A.D. 



1588. 



JKingofJava 

 his Secretary. 



Niper tuine. 



Cloves, 



pepper^ sugar, 

 and many other 

 commodities in 

 Java major. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



stayed for the canoa untill it came abord of us, and 

 stoode into the bay which was hard by and came to an 

 ancker. In this canoa was the Kings Secretarie, who had 

 on his head a piece of died linen cloth folded up like 

 a Turkes Tuliban : he was all naked saving about his 

 waste, his breast was carved with the broade arrowe upon 

 it : hee went barefooted : he had an interpretour with him, 

 which was a Mestizo, that is, halfe an Indian and halfe a 

 Portugall, who could speake very good Portugese. This 

 Secretarie signified unto our Generall that he had brought 

 him an hogge, hennes, egges, fresh fish, sugar-canes and 

 wine : (which wine was as strong as any aquavitae, and as 

 cleare as any rocke water : ) he tolde him farther that hee 

 would bring victuals so sufficiently for him, as hee and 

 his company would request, and that within the space 

 of foure dayes. Our Generall used him singularly well, 

 banquetted him most royally with the choyce of many 

 and sundry conserves, wines both sweete and other, and 

 caused his Musitians to make him musicke. This done 

 our Generall tolde him that hee and his company were 

 Englishmen ; and that wee had bene at China and had 

 had trafique there with them, and that wee were come 

 thither to discover, and purposed to goe to Malaca. The 

 people of Java tolde our Generall that there were certaine 

 Portugals in the yland which lay there as Factours 

 continually to trafique with them, to buy Negros, 

 cloves, pepper, sugar, and many other commodities. 

 This Secretarie of the King with his interpretour lay 

 one night abord our shippe. The same night, because 

 they lay abord, in the evening at the setting of the watch, 

 our Generall commanded every man in the shippe to 

 provide his harquebuze and his shotte, and so with 

 shooting off 40. or 50. small shot and one Sacre, him- 

 selfe set the watch with them. This was no small 

 marveile unto these heathen people, who had not com- 

 monly scene any shippe so furnished with men and 

 Ordinance. The next morning wee dismissed the 

 Secretarie and his interpretour with all humanitie. 



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