sick he should not have his Head cut off In the Boat which they took there was one Musket saved that was not discharged which his Master some time after brought to him to know the use of Watts endeavoured to keep him in ignorance but being threatned at length was forced to shoot it off but the Negro's who expected some delightful thing were frustrated and at the sudden noise and flash of Fire which they much dread ran from him affrighted but hearing no more noise came up again and commanded him to do the like he told them he had no Powder which caused the noise but this would not satisfie these Barbarians who were about to murder him for refusal haâ—…â—…ot his Master prevented it After in discourse his Master told him that the People were naturally civil and simply honest but it provoked full of Revenge and that this cruelty toward him and his Friends was occasioned by the unhandsome carrying away some Native without their leave about a year before they resolving if any came 〈◊〉 they should never go off alive He had not been above seven Weeks in the Countrey but his Master presented him to the King whose name was Efme King of the Buckamores who immediately gave him to his Daughter Onijah When the King went abroad he atâ—…ended him as his Page throughout the whole Circuit of his Dominions which was not above twelve miles yet boasting exceedingly of his Power and Strength and glorying extreamly that he had a White to attend him whom he imployed to carry his Bow and Arrows At several places remote from the Seaside some of the People would run away from him for fear others fell down and seem'd to worship him using those Actions they do to their Gods Their Progress was never so long but they could return home at Night yet never without a full Dose of the Creature During all the time Watts was a Slave he never knew him go abroad and come home sober They drink the best Palm-wine and another Liquor called Penrore The Englishman knew how to humour this profound Prince and if any of the Natives abused him upon his complaint he had Redress as once by striving with a Negro his Arm was broke which by providence more than skill was set again After some Months the King of Calanach called Mancha hearing of this beautiful White courted his Neighbour Prince to sell him and at length he was sold for a Cow and a Goat This King was sober free from the Treacheries and Mischiefs the other was subject to and would oft inquire of him concerning his King and Countrey and whether his Kingdoms were bigger than his own whose whole Dominions were not above twenty five miles in length and fifteen in breadth The Englishman told as much as he thought convenient keeping within the bounds of modesty yet relating as much as possible to the honour and dignity of his Soveraign first informing him of the greatness of one of his Kingdoms the several Shires and Counties it contained with the number of its Cities Towns and Castles and the strength of each the infinite Inhabitants and valour of his Subjects One of these sufficiently amazed this petty Governour that he need mention no more of His Majesties Glory and Dignity It put him into such a profound Consternation that he resolved to find out some way to tender his respects to this Mighty Prince and could study none more convenient than that if he could find a passage he would let him go to England to inform King Charles the II. of the great favour and respect he had for him This did not a little rejoice our Englishman He also told him that he would send him a Present which should be two Cabareets or Goats which they there value at a high rate this King having himself not above seventeen or eighteen He tells the King that the King of England had many thousand Subjects under the degree of Gentlemen who had a thousand Sheep apieâ—…e the Flesh of which they valued at a much higher rate than Goats Though our Captive lived happily with this King yet his desires and hopes were still to return to his Native Countrey at length he promised him that the first English Ship which came into the Road should have liberty to release or purchase him This much rejoiced his Heart now he thought every day a year till he could hear of or see some English Ship arrived Oft did he walk down to the Sea-side earnestly expecting the winds of Providence would blow some in thither which being observed by one Iaga the chiefest Wizard in those parts and much admired by the People though they have a multitude of others this man came to him one day and inquired why he went so often to the Sea shore he told him to see if he could discover any English Vessel come in there and knowing he was a Wizard though not acquainted with his great Fame nor willing to credit his Divinations yet to please him askt when he did believe there would one come in Iaga instantly told him That the fifteenth day after an English Ship would câ—…me into the Road. He then demanded whether that Ship should carry him away he answered doubtfully but said he should be offered to the Master of the Ship and if they did not agree but he should come ashore again and not be sold he would soon dye of grief These fifteen days seemed very long many a look did he cast on the Sea with an aking Heart the fourteenth day he went to an high hill but he could discover nothing next Morning he went again two or three times but saw none about two or three hours after some of the Moors came running to the King telling him there was a Canoe coming so they call our Ships at which our Englishman rejoiced hoping to