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discovery 
 
 AND 
 
 CONQUEST 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Molucco and Philippine Iflands 
 
 CONTAINING, 
 
 Their Hiftory, Ancient and Modern, 
 
 Natural and Political: Their Defcription, Pro- 
 duft, Religion, Government, Laws, Languages 
 Cuftoms, Manners, Habits, Shape, and Inclina- 
 tions of the Natives. With an Account of many 
 •other adjacent Iflands, and feveral remarkable 
 Voyages through the Str eights of Magellan , and 
 m other Parts. 
 
 Written in Spanilh by Bartholomew Leonardo de Areenfola 
 Chaplain to the Emprefs , and ReSor of Villahermofa. 
 
 Now Tr /inflated into Englifh ; And llhtjlrated with a Map and feveral Cuts 
 
 LONDON , Printed in the Year, 1708. 
 
 9P 
 
the 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 t ^ -Author , Bartholomew Leonardo de ArgenfoJa, 
 
 ■ was a Learned Clergyman, and as fuel employ'd, 
 by the Prefident and Council of the Indies to Write 
 t] £ HiJlory. He calls it. The Conqueh of the 
 Molucca Iilands, without Enlarging any fa ther 
 tn his Title , tlaf at the fame time his Work con- 
 tains their fit ft Difcovery, their Defer ip t ion, the 
 Manners, Cuftoms, Religion, Habit , and Political 
 ™d Natural Hiftory.-, with all the Wars, and o- 
 ther Remarkable Occidents in thofe Parts, fmee they were firft known to 
 Europeans, till their RedvRion under the Crown o/ Spain, h Speaking 0 f 
 them he Occaftonally runs out to give the fame Account of the Philippine 
 JJlands, and of fever al others in thofe Eajletn Seas. This is frequent in 
 hpamfh Books, wherein we generally find much more than the Titles Promire 
 contrary to what is PraRis'd with us, who ftrive to fill up a Title Page with 
 abundance of Inviting Heads, the leaf part whereof is Treated of in the 
 Body of the Work, or at heft fo Superficially, that farce any more can he 
 made of them there , than was in the Frontifpiece. 
 
 For the Compiling of this Work the Author, being Employ'd by the Au- 
 thority abovemention' d, had the Command of all Authentick Mannfcript 
 
 f/f 1 l ll n ch ™ e either in **• Kings Cuftody, or in Private Hands- 
 lefides the Tcflimony of fuch Per font then Living, as had been Eye-Witnejfe) 
 to any part of what he delivers. His Defignwas only to Write the Conquefl 
 of thofe Ifiands, by KingPhiWfahe Third ./Spain; but confidering how 
 few were acquainted with them, and that of Confequence mojl Reader f would 
 be at a J 0 fs t0 know where, or what thefe Moluccos rrere, bejudicioujly Re- 
 fold to bring down his Hiftory from its proper Source . To this End he 
 
 TtZ Tvr JT' nndFahdous of their Kings- then comes 
 
 othe Difcovery of them by Europeans, and proceeds to the Wars between 
 
 Xiomf ^ tU Natives ’ for lhe P °^ on °f coveted Do- 
 
 ^ "b ^ Hh 
 
The Preface. 
 
 His Definition of them is very Ex aft ; That of the Cloves, their princi- 
 pal Commodity , no left Curious ; W of the other Prodittt and Animals , 
 Inferior to neither. The Wars carrying him over from one Place to another ; 
 fo fiort Account of the IJlands Papuas, and that of Celebes. The 
 
 Spaniards, to avoid $ a fling through the Portuguefe Sea,, attempted to fettle 
 Trade at the Moluccos, by the way of the Streights of Magellan, which gives 
 occafion to Argenfola to entertain us with a particular Account of the Spa- 
 nilh licet Jent into the fail Strcight . , under the Admiral Sarmiento, which 
 has been hitherto very Imperfeftly Deliver'd in Englifh, tho' very Remar- 
 kable, and full of Surprizing Accidents . In fiort , not to fir etch out this 
 Preface , with the SvbjeB of the Work, we Jball find in it a brief Definition 
 of the If and Sumatra; of the vaft Empire of China; of all the Philippine 
 IJlands, and thofe of Ceylon, Banda, Java, and many others of lefs Note . 
 Nor does he omit to / 'peak of the Dutch Voyages ; and Undertakings of Sir 
 Francis Drake, and other Englifh Adventurers ; and Embclifies the whole 
 with fuch variety of p leafing Incidents , that few Books of Travels afford fo 
 much Profitable Entertainment , with fuch good Authority . 
 
 No Author ever had a better Reputation, among all that Under fi an I, and 
 have had the good Fortune to Meet with him ; for being fo Valuable , he U 
 extraordinary Scarce , rare to be met with in Spain, and confidently much 
 more in England. This may perhaps be the main Re a f on why he has not 
 yet been Tranfiated , and being fo Valuable, he cannot mi fi of that Reception 
 which he has found in the Original. But it is not intended to prepoffefi 
 the Reader , who is left to make his own Jttdgment, and therefore a long 
 Preface is defignedly avoided , that he may the fooner enter upon fo Ufeful 
 and Diverting a Work . It is not improper, never thelefi, to Atdvife the 
 Reader not to take notice of fame Refie&ions in Point of Religion, and i?s 
 other Cafes , confidering the Book was Writ by a Spaniard, and that it war 
 not proper to Omit , or Alter anything , where a Fair y and Entire Tran - 
 fiat ion is promt fed . Befides , That thefe are very few, and inconfiderable , 
 and confidently not worth obfervivg, as indeed the generality of Judicious 
 Readers will be fufficiently fatisfy'd, and this Caution is given for thch 
 Sake , whom perhaps Paflion, or overmuch Zeal may move to con ’gm a Work 
 lW fuch an Oecafim, when they can find no other matter to Carp at. 
 
 T H E 
 
THE 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 Discovery and Conquest 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Molucco and Pbilifpne Iilands, &c. 
 
 BOOK I. 
 
 Write the Conqueft of the Molucco IflandsbyKing 
 Philip the III. of Spain, and the reducing of their 7,, 
 Kings to their former Subjection, to his PredeceiTors a; 
 by Don Pedro de Jcunba, Governour of the Philippine ' 
 Iilands, and Admiral of the Spanijh Fleet; a Victory 
 worthy the Foreiight of fuch a Godly Monarch, the 
 Application ot thofe worthy Statefmen that compofe 
 his fupreme Council, and the Valour of our Nation • 
 
 — not fo much on account of the Wealth, and Fertility 
 of thofe Countries, as For that it took from the Northern Nations all oeca- 
 fion of Sailing in our Seas, and Debauching the new Converted Jfiaticks 
 and the Inhabitants of our Colonies Trading among them. The Celerity 
 with which the Expedition was concluded, does not in the leaf! diminiih 
 the Glory of the Event ; which, for that very Reafon, might rather defe rve 
 a place in a more ample Relation. I am fenfible of the Dangers I expofe 
 my felf to; but am no lefs fatisfy’d, that I fhall find fome to Hand by me. 
 
 The moR famous Painters, and Carvers, have generally a great value for 
 Heads, Arms, and other Limbs, which have been drawn to perfe&ion from 
 the Lite, by which they compofe all the Parts, when they defign fome ex- 
 cellent Piece. The ignorant in thofe Arts have no Elleem for fuch Frag- 
 ments, being only taken with the entire Statue, or Pidure, confining of all 
 ns Limbs, without examining the Defers there may be in each of them. 
 
 The Relation I undertake to write of thefe Iilands will find the fame E- 
 fteem, and be expos’d to no lefs Contempt: for the Judicious, who under- 
 
 B ftand 
 
The Tifcovery and Conquejl of 
 
 ftand how Hiflory is Compil'd, will value this part drawn to the Life ; 
 whereas thofe, who, as they fay themfelves, Read only to divert the '1 ime, 
 will make little account of it, as&eimg more fond of lome Romance, full of 
 Monfterous Events; or of fome bulkey Work, bearing the Title of a Hi- 
 flory, treating of fiumerous Armies, and rnighty Slaughters, ~*»d bellow- 
 ing the Succefs,' not where Providence gave, but where they would have 
 
 it, 
 
 Kings of 
 the Mo- 
 luccos. 
 
 This is the Reafon why many Thii^s, worthy to be known and pre- 
 ferv’d, remain hiwy’din Oblivion; because being left forDeneralHiRories, 
 there are only flight Sketches of them Drawn at the Time when they hap- 
 ned, by thofe who had a fhare in them, fo that, when thefe Manulcripfs are 
 to be made ufe of, either they are not to be found, or elfe they reduce the 
 Writer to a neceflity of Jhbfcribirfig to whatfoever either Self-Love, or any 
 other 'Ra£ion di&nsd to the Authors of fuch Memoirs, without ;any j>oflL 
 bility of examining into the Truth. To obviate tills Incoriveniency, in a 
 matter of fuch moment as that of Ternute, the Capital of the Molucco 
 Iflands, I was Commanded -to write an Account of it, at a time when 
 they were fiill living who a&ed in and direded it: And I have fucln 
 full InfarraatiQia-ci'iil that is requifite for , this purpofe, that I .hope Truth 
 wiH Hnake attends for my want of ..Ability. This ts ns much as I have 
 thought fit to Advertife the Reader, without entering upon the Advantage 
 he will reap try prrrufirrgiftrs Relatiun ; becaufe, if he is well affefted, trH 
 lean fay for it will be fuperfluous ; and if otherwife inclin’d, tho’ I en- 
 deavour to fet him right, he will never conceive it. 
 
 Among the fourteen moil potent Princes, who Lord it over the Jrclipe- 
 lago of the Molucco Iflands, under the Title of Kings, thofe of Teniate and 
 e boaft of ;a Divine Original; fuch Liberty to be vain do Men take up- 
 on them, or fo much do they .afcribe to obfeure Antiquity. There is an 
 ancient Tradition .among thofe People, look’d upon as Sacred, That they 
 were once Govern’d by n lrtoff Ancient Prince, called Blcoclgara, who 
 failing along the Coa/l of Bachian y perceiv’d that among fome craggy Rocks 
 there were, girown up abundance of ^t/7r, fo they call a fort offfolid Canes, 
 JFMe of *'L lch > w iien fmal], they make ufe of inliead of Ropes. He lik’d them, and 
 their OrL ihould be cut down, and brought into his Veflel. His Sub- 
 
 flnal ,e i ? olng Lis Orders, and having fearch’d all the place, return’d 
 
 • to their Mafier, defmng he would look again, feafl his Eyes deceiv’d him, 
 
 cou ^ meet with no fuch Canes. Bicocigjirti, who faw them di- 
 lhn^ly from his Boat, was jpofaive with his incredulous Peonle, and or- 
 Qterd them again to be^brought^ .but to decide the matter, went himfelf 
 Alh ore where immediatly they appear’d to them all. He commanded 
 them to-be cut dawn, and as they went about it, Blood ran from the Canes 
 that were cut. Being .aftomih’d at that Prodigy, lie di (cover'd clofeto the 
 Roots of them fourEggs, which look’d like .a Snakes Eggs, and at the fame 
 time heard a \ oice,.proceedjng-from the hollow of the Canes cut down, 
 which. fai^Jceep thofe tggs-^ for from themjbnll come four excellent Go - 
 
 Zl'TZt t, He t<a °l Up tl T e fatal Religious Refpeft, and car- 
 
 ry il them home, where they were kept in the. bell place of his Houle. I„ 
 a fnort time, from the four Yolks proceeded four Rational Chickens, be- 
 ing three Men, and one Woman, who afterwards Reign’d, the firlt of 
 themin.Ate/tMJij-the^ecosd jn and the third over the Iflands call’d 
 
 FCtptdSy 
 
 
 
the S P I C E - 1 S LANDS. 
 
