Purchas his pilgrimes. part 3 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.

§. I. MENDEZ his many miserable aduentures, his strange expedition with ANTONIO DE FARIA; diuers coasts visited, Pirats tamed, miseries suffered, glorie recouered. [ 40]

FErnam Mendez Pinto, borne at old Montemor in the Kingdome of Portugall, was placed in seruice at ten or twelue yeeres of age in Lisbon, the thirteenth of De∣cember, An. 1521. on the day of breaking the Scutchions, or publike mourning for King Emanuel. A yeere and halfe after he fled vpon occasion of a sudden ac∣cident, and got aboord a Caruile which was taken by a French Pirat, which would haue made sale of them at Larache to the Moores. But a fortnight after taking another Portugall ship comming from Saint Thome worth 40000. Duckets, they retur∣ned for France, carrying some with them for Sea seruice, the rest they set on shoare by night on the shoare of Melides, naked; which came to Santiago de Cacem, where they were relieued. [ 50] Thence he went to Setuual, and serued Francisco de Faria a Gentleman belonging to the Master of Santiago, and after that was Page to the Master himselfe. But his meanes being short hee left his seruice.

An. 1537. he went for Indiae in a Fleet of fiue ships; the Admirall was Don Pedro de Sylua, sonne of Vasco * 1.1 da Gama (first Discouerer of the Indies, whose bones he carried with him in the ship at his returne, which were receiued by King Iohns appointment in greater Funerall pompe, then had beene seene done to a Subiect.) They arriued at Diu the fifth of September. Thence after seuenteene dayes he went with two Foists for the Straight of Mecca, and came in sight of Curia Muria, and Abedalcuria, almost wracked with foule weather, and comming to Sacotora, watered neere the Fortresse which Francisco d' Almeida first Vice-roy of India, had [ 60] built, 1507. Hauing receiued some refreshing of the Christians there, they departed, and in the heighth of Masua tooke a ship, but fiue men being therein left of eightie; one of which was the Captaine, a Renegado of Malorquy, who for loue of a Moorish woman had denyed his Faith, and refusing to returne to Christianitie, notwithstanding all perswasions, wee bound him hand

and foot, and threw him into Sea with a great stone tyed about his necke: The ship also sunke, and little was saued.

They went to Arquico (then) in the Countrey of Preste Iohn; to deliuer a letter to Aurique Barbosa, the Factor of Antonio Sylueira, sent three yeeres before by Nuno de Cunha, who with fortie others escaped from the rebellion Xael, in which Dom Manoel de Meneses, with one hun∣dred and sixtie Portugals were taken, foure hundred thousand Duckets, and sixe Portugall Ships, which were those that Solyman Bassa A. 1538. brought with prouision for his Armada to the siege of Diu; the King of Xael hauing sent them with sixtie Portugals for a Cairo present;* 1.2 the rest hee bestowed as almes on Mahomets house at Mecca. I with three others, were sent some dayes iourneys into the Countrey to Barbosa, then in the Fort of Geleytor in guard of the Queene, [ 10] mother of the Preste Iohn, who welcommed them, as the nightly dew to the flowerie Garden, and as Helena to Ierusalem, so were they (said she) to her eyes.

But (to leaue those things) he went thence to Ormus, and then to Goa; there offered his seruice to Pero de Faria Captaine of Malaca, which entertained him. The occurrences of Bata, Achem, Aaru in Samatra, Queda in the continent, and his imployments in those parts, as also of Siaca, Paon, Patane, I omit.

He saith that hee was wracked at Sea comming from Aaru; of eight and twentie, fiue onely escaping, two of which the Crocodiles deuoured. Hee was taken and sold to a Moore, which carried him to Malaca. Thence Pero de Faria sent him to Patane in trade: from thence againe, imployed by Antonio de Faria to Lugor, Coia Acem a Guzarate Pirate set vpon them, tooke, and killed all, Burall and Pinto only escaping, which leaping into the Sea were reserued by a Barke, and sent to Patane. Faria afraid to return to Malaca, where he was so indebted for those goods, vowed to be reuenged of the Pirat. And by helpe of his friends armed a Iunke with fiue & fifty Souldiers, of which I and Borall (extreamely both indebted and wounded) were. From Patane we set forth in May, 1540. and to a Hauen called Bralapisaon, some sixe leagues off the firme Land, where we found a Iunke of the Lequios, bound for Siam with an Embassadour of Nautaquim de Lindau,* 1.3 Prince of the Ile of Tosa situate in six & thirty degrees, which seeing vs come,* 1.4 hasted away with all speed. Faria sent a Chinese Pilot to them with faire offers of loue and courtesie, who returned with a present, a rich Sword, and sixe and twentie Pearles in a Boxe of Gold, with this answer, [ 30] That the time would come, when they should communicate with vs in the Law of the true God of infinite mercy, who by his death had giuen life to all men, with a perpetuall inheritance in the house of the good:* 1.5 and hee beleeued that this should bee after the halfe of the halfe of time were past. Neither could Antonie de Faria returne any thing in recompence, they being gotten farre into the Sea.

