wee likewise saw the Islands of Mabrabomba which lie on the south point or corner of the high land of Sierra Liona north from the Baixos or shallows of S. Annas Island Sierra Liona is a very high land there is no land so high as it betweene Capo Verde and the coast of Guinea whereby the poynt is most easie to bee knowne that day wee laboured as we could to get to land for the most part hauing stormie weather running to the point and ouer the Baixos or shallows of S. Anna at 10.9.8.7 and 5. fathome water and as wee sayled northward the water waxed deeper but eastward shallower so that about euening we anchored with a high water at foure fathome and a halfe soft ground and in the night time we had but three fathome and a halfe but it was fine cleare weather The 22. in the morning at Sunrising William Schouten went aboord the Horne and sayled in it before vs the great ship following holding our course north northeast with a northwest winde and an ebbe vnder the bough and so got off from the Baixos to 18. fathome water and from thence to the Islands of Mabrabomba which are very high and lie all three on a row southwest and northeast halfe a league from Sierra Liona to seaward there we had shallow water at fiue and foure fathome soft muddy ground we anchored about a league from the land and going on shore found no man dwelling therin but perceiued the foote-steps of many great beastes but all the land lay wast like a wildernes with low marshes or bogs and high hils The 23. in the morning Iacob le Maire went aboord the Horne and from it with both the boates on shore where hee found a Riuer at the mouth thereof hauing many cliffes sands rockes whereby no ship could goe into it but within it was very deepe and broad enough for ships to turne and wind there they could perceiue no people to dwell but saw three wilde Oxen and a great many Monkeis and some birds that barked like dogs They rowed at least 3. leagues vp into it with the floud and there found a wilde Palme tree but in the euening came aboord againe and heard of no people neither found any fruit that might serue their turne to eate The 24. both our Scouts went on shore againe to seeke for men or some refreshing each of them in a seuerall Riuer at least 5. leagues into it Aris Clawson the Marchant of the Horne with one of the Assistants into the one and Claus Iohnson Ban with our masters mate in the other and the 25. in the morning came on boord againe The Marchant of the Horne had beene in a salt riuer and brought with him 5. or 6. wilde Palmites Claus Iohnson and Ban had beene in a fresh riuer and there found a place wherein there grew 8. or 9. Limond trees which they shooke and got about 750. Limonds most ripe ready to drie There also they saw great store of Tortoyses and some Crocodiles but no people We determined to trie if wee could get into the fresh Riuer with both our shippes therein to make prouision of fresh water and Limonds and to that end set sayle but found the water so shallow that we were forced to anchor at 6. fathome The Horne anchored before the Riuer on the lower land but there found shallow water by meanes of the point of the Baixos or shallows of S. Anna Island Iacob le Maire and Aris Clawson the marchants of the Horne and Vnitie went with the boate vp into the riuer The 26. we had a stiffe gale of winde South southwest so that wee could not saile yet the Horne beate on the south point of the bay which is about fiue leagues broad from the north to the south side The 27. in the morning we hoyst anchor to sayle to the Horne and about noone time the Horne boate came with Iacob le Maire on boord againe bringing with him about 1400. Limonds which they had found in diuers places here and there in the riuer In the euening we got to the Horne and there anchored at three fathome and a halfe soft ground The 28. our master went vp the riuer before the which we lay with both the boates and about euening came againe and found no good land to goe vpon nor any signes of men but onely a Bull with a Calfe all the ground being marshie and full of trees that stood in the salt water The 29. perceiuing that we were not in the riuer of Sierra Liona we determined early in the morning to set sayle and to goe northward of the high land and about noone wee got aboue the Islands of Mabrabonda westward along towards the north part of the high land till we had 12. and 15. fathome water and in the euening got about the point where we anchored at 15. fathome deepe The 30. in the morning we hoysed anchor and draue with the streame and a south wind before the village in the right roade of Sierra Liona where wee anchored at 8. fathome sandy ground about a musket shot from the land there we saw 8. or 9 houses couered with straw The Moores called vnto vs in their Language to fetch them aboord our shippe and because they had no Canoes we sent our boate on land which presently came backe againe with 5. Moores in it whereof one was their Interpreter but before they came they desired that we would leaue some of our men to stay with them as pledges for that not long before there had beene a French ship there which had taken and carryed away 2. of their Moores Aris Clawson the marchant that went a shore with the boate staied there with them and haueing certaine beades he there bartered them for 700. Limonds most ripe and two bunches of Banauas almost ripe also The Interpreter spake all kind of Languages one with an other In the meane time our men hauing faire weather laded fresh water which is there easie to be had by reason it falles downe out of the hill into the roade so that we held the barrels vnder the shore or fall of the water and filling them put them straight into the Scute the water was very good The 31. when we had fild our vessels full of water and that morning Iacob le Maire Aris Clawson Claus Iohnson Ban and all the assistants went on land and bartered for about 25000. Limonds for a few beades and some slight Norremburgh kniues wee might haue had 100000. Limonds there at the least if we would for there they grew by whole woods full the same night we bartered with the Negroes for a shole of Fish The first of September we hoysed anchor and draue before the streame and that euening anchored at the mouth of the Sea before a small Riuer The 2. we set the Horne vpon the Strand to make her cleane hauing a god place to doe it for there the water falles 7. foote vp and
before and held our course South That day our men had double allowance of wine because we had past the dangerous sands called Abrothos The day ensewing to the 10. wee held our course for the most part south and Southwest and were vnder 25 degrees 33. minutes The 11 we found our compasse to varie 17 degrees northeastward and with a south wind held our course West and west and by south The 12 with a southeast and by east and an east winde we sayled south southwest and southwest and were vnder 26 degrees 45 minutes The 13 14 and 15 wee sailed south and southwest with an east winde The 16 17 and 18 the winde south we held for the most part west south west and were vnder 34 degrees 15. minutes and saw much Walschot driue The 19. with a north and northeast wind wee sayled south south west and perceiued that the streame draue vs much to the south The 20. we were vnder 36. degrees 57. minutes there wee saw many Quallen driue and a great number of sea lice which are a kind of lice for greatnesse like to small flies The 21. we were vnder 38 degrees 25. minutes and had alteration of water there wee cast out our leade but found no ground the compasse then varied 17 degrees northeastward that morning wee saw the new Moone being 21. howers old The 22 it was ordered by our master and his counsell that one man should haue a cup of sacke euery day and a measure of oyle weekely our french wine and butter being all spent The 23. we saw many Whales and white water and were vnder 40 degrees 56. minutes The 24. we saw many more great fishes and much Odenkwos driue the water very hollow out of the west and saw many birds The 30. we