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SAturday the eight in the morning, at foure of the clocke, we met with the Bull come from England, with the ioyfull tydings of peace betweene the Dutch and vs; which God in his mercie long continue, shee had a small ship in her Company called the Flying Hart, which was sent out with her, hauing Letters from their Generall;
to aduise vs or any of their ships of the agreement and vniting of both the Honourable Com∣panies.
This afternoone we anchored all together neere the point of Pallambam. On the eleuenth of Aprill, in the morning wee descryed the Dutch Fleete, who came from Iacatra to meete vs, and to congratulate our arriuall: Generall Coen beeing there himselfe in person. So soone as the Hollanders Generall was come to anchor,* 1.1 we began to salute each other with our great Ordnan∣ces, to signifie vnto the Countrey people our great ioy, that we conceiue in this happy tydings.
The twelfth, we came into Bantam Road with both our Fleets; ours consisting of twelue [ 10] sailes, theirs of fifteene; besides, two of their ships, which wee found in that Road. This day Master Iohnson, Commander of the Dutch Fleet, came to visit mee with the Fiscall and diuers others: Master Brockendon, Master Spalding and my selfe were inuited aboord the Admirall shippe, where wee conferred with the Generall concerning our future businesse; and af∣ter we had compared the Articles and Letters, he was content that wee should proceed ioyntly according to the Honourable Companies instructions; but would not publish the same, vntill the arriuall of some ship from the Low Countries. Friday the fourteenth, in the morning, by a generall consent, we sent M. Beamont, and Philip Baduge, with one Dutch Merchant ashoare,* 1.2 to the Pangram, to make him partaker of our good newes; and that we being now vnited, de∣sired onely a good composition and reasonable agreement that wee might remayne in his Coun∣trey in peace, and enioy free Trade as we had in other parts of India. But the Pangram was so [ 20] impatient at the newes, that he would affoord no answere: but oftentimes demanded of them, why we would be friends with the Dutch, and so they were faine to returne without any an∣swere. Saturday, the fifteenth, we sent the same message againe vnto him, but then they were not suffered to come on land.
Wednesday, at foure in the morning, I departed from Bantam Road in the Iames Royall,* 1.3 hauing the Vnicorne in Company intending by the grace of God, to goe for Iapon, there to careene and trimme our ships: Master Brockendon the same time departing with six ships for Iacatra, hauing resolued about one moneth after our departure, to send fiue good English ships, and fiue good ships of the Dutch after vs to Iapon, * 1.4 that from thence wee might take the fittest time of the yeere to goe for the Manillas.
[ 30] We arriued into a Port of Ferando, called Cochee, which is about foure English myles and an halfe to South-wards of the Hauen Ferando. Tuesday, the fiue and twentieth of Iuly, Cap∣taine Cox sent good store of Funnies or toe Boates aboord of our ship to helpe vs. This day in the afternoone (God bee praysed) we arriued in the Port of Firando. This day, before wee got into Firando, the Elizabeth brought in a Frigat with her, wherein there were found certaine S••lkes, Hides, and some Sugar; the Mariners were Iaponeses with certaine Portugals, whereof some were Fryers: the Elizabeth came into Cochee also, Captaine Adams, Admirall of the V∣nited Fleet, arriued in the same place about three houres after me in the Moone; likewise Wil∣liam Iohnson in the Trow.
The sixe and twentieth, in the morning, a generall Councell of English and Dutch were assem∣bled [ 40] in the English house at Firando, where it was resolued that the shippes which lay neere the Coasts of Sashma, should be called in, because wee were certainly informed, that the Frigats of Macao were newly arriued in Nangasaque. Sunday, the thirtieth, the King of Crats came a∣boord the Iames Royall, and seemed much to reioyce to see such an English ship, demanding of the Iurabassa, if this were one of the English Frigats; whereby we supposed that the Dutch had giuen out, that we had none but small ships like vnto Frigats.
