ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1590. 



chants, but they durst not put into the river because of 

 a great billow that continually brake at the enterance upon 

 the barre. 



The 28 we sailed alongst the shore, and ankered at 

 night in seven fadom because a great current would have 

 put us backe, which came from the East Southeast from 



Papuas. Papuas. 



Arda. The 29 at noone we were thwart of Arda, and there 



we tooke a Caravel but the men were fled on land, then 

 we went aboord her, but she had nothing in her but 

 only a litle oyle of Palme trees, and a few roots. The 

 next morning our Captaine and marchants went to meete 

 Portugals, that came in a boate to speake with us, where 

 they communed about the buying of the Caravell of our 

 men againe, and the Portugals promised that we should 

 have for the Caravell, certaine bullocks and Elephants 

 teeth, and they gave us one tooth and one bullocke 

 presently, and sayd they would bring us the rest the 

 next day. 



Januarie. The first of Januarie our Captaine went on land to 



speake with the Portugales, but when he saw they did 

 dissemble, he came aboord againe, and presently we un- 

 rigged the Caravell, and set her on fire before the towne. 

 Then we set saile and went along the coast, where we 

 saw a Date tree, the like whereof is not in all that coast 

 upon the water side, also we fell on ground a litle in one 



Villa hnga. place : Thus we went to Villa longa, and there ankered. 



Rio de Lagoa. The third we were as far shot as Rio de Lagoa, where 

 our marchants went a shore and upon the barre they 

 found 3 fadom flat, but they went not in because it was 

 late. There is also to the Eastward of this river a Date 

 tree higher then all the rest of the other trees thereabout. 

 Thus we went along the coast, and every night ankered, 

 & al the shore as we went was full of trees and thicke 

 woods. 



The 6 day in the morning it was very foggy, so that 

 we could not see the land, and at three of the clocke 

 in the afternoone it cleared up, & then we found our 



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