orced the middle part of the
ship, wherein was two entries, but our men standing at them with their
swordes in hand draue them out, not ceasing still to thrust vp with their
pikes, meane time they kindled fier, lighted their matches, and shot off
their stone peeces that lay aboue the hatches, wherwith they began
presently to flie, most of them leaping ouer bord, and swam to their two
boates, that lay harde by our shippes, whereof one with a great peece was
presently stricken in peece: The rest of our shipps hearing vs shoote in
that manner, entered into their boats, and made towardes them, rowing harde
to the three Indian fustes, wherein were at the least 100. men, and shotte
among them with their peeces, wherewith they leapt into the water, euery
man swimming to shore, and we with two boates after them, hewing and
killing them as our deadly enemies, who vnder pretence of friendshippe
sought to murther vs, and wee handled them in such sort, that of two
hundred men there got not aboue thirty of them to lande, the rest of their
fustes lay farre off and beheld the fight: Three of their fustes thought to
rowe to the Pinnace to take her, which they might easily haue done, as
hauing not aboue 7. or 8. men in her, being busie to set vp a newe maste,
but when they perceyued their men to bee so handeled in the Amsterdam, and
that they leapt ouer horde, they turned backe againe, and in great haste
rowed to land, so that at that time they got not much by the bargaine, and
no small griefe to vs, for there wee lost 12. men, that were all stabbed
with poinyards, [Sidenote: The names of the men that were stabbed.] their
names were Iohn Iacobson Schellenger, maister of the ship, Reymer Van Hel
Factor, Gielis Gieleson Gentleman, Barent Bonteboter, Arent Cornedrager,
Cornelis van Alcmuer, Simon Ianson, Wiltschut Ioos the Carpenter, Adrian de
Metselar, one of the Portingalles slaues, and two boyes, whereof one was
but twelue yeares olde, whereby wee perceyued them to be a kinde of cruell
people, for they had giuen the little boy and all the rest of our men at
the least 12 stabbes a peece after they were dead.

The same day about euening we hoysed ankers, and set saile, hauing manned
the Amsterdam with men out of our other shippes, and so helde our course
Eastward.

The 6. of December we came to a great Island called Madura, where we
ankered, and in the evening two of their men came aborde our shippes, with
message from their Gouernour, sa