 Pnfuas, lying Eaft from the Moluccas. The Woman was Marry ’d to Prince 
 Loloda, who gave Name to the Country of Batoclmia, not far from the 
 great Boconota. This Fable has gain'd fuch Reputation, that they honour 
 Stcoctgara as a Hero, worfhip the Rocks, and adore the Eggs. The truth- 
 ot ic is, that the cunning Man, by this prodigious Superliition, Sanfttfv’d 
 his own Race, and gain’d Kingdoms, and Refpetf for his four Children. 
 
 ~° Greece feign d, or beleiv’d, that Leda Conceiving of the Adulterous 
 Swan brought forth the Eggs, from which came Cajlor, Pollux t and Helena 
 Fortune, when fhe raifes Men to a high pitch, perfwades thofe ihe defigns* 
 to Crown, to lay the Foundation of their Majefty on Fables, refembiing 
 true Miftertes, lo to perfwade the Multitude that they are fomewhat Di- 
 vine, and to diftinguifh the Royal Race by a peculiarity even in the Uni- 
 verfal Law of being Born into the World. Of this Race thirteen Idola- 
 trous Kings fucceeded one another in Tydore, down to Sultan Tydore Bon * 
 gue, the firlt that receiv’d the Mahometan Alcoran, tho‘ intermix’d with 
 Idolatry, which Med above Eighty Years, and being confounded among 
 the Precepts of that abominable Sett, bred Divifions, and Diftraflions a- 
 mong the People. Afterwards, when the Commander Brito arriv’d in 
 that I hand, as we {hall fo on fee, he found aCaciz, or Prieft, taught them 
 the new Superliition, and that many oppos’d him, on account of the old 
 Fable ot the Eggs, which th* Per fian Mor about could never Decry : fo great 
 is the power of Error tranfmitt d from our Fore-Fathers. 
 
 King Tydore Bongue' s Succeffor, was his Son Cachil Boleyfe, no lefs j e ir 
 Superlticious than the Father, but in another way. He pretending to the 'nJtic 
 Spirit of Prophecy, gain’d fuch Reputation, by the Experience and Fore- °P je fi e ' 
 of his Riper Years, that he came to be Honour’d by his Subjects as 
 a Prophet ; or by the lead Credulous, as a Perfon of lingular Prudence fo 
 that all Men gave Ear to him, as to an Oracle. Puffed up with this Va- 
 nity, he pretended to Fore-tell future Events ; which when no particular 
 Perfons, or fet Times are appointed, is a fafe way of Predicting without 
 Danger of being found Falfe; either becaufe in procefs of Time fomethius 
 Accidentally happens, that may be adapted to the Prophecy, or in regard 
 that is always expedled which will never come to pafs. For this Realon’ 
 as m mod Countries there are fome current Notions ot future Exceptions’ 
 concetv d upon trivial Occafious, rather than any Obfervation of the Stars • 
 therefore Boleyfe us’d to tell thofe about him, That the time would come* 
 when Iron Men fhould arrive at Ternate, from the remoteft parts of the 
 World, and fettle m its Territory ; by whofe Power the Glory, and Do- 
 minion of the Molucca Iflands fhould be far extended. 
 
 In the Reign of King John the fird, of Portugal , his Son, Prince Henry, p, r n n 
 haying employ d feveral Perfons on Difcoveries, John Gonzales . and ■ ■ 
 
 Triftan Vaz found the IJland of Madera, in the Year 1419, and others covem *’ 
 loon aftd thofe of the Azores, and Cabo Verde, and ran along the Coail 
 ot Guinea and Jf rick. Afterwards, in the Reigns of King Edward, and 
 Monjo the V. thofe Difcoveries were continu’d, till under King John the IL 
 they proceeded as far as the Cape of Good Hope , and a Hundred Leagues, 
 beyond it, along the Coaft, call’d Rio del Infante. The honour of this 
 JJiicovery is due to that famous Seaman Bartholomew Diaz, if we may 
 believe the Manufcript Memoirs of Duarte Refende , for the Hitforian 
 
 B 2. * Barros 
 
4 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquefl of _ y 
 
 Harr os. This rais’d Emulation in the Spanijb Nation, already engag’d in 
 fuch Voyages, as having Difcover’d the Weller n Iflands, call’d Antilles , 
 or Caribbee Iflands. This Difcovery occafion’d a Controverfy about the 
 Right to them, Portugal pretending to, and Spain defending its PolTeffion. 
 4 After much Contention, the Difference was adjufled by Ruy de Sou fa, and 
 Don John his Son, and Arias de Almada , Commilfion’d by Portugal , who 
 in the Year 1404. agreed with the Spanifh Embaflador, That,, fince this 
 inferior Globe, confining of Earth and Water, anfwers to the Degrees into 
 which the Celejflial Sphere is divided, it Ihould be equally parted between 
 the two Kings, by a Meridian Line drawn through the North and South 
 Poles, and comparing the Land and Sea, fo as to cut them into two halves* 
 It was appointed, That the Share to the Eaflward Ihould belong to the 
 Crown of Portugal , and the other to the Weflward, to that of Cajlile • and 
 that it fhould be fo mark’d down on the Sea Charts; the Line palling 
 through a fixt Point on the Earth, which was to be the Boundary of both 
 Nations. This was by mutual Confent fettled 560 Leagues Well from 
 Cabo Verde , and fo the Line, or Meridian, fell upon the Country we call 
 Brazil^ about the molt Welterly part of the Mouth of the River Maranhao, 
 which difembogues there to the Northward. This Line cuts through 
 that Country, and to the Southward runs off beyond the River of Plate, 
 from whence the Spaniards begin to reckon their Degrees of Longitude 
 Weflward, and the Portuguefes Eallward, 180 belonging to each of them, 
 for as much as the whole Circumference of the Earth contains three hun- 
 dred and fixt y Degrees. 
 
 Vafco de ^ 2 f co & e Gama, employ’d by King Emanuel of Portugal , to Difcover 
 
 Gama dif- anc * Conquer India) profecuted this Enterprize, look’d upon by Ptolomy , 
 covers In- a ? i m prafticable ; he travers’d the main Ocean, within the Portuguefe Di- 
 dia. vifion, where he Difcover’d, and fince the Portuguefe Commanders have 
 
 Conquer’d fo many Kingdoms, Nations, and Iflands, fo difliixT in Cu- 
 floms, Manners, Laws, Languages, and Colours. They returning home 
 admir’d what they had feen, and lay’d it down in Maps, but llretchina- out 
 the Longitude, that is the Dillance from Well to Eall, beyond what it 
 really was v thus Craftily providing for the Controverfy which might arife 
 upon this Occafion, as it foon happen’d, through the Fallhood of the Sea 
 Charts. 
 
 Portugue- . By virtue of this praftice, and by the Pope's fubfequent Authorizing of 
 I tsPreten- it, the Portuguefes pretend that the Molucco Iflands, and thofe of Banda , 
 tionstothe and Amboyna, are within their Bounds, as they were adjudg’d, and fettled 
 Moluccos. by experienc’d Sailers, calculating the Extent of that Meridian, and they 
 even llretch it 1 5 Degrees further. Refende complains, That Magalhaens 
 whom the Engltjb call Magellan , magnify’d the Opinion conceiv’d of the 
 Eallern Seas, when in the Year 1519 he went away Difgulled into Spain . 
 Magellan grew up in the fervice of Queen Ellenor , then ferv’d King 
 Emanuel) and went over into India with that A l on fade Albuquerque of 
 whofe Bravery, and Conduft, we have written Hillories, befides what 
 Fame, and Tradition have deliver’d. This Man, not fatisfy’d with the 
 firll Conquells, fent Antony de Abreu, Francis Serrano, and Ferdinand de 
 Nagalhaens from Malaca , with three Ships, to Difcover the Molucco 
 Iflands. AU thefe three Commanders fleer’d feveral Courfes. We lhall 
 
 foon 
 
 
the 
 
 SPICE-ISLANDS, 
 
 foon fpeak of Magellan again. Antony de Abreu arriv’d at Banda and 
 returning towards Malaca, richly Laden with Spice of that Country 
 Serrano was parted from him in a Storm, and Shipwrack’d on the Iflands 
 of Lucopino, fignit'ying Iilands of Tortoifes, fo call’d from the Plenty and 
 Eignefs of thofe Creatures. 
 
 There the Tempeft left the Portuguefes, only their Lives and Arms fav’d 
 for their Junck, which is a fort of light Veflel, was Slav’d. The Lucopine 
 Iilands were Horrid, by reafon of their want of Water, and being Defert • 
 for their Rocks lying under Water, and the many Sea Robbers that fre- 
 quent them, and always keep Sentinels ported to difcever any Sailing by 
 that they may fall upon, and plunder them. Had not Hunger and Thrift 
 threatned the Portvgufes with l'peedy Death, they had reafon to exreft it 
 at the Hands of thofe Pyrats ; but that which had been the DeflrmSion of 
 others, at this time prov’d their Safety. Thofe Mifcreants had obferv’d 
 the Shipwreck, and Rowing up in a Veffel call'd a Car aeon, as it were to 
 a certain Booty, dtew near to thofe who had fo narrowly efcap’d pei ilhing 
 in the Sea ; but the Malaca Pilots, and Mariners were not ignorant of their 
 defign. They acquainted their Captain with the Danger, defiring him to 
 take fuch Meafures as might be for his own, and their Safety. Serrano 
 like a Man of Valour and Difcretion, having view’d the Shore, conceal'd’ 
 his Men in a hidden Place. The Pyrates landed to purfue them; but as fcon 
 as ever they were at fome dirtance from the Shore, the Strangers rufh’d out 
 and poflefs’d themfelves of the Caracoa . The Barbarians thus furpris’d’ 
 reflecting on their Mifmanagement, and perceiving they were loft Men’ 
 gave over the thoughts of Robbing, and had recourle to Intreaties, throw- 
 ing down their Bows and Arrows, and begging they would not leave 
 them in that Ifland, but rather take pity, and pardon what they had done • 
 and promifing, if he would carry them off, to conduit him to another place* 
 where Strangers were well receiv'd, and there was Trade. Serrano gran- 
 ted their Requeft, and admitted them, and having repair’d the flutter'd 
 Junck, and Embarking together, they directed their Courfe to the Ifland 
 of Amboy na, where they were well receiv’d by the People of Rucutelo 
 who were ancient Enemies to thofe of Veranula , a Neighboring City of 
 Batochinn, with whom thofe of Rucutelo coming to a Battle they ob- 
 tain’d the Victory, through the Afliftance of the New-comers. ’The Fame 
 of this Succefs flew over to the Molucca I hands, at the Time when Boleyfe 
 Reign’d in Ternate, and Almanzor in Tydore, who were both not lon^ be- 
 fore Idolaters, and then Mahometans. Thefe two were at Variance about 
 the Limits of their Dominions, and underftanding that the Portuguefes were 
 at Amboyna, each of them defiring to Strengthen himfelf againft his Enemy 
 fent Embaffadors, and Ships, to invite, and bring over to them thofe For- 
 eign Soldiers ; thinking it alfo convenient upon other accounts, to enter 
 into Alliance with thofe People, whofe great A iff ions were then fo frefh in 
 the Mouths of all Men. Boleyfe was quicker than Almanzor , and fent 
 ten Ships for Serrano, with a Thoufand well Arm’d Soldiers for their 
 Defence, the whole under the Command of his Kinfman Cachil Coliba; 
 The Tydore Embafladors return’d from Rucutelo difappointed. It is but a 
 Ihort Cut between Amboyna y and Ternate , and therefore Boylefe’s Ships 
 *0011 return’d with the Tortuguefes. That King wejit out attended by his 
 
