172, flDnfje^lanB^atnt Helena, 
bane caff atoap: but bp reafon ofthe great 
bepth,betng,i o.fabomes toater,aitb toith the 
help of the Boats,anti men off the other Ibips 
that came bnto bs,toe put off from the lane, 
toithout anp hurt, anb bp thofe Boatcs toee 
lucre b?ought to a place tuber ttje other ffjtps 
lap at $nker, tohich is right againff a ballep, 
that Ipeth bettoanc ttoo high htllcs, tohere# 
In there ffanbeth a little Church calico &>ainf 
Helena. gDhere toe founo Sue ff)tppes,tohicb 
toere,the Chip thatcame from Malacca ,anb 
the Mary that hao bane there about i / ♦ 
bates,tohich came both together to the Cape 
deBona Speranza,the *3>. Anthonie, anO 
the S>. Chriftopher being 0 Omtral,that bao 
arrlueO there / o. bales before, anb the Con# 
ception, tutjlch came thether but the bap be* 
fo?e bs/o that ther toanteb none of the Jflot 
but the & * Thomas , anb bp the ffgnes anb 
tokens,that toe anb the other ffjips hao fane 
at £>ea,toe pjeftuneb It to be loff,as after toe 
bnberftrabe (fo? it toas neuer fane after) fo? 
the other ffjippes hab fane gaffes, Beales, 
jfattes, Cheffes, $ manp beab men that hab 
bounb themfelues bpon boarbs, toith a thou# 
fanb other fuel) like figns. £Dnr 0bmiral like# 
tolfe hab bane In great banger of caff Inga# 
toap: fo? although It toas a neto Ibtp, $ this 
the firff tEiage It hab mabe, pet It toas fo ea# 
ten toith HKj(p?mes,that It hab at the leaff 2 o 
hanbfuls bape of toater tolthm it, anb at the 
Cape toas fo?ceb to ttooto halfe the grabs o* 
uer bo?b, Into tbc£>ea,anb toere conffraineo 
contlnuallp topimpe toith ttoo pumpes, 
both night anb bap, anb neuer bolbe ftllU anb 
being before tbeSlanb of £>,Hclena,baD ther 
alfo funke to the grounb,if the other fhlps hab 
not holpen hcrXhe reff of the fyippes coulee 
liketoife tell tohat bangers anb mlferles thep 
ihab m&urcb.0bout th?ee sponfbes before our 
arriuall at Helen adhere hab bane a ft)ip 
tohich the pere before fet out ofOrmus,toith 
the grabs $ men t hat remaineb In the £>. Sal- 
uador,that hab bane faueb bp the potflngal 
armle^bponthecoaffofAbex, anb brought 
bnto Ormus,as In an other place 31 baue be- 
clareb. *Chat fhlp hab tolntereb In Mofam* 
hi qu e ,anb hab paffeb berie frane bp theCape, 
9 fo fapleb toiftjcut anp companie Onto po?# 
tingall, hailing left fome of her ficke 'men 
hi the 3 lanbj,(as fhemaneris)tohtch thenert 
ihtps that came thether muff take into them. 
Ctjefe gaue bs intelligence, that about foure 
montfacs before our arrinak, there hab bane 
an Cngllffj fhtp at the Bllanb of §>afnf fJd e# 
na, tohich hab fapleb through the Straights 
of j/agellanaes,anb through thefouth Teas, 
$ from thence to theBllanbs of Phillippinas, 
anb hab paffeb through the^tratghts of Sun# 
da, that Ipeth beponb Malacca, bettoane 
The 1.2?ooke« 
the 3 lanbs of Sumatra anb Iauaffntbc tohffh 
toap the hab taken a ffjippe of China (fuel) 
as thep call /unckos) laben toith ^tluer anb 
< 25 olbe, anb all kinb of Rilkes, anb that fljee 
fent a letter toith a fmali pjefent to the Biff)# 
op of Malacca , telling him, *hat ff)ee Cent 
him that Sffrtenbffjtft meaning to come her 
felfe anb bifite him. £)ut of that Ship of chi# 
na, thep tcoHc a poffingatl pilot, « fo paffeb 
the Cape detfona Speranza,anb came to the 
Bllanb of §>aint Helena , tohere thep trake in 
freff) toater anb other nereffartes, anb beats 
botone the alter anb the Croffe that ffrabe in 
the Church,anb left behinb them a Setle ana 
a &>too?b, tohich the pojtingales at onr ar# 
riual founb there,pet coulb thep not concerns 
0? thinke tohat that might meane. £>ome 
thought it toas left there fo? a figne to fome 
other ibips of his companie, but euerie man 
map thinke tohat he toill thereofjn the fhip 
of Malacca came fo? jfacto? of the pepper, 
one Gerrit van Af huyfen , bO?ne in Ant- 
warpe, anb btoelling in Lisbone , toho hab 
fapleb in the fame ihip from Lisbone about 
ttoo peares befo?e,fo? that thep ffatcb in Ma¬ 
lacca at the leaff fourtane $g)enthes,bprea« 
fon of the toarres anb troubles that toere in 
that countrie, bntill Malacca toas relicueb, 
as 3 faibe befo?e: tohcrebp thep hab paffeb 
great miferie, anb bane at great charges. 
8nbbecaufettisa berp bntoholefome conn# 
trie,together toith p conffraint of Iping there 
fo long, of 200, men, that at the firff fapleb 
from Lisbone in the fhip 7 there toere but 18. 
0? 2 o. left aliue, [anb all the reft bpeb, fo that 
thep toere enfo?ccb to fake in other bnfkilfull 
men in Malacca, fo bjing the fhippe home* 
ChisGerraf d van Afhuyfen,being of mine 
acquaintance anb mp grab frienb, befo?emp 
beparfureout ofpoitingall fo? India, mar- 
tielleb anb iopeb much to finb me there, little 
thinking that toe ihouib mate in fo ft range a 
place, anb there toe bifeourfeb of our trauels 
paff. Hnb of him amongbiuers other things, 
Bllearnebmanp true inffructions astoellof 
Malacca, as of the countries anb Bllanbs 
Iping about it, both fo? their manner of bea* 
ling in trabe of sparchanbife, as in other me# 
movable things. 315 p the pictures follotoing, 
pou map fa the true befrdptton of the 3ilanb 
of S?aint Helena, anb of the th?a Obes ther# 
of, as toe paffeb bp it,anb as toefapleb about 
it to the roab, as alfo of the ilanb of Atccw 
tion.'Che beferipfion of tohich ttoo plants 
pou map here perceiue anb learne 9 as 31 mp 
felfe coulb marke the fame. 
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