Heere wee watered, and after coasted to search the Riuer of Pulo Cambim,* 1.6 which diuides the Kingdome of Champaa, from the Seniorie of Camboia in the height of nine degrees. Thither we came in the end of May, and the Pilot went vp the Riuer three leagues, to a great Towne called Catimparù, where we stayed to take in prouision twelue dayes. Faria being curious, desired to know whence that Riuer came, the originall thereof (they told him) was a Lake called Pinator,* 1.7 Eastward from that Sea, two hundred and sixtie leagues in the Kingdome of Quitirvan;* 1.8 which [ 40] Lake was compassed with high Hills, at the bottome of which, alongst the waters side, were eight and thirtie Townes, thirteene great, the rest small. One of these Great ones was named Xin∣caleu, where was a great Gold Mine, whence euery day was taken a Barre and a halfe of Gold,* 1.9 which in our money amounteth by the yeere to two and twentie millions of Gold.* 1.10 Foure Lords are sharers, and are still at warres for a singular proprietie. They said that one of these called Raiabitau, in the Court of his house in iarres, had set vp to the necke in earth six hundred Bars of Gold in poulder, as good as that of Menancabo in Samatra; and that if three hundred of our men were sent thither, with one hundred Caliuers, they would without doubt become masters there∣of. They said also that in Buaquirim, another of those Townes, was a Rocke of Diamonds,* 1.11 better then those of Laue, and of Taniampura in the Ile of Iaua.

[ 50] Proceeding along the Coast of Champaa, from Pullo Cambim, we came to a shelfe called Saley∣iacuu, and the next day to the Riuer Toobasoy, in the mouth whereof a Iunke passed by,* 1.12 to which we offered the courtesie of the Sea, and they in scorne made shew of a Negroes Buttockes, with many trumpets and other iollitie. Hence grew displeasure: in the night three Barks came to assaile vs, which we tooke, with the Captain, two Acheners, a Turke, & the Negro. This Negro confes∣sed himselfe a Christian, slaue to Gasper de Mello a Portugall, whom that dogge (he pointed to the bound Captaine) slew two yeeres since in Liampoo, with sixe and twentie Portugals besides with him in the Ship. What said Faria, is this Similau? Yea, said he, and he had thought in so small a Barke, there had not beene aboue sixe or seuen, and hee would haue bound your hands and feet, and impaled you as hee serued my master. Faria hauing serued him and his with the same [ 60] sauce, tooke the Iunke, in which was thirtie six thousand Taeis of Iapon Siluer, which make fif∣tie foure thousand Cruzados or Duckets, besides much good merchandize.

Faria proceeded alongst the Coast of Champaa, and came to the Riuer Tinacoru,* 1.13 by our men called Varella: into which enter the Ships of Siam and the Malaya Coast, which goe for China, and Truck for Gold, Calamba and Iuory, whereof that Kingdome hath store. Many Paraos or

