2.8 The VOYAGES of Book 1. 
'Quantities of that precious Metal along with them, fo they 
Exchanged it there Weight for Weight for Silver. 
20i The fame 14th Day in the Evenings they entered 
the Straights, between the Ifland Eucon * and the Eland of 
'Camhaia., The 15th, they fell in with the Eland of Capuf 
paffing a very narrow Str eight between that Eland and an- 
other, in which the Tide was eonfiderably great, and a 
Ledge of Rocks lay on one Side them off the Point of 
Capul, but they paffed without Danger. Within the Point 
was a fair Bay, and a good Harbour, in Four Fathom 
Water*, within a Cable’s Length of the Shore. About 
Ten m the Morning they came to Anchor, and prefently a 
Canoe rowed up to them, in which was one of the Seven 
chief Cafiques of the Eland •, they paffed for Spaniards with 
thefe People, who, according to their uliial Way of trading 
with theim, came and brought their Cocoas and Potatoe- 
roots to the Englijh in like manner. They gave them a 
Yard of Linen Cloth for Four Cocoas, and as much for 
about a Quart of Potatoes, which, in that Eland, are very 
fweet and excellent Meat, either roafted or boiled. The 
Cafique that came aboard them had his Skin ftreaked, and 
painted full of very ftrange Devices all over his Body *, 
they kept him with them, and defired him to fend fome 
of his Indian Servant?, that managed his Canoe, to go and 
fetch his other Six Brother Cafique s to the Ship too. The 
Cafiques very quickly came according to their Requeft, and 
with -them a large Train of the People of the Eland, who 
brought vaft Numbers of Hogs and Hens, and a whole 
Market of Cocoas and Potatoes *, and now the Englijh had 
nothing elfe to do for all that Day but to deal with thefe 
People, who fold to them juft as they did to the Spaniards , 
viz. Eight Rials of Plate for a Hog, and One for a Hen. 
Here a juft Execution was performed upon a Spanifo Pilot 
taken in the great St. Anne , who had plotted to betray 
them into the Hands of the Spaniards , for which he was 
hanged. They lay about this Eland of Capul for about 
Nine Days, being all the while well fumilhed with frefh 
Victuals, good Water, and Wood. The People of the 
Eland are all Pagans , and are faid both to worfhip and 
converfe with the Devil ; they go almoft naked, and are 
of a tawny Complexion. The Men wear a fquare Piece 
of Linen, woven out of Plantane-leaves, about their 
Waifts, and another coming down their Backs, and fo 
Under the Twill, which is fattened to their Girdles. The 
Rite of Circumcifton is in Practice here amongft them ; 
befides which, the Males undergo another Operation, which 
is far from being common, and hardly pradlifed any-where 
elfe, except in Pegu. They make a Perforation quite 
through the Gians of the Penis with a Nail of Tin fplit in 
the lower End, and riveted, which they order fo as to 
take out, and put in again, as they have Qccafton. They 
invented this for a Prevention of a certain unnatural Crime, 
which the Men of the Eland were it feems horribly addided 
to •, and it was done at the humble Petition of the Women, 
who laid the Cafe before the Magiftrates, and obtained this 
Remedy. On the 23d, the Admiral fummoned all the 
Cafiques of this Eland, and of One hundred more, (which 
had paid him Tribute) to appear before him •, and here 
he difcovered himfelf and his Company to them, telling 
them, that they were Englijh, and the greateft Enemies 
the Spaniards had in the World. At the fame time he 
generoufly gave them back in Money.the Value of all the 
Tribute he had received, and which was paid by them in 
Hogs, Cocoas, Potatoes, and the like. This unexpected 
Favour of the Admiral furprifed the whole Affembly of 
Cafiques *, they admired his Bounty and Generality, and 
engaged to affift him with all the Forces of their refpebtive 
Dominions, whenever he would begin a War with the 
Spaniards in thofe Parts •, and fo, no lefs pleafed with find- 
ing them to be Englijh , than with the Kindnefs they had 
received from them, having rowed about the Ship awhile 
With their Canoes to give them fome Diverfion, they took 
Leave, the Admiral giving them a Gun at their De- 
parture. 
