11 The V O Y A G E S .. of : Book I. 
Lofs of hint proved a very great Hindrance to the Voyage, Mountains. This Courfe brought them to the liles of 
fihce, next to the Admiral, lie was the braveft Man, and Solo Paghima , which afforded very fine Pearl : From hence 
the belt Seaman, they had, one of the Projedors of this it was that the King of Borneo got a Couple of Pearls, as 
Voyage, and who, if he had lived to return, would have round, and very near as big, as a Hen’s Egg. 
animated the Imperial Court to future Expeditions. 19. They came next to harbour in the Me Sarangani , 
16. A little before the Admiral’s Death, they received reported to yield both Gold and Pearl j and here they 
News of the Moluccas , the difcovering of which this Way, preffed Two Pilots for their Molucca Voyage. They paffed 
was the great End of their Voyage : So that now leaving the Ifles Ceana, Canida , Cabiaio , Camuca , Cabalu , Cbiai , 
Mathan , they failed to the Me of Bohol-, and here they Lipan, and Nuza and came to a fair Eland, called Sanger , 
burnt the Conception , furnifhing the other Two Ships with in 3 0 2o / of North Latitude ; which Me had Four Kings, 
the Men and Ammunition of it. Diretffing their Courfe Having paffed Five other lilands, they at laft efpied a 
from hence to the South Weft, they came to the Me Pavi- fmall Clufter of Five Mands, which their Pilots faid were 
loghon, inhabited by Blacks: From hence they came to Chip- the 'Moluccas . This was the 6th of November, and the 
pit-> which is a large Me ; and it is about 50 Leagues from 27th Month after their Departure from Spain. They tried 
Zubut, in 8 Degrees of North Latitude, and about 170 the Depth of the Sea, with their Plumbet, about thefe 
Degrees of Longitude from their firft Stage. It abounds in Iflands, and found it no lefts than 102 Yards;, which Mews, 
Rice, Ginger, Goats, Hogs, Hens, &c. and the King of that the Portuguefe defigned none elfe fhould come thither 
it gave them a friendly Reception. In Token of Peace he but themfelves, when they told the World, that thole 
marked his Body, Face, and Tip of his Tongue, with Seas were fo Mallow, that there was no failing there, beftides 
Blood, which he drew out of his Left Arm * and the Spa- the other Dangers of Rocks and Shelves, and continual 
niards followed him in that bloody Ceremony. Sailing Darknefs. 
from hence about 40 Leagues, between the Weft and South 20. November 8. before Sun-rifing, they entered the 
Weft, they came to Caghaian , a very great Eland, but not Port of Tiridore , which is one of the Chief of the Mo- 
well inhabited : The People are Moors , Exiles from Borneo , luc-cas. The King was a Moor , but, notwithftanding the 
rich in Gold, and, for their principal Weapons, ufe poi- Prejudices of his Religion, fo extremely fond of the Spa- 
foned Arrows, which is practifed alfo in moft of the Mands. niards , and fo much devoted to the Service of their Matter, 
Steering Weft and North Weft 25 Leagues, brought them that he bid them come aftiore into their own Country and 
to Paloan , a very fruitful Bland, lying in the 9 0 20' of Houfes, called them his Brethren and Children ; nay, irs 
North Latitude, and 179 0 ?o' of Longitude, from their Compliment to them, changed the Name of his Kingdom 
firft Departure : It yields much the fame Produdts as Chip- from Piridore into Cajlile. Thefe Moluccas are Five in 
pit, beiides very large Figs, Battatos, Cocoas, and Sugar- Number, Pernate , Piridore , Mutir , Macchian , and Bac- 
canes. The like Ceremonies alfo were here ufed in Token chian of all thefe Pernate is the chief, and the King of 
of Friendlhip between the King and the Spaniards , as were it was once Lord of all the reft. Mutir and Macchian 
at Chippit : The People go naked, ufe poifoned Arrows, were then Commonwealths, but Bacchian a Monarchy, 
and are mighty Lovers of the Sport of Cock-fighting : The Clove-trees here are very tall, and as big about as a 
They make a fort of Wine here of Rice, which is very in- Man ; the Boughs large in the Middle, and fharp at the 
toxicating, but otherwife better than that of the Palm. Top ; the Leaves like thofe of Bay-trees, and the Bark of 
17. The famous Me of Borneo , to which they came olive Colour. The Cloves grow in large Clutters at 
next, is a very large and rich Bland : It lies in 5 0 5' of Me Tops of the Boughs ; at firft they are white, red when. 
