could with protestation that both he and all his people were very sory for his departure finding we were good people and not such as the Hollanders did report vs to be which liued only by robbing and stealing During this communication the Holland ship which rid by vs shot off three peeces which the King hearing sent to know the cause word was brought the Hollanders Admirall was come from Tydore and gone aboord which the King hearing tooke a short farewell of our generall and went to his caracole shewing euidently his great feare to offend the Hollanders Before he could put off his boate from the side our ship was vnder sayle giuing him seuen peeces of ordinance and helde on our way beetweene Tarnata and Tydore About noone the 21. day we came to an anker at Taffasoa the Gouernour presently came to our Generall with a present of hennes and fruite telling him that he had been at Tydore and the King had giuen him order to surrender the towne vnto him if he came thither againe and the sort praying him to dispose thereof as his owne The Generall gaue him thankes telling him he had fewe men but if he had so many as he had when he came from Bantam he would leaue such a Garrison there as they should doubt neither the Hollanders nor the Tarnatanes but his weakenesse was such that hee could leaue no men there He answered he doubted not the keeping of the towne in dispite of all their enemies and although he could leaue no meÌ„ there yet had he order by his king to surrender his right and title to the King of England to whose vse he would keepe it desiring the surrender therof might be drawne and the Generall should haue the originall and he the copie Which done he caused the people to bring those Cloues they had so tooke his leaue and departed we directing our course for Selebis where wee had such water as the place afforded but it was brakish buyng some Cocus of the people who are like lauans Iuly the 24. we came to anker in Bantan road were Master Scot chiefe factor there certified our Generall of the mortallitie of men in the Hector and Ascention before they departed so that he was forced to hyer Chineses to helpe them home and that of 24 left there in their factorie 12. were dead where we continued till the sixt of October which day hauing taken leaue of M. Scot and the rest left there we set saile for England continuing in our course with variable weather till the 19. of December which day the winde scanting vpon vs we though to put into Saldania roade about 10. a clock in the morning we saw a sayle to leewards thinking it had been the Ascention whose company we lost 14. dayes before but contrary to our expectation it prooued the Hector which went in company of the Susan from Bantam aboue 9. months before in such lamentable distresse that had we not met with them that day they had purposed the next to haue run theÌ„selues aground at Pengwin Iland hauing for that purpose fardled vp their apparrel such other things as were most necessary for them Our General caused our Pinnesse to be hoysted out and sent for Cap Keeling the Purser who related their extreme miseries hauing but 10. Englishmen and 4 Chineses aliue so supper being done with thankes giuen to God for their miraculous preseruation our General sent 12. men more to help theÌ„ into Sâ—ldania road where we stayed repairing the ruines of the Hector prouiding other necessaries til the 16. of Ianuary following when we set sayle for Saint Helena where wee ariued the second of February following the eleuenth of February we departed from Saint Helena continuing at Sea with such varytie of weather as those that vse the sea are vsually accustomed vnto till the second of May following when we were of Plymoth and the sixt following at the Downes FINIS The King of Tarnata to the King of England Scotland France and IRELAND c. HEaring of the good report of your Maiestie by the comming of the great Captain Francis Drake in the time of my father which was about some 30. yeeres past by the which Captaine my Predecessor did send a Ring vnto the Queene of England as a token of remembrance betweene Vs which if the aforesaide Drake had beene liuing hee could haue informed your Maiestie of the great loue and friendship of either side he in the behalfe of the Queene my Father for him and his Successors Since which time of the departure of the aforesaid Captaine we haue dayly expected his returne my Father liuing many yeeres after and dayly expecting his returne and I after the death of my father haue liued in the same hope till I was father of eleuen-children in which time I haue beene informed that the English were men of so bad disposition that they came not as peaceable Merchants but to dispossesse them of there Countrey which by the comming of the bearer hereof wee haue found to the contrarie which greatly we reioyce at And after many yeeres of our expectation of some English forces by the promise of Captaine Drake Here arriued certaine ships which we well