Tuesday, the first of August, a generall Councell was holden at the English house, concerning the choice of two men, the one English, the other Dutch, to carrie the Present to the Emperour, where (after it was considered, that I could not so long bee spared from the Royall Iames, nor Captaine Adams from his Fleet) at length we made choice of Master Charles Cleauengar Com∣mander [ 50] of the Palsgraue, and Ioseph Cockram Cape Merchant of the Fleet, to goe in the behalfe of the English, and Iasques le Febre of the Harlam, with Matthia de Brooke, for the Dutch. On the sixth, the Palsgraue arriued in the Road of Cochee. The seuenth, the Bull came into the Road of Cochee, hauing cut off all her Masts by the boord (as they say) to saue ship and goods; Captaine Adams and I did visit the King of Firando, carrying with vs a small Present which was very well esteemed, and wee of our selues very courteously entertayned. Wednesday, the ninth, the King inuited the English and the Dutch to Dinner, where to shew his respect vnto our Nation, he caused vs to sit downe on the right hand, and the Dutch on the left; and the first Dish of euery course, was presented vnto vs.* 1.5
Munday, the fourth of September, we had a great Tuffone with the wind Northerly, which [ 60] forced the Moone on shore, and ouer-set the Expedition, so that she sunke downe suddenly. The Trow had likewise beene ouer-set, had not the Master of her soone preuented it, by veering of her sterne ashoare. Tuesday, the fifth, I caused many of our men to come aboord the Moone, to helpe hale her off, where we all striued along time to no purpose. The thirteenth, the Moone was got off againe, to the great ioy of vs all, hauing receiued no hurt at all by her lying so long
on shoare. The nineteenth, the Iames Royall hauing all things taken out, but onely certaine bars of Lead, to helpe trimme her ouer was heaued downe almost halfe way to the keele. Thursday, the one and twentieth in the morning,* 1.6 the Iames Royall was brought downe so low, that wee saw part of her keele, and so began presently to sheath her. In foure dayes the Carpenters shea∣thed one side of the Iames, from the keele vp to the lower bend. Wednesday, the seuen and twentieth, I sent a Cooper, two quarter Masters, and a Butcher to Nangasaque; to kill and salt such meate as was prouided for vs.
Thursday, the twelfth of October, we had the Iames downe to keele againe on the other∣side, on this side we found foure dangerous places, where the maine planke was eaten thorow by the Wormes; in each of those places wee graued in a piece of planke, and in one of them we droue a trunnell, where there was neuer any before: also wee nailed a piece of Lead vpon [ 10] the end of the bolt, which was formerly driuen through the keele to stop our great leake; our ship was righted againe both sides, being finished vp to the lower Bends. Saturday, the one and twen∣tieth, the Moone was finished on both sides. Tuesday, the foure and twentieth, we had newes that Nangasaque was burnt,* 1.7 that a fire beginning in the Portugall street, consumed foure or fiue of the richest streets in the Citie.
* 1.8The seuenth of Dec. being Thursday, we departed from Firando: and the same euening wee an∣chored in the Bay of Cochee. Saturday, the sixteenth, Captain Cleauengar, and Captaine Le Febre arriued in Firando, from the Emperors Court, with the ioyfull tidings of good successe in their businesse. Sunday, the seuenteenth in the morning, I tooke my leaue of them, and about noone, [ 20] the wind being faire, and the weather cleere, we left the Road of Cochee.
Thursday, the sixteenth of Ianuary in the morning, seeing foure ships in Bantam Road, we weighed and stood in, a little within Pan-Iang, at length there came the Pepper-cornes boate a∣boord our ship with the Master,* 1.9 one Morton, he told me that there were two Dutch shippes in the Road, and one French ship; to whom the Pangram had granted Trade, and that the English and Dutch had consorted with him to share the Pepper in thirds amongst them. I also vnder∣stood by him, that the most part of our lading was readie for vs at Iacatra.
Wednesday, in the morning, I set saile for Iacatra, and the same euening anchored neere vnto Antilaky.* 1.10 Thursday, the eighteenth, at night, we arriued in the Bay of Iacatra, where we found the Charles, the Gift, and the Cloue, and two Dutch ships, viz. the Leyden, and the Sun, and at He∣ctor Iland, the Globe, and the Bee. Here I met with the Master of the Vnicorne, and diuers of [ 30] his Company, who came hither in a Iuncke: their ship being lost vpon the Coast of China. The Iames hauing discharged her lading, was readie to relade for England. Heere was at this time in the Charles, the Cloue, and the Gift, about six hundred tuns of Pepper, & the Beare daily expected from Iambee with two hundred tunnes more, which gaue vs good hope that wee should very neere make vp our ships lading with Pepper, Beniamin, Clou••s, and Silke.
