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home again, withal giving. Notice to the King, that he 
was ready to make an Exchange of Prifoners with him 3 
but the King would not fo much as hearken to any fuch 
Proportion, returning for Anfwer, that though the Dutch 
had three Times as many of his Subjects, he would not fo 
much as releafe one of the Dutch •, fo that the poor Dutch 
were kept Slaves in Java , and the Javanefe died mifera- 
ble in Batavia . As to the Javanefe , they are good Sol- 
diers ; and, it is reported, that while Batavia was befieged 
by the King of Bantam in the Year 1659, a Dutch Sol- 
dier lying in Ambufcade in a March, a Javanefe , little 
dreaming that any Body had been there, came to this fame 
Place to difcover the Enemy, and was by the Dutchman 
thruft with his Pike into the Body 5 Upon which the Ja- 
vanefe finding himfelf wounded, did not drive to pull the 
Pike out of the Body, but thruft himfelf farther upon it, 
to the End he might come at his Enemy, whom he dabbed 
to the Heart as-foon as he came within his Reach. 
1 3, Whild I flayed at Batavia , my Brother died, and it 
was pretty to confider what the Dutch made me pay for his 
Funeral. The firft Expence is for the Fees of thofe that beg 
Leave for the Corps to be buried, of whom the more there 
are, the more honourable the Funeral is edeemed ; I fent 
fix, and, to my Wonder, paid for that feventy-two Crowns. 
The Fee for the Poor is a Right belonging to the Poor, for 
which I paid two Crowns. There was a Veffel of Spa- 
nijh Wine drank out that cod me two hundred Piafters : 
I gave twenty-fix more for three Weftphalia Hams and 
Neats-tongues, and twenty-two for baked Meats ; to the 
Bearers, I gave twenty Crowns and fixteen for a Place in 
the Church- Yard, for they afked me an hundred to bury 
him in the Church. And all thefe are Fees demanded ; 
fo that my Brother’s Funeral cod me twelve hundred and 
twenty-three Livres of French Money. Being thus put by 
the two Voyages which I intended to Japara , and Suma- 
tra, I was advifed to lay out my Money in Reckonings, or 
Debentures, of the Servants of the Dutch Company, which 
they that have no Mind to return into their own Country, 
as being fettled in the Indies ± will fell at an.eafy Rate, in- 
fomuch that for fixty or feventy, you may buy an hundred 
Piaders, the A£t and Acquittance of the Seller being made 
and registered by the publick Notary. 
Thereupon! bought of one of the publick Notaries, who 
had Bills in his Hands to the Value of about eleven hun- 
dred Guilders, at fourfcore and two for the hundred. Al- 
ter that I bought, by means of the Advocate of the Treafu- 
ry, fix thoufand Guilders more at feventy-nine for the hun- 
dred. But fome few Days after, meeting with the fame 
Advocate again, he palfed a Compliment upon me, and 
told me he was very much troubled for thofe that had 
bought Debentures, in regard that the General and the 
Council had commanded him to recal all Debentures 
that had been fold ; for they had considered how fad a 
Thing it would be for the poor Men to lofe fo much of 
their Salaries ; I anfwered him, that, for my Part, I was 
willing to return mine, provided I might have my Mo- 
ney again. 
About fix or feven Hours after, I was fent for by the 
General and the Council when I came there they afked 
me why I had not returned my Debentures which I had 
to the Advocate, who had demanded them by their Or- 
der ? I anfwered them, that they were at Bantam , whither 
I had -fent them in order to my PalTage home, in re- 
gard that the Englifh Preiident had offered me [a Conveni- 
ence to go along with him. The Council anfwered me, 
that the Dutch Ships were as good as the Englifh, and 
very certainly affured me, that they would give Orders for 
a Cabin to myfelf in the Vice-Admiral but withal told 
me, I mult deliver up my Debentures before I ftirred, af- 
furing me they would give me a Bill to be reimburfed my 
Money \a Holland. I thought it very hard, not knowing 
how to troll them, but feeing the Merchants, Comman- 
ders, and all other Perfons, clapp’d up, and their Papers ta- 
ken from them by Force that; had bought Debentures, I 
thought it* the bell Way to deliver mine, and ftand to 
their Courtefy. I often preffed the General and the Coun- 
cil for my Bill , but, after many Days, the General afcer- 
tained me, that my Bill fhould be in Holland as foon as I. 