 B 3 ’ Subjefts, 
 
 Serrano 
 caft on the 
 IJlxnds of 
 Lucopine, 
 
 Ilis Ffcape 
 
 Arrive s at 
 Amboyna, 
 
6 The T>ifc every and Conqnefi of 
 
 ' Subjects, to receive the new Guefls ; sll of them concluding, That they 
 
 went to fee the fulfilling of their lo Jong expefted Prophecy. Serrano 
 Landed in bright white Armour, and his Companions in the fame man- 
 Settles at ner. When the King faw them, he embrac’d every Man, with a Counte- 
 Ternate nance full of Pleafure and Admiration, fhedding Tears, and lifting up 
 his Hands to Heaven, blefs r d God, and gave hearty Thanks, for that he 
 had granted him to fee that which had been Predicted fo many Years be- 
 fore.* 3 Thefe , faid he, my Friends , are the Warriers you Lave fo long wijb'd 
 for y on account of my Prophecy . Honour them , and let us all vie in Enter- 
 taining them-\ pice the Grandeur of our Country depends on their Anns. 
 The Portuguefes, well pleas’d to be thought worthy of a Prophecy, the 
 Beleif whereof was a Politick Invention, conducing to their Reputation, 
 made no Iefs Courteous Returns, exprefling their Angular Affe&ion. They 
 fettled Amity, and Trade in the Moluccos ; whence they fpread it to the 
 adjacent, and remoter Iflands, which it will be now requifite breifly to 
 Defcribe, for the better Underflanding of this Hiflory. 
 
 Archipe- The Eaflern Archipelago , not to fpeak of the Divifion of thofe Oriental 
 Jago de - Parts into Northern, and Southern, Contains fo many Iflands, that the 
 ferib'd, certain Number of them is not yet known. Hence Modern Authors di- 
 flribute it into five Divifions, being fo many Archipelagos , under the names 
 of Molncco , Moro y Papua s y Celebes , and Aviboyna . The Name of the Firff, 
 in their Language, is Moloc y fignifying, the Head, becaufe it is the Chief 
 of all about it. .Others will have it to be Malucco , which, in Arabick y im- 
 ports, the Kingdom, as the Principal of them. It Contains five moft Re-* 
 markable Iflands, all of them under the fame Meridian, one in light of ano- 
 ther, their whole Extent being 2$ Leagues; the Equino&ial crofling them, 
 fo that the mofl Northern of them has but half a Degree of Latitude that 
 way, and the mofl Southern, one Degree on the other fide. Near to them, 
 on the Eafl, is the Ifland Gilolo y by the Portuguefes call’d Batochina de 
 Moro y and by the Moluccos y Alemaera . Among all the others lying about 
 them, call’d alfo Moluccos y as we fay the Can&rie* y the Terceras y or the 
 Oreades y thefe are the mofl Remarkable, for their great Plenty of Spice: 
 The Names of them, beginning with the Northermofl, are, Tcrnate y Tydore , 
 Motiely M a chi an, and Bachian • by the ancient Heathens call’d, Cape] 
 Duco y Moutil y Mara y and Seque . This lafl, which is Bachian y is divided 
 into many Iflands, feperated from one another by little Channels, Naviga- 
 ble only in fmall Veflels; for which reafon, as alfo becaufe it is under 
 one Soveraign, it has but one Name, and all the Molucco Iflands are Sub- 
 jeft to three Kings. They are divided by fmall Arms of the Sea, and feme « 
 Defert little Iflands, as alfo by their Antient Enmity. The Coafl both 
 near the Shore, and farther off at Sea, full of Dangerous Shoals; among 
 which there are fome Inlets, where the Ships Ride in Safety. The Soil 
 of them all is generally Dry and Spungy, fucking up all the Water, tho’ 
 it Rains never fo much, and in many Places the Brooks that run down 
 from the Mountains do not reach the Sea. According to that grave Hi- 
 florian John de Barros y thefe Iflands afford an ill Profpeft, and are no way 
 pleafant to behold ; becaufe the Sun being always fo near them, fometim es 
 palling over towards the Northern, and lome times towards the Southern 
 Soiflice, the natural Damp of the Earth fills them fo full of Trees, and 
 
 Plants, 
 
7 
 
 the 
 
 SP ICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 Plants, that it thickens the Air, and hinders the Sight; for by reaion of 
 the Earthly Vapours, the Trees are never naked of Leaves ; but before one 
 falls another has fprung out ; and the fame is among Herbs. Others af- 
 firm, they are Pleafant to look to, but not Healthy, efpecially for Stran- 
 gers, who are all fubjeft to the Difeafe call’d Berber , which is common in 
 that Country. This Malady fwells the Body, and difables the Limbs but 
 is cur’d with Cloves, the Wine of the Philippine Iflands, drank with Gin- 
 ger, and theufeofa certain Herb, known to the Natives; and the Dutch 
 do it with the juyce of Lemmons, a Remedy found by their own Appre- 
 henfion, and Experience. rt 
 
 Providence has fior’d thefe Spice-Wands with Banana : , Coco-Nut: ProchiR of 
 Grange:, Lemmon s, Lignum- J l oes, Sanders, Cinamon, Mace , Mafiick-Trees, the Mo- 7 
 but above all, with abundance of doves, and other Plants ; all of them va- l u -cos 
 luable for their Fruit, or delightful for theirOrnaments. They have neither 
 Wheat nor Rice ; but Nature gave them Induftry, and Matter to fupply this 
 Defect. They beat a fort of Tree, like the Jf^ildr-Palm, 'with Mallets made 
 & faong Canes ; and thofe dry Trunks, fo batter’d, yield an extraordinary 
 white Piower, coming .from the bruized Pith ; which they mould up in 
 Jquare Pipkins, and this is the Sagu, qr Land an ^ fo made into fquare Loaves 
 JUke the Cajtile Sope . This Plant is. about Fifteen Foot high, and from the ^ a S u; 
 
 Top of itfprout out fome Branches, like thefe which produce the Tama- 
 tints. Thefe bear a Fruit like the Cyprefs-Nuts , in which there are cer- 
 tain fine Hairs, which if t;hey touch a Man’s Fleih, burn it. From the 
 tender Branches of the fame Piant cut, flows the Liquor which ferves them 
 for Drink, putting the Ends of &he fin'd Branches fo cut into narrow 
 Mouth'd VeiTels, which a?re fill’d in a Night, and the Liquor fo gather’d, is 
 like Milk Whipped, and Frothy, which they call Tuac . When Drank new 
 St is Sweet and very Fat’ning; boil’d like new Wine k tafles like Wine’ 
 and after growls fharp as Vinegar. The fame Advantage they reap from 
 two other Plants call d Nipo , and Coco ; the laft of them yields alfo Oyl 
 £oiu:dt, and limber to build Houfes^ They alfo Drink another pleafant 
 Liquor, which Nature has fbut up in the Hollow of the Canes they cal! 
 
 Bambooes, fo large that the jffnots are a Yard a funder. They abound in 
 Flefij; but the People are more affected to Fifh ; notwithllanding Hugo, 
 the Dutchmaiiyhys they want both. Providence afforded them no Mines! 
 either of Gold, or Silver ; whether it was a Punifhment, or Mercy we do* 
 net decide. Neither have they found any, of other lefs precious Metals ; 
 but not far from them is Lambnco , an Ifland abounding -in Iron and Steel; 
 whence, and from the Mines of Sula and Butva, the People of the Maluccos 
 bring them, to make their CawpHanes , which are fhaip heavy Cyniiters, 
 and their Qifes, being finajl Daggers . The Portvguefes and Dutch have 
 
 now furnifh’d thofe Iflapds with final! Fire-Arms, and Cannon of all forts 
 known among us. 
 
 Ternate is the Capital City, and Court of that King, near to which a j burning 
 dreadful burning Mountain Flames out, about the Equinoxes, becaufe at Mountain 
 thofe Times the Winds blow ; which kindle that natural Fire, on the Matter j n Ternate. 
 that has Fed it fo many Ages. The Top of the Mountain, which exhales 
 it, is cold, and not cover’d with Afbes, but with afort of light cloddy 
 Earth, little different from .the Police-fit vie burnt in our Fiery Mountains. 
 
 Defcendinj* 
 
Religion, 
 
 Manners, 
 
 Laws. 
 
 8 . The Difcovery and Conquefi of 
 
 Defcending thence to the Foot of the Hill, which flretches out iike a Pira- 
 mid, down to the Plain ; it is all uncootli, being thick with Trees, whofe 
 Verdure is fpar’d by the Flames, and the very Fire, Waters and Moiftens 
 them wi th Brooks, which it draws together in the Hollow of the Moun- 
 tain, and forces it to Sweat, and pour out. 
 