hoped had beene Englishmen but finding them contrary and being out of al hope of succour of the English Nation we were inforced to write to the Prince of Holland to craue ayde and succour against our auncient enemies the Portingals and according to our request hee hath sent hither his forces which hath expeld all the Portugales out of the fortes which they held at Amboyna and Tydore And whereas your Maiestie hath sent to me a most kinde and friendly Letter by your seruant Captaine Henry Middleton that doth not a litle reioyce vs. And whereas Captaine Henry Middelton was desirous to leaue a factory heare we were very willing therunto which the Captain of the Hollanders vnderstanding became to challenge me of a former promise which I had written to the Prince of Holland that if he would send me such succour as should expell the Portugales out of these parts that no other Nation should haue trade heare but they onely So that we were inforst against our liking to yeeld vnto the Hollanders Captaines request for this time whereof we craue pardon of your Highnesse and if any of your Nation come hereafter they shall be welcome And whereas the chiefe Captaine of the Hollanders doth sollicite vs not to hold any friendship with your Nation nor to giue eare to your Highnesse Letters yet for all their suite if you please to send hither againe you shall be welcome And in token of our friendship which we desire of your Maiestie we haue sent you a small remembrance of a Bahar of Cloues our Countrey being poore and yeelding no better commoditie which we pray your Highnesse to accept in good part TARNATA The King of Tydors Letter to the KINGS MAIESTIE OF ENGLAND THIS Writing of the King of Tydor to the King of England is to let your Highnesse vnderstand that the King of Holland hath sent hither into these partes a Fleet of shippes to ioyne with our ancient enemie the King of Tarnata and they ioyntly together haue ouer-runne and spoyled part of our Countrey and are determined to destroy both vs and our Subiects Nowe vnderstanding by the bearer hereof Captaine Henry Midaleton that your Highnesse is in frienship with the King of Spaine Wee desire your MAIESTIE that you would take pittie of Vs that wee may not be destroyed by the King of Holland and Tarnata to whom wee haue offered no wrong but they by forceable meanes seeke to bereaue Vs of our Kingdome And as great Kings vpon the earth are ordayned by God to succour all them that be wrongfully oppressed so I appeale vnto your MAIESTIE for succour against my enemies not doubting but to finde reliefe at your MAIESTIES hands And if your MAIESTIE send hither I humbly entreate that it may bee Captaine Henry Middleton or his Brother with whom I am well acquainted Thus We end praying God to enlarge your Kingdomes and blesse You and all your Counsels TYDOLR The King of Bantam to the King of ENGLAND A LETTER giuen from your friend the king of Bantam to the King of England Scotland France and Ireland desiring GOD to preserue your health and to exalt you more and more and all your Counsell And whereas your MAIESTIE hath sent a Generall Henry Middleton he came to me in health I did heare that your MAIESTIE was come to the Crowne of England which doth greatly reioyce my heart Now England and Bantam are both as one I haue also receiued a Present from your MAIESTIE the which I giue you many thankes for your kindnesse Idoe send your MAIESTIE two Beasar stones the one waying fourteene Masses the other three And so GOD haue you in his keeping Bantam
7. day the Generall waited to be sent for to the King but seeing no body came he sent to know the reasō He sent word he was very busie that day and could not intend it till the morrow The Dutch admiral had conferēce with the King twise this day where belike he had what he desired for as soone as night came hee departed for Tydore The 8. day the King sent his secretary and one of the Dutch Marchants vnto him with a letter sealed with hard waxe which seale had two letters an H a B. which stood for Hance Beerepot with a Marchants marke betweene the letters This letter they deliuered and told him it was the Kings letter to the King of England The Generall would not beleeue the King would send so great a Prince as the King of England a letter with so little state and a Marchants seale vpon it They answered and if he doubted thereof they would cause the King to come and iustifie it The Generall said he would not otherwise beleeue it So they left the letter and departed Halfe an houre after came the King a great traine to our Generals chamber where saluting him kindely they sat downe vpon a trunck togither The King said I sent you a letter sealed by my secretary which you haue receiued making doubt it is not sent by mee to so great a king deliuered with so little state sealed with a marchāts seale Now you heard me say thus much I hope you are satisfied the letter is sent by me and none other therefore prepare your selfe to morrow to bee