Purchas his pilgrimes. part 1 In fiue bookes. The first, contayning the voyages and peregrinations made by ancient kings, patriarkes, apostles, philosophers, and others, to and thorow the remoter parts of the knowne world: enquiries also of languages and religions, especially of the moderne diuersified professions of Christianitie. The second, a description of all the circum-nauigations of the globe. The third, nauigations and voyages of English-men, alongst the coasts of Africa ... The fourth, English voyages beyond the East Indies, to the ilands of Iapan, China, Cauchinchina, the Philippinæ with others ... The fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world ... The first part.

§ III. His departure for Bantam, escape from the Hollanders, and returne home.

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AFter this, I came and tooke my leaue of all the Countrey, in most louing manner, and gaue them diuers gifts for a farwell, intreating them to helpe Master Spal∣ding, if hee should stand in need of them: for I beeing gone, hee must rely vpon them. So with many promises of all kindnesse, I tooke my leaue both of Master Spalding, and of his company, and all the Iland. Leauing Master Chapman for Master in the new Iuncke. I was faine to carry ouer the Hopewell my selfe, and set saile the seuenth of September from Puloway, with the Iuncke Middleton in my Company (hauing stay∣ed longer in the Countrey, then euer any Englishman did) arriued at the ship the tenth. And there [ 30] I heard that the ship was not fully laden: for there were seuen Tunnes of the Nuttes spoyled,* 1.1 that came last from Puloway, and lost. There I laded the ship out of the Hopewel, and the Iuncke, and turned off the Hopewel, which had done vs very good seruice, and brought an hundred Tunnes of goods aboord; being so wormeaten, that we pumped alwayes in her, being but halfe inch planck, and neuer could stay or haue any time to sheath her. After the shippe was wholly laden, wee set saile from Keeling Bay the same day, hauing neuer a top-sayle ouer head: For I had caused Ma∣ster Dauis to remoue the ship from whence I left her, to another Bay, seuen leagues to the West-ward, where I said I would come with the Hopewell; and the Iuncke where I found them:* 1.2 now the ship, in remoouing had her top-sailes blowne from the yard, hauing beene at the yard euer since we came into the Countrey for feare of Treason, and the Hollanders who would seeke our [ 40] ouerthrow. The Iuncke going better then we, hauing no top-sailes, I sent for the Master of her aboord, and wrote a Letter to Bantam by them: and requested them to make all the speed they could thither, and I hoped I should come after them, and ouertake them, when I could make my top-sailes, which wee plyed night and day: and made Master Musgraue his Mate: wee in the ship hauing our top-sailes finished, did ouertake the Iuncke the sixteenth of the same, and com∣ming vp to them, they could not keepe vs company, except wee should take in our top-sailes: and to presse the Iuncke with a saile they durst not. I called vnto them, and bade them beare such saile, that they doe not wrong her (for feare a leake should breake vpon them) and come to Bantam: for mee to keepe by them, could doe them small pleasure, for wee had long businesse at our comming to Bantam, to trimme the shippe for England. So wee tooke leaue of them, [ 50] and bore ahead, and the ninth of October arriued in Bantam Roade,* 1.3 where Master Hemsworth and Edward Neetles were both dead, within a short space after my going away from Bantam: so that all the goods I left at Bantam, were yet there, and not a yard of cloth sold to the Chineses. At our comming to Bantam, being very weake (for most part of the company had sore legs) I was driuen, that all men that had any sores, or were sickly, should remayne aboord by the Surgeon, and manured the Iunckes with all my choice men, being all in perfect health. There came a small ship, that had heene at China, and at Iapan, Tarnata, Makian, Coramandell, Patane, and Ior, and came to Amboyna, and so to Banda to seeke for lading, but could get none, so was faine to go for Bantam to lade Pepper. This ship when she came to Banda, came neere the Iland of Puloway. and let flye all her Ordnance, and a shot came through another mans house, through two Suckles [ 60] of Mace in our house, and strooke the Pursers Mate vpon the shinne, yet broke not his legge, but went into a Chest of fine Pintados, and spoyled many: the poore man lay long vpon it (sixe monethes at the least) not able to stand.

The Hollanders seeing vs to passe by them at Banda, day by day with Spice (who after my comming bought not one pound, I wrought such meanes to procure my lading first) were starke

madde, hauing two great ships halfe laden before I came into the Countrey: wherefore they de∣termined to come with their ships and Pinnasses,* 1.4 and take the Iland, and all the Spice that I had there, knowing I had store bought, and fitted such a time, as that they might easily haue done it. The Bandaneses being fleshed with the slaughter of some of the straggling Hollanders, which they had murthered, tooke all the able men to giue assault to the Hollanders Castles: and deter∣mined to fire their ships, at an Anchor, and burne the old Sunne close to the Castle gates. All able men being gone to the Warres, and not passing fortie men left, beside women and children, the two great ships and three Pinnasses came out vnder saile, with three Boates a piece at their sternes, and the Frigots, two Prowes a piece to land men: They chose such a time, that they might haue come ashore, and taken euery man one, in their armes, and carryed them quite away, for there were no Weapons left in the Iland, but what we had. But it pleased God to deale bet∣ter [ 10] with vs, for being come out of the Harbour, they could not get in againe, it prooued calme, and the Tyde of Ebbe (being Springing Tyde) did set the shippes to the Southwards of the I∣land, and the Pinnasses must follow the ships, for feare the Caricols would haue had them. Two dayes they did what they could to come backe, so they were forced to proceed for Bantam to lade Pepper: Being long becalmed by the way to Bantam, they descryed a shippe right to Lee∣wards of them, which they thought could not be any Saile, but wee: wherefore it was agreed by counsell that they should come and fight with mee, and take me, and all the Spice from mee: and what their determination was to haue done with the ship and Company, I could not learne. It proued to be the Prouincia of Holland, a great ship that was bound to Banda, to looke for la∣ding, and had beene at the Moluccoes, but could not get one pound of Spice. So those two [ 20] ships told him, that they came from thence, with halfe their lading, so all three came to Bantam to lade Pepper: thus the Lord kept me out of their hands.

