A.D. 



1579- 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



having in some of them 4. in some 6. and in some also 

 14. men, bringing with them cocos, and other fruites. 



[III. 739.] Their Canoas were hollow within, and cut with great arte 

 and cunning, being very smooth within and without, and 

 bearing a glasse as if it were a home daintily burnished, 

 having a prowe, and a sterne of one sort, yeelding inward 

 circle-wise, being of a great height, and full of certaine 

 white shels for a braverie, and on each side of them lie 

 out two peeces of timber about a yard and a halfe long, 

 more or lesse, according to the smalnesse, or bignesse 

 of the boate. 



This people have the nether part of their eares cut into 

 a round circle, hanging downe very lowe upon their 

 cheekes, whereon they hang things of a reasonable weight. 

 The nailes of their hands are an ynche long, their teeth 

 are as blacke as pitch, and they renew them often, 

 by eating of an herbe with a kinde of powder, which 

 they alwayes carrie about them in a cane for the same 

 purpose. 



Islands. Leaving this Island the night after we fell with it, the 



18. of October, we lighted upon divers others, some 

 whereof made a great shew of Inhabitants, 



Wee continued our course by the Islands of Tagulada, 

 Zelon, and Zewarra, being friends to the Portugals, 

 the first whereof hath growing in it great store of 

 Cinnamom. 



November. The 1 4. of November we fell with the Islands of 

 Maluco, which day at night (having directed our course 

 to runne with Tydore) in coasting along the Island of 

 Mutyr, belonging to the King of Ternate, his Deputie or 

 Vice-king seeing us at sea, came with his Canoa to us 

 without all feare, and came aboord, and after some con- 

 ference with our Generall, willed him in any wise to 

 runne in with Ternate, and not with Tydore, assuring 

 him that the King would bee glad of his comming, and 

 would be ready to doe what he would require, for which 

 purpose he himselfe would that night be with the King, 

 and tell him the newes, with whom if he once dealt, hee 



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The Isle of 

 Ternate. 



