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the 14th, they fell in with the Moluccas, and, intending 
for Tiridore , as they coafted along the Ifland Mutyr , which 
belongs to the King of T ernate, they met his Viceroy, who, 
feeing the Admiral’s Ship, without Fear came aboard him. 
He advifed the Admiral by no means to profecute his 
Voyage to Tiridore , but to fail directly for Ternate, becaufe 
his Matter was a very great Enemy to the Fortuguefe, 
and would have nothing to do with them, if they were at 
all concerned with T’iridore, or that Nation, who were 
fettled there. The Admiral, upon this, refolved upon Ter- 
nate • and early next Morning came to an Anchor before 
the Town : He fent a Meffenger. to the King with a Velvet 
Cloak, as a Prefent, and to afiure him, that he came thither 
with no Defign, but purely that of trading in his Country. 
' The Viceroy alfo by this time had been with the King,^ 
and difpofed him to entertain a very favourable Opinion of 
the Englijh ; which wrought fo far, that the King returned 
a very civil and obliging Anfwer to the Admiral’s Mef- 
fase, alluring him, that a friendly Correfpondence with 
the Englijh Nation was highly pleafmg to him •, that his 
whole Kingdom fhould lie open to them, and whatever 
it yielded fhould be at their Service •, and, more than 
that, that he was ready to lay himfelf, and his Kingdom, 
at the Foot of fo glorious a Princefs, as was the Queen, 
whom they ferved, and to make her his Sovereign, as well 
as theirs : And, in Token of this, he fent the Admiral a 
Signet, carrying it, befides, with a very great Refpecl to 
the EngliJJo Meffenger, who went to Court, and had been 
received there with much Pomp and Ceremony. The 
King, having a mind to make the Admiral a Vifit on 
Ship-board, fent beforehand Four large Canods, filled with 
the moft highly dignified Perfons about him ; they were all 
dreffed in white Lawn, and had an exceeding largeUmbrella 
of Very fine perfumed Mats, (borne up with a Frame made 
of Reeds) fpreading over their Heads, from one End of 
the Canoe to another •, their Servants, clad in White, flood 
about them •, and, without thefe, were Ranks of Soldiers 
placed : In Order, on both Sides their martial Men, were 
placed the Rowers, in certain wdl-contrh ed Galleries, 
which lay Three of a Side all along the Canoes, and were 
decently raifed one above the other, each Gallery contain- 
ing Eighty Rowers. Thefe Canoes were furnifhed too 
with all warlike Provifions, and the Soldiers well accoutred, 
having all manner of Weapons, both offenflve and de- 
fcnfive. Rowing near the Ship, they all paid their Re- 
verences to the Admiral, in great Order, one after another; 
and told him, That the King had fent them to conduft 
him into a fafer Road than that he was in at prefent. Soon 
after came the King himfelf, attended by Six grave an- 
tient Perfons : He feemed to be much pleafed with the 
Englijh Mufic, and much more with the Englijh Gene- 
rality, which the Admiral expreffed to the full in very 
large Prefents made to him, and his Nobles. The King 
promifed the next Day to come aboard again ; and that 
fame Night fent them in Store of Provifions, as Rice, 
Hens, Sugar, Cloves, a Sort of Fruit they call Frigo and 
Sago, which is a Meal they make out of the Tops of 
Trees, melting in the Mouth like Sugar, but tailing like 
a four Curd ; but yet, when made up into Cakes, will 
keep fo as to be very fit for eating at Ten Years End. 
The King came not aboard according to his Promife, but 
fent his Brother to excufe him, and withal to invite the 
Admiral afhore, and to be a Pledge for his fife Return : 
The Admiral declined going himfelf, but fent fome Gen- 
tlemen of his Retinue, in Company of the King’s Brother, 
and kept the Viceroy till their Return. They were received 
afhore by another Brother of the King’s, and feveral of 
the Nobles, and conducted in great State to the Cattle, 
where there was a Court of at leaft One thoufand Perfons, 
the principal of which was the Council, to the Number of 
Sixty, very grave Perfons, and Four Turkijh Envoys, in 
fcarlet Robes and Turbants, who were there to negotiate 
in Matters of Trade between Conjlantinople and Ternate : 
The King came in, guarded by Twelve r Lances, a glo- 
rious Canopy, embroidered with Gold, being carried over 
his Head. Fie had a loofe Robe of Cloth of Gold hung 
about him, his Legs bare, but Shoes of Cordovan upon 
his Feet ; he had Circlets of Gold wreathed up and down 
in his Hair, and a large Chain of the fame Metal about his 
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Nefck, and vfery fair Jewels upon his Fingers. A Page 
flood at the Right Hand of his Chair of State, blowing 
the cool Air upon him with a Fan Two Foot in Length, 
and One broad, curioufly embroider’d and adorned with 
Sap hires; fattened to a Staff Three Foot long; by which 
the Page moved it. He kindly received the Englijh Gen- 
tlemen, and, having heard their Meffage, fent one of his 
Council to conduit them back to their Ships. He is a 
potent Prince, and has Seventy Iflands under him, befides 
Ternate , which is itfelf the beft of all the Moluccas. His 
Religion, and that of his Country, is Mahometanifm. They 
cbferve new Moons, and Fails, as the Followers of Ma- 
homet do ; in which Faffs, though they mortify the Flefh 
by Day, yet they pamper it as much in the Night. 