 People cf _ * * le Natives Differ from one another, as it were through a Miraculous 
 Ternate. Bounty £>f .Nature • tor it has made the Women Fair and Beautiful, and the 
 Men, of a darker Colour than a Quince; their Hair lank, and many a- 
 noint u with fweetOyls. Their Eyes are large, the Eyebrows long, which 
 E ^: lafte yhey colour Black. Of Body they are Strong, much 
 addled to W ar, and floathful for all other Employments. Thevare £ 
 Liv d- grow grey earlie ; and are as Aftive by Sea as by Land ; Officious 
 T° U uf°r S t0 . Grangers ; but when they grow Familiar, Importunate’ 
 reft T r r0U , l, ef °? e *!} ^ 5 ifl their Dealin g-S all bent upon Inte- 
 
 nd L J " S ’ * raU ^ lent - and Falfe. They are Poor, and therefore Proud • 
 and to name many Vices in one, Ungrateful. uu > 
 
 HKfrrW poffefs’d themfelves of thefe Illands, when they fubdu’d all 
 the plrt n f‘ 1 t l h , emthe ^mA^ndthe^rf^M-nd Jafl]? 
 
 Jhe ’ whlch laft > together with their Trade, Introduc’d 
 
 " r , Su P er ) ft ‘ tlonam °ng the Worfhip of their Gods ; from whom 
 fome Families boafted they were defcended. Their Laws are Barbarous” 
 
 Jn h Xf a r 110 imi ri d Number of Wives - The King’s chief Wife call’d 
 Jn ^? lr Language Vutriz, enables and gives the Ripht cf rr 
 
 nit,?: s r r «'4v d • «»• 
 
 lV.Li n °m pa,don d ’ th « never inconfiderable ; but Adultery eafilv* 
 en the Dawn appears, Officers appointed by Law for that DUrnofe nJT* 
 
 SK” Colour., with 
 
 fervr, inn,*! of«c4w„ F ”V S? r V'S S”' =«l 
 
 E“«hS“ C Of 'Ite “i^^Ky"^kV , ?hSi'’SlSkr G>n, ^ are T^T“ l 
 
 other Monuments of thofe Time! Ti^ w” ^efcriptions, Statues, and 
 fometimes they fnreJi r • The , Women are Proud of their Hair * 
 Flowers among the R*ibbons° whidiVoM^ ^ M n> Jacking abundance of 
 Drefc, they arremot encinSd with toJfrVw t< ff ther » K tlat in their 
 that variety adorns them wirhnne a °°^i ^ lc s * ^mes, or Feathers. AJ! 
 Necklaces of Diamonds and Rubin IrJ * ^ o 6 ** ^ race ^ ets y Pendants and 
 . 0 . forbid even rKSSefl * °l whici '"» 
 
 particularly are Clad after th e the W °men 
 
 coftly Attire is the Produfl of the NeiirhbonHn^T^ F j aftl °, n L and alJ thi « 
 
 Bo,h 
 
 to « u,de, torf „* f, opfc 
 
 us’d. 
 
 Their 
 
 bit. 
 
 Ha - 
 
 Language. 
 
the SPICE- IS LANDS. 
 
 us’d, aseafiefl to pronounce. This Divetlity of Languages fnows, that 
 thofe Iflands were Peopled by feveral Nations. In thofe Parts all Anti- 
 quity, and the Art of Navigation are afcrib’d to the Chine/e s. Some affirm. 
 
 That the People of the Molucca Illands are Defcended from the Jao\ r, who 
 fettled there, being invited by the Fragrancy of the Spice. They loaded 
 their V elbels with Cloves, till then unknown, and holding on that Trade, 
 carry’d it to the Gulphs of Arabia, and Perfia. They Sail’d about all thofe 
 Countries, tranfporting Silks, and Porcelance, the Produft, and Manufa- 
 <3ure of China. The Cloves were by the Persians , and Arabs tranfmitted 
 to the Greeks, and Romans. Some Roman Emperors had a defign of Con- 
 quering the Eaft , till they fhould come to the Spicy Countries ; lb covetous 
 were they of that Commodity ; and believing they all came from China, 
 call’d all thofe People Chinefes. The Spaniards formerly brought them a- 
 mong- other Goods from the Red-Sea. The Kings of Egypt for forne time „ 
 poffefs’d themfelves of all the Spice, which they Tranfmitted from the q?™ 
 Hands of the AJiaticks into Europe , This the Romans continu’d, when they °^ es 
 reduc’d Egypt into the Form of a Province. Long after, the Genoefes , ^ e,e , 
 Transferring the Trade to Theodofia, now Caff a , handed them about to all 
 Parts; and there the Venetians , and other Trading Nations, had their Con- 291 
 fuls, and Fa&ors. They afterwards were convey’d over the Cafpian Sea r0 P e% 
 and Trabifovd ; but this Trade fell with the Eaflern Empire; and then the 
 Turks carry’d them in Caravans of Camels, and Dromedaries to Berytus , 
 
 Aleppo, Damafcus , and feveral Ports on the Mediterranean . The Sultans 
 of Egypt brought them back to the Red-Sea , and thence to Alexandria, down 
 the Nile. The Portvguefes having Conquer’d the Eajl-Indies , took them 
 from Egypt , and brought them in their Fleets by the Cape of Good Hope, 
 finking and taking all Ships that attempted to carry any to Grand Cayro . 
 
 For that purpofe they kept Squadrons on the Coafts of Arabia and Perjia, 
 and at Cape Guardafu. By this means the Trade of Egypt was fupprefs’d, 
 and all the Spice brought on the Kings account to India , and thence taking 
 a prodigious compafs, to Lisbon. He who is Mailer at Sea will be poffe- 
 fs’d of this Wealth ; by which, and other Commodities, we fee that is 
 made good, which fome write Themifiodes was wont to fay, That he has 
 all things who has the Sea, 
 
 The Kings, Boleyfe , of Ternate , and Almanzor, of Tydore, contended a- 
 bout Entertaining Serrano , and each of them courted him to build a Fort 
 in his Ifland. It is well worth Observation, To fee how eagerly thefe 
 Kings fought after, and begg'd for that which they were foon after to be 
 averfe to. They writ about it to the King of Portugal ; but Antony de 
 Miranda coming to the Moluccas , belides a wooden Fort, or Houfe he built 
 at Talangame , erefted another at Machian , an Ifland belonging to the two 
 Kings,' by which means he fatisfy’d the Requefl of both. Soon after* 
 
 Cachil Lav, din , King of Bachian , made Application to Eon Trijlan de 
 MeneJ'es , on the fame account. Eon Trijlan was come to the Moluccos to 
 Load Spice, and with a defign to ca r ry away Francis Serrano , and to in- 
 duce Boleyfe to confent to it, he perfwaded him, it was requifite that Ser- 
 ?ano fhould go to Portugal , to prevail upon King Emanuel to order the Fort 
 he defir’d, to-be built upon Teinate , and not elfewhere. Boleyfe approv’d 
 of his defign, and to that end, fent Cacbhlato , as his Embaflador, with 
 
 C Serrano . 
 
10 
 
 The Difcovery and Conguefl of 
 
 Brito at 
 the Mo- 
 lucco ’s. 
 
 King of 
 Ternate 
 Die s a 
 
 *4 Fort 
 Suilt at 
 Ternate. 
 
 Serrano. Doji Triflan fet out, and his Ships being dilpers’d in a Storm, 
 was obhg d to return to the Molucca, and to Winter in the Wooden Houfa 
 above mention'd ; but as foon as the Monfon blew, he put to Sea again 
 and touching at Bachian was inform’d, That they had kill’d foine P»rtu- 
 
 & S lff m0n C ? nea ' s Veffel in ^at Ifland. This troubled him, but he 
 cUilembled it, and proceeding on his Voyage, return’d to Malaca, by the 
 way of Jmboynet . J 
 
 de n disappointed by the Covernour of hdia to fucceed Serrano 
 lihiw baJ a r r ° m Ca P eSincafura, through the Streights of Mam, 
 ^ e ™ and , ^experienc’d Commanders. He touch'd at Tub ad 
 fc ‘ ,7 ^ fland of 3f ia J and w T efl t over to another, call'd Jgazim, a 
 hfrn b. r? p a -’ the Ifland Madura. Its nearnefs inviting 
 
 he f q 3 R ° V c ng Veffd t , hlther to § et Information what Court! 
 CnZ A S Seventeen Men there were in the Veffd Landed on the 
 and -7, ent updongthe fide of a River, cover’d with beautiful Tree"! 
 whofe Fruit deceiv d the Sailers, for they attracted with the pleafant fteht- 
 and unexpefted fatisfaftion, forgot to fecure their Veffel. The Natives 
 V he °FP°«unity, firft took the Veffel, and then all the Men 
 whole Ranfom prov’d afterwards difficult, tho’ the Lord ot the Citv fa’ 
 vour d it. Bn to fail’d direftly for the i Moluccos and touching at Baclian 
 
 Sn ^i7R?vefg?fo r n f VllJage > and kl11 ^ the Inhabi- 
 
 1*1 n Revenge for Simon Correa s Companions ilain there; that King 
 
 rhi“n! u «derftand, they ffiould not efcape unpunilh’d, who wrong d 
 the Portuguefe , and that fince his Ifland was the firft that took un A rmc 
 againft them, it ffiould alfo be the firft that felt their 6 
 
 cuted his feventy without any Lofs, tho’ that King did not forget the Obli 
 
 £<&?> 
 
 % of that Applaufe : vifited the Queen vf State ’, a " d appearing wor- 
 after the Ceremony of Condoling the Death of dal r" d brothers ; and 
 Co nju lift ion with Daroes, he amov’d! f thlt » 
 upon all occafions Defended his Province againft and 
 
 this with the greats# Securitv he nirehM ? g “ that ^Jy^re. J o do 
 according to the Rules of Fortification whiVh° n 3 pro P er /P ot of Ground, 
 no more than Military Difcipline. The Faund!!; 6 "Z i hen . very P e,fe &> 
 the prefence of the King, and all the People ^Ta d thefirft^ dug ’/f ;> °’ 1,1 
 Jort, with his own Hand. This happen’d on 
 
 fore 
 
the SPICE- IS LANDS. 
 
 ir 
 
 fore he gave the Fort the Name of «$ >. John Baptift ; and tho’ it was 
 built for the Defence of Ternate , yet in Brito's mind it was Dedicated to 
 the fervice of the Gofpel, and its Miniffers. He us’d endeavours to fend 
 away the Caeiz he found there fpreading of Mahomet's falfe Doclrine, as 
 an Obffacle to the True ; but the War which is there always fettled and 
 natural againft Tydore , obffrufted thefe Defigns* tho’ at the fame time the 
 Troubles of thofe two Revengeful Nations increas’d the Revenues of Por- 
 tugal Joy contributing of their Spice ; and the defire of Superiority brought 
 them into Subjection. However, in Portugal Brito had a Succeffor 
 appointed him, and he was inform’d, That the other was already failing 
 for the Moluccas ; and there was need enough of them txrth, and of dou- 
 bling their Forces ; becaufe Spaib frill infilled upon taking thofe Countries 
 as its Right, and Brito began to be hated, on account of his offering Vio- 
 lence to the Royal Family. 
 
