ith one of the Portingalles slaues, being on lande were against their
willes led before the King, but the saylors of the Mauritius had gotten men
for pledges.

The 8. of Ianuarie, the same man went on land out of our shippe with more
presentes of veluet and a caliuer, the better to get the Kinges fauour,
which liked him well, and desired vs to bring the ship nearer to the towne,
saying he would send vs water, and other things sufficient to supply our
wants.

The 9. we sayled into the cheeke with our shippe, and ankered about a small
halfe mile from the land, and being ankered there came at the least 70.
boates of the Countrey to see our ship, and the King sent vs word that hee
was desirous to heare vs shoote off 5. or 6. of our great peeces, and the
King stoode vppon the shore to see them.

The 10. we had a letter from Cornelis Houtman, to wil vs to come to them,
for that there they had founde a good place for water, and all other
necessaries, so that about euening wee set sayle, leauing two of our men
and a Portingall slaue among the Indians, whome the King promised should
come vnto vs ouer land, yet that night wee could not reach aboue the point,
meane time we perceyued our Pinace that came to helpe vs.

The 16. we got by the Mauritius, that had already laden in her water, and
hooped her vessels, wherevpon we began presently to do the like, and to
visite our vessels that were almost spoyled.

The 17. our men whome wee left with the King came ouer land vnto our
shippes, and then we bought great store of cattle and fruit.

The 18. 19. 20. and 21. wee imployed our time to lade water, which wee had
verie easily, and refreshed our selues with Cattle, Hogges, fruit, and
Lemons sufficient. There came one of the Kinges principall officers with
our men ouer land, to pleasure vs in all things we desired, he was very
desirous to haue some present of vs.

[Sidenote: Two of our men stayed with the Indians.] The 24. of Ianuarie two
of our men that sayled in the Mauritius stayed on lande, but wee knewe not
the cause: it should seeme some great promises had beene made vnto them,
for as we vnderstoode the King was very desirous to haue all sortes of
strange nations about him, but our people were therein much ouerseene, for
there they liued among heathens, that neyther knewe God nor his
commandements, it appeared that their youthes and wilde heades did not
remember it, one of their names was Emanuel Rodenburgh of Amsterdam, the