had white water as if we had bin hard by the land and were vnder 46. degrees 15. minutes and saw many birds The 2. of December being vnder 47. degrees 45. minutes we saw much Steencrosse driue The 4. we still saw Steencrosse white water and many birds and were vnder 47 degrees 25 minutes and 16. degrees northeastward variation of the compasse then wee cast out our lead and found 75 fathom sandy ground The 5. wee cast out our lead and had 65. fathom savv many birds and Steencrosse then we were vnder 46 degrees 25 minutes and had 54. fathom that night wee saw many Whales The 6. in the morning vve had 46 fathom vvater and vvith a northvvest vvinde sayled vvest southvvest and at noone vvere vnder 40 degrees 37 minutes and had 42 fadome vvater about 4 in the after noone vvee savv land not very high but vvhite and some vvhat flat vvee fell according to our desire on the north side of Porto Desire and at night anchored at 10 fathom deepe about a league and a halfe from the shoare vvith an ebbe that ran Southvvard as strongly as the sea runs betvveene Flushing heads The 7. in the morning vve hoysed anchor and sailed South vntill noone then vve vvere before the hauen of Porto Desire lying vnder 47. degrees 40 minutes and made towards the entrie thereof where we had very high water so that the cliffes wherof Oliuer van Noort writeth vvhich sayling into that hauen must be left northvvard from vs were cleane vnder water but on the south point there lay certaine cliffes open which we tooke to be those and therefore went southward on but sayled southward of the right chanell into a crooked bay and there at high water anchored at foure fathom and a halfe and when the water was low wee had but 14. footwater whereby the Vnitie lay with her stearne fast on ground it being ful of cliffes the wind was west from the land smooth water to our great fortune for if wee had had an east vvinde vvith any gale for certaine vve had lost our ship vpon the cliffes vve found many eggs and tooke great mustles and other fish and among the rest smelts of 16 inches long and for that cause vve called that place the Smelt bay our Shallop vvent to the Pinguijns Iland lying east southeast tvvo leagues from Porto Desire and came aboord againe late in the euening bringing 2 sea Lyons and 150 Pinguijns vvhich vve eate the next day The 8 in the morning vvith the land vvind vve sayled out of the Smelt bay and anchored right before the hauen of Porto Desire and sent our Shalop out to sound the depth of the channell and found 12 and 13 fathom entering in after noone vvith a high vvater and a northeast wind wee set saile the Horne first and so entred into the hauen When wee had sayled about a league and a halfe into the riuer the winde turned and we anchored at 20 fathom there the ground vvas slippery stones for about halfe an houre after the winde blowing hard north west both our ships lying with 2. anchors a peece out presently draue vpon the South shoare for there 25 anchors could not haue holden them so that wee verily thought both our ships would there be cast away The great ship sat with herside vpon the cliffes and shoke with the falling water some what lower and still kept stanch but the Horne fell vpon the cliffes so that the water went cleane from it whereby at low water a man might haue gone drie foote vnder the keele right against the maine mast the keele was aboue a fathom out of the water fearefull to be hould but as the winde blew hard northwest it kept it from falling ouer which appeared to be so for that when the winde ceased it fell from the land against the winde vpon the side at least three foote lower then the keele whereat we were all abasht thinking wee had surely lost her but when the floud came with still weather it rose vp againe whereat we all reioyced In the morning with calme weather we wound of from the wall and the same night the Horne came to vs. The 9. in the morning we set sayle againe and went further into the riuer and came to the Kings Island so called by Oliuer Van Noort the Horne went behinde it and there anchored but we could not get in with the Vnitie because the winde was contrarie our men went on shore into the Island which was almost couered ouerwith eggs for a man standing still on his feete with his hands might reach to 54. neasts each hauing 3 or 4 eggs a peece much like but some what greater then Sea-Mues eggs the birdes were blackish Sea-mewes wee carried thousands of them on board and eate them The 10. our boate vvent on the north side of the riuer to seeke for fresh vvater but found none for digging holes of 14. foote deepe they found brackish vvater both on the high hilles and in the valleys and returning on boord againe brought great store of birds and egs vvith them The 11. the boate vvent lovver into the Riuer on the south side to seeke for men and vvater and found
three hogs more Which hee brought aboord the shippe and then wee prepared our selues to set sayle to the great contentment of the Indians of that Island because as long as wee were there they alwayes feared we would kil them and take their country from them Those people were men of good vnderstanding and of great stature for the least man of them was as big as the tallest of vs and the tallest of them was farre higher then any of vs they were strong men and well proportioned of body and limbs they went very fast and swam and diued vnder the water excellent well their colour was altogether browne yealow they were very curious in the dressing and trimming of their haire some hadde it curled some frizled some ware it bound vp in long foldes 4.5 or 6. together as our women doe in haire-laces and some which was strange to see had their haire standing vpright vpon their heads about a quarter of an elle long like hogs bristles The king had a long locke of haire on the left side of his head that hung downe beneath his hipps bound vp with a knot or two His gentlemen hadde two such lockes on each side of their heads one they went naked all alike both men and women onely some litle thing handsomely tyed before their priuie members The women were very vnsightly both in face and body of small stature Their haire cut close to their heades as our mens in Holland their brests long hanging downe to their bellies like lether satchels they are very lecherous for they suffer themselues to be vsed by their men openly in all mens sight and in the kings owne presence onely vnder a mat We could not perceiue that they worshipped God or any Gods or vsed any deuotion neither the one nor the other but liued without care like birdes in the wood They had no skill of buying or selling but with flaggs they deliuered vs some what and vvee in like sort to them againe They neither sowe nor reape nor doe any worke There the earth of it selfe yeeldes all that they neede to sustaine their liues as Cocos Vbas Bananas and such like fruit When the water falles The women looke vpon the shoare on the sea side for fishes and when they will they take them with their hookes and eate them raw so that there men may plainely behold and see the golden world whereof the Poets vvrite When vvee left that Island vvee called it Horne Island after the name of the towne from whence vvee came and the bay vvherein vvee anchored the Vnities bay after our shippes name that day for the most part vve were busie to get out and to hoyse vp our anchors one of our cables vvas fretted in peeces with the sharpenesse of the ground where it lay so vvee lost that anchor then wee drew vp an other anchor and the cable fretting vpon a cliffe brake as wee wound it vp and lost that anchor also This bay lies on the south side of the Eye land in a docke on the one side their is a sand which at low water is dry on the other side the firme land but yet foule vpon the Shore There vve lay with foure anchors and foure cables out at 10. fathom sandy ground about a musket shot from the litle riuer from vvhence the fresh water ran Wee might vvell haue lyen with the ship in the litle riuer without danger in the place vvhere vvee