small Barkes came aboord vs, and wondred to see white men with beards. They told him that if he would goe vp the Riuer to the Citie Pilaucacem,* 1.14 where the King resides, hee might in fiue dayes sell his goods: for great Merchants resorted thither from the Lauhos, and Pafuaas, and Gue∣os. That Riuer they said came from the Hill Moncalor, eightie leagues from that place, and be∣yond that Hill it is much larger,* 1.15 but shallower, in some places making shallow fields, where bred infinite store of Fowles which couer the ground, in such innumerable numbers, that two and for∣tie yeeres before they caused the Kingdome of Chintaleuhos,* 1.16 (which is eight dayes iourney) to be dispeopled. Beyond that Country of Birds, is another wilde and mountainous, where abide many creatures much worse then those Birds, Elephants, Rhinocerotes, Lions, Wilde-swine, Buffals, and Wilde-kine. In the midst of that Land or Kingdome (so it had beene in old time) [ 10] is a great Lake, which the Natiues call Cunebetee, others Chiammay, from which proceeds this riuer, with other three in great quantitie washing that land. That lake, as some write, containeth in circuit sixtie Iaons (each of which is three leagues) alongst which are Mines of Siluer, Copper, Tinne, and Lead, carried thence by Merchants in Cafilas, with Elephants and Badas (Rhinoce∣rotes) to the Kingdomes of Sornau, or Siam, Passiloco, Sauady, Tangù, Prom, Calaminhan, and other Kingdomes. Being asked of the weapons of those Countries, they answered, That they haue none but Poles burned, and short Crises of two spannes. They might not go vp the Riuer in lesse then two months, or two and a halfe, by reason of the force of the water, which way downe, they might dispatch in eight or ten dayes.

* 1.17Faria going from thence, came to Pullo Champeiloo, an Iland not inhabited in fourteene degrees [ 20] and twentie minutes, at the entrie of the Bay of Cauchin-China: and thence hauing fitted his Ordnance to Ainam, to seeke Coia Acem: and being come to Pullo Capas, a Fleet of fortie great Iunkes, of two or three Deckes * 1.18 a piece was seene in the Riuer by Boralho, whom Faria had sent to discouer, and after that another seeming two thousand saile great and small, and a walled Towne of some ten thousand houses. At his returne hee saw also one Iunke in the Barre of the Riuer at anchor,* 1.19 which seemed of another Coast. Faria supposed this last was of that Pyrat Coia Acem, which therefore hee assailed and tooke. One of the company was a Christian of Mount Sinai,* 1.20 named Tome Mostangue a Merchant, whose Barke Solyman Bassa had taken A. 1538. in the Port of Iudaa, with seuen others to be victuallers for his Armada of sixtie gallies, wherewith he was sent by the Great Turke, to restore Sultan Baadur to his Kingdome of Cambaya, whereof the [ 30] Mogor had then dispossessed him, and to driue the Portugalls out of India. And when he deman∣ded of the Turkes his freight, which they had promised, they tooke his wife and his daughter, and openly rauished them before his eyes; his sonne, which cried at that spectacle, they threw into the Sea bound hand and foot: and laid himselfe in yrons, tooke away his goods, worth aboue sixe thousand Duckets. His wife and daughter died, and hee as desperate leaped one night into the Sea, at the Bar of Diu, with a sonne which there hee had▪ and got to Surat, and came thrice to Malacca in a Ship of Garcia de Saa; whence by Stephen Gama he was sent for China, with Chri∣stouan Sardinha, Factor of Maluco; whom riding at anchor in Cincapura Quiay Tayiam, Captaine of this Iunke slew with six and twentie Portugals, and saued him aliue because he was a Gunner. Faria cried out that he had heard of this Quiay Tayiam, that he had killed aboue one hundred Por∣tugals, [ 40] and spoiled them of one hundred thousand Cruzados, and that since he killed Sardinha, he caused himselfe to bee called by his name. Hee asked this Armenian where he was, hee shewed where he with sixe or seuen others were hidden in the Iunke. Faria went and opened the skut∣tle, and Taiam with his company began a new fight, killed two Portugals and seuen boyes, and wounded twentie; but in the end were slaine. Faria hasted away for feare of the Iunkes in the Riuer, and came to the Coast of Cauchin-China where he rifled this Iunke, and found in her Spi∣ces and other goods, to the value of sixtie thousand Cruzados, besides Artillery, which the Pirate had taken out of the Ships of Sardinha, Oliueyra, and Matos.

