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Chap* If. to the E A ST 
dering that he was blinded by the Promifes of the King 
and the Orankay Laxamane, who were mightily taken 
with his Work, and that he had a great Mind to flay, I 
left him in the Englifo Houfe, wifhing I had never 
brought him from France , or turned him off fooner, for 
the King oft Achen retarded my Affairs upon the Account 
of having more of his Work. 
30= On the ift of July the Portugueze Captives and 
fome others, having advifed me to go to an Ifle near 
Queda, upon the Coaft of Malacca , about two hundred 
Leagues from hence, where I- might have Pepper cheaper 
than any where clfe, viz. at fixteen Rials the Bahar, I 
refolved to follow their Advice, confidering that 1 had no 
Profpedt of a Licence to trade atTicow, that, here at Achen, 
the Dearth and Scarcity of Pepper, the Charge of keep- 
ing Houfe, and living on Shore, the coftly Prefents and 
Bribes that the King and his Officers expedt out of the Profit 
of the Trade, made it impradticable, that I had no Hopes of 
feeing our fecond Ship or Advice-Boat there, the laft being 
gone from me above feven Months, and there being no Pof- 
ftbility of hearing from Bantam or Jacatra till OElober , by 
reafon of contrary Winds ; that the prefent wefterly Winds 
flood fair for F{ueda, and in October , when they began to vere 
to the Eaft, they would favour my Return. That tho’ the 
King had lately conquered the Place I was bound for, and 
prohibits all Perfons to go there without his Confent, yet 
I might manage it fo as not to difpleafe him, by pretend- 
ing to be forced in by the Winds which blow right upon 
it. Befides, the French having no Factory in Ac hen, and 
lie having ufed me unkindly, I had no great Reafon to 
fear his Difpleafure. 
Thefe Confiderations induced me to refolve upon a 
Voyage for that Ifland, where I might live more fecurely 
till the wefterly Winds were over, as well as make a bet- 
ter Bargain for Pepper. To this End I refolved to give 
two hundred and fifty Rials, by way of Ranfom, for two 
Portugueze Captives, one of whom having been in that 
Hand, would ferve for a Pilot, and the other had been a 
Merchant at Pera. The Number of my Men being re- 
duced by Sicknefs and Detachments, to a fmall Comple- 
ment, I likewife redeemed feven more Chriftian Slaves for 
three hundred and ftxty-one Rials, that had formerly 
ferved the Portugueze at Sea. Some Englijlmen offered to 
ferve me, but, not having Leave of their Superiors, I 
tejedted them. 
The 1 5th I had Audience of the King, at which time 
the Dabul and Surat Captains prefented their Ladea, i. e. 
a Prefent of the Commodities of their Country, comput- 
ed to be worth 1 500 Rials. After thefe Captains had fo 
done, the King alked me if the King of France was 
fubjedt to the King of England ? I anfwered, that France 
was inferior to none of the Chriftian Monarchies, having 
continued for 1300 Years under the Government of their 
own Kings, without ftibmitting to any foreign Power 
whatfoever. Upon which he told me he had feen a Letter 
from the King of England , in which he afliimes the Title 
of King of France. But I fhewed him how (lender a 
Right he had to that Title, which proceeded from a Spite 
that one of our Kings had againft his Succeflor. After he 
had put feveral Queftions about the Grandeur of Chriftian 
Princes, I humbly requefted he would fuffer me to put in- 
to Ticow for one Month, in order to buy two hundred 
Bahars of Pepper, and to fend a Praw from thence to Ban- 
tam, to enquire after my two Ships, adding, that fuch a 
Favour would be a lafting Obligation upon the French 
Nation. He anfwered me very coldly, that I might dif-. 
courfe that Subjedt with the Orankay Laxemane. This 
done, I took leave of his Majefty, who wiflied me a good 
Voyage. 