Munday, the sixe and twentieth of February, in the morning, I departed from the Road of Iacatra in the Iames Royall, hauing taken in our whole lading of Pepper, sauing fiftie fiue Pe∣culs; also, certaine Sapetas of Silke and some Cloues. This businesse ended about ten of the clock this fore-noone,* 1.11 we set sayle for England. I pray God in his wonted mercie to conduct vs vnto [ 40] our Natiue Countrie in safetie, in his good time appointed.
* 1.12Sunday, the twentieth of May, 1621. in the afternoone, wee arriued in the Road of Solda∣nia, where we found the Anne Royall, and the Fortune, ships belonging to the Honourable Com∣pany of London, and three Dutch ships, viz. the Gawda, the blacke Beare and the Herring, all bound for Bantam and Iacatra. The one and twentieth, we romaged our ship. Tuesday the two & twentieth, we sent some Water-caskes on shoare, and set vp a Tent for our sicke men and Coo∣pers, and sent fiue and twentie men on land to guard them. This night, I ordayned sixtie men to goe in company with sixtie Dutch in quest of Cattle, who re••urned the same night in vaine.
The second of Iune, in the morning, we left the Road of Soldania, with the wind at South South-east, South-east from the twentieth at noone, vntill the one and twentieth at six in the [ 50] morning,* 1.13 West fifteen leagues at this instant (God be praysed) we descryed the Iland of S. Helena; the bodie of it (to our iudgement) bearing West, two third parts North, about fifteene leagues off. This euening, we got within fiue leagues of the Iland, and there plyed it off, and on vntill fiue the next morning, and then we did beare in about the North point of the Iland, and the same forenoone,* 1.14 about ten of the clocke we anchored thwart of the Chappell Bay, halfe a mile from the shoare in sixe and twentie fathomes. The North point of the Iland bearing North-east two third parts East, one league off, and the other point South-west by South one league and an halfe off: betweene which two points there are seuen Vallies, and the Southermost of the seuen, leadeth vpright to the Limon Trees. Munday, the fiue and twentieth, wee weighed anchor againe, and road off the Valley, about halfe a mile from the shoare, in twentie [ 60] seuen fathomes, blacke sand and small Corall, the Northermost picked point bearing North-east halfe East from vs two leagues off, and the Southermost point in sight South-west halfe South, two miles off, this is the best Valley for refreshing that I know in all the Iland.
At this Iland we remayned seuen dayes, during which time we filled our water, and got at
least fiftie Hogges and Goats, and aboue foure thousand Limons. Friday, the nine and twen∣tieth of Iune, in the morning, at nine of the clocke, hauing very well refreshed our selues,* 1.15 (through the good prouidence of Almightie God) we departed from hence, and the same Eue∣ning at sixe, we had the bodie of the Iland South-east by South eight leagues off, the wind at South-east, the weather ouer-cast.
The sixteenth of August, at noone we saw the high-land of Pico East North-east about fifteene leaagues off. The seuenteenth, at noone we had the top of Pico North sixe leagues off, being in the latitude of thirtie eight degrees, twelue minutes. Whereby I perceiue that the South-side of Pico lyeth in thirtie eight degrees thirtie minutes neerest.
[ 10] The fifteenth of September, wee had the Lands end of England eight leagues off. Tuesday, the eighteenth, we arriued in the Downes.
Generall Coen.
Pangrams hate to the Dutch.
Voyage to Iapan.
The Voyage I haue set in a Paragraph or Section by it selfe: that the studious of Ma∣rine know∣ledge might make vse of that, which would perhaps to others seem to interrupt his more easie and delicate Muses, with a Sea-sicknesse. Here we found the Swan, and Expedition sent hither, as I sup∣pose, to the disgrace of our Nation in tho••e remote parts of the World.
They arriue at Firando. Sashma. Nangasaque. Charles Clea∣uengar.
A Tuffoone or Tempest.
The Iames ca∣r••••ned.
Nangasaque burnt.
Their depar∣ture from Fi∣rando.
Comming to Bantam.
Returne for England.
Soldania.
Saint Helena.
Chappell Bay.
The greatest va••iation on the W••sterne side of S Hele∣na, which wee found was fi••ty deg. fifty sixe min. Easterly.