st rule,
whereupon he desired our assistance, to which we readily condescended,
and arming out twelve of us went on Shore, rather as to a surprize
than fight, for what could nakedness do to encounter with Arms. Being
conducted by him to the force of our Enemy, we first entered into
parley, seeking to gain them rather by fair means then force, but that
not prevailing, we were necesitated to use violence, for this Henry
Phill being of an undaunted resolution, and having armed his fellows
with Clubs and Stones, they sent such a Peal amongst us, as made us at
the first to give back, which encouraged them to follow us on with great
violence, but we discharging off three or four Guns, when they saw some
of themselves wounded, and heard the terrible reports which they gave,
they ran away with greater speed then they came. The Band of the Trevors
who were joyned with us, hotly pursued them, and having taken their
Captain, returned with great triumph to their Governour, who fitting in
Judgment upon him, he was adjudged to death, and thrown off a steep Rock
into the Sea, the only way they have of punishing any by death, except
burning.

And now at last we took our solemn leaves of the Governour, and departed
from thence, having been there in all, the space of three weeks and two
dayes, we took with us good store of the flesh of a Beast which they
call there Reval, being {{27 }} in taste different either from Beef
or Swines-flesh, yet very delightful to the Pallate, and exceeding
nutrimental. We took also with us alive, [82]divers Fowls which they
call Marde, about the bigness of a Pullet, and not different in taste,
they are very swift of flight, and yet so fearless of danger, that they
will stand still till such time as you catch them: We had also sent us
in by the Governour about two bushels of eggs, which as I conjecture
were the Mards eggs, very lusious in taste, and strenthening to the
body.

June 8. We had a sight of Cambaia, a part of the East Indies, but; under
the Government of the great Cham of Tartary here our Vessel springing a
leak, we were forced to put to Chore, receiving much dammage in some
of our Commodities; we were forced to ply the Pump for eighteen hours
together, which, had that miscarried, we had inevitably have perished;
here we stai'd five dayes mending our Ship, and drying some of our
Goodss and then hoisting Sail, in four days time more we came to
Calecute.

This Calecute is the chief Mart Town and