lay vve could not stirre because it vvas so narrovv about noone vve vvere vnder sayle and ranne West south vvest till euening to get into the broad sea after that vve held our course vvest vvith an east vvinde glad that vve had eased and refreshed our selues so vvell at that good Island and vvere so vvell prouided of good vvater some hogs Vbas rootes and a great number of Cocos nuts and Bananas the place vvhere vvee lay is vnder 14. degees 56. minutes The first of Iune about noone we were vnder 13. degrees 15. minutes the vvinde east our course North. The next day the vvind still continued easterly and vve went northvvest and vvest and most part northvvest and by vvest with a hard course vve vvere vnder 14. degrees 45. minutes then wee savv great store of birds and held vvest and vvest south vvest with hollow billowes out of the south southeast The 20. the winde northeast wee vvent vvest and in the euening saw land all that night driuing without sayle to keepe off from the land and then were vnder 4. degrees 50. minutes The 21. the winde east vvee made towards the land that was very low and going neere vnto it found many sands which strecht northvvest of from the land there were 3. or 4. Islands all very small but full of trees There a Canoe boorded vs being of the same fashion as afore but some what greater able to hold 5 or 6 men The men in all respectes as the former and spake the same language but some what blacker hauing some thing before their priuie members Their armes vvere bowes and arrowes which were the first bowes that wee saw among the Indians in the south sea wee gaue them some beades and nayles but they pointed towards the West to tell vs that there was more land where their king dwelt and many things to be hadde Therefore vve held our course vvestvvard againe finding no fit place to anchor in This Island lay south southvvest and vvest from vs vnder 4. degrees 47. minutes The 22. the winde east south east wee sayld west and vvest and by north vnder 4. degrees 45. minutes that quarter wee hadde a good gale of vvinde and faire weather and that day saw at least twelue or thirteene Islands one close by an other vvest south vvest from vs reaching southeast and northvvest about halfe a league but sayled along by them leauing them on backeboord The 24. the vvinde south at noone wee saw land on back-boord being 3. low Islands that lay southwest from vs very greene and full of trees two of them were 2 miles long a peece the third very litle the shore was hard cliffie ground there likewise we could find no anchoring wee called them the Greene Islands We also saw a high Island that had 7. or 8. houels forth right lying west by north from vs in the night we held off and on staying till day The 25. in the morning as wee were sayling by the aforesaid Island we saw other land before vs in the southwest which was exceeding high which we thought to be the poynt of Noua Guinea we made towards it leauing the other high Island that lay westward which we called S. Iohns Island because it was S. Iohn Baptists day About noone wee got to it and sayled along by it with an east southeast wind but could find no anchor ground we sent out our Shalop to sound the depth that went along by the shore betweene the ship and it and being somewhat neare the shore there came
nothing but brackish vvater there they savv some Estriges and beasts like Harts vvith very long neckes vvhich vvere afrayde of vs. Vpon the highest part of the hilles vve found some burying places which were heapes of stones and we not knowing what that meant pulled the stones of from one of them and vnder them found mens bones of 10 and 11 foote long they buried the dead vpon the top of the hilles flat on the ground couer them also with stones which keepes them from being deuouered by beasts or birdes The 12.13.14.15 and 16. our men went continually on land to seeke for water but found none euery day bringing good store of birdes and fishes on boord The 17. We layd our shippe within the Kings Island on the wall with a high water to make it cleane where it was drie that wee might goe round about it drie foot The 18 the Horne was also layd on shore about 2 musket shot from our ship to make it cleane The 19. as we were busie about both the ships to make them cleane and burnt reeds vnder the Horne the flame of the fire sodainly got into the ship and presently tooke such hold thereof that in the twinckling of an eye it was so great that wee could by no meanes quench it by reason it lay 50. foot drie from the water side and by that meanes we were constrained to stand still and see it burne before our eyes not able to doe any thing to saue it The 20. at a high water we lancht the Vnitie into the water againe and went to the Horne quencht the fire but the ship was burnt cleane downe to the water The next day when we had cast the water out of that part of it that was left we saued all the wood iron-worke anchors ordinance and what else that was to be gotten and put it into ourship The 25 our men found certaine hols full of fresh water which was white and very thicke from whence some of them daily fetch water in litle rondlets on there shoulders some went armed with muskets to defend them others fetch birdes egges and young sea Lyons which we eate and are of a reasonable good tast The sea Lyons are a kind of fish as big as a litle horse with heads like Lyons and long rough haire about their neckes but the she Lyons are without haire and not halfe so great as the hee we could not kill them but with musket shot either in the brest or the paunch for though we gaue them 100. blowes with staues and other things and made the bloud run out of their mouthes and noses yet they would run away while we lay there in the riuer we had great windes and some times much raine and stormes The 9. of Ianuarie 1616. we left fetching water into the ship and the 10. wee set sayle to goe on our voiage but the wind comming out of the sea we were forced to anchor againe by the Lyon Island and that day got great store of fish and birdes The 12 our Pinnace rowed to the Pinguijns Island to fetch Pinguijns but the weather was so foule that they could not get a boord againe that day but lay all night in the Smeltbay and next morning came to vs laden with Pinguijns but by reason of the great number of them they were spoyled and we cast them ouer boord The 13 about noone we sailed out of Porto Desire but the sea being calme we anchored before the hauen and when the winde began to rise hoysed anchor and put to sea The 18 we saw Sebaldes Islands south east from vs about 3. leagues they lie as Sebald Dewert writes distant from the straight east northeast and west southwest about 50. leagues then we were vnder 51. degrees The 20 vve saw Steencrosse driue and perceiued that we had a great streame that went southwest then vve vvere vnder 53 degrees gest that vve vvere about 20 leagues south ward from the straights of Magelan The 11 vvee vvere vnder 53. degrees The 23 in the morning vvee had a South vvinde and about noone it vvaxt calme then the vvinde blevv vvest and vve had ground at 50 fathom blacke sandy with smale stones after that the winde turned north with smooth water and faire weather The vvater shewed as white as if wee had beene within the land wee held our course south and by west about 3. of the clocke after noone we saw land west and west south west from vs and not long after that vve savv it also in the south then hauing a north winde we went east southeast to get aboue the land it blew so hard in the hollow water that wee were forced to take in our top sayles The 24. in the morning wee saw land on starre-boord not aboue a great league distant from vs there wee had ground at 40. fathom and a west winde the land strecht east and south with very high hills that were all couered ouer with ice VVee sayled along by that land and about noone past it and saw other land cast from it which also was very high and ragged These lands as wee gest lay about 8. leagues one from the other and seemed as if there