the seuen and twentieth, sent the Vice-Roy one hundred and fiftie Maunds Meale, one hundred sheepe, twentie fiue Maunds Conserues with Hens, &c. In the after-noone the Sabandar re∣quested me to read a Letter from the Vice-Roy, which signified that whereas by the Padre hee was informed that the Nabob desired to make peace in his Masters name, and had appointed for treatie thereof the Sabandar, Isaac Beg, and Abduram, hee also had hearkened thereto and ap∣pointed three others to that businesse binding himselfe to performe their agreements.
On the one and thirtieth. The Sabandar came vnto mee and told mee, that no peace could bee with the Portugals, they refusing to make any restitution for damages or goods taken, but rather [ 10] required money of them: and that the Vice-roy had sent to all parts thereabouts for more forces. After their fire deuices frustrated, they all set saile, both Ships, Iunckes, Gallies and Frigats, and roade at the Barre of Surat. The Hector had taken one of their Frigats which was imployed to tow the fire-boats and in her seuen men; three slaine, foure liuing. Soone after they departed: and we also weighed the second of March.
On the fourth, we descryed the Portugall Fleet, which presently gaue vs chase, and the next day also. On the sixth, the Generall came aboord vs, to wish vs to make readie, he purposing to turne and giue the on-set on them: but about noone the Portugals bore vp the Helme, and stood in for the shoare, and within three houres after we lost sight of them. The tenth, at night the Hope departed from vs. The fifteenth, we saw three Spouts of water not farre from vs, one whereof very bigge continuing halfe an houre. The nineteenth, we doubled Cape Comorine.
[ 20] The tenth of May, the wind and current against vs, the Generall went to a greene Iland to the North of the Salt-hill, and there came to an anchor in twentie fathome good ground sandie. Wee sought fresh-water but found none: wee saw Pigges and Hogs on the Iland, and gathered good store of Coco Nuts. About this Iland is good riding, beeing twelue fathomes within a stones throw of the shoare. The Pinnasse fetched water at an Iland foure leagues off, which was brackish. We found water in the Iland beyond the burning one. The second of Iune, wee came to an anchor in Bantam Road.
The third of Iuly, we weighed Mace and receiued Silke for the furnishing of the Salomon, for Masulipatan, wherein we concluded to send for Merchants, George Chancie, Ralph Preston, Hum∣phery Elkington, Timothy Mallory, George Sauage, and Robert Sauage.
[ 30] The eighth of Iuly, we laded Porcelane in her: and then came newes by a Iuncke from the Moluccas, of the Thomasine being there, and of twelue saile of Hollanders at Ternate, which hin∣dered all men they could from Trade. The eleuenth, our old house escaped great danger of a fire neere it.
On the twentieth, Master Iordan receiued Letters from Master Ball at Macassar, of the vio∣lent courses which the Flemmings vsed with him, beating him from thence, as also that they purposed with their whole force to come to take Bantam, and to place the King of Motran in the Gouernment.
The one and twentieth, Master Bennet set saile in the Salomon. The fiue and twentieth, the Aduice and Attendance came into the Road, hauing beene out of England eight moneths. At the [ 40] Cape they met with the Globe and Iames, to whom they spared eighteene men. They departed towards England, Iuly the seuenteenth, and they hither, the eighteenth, meeting with a shippe neere the Cape, which we iudge to be the Samaritan or Hope from England.
The fifth of August, I was aboord with the Generall then very ill, and the next day had word of his departure; whom followed on the eighth. Master Euans the Preacher, and Master Hamb∣den, as was supposed, by taking Lodanum, they both being well a little before. On the eleuenth, the Aduice was dispeeded for Iapan, with twentie two persons brought out of England, fiue Blackes and Fernando the Spaniard.
The fourteenth, returned the Concord from Socodanna, and Macassar. That night was much Raine, Thunder and Lightning, the Church or Meskit of Bantam split in two with a Thunder∣bolt, [ 50] and the chiefe Priest almost slaine, which the King and people tooke as an ill presage, and therefore determined to make peace with Iacatra.
The sixteenth, the Thomasines Boat came into Bantam, with twentie two English, and f••ue Blackes, which told of the casting away of the Thomasine on certaine flats, twentie two leagues from Macassar the night before, Wilson the Master being carelesse, and all the company asleepe, sa∣uing he which was at the Helme. The money they saued and brought with them. Master Baily signified also that the wracked company there enforced him to pay them their wages, which we caused them to restore.
The nineteenth, the Flemmings put into the Bilbowes three Blackes, that Master Baily brought with him from Celoar, pretending they tooke them climbing ouer their pales, also that they were [ 60] taken form a place which they protected, and therefore would keepe them. We are many wayes most vily abused by them, nor is any way to right vs except wee should goe together by the eares, this as we conceiue being wrought of purpose, and the Blackes intised by them and willing to it, as being taken by force: which after that I knew, I was offended with Master Baily, being a meanes that whereas heretofore wee haue beene in all places well intreated, that wee should