be releast yet durst not shew it for fear of punishment or death for though he lived better now than with his first Master yet his Service was far worse than the Slaves in Turkey and their Diet worse than Dogs meat The Ship came in and he runs to Iaga to know if it were an English Ship who assured him it was and so it happened one Captain Royden being Commander who hastned to dispatch his business took in his Negro's and was ready to Sail our Captive not hearing a word what should become of him the King never offering to sell him This made him resolve to endeavour an escape he had prepared a piece of Timber and drawn it toward the water-side on which he intended to paddle to the Ship which lay about a League off Just by the Sea-side as he was about to lanch his floating stick he espied a great Alligator which will devour a man at a mouthful this altered his mind resolving rather to live with Infidels than be accessary to his own death But next day it pleased God to move the Kings Heart to let him go sending him in a Canoe
at his success for assuring his new Dominion sought to win the minds of the vanquished to him and to contract a firm League with the Lords of his own Countrey But scarce were the minds of the Nobility united when Miminique Son of Manimassah with a great Army of Gala's and others make War upon him of whose design his Father was not ignorant having forgot the kindness received from Flonikerrys Arms in settling him in his new acquired Dominions Flonikerry drew together his Forces to whom the Nobles joining theirs he formed a considerable Army wherewith marching toward the Enemy they came to a Battle wherein by the multitude of their Enemies they were at first put to a disorderly retreat which Flonikerry who was of an undaunted Spirit perceiving digged with his hand a hole in the ground and put his Knees in it with a resolution either to die there or to remain Conquerour so after a long and sharp contest being even covered with Arrows he was slain on the spot However his Men to revenge their Princes death rallied and gave a fresh charge with such fury that they turned the Fortune of the day and became sole Masters of the Field The death of Flonikerry was kept secret till they sent for his Brother Zillimanque to take his charge who accepting the same pursued the Victory and drew near the Enemies Camp which he soon surprized and gave as a spoil to his Souldiers After which he marched farther the People all along yielding subjection without blows whereby they soon became Masters of the whole Countrey and gain'd the reputation of a Mighty People After which he was poisoned as was thought leaving behind him several Sons who were young and not capable to manage their Fathers Conquests However Flansire his eldest was admitted Successor during whose Minority his Uncle Iemmah undertook the Government but Flansire growing to years took the Royal Authority into his own hands and to shew that he inherited as well his Fathers Valour as Countreys resolves to inlarge his bounds yet farther and to that end marcht with his Forces over the River Galinas or Hens taking all the adjacent places as far as Sierra Leona and placing Garrisons therein having settled his new Conquests he return'd to his own Native Principality where he spent a good part of his Life in peace and quietness when on a sudden there came News from Sierra Liona that Kandaqualla his Governour was driven out thence and forced to fly with all his People to the Islands of Bannaneo not being able to withstand Falma of Dogo who with a mighty Force invaded them Flansire startled at this intelligence and knowing nothing more necessary than expedition sent to the Lords his Substitutes to raise an Army and meet him at an appointed Randezvouz but they having made a private Confederacy with Gamina their Master Flansires Brother neglected and slighted his Commands Flansire ignorant of this Combination leaving the Government of his Kingdom Wives and Children to his treacherous Brother Gamina marched with his eldest Son Flambore the present King of Quoia not doubting the Fidelity of his Provincials He went first by Land to the River of Hens and from thence in Canoes to the Isles of Bananes to take with him his People who were driven from Sierra Leona and so bringing them back thither he began a sharp War with Falma This Falma had been formerly in great favour with the King of Dogo or Hondo but having debauched one of his Wives the King was so offended that not content it should as usual be bought off with Gifts or Slaves he caused his Ears to be out off and banished him his presence but length of time so wore out the Kings Fury that Falma was again admitted to Court where he soon began to shew his Insolence and at length addrest the King in these Terms Sir King considering the wickedness committed against you my Lord and Master I am obliged to thank you for your gracious Sentence by which I am punished whereby every one that looks upon me derides and scorns me and the rather because the punishment is unusual and the like offence customarily bought off with Goods and Slaves Now as you were pleased to punish me so I desire the like offence in others may be punished in the same manner It may happen that some of the Kings Servants or Subjects may fall into the same Lapse but if this Sentence be either denied or not performed I shall complain against my Lord the King in the Ways and in the Woods to the Jannanen and Belli that is to all the Spirits and Demons The King having heard this audacious Speech