were a good passage betweene them which we were the better perswaded vnto for that there ran a hard streame Southward betweene both those lands Then about noone wee were vnder 54 degrees 46. minutes and after noone wee had a north winde and made towards this opening but about euening it calmed and that night we draue forwards with a hard streame and little winde There we saw an innumerable number of Pinguijns and thousands of Whales so that wee were forced to looke well about vs and to wind and turne to shun the Whales least we should sayle vpon them The 25 in the morning we were close by the east land which was very high and craggy which on the north side reacheth east south east as farre as wee could see that land we called States land but the land that lay west from vs wee named Mauriceland We perceiued that on both sides thereof there were good roades and sandy bayes for on either side it had sandy strands and very faire sandie ground There are great store of fish Pinguijns and Porpesses as also birdes and water enough but we could see no trees wee had a north winde in the entrie and went south southwest with a stife course at noone wee were vnder 55 degrees 36 minutes and then held our course south west with a good sharpe winde and raine and a stife gale we savv the land on the south side of the passage vpon the vvest ende of Maurice van Nassawes land reach vvest south vvest and south vvest as farre as wee could see it all very high and craggie-land In the euening the vvinde was South West and that night vvee went south with great waues or billowes out of the southvvest and very blew water whereby wee iudged and held for
our course Westward with an east winde and an in different gale rainie weather and smoth water The same day wee were vnder 14. degrees 46. minutes That Island was 15. leagues distant from the other we called it the water Island by cause there we got some water The 17. wee gaue our men six cups of water and sod a great ketle with pottage made of the greene herbes that wee had in water Island which did our men some good and eased them of their loosenesse The 18. in the morning wee saw an other low Island south west from vs lying West north west and east south east as farre as wee could see at the least twentie leagues distant from the other Wee made to it and being hard by it sent out our boate to sound the depth they told vs they found ground by a point of land from whence there came a streame at twentie twentie fiue and fortie fathom running softly downe about a musket shot from the land whereupon wee sent the boate with our emptie caske thither hoping to finde vvater When it came to the land they let the Schut lie fast at a dreg in the water and drew one an other with a rope though the water to land as they did before there they sought a good vvay vvithin a vvood for fresh vvater but because they had no armes with them and savv a vvilde man vvho as they thought had a bovv in his hand they turned presently backe to the Shalop and came aboord againe vvithout doing any thing and lying a good vvay from the shoare there came fiue or six vvild men to the strand vvho seeing that our men were gon went backe againe into the wood Vpon that Island there were great store of greene wild trees being also full of salt water within When our men came into the shippe they were couered all ouer vvith flies in such abundance that we could not know them their faces hands and Scute and all full and the owers also as farre as they were out of the water were couered ouer with blacke flies wonderfull to behold those flies came with them aboord our ship and flue so thicke vpon our bodies and in our faces that vve knew not how to shun them for wee could hardly eate or drinke but all was full of them vve still wipt our faces and hands and made flaps to kill as many as wee could this continued two or three dayes with great trouble vnto vs all at last wee had a good gale of winde whereby and with continuall killing them in the ende when three or four dayes were past we were rid of them wee called that Island the Flie Island and therewith set forward from it and had some raine as also the next day whereby wee gathered so much water with clothes and sayles that it holpe vs well in the night wee made no great way but often times let the ship driue that wee might not by night fall vpon such low Islands and spoyle our ship The 23. wee were vnder 15. degrees 4. minutes and then againe had great hollow bill ovves out of flie south which the next day also continued the winde vvas north east and most part east and east and by south There they sayd that Terra Australis which we sought for lay yet 250. leagues further The 25. wee filled foure vessells full of raine water and still had hollow billowes out of the south as we commonly haue in the Spanish seas out of the north west The 3. of May the winde was still east and wee say led West and at woone were vnder 15 degrees 3 minutes That day we saw many great Dorados which were the first that wee had seene in the south sea The 9. Wee were vnder 15. degrees 20. minutes and at that time as wee thought were 1510. leagues distant from the coast of Peru and Chili About noone wee saw a sayle which as wee gessed was a Barke comming out of the south and went northward towards vs we presently made towards it and as it came neere to vs wee shot at it with one of our peeces right ouer her to make them strike but they would not then wee shot againe but yet they would not strike with that we put out our Shalop with 10. musketiers in it to take her which calling to them wee shot another peece yet without any intent to reach or to hurt them but they would not strike but sought as well as they could to get away from vs and got to loofeward of vs but our Shalop being too crafty for them rowed to them and being about halfe a musket shot from them shot foure muskets one after an other as they drew neere to her and before they could reach her some of her men in great feare leapt ouerboord whereof one of them had a little child and another was hurt and had three holes in his backe but not very deepe for it was hayleshot those we fetcht out of the water againe they also threw much of their goods ouer boord and amongst the rest three Hennes our men leapt into their ship and carryed them into our ship they not once resisting for in truth they had no armes when they were in our ship we fetcht two men more that were left in theirs which presently fell downe before vs and kist our feete and hands one of them was a very old man the other a young man wee could not vnderstand them but vsed them kindely and presently the Shalop rowd to fetch those that leapt ouerboord to saue their liues but they gotte but two of them that droue vpon one of their oares and pointed to our men with their hands to the ground as much to say that the rest were drownd one of those two that was hurt whom wee drest had long yealowish haire In that shippe there was at least eight women three young sucking children and some of nine or ten yeares old so that we made account they were three and twentie in all cleane naked prople both men and women onely something hanging before their priuie members About euening vvee set the men on boord their shippe againe that were welcome to their wiues which claspt them about the necks and kist them Wee gaue them beades which they hung about their neckes and some kniues and shewed them all the friendâ—hip we could and they the like to vs giuing vs two firâ—â— Matiens and two Cocos nuts for they had not many that was all they had to eate and drinke and they had drunke out all the vvater out of the nuttes so that they had no more drinke Wee saw them drinke salt vvater out of the Sea and gaue it also to their young children to drinke which vvee thought to bee against Nature They had certaine clothes vvhich they vvare before their priuie members and therevvith couered themselues against the heate of the Sunne of a yealowish colour They vvere reddish people that annoynted themselues with Oyle the Women had
