his boat, and brought vs a barrell of beere, some
bread and cheese, shewing vs what news he could touching the state of
Holland, and presently wee sawe the land of Holland, and because it blew
very stiffe and a great storme, after noone wee ankered about Petten to
stay for better weather, and some new Pilots, and that was the first time
we had cast anker for the space of 5. monthes together, about euening it
beganne to blow so stifle, that wee lost both an anker and a cable.

[Sidenote: They cut down their main mast.] The 11. of August we had still a
Southerly winde, and therefore about noone the Mauritius set saile, and wee
thought likewise to saile, but our men were so weake that we could not
hoyse vp our anker, so that we were constrained to lie still till men came
out to helpe vs, about euening the winde came Southwest, and with so great
a storme, that we thought to haue run vpon the strand, and were forced to
cut downe our maine maste.

The 12. and 13. we had a hard South West wind, and sometimes West, so that
no Pilots came abord our ship, but the 13. day about euening it began to be
faire weather.

The 14. of August about breake of day in the morning, there came two boats
with Pilots and men abord our ship, that were sent out by our owners, and
brought vs some fresh victuailes, which done they hoysed vp our ankers, and
about noone we sayled into the Tessel, and ankered in the channell, where
we had fresh victuailes enough, for we were all weake.

This was a great noueltie to all the Marchantes and inhabitantes of
Hollande, for that wee went out from thence the second of April 1595. and
returned home again vpon the 14. of August 1597. there you might haue
bought of the Pepper, Nutmegs, Cloues, and Mace, which wee brought with vs.
Our saylors were most part sicke, being but 80. men in all, two third
partes of their company being dead, and lost by diuers accidentes, and
among those forescore such as were sicke, as soone as they were on land and
at their ease presently recouered their healthes.

The copper money of Iaua commeth also out of China, and is almost as
thicke, great and heauy, as a quarter of a Doller, and somewhat thicker, in
the middle hauing a square hole, 2000. of them are worth a Riall of 8. but
of these there are not ouer many, they vse to hang them vpon stringes, and
pay them without telling, they stand not so narrowly vpon the number, for
if they want but 25. or 50. it is nothing.

The leaden