AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1563-81. 



that were slaine and lost in that assault : yet for all this, 

 if there had not beene treason against the citie, it had 

 not beene lost : for on a night there was one of the 

 gates set open, through the which with great trouble 

 the king gate into the citie, and became governour of 

 Sion : and when the Emperour sawe that he was 

 betrayed, and that his enemie was in the citie, he 

 poysoned himselfe : and his wives and children, friends 

 and noblemen, that were not slaine in the first affront of 

 the entrance into the citie, were all caried captives into 

 Pegu, where I was at the comming home of the king 

 with his triumphs and victorie, which comming home & 

 returning from the warres was a goodly sight to behold, 

 to see the Elephants come home in a square, laden with 

 golde, silver, jewels, and with Noble men and women 

 that were taken prisoners in that citie. 



Now to returne to my voyage : I departed from 

 Malacca in a great shippe which went for Saint Tome, 

 being a Citie situate on the coast of Coromandel : and 

 because the Captaine of the castles of Malacca had under- 

 * Or Achem. Standing by advise that the king of * Assi would come 

 with a great armie and power of men against them, 

 therefore upon this he would not give licence that any 

 shippes should depart : Wherefore in this ship wee de- 

 parted from thence in the night, without making any 

 provision of our water : and wee were in that shippe 

 foure hundreth and odde men : we departed from thence 

 with intention to goe to an Hand to take in water, but 

 the windes were so contrary, that they would not suffer 

 us to fetch it, so that by this meanes wee were two and 

 fortie dayes in the sea as it were lost, and we were driven 

 too and fro, so that the first lande that we discovered, 

 was beyonde Saint Tome, more then five hundreth miles 

 The moun- which were the mountaines of Zerzerline, neere unto the 

 tames of Zer- j^ingdome of Orisa, and so wee came to Orisa with many 

 sicke, and more that were dead for want of water : and 

 they that were sicke in foure dayes dyed : and I for the 

 space of a yeere after had my throat so sore and hoarse, 



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