short hayre like our men in Holland Mens hayre vvas long curled and very blacke their ship was of a strang fashiō It was made of 2. long faire Canoes with a good space betweene them in each Canoe about the middle thereof there lay two whole broad planckes of fayre redde vvood to keepe out the vvater and diuers planckes layd crosse ouer from the one Canoe to the other which were made fast together and hung a good way ouer on both endes without the Canoes very close aboue to keepe out the water before at the ende of one of the Canoes on starre-boord there stood a Mast at the end thereof hauing a forke whereon the yard lay The sayle vvas made of mats and as the vvinde blovve they sayled without Compasse or any Instruments for the Sea but hookes to fish withall whereof the vpper part was stone the other blacke bone or Torroyses shelles and some of them vvere mother of pearle Their ropes were very fayre and almost as thicke as a Cable made of such stuffe as the figge frayles in Spayne are When they sayled from vs they hold their course southeast The tenth We had the vvinde South southeast and southeast and by South and held our course West and southwest In the morning after breakefast we saw very high land on backeboord lying Southeast and by south about eight leagues from vs vve made to it and sayled all that day with a good gale but could not reach it and therefore held off in the night in the euening wee saw a sayle a great may beneath the land and presently after another also a great deale below they often wound to and fro and in the night they made fires and drew neere one vnto the other The eleuenth in the morning wee vvere neere a high Island and about tvvo Leagues southvvard from thence an other long low Island that day vvee sayled ouer a banke of foureteene fathome deepe stony ground lying about tvvo Leagues from the land and as soone as wee were ouer it wee could finde no more grounde One of the Shippes aforesaid came to vs and wee cast out a rope at our sterne thinking they would take it and draw themselues by is aboord our shippe but they could not gette it till one of our men leapt ouer boord and holp them to take it which they vntyed and tooke it into their shippe and tyed two Cocos nuts and 3 or 4 flying fishes to the rope and so let it go calling aloud to vs but we could not vnderstand them but we thought their meaning was that we should pull the rope on boord againe they also carry a Canoe in their ship which what time soeuer they can put out and are very good Sea men Their ships were of the fashion asoresayd with good sayles and are so swift of sayle that few ships in Holland can out sayle them They steere behind with 2. oares on each Canoe a man sometimes row with their oares before when they will wind the ship also windes of it selfe when they pull the oates out of the water and let it goe or alone with the winde vvee put out our Shalop to sound vvhich came and told vs that they had found ground at 15.14 and 12. fathome sheluie ground about a canon shot from the land wee presently made to it to anchor and tooke in our sayles The Negroes seeing that made fignes to vs to goe to the other Island and sayled thither before vs but wee anchored at the ende of the Island at fiue and twentie fathome sandie ground a great Cannon shot from the land That Island is a high hill almost like one of the Molucos Islandes full of trees most Cocos trees therefore wee called it Cocos Island The other Island is much longer but lower lying East and West As soone as wee were at an anchor there came three small shippes that sayled vp and dovvne about our shippe and at least nine or ten Canoes boorded vs some from the lande and some out of the little shippes among the which tvvo of them put out litle white flags in signe of peace and wee did the like Their Canoes which had 3. and 4. men a peece in them vvere flat before and sharpe behinde hewed out of a whole peece of reed wood Wherewith they could row exceeding swift and when they came neere the ship they leapt into the water and swam to our ship with their hands full of Cocos nuttes and Vbes rootes which they bartred vvith vs for nayles and beades whereof they were very desirous they gaue foure or fiue Cocos nutts for one naile or a small string of beades so that the same day wee bartered for 180. Cocos nuttes and at last there came so many on boord that wee scarse knew how to bestirre our selues We sent our Shalop towards the other Island to see if there vve could not lie better for there we lay in the open sea but the Shalop was no sooner off from our ship rowing along by the land but it was enclosed round about by 12 or 13. Canoes of the other Island and still more came to them the people within them shewing as if they vvere mad hauing certaine staues of hard wood in their hands like Clubs sharpe at the point and a litle burnt They boorded our Shalop and thought to haue taken it from vs but our men being thereby constrained to defend themselues let flee three muskets among them whereat first they laught and mockt thinking it but a sport but the third time one of them was shot into the brest cleane through his body which his fellowes seeing went presently to helpe him and finding him to be so sore hurt all of them kept of from the Shalop and went to one of their small shippes with sayles and calling to it would haue hadde them to ouer row the Shalop as wee gest but they would not for their Canoes had bin aboord our ship where they had beene well vsed and friendly delt with all Those people were very theeuish for in our sight they stole one of our leads wherewith our men vsed to sound and whatsoeuer they saw they would steale and swim away with it as some of them did that stole avvay one of our mens pillovves and couerlet others tooke kniues and vvhat else they could finde Wherevvith they presently leapt ouer boorde and svvam avvay so that in the night vvee vvere forst to take in our Shalop least they should cut the rope and carrie it avvay they vvere exceeding desirous of iron looking round about vpon the nayles and bolts of the shippe thinking to pull them out and to steale them avvay but they vvere to fast in the vvood They vvere lusty men vvell proportioned and of great stature and vvent all naked and vnarmed onely their priuie members couered Their haire vvas drest after diuers fashions some short and some finely curled some had long haire bound vp in plaits in seuerall manner they vvere notable svvimmers
west northwest with slight water east northeast The third vvee saw high land againe west from vs about 14 leagues from the other Island vnder 2. degrees and 40. minutes The 4. as vve vvere busied to passe by the aforesayd 4. Islands vvee saw at least 22 or 23. others great and small high and low which wee left on starrboord onely two or three on larboord They lay close one by the other some a league or a league and a halfe and some more then a Cannon shot distant one from an other vnder 2. degrees 25. or 30. minutes litle more or lesse That euening wee hoped to finde a road but were forced to holde because night came on The same time vvee savv a sayle come toward vs from one of those Islands but because it was night it boorded vs not and in the morning the wind falling contrarie we left it and yet were close by it The 5. the winde being south east and east southeast and our course south and by west and south west vvee hadde much thunder and raine and were vnder 3. degrees 56. minutes The 6. sometimes wee had a hard vvinde and some times calme with raine lightening and thunder and before noone saw a verie high hill being southwest from vs which we sayled vnto our master was of opinion that it was Banda by reason it was very like to the hill called Geomenapi in Banda and very like for height but going neere vnto it wee might see two or three hills more like vnto it that lay on the north side of the first hill about 6. or 7. leagues distant whereby we knew that it was not so Behind that hill wee saw very much land east and westward which vvas so long that on either