CAESAR FREDERICK ad. 



1563-81. 

 the Island of Zeilan the Pilote was deceived, for that the 

 Cape of the Island of Zeilan lieth farre out into the sea, 

 and the Pilot thinking that he might have passed hard 

 aboord the Cape, and paying roomer in the night ; when 

 it was morning we were farre within the Cape, and past 

 all remedy to go out, by reason the winds blew so 

 fiercely against us. So that by this meanes we lost our 

 voyage for that yere, and we went to Manar with the 

 ship to winter there, the ship having lost her mastes, and 

 with great diligence we hardly saved her, with great 

 losses to the Captaine of the ship, because he was forced 

 to fraight another ship in S. Tome for Pegu with great 

 losses and interest, and I with my friends agreed together 

 in Manar to take a bark to cary us to S. Tome ; which 

 thing we did with al the rest of the marchants ; and 

 ariving at S. Tome I had news through or by the way 

 of Bengala, that in Pegu Opium was very deare, and I 

 knew that in S. Tome there was no Opium but mine to 

 go for Pegu that yere, so that I was holden of al the 

 marchants there to be very rich : and so it would have 

 proved, if my adverse fortune had not bin contrary to 

 my hope, which was this. At that time there went a 

 great ship from Cambaya, to the king of Assi, with 

 great quantitie of Opium, & there to lade peper : in 

 which voyage there came such a storme, that the ship 

 was forced with wether to goe roomer 800. miles, and [II. i. 242.] 

 by this meanes came to Pegu, whereas they arived a day 

 before mee ; so that Opium which was before very deare, 

 was now at a base price : so that which was sold for 

 fiftie Bizze before, was solde for 2. Bizze & an halfe, 

 there was such quantitie came in that ship ; so that I 

 was glad to stay two yeres in Pegu unlesse I would 

 have given away my commoditie : and at the end of two 

 yeres of my 2100. duckets which I bestowed in Cambaya, 

 I made but a thousand duckets. Then I departed againe 

 from Pegu to goe for the Indies and for Ormus with 

 great quantitie of Lacca, and from Ormus I returned 

 into the Indies for ChauL and from Chaul to Cochin, 



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