 • At the fame time Magellan having Sail’d 600 Leagues towards Malaca ) Magellan 
 was in certain Iflands, whence he correfponded with Serrano ; who having „ oes ovgr 
 thriv’d fo well in Ternate , with Boleyfe , fent his Friend word what Kind- tQ Sp a j n . 
 nefs, and Wealth he had receiv’d from him^ advifing him to return to his 
 Company. Magellan confenting, refolv’d to go to the Moluccos ; but in 
 cafe his Services were not Rewarded in Portugal , as he expetffed, he would 
 take the way dire# ly for Ternate , under whole King Serrano grew fo Rich 
 in Nine Years. He confider’d, that fince the Moluccos were 600 Leagues 
 Eaft from Malaca , which make 30 Degrees, little more or iefs, they were 
 out of the Portuguefe Limits, according to the antient Sea Chart. Retur- 
 ning to Portugal , he found no Favour, but thought himfelf wrong’d, and 
 refenting it, went away into Qaftile , carrying with him a Planifphere, 
 drawn by Peter Reynel ; by which, and the Correfpondence he had held 
 with Serrano , he perfwaded fthe Emperor, Charles V. that the Molucco 
 Iflands belong’d to him. It is reported, That he Confirmed his Opinion 
 with Writings, and the Authority of Ruy Faleyro , a Portuguefe Judiciary 
 Affrologer, and much more with Serrano's . 
 
 Hereupon the Emperor gave him the Command of a Squadron, with - 
 which he fail’d from Sanlucar , on the lift, of September, 1519. . He flay’d j. * ^ r ° H 
 four days at the Canaries, where a Caravel overtook him, with private )U Ul J c0 ~ 
 Intelligence, that his Captains went with a Defign not to Obey him, par- ver 7 * 
 ticuhtiyjohn Cartagena , who had the fame Commiffion as Magellan . He 
 bravely feem’d to take no notice and failing away with a fair Wind, be- 
 ing pafs*d Rio de Janeyro , in the Province of Santa Cruz, commonly call’d 
 Brazil , the Sea growing very cold, and much more the River of Plate , 
 which is in Degrees of South Latitude, the Captains queffion’d him a- 
 bout the Voyage, fince they could not find the Cape, or Streight, they 
 xvent in fearch of. He anfwei‘d, as to Men that were entirely Subordinate 
 to his Dire&ion and Authority, That they mu ft go on, for he knew what he 
 was about, and the Coafts of Norway and Ireland were in a greater Lati - 
 tude, and yet Ships fail'd along them . Thefe Coateffs lafted almoft all the 
 Voyage, and increas'd with the cold and dreadful Winds, and the hideous 
 fight of the Mountains of Snow and Ice, grown old, which they met in 
 tlie Latitude of 51 and 53 Degrees. They magnified thefe Difficulties, 
 sklledging, That it requir’d fix, or [even Months to come from Caftile, 
 
 C 2. crofs 
 
12 
 
 The Dijcovery and Conqneft of 
 
 crofs the Line, and run all along the Coift of Brazil, through fuch diver- 
 fity of Climates, in each of which the Weather vary’d. That this was 
 throwing away Men and Ships, which were more valuable than all the 
 Cloves in the Moltuco Iflands. 
 
 The Aftrologer, Buy Faleyro , being Diftradted, was left in the Mad- 
 He difco- Uoufe at SevV\ and in his Place went Andrew de San Martin, to whom 
 vers tic Magellan gave tar, as to what he faid of the Weather ; but not in other 
 St r eight of ^ a *® s » as f°me lay to his Charge, and with fuch Moderation and Integrity, 
 7ns Name. ™ becomes Chriftian Piety. Nor is it to be believ’d, That Magellan, 
 inould confult fuch a Deceitful a Science as Judiciary Aftrology, upon fuch 
 difficult Points, or Ihould prefer it before Agronomy, amidft fuch dread- 
 ful Dangers. The Hardlhips became intolerable; and Difcord fo far pre- 
 vail'd with the Captains, John de Cartagena, Gafpar gttefada, and Lewis 
 de Mendoza, that they relolved either to Kill, or Secure Magellan, This 
 Confpiracy coming to his Ears, as he lay at the Mouth of the River of St. 
 Julian, having contriv'd what was to be done, as John deBatros writes 
 he caus'd Lewis de Mendoza to be Stab'd, which was done by Gonzalo de 
 Efpinofa. Next Gafpar de ghiefada was Quarter'd Alive; and a Servant 
 of his, who was concern'd, had his Pardon. Cartagena he condemned to 
 a lingering Death, leaving him in that Defert Country, with a Clergy 
 Man, guilty of the fame Crime, which was High Treafon again!! their 
 lung. So fay the Portvguefe Hiftories; but the Spanijh inform us. That 
 they were privately proceeded againft, and the Judgment was Read to them 
 ihis done he made fome Speeches to Juftify the Fad, and Comfort his 
 Companions. Cartagena , and the Clergy-Man, who were left with fome 
 wroyifions, got away a few days after, in one of the Ship- of the fame 
 oquadron, which return'd to Spain. Magellan overcoming incredible Dif- 
 bculues, found the Streight, and PafTage, which makes the Communication 
 between the two Seas, and preserves his Name to this Day. He there took 
 Oiants above fifteen Spans high, who wanting rawFlefh, which they us'd 
 to feed on, foon Dy'd; then’ he paffed the Streight fuccefsfully. But tho’ 
 he got under the Eqmnodlial, either by reafon of the Currents or the Fanl 
 nnefs of the Sea Charts, he Sail’d round about,, and almofl in fight of the 
 Mol V cco Iflands, yet could never come at them. He Touch’d at others 
 where he was oblig'd to Fight; and went on to thofeof Zebu, or the jfe- 
 ■nilas. At this fame time his Friend Serrano was failing for India and tho’ 
 ir happen d in feveral Places, yet, they both Dy’d on the fame Day and 
 much after the fame Manner. e ^ ay ‘ and 
 
 It would be fuperfluous to dilate upon the Story of Magellan his tedious 
 ^ r V -!Pv, 10n ’ ? n f • l o C many difficulties he met with, before and after he 
 
 StreI 5 ht ln r° Paci t' ck > or South-Sea ; his Arrival at 
 the Ifland of Zebu and perfwading the Idolatrous King to embrace the 
 Chriftian Faith, and the Battles he fought on his account? with his Ene- 
 befides that thefe things are Related by very good Authmc 
 who Treat of the Difcovery cf the MoluccS Ifland^ whklfwfs the main 
 °[ hlsdefper r ate Undertaking, we muft be brief in repeating then 
 to fhow how eager feveral Princes, and Nations were for theft* Tfl-inHc J 
 
 lh The Ct King of Zeh ° f 8 - C m Con , fel 3 Uence they would be to them. 
 
 The Kins of Zehu was Bapuzd, rather to make his Advantage of the 
 
 S^anijb 
 
the SPIC E -ISLANDS. 
 
 Spavijk Arms, than out of any Zeal .or that he knew the Faith he Embrac'd. 
 
 He took the jsame of Ferdinand in Bapiifm, to flatter h ; s Godfather, who He is Mur . - 
 was Ferdinand Magalhaens , him/eif. After obtaining leveral Viftories by der\l with 
 his Aftiftance, thinking he could fhake off the fecond Yoke he expe&ed others. 
 thofe Strangers might lay on him, he turn’d againft them. He contriv’d an 
 Entertainment, in Honour of Magellan and Thirty live Spaniards beingat 
 it, he fell upon them at a time appointed, with a Multitude of Barbarians, 
 and confounding the Feaft, murder’d his Guefts, who handled their Arms 
 to defend rhemfelves, which only ferv’d to render their Deaths more Ho- 
 nourable. The reft of the Spaniards, who efcap’d becaufe they were at Sea, 
 for their better Government under that Misfortune, prefentlv~chofe Barbofa^ 
 a Kinfman of Magalhaens , for their General, and Lewis Jlfonfo , a Forth- 
 gvcfe to be Captain of the Ship, call’d the Vi&ory. The perfidious King, 
 thinking to conceal his Treachery and Apoftacy, as if it were poftible to 
 keep it fecrer, fent to invite Barb of a , faying he would deliver him the 
 Jewel he had promis’d for the King of Spain . John Serrano, thinking it a 
 feafhnefs, to truft a Man again, whofe Hands were ftill Bloody with the 
 late Execution, diflwaded Barbofa from accepting of the Invitation; but 
 was not regarded. Barbofa went with the other Guefts, and Serrano 
 himfelf, who, tofhow it was not Fear that mov’d him to give fuch Ad- 
 vice, was the firft that got into the Boat. They were conduced into a 
 Wood of Palm-Trees, where the King expe&ed them, with a fmall Retinue, 
 the Tables being fp read in the Shade, amidft the.Muftck of Bag-Pipes. 
 
 W hen they were feated, and began to Eat, a great number of Archers that 
 lay in Ambufh, rufh’d out, and ikot our Men. They laved Serrano, whom 
 they lov’d, not out of Kindnefs, for they fhow’d him bound to thofe that 
 were at Sea, demanding for his Ranfom, two Brafs Guns, and then he 
 told them, the Slaughter that had been made. Cur Men, not trailing to \ 
 
 them, any longer, let Sail, and did not only fee the Indians carry Serrano # * 
 
 back to their Town, but loon after heard mighty Shouts in it; and it was 
 afterwards known that they gave them when they killed Serrano, and ran 
 to throw down a great Crofs, fet up before the New-Church, which they 
 could not perform. The Spaniards wanting Men, burnt the Ships, call’d 
 the Conception, and chofe John Caravallo for their General, and Gonzalo 
 'Gomez de Efpinofa, Captain of the Ship the Vittory. They came to Borneo, 
 on th ft Coaft whereof they found thofe Peoples Fleet of Carcoas, Painted, 
 and the Prows of them like Serpents Heads gilt. 
 