Thereupon defiring the. Vice-Admiral, and fome others, to 
be my Witnefi.es of what the General promifed, I took 
my Leave of him, very much repenting my going to 
Batavia. 
14. The next Day I went on board the Vice-Admiral 3 
and, the third Day after, we fet faifi and as foon as we 
were out of the Streights, we difcovered the Hand of the 
Prince , from thence, being in the Altitude of the Cocoa 
Ifiands, we beat about two Days to difcover therm but 
all to no Purpofe ; thereupon we made direddy for the 
Cape of Good-Hope. The forty-fifth Day after we depart- 
ed from Batavia , our Vice-Admiral neglected to put out 
his Lights, believing all the Fleet had been before at the 
Cape ; fo that it happened one of the Fleet being behind* 
and not carrying any Lights out neither, it being a dark 
Night, fell foul upon us, which put every Man to his 
Prayers, all the People believing the Veifel had been loft 3 
and indeed had fhe not been a found llanch Ship (as 
fhe was efteemed to be) fiie could never have endured 
fo terrible a Shock. At length we cleared ourfelves by cut- 
ting off the Yard of the Maeftricht that hung in our Cor- 
dage. The fifty-fifth Day we came within Sight of the Cape 
of Good-Hope, but wore forced to keep the Sea, becaufe the 
Waves rolled fo that we were not able to come to an An - 
chor ; not that the W ind was extream high, but becaufe 
the South-wind, which had blown, had forced the Water 
to that Part ; when the Sea grew calm we came to an 
Anchor. 
But of all the People that ever I faw in all my Travels, 
I never met with any fo hideous, nor fo brutiih, as the Co- 
moucks , of which I have fpokert in my P erf an Travels, 
and thofe of the Cape of , Good- Hope, whom they call 
C-afres, or Hotentots. When they fpeak, they make a 
Noife with their. Tongues like the Breaking of W ind back- 
wards •, and though they hardly fpeak articulately, yet they 
eafily underftand one another. They cover themfelves 
with the Skins of wild Bealls, which they kill in the 
Woods in the Winter, gearing the hairy Part innprmoft, 
and in the Summer outermoft : But there are none but the 
belt fort among them who are thus clad ; the reft wear 
nothing but a nafty Rag about their Privy-parts. The 
Men and the Women are lean and fhort, and when they 
bring forth a male Child, their Mothers cut out the 
Right-ftone, and prefently give him Water to drink, and 
Tobacco to eat. They cut out the Right-tefticle, becaufe, 
they fay, it makes them fwifter to run. There are fome 
of them that will catch a Roe-buck running. They nei- 
ther know what belongs to Gold nor Silver 3 and, for Re- 
ligion, they have none among them. 
15. So foon as we call Anchor, four Women came on 
board of us, and brought four young Oftriches, which were 
boiled fop fome fick People we had aboard us •, after that 
they brought great Store of Tortoife-fhells, and Oftriches- 
Eggs, and other Eggs as big as Goofe-Eggs, which, tho 3 
they had no Yolk, tailed very well. The Birds that lay 
thefe Eggs are a fort of Geefe, and fo fat that they are 
hardly to be eaten, tailing rather like Fifh than Flelh. 
The Women feeing our Cook throw away the Guts of 
two or three Fowls, which he was drefling, took them 
up, and, fqueezing out the Ordure, eat them as they were, 
being highly pleafed with the Aqua Vitae which the 
Captain gave them. Neither Men nor Women are 
alhamed to Ihew their Naked nefs ; for, indeed, they 
are but a fort of two-iegg’d Bealls. 
So foon as a Ship arrives, they bring their Beevers to 
the Shore, with what other Commodities they hava, to 
barter for Strong-water, and Tobacco, Cryftal, or Agar* 
Beads, or any fort of old Iron- work. If they are not fa- 
tisfied with what you offer them, away they fly, and then 
giving a Whittle, all their Cattle follow them ; nor lhall 
you ever fee them again. Some, when they faw them fly 
would Ihoot and kill their Cattle •, but, after that, for ma- 
ny Years, they would not bring any more. It’s a very great 
Convenience for the Veffels that touch there, to take in 
frefh Victuals, and the Dutch did well to build a Fort 
there. It is now a good handfome Town, inhabited by all 
forts of People that live with the Dutch ; and all forts of 
Grain which are brought out of Europe , or Afia , and lowed 
there, come to greater Perfection- than in other Parts. The 
Country lies in 35 0 and fome few Minutes over y fo that 
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