gone The General neither would nor durst deliuer it to the King of England willing him to take it againe He would not but departed The 9. Chichell Gegogoe the Kings vncle hearing how the Generall had bin vsed by the king the Hollanders came to visit him at his chāber where there passed much talke betweene thē concerning the foresaid counterfeit letter intended to haue bin sent to the disgrace of the Generall to the king of England Chichell Gegogoe assuring the Generall that if it lay in his power he wold procure of the king that they might leaue a factory there Moreouer that at his next returne to him he should know the cōtents of that base slanderous letter inuented by the Hollanders so he departed with promise to returne the next day The people of the coūtry vnderstāding the Hollanders had procured our banishment were much offended that the petty prince of Holland and his whom they esteemd but debaushed drūkards should be esteemed before the mighty King of England his subiects knowing we were commanded to depart brought all their commodities ro vs none to the Hollanders Whereat they finding themselues agreeued caused our beame that we weighed cloues with to be taken away but it was restored againe by the meanes of Chichell Gegogoe Which the Hollanders perceiuing they sent to their admiral at Tydore to returne to Tarnata which he did threatning the King that he would leaue him and establish a factory at Tydore Wherevpon the King with the vnwilling consent of his councell gaue order for our banishment sending the Sabendor to our Generall to will him to lingar no longer but to depart aboard The 16. day towards euening the king of Tarnata with a great company of his Nobles came downe from the towne landing right against our shippe and caused a tent to be set vp sending for our Generall to come a shore which he presently did The King caused him to sit downe by him excusing himselfe that we left not a factory there alleaging that the Hollanders inforst him to the contrary he and his subiects owing them much which he hoped to pay the next haruest that thē he would take an other order with them which being done he caused a letter to be read by his Secretary openly the contents whereof follow at the end of the booke Sealing it vp he deliuered it to the General intreating him to returne and he shold be welcome Who answered that it was in vaine for the English to returne thither so long as the Hollanders bare rule holding it a disparagement to his nation to giue place to them being so farre their inferiors This communication ended by the sodaine comming of a great many of lights and in the middest one of his chiefe Noble men vnder a Canopy carrying in a platter of gold couered with a couerture of cloth of gold the letter which was before so publikely read and the Generall looking earnestly not knowing what the matter was the King called vnto him willing him to arise and receiue the letter he sent to the King of England Which he presently doing the party which carried it made lowe obeisance after their country fashion and then deliuered it to the Generall which he kissing receiued and sat him downe againe by the King Giuing him thanks in doing our king himself that right in deliuering the letter in such sort as it ought to be The king answered this letter which you haue is vnsealed and written in the Malaya tongue to the intent at Bantam it might bee interpreted by some of your owne people which haue learned that language But the other was inuented by the Hollanders to haue done you iniury telling him in briefe the effect thereof excusing himselfe that hee had no good thing to send the King of England but onely a Bahar of Cloues which he hoped his Maiestie would accept in good part considering his contrey yeelds no other thing of worth Likewise hee bestowed vpon our Generall a Bahar of cloues and caused them presently to be carried to the Boate which done hee tooke his leaue and departed aboord his Caracole The 17. day the King of Tarn̄ata came roing about our ship and diuers of his women with him in a Caracole the Generall entreating him to come aboord but he would not Chichell Gegegoe came aboord this afternoone to our General certifying him that the contents of the Hollanders counterfeit Letter was that we had solde powder great ordinance and other munition to the Portugalls And more that to their great hurt in the fight we had assisted them with Gunners and that was the cause we left not a Factory there hoping the Generall would haue carried and deliuered it to his owne disgrace but he suspecting their slaunderous trecherie refused it The 18. day the King and his Vncle came aboord in a small Prawe because he would not haue the Hollanders which rid by vs to know of his being there for it was death to them to see him vse our Generall kindly their comming was to take leaue of our Generall he desired them to come downe to his Caben and made them a banquet whih they kindly did accept and spent most part of the day with him vrging our Generall to returne thither againe or at the leastwise to send and he or they should be welcome doe the Hollanders what they