* 1.21The next day hee set saile againe for Ainam, and by the way lighted on Boates fishing for Pearles,* 1.22 to whom they offered contract, who told them that Guamboy, a Port somewhat before, [ 50] (as in Cantan, Chinch••o, Lamau, Comhay, Sumbor, and Liampoo, and other Coast Cities) was a place of trade for strangers, and counselled him to goe thither: for there they had nothing but Pearles, which they fished for the treasure of the Sonne of the Sunne, by the command of the Tu∣tan of Comhay, supreme Gouernor of all Cauchin-China. And that the law was, that if any Barke besides the appointed entred, it should bee burnt with all the people therein. And because hee was a stranger, it was best for him to saile away before Buhaquirim the Mandarin, which was but seuen leagues thence came; who had fortie great Iunkes, with two thousand Mariners, and fiue thousand Souldiers; and did abide there the sixe moneths of fishing, from March to August both included. They much maruelled at the Portugall fashion, hauing neuer seene any such men, and suspected them theeues (they professing themselues Merchants of Siam) with gifts and [ 60] courtesie they wonne good estimation of these Fishers.* 1.23 One of these being asked touching Ay∣nam, answered, That it was once an absolute Kingdome gouerned by Pr••chau Gamu, who dying without an heire there arose such contentions, that in foure yeeres and a halfe there dyed sixteen Lacasaas of men, which are so many hundred thousands, whereby the Land was so dispeopled,

that the Cauchin King made himselfe master thereof, with seuen thousand Mogores, which the Tartar sent him from Tuymican, then the chiefe Citie of his Empire. Hee set ouer the same Hoyha Paguarol, who rebelled and made himselfe tributarie to the King of China, paying sixe hundred thousand Duckets, or foure hundred thousand Taeis yearely: and dying without heire, two hundred thirtie fiue yeares since, hee declared the King of China his Successour: and so it hath continued. He counselled him not to goe to Aynam; because they were Dissemblers, nor would the Monson suffer him to go to Liampoo▪ but to go to the good riuer Tanauquir, stil sounding as he went for the shoalds; there he should haue sure Anchorage,* 1.24 and in little space hee might sell all his goods; where yet it was not safe by reason of reasonlesse men to aduenture his goods on Land.

[ 10] To that Riuer we went, and in the mouth thereof not able to stemme the Current, two Iunks assayled vs, and their first Language was sixe and twentie Peeces of Ordnance: the Issue was, Pa∣ria tooke them both, most of their men being drowned or slaine, and found therein seuenteene Christians Prisoners, by whom hee learned that the Captayne was a Rouer which bare two names, one of a Christian, Francisco de Saa, the other of a Gentile, Necoda Xicaulem. Fiue yeares he had beene a Christian at Malaca; Garcia de Saa Captayne of the Fortresse,* 1.25 in his Baptisme imparting his owne name to him, who married him to a Gentlewoman of Portugall. But hee going, Anno 1534. for Chincheo in a China Iunke with twentie Portugals and his Wife, slue both her and them at Pulo Ca••an: and the next yeare took another Portugall Iunke at Chincheo, which came from Sunda, and slue ten Portugals in her, and thence-forth practised Pyracie on Chine∣ses, [ 20] (••s hee thought vs to bee) and Portugals.* 1.26 The goods of the two Iunkes amounted to fortie thousand Taeis, and seuenteene Bras••e Peeces. The Captayne of this place was in league with him, and shared a third of his Pyracies. Faria therefore went to another Port fortie leagues Eastward, called Mutipinan, wherein were many Merchants which came in Cafilas from the Land of the Lauhos, and Pàfuaas, and Gucos with great store of siluer. The current setting strong against vs at the Rock of Tilauinera. Wee came to Mutipinan, and learned that the Riuer was deepe, the best in that Bay; the people peaceable,* 1.27 that Merchants had come nine dayes before from the Kingdome of Benan in two Cafilas, each of fiue hundred Oxen, with store of Siluer, Iuory, Waxe, Benioyn, Camfire, Gold in poulder, to buy Pepper, Drugs, and pearles of Aynam;* 1.28 that they had not any Armada of great ships because the Wars which the Prechau (King) of the Cauchins made wereby land, that he abode at Quangepaaru, a Citie twelue dayes iourny thence; [ 30] that his Mynes yeelded him fifteene thousand Pikes of Siluer,* 1.29 halfe of which by Diuine Law belonged to the people, which had remitted it to him on conditon to pay no other tributes, wher∣to the ancient Prechaus had sworne to keepe it, as long as the Sun should giue light to the Earth. There hee sold a great part of his goods till newes of the Tanauquir Rouer made them afraid to come aboard: so that he was forced to set saile.