notwithstanding this seeming Threat determined that the punishment inflicted on him should not follow upon all But yet to pacifie him he made him General of an Army to recover Sierra Leona out of the hands of Kandaqualla who presided there for Flansire To repel this Invader Flansire as we said coming to Sierra Leona with an Army and making sharp War at length by the help of some Europeans he fell upon the Town of Falmahah and with Axes cutting down the Treewall at last they forced an entrance and set the Houses on fire whose fury soon increased to an impossibility of being quenched whereupon Falma unable to resist fled whom young Flambore pursued and though he mist him yet got great Reputation the People stiling him The Pursuer of Falma Flansire having reconquered these Countries and setled Kandaqualla retreated with his Forces intending to return to his Wife and Children But on the way he had notice that his Brother Gamana had usurped his Kingdom killed all his Sons he could meet with taken his Wives for himself and had set up his Residence at a convenient place near the River of Hens to intercept and hinder his Brothers approach this Rebellion of his Brother was attended with the Invasion of Manou who dwelt near Cape Miserado They fell into his Countrey at Cape de Monto where they burnt the Town and led away all they met with for Slaves Flansire understanding these mischiefs marched toward the River Maqualbary with all speed complaining to the Kanou and Iananies that is to God and the Angels of his distress in these words To you it is known that my Father left me rightful Heir to his Kingdom which falls to me by the Laws of the Land seeing I was the eldest You likewise know that my Brother hath rebelled against me and hath set himself up to be Lord be you Judges between him and me in this intended Fight and if the Cause be unjust that he manages against me let the mischief fall upon his own head Then he passed with all his Souldiers over the River where the Armies met and his Brother with great numbers of men being slain he obtained a compleat Victory but still kept the Field to be ready against any other appearing Rebels his Son Flambore went with a Squadron of Souldiers into the Woods
its motion which these eyes of mine can testify to be true and all those absurdities are removed every one having only his own single and proper motion But where am I I promised an history and am unawares turn'd disputer One Accident more befell me worth mention that during my stay I saw a kind of a reddish Cloud coming toward me and continually approaching nearer which at last I perceived was nothing but a huge swarm of Locusts He that reads the discourses of learned men concerning them as Iohn Leo of Africa and others who relate that they are seen in the Air several days before they fall on the Earth and adds thereto this experience of mine will easily conclude that they can come from no other place than the Globe of the Moon But now give me leave to go on quietly in my Journey for eleven or twelve days during all which time I was carried directly toward the Globe or Body of the Moon with such a violent Whirling as is inexpressible for I cannot imagine a Bullet out of a Cannon could make way through the vaporous and muddy Air neer the Earth with half that celerity which is the more strange since my Gansa's moved their Wings but now and then and sometimes for a quarter of an hour not at all only holding them stretcht out as we see Kites and Eagles sometimes do for a short space during which pauses I suppose they took their Naps and times of Sleeping for other times I could perceive they never had any For my self I was so fastened to mine Engine that I durst slumber enough to serve my turn which I took with as great ease as if I had lain on the best Down-Bed in Spain After eleven days passage in this violent flight I perceived we began to approach to another Earth if I may so call it being the Globe or very Body of that Star which we call the Moon The first difference I found between this and our Earth was that it appeared in its natural colours as soon as ever I was free from the attraction of the Earth Whereas with us a thing a League or two from us puts on that deadly colour of Blew I then perceived also that this World was the greatest part covered with a huge mighty Sea those parts only being dry Land which are to us somewhat darker than the rest of her Body I mean what the Countrey people call The Man in the Moon and that part which shines so bright is another Ocean besprinkled with Islands which for their smalness we cannot discern so far off So that the Splendor which appears to us in the Night is nothing but the reflection of the Sun beams returned to us out of the Water as from a Lookinglass How much this disagrees with what our Philosophers teach in the Schools is evident But alas how many of their Errors hath time and experience refuted in this our Age and among other vain conjectures who hath not hitherto believed the upper Region of the Air to be very hot as being next forsooth to the natural place of the Element of Fire Meer Vanities Fancies and Dreams For after I was once free from the attractive Beams of that Tyranous Load stone the Earth I found the Air altogether serene without Winds Rain Mists or Clouds neither hot nor cold but constantly pleasant calm and comfortable till my arrival in that New World of the Moon As for that Region of fire our Philosophers talk of I heard no news of it mine eyes have sufficiently inform'd me there is no