16. After this, the Admiral, having difpatched all his 
Affairs here, weighed Anchor, and put off from T 'ernate , 
failing to a little Ifland Southward of the Celebes, where 
they ftaid Twenty-fix Days. This Ifland is extremely 
woody ; the Trees are of a large, high Growth, fti-ait, 
and without Boughs, except at Top, and the Leaves fome- 
thing like our Englijh Broom. Here they obferved a Sort 
of fhining Flies, in great Multitudes, no bigger than the 
common Fly in England , which, fkimming up and down in 
the Air, between the Trees and Butties, made them appear 
as if they were burning. Here are Bats alfo as big 
as Hens, and a Sort of Land Cray-fifh, which dig 
Floles in the Earth like Conies, and are fo large; that one 
of them will plentifully dine Four Perfons. Setting Sail 
from hence, they defigned to have run for the Molucas ; 
but, having a bad Wind, and being amongft -a Parcel of 
Iflands, with much Difficulty they recovered the Mouth of 
Celebes ; where, being not able, for contrary Winds, to 
continue a Weftern Courfe, they altered to the Southward 
again ; which they found very hazardous, by reafon of the 
Shoals that lie thick among the Iflands. This they 
proved by a dangerous; and almoft fatal Experiment, on 
Jan. 9. 1579. when they ran upon a Rock, in which they 
ftuck fall from Eight at Night to Four in the Afternoon of 
the next Day. In this Diftrefs, they lightened their Ship 
upon the Rocks of Three Ton of Cloves, Eight Pieces of 
Ordnance, and fome Provifions ; very quickly after which, 
the Wind chopping about from the Starboard to the Lar- 
board of the Ship, they hoifted Sail ; and the happy Gale, 
at that Moment, intirely difengaged them from the Incum- 
brances of the Rock. February 18. they fell in with the 
fruitful Ifland Baratene , having, in the mean time, flittered 
much by Winds and Shoals. The People of it are of a 
comely Proportion in their Bodies, but of a far more beau- 
tiful Difpofuion of Mind, being very civil and courteous 
to Strangers, and punctually juft in all their Dealings. ’The 
Men cover only their Heads, and the Pudenda ; but the 
Women, from the Waift, down to the Foot: Befides 
which, they load their Arms with large heavy Bracelets, 
fome of Bone, and others of Brafs and Horn, weighing, 
the leaft of them, Two Ounces apiece ; and of thefe they 
have on Eight or Ten at a time. Linen Cloth is a very 
good Commodity here ; thefe People being fond of it, to 
make Girdles and Rolls for their Heads. The Ifland affords 
Gold, Silver, Copper, Sulphur, Nutmeg, Ginger, Long- 
pepper, Lemons, Cucumbers, Cocoas, Frigo, Sago, £3 V. 
particularly a Sort of Fruit, in Bignefs, Form, and Hufk, 
refembling a Bayberry, hard, but pleafantly tatted, and, 
when boiled, is foft, and of good eafy Digeftion ; in fhort, 
(except Ternate ) they met with no Place that yielded 
greater Plenty of all Comforts for human Life, than this 
Ifland did. 
17. Leaving Baratene , they failed for Java Major, 
where they met with a courteous and honourable Enter- 
tainment likewife : The Ifland is governed by Five Kings, 
who live in perfect good Underftanding with each other. 
1 hey had once Four of their Majefties on Ship-board at a 
time ; and the Company of Two or Three of them very 
often. The Javans are a flout and warlike People, go 
well arm’d, with Swords, Targets, and Daggers, all of 
their own Manufafture, which is very curious, both as to 
the Fafliion and Temper of the Metal. They wear 
Turkijh Turbants on their Heads ; the upper Part of their 
Body is naked ; but, from the Waift downwards, they hav§ 
a Pintado of Silk, trailing on the Ground, of that Colour 
which. 
