landers vnto
those partes, and to made them loose all their expenses, labour, and time
which they had bestowed: and also that their great and rich presentes which
they gaue vnto the Iauans the yeare before, to bring them into vtter
detestation of the Hollanders, might not be altogether in vaine.

The Generall of them that came from Goa was Don Luis, and of those that
came from Molucca Don Emanuell: who brought their Armada before Bantam,
intending to surprize the citty, vnder pretence that the same preparation
was made to resist certaine pirates that came thither out of Holland the
last yeare, and were determined this yeare also to come againe. Vnder these
colours they sought to take the towne and to fortifie the same, and they
built certaine sconces in the countrey, committing great outrages,
rauishing the Women, with many other villanies. [Sidenote: The Portugals
vanquished.] Hereupon the townsemen of Bantam very secretly provided
certaine gallies and fustes in great hast, and sodainly assailed the
Portugales before they were well aware of them: for which cause finding but
small resistance, they tooke 3. Portugale gallies with certaine shippes,
and slewe about 300. of them, taking 150. Portugales prisoners, of which we
daily saw some going vp and downe the streetes of Bantam like slaues and
captiues. Besides these they tooke about 900. gallie slaues prisoners.

Vpon this hard successe the rest of the Portugals betooke themselues to
flight: but whither they bee arriued at Goa or Molucca, or what is become
of them since, we are not able to auouch. The foresaid attempt and
ouerthrowe, bred greater enmity betweene the Portugales and them of Bantam,
and gaue an especiall occasion for the aduancement of our traffique.

The fiue ships (whereof we haue before signified that foure were dispatched
by the whole companie for the Moluccas) being seuered beyonde the Cape of
Buona Speranza [Marginal Note: The course which the fiue ships tooke after
they were separated from their three consorts about the Cape of bouona
esperanza.] from the other three of their company, and hauing quite lost
them, came all of them shortly after vnder an Island called (as it is
thought) by the Portugals Isola de Don Galopes: but they named it the
Island of Mauritius. Here they entered into an hauen, calling the same
Warwicke, after the name of their Viceadmirall, wherin they found very good
harborow in twenty degrees of southerly latitude.

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