ying that we were welcome, desiring vs to
stay there, for he would trafficke with vs, and sell vs some Pepper, as
they saide, but wee belieued them not.

The 7. of December there came another boat abord, bringing certaine
fruites, saying that the next day their Gouernour would come to see our
shippes.

The 8. there came a great fuste and three smal boats, from off the land all
full of men, saying their Gouernour was among them: we willed them not to
goe to the Amsterdam, but to the Mauritius, but they woulde not, but made
to the Amsterdam, thinking because there had beene so many murthered in
her, there was not many men aborde her at that time, and when they were
within a pykes length of her, (although they were directed to the other
shippes) they remembering their late mischance, shotte off three or foure
stone Peeces full laden, wherewith they slew and hurt many of the Indians,
wherevpon they presently leapt ouer board, and wee with our boates,
followed after and slew diuers of them, taking ten or twelue, thinking by
them to know what their intent was to doe, but they could not certifie vs,
and therefore we let them go againe onely keeping two boyes, who long after
stole out of the shippe, and swamme to lande: They tolde vs that the
Gouernour being a Bishoppe or chiefe instructor of the countrey, was within
the boate and slaine among the rest, hee had therein likewise a little boy
one of his sonnes who wee likewise tooke, and sent to lande: The Bishoppe
was of Meca, and much esteemed of among them, a great Clearke, and
Gouernour ouer all the rest of the Countrey: There was a Iewell found about
him, which as yet is kept.

About euening we hoysed ankers, and set sayle, and the 11. of December we
came to two small Islands, where wee ankered, there wee founde none but
poore people and fishermen, that brought vs fish, Hens, and other fruit to
sell.

[Sidenote: How farre they were from Moluccas.] The 13. wee set sayle, and
the 14. wee had a West winde, which they call the passage winde, that would
haue serued vs well to saile to Moluccas, from whence wee were not distant
aboue two hundred miles, and as then it was a good yeare for Cloues, which
happeneth euery three yeares: It was told vs that we might there haue a
Cabbin laden full of Cloues, wherevpon we determined to sayle thither, but
because wee had already indured a long and troublesome voyage, and but ill
manned, we woulde not, longing to bee at home: This contrar