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Juice of Java. This Ifle produces abundance of Sandal- 
trees, which are of the Bignefs of our Walnut-trees, their 
Fruit refembling our Black-cherries, but is infipid ; but 
the white and yellow Sandal, which are much preferred be- 
fore the red, grow in the Ifl.es of Timor , and Solor of 
this the Indians make a Decoftion wherewith they rub 
their Bodies, looking upon it as a great Reftorative. Gin- 
ger they have alfo in abundance here, which they eat, ei- 
ther green, or preferved, but never dried. Anacardium is 
ufed by the Javanefe as an approved Remedy againft the 
Afthma and Worms*, they boil it in Milk, or pickle it 
like Olives. The "Wood called Bala de Cuebra by the 
Portugneze , of a pale yellow Colour, is ufed by the Indi- 
ans in Wine and Water, againft Fevers and Stings of 
Serpents. 
That by the Indians called CaJamba, and by us Lignum 
Aloes, grows not only in Java, but alfo in Malacca , Su- 
matra , Cambaya , and other Places. It is not unlike to, 
but fo'rnewhat bigger than an Olive-tree, and whilft green, 
lias no Scent *, but as foon as it dries, its Scent is perceived. 
Its Goodnefs is known by its Weight and Colour, which 
muft be brown, from whence iffues an Oil, if held to the 
Fire ; the wild Calamba is ufed chiefly in Funerals, for the 
burning of the dead Corps of the Indian Prieftsand Princes. 
Abundance of Lacque is fold at Bantam *, but the choiceft 
comes from Pegu. There certain winged Ants fuck the 
Gum of the Trees, which they afterwards caft upon the 
Boughs, as the Bees do the Honey and Wax 5 thefe are cut 
off, and fet in the Sun to dry till the Lacque falls off, to 
which they give what Colour they pkafe, and is ufed in Seal- 
ing-wax, and Lacque Works of Chinaand Japan. The other 
Drugs of Java are Pody, which they ufe againft Winds 
and Rheums. Flcrs, a Root they dye their Calicoes with. 
Canjuapi is another Root with which they rub their Bodies. 
Samparantam is another Root ftronger than Ginger, but 
bitter. Pantibu is accounted a fovereign Remedy againft 
Fevers, and upon that. Score fold at a dear rate. Goto- 
gamber is a Fruit refembling Olives, good againft the 
Tooth- ach. Ganti is altogether like Ginger, but much 
dearer *, they ufe it to rub their Bodies with. Safam is the 
Name they give Muftard-feed. Doringi is given to the 
Children as foon as they are born. The Root Gallam, grow- 
ing in watery Places, is a great Cooler. The Fruit Tianco 
is taken at all Times whenever they find thpmfelves indif- 
pofed. Maidian, Maya, and Coroffani, are ufed in their 
Liquors, as having an intoxicating Quality. Spodium is 
the Allies of a Tree, wherewith they rub their Bodies. 
They do the fame likewife with the Flower called Sary, and 
the Roots of Targary, Surahan, and Sedowaya, are appro- 
priated to the fame Ufe. Sambaya is a Fruit of the Bignefs 
of an Acorn, which being accounted a moft fovereign Re- 
medy againft Poifon, and efpecially that of venomous Beafts, 
is fold at a very high Price. Jalava is of the fame Ufe as 
Sambaya. The Herb Paravas is cooling, but Scarce and 
dear. Tomonpute is a Root ufed againft the Inflammations 
of the Spleen. The Conduri are poifonous Berries, but are 
ufed to weigh Gold and Silver. 
The Javanefe being exafperated by the ill LTfage they 
often received from the Portugneze , would not for a long 
time permit any Strangers to have any Settlements there, 
till at laft the FI opes of Gain engaged the Kings of Ban- 
tam and Jacatra to let the EngUJh and Dutch fet up their 
Factories there under certain Conditions ; which being but 
ill obferved by the Indians , the Dutch took this Opportunity 
of fortifying their Settlements at Jacatra , and that with fo 
much Expedition, that the Indians , finding themfelves not 
in a Condition to force them thence, engaged with the 
EngUJh to affift them in the Expulfion of thefe bold Stran- 
gers. In the firft Sea Engagement, January the 2d, 3619, 
near Bantam , the Dutch had the world j upon which the 
King of Jacatra , in Conjunction with the EngUJh , befieged 
and attacked their Forts for fix Months, till the Dutch Fleet 
being reinforced, obliged the EngUJh to. quit both the Fort 
and the Straights of Sunda , and landing their Men, took 
the City of Jacatra by Storm, and put all to the Sword : 
The next thing they had to do was to compleat their For- 
tifications, which they did fo effectually, that in a little 
Time they made them very regular, with four Baftions of 
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Free-ftone well intrenched and pallifadoed, and defended 
by a proportionable Number of Half-moons, Redoubts, &c° 
The King of Matram laid Siege to it twice fince, viz. 
