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into a Coffin half-full of Stones, and thrown into -the Sea, 
with the ufu.al Ceremonies. The Council being afferabied, 
they opened the Letters of the Directors, and other Parties 
concerned, which were ordered t© be opened in iuch a Cafe ; 
and found, that the Vice-admiral was tofucceed the Admi- 
ral, it he fhould die; therefore lie was acknowledged Ad- 
miral, and Beuningen Vice-admiral ; Belaid de Weert was 
made Captain of Beuningen s Ship, and Birkt Gernit/Z 
China Captain of the Yacht. 
6. On the 28th, the new General, being on board his old 
Ship, gave the Signal to come to him, where all the Offi- 
cers took the Oaths, and the Captains their Pofts. The 
29th, the General went on board the Admiral, and each 
Captain on board their new Ships. Such an Alteration did 
not pleafe the Seamen, who were very well fatisfied with 
their old Officers. After that, the Ships failed South-eaft 
by South, and South weft, till Odiober 4. at which Time 
they run Weft Sou th-weft ; and, the 6th, they flood Eaft 
South-eaft. The fame Day the Fidelity made a Signal to call 
the Captains on board her; but, the Wind being too ftrong, 
the Vice-admiral only went to vifit him. The Scurvy raged 
To much amongft the Seamen, and efpecially on board the 
Admiral, that molt of his Men were Tick of it. This ob- 
liged the General to appoint a particular Day of Prayer in 
each Ship, to implore God’s Mercy, and a happy Voyage. 
They were then in i° 45'' South Latitude. At length the 
Scurvy increafed fo much, that the Admiral had not Men 
enough to work his Ship. The other Ships were almoft in 
the fame Condition ; therefore the Council refolved to Hand 
in to fome Iftand, in order to get frefh Provifions. Accord- 
ingly they fleered towards the Iftand of Annobon , or Nobon , 
where they thought to find frefh Meat and Oranges. About 
Night, the Admiral, who failed before, fired a Gun, to let 
them know hefaw the Land, tho’, according to the Opinion 
of all the Pilots, they ought to have been 1 00 Leagues off 
it. As Toon as the Gun was heard, the Ships difeovered 
Land, and anchored upon the Coaft of Manicongo , in 3 0 
South Latitude. There they loft the little Ship belonging 
to St. Thomas , with Eleven found Men, who were feen no 
more. Some thought they had deferted ; others believed 
they run aground, and were drowned: But they heard after- 
wards, that, having failed a long while in thofe Seas, they 
arrived at the Cape of Lopes Gonfalves , where they quitted 
their Ship, arid went on board the Ship of Baltazar Mou- 
, cheron , who was bound for America. 
7. November 4. in the Morning, the Captains went on 
board the Admiral, and the Vice-admiral was commanded 
to land with his Sloop and Canoe to view the Country, and 
fee whether he could find a good Road for the Ships : 
.Approaching the Shore, he found the Sea breaking with 
fuch Violence, that the Sloop had much ado to go over 
the Waves, and rowed along the Shore all Night without 
difeovering any thing but Trees. The next Day he return- 
ed on board the Admiral ; and, after he had given an Ac- 
count of what he had feen, they refolved to fleer for Cape 
'Lopes Gonfalves , fituate in 30° South Latitude. They had 
-anchored in a very bad Bottom, where the Ships were 
.driven from their Anchors, and one of the Flukes of the 
Anchor of the Faith was broken. The 6th, at the Break 
.of Day, they failed again, coafting along, and cafting An- 
chor every Night. On the 9 th, they arrived on the Coaft 
of Gainey, where they law fome Negroes, and fpoke to 
them : The Dutch gave them fmall Glafs Wares ; but, fee- 
ling fo many Men, and being afraid, they ran away in the 
Night. The General, having found a convenient Place for 
The Sick, fent them thither, and each Captain had his own 
Quarter. Captain Bockholt commanded the little Camp, 
and .he had,, befides the lick, fome found Men to defend 
ft. The next Day, the Admiral fent the Vice-admiral to 
wait on the King of that Country with fome Prefents, in 
order to procure Provifions : But he came back the 12th, 
and .brought nothing but a Hen, and a fewPlatanes or Ba- 
nanas ; fo that they were forced .to be contented with a 
Tew Herbs they found in the Fields, as Creffes, Sea Par- 
iley, fome Apples without any manner of Tafte, and fuch- 
like Viduals ; they had indeed Plenty of Filh, and more 
.than they could eat. The 20th, the Vice-admiral fell 
Pick of a Burning Fever, that every body defpaired of his 
Life 5 however- after a long Ilinefs, he recovered. 