 The Soldiers appear’d well Arm’d, who having fpy’d our Ship, acquain- $ 0 Jdiers of 
 ted their King with it. He order’d 2000 of his Guard to go out, and re- £ orneo 
 ceive them, before they reach’d the City. Thefe Men came brandifting and 
 their Bows and poifon'd Arrows, Trunks, Cymitars, andSheilds, and wore t ^ on Q r 
 Breaft-plates made of Tortois Shells, and encompafs'd an Arm'd Elephant , Spaniards* 
 on whofe Back there was a wooden Caftle. When the Spaniards came up 
 the Elephant Hoop'd down, and fix arm'd Men coming out of the Caftle, 
 put Gonzalo Gomez de Efpinofa , who was then General, into it. Thus at- 
 tended, he went to Vifit the King, in whole Pretence his Secretary fpoke to 
 him through a Trunk, and Efpinofa gave him an Account of the King of 
 Zebu's Perfidioufnefs. All condol'd the Accident, and our Men taking 
 Leave Sail'd, away for the Mnlucco Iflands, being reliev'd with what they 
 wanted, and furnifh'd with able Pilots.. Not * 
 
14 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquejl of 
 
 i. • , far from Borneo, they met 150 Sail, whereof they took rwo Junks 
 
 opaniaras j n whicli they found an Hundred Men, five Women, a Son of the King of 
 yaore. Luzon, and an Infant two Months Old. This they thought would be a 
 fuflicient Ranfom to recover their Companions- fo they iet go the Prince 
 upon his ParoJe, he promifitig to reflore them the Captive Spaniards Th°y 
 had iome Storms; but arriv'd at Tydore, on the 8th of November 
 \\ hen Almanzor heard the falute of the Canon, he fent to enquire what 
 People they were, and prefently after he came to our Ships in a little Boar 
 His Shirt appear'd woven with Gold and Silk, a white Cloth which 
 trail'd being girt over it. About his Head a fine Veil of leveral Colours 
 made like a Perfian Miter: Being Aboard the Commodore, the Relations of 
 that \ oyage fay , he Hopp’d his Nofe with his Fingers, either at the Smell 
 or our Meat, or of the Ship. Mahomet anifm was newly come into his 
 1 a a " d of bis Subjeds, efpecialiy thofe Inhabiting the Mountains 
 ador d Idols. He bid our Men Wellcome, gave them good Words and af- 
 terwads was as kind in his Adions; andbeing inform'd ot their pall Sufter- 
 ngs, gave them leave to load Cloves. They prefented him with a Chair 
 Crimfon \ elvet, a Robe of Y ellow Velvet, a great Loofe Coat of fal'e 
 
 w i 6 ! 0 -?’ a P. 1 * 0 ' of Yellow Damalk, four Yards of Scarlet Cloth • 
 Handkercheifs, and Tqwles, wrought with Silk, and Gold; Drinking’ 
 
 Slfhi’ 9 kfs Bea t i ’ Lookl , n g-Glaffe S , Knives, Scizers, and Combs. Thfy 
 gave his Son another parcel of Gifts, and a Cap, and did the like by his 
 
 nr ' \/ W and ^ hen they a ik'd the Kings leave in the fimner- 
 
 t o k ? Trad w’ r ^ ran n ed ir » addi[, g 'hey ihould kill any that ofici'd 
 to hinder them. He feriouily view'd his Majefty's Pidure and Arms on 
 the Standard, and defired to fee our Coin. And pretending to be an Affm" 
 Joger, or Soothfayer, or as others fay, having Dreamt or 
 Ally with being toid it by Chine fe Priefts, he faid He knew tip n */?• 
 til King. mm >0 M,lU for Spite j 
 
 They treated about an Alliance, and when they were agreed two 7W * 
 brought fomething in their Hands to the ShiL/which thevXf{ 
 
 • underflood was the Alcoran , tho' at firil tliev did n \t 1 ^ r erwards 
 with Silks, and Strings. Almanzor lly ‘dhis HaSs oni> S' 
 
 ' ^ ad ? and breail ; and this was the Ceremony of his Swearing FrlendO^ 1 * 
 
 and fn 3 S l ° the C /° Wn ofC f^> a " d 'hat he would allow tltem cfe 
 and all Commerce for ever. Then the General EM» n rt j? Uoves » 
 
 . ^»ame, before an Ima°e of the blpfTed y r * h a ’ the £mperor‘s 
 
 i?wS„ F ihi Ffi 
 
 xTJ,Z t S T^ nd had TwoHuSreTwives^ ^ W 
 
 Aings Writ to the Fmperor ; ratifying their Fealrv i n* , , The ' e 
 
 fail'd away in the Ship the ViSmv |£ ,i,„ a , ’ and Sebafttan id Cano 
 
 355 f “ C * m ‘ M - * Ss' 
 
 to 
 
 to 
 
 At this time the new Governor, Don Garcia Heuri™,** ^ <> . 
 
 fucceed Antony Brito, and being come to Banda. JLi 
 
 to 
 
15 
 
 the SPIC E-ISLANDS, 
 
 to carry him to leniate . Monfon is the Name by which the Portuguefe 
 call the Wind, which blows fix Months to carry them to India, and then Monfon, 
 fix Months again to bring them back. There he furnifted himfelf with wIj at it is. 
 all Neceifaries for the Fort built by Brito . He had need fo to do, for lie 
 received Advice, 1 hat SpaniJJ) Ships were failing thro’ the Bays, and open- 
 efi Parts of the Archipelago. He lent to difcover them, by the Induflry of 
 las Soldiers, and being receiv’d at Ternate, view c d the Fort, and obferv'd 
 the porture of the Government. He propofed a Peace with Cachil Almanzor , 
 
 King of Tydore. We fhall have frequent Occafion to repeat thefe Words 
 Cachil and Sangiack . Cacbil is perhaps deriv'd from Katil, which in Ara- Cachil and 
 hick is the fame as among us, a Valiant Soldier. In the Molucco liiands Sangiack 
 they Honour their Nobility with this Title, which is fomething more than their Jig- 
 Don in Spain. The Title of Sangiack , which anfwers to that of Duke, nificatiofu. 
 or Earl, might come from Senchaq $ which in the TurkiJJ? Language, im- 
 ports a Commander : To conclude this Peace, hethought it convenient to fe- 
 cure the Royal Family ; which he accordingly executed, and though he 
 coloured it with fair Pretexts, they plainly perceived this was an Intro- 
 duction towards Opprefling them, and lhow'd a miftruft. We may fafely p 
 affirm, This was the firfi Diftalle which, as being a notorious Wrong, f lortu S ue ~ 
 diilurbfd that Nation, and from that time they grew Cold, and Jealous, / ’ y* 
 thinking themfelves oblig'd to feek Revenge 5 and this Action was the }atc * % 
 occafion of all the enfuing Slaughters, as we often fee a great Fire rife 
 from one fniall Spark, 
 
 Cachil Daroes endeavour'd to obftrmt this Feace, as Tutor, and Gover- 
 nor, fearing the Trade of Cloves would be transferr'd to Tydore, to the 
 Deflruction of the Infant King’s Dominions. But notwithstanding this * 
 
 Opposition, the Peace was concluded, upon certain Conditions, as, That More of 
 the King of Tydore fhould deliver a Ship* he had taken, the Canon , and fome their Out - 
 runaway Portuguefe . Almanzor , who flood in need of a Peace, and the rages. 
 
 Friendfhip of the Portuguefe, to gain the Affection of Cachil Daroes , pro- 
 pose to Marry him to one of his Daughters. Don Garcia believing that 
 this Union among them would produce that of their Forces, and lefs 
 Submiffion to the Port nguefe's Dominion, to obftrud: this dangerous Al- 
 liance, fent to the King of Tydore to borrow the Canon. That King ex- 
 cus«d him (elf, alledging, that he had lent it a few days before, to the King 
 'of Lachlan . Cachil Daroes complying with him, agreed to all the Articles, 
 
 Don Garcia being djlfatisfy'd, waited an opportunity to break all that Con- 
 trivance, and be Reveng'd. Almanzor fell Sick, and defied Don Garcia to 
 fend him a Phyfician ; who fent an Apothecary, and he either not under- 
 flanding Phyfick,or, as was believ'd, by order of Don Garcia , kill'd the 
 Patient. Manife ft tokens of Poyfon afterwards appear'd. The Funeral was 
 order'd, and at the fame time the Commander, Don Garcia, appear'd in 
 the Morning, in a parcel of Carcoas , before Tydore. He fent Baldaya, the 
 CJerk of the Port, to demand the Canon, threatning War, in cafe of denial.. 
 
 The Regents excuiing themfelves at that time, with juft Reafons, and 
 particularly the Funeral Solemnity, when they were in the Height of the 
 Ceremony of Burying their King, they heard the Shouts of Don Garcia' 9 
 Men giving the Affault. The Portuguefe enter'd the City, firing the 
 Houfes, plundering and killing, which obhg'd the Tydore* to abandon their 
 
 King's 
 
i 6 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquejl of 
 
 Spanifh 
 . Ship fir ft 
 
 King c s Body, and fly to the Mountains. Curing their Abfence, Don Garcia 
 leized the Canon, and carry‘d it away to Ternate . Thofe who had fled 
 return'd, with fome Apprebenfion, aaid found the City ruin‘d hideous, and 
 almoft reduc‘d to Afhes ■ but recovering from their Fright, they proclaim'd 
 Cacbil Rax amir a, the Son of Almanzor , King. They committed the Edu- 
 cation ofiiim to Cacbil Rade y his Kinfman,the War being declared betw^n 
 Ternate and the New King of Tydore , who was feafonably fuprorted 
 the Spaniards that came to his Country. ; +1 
 
 c The Ship Vi Rory returning into Spain i with the Letters from the Kin* 
 
 3 1 t ^) e Molucco Iflands, which the Emperor receiv’d, he was more lulivr 
 
 convinc’d that Tflonde vtrJi-l-nV. T i* I 
 
 vjutj/ jirjir -j Uj iic vx as more luilvr 
 
 round the Cpnvmc d, that thefe Iflands were within his Limits. Their Wealth anH 
 
 7/A... /V llic Riollt tr\ t-Vl o ir> «t rora fn. li.raltr ~ r. _ J 1_ ; . .1 . l i , , 9 
 
 World. 
 
 Another 
 
 Sjuadron 
 
 D . . 7 — . — ; v , 1113 Aucii w eaitn, and 
 
 his Right 10 them were fo lively reprefented to him, that he order'd ano- 
 ther. Squadron of four Ships, two Galloons, and an Advice Boat to be made 
 ready at Corunna , to be Commanded by the Commendary Fray Garcia de 
 Loayfa, a Gentleman of Bifcay, and under him, as Vice-Admiral, Sehaftian 
 deltajw znd the Captains Don Rodrigo de Acumia, James de Vera s &c 
 They Sail d on the Eve of St. James the Apoflle, 1525, touch’d at Gomera 
 and running along the Goa ft of Guinea, could not make Cape Sr. Jiteuflm 
 or want ot Wind. By reafon o t this Calm, all agreeing to it, he alter’d 
 ^, ls £? ur f e *° t ^ le _ Cape of Good Hope. A Portuguefe Ship guided them to 
 the Ifland ot St. Matthew , which is Deferr, and full of 1 " ~ - 
 
 where 1 “ 0 Tm ’ ~ " 
 
 - > - ------ tmu iuil of lofty Orange Tree'c 
 
 :re they faw Hens the Track of wild Boars, and fom ePortuguefe Words 
 T«i)'e* Ma- carv d on 1 «es, which fhew’d they had pafs‘d that way. The Ships j ea . 
 