21. June 24. they fet Sail, and ran along theCoaft of 
Manilla , fleering North-weft between that Eland and the 
Eland Mashat \ and, in the Elands thereabouts, they per- 
ceived the Spaniards to keep a ft rich Watch, making great 
Fires, and difcharging their Pieces all Nightlong, having 
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taken the Alarm of their coming. The Ifland Panama is 
a plain level Country in many Places, affording very fair 
and ftrait Trees for the making Ship-malls, and, befides, 
feveral Mines of Very fine Gold, which are in Cuftody of 
the Indians > To the Southward of it lies the Eland of 
Negroes ,. a very large Eland, almoft as big as England., 
and in 9 0 North Latitude, It appeared to be the moft Part 
of it low Land, and very fruitful j the People are neither 
Slaves to the Spaniards , nor any other Nation, but their 
own intire Matters. June 29. at Six in the Morning, they 
fet Sail, paffing through the Straight between Panama and 
Negro Eland, when, having made about Sixteen Leagues, 
they found a fair Opening in the Straight, tending South- 
weft and by South j about this Time their Boat, which 
they had fent out before them in the Morning, came up to 
them again, in which the Admiral fent a Spanijh Prifoner 
afliore, with a Meffage to his Captain, who commanded a 
Ship that lay at Panama the Night before. The Meffage 
was to this Effect : That he fhould be fure to provide good 
Store of Gold againft the Admiral came that Way again ; 
for he intended to make him a Vifit at Manilla, which, 
being a long Voyage, would deferve good Entertainment ; 
and farther, that he had certainly come now and weigh’d 
fome of his golden Bags in an Englijh Pair of Scales, but 
that he wanted a bigger Boat to land his Men upon the 
Ifland. February 8. they faw in the Morning the Ifland 
Bat 0 china, which lies near Gilolo , and is in i° North 
Latitude. The 14th, they fell in with Eleven or Twelve 
fmall Iflands, flat and low, and almoft quite funk into the 
Sea *, they lie near the Moluccas , and are in 3 0 10 South 
Latitude. 
22. March 1. having paffed the Straights of Java 
Major and Minor , they anchored under the South-weft 
Parts of Java Major , where they faw fome People fiffing 
in a Bay under the Ifland ; the Admiral fent out the Boat to 
them, in which was a Negro, that could fpeak the Mo- 
re Jco Tongue, which is much ufed in Java j but they, 
being frighten’d at the coming of the Boat, got afliore, 
and run away into the Woods ; yet one of them came to 
the Sea Side, when the Negro called, and directed them to 
find frefh Water, and carried a Meffage from the Admiral 
to the King, certifying him, that he was come thither to 
traffick for Victuals, or any valuable Commodities that his 
Ifland afforded. March 12. there came Nine or Ten of 
the King’s Canoes, as full laden with all Sorts of Pro- 
vifions, as they could fwim. They brought them Oxen, 
Hogs, Hens, Geefe, Eggs, Sugar, Cocoas, Plantanes, 
Oranges, Lemons, Wine, and Aqua Vitae. Two Por~ 
tugueje that came to fee them, and to inquire about their 
King Antonio , then in England , gave them a large Ac- 
count of the Manners and Cuftoms of thefe People. The 
King of that Part of the Ifland was a Man of whom his 
Subjedls flood in exceeding Awe, and who exercifed lb 
abfolute a Power over them, and all they had, that no Man 
dared fo much as make a Bargain without his Leave ; and, 
if any did prefume to do it, he paid for it with his Blood. 
'Phis Prince had One hundred Wives, (as his Son had 
Fifty) who may poffibly be very happy as long as he lives, 
but cannot be fo any longer •, for, he being dead, the 
Body burnt, and the Royal Afhes laid up in an Urn, within 
Five Days after this, the Tragedy of his Wives begins 
and ends •, they all of them go to an appointed Place, 
where, when they are come, the favourite Wife throws a 
Ball out of her Hand, which, where it rafts, marks out 
the Place of their Death : Being come thither, they turn 
their Faces to the Eaft, and, with their Daggers, ftab 
themfelves to the Heart, and, taking out Handfuls of their 
own Blood, befmear their Bodies with it, and thus they die. 
This barbarous Sacrifice of themfelves to the Ghoft of their 
dead Husbands are the Queens of Java obliged to make, 
by the Cuftom of their Country. The Men of this Ifland 
are very good Soldiers, hardy, valiant, and defperate, to 
the laft Degree ; they flick at nothing that their King 
commands them to do, be it attended with ever fo great 
or certain Danger : Should he bid them plunge a Dagger 
into their Breads, or leap off from a Precipice, or into a 
Den of wild Beafts, they immediately do it ; becaufe the 
Anger of their King is as certain Death as the Point of the 
Sword, or the Teeth of wild Beafts. They are of a 
tawny 
