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. Relations and Depositions touching the Hollanders brutish and cruell [ 10] vsage of the English.

IN the Roade of Patany in the East Indies, the seuenteenth of Iuly, 1619. the two ships called the Samson and the Hound, riding there at Anchor, three ships of the Netherlands set vpon them with might and mayne, after fiue houres fight, eleuen of the men in the Samson were slaine out-right, and fiue and thirtie men of the same ship were wounded, maymed and dismembred, at this time Captaine Iordan was Captaine of the Samson, and did hang vp a flagge of Truce, and withall sent Thomas Hackwell, Master of the Samson to the Netherlanders to parlee about a peace.

[ 20] The Examination of Thomas Hackwell, the fiue and twentieth of Ianuary, 1621.

Thomas Hackwell being sworne and examined vpon certaine Articles ministred on the behalfe of the Right Worshipfull, the English Company of Mer∣chants, trading to the East India aforesaid, saith and depo∣seth thereto, as followeth.

TO the first of the said Articles he saith, & deposeth by charge of his oath, that in the road of [ 1] Patany in the East India, vpon the seuenteenth day of Iuly, 1619. last past, the Samson, where∣of [ 30] this Examinant was Master, and the Hound belonging to the English Company, were force∣ably assaulted by three ships of the Hollanders (viz.) The Angell, the Morning Starre, and the Burgarboate, whereof Hendricke Iohnson was Commander, and after fiue Glasses fight two houres and a halfe, eleuen of the said ship the Samson, her men beeing slaine out-right, fiue dismem∣bred, and about thirtie otherwise wounded, Captaine Iordane being then in the said ship, the Samson, and Commander of her, caused a flagge of truce to be hung out; and sent this Exami∣nant in the Samsons Boate aboord the Flemmings, to treate with them for a peace, and at the hanging out of the said flagge of truce, and when this Examinant left the said Captaine Ior∣dane to goe aboord the Flemmings, he was well; but aboue halfe an houre after the said flagge of [ 40] truce was so hung out, and this Examinant was in parlee with the Flemmings about the said peace, Captaine Iordane not expecting any violence from the Flemmings during the said parlee, shewed himselfe aboord the Samson before the maine Mast vpon the gratings, where the Flem∣mings espying him, most treacherously and cruelly shot at him with a Musket, and shot him in∣to the bodie neere the heart, of which wound hee dyed within halfe an houre after. And this he saith by charge of his Oath.

To the second he saith, That after the said ships, the Samson and the Hound were surprised [ 2] by the Hollanders in the said fight at Patany, as aforesaid, the greatest part of their men, by the command of the Dutch, were brought aboord the Angell their Admirall: and there notwith∣standing, diuers of them in the said fight were much burnt with Gun-powder, and wounded with splinters, and thereby suffered miserable torment, yet they the said Dutch most vnchri∣stianly [ 50] and inhumanely caused and forced them to put their legges downe through the gratings, and so se••zed them, and tyed them to the Capsten Barres, insomuch that still as any man had oc∣casion to goe and ease himselfe, his legges were so swelled by reason of the extraordinary hard tying of them, that the Carpenter was alwayes fetched to make bigger the holes, at which they were put downe to get out their legges againe. And this hee saith by charge of his Oath is most true.

To the third he saith, That he knoweth that the Dutch at Iacatra, doe cause all China men, [ 3] residing and bartering there, to pay monethly sixe shillings vpon a head▪ or else you shall not sell any commoditie there to the English, and this he hath seene diuers of China men pay at Iacatra.

To the fourth he saith, That vpon the third day of March last was twelue moneth, aboord [ 60] th•• new Zealand then riding in Bantam Roade, this Examinant, with three or foure others, did heare one Cl••se Derickson, then vpper stearsman of the Dutch ship called the Southern-Indraught say, that the States in Holland had beene plotting that Warre betweene the English and the Dutch in the Indie seuen yeares before.

To this last Article is witnesse,

Thomas Hackwell. William Shaples. Henry Backtasell. Bartholomew Churchman. Anthony Piccot.

The Deposition of Bartholomew Churchman.