side wee could see no ende thereof sometimes high and then low reaching east south east whereby vvee gest it to be Noua Guinea and for that night came vpon vs we held off from it The 7. in the morning before day we wound againe towards the high hills which was a burning Island casting fire and flame from the top thereof and therefore we called it Vulcans Island the winde then was south west with faire weather This Island was vvell inhabited and had many Cocos trees in it the people came with some Canoes to our ship but were very fearefull of vs they called vnto vs but we vnderstood them not neither could our blacke Moses tell what they sayd they were all naked onely their priuie members couered their haire some short some long There we found no ground and so could not anchor In the north and northvvest wee savv more Islands at which time wee went north vvest and by vvest to a low Island that vve savv before vs which in the euening we got vnto Then we tooke in our sayles and let the ship driue There we found diuers colours of water greene white and yealow which we gest to be water comming out of riuers for it was sweeter then the sea water There many trees leaues and boughs draue in the water whereon some birds and crabs sat The 8. the winde being variable wee held our course west south west and vvest north vvest vvith faire wether and a reasonable gale of winde hauing on starre-boord a high and on larboord a low Island reasonable high vve made toward the land which about euening vve got vnto and found good sandie ground at 70. fathom deepe about a cannon shot from the land There certaine Canoes came to vs with a kind of ill fauoured people all Papoos their haire short and curled hauing rings in their noses and eares and strings about their heads or armes and hogs teeth hanging about their neckes for an ornament They also eate Betel and were all defectiue persons some great legs others swolne armes and so forth whereby it is to be thought that there about it is vnwholesome land the rather because their houses stood vpon stakes about 8 or 9. foote from the ground there vvee had 3. degrees 43 minutes and found a litle shew of ginger The 9. in the morning lying at anchor our Shalop rowed to looke for a fit place to anchor the ship in and returning told vs that they had found a fit bay where vnto we went and anchored at 26 fathom good sandy ground mixt with clay There about stood two small villages from whence there came many Canoes aboord our ship that brought a fevv Cocos nuts but they esteemed them very deare for 4. nuts asking a fathom of linnen cloth Whereof they were very desirous they also hadde some hogs vvhich they held at a deerer rate and what neede soeuer vve sayd vvee hadde thereof and made signes to to them to bring vs some they would not doe it That day euery man in our ship had allowance of 5 pound of bread and a measure and a halfe of oyle a weeke a cup and a halfe of Sacke a day and a Niperkin of aquauita all our pottage as pease beanes gurt and our flesh bacon and fish being spent and vve knew not where vve vvere being vncertaine whether vve were far or neere to the Indian Islands as also what place vve vvere in though vve sayled continually by the land not knowing vvhether it was Noua Guinea or no vve onely gest at it for all the Cardes that vvee had did not agree nor were not like to the land that vve saw That euening vve had great store of raine vvith thunder and lightening which held all night with very darke weather The 10. there came at least 20. Canoes on boord of our ship with men women and children in them all naked only their priuie members couered but brought no great matter with them The 11. in the morning vve put to sea againe and held our course north vvest and by west and west north west along the coast with the land alwayes in sight 3.2 and a league and a halfe distant from it and at noone past by a high point That land of Noua Guinea for the most part reacheth north west and by west sometimes some what more vvesterly and sometimes againe more northerly The 12. we sailed stil west northwest along by the coast with faire wether and without sun shine at noone being vnder 2. degrees 58. minutes with help of the streame that set vs about the west as it did all along the coast of Noua Guinea The 13. and 14. Wee sayled along by the aforesay de coast sometime by high and then by low land The 15. We had the winde and held our course as afore sayd along by the coast with good wether after-noone we came to 2. low inhabited Islands about halfe a league from the maine land which stood full of Cocos trees We made towards them and there found good anchor ground at 40.30.25 and 20. to 6. and 5. fathom deepe and there anchored at 13. fathom good ground The master rowed with the boate and the Shalop well armed to the land thinking
North and wee held our course West to wards the Islands of Salomon and called that Island Dogs Island In the night it blewer hard with a great showre of raine The 14. the winde east and east southeast wee sayled West and west and by north with winde and weather afore sayd and saw much fish and many birdes after noone vve saw another low Island North vvest from vs being very great and reached northeast and southvvest wherat vvee reioyced hoping to get vvater and some refreshing there and made to it holding our course northwest About euening being with our ship about a league from the land there came a Canoe to meete vs with 4. Indians in it al naked of a reddish colour very black long haire they kept a good way from our ship first calling to vs making signes to haue vs come on land but we vnderstood them not nor they vs not withstanding that we ansvvered and called to them in Spanish Molucus Iauan and our owne Netherland speech About euening at Sunne-setting we got to the land but found no ground nor no changing of water although we were so neere to the shore that with a musket we might shoote into it and therefore put to Sea againe and the Canoe to land vvhere a great many Indians stood vpon the shore to watch for them not long after againe there came another Canoe from the Land to our shippe but would not as the first come aboord they called to vs and vvee to them but vnderstoode not one the other at last their Canoe ouerthrewe in the water but they soone turned it vp againe and leapt quickely into it they shevved and pointed to wards the land and wee the like to them towards the shippe but they would not come wherewith we held on our course and left the Island sayling South and southwest to get aboue the land the Island was not broad but somewhat long and full of trees which as wee gessed were Palmitas and Cocus trees it lies vnder 15. degrees 15. minutes hauing white sand ground that night wee saw fire vpon the land in diuers places The 15. in the morning hauing in the night sayled about ten leagues south southwest wee sayled close along by the land where we saw many naked men standing on shore calling and crying as it seemed to bid vs come on land and then again there came another Canoe from the land towards our ship with three Indians in it which also called to vs and would not come aboord but rowed to the Shalop and went close to it our men shewing them all the friendship they could giuing them some beades and kniues but they vnderstood not one another hauing beene a little while by the Shalop they left it and came so neere to our shippe that we cast out a small rope to them which they tooke but would not enter into the ship but went into the Shalop which came backe from the land without doing any thing and hauing bin a good while in it at the last one of them came into the gallerie and drew our the nayles of the windowes in the marchants and Masters Cabines and taking them away hid them in his haire they were desirous of Iron for they ventured to pull out the bolts with their hands and to earry them away we sought to keepe one of them in the ship and to send one of our men with the other two in their Cano to land to make friendshippe with them but they would not