Thus after many dayes spent in this Bay of Cauchin-china; because Coia Acem and the Py∣rates which robbed Christians were in league with the Mandarines, and sold that which they had gotten in Ainan, he pursued that purpose againe, and came to Anchor in Madel a Hauen in that Iland where he encountred with Hinimilau, a Chinese Rouer which had becomne lately a Moore, and bitter enemy of Christians, of which Religion hee had also beene.* 1.30 Fiue Portugall [ 40] Captiue Boyes, which were aboard him, cryed out for mercy, whereby Faria mooued, sent to know what they were, which answering with stones on their heads that came in the Boat, a cruell fight followed, in which Faria remayned Victor, and seised of the Captaine with fif∣teene others left aliue. He demanded for the Portugall Boyes, who told them they were in the Prow vnder Hatches; whereupon sending to see, they found them lying on a heape with their heads off, a woman with her two children being also so serued. Faria asked why hee dealt so with the small Innocents? He answered, it was sufficient that they were children of Portugals. Being asked why he had forsaken the Christian Religion: he said, because the Portugals had re∣spected him being a Gentile, with Cap in hand saluting him Quiay Nicoda, but after hee was Christian, made little account of him; whereupon he became a Moore in Bintam, and the King [ 50] of Iantan vsed him with much honour, his Officers called him Brother, and hee sware on a Booke to become an Enemy to the Portugall and Christian Name as long as he liued, the King and Priest applauding and promising all happinesse to his soule. Seuen yeares he had beene in exe∣cution of that Oath, and had taken a Iunke of Luys de Pauia in the Riuer of Liampoo, with foure hundred Bares of Pepper, slue eighteene Portugals, besides slaues: and after that had taken at times foure ships, in which he had slaine neere three hundred persons, seuentie of them Portu∣gals, and taken fifteene or sixteen hundred Bares of Pepper and other Commodities, of which the King of Pan had halfe, to secure him and let him haue sale: in the Riuer Choaboque on the Coast of China, he had killed Ruy Lobo, his old acquaintance, with seuenteene Portugals, escaping a [ 60] wracke, and taken into his Iunke on condition to pay him two thousand Cruzados, to set him on shoare at Patane; which notwithstanding, hee slue him and the rest by the Moores counsell one night as they were asleepe. Faria would heare no further, but caused him to bee slaine and cast into the Sea. In Silke and other goods he found in the Iunke to the value of fortie thousand Taeis: the Iunke he burned, hauing none to man her.

The other Necodas or Captaynes of the Iunkes, seeing what Faria had done, consulted toge∣ther, and seeing he might also doe as much to them, sent two chiefe men to him, desiring him as King of the Sea, to giue them securitie to passe, in dispatch of their businesses before the Monson were ended, and that as his Tributaries, they would giue him twentie thousand Taeis of Siluer: to which he sware, and that no Thiefe should rob them: and with a Present receiued the Mo∣ney brought him within an houre after. A Boy which writ their Passes, gayned in thirteene dayes aboue foure thousand Taeis (besides gifts for dispatch) each Iunke giuing fiue Taeis and the lesse Barkes two. The Vice-Roy also of Ainan sent him a rich Present, with a Letter to in∣treat him to serue the Sonne of the Sunne as Admirall from Laman to Liampoo, at ten thousand Taeis annuall wages, besides (after three yeares end) further aduancement: whereto he excused [ 10] his vnworthinesse,* 1.31 and departed to Quangiparu, a Citie of fifteene thousand Housholds, and so coasted all alongst the Iland of Ainan seuen monethes space, till the Souldiers were wearie, and required their shares as had beene agreed; which was quieted with promise to winter at Siam, and hauing there made Money of all to giue each man his part.

* 1.32With this agreement they came to an Iland, called Theaues Iland, because standing out of the Bay, it is their place to take the first of the Monson. Here at the new Moone in October wee were encountred with a cru••ll Tempest in the night, by which the foure Vessels were broken in pieces, fiue hundred eightie sixe persons drowned, of which eight and twentie Portugals; three and fiftie of vs by Gods mercie saued,* 1.33 Faria being one, and one and twentie other Portugals, the rest Slaues and Mariners. They spent two dayes and a halfe in Buriall of their dead, and to [ 20] get some of their prouision, which yet hauing taken Salt-water, would not last aboue fiue dayes of the fifteene they stayed there. Faria comforted them saying, that God would not permit so much euill but for a greater good; nor would haue taken from them fiue hundred thousand Cruzados, but to giue them sixe hundred thousand: God doth not punish with both hands, his mercie curing the wounds which his Iustice maketh.

