relieue the towne
of Ballaboam, and the Riuer was nothing worth to lade water, wherevpon our
men came on borde againe: Their Generall thought to haue gotten some great
pray out of our shippes.

The 27. of Ianuarie we set sayle to finde a conuenient place to refresh vs
with water and other prouision, for wee were informed by a man of Bengala,
that of his owne will sayled with vs, and that had beene in Bally, that
there wee should finde water and other thinges to serue our necessities, so
that by night wee ankered vnder a high pointe of lande on the South West
ende of Bally.

The 28. of Ianuarie one of their boates borded vs with sixe or seuen men,
saying that their King was desirious to deale with vs for such wares as hee
had, and sent to know from whence we came, and we said wee came out of
Holland.

The 29. and 30. there came more men aborde our shippes, but as wee
suspected that was not the right hauen, for the people came rowing in great
haste a far off, and the man of Bengala could not tell what to say, but the
King was thereabout, and euery day sent vs some fruit.

The first of February wee had two hogges brought aborde our shippes, that
wee bought for two Ryalles of eyght, and we eate them very sauerly.

The 2. of Februarie, we set saile that wee might get aboue the point, where
wee thought to finde a better place for freshe water, but by reason the
winde was contrary, wee could not doe it, but were forced to anker againe.

The 3. of February we set saile againe, and then wee had a storme, so that
our saile blew euery way, and because of the contrarie winde we could not
reach aboue the point, but were constrained to anker, but the Mauritius and
the Pinace got past it, although thereby the Mauritius was in no little
daunger, but because the Pilot had laid a wager of 6. Rialles of 8. that
hee woulde get aboue it, hee would passe, what daunger soeuer it might be,
and sayled close along by the cliffes, whereby wee lay at anker without
companie.

The 4 and 5. we set saile once againe to get aboue the point but could not
reach it.

The 6. we had a letter from Rodenburgh, that certified vs how the Mauritius
lay at anker at the least 7. or 8. miles beyond the point, and he that
brought the letter came with it ouer land; and at the same time there was a
man sent on lande with a small present for the King, that we might winne
his fauour.

The 7. our man came on borde againe, and brought vs newes how Rodenburgh
w