuailes and furnitures seruing for our voyage homewarde lying vnder that Island we had victuailes brought vs euery day as much as wee needed both fish Hens venison and fruit and at reasonable price but there we could get no water The Amsterdam set on fire The 11. of Ianuary when we had vnladen the Amsterdam we set her on fier letting her burne taking her men into our shippes The 12. of Ianuarie we set sayle again some desiring to sayle Eastward others Westward but in fine wee set Westwarde to sayle once againe to Bantam wherewith the Mauritius sayled Southeastwarde to gette about the Island of Iaua and we followed her The 14. of Ianuary we once againe perceyued the East point of the Island of Madura and held our course Southward on that side of Madura there lyeth many small Islandes through which we sayled The Pinace on ground The 16. in the morning our Pinace fell on grounde vpon the coast of Iaua not far from Pannorocan where she shotte off three peeces at the which warning wee made thither with our boates and by the helpe of God got her off againe There we saw a high hil that burnt vnder and aboue the fire hauing a great smoake most strange to behold The 18. of Ianuary we entered into the straight that runneth betweene Iaua and Baly and by reason of the hard contrary streame that ran therin we were forced to anker vpon the coast of Iaua where wee found good anker ground The 19. wee set sayle and when wee came neere to the coast of Baly we entered into a rough streame and our shippes draue backeward as swiftly as an arrow out of a bow and there we found no anker ground nor any anker could haue holden vs but Molenaer got the coast of Iaua and ankered which in the ende wee likewise did and ankered at the least three miles from him and so much we had driuen backe in the space of halfe an houre The 20. of Ianuarie wee went and lay by our other ships The 21. of Ianuarie there came two barkes to the Mauritius wherein there was one that coulde speake good Portingall who tolde vs that the towne of Ballaboam was besieged by a strange King that had marryed the King of Ballaboams daughter and after he had laine with her he caused her to bee slaine and then came to besiege her father This towne of Ballaboam lyeth on the East end of the Island of Iaua and is the same towne where M. Candish was when hee passed that way and the old King wherof he writeth was as then yet liuing being at the least 160. years of age There we saw great numbers of Battes that flew ouer our shippes and were as bigge as Crowes which in that Countrey they vse to eat as they say About noone we came before the towne of Ballaboam so neare vnto it that we might easily see it and there we lay behind a high point of lande thinking to take in water The 22. of Ianuarie we tooke our Pinace and sayled about the shore as neere the land as possible we might to seeke for fresh water but we found none for the Riuer that ran through the towne was paled vp by them that lay before it so that no man might passe either out or in but onely on the lande side and that with great daunger The same day there came 2. or 3. men abord our shippe that stole out of the towne by night and came from the King to desire our help with our great shot which wee coulde not doe because that thereabouts it was very shallow and we might not go neere it with our shippes they tolde vs they had great want of victuailes within the towne whereby many of them were already deade for hunger and much desired our aide but it was not in vs to doe Those that besieged the towne were Mores but they in the towne were heathens and as yet had not receyued Mahomets lawe and that as wee heard after was the cause of their warre There wee sawe many Storkes flying and sitting in the fielde with vs we cannot imagaine where the Storkes remaine in winter time but here wee sawe them in the winter time The 24. of Ianuarie we sayled from thence perceyuing nothing for vs to get and tooke our course right ouer to the Island of Bally The 25. we came to Bally where one of their barks borded vs telling vs that there we should find a Riuer of fresh water and of all thinges els sufficient to serue our necessities wherevpon wee ankered The 26. of Ianuarie our Pinace sent her boat to land to see the Riuer and there one of our men was sent on shore but when he was on land he found nothing but an armie of ten thousand men that ment to relieue the towne of Ballaboam and the Riuer was nothing worth to lade water wherevpon our men came on borde againe Their Generall thought to haue gotten some great pray out of our shippes The 27. of Ianuarie we set sayle to finde a conuenient place to refresh vs with water and other prouision for wee were informed by a man of Bengala that of his owne will sayled with vs and that had beene in Bally that there wee should finde water and other thinges to serue our necessities so that by night wee ankered vnder a high pointe of lande on the South west ende of Bally The 28. of Ianuary one of their boates borded vs with sixe or seuen men saying that their King was

desirous to deale with vs for such wares as hee had and sent to know from whence we came and we saide wee came out of Holland The 29. and 30. there came more men aborde our shippes but as wee suspected that was not the right hauen for the people came rowing in great haste a far off and the man of Bengala could not tell what to say but the King was thereabout and euery day sent vs some fruit The first of February wee had two hogges brought aborde our shippes that wee bought for two Ryalles of eyght and we eate them very sauerly The 2. of Februarie we set saile that wee might get aboue the point where wee thought to finde a better place for freshe water but by reason the winde was contrary wee coulde not doe it but were forced to anker againe The 3. of February we set saile againe and then wee had a storme so that our saile blew euery way and because of the contrarie winde we could not reach aboue the point but were