Thus we walked naked, and bare-foot on the Strand & in the Wildernes, suffering hunger and cold,* 1.34 many of our companions dying, not so much for want of food, as the stinke and putrified vnholsomnesse thereof. In this disconsolate plight, a Sea-kite * 1.35 came flying from behind the South Cape of the Iland▪ and let fall from his Talons a Mullet a span long; which he taking vp with great prayse to God, and Prayer to Iesus Christ, not to consider their merits, but his merits for [ 30] them, hee caused it to bee rosted and giuen to the sicke. Looking to the place whence the Fowle came, they saw more of them flying vp and downe, and going thitherwards, discouered a Val∣ley with diuers Fruit-trees, and before they came at it, they found a Deere which a Tygre had newly killed, and with their generall cry was scarred from it, hauing begun to eate it. Wee fea∣sted with it, and with many Mullets which those Sea-kites got, and (scarred with our cries) let fall.* 1.36 This fishing they continued from Munday till Saturday, and then seeing a saile they hid themselues in the Woods. It was a Lantea or Barke with Oares, which came thither with thir∣tie persons to wood and water; and whiles they were disporting themselues, and had left their Barke vnmanned, Faria apprehended the occasion, and hauing instructed them, at the name of Iesus they all ranne vpon it, entred without gain-saying, and loosing the Prow put to Sea. The [ 40] Chinois seeing their Lantea taken, hasted to the shoare, but scarred with a little Iron-piece out of their Lantea, they fled to the Thickets. We presently fell to eate, what an old man was dressing for the Chinois, and after searched and found Silkes, Damaskes, Muske, and other goods worth foure thousand Cruzados, besides Rice, Sugar, Hennes, which we most esteemed for recouerie of the sicke. There was a Boy of twelue or thirteene yeares old, whom Faria asked, whence and whose the Lantea was: hee answered, it was his Fathers, from whom they had vnhappily taken is lesse then an houre, all hee had gotten in aboue thirtie yeares: hee came from a place, called Quoaman, where in bartar for Siluer he had gotten those goods,* 1.37 which he was going to sell to the Iunkes of Siam in the Port of Comhay:* 1.38 and now hee going to supply his want of water, you haue taken away his goods without feare of the Iustice of Heauen. Faria promising to vse him as his Sonne; then, said hee, [ 50] set me on shoare in that miserable Land where my true Father is, with whom I had rather dye then liue with so bad people. Much reasoning passed, and he said, they could speake well of God, but little vsed his Law: neither would he eate in three dayes space.

We determined to goe for Liampoo, two hundred and sixtie leagues Northwards from thence, and to get if we could, a better Barke, this being little, and scarsly able to brooke those New Moone-stormes on the Coast of China.* 1.39 At Sun-set wee set sayle, and next morning going East North-east, came to an Ile called Guintoo, where we tooke a fisher-barke with store of fresh fish, whence we tooke what we thought fit, with eight men of her, twelue to serue for the Lantea, our men being weake. They told vs that eighteene leagues thence was a good Riuer, called Xin∣guan, within which was a poore fisher-village, called Xamoy, and three leagues higher vp, a Citie [ 60] of good Trade. The next day in the euening we came to Xamoy, where a Iunke rode fitter for Farias purpose, which in the night he tooke, the men being asleepe; whom he bound, threatning to kill them all if they made any cry;* 1.40 and sayled presently with her to the Ile Pullo Quirim, nine leagues off, and in three dayes after to an Iland called Luxitay, where for the recouery of the

sicke hee stayed fifteene dayes. In the Iunke hee found no Merchandize but Rice, the most of which he cast into the Sea to lighten her, and fit her for our Voyage. Thence wee put forth for Liampoo, where we heard were many Portugals from Malaca, Zunda, Siam, and Patane, which vsed there to winter.