THE Last East-Indian Voyage CONTAINING MVCH varietie of the State of the seuerall kingdomes where they haue traded with the Letters of three seuerall Kings to the Kings Maiestie of England begun by one of the Voyage since continued out of the faithfull obseruations of them that are come home ⸪ AT LONDON Printed by T. P. for Walter Burre 1606. To the Reader READER THe beginner of this relation following would no doubt if he had liued haue himselfe set it out to thy good liking but this I assure thee that both his this continuation of it is set forth with as much faithfulnes as could be gathered out of the best obseruations of them that are come home If I find it to thy liking looke shortly for an exact and large discourse written by Maister Scot chiefe factor or at Bantam euer since the first voyage containing whatsoeuer hath happened since their first Arriuall there to trade in those parts reade this looke for the other and soe farewell VV. B. THE LAST EAST INDIAN VOYAGE Containing many memorable matters of the state of the Countreys where they haue traded March the 23. 1603 4. BEing prouided of all thinges necessarie for so long a Voyage with leaue taken of the Gouernour and others of the Commities wee departed from Grauesend the 25. of March being Sunday at night and the tuesday following came to the Downes where the Generall before wee came to an anchor gaue order to the Purser to call the company and take their names which being done there was found 40 men lacking of the copelment of our Ship so that wee were forced thereby to come to anchor to tarrie for them The Generall gaue order presently the Pinnesse should be man'd and sent the Master with his brother and the Purser for better dispatch to Sandwich where they escaped verie neere drowning The Assention Pinnesse likewise put off to set their Pilate a land and so was cast away which when the Generall heard of he was exceeding angry with Captaine Stiles that hee would offer to go a land at such a time without his order The last of March the Master Captaine Middleton and the masters Mate came aboord The first of Aprill we weighed anchor in the Downes and twarth Douer we found our men in Ketches readie to come aboord wee tooke them all into our shippe being 28 men which was farr short of that number wee expected But howsoeuer the Generall was determined to proceede although hee lacked fortie men rather than loose the benefite of so faire a winde so the same day of Beachey the Generall gaue order to the Boatsswayne to take new muster of our men and he found wee had twentie more than our copelment aboord the Admirall and trarrying to speake with the rest of the ships wee hal'd them one after another and found they had euerie ship more than their copelment the cause of which errour could not bee imagined without fowle weather caused them to hide themselues at such time of generall muster or else that some of them misdoubting they should be set on land played least in sight but howsoeuer this ouer-plus of men was as grieuous to the Generall as the lacke he had afore To see how he had been deluded to come to anchor with a faire wind for lacke of men and now of force must put into some place to set them againe a land So the Generall gaue order to the Master hee should haue a care he did not passe Plimouth that night for that hee was minded to put in there to discharge those men So the next day morning at day breake wee were readie with tacks aboord to stand into the sound of Plimouth and stood in a good while till such time as it began to be gustie weather And the wind to souther vpon vs so that we were enforced against the Generals liking to proceed on our Voyage steering alongst the land with much winde and in the afternoone we lost sight of England and so continuing our course with a faire wind vpon thursday being the 6. day of Aprill wee were twarth Cape Fennester and the 7 day of the Rocke And vpon Easter day being the 8 day of Cape Saint Vincences with the wind large and faire weather and continuing our course till the 15 wee came to the Canaries where in the calmes triall was made to take in the Hectors boat but shee could not stoe her by reason she was both too long and too broad which if she could haue done the Generall was minded not to touch in any place til he doubled the Cape so that was the principall cause he went to the Islands of Cape-deuerde so the same night wee departed from the Canaries and directed our course for Maio one of the foresayd Islands The 22. day we had sight of Boa Vista the 24. day we anchored at Maio vpon the south west side where the Generall with the rest of the Captaines and marchants went a land to seeke fresh water but there was none to be found but a small Well which would yeeld scarse a Hogs-head a day Presently after our landing there