they were very theeuish people all naked only a peece of a mat hanging before their priuie members Their skin was marked with diuers figures as Snakes Dragons and such like things vvhich shewed very blew as if they had bin burnt thereon with gun-powder we gaue them wine as they sat in the Canoe but they would not giue vs the cup againe We sent our Shalop once againe to the land vvith 8. musketiers and 6. men vvith svvords Claus Iohnson our vnder Marchant and Arice Clauson the Marchant of the Horne vvent vvith them to see vvhat vvas to be gotten in the Island and to make friendship vvith them But as soone as they vvere by the strand and the men vvent on shore there came at least 30 Indians out of the vvood vvith great Clubs or Cudgels and vvould haue taken our mens armes from them and thought to dravv the Shalop vpon the land ventred to take tvvo of our men out of the Shalop thinking to carrie them into the vvood but our musketiers hauing their muskets ready discharged three of them amongst them and verily thought that they either killed or sore vvounded some of them They likevvise hadde long staues vvith very long sharpe things at the endes thereof vvhich as vvee thought vvere sinnes of blacke fishes they also cast stones vvith stings but God be thanked hurt none of our men bowes they hadde not as farre as wee could see Our men saw some of their women that cryed and claspt their men about the neckes but knew not vvhat they meant but thought they did it to get them from thence That Island by reason wee could there finde no ground to anchor we called the Island without ground On the out side it was low plaine ground full of palme trees but within full of salt water At last when wee saw that there was nothing to be gotten we determined to leaue it and with an east vvinde held our course VVest to seaward There we had slight water and no billowes as the day before we had out of the South and therefore we gest that Southward there was more land it is vnder 15 degrees about 100 leagues distant from Dogs Iland The 16. in the morning betimes wee saw an other Island North ward from vs which we made to but found it as the other without anchor ground within also being all drowned land yet on the sids it was full of trees but no plume nor Cocos trees Wee put out our Shalop to sound the depth but going to the shore found no ground and therefore came a boorde againe without doeing any thing or seeing any men Wee sent our Shalop once againe to see if we could get any refreshing or water vpon the land who returning againe tolde vs that they hadde found fresh water not farre from the shore in a pit or keele which they might bring with buckets to the strand but hard to get into the shippe for the Shalop by reason of the billowes lay fast at a dreg by which meanes the men were forced to draw one an other vvith a rope on land and in like sort on boorde againe so that it was very troublesome and dangerous to goe on the land and therefore fetcht but foure small fats of water There also vvee found such herbes as vvee hadde in the Dogs Island vvhereof vve brought a sackefull a boorde and some crabs as also some shels and hornes that had fish in them of very good tast That euening we held on
That Cocos Island lyes vnder 16 degrees 10 minutes The twelfe in the morning after breake-fast-time there came more Canoes a boorde our ship with Cocos nuts Bananas Vbas rootes and some litle hogs and some vessels full of fresh vvater that day vvee bartered vvith them for one thousand two hundred Cocos nuts vvee vvere 85. men aboord and euery one had tvvelue nuts They stroue vvho should get first aboord and those that could not get to the shippe leapt out of their Canoes and diued vnder the other Canoes to get to the shippe to sell their vvare holding Vbas rootes and bunches of Cocos nuts in their mouthes and climed so many and so fast vp to the shippe that vvee vvere forced to keepe them downe with staues When they had sold their wares they leapt out of the ship and swam to their Canoes againe They wondered at the greatnesse and strength of the shippe and some of them crept downe behinde at the rother vnder the shippe and knockt with stones vpon the bottome thâ—reof to proue how strong it was There came a Canoe from the other Island that brought vs a young black wilde hog which the king sent vs for a present wee vvould haue giuen the messenger somewhat for it but he would not take it making signes that the king hadde charged him not to take any thing At noone the king himselfe came in a great shippe with a sayle of the fashion aforesayd like an Ice Slead with at least thirtie fiue Canoes to accompany him This king was by his men called Latou wee receiued him with Drummes and Trumpets where at they wondred because they neuer hadde scene nor heard the like before They shewed vs great honour and much friendship outwardly with bowing their heades clapping their fists together ouer their heads and other strange ceremonies When hee was a litle way from vs hee beganne to call and to crie out alowd as if hee hadde prayed after his manner all the rest of his men did the like vvee not knowing what it ment but gest that it was in steed of a welcome Presently thereupon the king sent vs a Matien by three of his men to whom wee gaue an old hatcher a few beades some old nayles and a peece of linnen cloth which hee willingly receiued laying it three times vpon his head and bowing it in token of reuerence or thankes and curtesie Those that came into our ship fell on their knees and kist our feet and wondred much at our shippe Wee could not know the king from the other Indians for he was likewise cleane naked but onely that they shewed him reuerence and hee commaunded ouer his men Wee made signes that the king should come aboord of our ship his sonne came aboord and wee intertained him well but he himselfe durst not or would not come but they altogether made signes to haue vs come to the further Island with our ship where there was enough of all things to be had Among other things we bartered with them for angles of haire that were made of reed as in Holland but some what thicker with hookes of mother of Pearle The kings sonne went to land againe and the Canoe where in he went had a great peece of wood on backeboord wherewith it kept vpright vpon that peece of wood their angle lay ready to take fish The 13. in the morning there came at least 45. Canoes aboord to trafficke with vs with an armado of 23. small shippes made like ice sleads each of them one with an other hauing 25 men a peece in them and euery small Canoe 4 or 5 we not knowing what their intent was The Canoes deait with vs bartering Cocos nuttes for nayles and made show as if they were our great friends but afterward we found it otherwise all of them made signes to vs to sayle to the other Island the king who the day before had beene at our shippe came likewise in his shippe with a sayle to our ship and all of them made a great noyse Wee would gladly haue hadde him aboorde but he would not where with we suspected treason fearing some mischiefe and the rather because all the shippes and Canoes kept close round about our ship and that the king went out of his ship into a Canoe and his sonne into an other and presently they stroke vpon a kinde of drumme that was in his shippe whereat all the Indians began to crie out alowd which we esteemed to be a warning giuen vnto them altogether to fall vpon vs to take our shippe from vs and then the ship wherein the king sayled before hee went out of it boorded vs comming so hard vpon vs as if it would haue suncke vs but it strucke against our ship with such a force that the two heads of the Canoes before brake in peeces wherewith the men that were in it among them hauing some women leapt into the water and swam to wind ward the rest began to fling great number of stones at vs thinking therewith to feare vs but we shot at them with muskets and 3 great peeces laden with musket shot and old nayles wherewith all they that were in the ship and Canoes that lay about our