North Latitude ; the chief City contained no lefs than Mey come to Maturity, and grow black by after-drying ; 
Twenty-five thoufand Houfes. The King was a Moor , the Leaf, Bark, and Wood, being green, is as ftrong as 
a Prince of Very great Power, kept a magnificent Court, the Clove itfelf : They gather them twice a Year, in Jung 
and was always attended by a numerous Guard. He fent a ^d December and, if they don’t take them in time, they 
the Captains feveral Prefents, and ordered a Couple of Ele- grow very hard. Every Man has his own peculiar Trees, 
phants, trapped with Silk, to be led forth to bring the but they beftow but little Husbandry upon them. They 
Spanijh Meffengers and Prefents to the Palace : He has Ten have alfo in this Ifle a fort of a Tree, the Bark of which. 
Secretaries of State, that write his Affairs inBarks of Trees : being Meeped in Water, may be drawn out in fmall Fibres to 
His Holiftiold is governed by Women, who are the Daugh- the Finenefs of Silk * and of this the Women make a fort 
ters of his chief Courtiers : His Subjects pay him their of Aprons, which is all the Covering they make ufe of. 
Reverence, by lifting up their Hands clofed Three times 21. Near Piridore lies the great Ifte Gilolo , which is di- 
over their Heads, then lifting up their Feet one after the vided between Moors and Heathens : The Two Kings of the 
other, and laftly killing their Hands : They chew a great Moors have contributed themfelves very liberally to the 
deal of the Betele in this Country, and drink a Rice-fpirit peopling of the Eland, the one of them having 600, and 
called by them Arac. The Country affords Camphire, the other 650 Children. The Pagans were more abfte- 
which is the Gum of the Tree Capar } alfo Cinnamon, mious in thefe Matters, as well as lefs fuperftitious in other 
Ginger, Myrobalans, Oranges, Lemons, Sugar, Cucum- refpeds, than the Moors yet they report of them, that 
bers, Melons, plenty of Fowl and Beafts, and whatever they adore the firft thing they fee in the Morning. In this 
can be expected in that Climate. Me there is a fort of a Reed grows as big as a Man’s Leg, 
18. Leaving Borneo, they came to the Ifle Cimbubon, and full of a very limpid Water, which makes a wholfome 
which lies in 8° y ; of North Latitude : Here they Drink. November 12. a public Warehoufe was appointed 
flayed Forty Days calking their Ships, and taking in in the City for the Sale of their Merchandize : The Ex- 
frefli Water and Fuel. In the Woods of this Ifle they change at the following Rates j for Ten Yards of good 
found a Tree, the Leaves of which, as foon as they fall on ted Cloth, they had one Bahar of Cloves, every Bahar 
the Ground, move from Place to Place, as if they were being Four Canters, and Six Pounds, and every Canter 
alive. They referable Mulberry -leaves, and on the Sides 100 lb. Weight: For Fifteen Yards of a meaner Cloth, 
of them there are certain Fibres produced, that feem like they had in Cambie one Bahar : For Thirty-five drinking 
little Eggs. If they are cut or broken, there is nothing Glaffes, one Bahar : For Seventeen Cathyls of Quickfilver, 
like Blood comes forth - s but, if they are touched, they one Bahar. They brought all forts of Provifions daily to 
ftuddenly fpring away. Pigafetta, from whom we take their Ships, and a fort of frefh Water, which fprings out 
t he Account, tried this, keeping one of thefe Leaf-Ani- of the Mountains where the Cloves grow. It is hot when 
mals in a Difh for Eight Days k . The Ifle abounds with it comes out of the Spring, but very cold when it has ftood 
Oftriches, wild Hogs, and Crocodiles. They took here a while in fome other Place. They received here a very 
a Fifti, headed like a Swine, with Two Horns •, its Body Angular Prefent for the King of Spain from the King of 
all one intire Bone, and fomething like a Saddle on its Bacchian , which was a Couple of dead Birds, about the 
Back. They failed from hence by the Weft towards the Bignefs of Turtles, with very little Heads and Legs, longBills, 
South-eaft for the Moluccas, and in their Way found the Two or Three long Feathers, parti-coloured at^ their Sides, 
Sea full of Weeds and Herbs. This was near certain great inftead of Wings , their whole Bodies befides of one Colour, 
This Account is not only improbablej, but incredible : Yet I have retained it, becaufe, on the Credit of P igafetta, it has been taken into feveral 
Treatiies of Natural Hillary. 
