JAMES LANCASTER a.d. 



1592. 



sawe their fire still burning, but people we sawe none, 

 nor any other living creature, save a certaine kind of 

 foule called oxe birds, which are a gray kind of Sea- 

 foule, like a Snite in colour, but not in beake. Of 

 these we killed some eight dozen with haile-shot being 

 very tame, and spending the day in search, returned 

 toward night aboord. The next day about two of the 

 clocke in the afternoone we espied a Canoa which came 

 neere unto us, but would not come aboord us, having 

 in it some sixteen naked Indians, with whom nevertheles 

 going afterward on land, we had friendly conference and 

 promise of victuals. The next day in the morning we 

 espied three ships, being all of burthen 60 or 70 tunnes, Three shi P s °f 

 one of which wee made to strike with our very boate : Pe ?l " ™ 

 and understanding that they were or the towne or IVlar- Martabam. 

 tabam, which is the chiefe haven towne for the great 

 citie of Pegu, and the goods belonging to certaine Portu- 

 gal Jesuites and a Biscuit baker a Portugal, we tooke 

 that ship & did not force the other two, because they 

 were laden for marchants of Pegu, but having this one 

 at our command, we came together to an anker. The 

 night folowing all the men except twelve, which we 

 tooke into our ship, being most of them borne in Pegu, 

 fled away in their boate, leaving their ship and goods 

 with us. The next day we weighed our anker and went 

 to the Leeward of an Hand hard by, and tooke in her 

 lading being pepper, which shee and the other two had 

 laden at Pera, which is a place on the maine 30 leagues Pera. 

 to the South. Besides the aforesaid three ships, we 

 tooke another ship of Pegu laden with pepper, and per- 

 ceiving her to bee laden with marchants goods of Pegu 

 onely, wee dismissed her without touching any thing. 



Thus having staied here 10 daies and discharged her 

 goods into the Edward, which was about the beginning 

 of September, our sicke men being somewhat refreshed 

 and lustie, with such reliefe as we had found in this 

 ship, we weighed anker, determining to runne into the Puh 

 streights of Malacca to the Hands called Pulo Sambilam, Sambilam. 



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