I doe affirme, that they haue many times termed vs slaues to the King of Holland, and that we should all be sent to the Moluccas to rowe in their Gallies, and so bee kept bond-slaues vnder them during our liues. [ 10]

More I affirme, that they haue kept twelue of vs in a Dungeon at Pooloway, and foure and twentie at Amboyna, by the command of Laurence Riall then Generall, but now returned into Holland, where they pist and () vpon our heads, and in this manner we lay, vntill such time as we were broken out from top to toe like Leapers, hauing nothing to eat but durtie Rice, and stinking raine-water, insomuch as if it had not beene for a Dutch woman, named Mistris Cane, and some poore Blackes that brought vs a little fruit, we had all starued in that place, as many of our Company did, besides the extremitie which they vsed to many others which they had in Prison at other Ilands wher they perished, leauing their Wiues and Children heere in England readie to starue for want of maintenance.

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The names of the ten men which lay in Pooloway, are these:

Bartholomew Churchman. Iacob Lane. Kellam Throgmorton. Matthew Willis. William Burris. Cassarian Dauid. George Iackson. George Pettice. Walter Stacy. Richard Phillips.

At Amboyna, Richard Swanley, William Brookes, and twelue more, whose names I well know not, nor cannot remember, put into a Dungeon, with fortie Indians all in a hole, hauing no place to ease themselues. Bartholomew Churchman.

The last of October, 1617. Iohn Tucker affirmeth: That the Dutchmen tooke the Dragon, the Expedition, the Beare, and the Rose, and deliuered onely the Rose, and that there being in the Dragon a Present from the King of Achen for the King of England, called by them a Creeze, (that is to say) a Dagger, which they doe detayne to this houre. [ 30]

This is true, I vnder-written doe affirme, and testifie that it was not done by base Rogues (as they terme it) but some of the principall Commanders. Iohn Tucker.

After the taking of these ships, there were aboue three hundred and fiftie men set out of the foure ships which were on shoare, exposed vnto the mercie of the Indians, where they found more courtesie then of the Hollanders, otherwise they had all perished.

That all these abuses, and many more which wee haue formerly receiued by them, are true, we will maintayne vpon our oathes, and with our liues against any of their Nation, or others that shall gain-say this truth. Yet notwithstanding all this being (by the goodnesse of Almigh∣tie God) returned into our owne Country, we haue no satisfaction for these intollerable iniuries, nor any consideration for two thirds of our wages most barbarously kept from vs. [ 40]

Articles of abuses done by the Hollanders at the Iland of Moluccas, and other places of the East Indies, aswell against our Soueraigne Lord the Kings Maiestie; as also against vs, and other Englishmen, since the yeare of our Lord 1616. not only before the Peace, but also since, vntill the moneth of March 1620. that we came out of the Indies, in the good Ship called the Iames.

THe second day of the moneth of February, in the yeare of the Lord, 1616. the Swanne was [ 1] surprized and taken by the Hollanders, at the Ilands of Banda, and her men kept Prisoners [ 50] till the eight and twentieth of Aprill following. At which time the Hollanders carryed fiue and twentie of the English to the Moluccas, where they were very hardly and inhumanely vsed, being fettered and shackel••ed in the day time, and close locked vp a nights. And from the moneth of May, vntill the end of September, they were compelled to carrie stone and lime for the building of Forts there; which if any refused to doe, they were kept in Stockes and Irons till they would worke; and were notwithstanding also very hardly vsed for their victuals, inso∣much that the one halfe of them dyed through their hard vsage.

[ 2] When we were first taken, we were possessed of diuers goods, prouisions and meanes, where∣with to relieue our selues, which they presently tooke from vs, and left vs not so much as wherewith to couer our bodies. [ 60]

Whereof when we complayned to Iohn Ellias, who was Lieutenant to one Garret Derickson in the Trow, hoping that he would haue had some commiseration of our miseries, and long lying in Irons, bad vsage for want of meate, drinke, lodging, and other things: The said Ellias and

the rest of his Company did thereupon, and many other times say vnto vs,* 1.1 That hee cared not for vs, nor for any of our Countreymen; and that if they should take vs and hang vs vp, wee had our deserts: Yea, they vsed other grosse and base speeches, not fit to be spoken off.