constrained to anker but the Mauritius and the Pinace got past it although thereby the Mauritius was in no little daunger but because the Pilot had laid a wager of 6. Rialles of 8. that hee woulde get aboue it hee would passe what daunger soeuer it might be and sayled close along by the cliffes whereby wee lay at anker without companie The 4. and 5. wee set saile once againe to get aboue the point but could not reach it The 6. we had a letter from Rodenburgh that certified vs how the Mauritius lay at anker at the least 7. or 8. miles beyond the point and he that brought the letter came with it ouer land and at the same time there was a man sent on lande with a small present for the King that we might winne his fauour The 7. our man came on borde againe and brought vs newes how Rodenburgh with one of the Portingalles slaues being on lande were against their willes led before the King but the saylors of the Mauritius had gotten men for pledges The 8. of Ianuarie the same man went on land out of our shippe with more presentes of veluet and a caliuer the better to get the Kinges fauour which liked him well and desired vs to bring the ship nearer to the towne saying he would send vs water and other things sufficient to supply our wants The 9. we sayled into the cheeke with our shippe ankered about a small halfe mile from the land being ankered there came at the least 70. boates of the Countrie to see our ship and the King sent vs word that hee was desirous to heare vs shoote off 5. or 6. of our great peeces wherevppon wee shot fiue of our greatest peeces and the King stoode vppon the shore to see them The 10. we had a letter from Cornelis Houtman to wil vs to come to them for that there they had founde a good place for water and of all other necessaries so that about euening wee set sayle leauing two of our men and a Portingall slaue among the Indians whome the King promised should come vnto vs ouer land yet that night wee could not reach aboue the point meane time we perceyued our Pinace that came to helpe vs. The 16. we got by the Mauritius that had already laden in her water and hooped her vessels wherevpon we began presently to do the like and to visite our vessels that were almost spoyled The 17. our men whome wee left with the King came ouer land vnto our shippes and then we bought great store of cattle and fruit The 18. 19. 20. and 21. wee imployed our time to lade water which wee had verie easily and refreshed our selues with Cattle Hogges fruit and Lemons sufficient There came one of the Kinges principall officers with our men ouer land to pleasure vs in all things we desired he was very desirous to haue some present of vs. The 22. of Ianuarie two of our men that sayled in the Mauritius stayed on lande but wee knewe not the cause it should seeme some great promises had beene made vnto them for as we vnderstoode the King was very desirous to haue all sortes of strange nations about him Two of our men stayed with the Indians but our people were therein much ouerseene for there they liued among heathens that neyther knewe God nor his commandementes it appeared that their youthes and wilde heades did not remember it one of their names was Emanuel Rodenburgh of Amsterdam the other Iacob Cuyper of Delft within a day or two they sent vnto vs for their clothes but wee sent them not The 23. 24. and 25. we made a voyage on land and fetcht as many Hogges abord our shippes as we could eate The 25. of Februarie we hoysed ankers minding to set saile so go homeward leauing our 2. men aforesaid on land but because it was calme weather we ankered and went once againe on lande and the 26. of the same Month wee set saile and helde our course West South west but we had a calme The situation of the Island of Baly THe Island of Baly lying at the East end of Iaua is a verie fruitfull Islande of Ryce Hennes Hogges that are verie good and great store of cattle but they are very drie and leane beastes They haue many horses the inhabitantes are heathens and haue no religion for some pray to Kine others to the Sunne and euerie man as hee thinketh good How 50. women burnt them selues with one man When a man dyeth his wife burneth her selfe with him there were some of their men aborde our shippes that told vs that when some man dyeth in that Countrey that sometimes there are at the least fifty women that will burne themselues with him and she that doth not so is accounted for a dishonest woman so that it is a common thing with them The apparel both of men and women is for the most part like those of Bantam nothing but a cloth about their middles Their weapons is each man a poinyarde at their backes and a trunke with an iron point like a speare about a fadom and a halfe long out of the which they blowe certaine arrowes whereof they haue a case full it is an euil weapon for naked men they are enemies to the Mores and Portingalles This Island yeeldeth no spice nor any other costly ware onely victuailes and clothes which they weare about their bodies and slaues that are there to be solde The King went with more state then the King of Bantam all his garde had pikes with heades of fine gold and he sate in a wagon that was drawen by 2. two white Buffles The first of March we had a calme The third we got a good wind that blew Southeast holding our course West South west The fourteenth the wind blew stil South east sometimes more Southwarde and sometimes Eastward being vnder 14. degrees and a good sharpe gale holding our course West Southwest