 " to**#*" 
 
 g Jkns 
 & reights. 
 
 t u r V* r r making ror tne arreights o 
 
 Magellan In.this Courle they endur'd Storms, and En‘d in their Ac- 
 counts. Sebaft tan del Cano ft ruck on a ShoaJ, and was reliev'd. The Gal-' 
 loons and Advice Boat mate Net, Spain. The Admiral, by the Advice of 
 Cano pals d the Equinoctial, upon information, That in 12 Degrees of 
 South Latitude, he would find certain Iflands that were rich in roiH L! 
 Silver. All the Men fickn'd, the Admiral, ’and c 2 
 others. The remains of the Squad.on chooiing Toribio de Salazar for their 
 Commander, return'd under the Line: but he dv'd at the Tfl.Ju a / 
 Velas, now call'd Ladrones. or of Th)eves. After ^fome St fo / ^ 
 Inignez, and Ferdinand de Bufiamantt fucceeded him, andaSd toS 
 mand by turns. Thus divided they came in fight of Mindav™ on 4 fvT° m 
 .o,he M,!„ r Ifland., in oL 
 
 sews j*. 
 
 War he - 
 
 .Portu- 
 guefe s 
 
 fugue*, and Bnfiamante SthemTh e Affi- 
 
 A Tyci 
 
 ftance ol Spain iy winch, comfog fbo^= Xvgafo'lf Z 
 (ihons of them all, and lu.nifhed themfelves with ■Neceftanp n c t - 
 being already provided againft the new Enemy gather'd (Zl'r* Gaui: \ 
 tho he could not perfwade Daroes the Tutor \o a« ol n ome f^^oai 9 and 
 pc 'd the Spaniards. Firft the Portuguefe fent an Admonhi W “ h i'‘ m ’ T 
 offer'd them Peace, and Entertainmfnt, as SubSfs ^ \o f 
 
 -sfo near Ally'd to the King of 
 
 Iflands 
 
the S P I C E - I S L A N D S. 
 
 17 
 
 k! 1 ni ld in W , e , r r Within hiS uT tS - T h j s , avail<d nothing, and Daroes Embar- 
 king in 12 . Carcoas , with Emanuel Falcao, tent that Proteflation in Wri- 
 
 ting, and m cafe it was Rejefted, to declare War. The Sganijh Comman- 
 der receiv d the Lawyer that was to makethe Proteflation with much Pi- d r 
 
 vility and Refpeft, and anfwei‘d,That the Molucca Ilk -ids belong'd to the Pol ™F ue fr 
 Crown of Cajlile, and therefore he, in the Emperors S2i retired D?n 
 Gaicta not to break the Peace eftablilh'd between their Kings. After all ' 
 they were oblig'd to have recourfe to Arms, lnlguez Landed on Tydorc 
 ftrengthen d the Works, and furnifh’d them with Canon. The PortuLefe 
 follow d, and both fides Firing, there .was a great Slaughter ; but thofe of 
 Ternyte retir d fo diforderly, that the Tydo> es remain'd Viftors. However 
 “ft? ^ Pfotefiauons iior the War ceas'd, the Spaniards urging Ma- 
 gellan< s Difcovery, and the Portuguefe, Serrano's, and Brito's, The Tydorc s 
 and Spaniards took . fome '. Carcoas belonging to Gilolo, in which they kill'd 
 
 fbr°^ Tat ’a ngame'^ f ° me Terxate *> as alfo a Champ an Laden with Provifions 
 
 Intht PhiUppiue Iflands they give the Name of Carcoas to a fort of Carcoas 
 
 )w ff R S ?? ufe , 0ars >°P t ' n > and bj gh er than our Barks, and are Steer’d by what fort 
 two Rudders, the one ahead, and the other ahem. The Ternates call’d oF VcLls 
 
 IM* 11 7 7w’ 7 h n Ch d, F er fron ? the . Carcoas only in having two Half- and others’. 
 loons of Wood, Painted^ or Guilt, rifing above the Keel at the Head and 
 
 Po ?P- o ^, b °Hl, 100 ^ Ien B QW m each of them, to the found of a Tabor 
 and a Bell. They carry twenty. Soldiers, and fix Mufketiers. The refl ate 
 
 rtf 1 ? 5 ? ab ° Ut f A Ur ?j five ' mle Brafs Guns - Both the Men that Row, and 
 the Soldiers are Arm d with Campilancs, that is Cymiters , and Shields, and 
 abundance of Calabays, and Sagus, being long Canes burnt in the Fire, to 
 
 Sr? T?- ; WhlC \ ll i; y , throw .’ without tacki "g> a * the Moors do their 
 J^heu way of Fighting is to come within Gun-fhot, and as foon 
 as they have fir d, both fides fly with all fpeed, till they have Loaded a- 
 gain, and then return to the fame Port. They fet three Men to each Gun 
 the one Bevels, the other Charges, and the third Fires it. This is the way 
 among the Wanders; for when they have to do with Europeans, our Ex- 
 ample has Improv'd them in the Art of War. But in their Carcoas they 
 are always expos d to be kill d by our Cannon, becaufe they have no Fights 
 
 fro^The^other?^ 1 ^^ 6151 ”^ Cbam * anet > which differ but little 
 
 The Viftory we have fpoken of Encourag’d the Tydores, and with the n r- 
 Aflifiance of the Spaniards, they Aim’d, and falling upon Gaea, a Town of £' 
 
 Ttinate, Plunder d and Burnt it ; but at their Return, they met with Mar- f PC ?t ? 
 
 F ^ 8ht ’ ply;ng their Carcoas > the Succefs remaining L te T 
 doubtful; Whilff this War was at the hotteft, Bon George de Mer.efes 
 
 Ternate, to whom Don Garcia prelently refign’d 
 
 the Poft,tho the Hoftihties continu'd, with Burning and Slaughter on both 
 
 1 es, which it was expe&ed would be greater when the Portuguefe Sue- 
 cours came from Malaca,m& th? Cajlilian from Spain. The new PortueueFe 
 Commander in Chief, and Martin Inniguez came to a Conference, and with 
 much Courtefy, and defire of Peace, concluded a Truce, which lafled not 
 long, tho’ not on account of the main caufe. - 
 
 ihere were many Battles between the and Portuguefe Nations 
 
 D from 
 
i8 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquejl of 
 
 King of 
 Tydore 
 makes 
 Peace. 
 
 Da roe 5, 
 Cuid the 
 
 from Gilolo and other adjacent Iflands, about the Pofieffionof the Moluccas , 
 and they were under feveral Commanders, the Event whereof we (hall fee 
 in its Place. Therefore, and becaufe others have Treated of them Copeoufly,, 
 they fnall be now pafs c d by, that we may return to the A&ions of thofe 
 Kings, which ought to be diftin&ly deliver'd now at the Beginning, for the 
 better Undemanding of the Caufes why they came to be Loft. 
 
 The King of Tydore was lefs Supported by Spain than he had been before,, 
 and was therefore oblig'd to fue for Peace, laying fome Burden of Tribute, 
 on his own Revenue proceeding from the Cloves. He alfo promis'd never, 
 to admit of any Sptiriijb Succours ; befides fome other Conditions, which-, 
 put an end to the Wars for a time. 
 
 We have already obferv'd, That Cachil Boleyfe , King of Tervate , left 
 three lawful Sons, viz. Cachil Bajano , Cachil Dayalo, and Cachil Tabarija . 
 The Eldeft of them was not above fix Years of Age befides whom there 
 gucenjto- were feven Baftards, the Eldeft of them, Cachil Daroes , was Governor of 
 vein ler- tiie Kingdom, in Conjunftion with the Queen. When Brito, .in the Year 
 natCt 1^21, Built the FoTt, tofecure the Subjection of the Iftand, tho* he had ano- 
 ther Pretence for it, he took the Infant King, and the Queen his Mother, 
 into it. She gene’roufly refenting this Violence, as not able to endure,, 
 that they fhould oppofe the courfe of her Government, which fhe manag'd, 
 together with her Step-Son, loudly Complain'd, and Threatned, as aQueen r 
 and as a Mother. She wanted no Conveniences for the Education of the 
 Children ; but there being Wrong difguiz'd among all that feeming Kind- 
 nefs, neither her Family, nor the Nurfe, nor the Perfwafions of Great Per- 
 Tons, could dppeafe her Anger. The Natives obferv'd the Difference of the 
 Portvguefe Domination, and that ft nee their building of that- Fort, they us'd 
 intolerable Rigor, and confecjuently began to grow cold in their AffedHon, 
 Portuguefe an 3 to ftacken in their Refpedl; especially when they perceiv'd that A fro's 
 Infolent. Succeftbr continu'd to keep the Royal Family under Oppreffion. The young 
 King was bred up in the Fort, till he was of Age to enter upon the Go- 
 vernment of his Kingdom; and being i 8 years old, foon dy'd, net with- 
 out the ufual fufpition of Poiffen, but it was affirm'd to be given by private 
 order of Cachil Daroes. O the wonderful Effe&s of the Defire of Rule ! 
 
 Sultan B ay an 0 being Dead, order was taken that the People fhould fm- 
 mediatly Swear Cachil Dayalo ; but Don George found alfo means to get 
 him into the Fort; the Mother demanding him, as fearing his Death, by 
 the example of the Elder. Don George condefcended,.not lb much in com- 
 pliance to her Fears, as tb oblige Cachil Daroes , with whofe Government 
 he was well fatisfy’d ; and it was he that had interven’d fn, and advis’d 
 that way of Breeding the Princes. Soon after there happen'd an Accident 
 which broke off their good Intelligence; for Daroes grew jealous of the 
 Commander in chiefs Behaviour, obferving him much to favour Cachil 
 Bayaco, a Man of note, whofe Friendship he was fufpicious of, and he 
 with reafon fear’d, that the Commander would in time value Bnycrco more 
 tMn him. This well grounded Fear grew up in his Breafl, till it turn’d 
 to down right Hatred, and he contriv’d to kill Don George . The Defign 
 could not be carry ’d on fo private, as to be conceal'd from him, and he to 
 difappoint it, retir’d into the Fort. Daroes pufTed up with the Applaufe 
 die People, fent immediatly to require him to deliver up Eayaco, to try 
 
 him 
 
 They In- 
 ful t the 
 Hativts. 
 
i9 
 
 the SPICE- IS LANDS. 
 
 him upon fome Complaints he had againfl him, being his Judge, as Go- 
 vernour, and oblig’d to do Juftice. Don George was defirous to lave Cacbil 
 Bayaco, and to that purpofe affembled the Alcayde, and other Officers. Some 
 faid he ought to deliver him, others advis’d to appeafe Daroes l y fair means. 
 
 Bay aco. who hated him fo mortally, that he woul’d chufe any fort of Death, 
 rather than fall into his Hands, being lock'd up in a Room of the Fort, 
 underftcod that his Cafe was doubtful, for they Conlulted without any 
 great Privacy. This made him Refolve what to do, and going to a high 
 Window, he threw himfelf out with fuch Fury, that he beat himfelf to 
 Pieces. Don George was troubl’d at the Accident, and thought himfelf 
 oblig’d to Revenge it; which he began upon finding a Sow kill’d, either 
 to fpight him, or becaufe the Neighbours were Mahometans , and had done 
 it as ffie graz’d, or went about the Courts of the Fort. This was a re- 
 diculous Occafion, but of Moment enough among thofe People ; Enquiry 
 was made who had kill’d her, and it appear’d, or Don George would have 
 it, that the Fault belong’d to Cachil Baydua, a near Kinfman to Cachu 
 Daroes , vety Learned, and Zealous in the Law of Mahomet, as alio a Caciz , 
 or Prieil, and of great Authority in the Kingdom. He was ferz’d by Don 
 George , 3nd carry ’d into the Fort, without regard to the publick Peace. 
 
