aaijatbefeUm gjntBta l2^<nrcl)Df eti bemgtljere* i$i 
mifec bnto bun: 8no fa be fet faple from Co- 
chiihin the month ofBanuarp, Anno 13*87. 
bisfpilot being the fame mantbaf caff tbc 
&aint Iagoatoap bpon tbe flats of Indiana 
ft is fate before. 
£Dbe Apps at tbat time being reacp to fet 
faple,one fome foure 0 ; fiuc capes after tbe 0 * 
tber,as tbep lucre lacen,becaufe tbep obferue 
a certatne ozeer tbcrctn,tbe better to tegtffer 
at tbeir toares anc merebancifes, it fo fel out, 
$ all tbe other Apps being oifpatcbeo,tbe Ar- 
relikias onip toas tbe laff tbat iacec: tobicb 
bauing taken in ber inbole lacing, tbe 3Dffi* 
cers anc fome of tbe factors being bribec, 
fufferec fome of tbe ballaft to be taken out, $ 
in place thereof Iacec Cinamon, becaufeat 
tbat time Ctnamon toas rifen in Portingall, 
anc at a berp bfgb price, anc therefore tbe of¬ 
ficers anc factors bp giftes aforefatb fuffc* 
rec if to be laccn iri tbat maner, as bauing no 
otber place to lace it in. $oti mutt bnberftao 
tbat toben tbe timecommetb to fetfaile, tbe 
ffpps iping at anker about a mile toitbin tbe 
fea,tobere tbep receiuec tbeir IaCing,(tbe rea* 
fontobptbepliefofarre, is becaufe it isfum* 
mer time, anc tbere tbe fea is as calme anc 
ttill,as if it tnere toitbin tbe lane.) 3 trumpet 
fsfounoec throughout all the totone of Co- 
chiin to call them all on bore, toberetottb all 
tbat toillfaile, Coe prefentlp come cotone ac* 
tompaniec tottb tbeir friences, tobicb in fmal 
boates eallec Cones anc piallcnges bring 
them abort), toitb great ftore of breae anc 
fucbkkc bictuals: fo that pou (ball manie 
times fee tbe tyippes bang rounc abofit toitb 
boats,at tbe leaft tbr® or foure buncrec,toitb 
fucb a notfe anC reiopcing,as it is tooncerfull 
to beare,anc fomtimes the ibips are fo lacen, 
that the Cables touch tbe toater, anc befices 
tbat tbe batches couereC toitb Ciuers cbefics, 
feauen or eight one aboue another,bauing rto 
otber place to fet them in,for $ Oncer tbe bat* 
tbes tbep are fo if ufiec, tbat there is not an 
cmpfte rcome: fo that toben tbep fet fatle,tbep 
knoto not inhere to begin, nor boto to rule 
tbe ibip,neptber can tbep toell for a month a t> 
ter tell boto to place all things in orctr, anc 
fo toasit toitb this Ajip, tobicb being thus 
preparec, the Viador da Fazenda , or tbe 
fringes officers came aborc, afking them if 
tbe fljippe toere reacie to fet faple anc Cepart, 
tbep fap it toas reacp, anc be bauing mace a 
proteffation or certificate tbercof,tbe officers 
fet to tbeir bancs,as fome fap, but others ce* 
nie it, $ prefentlp be commancec tbe to[to(nC 
bp tbeir cables,anC bopfe anker, as tbe man* 
neris,ancfolettbeir fades fall, toitb a great 
crie of Boa tsiopage, or Coc fenc them g®c 
fortune,anc a merrp taopage: all the boates 
being ft ill aborc, tobicb commonlp coc 
The 1 ,Booke« 
bang at ber at the leaff a mile, orbalfe 
a mile toitbin the fea,becaufe it is calme. 
Cbis App(tallec the Arrelikias) beginning 
in this manner to faple,among other coinage 
tbat fffflCbpon the batches, there toere m* 
tainebennes cages, from tobence certains 
bennes fleto out,tobereupon euerp man claf* 
mec them for bis otone: anc bpon a §>uncap, 
(as in fucb cafes it is commonlp fcenc) tbep 
ranneall on a beapebpon the oneficc:tober* 
bp tbe ibip being light of USalaff, anc lacen 
toitb manp ebeffes aboue tbe batches (as X 
feic before) it ftoatec fo much on tbe one fiCe, 
tbat bplittle anclittleit funeke cleane bneec 
tbe toater: fo tbat not aboue a bancfull of tbe 
maife conic be fane aboue the toater. 
people leapec into tbe boafs,tbat as pet toere 
banging about the ibip,tobicb toas groc for* 
tune for them, otbertotfe there bac not one efl 
capec aliue: but bp that meanes tbep lucre all 
fauec, the Aaucs onetepcepteC that toere 
bounc toitb iron ebaines anc conic not if fere, 
anc fo tbep toere CrotoneD- (5o^ knotoetb 
tobat riches toas loft in ber >for nothing toas 
fauec but fome feto ebeffes that ffcco aboue 
the batches, tobicb the puckers got bp, anc 
pet tbe gooes in them toas in a manner fpop* 
leo,an6 the reft btterlp loft: bp this it map be 
conficerec tobat manner tbe^ortmgalesbfe 
in lacing of tbeir ibips, anc that it is t#bce 
thought, that as manp ibipsasarccaft a* 
toap,tobcreof there hath bin bearc no nctoes 
or tpcinges, are onelploff bp meanes of euill 
orceranc gouernment 2Cbis being fo bn* 
luckilp fallen out, the Sparcbants bfec all tbe 
fpeco anc meanes tbepcoulc, bp toitneffes to 
maffeproteftation againff the Officers anc 
the factors of the pepper,that tbep might be 
punilbeo for taking out the Ballaft,but tbep 
kept tbemfelues out of the toap, anc bp pro* 
longing of time it toas forgotte, anc nothing 
cone therein: fo that the Sparcbanfs that bac 
receiuec all tbe Ioffe, toere glac to put it bp. 
Bin tbe fame monetb came nctoes out of 
Malacc^tbat it toas in great cangcr, $ that 
manp oiectbece for hunger, as alfo that tbe 
(hip that toentfrom Portingall tbetber,toas 
forcec to ftap tbere, becaufe tbepba& no bic* 
tuals to Oifpafcb it atoap: anc liketoife tbat 
tbe ffraigbtofSumarra toas kept bp tbe cue- 
tap, fo that tbere coulc no Ibippes paffetbat 
toapto China or Iapan. 2Tfiis toaSCOUCbp 
tbekinges of Sumatra , that is to fap, tbe 
hinges Of Achem anc lor Iping bp Malac¬ 
ca bpon tbe ifinne lane, tobicb rebellec a* 
gainff tbe pojtmgales in Malacca bppona 
certaineiniurieconebnto them bp the Cap* 
taine tbere.Cbefe netoes put Goa in a great 
alteration, for tbat tbeir principall traffique 
is to China, Malacca, anClapan,anO the 
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