They go naked onely that about their midles they weare a cloth made of the barke of a tree drawne in small threedes they make and vse very fine Mats to sitte vppon They haue no great store of weapons for that halfe of them are vnprouided and that they vse is a speare of nine or ten foote long with a great wooden Target They are very fearefull of our Caliuers for 5. or sixe men with Caliuers will cause great numbers of them to flie away We taught them what our Peeces ment for wee perceyued that they knew them not before they had proued them at the first they thought they coulde carry no further then their owne lengthes for they knew not what they were Their Kinges ornamentes were ten or twelue Copper Rings about his armes if we had had such Ringes with vs wee might haue sold them at what prices wee woulde They likewise vse beades of Glasse which they weare about their armes and neckes by them esteemed for great ornaments for a boxe of beades of small value we had an Oxe or three or foure Sheepe rounde about this Bay are townes and villages where you may haue of all things to refresh your selues Lemons and Citrons are there greater and better then in Portingall Likewise Oringes Ryce Hennes Goats Honie and many other sortes of fruites and to conclude it is the best Bay in all the world to refresh ships Being on land we were wel entertayned and must of force drink with them of their drinke made of Hony and Ryce There we trafiqued with them and had sufficient of euery thing but euery night we went aborde our shippes The third of February we had so great a storme that most of our ankers were lost and we ran vpon the land in great daunger to cast our ships away but God holpe vs for the storme ceased and then we went to hoyse vp our lost ankers and so againe went to anker vnder the Island glad that we had so well escaped that daunger The fift of February we went to seeke for our boats but the wild men had smitten them in peeces taken out the nailes thinking likewise that our shippes woulde haue beene cast away vpon the shore which they still expected and when we came thither they stood vpon the shore with their weapons in hand and threw stones at vs and we perceyuing them in that minde made towardes our shippes for we desired not to reuenge our selues nor once to fight with them without commission from our Generall whom we certified thereof The eyght of February we rowed into the Riuer to buy cattle and other things but they were become our enemies threatning and casting stones at vs wherevpon we put out two shalops to run a shore close to the land and made our Caliuers and other weapons ready SVMATRA INSVLA The 12. of Februarie wee hoised anker and set sayle out of the great Bay of Antongil being well prouided of all necessaries we put out with a North wind the Bay stretching Northeast and Southwest The 2. of March we had a West winde our course being East and East by North towards Iaua In March and Aprill about the Islande of Brandawe we found that our Compasses helde two Strikes to farre Northwarde and we coulde not perceiue the sands that are set downe in the Portingalles sea Cards but we saw many turnings of streames and we were much troubled with calmes but with the new Moone we had winde enough out of the West North west The 27. of May we found the water abord our shippes to bee much lessened and therefore euery mans portion was but halfe as much as he was wont to haue so that each man was allowed but foure draughts euery day which was but a small quantitie Whereby through the extreame heat we endured great thirst so that at that time a draught of water abord our ship was worth a Riall of 8. The first of Iuly we saw the Islande of Emgano whereat we much reioyced because of the great thirst wee endured in our shippe and when wee made neerer to it we perceyued it to be an Islande lying before the straightes of Sonda vnder 9. degrees on the south side of the line The sixt of Iuly we put somewhat nearer to the land and there we saw sixe or seuen canes lying vnder the shore but farre off and durst not make toward vs in the end we manned out a shalop rowed to land but they made from vs when our men were hard by the shore there we saw about 40. or 50. of them standing vpon the shore with their bowes wherewith our men durst not land for they seemed to be a cruell kind of people and altogether wild for they went all naked not hauing any thing before their priuy members They were of a reddish colour but when our men saw no aduantage they turned again vnto their shippes The seuenth of Iuly we saw the point of the land of Sumatra which is a verie high land descending downewarde with a long end The 11. of the same Month we were close vnder the land where there lay an Island and there we ankered The 12. of Iuly in the morning we saw certaine ships whereof one came vnto vs wee rowed vnto it with a shalop and spake with it but we could not vnderstand them but they shewed vs where we should haue water which made vs glad that wee might once againe haue our bellies full of water it being almost foure Monthes that wee had not seene any land nor taken in any fresh victuailes We sent our Pinace to the firme land of Sumatra there to seeke for some reliefe for that where we lay there dwelt not any man The maner of the Gouernor of Sumatras comming on bord The 13. of Iuly the Captain or principall ruler of Sumatra came abord our ships to see them which was done with great solemnitie hee being apparelled after the Turkish manner with a wreath about his heade and a fearefull countenance small eyes great eye browes and little beard for a man might tell all the haires vpon his chinne he brought vs a present of Betele which are leaues which they continually chaw and eat it with chalke This Island of Sumatra or Taprobana as it is saide is the greatest of all the Orientall Islandes it is diuided from the firme land of Malacca by a straight and dangerous sea by reason of many Islandes and cliffes that are within it Out of this Island as some men are of opinion Salomon had his Gold wherewith he beautified the Temple and his owne pallace and then in the Bible it should be named Orphir for certainly Sumatra is rich of mynes of Golde Siluer and Mettall and the inhabitants therof are very expert in melting of brasse peeces Therein is a fountaine of pure Balsame the Portingalles haue no fortresse therein yet they traffique in certaine hauens specially in Pedir and Campar There is also in this Island a place