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exchange, if they might have For each a Pair of Shoes, aBridle, 
a Sword, and a Pair of Stirrups ; but the King forbad Armour 
to be carried to them. They poured molten Gold into the 
Governor’s Mouth, made a Cup of his Skull, and Pipes 
of his Shank-bones, in Memory of their Victory. Auroca 
hath near it a Fort, with a Spanijh Garifon ; but very poor. 
Conception is mentioned before. It hath 400 Soldiers to keep 
it, with fome Ordnance. 
10. Let us now, with our Hollanders , put to Sea, which 
they did Augujl 2 1 . but eafily perceived the next Day the 
Strength of the Currents to be luch, that, without a fair and 
ftiff Gale, they prevailed little or nothing. On the 23d, they 
anchored betore Rio de Tumi a ; for the Bar and Tide for- 
bad them iintrance. They agreed to return to the Iile of 
Cogues in 5 0 Southerly, to refrefh themfelves ; but Storms, 
Rains, and Thunders, fo diftreffed them to September 13. 
that they could not find the Eland ; and in the mean time 
they grew very fickly. On the 20th, they had Sight of 
Land in Nova Hifpania. They had 13 0 30', and the Wea- 
ther became again very tempeftuous. October 1 . after much 
bad Weather at Sea, they had Sight of pleafant Land ; but 
the Sea wrought fo, that they could not have fafe Landing, 
and fo beat off and on till the nth, that they entered the 
Haven of Acapulco within Shot of the Caftle ; and, hanging 
out a Flag of Peace, Two Spaniards came on board, and 
they agreed to exchange Prifoners for Sheep, Fruits, and 
Provifion *, which was accordingly performed. On the 
15th, Melchior Hernardo came aboard, to take a View of 
the Fleet, which had vanquilhed the King’s. He was 
Nephew to the Viceroy of New Spain , and was kindly en- 
tertained by the Admiral. The Caftle here was well de- 
fended with Seventy Brafs Guns, having had Intelligence of 
their coming Eight Months before. The 18th, they fet 
Sail again ; but, being becalmed, they did nothing of Mo- 
ment, except the taking a Bark bound for Pearl-fifhing ; 
which they manned, and took into the Attendants of their 
own Fleet. 
1 1 . November 1 . they anchored before Port Selagues in 
1 9° North Latitude. Here they heard of a River, that 
yielded Variety of good Fifh, and Meadows well flocked 
with Cattle, together with Citrons, and other Fruits, all 
which Conveniencies they wanted ; but the Company they 
fent, fearing a Surprize by the Spaniards , returned as they 
went, after a fmart Engagement with the Enemy. On 
the nth, they failed for Port Nativity, where they fur- 
nifhed themfelves with Neceffaries, and from whence they 
parted on the 20th. The 26th, they had 20° 26' North 
Latitude ; and there they concluded upon the neareft Courfe 
to the Elands of Ladrones. December 3. to their no little 
Wonder, they faw Two Elands at a great Diftance in the 
Sea, and, the next Day, a mighty Rock in 19 0 , and Fifty 
Leagues from the Continent. The 6th, they faw a new 
Ifland, with Five Hills, that appeared like fo many diftindt 
Elands. The new Year came on with Diftempers, that 
proved fatal to many of their Company. January 3. 1616. 
they had Sight of the Ladrones , and the next Day they 
landed there. They fet Sail for the Manillas the 26th, 
where they happily anchored February 9. Here the Indians 
refilled to trade with them, becaufe, they faid, the Dutch 
Were Enemies to the Spaniards ; for which very Reafon, 
fome others would freely have transferred all the Trade and 
Riches of the Country to them. But, in Capul, to which 
they came on the 1 ith, the People were of a better Tem- 
per, giving them fat Hogs and Hens for very Trifles. 
This profitable Trade they left the 19th, paffing from thence 
through the Streights towards the Manillan Port or Bay. 
The Indians of Capul wear long Coats like Shirts, and are 
noted for the extraordinary Refpeei they pay to all Clergy- 
men, before whom they will proftrate themfelves on the 
Ground, and take it for a mighty Honour to be admitted 
to kifs their Hands. 
