a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1557- 



The 16 we came to another towne. 

 The 17 day I went a shore and understood that 3 of 

 the Portugall ships were at the Castle, and the other two 

 at Shamma. The captaine of this towne was gone to the 

 principall towne, to speake with their king, and would 

 returne shortly as they told me, and so he did, and 

 brought me a weight and measure, and I sent a man to 

 see that principall towne, and their king. The Portugal! 

 ships rid so neere us, that within 3 houres they might be 

 with us, yet were all contented to tary for sales. 



The 1 8 day certaine of the kings servants came to us, 

 and we tooke one pound two ounces, and one eight part 

 of gold. 

 [II. ii. 42.] The 10 day we tooke five pound one ounce. 

 The 20 day one pound and foure ounces. 

 The 21 I tooke foure pound and one ounce, and the 

 Negroes enquired for fine cloth, and I opened two pieces 

 which were not fine enough, as they sayd, but seeing that 

 we had no other, they bought of them. At night I 

 provided a gift, or present, and sent one marchant and a 

 mariner with it to the king, to certifie him of our want 

 of victuals, by reason whereof we could not stay long : 

 for in deed we searched our ship, and the most part of 

 our beere was leaked out of all our barrels. 



The 22 day we tooke three ounces and a halfe. 



King Abaan. The 23 our men came from the king Abaan, and told 



us, that he had received them very friendly, but he had 



litle gold, but promised, if we would tary, to send into all 



The offer of his countrey for gold for us, and he willed our men at 



*f /• Y t0 the t ^ le ^ r comm i n g home to speake to our king to send men 



build a Fort. an< ^ provision into his countrey, to build a castle, and 



to bring Tailors with them, to make them apparell, and 



good wares, and they should be sure to sell them : but 



for that present the Frenchmen had filled them full of 



cloth. 



This towne standeth about foure leagues up in the 

 circuit as big l an d, and is, by the estimation or our men, as big in 

 as London. circuit as London, but the building is like to the rest of 



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