We affirme, that the said Iohn Ellias and his Companie said, that they had little need of Eng∣lishmen; for they in Holland were able of a sudden to make and furnish twentie foure thousand of flat-bottomd Boates, such as Parma would haue landed vpon the English shoare in eightie eight. [ 3] And also said, that they had of their owne Nation and Countreymen, at the least fortie thou∣sand strong in England, that presently, vpon the least occasion, would rise in Armes, and bend their forces speedily against vs in our owne Countrey.

[ 10] We affirme, that Laurence Riall, who was their Generall, caused Grates and Cages to bee [ 4] made in their ship, and did put vs therein, and carryed vs in them bound in Irons from Port to Port amongst the Indians, and thus in scornfull and deriding manner and sort spake vnto the In∣dians as followeth: Behold and see, heere is the people of that Nation, whose King you care so much for. But now you may hereby plainly behold how kindly wee vse his Subiects; making them beleeue that Englishmen were their Vassals and Slaues.

Besides all this, they kept many of vs fast bound and fettered in Irons, in most loathsome and darke stinking Dungeons, and gaue vs no sustenance, but a little durtie Rice to eate, and a little stinking raine-water to drinke. So that many of our English fainting in their sights, for want of competent sustenance or other lodging at their hands: for want whereof many dyed, who were fetcht out of the Dungeons, and so basely buried, more like Dogges then Christians.

About the fift of May, in the yeare of our Lord 1619. we hauing ouer-passed many hungrie [ 5] [ 20] dayes, and cold nights Lodging, in cold Irons and darke Dungeons, and thinking it not possibly able for vs to endure those miseries any longer, made meanes that some of vs came to Iohn Pe∣ter Socoma, their Generall that now is, and desired his Lordship (which Title hee duly lookes for in the East Indies) that he would consider of our extreame wants and miseries, and helpe vs to some better sustenance. And further we desired him, that he would be so much our friend, as to ease vs of our Irons but for the day time: Whereupon the said Generall most wickedly re∣plyed with base speeches, and bade vs bee gone, and trouble him no more; for if wee did, hee would cause vs all to be hanged speedily. So that we were forced to returne from whence wee came with heauie hearts, hauing no hope but in the Almightie, to whom wee prayed to turne their hearts, and to release vs of our miseries.

[ 30] Vpon the thirteenth of May, in the yeare of our Lord 1619. the Dutch went ashoare at Ia∣para; and there they wickedly and maliciously burnt downe the Towne and the English House [ 6] there, and from thence forcibly tooke away the English Flagge,* 1.2 and in great disdaine of our Countrey trayled our Flagge after them in the dirt through the Towne, and towed it aboord their ship at their Boats sterne; but what they did with it afterwards, we know not.

Vpon the eighteenth day of the moneth of Nouember, and in the yeare of our Lord God, 1619. they tooke one Bartholomew Churchman, and clapt him vp in Irons, and set him where [ 7] he sate in the raine and cold stormes of the night, and in the day time where the hot Sunne shone vpon him, and scorched him, without any shelter at all: and this they did to him, only because hee strucke a base fellow that spake such words against our late Queene Annes Maiestie, as are not fit to be repeated: which words, as also diuers other which they spake against our dread [ 40] Soueraigne, we dare not relate, as being too odious to be vsed in a subiects mouth touching his Prince: Howbeit, might licence and freedome of speech bee granted vs, to make knowne the base slanderous and detracting speeches of that Nation against our King and Countrey, that wee might not incurre any danger of his Maiesties displeasure by the repeating them, it would suffi∣ciently make knowne the pride and crueltie of that people, who did not then let to say that they made no account of our King, nor any of his subiects.

The seuenteenth day of the moneth of March, and in the yeare of our Lord God euerlasting, [ 8] 1619. their Gouernour of the Moluccas gaue order for the release of the English there, and ap∣pointed thirtie of them to be carried to Amboynas,* 1.3 from thence to be sent into England or Hol∣land. [ 50] But the Gouernour of Amboynas, perceiuing them to bee arriued, hee vtterly refused to discharge them, and forced them to serue in their three ships, that went to the Manelees as men of warre, which if any refused to doe, they were to rowe in their Gallies chained like vnto slaues; in which Voyage to the Manelees, fourteene of our men went in the Saint Michael, which were lost, and neuer since heard on, whose names doe follow: Geroge Trigges, Iohn Ed∣wards, Iames Welch, Iohn Crocket, William Nichols, Robert Gilbert, Matthew Gilbert, Giles Lips∣combe, Arthur Tap, Edward Parker, William Vese, Iohn King, Iohn Ouer, and William Smith Chi∣rurgion.