came to our General a Portingale that had wounded one of his fellowes desiring to saue his life and vpon that conditiō he would giue him al the welth he had which was some 500 dryed Goats 7 he Generall would giue no eare to him nor his request for that he would giue no occasion of offence to them of the Island yet by intreaty of the Vise admirall the other captaines he was contented to take his Goats and him aboard which presently was effected also the same after-noone there came two Portingales more of the Island to our Generall who came verie kindly vnto him and bad him welcome so after some discourse the Generall desired them that for his money he might buy some liue goats of them for the refreshing of his men they presently made answere againe they would sell none but that we might kill as many as wee would and no bodie would be offended thereat and so presently they went with the Generall and shewed him how we should enclose them and so set our dogs vpon them and hauing killed halfe a dozen of goats they tooke their leaue in friendly maner for that night promising in the morning to returne and bring their dogs with them and to helpe vs to so many Goats as wee would desire so the Generall with all the rest came presently a board The next day the Generall would not goe a land but sent Captaine Stiles Captaine Keeling and Captaine Middleton with expresse order to keepe their people from straggling and when all their companie were landed Captaine Stiles called them all together giueing them warning to keepe companie together and not range one from the other which speech was reitterated againe by Maister Durham saying that whosoeuer was found straggling should be seuerely punished and therefore willed them all to take good heed And so after this warning
he had deliuered them from as for Clowes there was good store to bee had at Tarnata and Makean and for their parts they would not bee our hindrance for that they had nether wares nor money left So the Generall caused them to entreat the king to come into the ship who came in trembling which the General seeing thought hee was a colde and caused his man to fetch him a blacke damaske gowne layde with golde lace and lyned with vnshorne Veluet which the king put vpon his backe but neuer had the maners to surrender it againe but kept it as his owne the king being in the Generals Cabin desired him to goe with him to Tarnata where hee minded to haue a factorie but himselfe and his shippe would make no stay there but goe to Tydore to see what vsage hee should finde of the Portugals The king did what hee could to perswade him to the contrary but could not preuayle Heare the Generall deliuered a Letter from the KINGS MAIESTIE of ENGLAND with a fayre standing Cuppe and a couer double gilt with diuers of the choisest Pintadoes which hee kindly accepted of and presently had the Letter red and enterpered vnto him where-with hee made shewe to bee greatly contented Wee trimmed our Sailes by a winde and plyed to winde ward for Tarnata the Kings Carracole not daring to put from the shippe About foure of the clocke in the after-noone came the King of Tarnatas eldest sonne aboard in a light Frigat which rowed well hee greatly doubted the well-fare of his father and the king stood in doubt of his sonne At his comming to his father aboard our ship in the Generals cabin he kissed his fathers right foot he kissed his head the Generall had giuen warning to all his company that they should tell no newes of the Hollands fleet but before night it was tould the King and all the rest but by whome could neuer be learned From the twentie two to the twentie foure the King and all his crewe taried a bord of vs. the foure and twentieth day we came by the chiefe towne of Tarnata and saluted them with seauen peeces of ordinance the same after noone wee came to an anker in the rode which is in the Southest part of the Iland in fourteene fadomes sandy grownd the rode is from the towne two leagues and a halfe The twentie fiue day the king sent for his plate and vittells from the towne and feasted the Generall in his owne cabin there sat none of his nobles with him at table none sat but his sonne and the Generall the rest sat vpon the floore of the Cabin crosse legged like tailors after dinner the Generall desired him that he would take some order he might haue a house to establish a factorie for that he was minded to goe to the Portugals to see what he could do with them the King perswaded him earnestly not to meddle with them for he was sure there was nothing but villanie and trecherie with them The Generall sayd it was a folly to disswade him from it and therefore prayed him that he might haue a house according to his promise The King seeing in what earnestnes the Generall did speake vnto him sayd hee would presently depart to the town and cause a house to be prouided in a redinesse for his Marchants The twentie six before day our Generall was in a redines with such Marchants and