In the way we encountred, after two dayes sayling, with a Iunke of Patane, which belonged to a China Pyrate, called Quiay Panian, a great friend of the Portugals,* 1.41 of whom he had thirtie in his company entertayned in his pay. They not knowing vs, began with a terrible salutation of fifteene Peeces of Artillery, but by Crosses in their Banner, we knew them and made signes, by which both congratulated each other with heartiest greetings, and Quiay Panian and he joyned in league to pursue their Fortunes together. They now purposed to goe to Chincheo,* 1.42 and th••re [ 10] found fiue sayle of Portugals, which told them of a great Fleet of foure hundred Iunkes, with one hundred thousand men gone to the Iles of Goto, in succour of Sucan of Pontir,* 1.43 who had volun∣tarily subjected himselfe to the King of China, in one hundred thousand Taeis Tribute yearely. We tooke out of those fiue ships thirtie fiue Souldiers more, and proceeded on our way for Li∣ampoo. In the way we encountred a small P••raoo with eight Portugals sorely wounded, where∣of Antonio Anriquez, and Mem Taborda were, rich men of great esteeme.

These recounted to him that a Guzerate Rouer, Coia Acem,* 1.44 with three Iunks and foure Lanteas (in which were fiue hundred men, one hundred and fiftie of them Moores) set vpon them (ha∣uing parted seuenteene dayes agoe from Liampoo, for Malaca, purposing to goe for India, if the Monson had permitted) before the Ile Gumbor, and after some houres fight tooke them; eightie [ 20] two persons (eighteene of them Portugals) were slaine, and as many others captiued, with one hundred thousand Taeis value in their Iunke: one of the Pyrats Iunks was fired and burnt to the water. These few in the furie of the entry escaped in the little Boat which hung at sterne; they being busied in the spoyle, and the Sunne then set, could not follow, but went into the Riuer with much triumph.

Faria and Quiay Panian who had kindred at La••loo, prouided themselues there of Powder,* 1.45 Lead, Victuals, and other necessaries for Money, by leaue of the Mandarine, (no Countrey in the World being like China for all kind of prouisions) and there got two greater Iunkes in truck of the other, and two Lanteas, and one hundred and sixtie Mariners, so that they were in all fiue hundred persons, of which ninetie fiue were Portugals. They had one hundred & sixty Harquebus∣ses, [ 30] forty Brasse Peeces, & sixty Quintals of Powder, nine hundred pots of Powder, foure thousand Darts headed with Iron, Arrowes, and many Fire-workes, with other Weapons. Thus proui∣ded, they set forth in pursuit of Coia Acem, and by a Fisher-boat learned that he was in the Ri∣uer Tinlau, there to furnish and fit the Iunke lately taken from the Portugals, to goe with it and two others for Siam (where he was borne) about ten dayes thence. Faria sent Vicente Morosa in the Fisher-boat, with some of his company to informe himselfe more fully, which making a shew of fishing with the rest, he easily did, and brought word aboard of the easinesse of the at∣tempt. In the night they anchored, and went vp the Riuer in the morning, the enemy know∣ing nothing till they came in sight, and Faria crying out, Hey, my Masters, in the Name of Christ, [ 40] to them, to them, Santiago, off went the Ordnance, the small shot succeeded, that none now in the Iunkes durst appeare. His small Vessels (Lorche) comming from the shoare with succour were so entertayned with great shot that they could not helpe themselues, and by our small Ves∣sels were fired with the fire-po••s; in three of them two hundred persons were slaine. Out of the fourth they leaped into the water, and were most slaine by Panians men.

Coia Acem which before was not knowne, seeing his Moores ready to try the waters courte∣sie to escape those fiery enemies, armed in Buffe, with Plates fringed with Gold, cryed out aloud that he might be heard, La ••lah, ill••llah Muhamed roçolalah: what shall you Muslemans and iust men of the Law of Mahomet, suffer your selues to be conquered of so f••eble a Nation as are these Dogges, which haue no more heart then white Hens, and bearded women? to them, to them, the Booke of Flowres hath giuen promise from our Prophet to you and me, to bathe our selues in the bloud of these Cafres with∣out [ 50] Law. With these cursed words, the Deuill so animated them, that it was fearefull to see how they ranne on our Swords. Faria on the other side heartned his in the name of Christ crucified, and with a zealous feruour reached Coia Acem, such a blow with a two hand Sword on his Head-piece of Maile, that he sunke to the ground, and with another blow cut off his legges.* 1.46 Whereupon his men with such furie assayled Faria, not caring for thirtie Portugals which stood about him, that they gaue him two wounds, which put such spirit into our men, that in little space, eight and fortie of the Enemies lay dead vpon Coia Acem, and the rest they slue all but fiue, whom they tooke and bound, the Boyes cutting the others in quarters, and throwing them into the water with Coia Acem, and the King of Bintans chiefe Caciz, or Priest,* 1.47 the shedder and the drinker of Portugall bloud, as he stiled himselfe in the beginning of his Writings, for which [ 60] hee was of that cursed Sect much honoured.

