ght willing vs to
looke vnto our selues, and not to trust the Emperour, with whom all the
Marchantes conspired, and went to inuade our ships, and that hee ment to
rob vs, being very licentious and euill minded.

[Sidenote: The Emperour ment to fall vpon the ships to rob them.] The 8. of
Iuly the Emperour sent vnto our ships, and offered to make them a banket,
bidding all the Captaines, maisters, Pilots, Gentlemen, Officers, Trumpets,
and Gunners to come into the towne to him, and there he woulde make merrie
with them: This was done by the Portingalles aduise, thereby to haue all
the chiefe and principall men out of our ships, but we perceiued their
intent.

The 11. of Iuly the Emperour perceyuing that his deuise would not take
place; hee went from Bantam to Iacatra.

The 12. of Iuly wee had a house offered vs within the towne.

The 13. of the same month Reyner van Hel with eyght Gentlemen went into the
towne, taking certaine wares with him, of euery thing a little, and laid it
in the house appointed for the purpose: there to keep a ware house and to
sel our marchandise, and presently both Gentlemen and Marchants came
thither to buy and to sell vs Pepper.

The 15. and 16. many Gentlemen, Marchants, Chinars, and Arabians came to
out warehouse and into our ships, offering vs Pepper, but our Factor
offered them to little a price.

The 25. of Iuly the Gouernour came againe aborde our shippes, and there
looked vppon certaine of our wares, whereof hee bought some, and counselled
vs to buy Pepper: [Sidenote: The hatred of the Portingalles against them.]
About the same time the Portingalles made great sute vnto the Gouernour,
promising him many giftes to deny vs traffike, and to constraine vs to
depart from thence, saying we were no marchantes, but that we came to spie
the countrie, for they said that they had seene many Fleminges in Lisbone,
but none like vs: Among the Portingalles there was one that was borne in
Malacca, of the Portingalles race, his name was Pedro Truide, a man well
seene in trauayling, and one that had beene in all places of the world: He
was our good friend, and euery day came to talke with our Captaines,
saying, you do not well that you make no more haste to take in your lading,
you shall haue no better cheape wares, and withall shewed vs many other
things: wherevpon the Portingalles hated him, and not long after he was
murthered in his bed.

In August we did little, and tooke no great store of ladi