Marchandizes as he minded to leaue at Tarnata went to the towne and an howre before day came thirther the King hearing a noyse of trumpets knew that our Generall was come and sent a small Prawe to our pinnes to will our Generall to come vnto him he was a board the admirall of the Caracoles he came into our pinnes and sat some halfe an howre there taking Tabacko and then came the Sabendor with light and brought the Generall to his house and the King to his Caracole Our Generall presently after his landing caused his men to land all our goods carrie thē to the house which was performed before day light then the Dutch Marchants enuited the Generall and Maister Browne to dine with them with whome they presently went to the Dutch-house where they shewed them what euery sort of commodities were worth in that place with proffers of any kindnes they could doe him As for the prices of our wares the Generall had made enquirie of the Gusorates which came aboard which did agree with the Dutchmen in rating of euery sort of them whereby he knewe that they did not dissemble Before it was dinner time there came a Messenger from the King to will the Dutch Marchants to come and speake with him and the Generall came home to our house where hee had not stayed halfe an houre but one of the Dutch Marchants came for him to come speake with the King So the Generall taking Master Browne and Iohn Addeyes one that had the language and my selfe with him went presently with them that were present where wee found the King in a large roome sitting in a chaire and all his chief Counsellars about him sitting vpon mattes on the ground before him the Dutch-Marchants sitting amonge them when the Generall came the King willed him to sit downe after hee was set the King caused the Letter brought by our Generall from the kinges Maiestie of England to bee openly read which being done the King acknowledged himselfe beholding vnto his Maiestie for so kinde a Letter and a present which he would endeuour to requite And for confermation thereof he gaue his subiects free leaue to trade with vs for cloues and likewise as one wishing vs all the good he could hee desired our Generall for his owne good that he would not haue any thing to doe with his enemies the King of Tidore and the Portugalles with whome he should finde nothing but treason and trecherie The Generall by his interpretor gaue him great thanks for his kindnes in giuing so free liberty to trade with his people and likewise for his good counsell to shun the trecherie of the Portugalls but for his part he doubted no trecherie at all should harme him for that he did mind to stand vpon such a gard as all the strength they had should not offend him and therefore desired his highnes to pardon him hee did not follow his counsell for that hee purposed withall speede to goe thither and to offer them peaceable trades which if they refused hee had the thing he desired then had he iust cause to bee at warres with them and if they would not accept of peaceable trade hee minded to ioyne with the Hollanders against them when GOD should send them thither This spech of the Generall contented the King and all there present so that they had no more to say but intreat him that he did not furnish them with any of our great ordinance and to take great care of their trechery and so the counsell broke vp The Generall
taking his leaue of the King and all his nobles for presently after dinner he minded to depart abord also the King promised if the Portingales would not trade with vs he would write his letter to the gouernor of Makeau to deale with vs for all the cloues in that I le And so the Generall and Maister Browne went to the Duch house to dinner which being done he came home with the Duch marchants in his company And so taking leaue of them and of vs departed abord The 27. day in the morning came abord 2. men sent by the King of Tarnat with aletter to the gouernor of Makeau to trade with vs. They were sent by the King to go along with vs thither for our better vsage So about 8. a cloke in the morning we weighed plyed it all day for the roade of Tidore and about sunne setting we came to an anchor in 32. fadomes sandy ground on the westerne side of the I le faire of by the shore Coming to an anchor there came a Caricole with two swift Cāoas to take vewe of our ship Our General Commanded one to weaffe them with a white flag and presently one of the small Prawes came faire by vs demaunding whence we were Our Generall caused our Portingall soldiar to will them to come aboord for we were English men and their friends And so there came aboord vs three Portingales which entred in to the gallery and went into the Generalls cabin where the Generall told them his comming thither was to seeke trade with them as friends for that the wars betweene our nations was done and a peace cōcluded The Queene of England being dead and the King of Scots King of England They made answer that they knew that the Queene