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.

CHAP. II. Notes taken out of the Iournall of ALEXANDER CHILDE, from England to Surat, and thence to Iasques in Persia, and of the fight by the way with the Portugals, in which Generall IOSEPH was slaine.

* 1.1THe thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth of Iune 1616. after our arriuall at Solda∣nia, we made merry one with another, glad of our meeting there with Captaine [ 10] Newport, homewards bound. We found heere good watering, but little refreshing else, saue fresh-fish for our sicke men: the Blackes brought vs nothing.

* 1.2The first of August, we fell with the maine, the place called Boobam in sixteen degrees, fiue and thirty minutes South latitude: variation thirteene degrees, twelue minutes.

* 1.3The sixt, we descried a saile, the Admirall of the Carricks that went this yeere from Lisbone. The Globe sailing better then the rest of the Fleet, first came vp to her, and the Carrick present∣ly gaue her a whole broad side, shot diuers shoots thorow the ship, and hurt a man or two, which caused her to fall asterne, and stand in with the Generall and the rest of the Fleet, shewing vs of the Portugals discourtesie. When our Generall came vp with the Carrick, he sent his Shallop a∣boord [ 20] her to know of the Captaine, why hee shot at his friend, and to entreate him to come a∣boord to make satisfaction for the wrong done. But he sent the Boatswaine aboord the Generall, who told him directly that he would not come aboord, nor giue satisfaction: who thereupon ha∣uing sent his man aboord, began the fight, which continued an houre and halfe. But within lesse then an houre,* 1.4 an vnluckie shot came from the Carrick, and slew our worthy Generall. Then did the Admirall presently fall off, and put abroad a flagge of Councell, where comming aboord, wee found to our griefe his body mangled with a Culuerine shot, and himselfe suddenly departed.

* 1.5We kept company with the Carricke till sixe the next morning, and it proued vnder the I∣land Moyella, calme, that we were forced to anchor by meanes of a pretie strong current set∣ting [ 30] to the South, and passed the whole day in making our ships ready for fight. I tooke out my long Boat and Pinnasse out of my shippe, and mounted the rest of my Ordnance, and kept the Carricke company all the next night.

The eight, about seuen in the morning, our Generall, Captaine Pepwell, seeing hee could not fetch her vp so soone as he desired, called to me, whose ship went better, and gaue mee leaue to haue the first onset. I came vp and gaue him three or foure broad-sides: and in the meane time the Generall came vp, and I gaue place; the Vice-Admirall also and the Globe one after another; and thus we fought all day. Betweene three and foure in the afternoone, his maine mast fell o∣uer-boord, and presently his Foretop-mast followed: at fiue we gaue him ouer within lesse then a league of the shoare,* 1.6 being a Lee-shoare, and a great sea. The Ilands name is Comora, very [ 40] steepe to an hundred fathome, within lesse then a Cables length of the Rockes, and no ground: so we stood off and on all that night. The Generall was sorely wounded on the face with splin∣ters from a great shot in his halfe decke,* 1.7 and Richard Hounsell the Master, was hurt in his arme, another had his head shot away, and diuers others were hurt: I lost two men. The Generall in the euening sent Master Connock, Cape Merchant, to the Captaine of the Carricke, that if hee would yeeld, he should haue good quarter, and be sent to Goa in safetie: his answere was, he nei∣ther would nor could: but if we could winne him with the sword, hee must be contented, and hoped to find honorable warres with vs,* 1.8 if wee tooke him. At twelue in the night shee was a∣ground betweene two rockes very steepe, and set on fire, whether accidentally or wilfully wee cannot tell. [ 50]

The ninth, in the morning I sent Master Anthony Fugars, my mate, ashoare in my long Boat to see if any men were saued, and to take in some of them, to know how shee came on fire: but the Carricke was still burning, and not a Man of hers to bee seene. There were many Blackes of the Iland on the land against the Carrick, and they put out a flagge of truce for my men to come ashoare, but there was no landing in that place, nor within three leagues to the East or West, the rockes being steepe, and as high as our mayne Top-mast.

The tenth, we bare about the South-west part of the Iland, and anchored in two and twenty fathome water with one,* 1.9 and another I laid out in fourteene, against a Towne called Mattoma, the people promising Beeues and all that the Iland did afford; but we were frustrate of our hopes, till at last with much adoe we bought nine Beeues,* 1.10 some Goats, Hennes, Lemons, Plantans and [ 60] Coco-nuts: and I perswade my selfe they are very treacherous.

The foure and twentieth of September, wee plyed vp to Swally Road, there anchored, and brought the Merchants aboord the Generall, the principall Factours name was Thomas Kerridge.

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The Voyage to Iasques.

THe fifth of Nouember, I went ouer the Barre of Swally, bound for Iasques in Persia.* 1.11 The tenth, the Iland of Diu did beare North from vs three leagues distant. The eleuenth, latitude twentie degr. twelue min. I sent my long Boat and Pinnasse, thinking to haue spoken with a Fisher-man, and they found him a man of warre, and seuen or eight in the Pinnasse were hurt with their arrowes, the long Boat not able to succour them.

The two and twentieth, wee were in latitude foure and twenty degrees, ten minutes,* 1.12 varia∣tion [ 10] eighteene degrees from North to West. This day wee saw the Land of Goudel North and East, nine or ten leagues distant. When you are within fiue leagues of the shoare, you shall see the Cliffes whitish, like the Forland in most places.