in 1628 and 1629, but was forced to raife it as often , fince 
which Time the Dutch remain in the quiet Poffeffion of 
their Traffick here with the Chinefe , Japanefe , and Sia- 
mefe , and other neighbouring Nations, and receive Ten per' 
Cent. Cuftom upon all Commodities imported or exported, 
each Stranger inhabiting in the City of Batavia beiiyg' 
obliged to pay a certain Monthly Tax proportionable to 
what Profits they make, which is very great, and confe- 
quently the Tax not in the leaft burthenfome ; for a Porter, 
who perhaps gets two Rials a Day, does not pay above one 
and a half in the Month. The City of Batavia being for 
its convenient Situation in a Bay, which is fheltered by 
many Iflands from the Violence of the Winds, one of the 
beft Roads in all the Indies , and the chief Place of Com- 
merce belonging to the Dutch in thofe Parts. 
To the North-Weft from Java, betwixt that and the 
Ifle of Borneo , lies the Ifland of Madura, fubject to its own 
Prince, whofe Re fide nee is in the City of Araffabaya as 
by reafon of its Barrennefs, it is a Place of no Trade, they 
live upon Piracy, efpecially upon the Coaft of Pegu. The 
Ifle of Baly lying to the Eaft of Java, has not above twelve 
Leagues in Circuit ; but to the South jets out a Cape a 
great way into the Sea. The King refides in the City, 
bearing the fame Name with the Ifle ; the Inhabitants are 
Pagans , and fo fuperftitious, that they worfhip the tint 
thing they meet with in the Morning •, they are very black, 
with curled Flair, but wear no Beards, any more than the 
reft of the Iflanders in thofe Parts, and wear the fame Gar- 
ments ; for their Women, who have an Averfion to Beards, 
oblige them to pull out the Hair by the Roots. They have 
each feveral Wives, whence this Ifle is fo populous, that 
above fix hundred thoufand living Souls are accounted within 
its Compafs, though abundance of Slaves are fold from 
thence every Year. 
They live for the moft part upon Husbandry and Weav- 
ing, becaufe they abound both in Cotton and Rice, but 
allow none to be tranfported ; they are alfo Sufficiently pro- 
vided with Oxen, Buffaloes, Goats and Hogs, and fome 
Horfes, but very fmaii ones. They have whole Forefts of 
Oranges, Lemons, and Citron Trees, which furnifh them 
with vaft Stores of Pheafanfs, Partridges, Peacocks and 
Turtles, as their Marfhes do with Ducks, and other wild 
Fowl. It produces no other Spice but Ginger *, but they 
have feveral other Drugs, and a certain Fruit growing in a 
Shell like a Chefnut, white, and of a delicious Tafte ; and 
is befides this an approved Remedy againft the Scurvy. 
Ail along the Coaft the Seas furnifh them with incredible 
Plenty of Fifh, which, next to Rice, is their main Subfift- 
ance. They have but little Commerce with Strangers, 
except that they fend now and then fome of their Calicoes 
in fmall Veffels to the Ifle of Java. In this Road moft 
Ships bound for the Moluccas take in frefli Water and Pro- 
vifions, which are to be bought here at a very low rate. 
They have Iron, Copper, and Gold Mines ; but the laft are 
not broke up or wrought, for fear the Fame of their Riches 
fhould draw thither fome Foreign Nation or other that would 
without Queftion reap the Fruits of their Labour. Their 
King, whofe Title is Quillor , i. e. Pligh-Conftable, is in great 
Veneration among his Subjects, and governs his Domini- 
ons by certain Governors appointed for each Province. 
They perfift very obftinately in Paganifm, as alfo in that 
diabolical Cuftom of Women burning themfelves with their 
Hufbands. 
The Ifle of Borneo lies farther North than Java, one of 
the largeft in thofe Seas, extending fix Degrees to the North, 
though its greatefl; Part lies on this Side of the Equinoctial 
Line. Some make it four hundred Leagues in Compafs ; 
but the Dutch with more probability affign it no more than 
two hundred and fifty Leagues in Circumference; its chief 
Places are Borneo , Succidava , Lama, Sambas, and Bang - 
hemijfm. The City of Borneo is like Venice, built upon 
divers fmall Iflands, interfered with Channels, there being 
no Paffage there but by Boats, according to the Account 
the Dutch have given of it ; it contains about two thoufand 
Hbufes. This Ifle produces the beft Camphire, as alfo 
Gold, 