We affirme, that they hauing Arrian Ellis, Edward Reade, and William Powell, three English∣men [ 9] [ 60] Prisoners, in their ship called the Bantam, they chained them in Irons, and layed them in the Beake-head, straitly prohibiting all others to come neere them, to giue them any other food then their allowance, which was so small that meere hunger compelled those three Priso∣ners to throw the Dice who should cut each others throat; and so they did throw the Dice to

that end, but were disclosed before any of them were slaine, so that they were thereupon sun∣dred, and sent into other ships.

[ 10] They haue taken our men, and without any cause haue stripped and whipped them openly in the Market place; they haue also beaten vp their Drumme, and called the Blackes together to see it done.

[ 11] They will not suffer vs to weare or spread in our English houses, in those parts where they haue any command, any Colours that are our Kings Colours.

The Copie of a Letter sent vnto the Dutch in the East Indies, from their English [ 10] Captiues at the Iland of Monoboca, the nineteenth day of March, 1618. and deliuered vnto Captaine William Iohnson Comman∣der of the Angell.

COnsideration in things of difficultie is requisite: and therefore much requisite in these our vnchri∣stian-like miseries. But because this hath beene but sleightly respested, wee are now resolued to tell you of all your perfidiousnesse. First, Grippe got aduantage to surprize our ships, and made a vow, not to touch life nor goods in any sort. But since the contrarie hath beene so much proued, that Grippe and his confederates are now seene to be for sworne, as shortly after their actions did shew, in taking away euen th••se things, which with their consent we did saue, and bring aboord your ship called the Trow. [ 20]

At that time we being indungeoned at Pooloway, (besides all the Pagan-like vs••ge of that cruell man, Laurence Riall) we were by Van Hoofe kept in such extreme miserie, with stinking water, and Rice halfe full of stones and dirt (scarce able to keepe life and soule together) that had not De••rickson van Lam granted the English at Poolaroone free accesse to Pooloway to bring vs reliefe, ••ee had beene all ere this time starued for want. But we passed away that time in expectation of better fortunes, which you haue all from time to time prom••sed: yet now againe our miseries are thrice redoubled, for since we came to this place, you haue not onely vsed vs most basely in other things, but also haue taken away from vs euen that poore sustenance, which we bought with our moneys: and this hath beene ••o••e by that enuious man the Master, whom your Commanders doe suffer to be their Commander, rather then their Inferiour. If you consider all his actions, the refreshing which we haue bought hath beene but [ 30] small, that is to say, foure small Hennes and Cockes, and euen them hath the Master taken away, and eaten them in the great Cabbin, which dealing of his, if it be Christian-like, we referre it to your owne discretion: and now at last, for a small cause or nothing at all to be thus handled, is a ten t••mes worse affli∣ction, then euer was inflicted vpon vs, for to chaine vs vp like so many Dog••, and to let vs lie in the raine and storms of the night, without any shelter, which is also brought to passe by the Master. For (Comman∣der) * 2.1 we considering your gentlenesse, so that you can dispense with rigour: Therefore that miserie that we indure is not by your meanes, but by the Masters, and theirs that bee of his mind: and this is of a truth, that euen your Hogs after their kind, lye a-nights d••yer then we after our kind, being Christians: and our griefe is the more, because your men of the Blacke Lion, being taken by our Engli••h, were vsed like men, and we like abiects of the world, to be thus vsed like dogs, being Subiects to the Kings Maiestie [ 40] of England, and in good respect with our Employers. But GOD that is aboue all, knowes all▪ and in his good time will remedie all. Thus much we haue thought good to certifie vnto you, not in the way of intreaty, for that we see is vaine, but only that you may know, we now neuer looke to come al••ue out of your hands: for by all manifest appearance, you seeke to take euen our liues from vs: and this shall be a true argument of our grieued hearts, witnessing to all men, how vnchristian-like we haue beene and are vsed by you•• for in all this we haue not expressed the tenth part of your cruelty; yet we hope, that for this t••me it shall be a sufficient light vnto you, for that which hath beene from time to time practised by you against the English. Giuen at the Iland of Monaboca, the nineteenth of March, 1618.