After that I went to wait upon Laxemane, who told me 
that the King had fworn never to fuffer any Nation to 
trade at Ticow after the Dutch, and that it was a Sign he 
had no mind to give me a Licence, fince he had put it off 
by fending me to him : However, I preffed him to fpeak 
to the King about it, and let me have his Anfwer. After 
fome Time he fent me Word, that the King would allow 
me to put into Ticow for a Month, provided I gave him 
half a Bahar (i. e. 3200) of Rials. At laft, being fo much 
provoked by the infatiable Avarice and Ingratitude of this 
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Nation, that notwithstanding all my Prefents; gave me 
fuch Ufage, I refolved to fteer for Ticow , and if they 
would not deal with me in an amicable Way, to ftop the 
Ships that were to come from thence, and take out of 
them what Pepper I wanted^ allowing for it the Market- 
Price at Ticow : But if I could not weather the Point of Ti- 
cow, as it was probable I might not, by reafon of the violent 
W inds and Tides from the Weft, I defigned to fail for Pula 
Lancahuy , or Pulo Lada , (fo the Pepper-Iffand near Queda 
is called) notwithftanding the King had fent^ about two 
Days before, three large Gallies, and thirty Sail of other 
Ships to Pera , with Orders to return by that Ifland, and 
to cut down ail the Pepper- plants. 
3 1; On the 24th having taken in feven hundred Bahars 
of Pepper at Achen, I fet fail for that Road, which lies iri 
5 0 30' N. Lat. the Needle varying 5 0 30' N. W. The 
25 th we weathered the Illes of Gomifpola and Follow ay; 
which fence in this Road on the North Side. In this Sea- 
fon the Trade-Winds blow S. W. with which I endea- 
voured to double the Cape of Achen , in order to reach 
Ticow , (leering our Courfe W. N. W. but the Tides (fill 
bringing me right before the Wind, 1 was obliged to fteer 
direblly for Pulo Lancahuy , though the Calms were lb 
great that I could not make it till the Seventh of Auguft 4 
whereas it is commonly but four Days Sail with that Tradp- 
Wind. 
The next Day after my Arrival, the Pangoulow, of 
Governor of the Hand, came on Board, and told me that 
he would not fuffer me to trade with the Inhabitants 
without a Licence from the King of Fpiedc, which, he 
doubted not, but I might have, efpecially if I affifted him 
with fome Artillery. On the 12th the Governor, accom- 
panied with two of my Men, (in lieu of whom he had 
left me his own Son, with one of the principal Men of the 
Kland, for Hoftages) went in Perfon to acquaint the King 
with my Arrival. At that Time the King of Ehteda had 
retired from Queda to Per leys, about three Days Journey 
farther into the Country, for fear of the King of Achen t 
Army. The 20th I received a Letter from Sieur a* Efpine, 
(one of our Company that went along with the Governor) 
acquainting me, that heunderftcod the King of neda had 
but little Pepper, and that this Ifland had not much. To 
my infinite Regret I found this Intelligence too true ; fob 
I found that we came too late for the laft Year’s Peppery 
and too early for that of this Year’s, which is not gathered 
till December. September the 2d Sieur d* Efpine fent me 
Word that he could not come to fpeak to the King, who 
had retired into the Woods, under the Apprehenfion that 
we were employed by the King of Achen to do him an In- 
jury •, but, in the mean time, he had ordered all the Pep- 
per that could be had to be gathered in, in order to buy 
lbme Cannon of me, if I would fell them. 
Upon this Advice I fent pofitive Orders to Sieur dl Ef- 
pine to inform himfelf particularly of what Quantity of 
Pepper might be expedted in that Place ; and if it was Un- 
der a hundred Bahars, to return immediately, without 
troubling himfelf about it ; or, if it was above that Num- 
ber, to follicit the King to fend a Commiffioner with full 
Power to treat with me, and that without any Delay 
The 9th Sieur d* Efpine returned in Perfon, and reported 
that the King had but very little Pepper in ^ueda, but had 
a mighty Mind for my Cannon, offering, if I wou ld (lav 
till December (which is the Seafon for gathering the Pep- 
per) to give me twice as milch Pepper for my Cannon as* l 
had afked; and farther, to furnifh me with a thouiand 
Bahars more if I had Occafion for them ; and if I had a 
Mind to eftablifh a Fadtory there, to fiirnifh it every Year 
with 2000 Bahars, and exclude all ether Nations f rcin 
trading in his Territories. The King fent me a Letter 
impowering me to trade freely with the Natives, and de- 
firing two of my Cannon for thirty Bahars of Pepper 
which he faid was all he had. In the mean time they had 
detained my Purfer at Perleys , about feven or eight. Leagues 
from, this Ifland, thinking I would come and lie off of 
that Place to eftablifh a Factory in the fame : But I un- 
derftood that the Channel between this Hand and that at 
Perleys was embarraffed with Shelves and Flats •, and at 
the fame time, obferved that my Ship did not anfwer the 
Helm as it ufed to do ; upon which I refolved rather to 
