other Iacob Cuyper of Delft: within a day or two they sent vnto vs for
their clothes, but wee sent them not.

The 23. 24. and 25. we made a voyage on land, and fetcht as many Hogges
abord our shippes as we could eate.

The 25. of Februarie we hoysed ankers, minding to set saile and so go
homeward, leauing our two men aforesaid on land, but because it was calme
weather we ankered, and went once againe on lande, and the 26. of the same
Month wee set saile and helde our course West South West, but we had a
calme.

The situation of the Island of Baly

The Island of Baly lying at the East end of Iaua, is a verie fruitfull
Islande of Ryce, Hennes, Hogges, that are very good, and great store of
cattle: but they are very drie and leane beastes. They haue many horses:
the inhabitants are heathens, and haue no religion, for some pray to Kine,
others to the Sunne, and euerie man as hee thinketh good. [Sidenote: How 50
women burnt them selues with one man.] When a man dyeth his wife burneth
her selfe with him: there were some of their men aborde our shippes, that
told vs, that when some man dyeth in that Countrey, that sometimes there
are at the least fifty women that will burne themselues with him, and she
that doth not so is accounted for a dishonest woman: so that it is a common
thing with them: The apparel both of men and women is for the most part
like those of Bantam, nothing but a cloth about their middles: Their
weapons is, each man a poinyarde at their backes, and a trunke with an iron
point like a speare, about a fadom and a halfe long, out of the which they
blowe certaine arrowes, whereof they haue a case full; it is an euil weapon
for naked men: they are enemies to the Mores and Portingalles. This Iland
yeeldeth no spice, nor any other costly ware, onely victuailes and clothes
which they weare about their bodies, and slaues that are there to be solde.
The King went with more state then the King of Bantam: all his garde had
pikes with heades of fine gold, and he sate in a wagon that that was drawen
by two white Buffles.

The first of March we had a calme.

The third we got a good wind, that blew Southeast, holding our course West
South West.

The fourteenth the wind blew stil South East, sometimes more Southwarde,
and sometimes Eastward, being vnder 14. degrees, and a good sharpe gale,
holding our course West Southwest: [Sidenote: The situation of Iaua.] There
we found that Iaua is not so broade, nor stretcheth