On the 23d, Birck EfBnfofs Sloop came into the 
Road, the Pilot -of which was a Frenchman , and kid lived 
along while with the Negroes, and in the Service of their 
King ; fo that he could fpeak a little of their Language. 
He promifed the Butch to obtain of the King all the Pro- 
vifions they wanted ; upon which, the General fent Cap- 
tain de Weert y with Two Sloops along with him, to fpeak 
to the King. His Majefty, having Notice of the defigned 
Vifit, put hknfelf in the fineft Drefs and Equipage he 
could to receive him : Be Weert , being introduced to the 
King, found him, with his Attendants about him, fitting 
upon a Stool a Foot high, like a Shoemaker’s Stool, and 
a Sheep’s-skin under his Feet; he had a purple Cloth Coat, 
embroidered with falfe Gold without Lining, which looked 
like a Pilot’s Watch-coat ; he had no Shirt, no Shoes, no 
Stockings, but a kind of a Cowl or Cap upon his Head, 
which was yellow, red, and blue : He had his Face pow- 
dered all over with Afhes to appear whiter ; but one might 
for all that fee, that he was black. For a royal Ornament, 
he had about his Neck a Glafs Bead Necklace ; his Gen- 
tlemen fat round about him, their Skins were all over 
painted with Red, and their Heads covered with the Fea- 
thers of Cocks. By the King’s Seat was another little 
Stool, covered with a Mat for the Butch Captain, who, 
having faluted him after the Faffiion of the Country, fat 
down by him. He told him, by his Interpreter, the Oc- 
cafion of his coming thither ; and complained, that the In- 
habitants, without any Pretence or Reafon, had left their 
Habitations, and run away : That the Dutch were their 
Friends, and only came into his Country to trade fairly with 
them, infomuch that they might fafely return to their own 
Dwellings again : That the Butch offered to make an Al- 
liance with them, and with the King, whom they would 
vifit often ; that they would bring all Things the Inhabi- 
tants wanted, and defired them to let them have the 
neceffary Provifions and Refreffiments, fuch as Fruit, 
Fowls, Sheep, and other Cattle, offering to give to the 
Natives in Exchange any of the Merchandize they had on 
board their Ships. The King, having heard, with great 
Attention, Captain de Weert’s Speech, told him, That the 
Butch were very welcome into his Country, and that he 
would order they fhould be fupplied with all Neceffaries 
they wanted. Then he brought de Weert into his Palace, 
which was more like a Cow-ftall : There the King gave 
him a Kid, and a few Bananas, for fmall Pieces of Linen' 
Cloth and Iron. While they were preparing fomething to 
eat, the Captain’s Five Trumpeters and Muficians founded 
and played finely : The King was mightily pleafed at that ; 
but de W 'eerty who was hungry, would have been better 
pleafed to have had fome Victuals. After a long while, the 
King’s Wives brought, in a wooden Difh, feme Bananas 
roafted, and dried or fmoked Filh, or rather Pieces of a 
Sea-horfe, of which the King eat but foberly, and the Cap- 
tain hardly tafted them, being not as yet ufed to fuch Vic- 
tual. Then they prefented him Palm-tree Wine, a fort of 
Drink that is very unpleafant to thofe that are not ufed to it. 
The King intreated de Weert feveral times to eat ; the 
Difh being taken away, they ferved nothing elfe. - The 
Captain was the more furprifed at fo flender a Feaft, 
becaufe he faw the King ftrong, and in better Health than 
thofe who live in Plenty of all Things, and eat the beft 
of Victuals. Be Weerty who was very hungry, told the 
King he would treat him with fome of the Provifions he 
had brought with him : So the Butch laid a Napkin, and 
ferved up a Piece of Bread, with fmoked Beef, Cheefe, 
and a Bottle of Sack. The King liked their Victuals fo 
well, that he eat heartily, and drank fo much, that he was 
obliged to go to fleep. In the mean while, the Captain 
took a Walk about the Town, which had not about 200 
Houfes in it. About Evening, not feeing the King, he 
thought to have returned on board his Sloop with his Men, 
in order to ftay there all Night ; but he faw a great Num- 
ber of Negroes, armed with Bows and Arrows, who had 
poffeffed themfelves of the Avenues, and would not let 
them go. The Captain, who had no Arms but his Sword, 
was extremely furprifed, and asked them what was the 
Matter : They told him, it was becaufe one of his Men. 
had committed fome Diforder in a Houfe : Be Weert then 
defired them to ftiew him the Man, and he would pu- 
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