ship leapt into the water we made reckoning that some of them hadde forgotten the way to goe home againe and that diuers of them â—â—â—o were sore wounded and therewith they went backe they knew not what such manner of shooting ment but yet when they saw how we had handled them with our shot they kept aloofe out of the reach of our peeces and wee hoysing anchor set forward againe on our voyage holding our course west and west and by south VVee were of opinion that the king at that time hadde assembled all his forces for he had at the least 1000. men or rather more among them wee saw one that was cleane white When wee were about foure leagues off from the Islands many of our men would haue had vs goe backe againe to the Islands by force to goe on land to refresh our selues in regarde that wee had but litle water but the master and the Marchant would not The first Island that was so high wee named Cocos Island and the other that lay a league distant from it wee called Traitors Island because the most part of the Indians that sought to betray vs came from that Island The 14. in the morning we saw another Island right before vs about seuen Leagues distant from vs which seemed to be round and as wee gest was thirty Leagues distant from the Islandas foresaid That Island vvee called the Hope and made towards it hoping there to gette water and better refreshing but comming to it could find no ground and therefore put out our Shalop to sound a long the shoare which about a musket shot from the land found ground at fortie fathom small blacke and soft stonie grounde sometimes also they had twentie and thirty fathom but as soone as
the line in the euening with the hard streame we went close to the land and by reason it was calme anchored in vneuen ground and not deepe The 2. it was very calme and we draue with the streame west and west and by north with rainie weather The 3. vve held our course as before with a calme and found a bancke so farre in the sea that wee could scarse see the land in some places being 40. in an other 20.15 and 12. fathom sandy ground wee anchored at 12. fathom because it waxt night and the master desired to see how the streame went it was west southwest The same day we were vnder 35. minutes northward of the line and savv many Whales and Tortices Wee gest by the height that wee were at the ende of the land of Noua Guinea hauing sailed along by the coast 280. leagues that day wee saw 2 Islands more westward from vs. The 4. the winde variable our course was south west then it rained much with cloudy weather there the streame went hard west that day we savv 7. or 8. Islands as we thought and there in the night lay aloofe to keepe off from the land The fist in the morning wee draue in a calme with a variable winde our course south and south east with rainie weather and a little gale but the winde being against vs wee made towards the land which the day before wee tooke to be Islands but comming to them found no ground and therefore put out our Shalop to sound and found ground at 45. fathom close by the land As our Shalop rowed to land wee saw first 2. and then 3. Canoes more come of from the land and made towards our Shalop and being hard by it put out a flag of peace and our men the like and then went aboord the Canoes followed them and also came aboord they brought vs nothing but a muster or shew of Indian Bonties and Erties with some Ryce Tabacco and two Paradice brids wee bartered for one of them that was white and yeallow We could vnderstand them reasonable well for they spake Tarnata words and one of them spake good Malaian which language Aris Clawson our Marchant could speake well some of them spake some Spanish and among them they had a Spanish felt They wore faire clothes about their middles and some hadde silke breeches on of diuers colours some also had wreaths about their heads which they say were Turkes or Moores They ware gold and siluer rings vpon their fingers their haire was all coale blacke They bartred their ware with vs for beades but rather desired Linnen They were very warie and fearefull of vs. VVe askt them what the name of this countrie was but they would not tell vs but by many circumstances wee Iudged and verely beleeued that we were at the east ende of Gilolo on the midlemost point of the land for Gilolo reacheth out with 3. pointes to the east and that they were men of Tidore friends to the Spaniards as we also found it so to be which made vs all reioyce that after so many windings and turnings and troubles endured we were come to the place which wee knew and hoped in short time to come among our country men a thing which vve so long and so much had hopt for and desired Then wee had a small gale of winde and anchored vnder the land a Cannon shot from the shoare at 40. fathom where they brought vs Cocos and other fruit to buy they told vs that vvee lay not vvell there and it was true for in the euening vvee had a good gale and draue through That night the Canoes vvent avvay from vs promising the next day to bring vs home that day wee were the third time right vnder the Equinoctiall line The 6. in the morning they came againe from the land aboord our shippe and brought some Tabacco and porceline and some other things but vve hauing a good gale south south east and bad lying there hoyst ananchor to goe on our voyage to the Moluccos and held our course north with a good gale to goe north about the north point of Gilolo The 7. it rained and we savv the north east point of Gilolo called Moratay vvhich lay south east from vs. The 8. about noone vvee vvere vnder 4. degrees 3 minutes northvvard of the line that night it rained hard vvith thunder and lightening there vve found the stream to goe northward The 9. and 10. the vvinde vvas variable vvith rainie vveather and vvere vnder the heigh of 3. degrees 50. minutes The 11. in the morning wee sawe the land of Gilolo called Moratay againe on the northeast point of Gilolo wee did the best wee could to reach it but the streame put vs of from the land towardes the north and coulde not reach it that day The 12. and 13. we were vnder 2. degrees 58. minutes with variable windes and much raine and the like the 14.15 and 16. The 17. with great labour and much trouble wee got vnder the land late in the euening and draue along by the coast with faire wether that night we saw many fires vpon the land The 18. it was still wether and we draue along by the land about noone two Canoes came to vs with a flag of peace from the Village called Soppy they were Tarnataens with whom wee could speake well and some of them were of Gammacanor they shewed vs that a Pinnace of Amsterdam had laine there three months to lade Ryce and that about a moneth or two before also an English ship had beene there How glad we were then when we were so well assured that wee were come to so good and long desired a place after so much paine and trouble that we had endured with 85. sound men vvhen vvee had spent all our victuals euery man may iudge that hath proued the like aduenture There vve vvere vnder tvvo degrees 47. minutes and anchored at 28. fathom some of those men stayed that night vvith vs the next day to bring vs to the road of Soppy The 19. vvee sayled into the bay and there anchored at 10. fat hom sandy ground about a Cannon shot from the shore That day we bartered for some Sagovv some Hennes 2. or 3. Tortoyses and a little Rice The 20. wee bartered for a great deale of Sagow and some Ryce for Linnen Beades Kniues Glasses and Combes While wee were there a Correcor came thether to prouide Ryce and Sagow for the King of Tarnata who told vs that there was at least 20. ships Hollanders and Englishmen round about the Island of Tarnata that lay there and that there was 8. ships at the Manillas whereof foure were English and foure Dutch There we got good store of fish The 21.22.23 and 24. we still bartered for Sagow and Ryce by the small measure The 23. our men made an end of their wine The 25. in the euening we set sayle after we had laden 4. Tunne of Rice and good store