such thing The Earth had now by turning about shewed me all her parts twelve times when I finished my course For when by my reckoning it seem'd to be as indeed it was Tuesday September 11. at which time the Moon being two days old was in the twentieth degree of Libra my Gansa's seem'd by one consent to stay their course and rested for certain hours after which they took their flight and in less than an hour set me on the top of an high Hill in that Other World where many wonderful things were presented to my sight For I observed first that though the Globe of the Earth appear'd much greater there than the Moon doth to us even three times bigger yet all things there were ten twenty yea thirty times larger than ours Their Trees were thrice as high and above five times broader and thicker So were their Herbs Birds and Beasts though I cannot well compare them to ours because I found not any kind of Beast or Bird there which any way resembled ours except Swallows Nightingals Cuckoes Woodcocks Batts and some kiad of Wild Fowl And likewise such Birds as my Gansa's all which as I now perceived spend their time in their absence from us in that World neither do they differ in any thing from ours but are the very same kind No sooner was I upon the ground but I found my self extream hungry stepping then to the next Tree I fastned my Engine and Gansa's thereto and in great hast fell to examining my Pockets for the Victuals I had reserved there but to my great surprize and vexation instead of Partridges and Capons which I thought I had hoarded there I found nothing but a medley of dry leaves Goats Hair Sheep or Goats Dung Moss and the like my Canary-wine was turned and stunk like Hors-piss Oh the villany and cheats of these cursed Spirits whose assistance if I had depended on in what a condition had I been while I stood musing at this strange Metamorphosis on a sudden I heard my Gansa's fluttering behind me and looking back I spied them falling greedily upon a Shrub within the reach of their lines whose leaves they fed earnestly upon whereas before I had never seen them eat any green thing whatever so stepping to the Shrub I put a leaf to my Mouth the tast was so excellent that I cannot express it and if I had not with discretion moderated my Appetite I should have surfeited thereon yet it happened to be a good bait both for me and my Birds when we had most need of refreshment Scarce had we ended our Banquet when I saw my self surrounded with a strange kind of People both in feature manners and apparel their Stature was very different but they were generally twice as high as ours their shape and countenance pleasant and their habit hardly to be describ'd for I never saw either Cloth Silk nor other Stuff like that whereof their Cloths were made neither can I possibly relate their colour they being in a manner all clothed alike it was neither Black White Yellow Red nor Blue nor any colour composed of these If you ask what was it then I must tell you it was a colour never seen in our Earthly World and so neither to be described nor conceived by us for as it is hard to make a man born bâ—…ind understand the difference between Green and Blue so neither can I decipher this
aboard the Commander resolv'd to bring them home with him imagining that having learnt English here they might discover something of their Countrey to us These poor wretches thus carried away against their wills were much disturbed One of them meerly out of â—…enness though he was very well used died soon after they put to Sea The other who called himself Cooree was brought to London and kept Six Months in Sir Thomas Smiths House Governor of the East India-Company where he had good Diet good Câ—…oths good Lodging and all other fitting Accommodations One would have thought that this wretch might have conceived his present compared with his former Condition a Heaven upon Earth But all these things gave him no content though to his good Entertainment he had gallantry added having a Chain of Bright â—…rass with Breast Back and Headpeice of the same and a Buckler all of Brass his beloved Metal yet all this did not now please him for never was any man more weary of ill Usage than he was of Courtesies being ever more desirous of returning to his Countrey For he would lve on the ground and cry out very often in broken English Cooree home go Souldania go home go Not long after he was return'd home and had no sooner set footing on his own shore but he threw away his Cloths Linnen with all his other covering and instantly got his Sheep-Skins upon his back guts about his Neck and a perfum'd Cap of Cow-dung on his Head and so returned like a Dog to his vomit and a Swine to his wallowing in the Mire without a Metaphor After this Fellow was returned the Natives were shy of us for though they would come about us in great Companies when we arrived yet three or four days before they thought we would depart not one was to be seen fearing we would have dealt with them as with Cooree But it had been well he had never seen England for as he discovered nothing to us so when he came home he told his Countreymen that Brass was but a base and cheap Commodity in England and we had never after such a free exchange of our Brass and Iron for their Cattel I asked Cooree who was their God He lifting up his hands answered in bad English England God Great God Souldania no God In 1614. Ten Englishmen being condemned to dye at the Old Bayly London had their Execution respited by the intreaty of the East-India Merchants upon