12. The 19th they anchored before the Ifland Luconia , 
the principal of the Manillas , and in which is the City 
Manilla itfelf. Here was a curious Fabric, artificially 
eredted upon the Tops of Trees, that looked like a Palace 
at a Diftance, but what fort of Creatures were the Inha- 
bitants there, they could not imagine. The 28th, they 
paffed by the high and flaming Hill Albaca. The 24th, 
they faw the other End of the Straight, but the Calm would 
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not allow them to pafs it. The 28th, they anchored before 
the Ifland Mirakelles , remarkable for its Two Rocks, that 
lift their Tops to a vaft Height in the Air. Behind’ thfefe 
the City of Manilla lies, and from hence they watch the 
coming of Ships from China to pilot them fafe to the City, 
becaufe of the great^ Danger of the Paffage. March r! 
they took feveral Barks, that were difpatched to gather in 
the Tribute paid to the City of Manilla from the adjoining 
Places. They had now Intelligence of a Fleet of Twelve 
Ships, and Four Gallies, manned with 2000 Spaniards, be- 
fides Indians , Chine fe, and Japohefe, all which were fent to 
the Moluccas to drive out the Dutch, and reduce thofe 
Elands to the Obedience of the King of Spain: Uoon this 
News they difeharged all their Prifoners, and refolved to 
go after them. The 1 ith, they got in amongft fo many 
Elands, that they hardly knew how to deliver themfelves 
again, but their Spanijh Pilot brought them out fafe the 
next Day. The 14th, they rid at Anchor all Night be- 
fore the Ifland Raney , by reafon of the Shales. The 18th 
the failed clofe by the Ifland of Mindanao ; but, in the 
Evening, put off further into the Sea, becaufe of danger- 
ous Shelves thereabouts. The 19th, they came clofe by 
the Shore again, and bought Provifions of the Elanders at 
a very cheap Rate. The 20th, they reached Cape de Cu - 
dera, the Spaniards Watering-place, in their Way to the 
Moluccas. Till the 23d they failed no farther than juft as 
the Tide forced them along, having a perfetf: Calm ; but 
between Mindanao and T'agarno, a contrary Tide met and 
ftopt them. The People here profeffed a great Enmity to 
the Spaniards, and offered the Dutch the A Alliance of FifH 
of their Ships in that Quarrel. The 27th, they paffed 
the Ifland Sanguin, and the 29th came to Ternate , in which 
tht Dutch poffelfed the Town Macia , where thefe unlooked- 
for Countrymen of theirs were made very welcome by them. 
The Streight of Bouton they obferved to be full of Slides” 
without which the Water is deep : On the Eall there is 
good frefh Water, and Two Leagues to the Weft lies a 
very rocky Shole. April 8. Cornelius de Vicaneze went for 
Banda, and the Soldiers landed there after a very Ions an d 
tedious Life a Ship-board. 
13. On May 2. they failed with Six Ships for Machian , 
in order to prevent the Portuguefe from lading Cloves! 
The Wind proving very fair, they fo Q n arrived under Fort 
Maurice , which the Admiral immediately vifited, as he 
afterwards did the Forts Taffufor and Tabillola , and fo on 
till he came to the Fort of Nahaca. On the 12 th, they 
received Intelligence from Mr. Caftleton , who commanded 
Four Englijh Ships, that the Dutch General, John Dirkfon 
Lam, had failed from the Ifland of Banda, in the Spring 
of the Year, with Twelve Men of War, well manned° 
and a Body of Soldiers on board ; with which Force he 
landed, April 10. on the Ifland of Pulo VAai , the richeft 
of all the Elands in thofe Parts, of which he madehimfelf 
Matter with great Eafe, and that the Inhabitants of the 
adjacent Elands, being fummoned, fubmitted themfelves 
immediately, and entered into a Treaty with him highly 
advantageous to the Company, lnafmuch as it focured to 
them the foie Trade in the beft Nutmegs in the Indies* 
On the 1 6th, the Governor of Tidore went to Malaya. 
On the 1 8 th, the Dutch Admiral delivered Seven Dutch Sea- 
men out of the Prifons and Gallies of the Spaniards, where 
they had been confined no lefs than Four Years. The Pri- 
foners exchanged for thefe were a Monk, a Spanijh Pilot, 
Two Spaniards taken in the South Seas, and One that they 
brought from the Manillas. A few Days after, another 
Dutchman joined them, whofe Name was Peter de Vivere 
he had been Prifoner among the Spaniards feveral Years! 
at firft on board the Gallies ; but, being an excellent Gold! 
fmith, and having married a Spanijh Wife, they gave him 
Leave to come on Shore, and work at his Trade, allowing 
him, at laft, fo much Liberty, that he found means to 
efcape, bringing his Wife away with him. This Man was 
of very great Ufe *, for, having an excellent Underftanding, 
being perfedtly acquainted with the Spanijh Trade, and 
knowing exactly the Nature and Value of all the Commo- 
dities in the Indies, he gave the Dutch Governors better 
Intelligence, than it was poffible for them to have obtained 
any other Way. They- returned afterwards to Mdchian y 
and proceeded thence to Malaya , whence they went upon 
a Cruize. 