The fiue and twentieth▪ in foure and twentie degrees, seuen and forty minutes, we were off a ragged mouldy Land, called by the Portugals Sete Setheayes, by vs the seuen Cities, shewing like seuen Castles, standing a league from each other, the highest like a walled City, and lyeth West North-west from Cape Goudel sixe and twentie leagues, you may see it fourteene or fif∣teene leagues off, like Ilands, and may runne within a league of the shoare, in ten or twentie fa∣thome, within a mile soft Ozie ground without danger: Variation eighteene degrees, I found no Current out or in.

On the seuen and twentieth, latititude fiue and twenty degrees, two minutes: variation [ 20] eighteene degrees, thirty minutes land, as before.

The first of December, we stood off with the Persian shoare,* 1.13 hauing been put ouer on the Coast of Arabia, with a North-west and North North-west wind, we had much raine diuers dayes: and on the second at night, we anchored fiue or sixe leagues to the West of Iasques, in two and twenty fathome Ozie ground.

The next I rode still, and sent the Pinnasse to see if they could speake with any people, but they could see no mention of any. At three of the clocke I set saile,* 1.14 and stood toward the Cape about a league, and anchored in eleuen fathome Ozie ground.

The fourth, I sent my chiefe Mate with the Frigat and Pinnasse, to see if hee could discouer the Road of Iasques; but before he came ashoare, the Gouernour of the place, seeing vs lye off [ 30] and in with the shoare, sent a Fisher-boat to them, and they returned aboord with her. After some conference, wee sent Master Bell ashoare to the Gouernour, with his man and a Guze∣rat, to his Castle, a little mile from the waters side, with a Present, to sound what welcome: I kept two of their men for a pawne.

The fift, I weighed and went two leagues neerer the shoare, and anchored within a league of it, in fiue fathome at low water, tough Ozie ground, and a faire Bay. There runs no streame, but it flowes a fathome in the spring, and three or foure foot otherwise: a South-east and by East Moone makes high water. The Eastermost low point hath a Pagod or Meskite on it, and the Fisher-towne did beare North-east, in latitude fiue and twentie degrees, fiue and thirtie mi∣nutes, [ 40] and longitude from the Cape of Diu ten degrees, fortie minutes West, and the Varia∣tion nineteene degrees, twen••y minutes, from North to West, M. Bell returned with two of the Gouernours Souldiers, commending his entertaynment, and promised welcome to vs.

The eight, M. Conock our Cape Merchant went ashoare, with M. Barker, and two other Fa∣ctors, and returned at night with like newes.

The seuenth, the Purser bought vs foure Beeues and Goates, not fat at that time of the yeere, but such as gaue vs content.

The tenth, our Merchants went ashoare with their baggage, for their iourney to Mogustan, and on the twelfth tooke their way thither.* 1.15

The thirteenth, I sent the Boat and P••nnasse to fetch water: the country-people that brought it downe, had after foure shillings English-money the tunne: it was raine-water (for they haue [ 50] no other) it raines but little in December, but in Ianuary it will raine sixe or seuen dayes toge∣ther, that it fils all their Cisternes and places of prouision for the whole yeere following.* 1.16 I take it not wholesome being full of small wormes, that we were faine to straine our beuerage.

The sixteenth, I sent my Mate about Ballast, wherein they found them vnreasonable. I sent the Pinnasse to the Eastermost low point, for stones for Ballast.* 1.17 It is the worthiest place for fish in all the Indies. They laded eighteene or twentie tunne of Ballast.

On the nineteenth, we receiued a Letter from M. Connock, halfe on-ward of his way to Mogustan, of their peaceable trauell.

The first of Ianuary I receiued a Letter from Iasques, which came from our Merchants,* 1.18 & made vs glad. On the fifth, M. Connock would haue had me gone with the ship to a place called Costake [ 60] within seuen leagues ouer against Ormus, whereto I was loath to yeeld, being out of season of the yeere. The next day they talked of Piloting the ship to Sireck; but I was the same man.* 1.19 The Mer∣chants reported that they hoped it would be a good place of Trade, and in time, as good as any in India. The Pilot confessed it was dangerous then to carry the ship to Sireck, it was so foule,

stormie, and a lee shoare, the sea high, anchorage vnsure, and Master Connock seeing the storme we there abode, so extreme, altered his mind, and speeded to land the goods at Iasques.

The twentieth, I set saile from the Road of Iasques: and the eight of Februarie, at ten of the clocke, wee anchored in Swally Road.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Iune 13.14.15. 1616.
• * 1.2

  August 1.
• * 1.3

  Fight with the Portugals Car∣ricke.
• * 1.4

  Captaine Ben∣iamin Ioseph slaine.
• * 1.5

  Captaine Pep∣well succeeds in place and fight.
• * 1.6

  Comora.
• * 1.7

  Captaine Pep∣wel, and others wounded, di∣uers slaine.
• * 1.8

  The Carricke fired, reade more hereof in Sir Thomas R••e.
• * 1.9

  Refreshing at Comora.
• * 1.10

  September 24. Thomas Ker∣ridge, he is now this Iune 1622. returned home.
• * 1.11

  Nouember 6.
• * 1.12

  Goudel.
• * 1.13

  December 1.
• * 1.14

  Cape of Ias∣ques.
• * 1.15

  Mogustan.
• * 1.16

  Raine scarse.
• * 1.17

  Fish & Ballast.
• * 1.18

  Ianuary 1. Costake.
• * 1.19

  Sireck. Persian Trade hopefull.