Of the Enemies were slaine three hundred and eightie, of ours fortie two (eight of which were Portugals, Faria searched the Iland, and found a Village therein of fortie or fiftie houses, which Coia Acem had sacked, slaying some of the Inhabitants. Not farre off was a great house

seeming a Temple full of sicke and wounded men, ninetie sixe in number, which the Pyrat had there in cure, whom he burned, setting the house on fire in diuers places, those that sought to escape being receiued on Pikes and Launces. The Iunke which they had taken from the Portugals, sixe and twentie dayes before, Faria gaue to Mem Taborda, and Antonio Anriquez in Almes for re∣mission of his sinnes, taking their Oath to take no more but their owne. He tooke speciall care of the wounded, and caused the slaues to be set free. After all this, there remayned of cleere gaines, one hundred and thirtie thousand Taeis in Siluer, of Iapan and other goods, which that Pyrat had taken along that Coast from Sumbor to Fucheo.

Notes

• * 1.1

  See of Gama tom. 1. pag. 26. Straight of Mecca or the Red Sea. Portugall For∣tresse in Soca∣tora before the Arabs Con∣quest.

  A Martyr of Mahomet. Mar∣tyrem non poena sed causa.
• * 1.2

  Xael or Ia••l in∣surrection.
• * 1.3

  Bralapisaon.
• * 1.4

  Tosa. Span Lossa.
• * 1.5

  A strange an∣swere.
• * 1.6

  Pullo Cambim.
• * 1.7

  Catimparù.
• * 1.8

  Lake Pinator. Quitiruan.
• * 1.9

  Xincaleu.
• * 1.10

  22. Millions Duckets. Gold mines, & iron minds.
• * 1.11

  Rocke of Dia∣monds.
• * 1.12

  Similau a Pi∣rate taken.
• * 1.13

  Tinacoreu, or Taurlachim, or Varella Truck for gold.
• * 1.14

  Pilaucacem.
• * 1.15

  Bird-wonder.
• * 1.16

  Cunebetee, or Chiammay.
• * 1.17

  Pullo Champei∣loo.
• * 1.18

  Gauias.
• * 1.19

  Quiay Taiam, a Pirate.
• * 1.20

  Thomas Ma∣stangue his ad∣uentures.
• * 1.21

  Pearle-fishers.
• * 1.22

  Guamboy, and other Coast Cities of China, Sonne of the Sunne, title of the King of China.
• * 1.23

  Aynam or Hai∣nam, a great Iland S. from China.
• * 1.24

  Tanauquir.
• * 1.25

  Xicaulem ano∣ther Pyrate.
• * 1.26

  A Renegado China Robber.
• * 1.27

  Mutipinan.
• * 1.28

  Benan.
• * 1.29

  Quangepaaru.
• * 1.30

  Hinimilau an Ethnike-Chri∣stian••Moore Pyrate.
• * 1.31

  Quangiparu.
• * 1.32

  ••lha d••s ladro∣nes.
• * 1.33

  Miserable wracke, and their fort∣nights mise∣ries.
• * 1.34

  Reliefe almost miraculous.
• * 1.35

  Milhano. Wonderfull prouision.
• * 1.36

  Admirable escape.
• * 1.37

  Quoaman.
• * 1.38

  Comhay.
• * 1.39

  New Moone. Tempests in China. Guintoo.
• * 1.40

  Pullo Quirim.
• * 1.41

  Quiay Panian a China Pyrate▪
• * 1.42

  Chincheo.
• * 1.43

  Goto.
• * 1.44

  Newes of Coia Acem.
• * 1.45

  Lailoo.
• * 1.46

  Opima spolia. Coia Acem slaine.
• * 1.47

  The Caciz ha∣tred of Chri∣stians.