A.D. 



[588. 



Marchants of 



China. 



Marchants 



called Sangue- 



los. 



Silver ex- 



changed 



tvaight for 



ivaight for 



golde. 



The island of 

 Capul at 

 which our men 

 stayed <)dayes. 



One of the 

 chiefe gover- 

 nours of the 

 island came 

 ahoord us. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Espanna, and also 20 or 30 shlppes from China and from 

 the Sanguelos, which bring them many sorts of marchan- 

 dize. The marchants of China and the Sanguelos are 

 part Moores and part heathen people. They bring great 

 store of gold with them, which they trafficke and ex- 

 change for silver, and give waight for waight. These 

 Sanguelos are men of marveilous capacitie in devising 

 and making all maner of things, especially in all handie 

 craftes and sciences : and every one is so expert, perfect, 

 and skilfull in his facultie, as fewe or no Christians are 

 able to goe beyond them in that which they take in hand. 

 For drawing & embrodering upon satten, silck, or lawne, 

 either beaste, fowle, fish or worme, for livelines and 

 perfectnes, both in silke, silver, gold, & pearle, they 

 excell. Also the 14 day at night wee entred the streights 

 betweene the island of Luzon, & the island of Camlaia. 



The fifteenth of January wee fell with an island called 

 Capul, and had betwixt the sayd island and another island 

 but an narrowe passage, and a marveilous rippling of a 

 very great tyde with a ledge of rockes lying off the poynt 

 of the island of Capul : and no danger but water ynough 

 a fayre bredth oflF: and within the point a fayre bay and 

 a very good harborough in foure fathomes water hard 

 aboord the shore within a cables length. About 10 of 

 the clocke in the morning wee came to an anker. 



Our shippe was no sooner come to an anker, but 

 presently there came a canoa rowing aboord us, 

 wherein was one of the chief Casiques of the island 

 whereof there be seven, who supposing that we were 

 Spaniardes, brought us potato rootes, which they call 

 camotas, and greene cocos, in exchange whereof we gave 

 his company pieces of linnen to the quantitie of a yard 

 tor foure Cocos, and as much linnen for a basket of 

 potato rootes of a quart in quantitie ; which rootes 

 are very good meat, and excellent sweete either rosted 

 or boyled. 



This Casiques skinne was carved and cut with sundry 

 and many strakes and devises all over his body. We 



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