* 1.5There came eight ships to Bantam for Pepper, and must stay a yeare for it: so the shippes that must stay a yeare for their lading, tooke in plankes and prouision of building, and were sent with them to Banda and Tarna••a, (for their Castles, and to make Flankers to make themselues strong) and were sent away after I came to Bantam. My lame Company being very wea••e fell sicke, and my Gunner, and one of my Quarter Masters dyed, and three more presently after them. The Carpenters fitting the ship, and the Westerly Monson come, there was no hope of the Iunckes comming till May: Master Dauis being sicke, and very hardly escaping with life, Ma∣ster Clayborne weake and sicke,* 1.6 and my selfe not well with griefe, to see in what poore estate we [ 30] were, made all speed that we might to be gone from that contagious Countrey, hoping, that if we were out at Sea, my people would mend. Now seeing the Iuncke came not, which if but one of them had come,* 1.7 I would haue remayned in the Countrey, and fitted her to goe for Suc∣cadania, (a place where the Hollanders haue made great Voyages) but seeing they came not, I thought I should doe your Worships as good seruice to come home in the ship, (if it should please God to take Master Dauis, and Master Clayborne away) to bring home the ship: and therefore set vp my rest to come home.* 1.8 Three dayes before we set saile from Bantam, foure Saile of a new Fleet of Hollanders came in (which brought in great store of women, to inhabite those places which they had conq••ered) and were nine in the whole, and fiue remayned behind. Those that came into the Road, were very weake, so that the other ships company that were in the Road, [ 40] were faine to fetch them in one by one.

That same day came a Slupe from Tarnata (sent with Letters to Amboyno, and so to Bantam) with newes,* 1.9 that the Hollanders had lost their Admirall, which went to Manilia: for his head was shot off, and the ship taken and two more, and another (that would not yeeld) set himselfe a fire: so they lost three ships by f••ght, and one burned, being all great shippes of one thousand Tunnes a piece. Fo••re dayes before these newes came from Manilia, a Generall of the Hollan∣ders, which came into the Indies foure yeares passed, called Paulus Vancarles, who had beene ta∣ken by the Spaniards at Tarnata, by Spanish Gallies (within foure monethes after I came from thence the last Voyage) remained a Prisoner in the Master of the Campes House at Tarnata and all his company were chained in the Gallies. These Prisoners the Hollanders would haue ranso∣med [ 50] with money, offering a very great ransome: which the Spaniard would not accept, but would haue them deliuer vp the Forts, and be gone; so they would set their Generall, and the rest at libertie, or otherw••se not. The Hollanders would by no meanes withdraw their forces, so the Generall remained Prisoner a yeare and a quarter, and then was released by the new Gouer∣nour that came from Manilia,* 1.10 to take the Gouernment of the Moluccoes, who was intercepted, and taken by two ships of the Hollanders, which released their Generall with exchange of man for man. This Generall was the second time taken by the Spanish Gallies (after a long fight) and presently sent Prisoner to the Manilia. [ 60]

Hauing left Richard Wooddies for Chiefe in the house, and order for Master Spalding (when God shall send him to Bantam) to determine a Voyage to Succadaniae in Borneo for Diamonds, I tooke my leaue of them of Bantam,* 1.11 and set saile the the sixteenth of Nouember▪ and had a very good passage to the Roade of Saldanha; where I came to an Anchor the one and twentiteh of Ianuary, and tooke in water, and made all dispatch that I could for England: and found that my

Brother Sir Henry Middleton had beene there, and came in the foure and twentieth of Iuly, and departed the tenth of August, and there I found the Copie of a Letter, which my Brother had written to your Worships, and sent home by a Hollander the next day that hee came into the Road: which if you haue not receiued, you may apparantly see, that they will detaine all your Worships Letters, and you shall haue the Copie. Thus haue I at large certified your Worships of all matters in ample manner, which I thought no lesse then my dutie to doe, hauing made relati∣on of all those places from whence I came. And (I prayse God) I haue aboord one hundred thirtie nine Tunnes, six Cathayes, one quarterne two pound of Nutmegs, and sixe hundred two and twentie Suckettes of Mace, which maketh thirtie sixe Tunnes, fifteene Cathayes, one quar∣terne, [ 10] one and twentie pound, and haue left in the Iuncke with Master Her••••man, foure and twentie Tunnes, seuen Cathayes, two quarternes and eight pound, which co•••• with the charge 25071. ¼. Rials, of which summe I haue disbursed fiue hundred of mine owne, for Spice which lyeth most vpon the Orlope: and being in bond vnto your Worships, shall remaine vntill I know your pleasures, whether I shall enioy it.

Notes

• * 1.1

  He departeth from Puloway the seuenth of September.
• * 1.2

  Keeling bay.
• * 1.3

  They arriue at Bantam the ninth of Octo∣ber.
• * 1.4

  Hollanders en∣uie and iniurie frustrated.
• * 1.5

  Fight Holland ships.
• * 1.6

  Master Thomas Clayborne.
• * 1.7

  Succadania.
• * 1.8

  Foure Saile of Hollanders. Women to in∣habit.
• * 1.9

  Dutch Admiral slaine.

  Three ships of the Hollanders taken, and one burnt at Mani∣lia.

  Paulus Vancar∣les taken.
• * 1.10

  Paulus taken the second time and sent to Manilia.
• * 1.11

  Hee departeth from Bantam. Sa••danha.