condition they should be all banished to this place that they might discover somewhat advantagious to Trade One named Duffeld was that year redeemed from this sad banishment by Sir Thomas Row Ambassador to the Great Mâ—…gol and afterward brought back to England by that Noble Gentleman and being intrusted by him this ingrateful Villain stole some of his Plate and ran away Another was likewise on the Voyage but what became of him I know not So that only eight were here left with Ammunition and Victual and a small Boat to carry them to a little uninhabited Island in the Mouth of the Bay of Souldania as a place of retreat and safety from the Natives on the Main It is called Penguin Island probably so named by some Welshman Penguin signifying a white head there being many large Fowls with great Cole-Black Bodies and White Heads called Penguins The Chief Person left here was one Cross who call'd himself Captain He was one of the Yeomen of the Guard to King Iames I. but having twice or thrice had his hand in the bloud of men slain in Duels and being now condemn'd with the rest upon great suit made he was banished hither with them yet Divine Justice seem'd to persue him for being a stout man and abusing the Natives he was surprized by them who shot his Body so full of Arrows that he seemed all one wound The other seven recovered their Boat and got off the Continent toward the Island without much damage but the Water running high as soon as they were ashore their Boat was split in peices so they were forâ—…'t to continue in that miserable place where neither Tree grew nor any thing else to sustain their lives having no fresh Water but what the Showers left in the holes of the Rocks And so abounded with venemous Serpents that it was dangerous treading in the long Grass They hâ—…d buâ—… a small quantity of dry Bisket their Bâ—…es were hungry and their sleep unsafe so that nothing could render their condition more unhappy and yet these seven vile Wretâ—…es all lived â—…o be made examples of Divine Justice For after theâ—… had continued in this desolate place five or six months and were all grown almost mad with Famine an English Ship came into that Road bound for England Four of these seven growing impatient of an hours stay there immediately after the Ship came in made a float of the Ruins of their spâ—…it Boat and with ravell'd Boat Ropes fastning as well as they could all together they got thereon poizing it to the best advantage hoping by the â—…enefit of their Oars and strength of the â—…de which ran quick toward the Ship to recover her But it being toward Evening when they made this attempâ—… and not being discovered by the Ship which rid a good way up in the Bay before they could come near her the Tyde return'd and carried them back into the Sea where they all were cast away The day following the Ship sent a Boat to the Island which took thâ—…se three yet surviving into her who gave this account of thâ—…ir Fellows misfortune But notwithstanding all the sufferings of these Miâ—…creants yet they behaved themselves so lewdly in the Ship that they were often put in the Bilbows At length the Ship arriving in the Downs she had not been at Anchor three hours when these Villains got ashore where they had not been above three hours but they committed a Robbery and a few hours after were all apprehended for the Fact and by the Lord Chief Justices special Warrant Executed as incorrigible Wretâ—…es upon their former Sentence near Sandwich in Kent where they committed the Crime In 1615. Three other condemned Persons were carried to be left in this place but hearing of the ill success of their Predecessors when the Ships were ready to depart and leave them on shore they all fell on their Knees with tears in their Eyes before our Captain Ioseph beseeching him they might be â—…nged rather than left there It was a sad sight to behold three men in such a condition as to esteem Hanging a mercy Our Commander say'd he had no Commission to Execute them but to leave them there and so he must do and probably hâ—…d done but our fifth Ship the Swan staying a day or two after took these poor men in Though the English East-India Company declined raising a Fort or settling a Colony at the Cape of Good Hope yet the Dutch have Built a Strong Fort there by the Sea side against
the Harbour where the Governour lives And about 300 paÌ„ces distant on the West of the Fort is a small Dutch Town of about 60 Houses low but well Built with Stone Walls from a Quarry close by The Countrey for near an 100 Mileâ—… up is pâ—…etty well setled with Farms and yeilds good Crops of Wheat Barley Pease c. to the industrioâ—… Dutch Families and also to a considerable â—…mber of 〈◊〉 Protestants some of whom Bless God that their King hath banished them their Native Countrey since they are now setled in a Lâ—…nd of â—…eace plenty and security There are great quantities of Grapes of which the French make excellent white wine of a pale yellow colour but sweet pleasant and strong There are also Cows Goats Hogs Horses and Sheep very large and fat Ducks Geese Hens and Turkeys are very numerous So are Ostriches who lay their Eggs in the Sâ—…nd one of which will very well suffice 2 men They have plenty of several sorts of Fish one not so big as a Herring of which they pickle great Quantities yearly and send them to Europe On the backside of the Town towards the mountains the Dutch East-India Company have a large House and a Garden 3 mile long incompassed with a high Stone Wall full of divers sorts of Herbs Flowers