Subscribed by Cassarian Dauid, Bartholomew Churchman, [ 50] and George Pettys.

Vpon the receit of this Letter, wee three afore-named were layed in yrons for eighteene moneths following, with such barbarous vsage as is not to bee imagined to bee vsed amongst Christians.

Vpon the newes of the taking of our two ships called the Samson and the Hound in Patania Road, Hendricke Ianson the Commander of three ships, viz. the Angell, the Morning Starre, and the Burger-boat, sent a Letter by the vpper Steres-man of the Starre, (who had but one arme) to their Generall Iohn Peter Sacone then at Iacatra, of the taking of our two ships; He, the said [ 60] Sacone then said, you haue now, Hendricke Ianson, giuen me good satisfaction, in that Captaine Iordayne is dead: and at his returne thither gratified him with fourteene hundred Gilders in a chaine of gold, putting it himselfe about his necke, not leauing any one vnrewarded, that had beene at the taking of our two ships, and one hundred Pieces of eight to him that shot him,

notwithstanding our Flag of truce was hung out. Wee affirme also that the said Generall Iohn Peter Sacone, vpon the newes brought him by a ship called the Hart, from the Coast of Car∣mandele, of the death of Sir Thomas Dale, then said; Dale is dead, and Iordaynes blood I haue, if I had George Cockins life to, I were then satisfied.

An Answere to obiections made by the Hollanders, that the English were the cause of the first breach in the East Indies.

[ 10] WHereas the Hollanders affirme that Sir Thomas Dale,* 3.1 and Captaine Iordayne were the prime cause of all the differences betwixt the two Companies. This wee affirme and can prooue, that both Sir Thomas Dale, and Captaine Iordayne were both in England when the Defence and the Swan were taken; and also that very inhumanly they tooke the Defence * 3.2, when for reliefe being put from their Anchor at Poolaroone in a storm, they came into one of their Har∣bours for succour. They tooke the ship, and detayned her men prisoners; likewise in rescue, we following, they tooke a Pinnasse of ours called the Speed-well; going to Iacatra▪ one of our men they slew, and the rest they layed in Irons as prisoners, amongst which one Richard Taylor Car∣penter of the said Pinnasse, who at that time had the bloody fluxe, who dying in their hands in Irons, they tooke the dead carkasse of the said deceased, and put him into a bush,* 3.3 with his head downward, and his heeles vpward, and said in most barbarous manner, that there was a [ 20] Stert-man, (that is, a man with a tayle) with his heeles vpward; and there his carkasse rot∣ted in the bush.

I would demand of them where Sir Thomas Dale, and Captaine Iordayne were,* 3.4 when they tooke the Salomon and the Attendance, it is to be proued, they were then comming out of Eng∣land, hardly cleere of the Coast, when they tooke both these ships, vpon faire terms of Composi∣tion; namely, with promise to giue vs our liues, goods, and libertie. They robbed vs of all our goods, and kept vs in lamentable manner in Irons, some of vs three yeers, some more, some lesse: in which wofull miserie many of our Companie ended their dayes lamentably; for in trueth, they neuer kept any faith, oath, or promise with vs at all, but most proudly, disdainfully, and cruelly demeaned themselues towards vs.

Bartholomew Churchman.

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Notes

• * 1.1

  Here diuers words a••e o∣mit••ed as ••oo odious aga••nst fil••hy ••um••s of Dutch Drinke.
• * 1.2

  Iapara, the cru∣eltie there.
• * 1.3

  Amboynas crueltie.
• * 2.1

  A sop for Cerberus.
• * 3.1

  1616. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 3.2

  See the st••ry befo••e (••u••pe∣cted fo•• what 〈…〉〈…〉) by 〈…〉〈…〉.
• * 3.3

  1617.
• * 3.4

  1•••••• 25. 〈◊〉〈◊〉