was dead by way of the Phillipines and to heare of the long desired peace they were very glad and for trade with vs they said they could say nothing till that they had made the Captaine acquainted therewith and because it was night they were desirous to be gone promising the next day morning to returne So the Generall let them depart and our Portingall souldier with them with a letter to the Captaine of the fort wherin he did certifie him of the newes of Christiandome and the cause of our comming thither and so they departed The 28. day about 6 a clocke we weighed hauing very little wind at 8. a clocke came a Carticole 2. Prawes frō the Portingalls towne and in them fiue Portingalls and our aboue named souldier the Generall stood in the wast and entertained them our souldier telling the Generall the principal of them was called Thome Detoris Captaine of a Galeon and the rest married men of the towne Captaine Detoris deliuered our Generall a letter from the captaine of the Fort the effect was that he was welcome with all his company to him and all the rest of the Portingalls inhabiting in that place and whereas the King of Tarnata and the Hollanders their enemies had giuen bad reports of them saying there was nothing but villanie and treason to be had at their hands hee hoped our Generall did conceiue better of them and that their reports were of malice and not of trueth and no credit to be giuen to the report of their enimies But experience should proue them lyars and themselues no such bad minded people and therefore he willed the Generall to haue no doubt of good vsage at their hands and for trade which he desired with them hee would resolue him thereof the next day for as yet they had not called a councell concerning that matter without which councell he could not doe it but willed him to haue no doubt thereof So the generall tooke them downe to his Cabin to breakfast and the Carricole and the botes towed the ship to the townwards being very little wind About eleuenth a clock we came to an anchor a little to the northwards of the Fort and saluted the fort and towne with 7 peeces of Ordinance and from the fort answered with 3. peeces and presently vpon the same in a boat came the Captaine of the fort called Petro Alleneris Debbroo and the Captain of the other Galeon called Ferdinando Perrera de Sandy these Galeons that these Captaines did belong to did ride within a league of rockes very neere the shoare with their broad sides to seaward with Ordinance placed therein to shoote at their enemies which come rowing by thē sundry times The Generall brought the Captaine of the Fort and the other Captaine downe with the rest to breakfast the Captaine of the Fort making great hast to be gone After many cōplements passed betweene our General and them they tooke their leaue and departed promising the next day to come looke vpon our commodities and to agree vpon price for them About 3. a clocke our Generall sent his brother a shoare with presents to the 3. Captaines which they very kindly accepted The Captaine of the Fort returning the Generall a fat beefe The 29. day came Captaine Torris and other Portingalls aboard and the Generall caused our Marchants to bring a note of all such commodities as were in our ship into his Cabin where he shewed euery sort vnto them setting a price vpon them Captaine Torris and the rest of the Portingalls said they were too deare at such rates saying ptotesting they sold better cheape such like cōmodities one to the other and therefore desired the Generall to bee more reasonable and then he should haue all the Cloues in the Iland The Generall with-drew himselfe apart and in writing set downe his lowest prices how hee would sell willing them to go a land and consider of it returne with an answer if they could that night so they tooke their leaue and went a shore The 30. day Captaine Torris came aboard and would haue abatement of each sort of commodities which the General would not yeeld vnto telling him if he would not giue such prices he wold be gone for Makeau and vpon the same presented the two Tarnataes which the King sent to him for the same purpose So he seeing nothing would be abated of that price agreed with the General appointed his own dwelling house for our factory with many kinde proffers which he faithfully performed The 31. being Easter day Captaine Torris with diuers of the principall men of the towne dined aboard with our Generall Aprill the 1. in the morning the Generall sent his brother M. Woodnoth with marchandise a land to Captain Torris house within an houre after the General went a land himself where he was visited by the king the Captaine of the fort and all the principall men of the towne who intertained him most kindely They stayed some small time with him and departed all of them They being gone the Generall beganne to set his Marchants a worke to buy Cloues of the Portingalls hauing set them in a ready way how to deale with them he went