Roots and Fruits with spacious Gravel Walks and Arbours watered with a Brook which descends from the Mountains and being cut into many Channells is conveyed into all parts of the Garden This water is afterward in Pipes carried into the Sea so far that a Longboat may come under the Pipe which is raised to some height and by turning a Cock will fill all the Casks with fresh water with the greatest conveniency and is the best Watering Place in the World The Hedges that make the Walks of this Garden are very thick and 9 or 10 foot high They are kept heat and even by continual pruning They keep each sort of Fruit by themselves as Apples Pears Pomogranats and abundance of Quinces all which thrive well The Roots and Garden Herbs have also their distinct places hedged in apart which makes the whole extream pleasant and beautiful Great numbers of Negro Slaves are continually weeding and working therein All Strangers are allowed liberty to walk there but not to tast of the fruit without leave The Dutch that live in the Town get well by the Ships that touch there When the Men come ashoar to refresh themselves they must give 3s or a Dollar a day for their entertainment tho' Bread and Flesh is as cheap here as in England Besides they buy good penniworths of several Commodities from Seamen which they sell again to the Countrey Farmers at a dear rate none of which live within 20 Miles of the Harbour The high Tax that the Company lays upon drink makes it very dear There are but 3 Houses in the Town that sell strong liquor One where they sell only Wine and you must buy no where else but by stealth the Vintner paying a considerable price to the Company So that you may sometimes buy as much privately for 8d as you give 18d for there but if the Person that sold it be known he is ruined There is another House for Beer and Mum and a Third sells only Brandy and Tobacco The Natives or Hottentots do likewise fell Beef and Mutton privately at an under rate which else must be bought only of the Companies Butchers all others being prohibited buying of the Hottentots And so we leave the Cape of Good Hope The Factories of the Honourable East-India-Company in Persia. With an Account of the Religion Government and other notable Remarks in that Kingdom Also the Life and Doctrines of Mahomet the Grand Impostor HAving clear'd our way let us now Sail m rrily toward the Indies doubting first the Cape of Good Hope and then passing by Madagascar called also St. Lawrence one of the greatest Island in the World stored with all manner of Provisions but inhabited by a barbarous and Heathenish People yet stout warlike and very numerous Over against which on the Continent of Africa are Z fala and Mazambique where the Portugals have got footing and may be strongly supposed to be the places whither Solomon sent his Navy of Ships built at Eziongebar which stood on the Banks of the Red Sea in Arabia the Happy the Countrey of that famous Queen of the South who hearing of his Wisdom and Renown took her Journey thence to visit the Court of King Solomon From that place Solomon sent his Ships for Gold and Silver and Ivory coasting all along the African shore the Art of Navigation being then unknown And the Marriâ—…ers steering without Chart or Compass were necessitated to keep the Neighbouring Lands always in sight as doubtless they did these places being stored with those rich Commodities above other parts of Africa The Portugals Dutch and English discovered these Countries of India in the last Age and have since setled themselves by Forts and Castles there The Portugals first brakâ—… the Ice who in 1494. sailing from Lisbon under Vasco de Gama doubled the Cape of Good Hope and succeeded so well as to Conquer and Fortify several places in many Countreys of Asia and the Islands thereof In 1595. the Dutch set out a Fleet from Amsterdam to India wherein they used such extraordinary dexterity with their Cannon Law and Steel Arguments that they made themselves Masters of 28 Forts and Castles and of forty four or forty five Factories in a short time In 1600. the English began their Discoveries under Sir Iames Lancaster with four Ships whose endeavours were so blest and by the good Government of the Honourable East-India-Company prospered so well that they setled their Residence and Factories in twenty four several plaees of note as at Ormus and Iasques in the entrance of the Persian Gulf under the Persian Monarch At Cambaja Surat Agria and other places in the Great Mogols Countrey At Maslapatan Armagon Petipoly Pattana Siam and other places on the Coast of Cormandel and the Continent of Asia At Achin Ticko Iambo Prianian on the Isle of Sumatra At Bantam Iacatra and Iaparra on the Island of Iava At Socodana and Beniermasa on the Island of Borneo At Macassar in the Isle of Celebs At Poleroon on the Isle of Banda At Firando in Iapan And lastly at Amhonio Hitto and other of the Molucco's which they quietly enjoyed till our covetous Neighbours deprived us of some of them and others were deserted on several accounts The honourable the East-India Company was incorporated in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth and hath been confirmed with divers Immunities added to their Charter by all the succeeding Kings so that now they have as ample Priviledges as any Company whatsoever and are found beneficial to the Nation by the great Trade they drive in Importing so many rich Commodities from India Persia and Arabia They export from hence Peices of Eight Dollars Broad cloaths Perpetuana's Gunpowder