 Daroes, in a great Confiernation, went with the chief Men of the King- 
 dom, to defire he would releafe that Sacred Perfon. Whilft they were 
 difcourfing this Point, Peter Fernandez , a mean Fellow, Servant to the 
 Commander in Chief, by his Mailers Order, or of his own Accord, in the Budenefs. 
 Prefence of them all, went up to Cach'd Baydua , and rubb’d his Mouth, 
 and Face with a fat Collop of the fame Sow, neither the Oppofition he 
 made, nor his Complaints to God, and the Commander in Chief availing 
 him but on the contrary, the Portvgnefes laugh’d out aloud, approving 
 the Aftion by their Applaufe. Daroes on his part, caff himfelf on the 
 Ground, and Weeping, prevail’d to have Baydua reilor’d to him, whom, 
 
 Don George being fattsfy’d, or appeas’d, and taking Security, fent to his 
 Houfe. Daroes attended him, and all the Prime Men ; and Baydua , by 
 Reafon it is an Abomination among them to touch Swines-Flefh, prefently 
 ufed their Purifications; and the more toexprefs his Concern, voluntarily 
 left the Ilknd for fome Years, and travel’d about all the others in the 
 Neighbourhood, preaching, and magnifying the Affront offer’d to one of 
 Mahomet s Priefts, thus flirring up the Natives, and perfwading them to 
 Unite in Defence of their Honour. 
 
 This Accident, which as a Difgrace to their Religion, exafperated the Portugtie- 
 People, was feconded by another much worfe, which quite render’d the f es y ecome 
 Portuguefes Odious. The contrary Winds kept back the Trading Galeon, 0 g lo y lt j QT 
 that us’d to carry the Soldiers Pay, and their Wants increafing, they be- 
 gan to feek Relief, breaking into the Natives Shops, and Store-Houfes, & Ct 
 and taking away their Proviofins, without Paying for them. Daroes, offen- 
 ded at it, order’d, That no Provifions Ihould fee brought into the City to 
 fell, and that the Shops which dealt in them, Ihould be Ihut up. This was 
 accordingly done, and reduc’d thofe in the Fort to fuch Difirefs, that the 
 Soldiers mutinying, rail’d at their own Commander, and.the Governor of 
 India, demanding Relief with their Arms in their Hands. Don George 
 being hard nrefs’d, and blaming the Avarice of his Country Men, fent fome 
 ° * X) i Carcoas 
 

 20 
 
 The Dijc every and Conquefl of 
 
 Barbarous 
 Ciuelty ^ 
 
 Confpiracy 
 So cteftroy 
 She Ponu- 
 guefes. 
 
 Carcoas with Soldiers, under the Command of Gomez Jriaz 9 to barter 
 Goods in the adjacent [Hands for Provifions. They Landed on an Ifland 
 near by, where, being delperate with Hunger, they Plunder’d the Town of 
 Tabona, the Inhabitants whereof, no longer able to endure fuch Affronts 
 and Robberies, running to Arms, fell upon them, and kill’d the greateft 
 Js umber, and moft of the reft being Wounded, were Difarm’d. They em- 
 1 J n ^ 0r i ^ ernate 9 w here their Wounds and Nakednefs (poke what had 
 bet alien them, as much as their Words. Don George, who, befides his 
 being naturally Paffionate, was now quite enrag’d, threatned Daroes , That 
 ir he did not deliver up the principal A&ors in this Mifchief, he would 
 leek his Revenge other ways.. He was obey’d, and tho’ Cacti l Daroes 
 * new that all the fault belong'd to the Portuguefes , yet he deliver’d up the 
 Governor of Tabona , and two other Chief Men of the Place, to Don 
 George, thinking he would be fatisfy’d with keeping them l rifoners for 
 tome Days As foon as they were brought before him, he order'd the 
 Hands of the two to be cut off, and that they fhould be then let at liberty ’ 
 i he Governors Pumfhment was anfwerable to the Cruelty of him that was 
 
 MW they tytd ^ ls ^^ ds behind bisBack » and expofing him on the 
 ^ fi erce Woolf -Dogs upon him, he having no way to with- 
 
 itand their Fury, made feveral va n attempts to flip *flde t rom them and 
 oideavour'd to defend himfelf with what little Power was left him in 
 
 K/lf/ B0U 'i‘ The Muliitude with Horror beheld the 
 
 pfi ’ » tu d WU ^ C ?Ti >affi ° n ’ and adniinn S the Inhumanity of the 
 ar “d S,Xr I Man attem P tedto FI}’, but. perceiving that the 
 
 imn ,l S .i d ;n d p U (F eTei T way, on the Land jide. he call himfelf 
 H r § ea * the °}l ] y Refuge accidentally left him, to feek Come uncenain 
 but P b 9 °V Safet h Howeverthe Dogs being already blooded, left him not • 
 
 Less * HafTh h - 0wll ! lg r ’ lllt and t° r f hi >t', tho’ he flill l\vam with his 
 
 At laft, being defpe rate, and almoft in the lail Agony, he took a 
 horr ,d Resolution and fell upon thofe fierce Creatures with his Teeth* 
 
 E n^ °[ Pa ! n a " d D ef'pair. Thus the unhappy Man took ho’d 
 of one of the Dogs by the Ear, and holding fall funk with him tn th„ 
 Bottom. The like Barbarity had never before been feen in anv of tw!r 
 Countries to which the Portuguefes Traded • and bv it thev Wwf l p f 
 putation they had before gained /to 
 
 "‘““•I “ d f -T®”’ “ S" Si “ "• ““ ,h “ 
 
 wainfttheChriftian.. ^ tho l e I^nds in a. 
 
 King, and the fh VP 
 
 A Alliance, for they fhould both male that »h • " 5 " hereof he promis'd his 
 defign'd the fame SlaSgh er uponThe ^ caufe he 
 
 D "‘“- ^ - A* 
 
 to- 
 
 
the SPICE-ISLAN DS. 
 
 21 
 
 to any Spanifi' lyranny. At this time the Voice of the Golpel refounded in 
 the Ears of the Barbarons Nations of the Archipelago , by the Preaching of 
 the Religious Men of the Orders cf St. Augujlin f St. Dominick , and St. 
 
 Francis , and of Father Francis Naverius, a Jefaity and his Companions; 
 
 Churches were built, and therefore Cod, who was taught by them, would 
 not fufj'er the Miniffers of the Gofpel to be extirpated. Don George was 
 inform’d of the Confpi racy, and the Preparations that were making to put 
 it in Execution, which he kept to himfelf. Daroes , the better to di- 
 fembleit, never abfented himfelf,, but Teforted to the Fort, and paid Vifits 
 to the Governour ; lometimes when fent for by him, and others, of his 
 own Accord. He fent one Day defiring he would come to him, and bring 
 Cachil Tamar ano y Admiral of the Ifland, and Cachil Boioy the chief Ju- Doroes 
 face of the Kingdom, to treat about fome important Affairs. Cachil Da- and others- 
 roes knowing nothing of Don George's Defign, took thofe two Cachil s put to 
 with him, and went away to the Fort. Don George receiv’d them cour- Death. 
 teouily, and with achearful Countenance; but being come into a Room 
 where all Things were prepar’d for the Puipofe, they were feiz’d and 
 put to the Rack, on which they difcover’d the Cgiffpiracy. Immediately* 
 he pafs’d Sentence upon them in Form, and at the fame time caus'd a 
 Scaffold to be ere died, adjoyning to the Fort, on the Outfide, where the 
 People were already gather’d in a Crowd. Then Cachil Daroes being 
 brought out, and plac’d high on the Scaffold,, a Cryer proclaim’d his 
 Crimes, and the Penalty he was condemn’d to. His Head was cut offj 
 and his Companions put to a lefs honourable Death ; but what that was, 
 no Hiffory or Relations inform us. 
 
 The Queen and all the Natives, were fo terrify ’d by this Action, that 
 they fled out of the City, to a craggy ffrong Mountain at the Town of » 
 
 Toruto : Thence the Queen fent to demand her Son, whom the Governour j[ t 9 e jrto en 
 kept as a Prifoner; but he not anfweiing her Letter, fhe was fo offended °p or . 
 at, and jealous of his Silence, that fhe caus d Proclamation to be made, tll g Ue r es< 
 forbidding all the People of the Ifland, upon Pain of Death, to fell any 6 
 Provifions, or other Neceffaries, to the Portuguefes . Her Orders were 
 readily obey’d, and the Portuguefes prefs’d by Hunger, found it a more 
 powerful Enemy, than thofe they had wrong’d. Their Skins began to 
 fhrivel, they grew Lank and Weak, and muff have peiifh’d, had not Gon- 
 zalo Pereyra arriv'd then with the Trading Galeon. Gonzalo Pereyra 
 came from Malaca to fucceed Don George de Menefes in the Poff of Tet - 
 vatf and improving the Opportunity, touch’d at Borneo^ where he vifited 
 the King, with whom, the Spaniards not obff rucfting, he fettled perpetual 
 Peace and Amity ; thence he let out immediately for Tirnate, where he 
 arriv’d in Safety.. He pxefently took Poffeffion of the Fort, and paid the 
 weak Soldiers. The Queen fent to vifit him, and to complain of Don Netv Go „ 
 George , and demand her Son Cachil Dayaloy which was her greatelt vernouTi 
 Concern* Gonzalo Pereyra anfwer’d her generoully, promis d to do her 
 Tuffice : and te begin, lecur’d Don George in the Principal Tpwer, to ap- 
 peafe the Queen, engaging his Word, That he would rcffore her Son, as 
 loon as the Fort was in a good Poffure. He fent to intreat her to return 
 to the City, and former Amity ; that Juff ice might be peaceably admim- 
 ffu’d. She feeing fcmeEffefts of his Promife, in the Impnlonment oL 
 
 heir. 
 
22 
 
 The Difcovery and Conqueji of 
 
 Frejh Up 
 roars 
 caus'd hy 
 the Gover 
 cur. 
 
 Portugue- 
 
 .'fes mutiny 
 
 her Enemy, and the Expedation of Releafing the King her Son, turn’d 
 pall Sorrow into Joy, return’d to Court, and Gonzalo Fereyra reform’d 
 Abufes, repair’d the Fort, and built Baftions of Square Stone, which till 
 then had been utihew’d, the Queen fur ni thing Workmen and Materials 
 Still Cachil Dayalo was detain’d in the Fort, without being reflor’d to 
 his Liberty ; and the Queen and People help'd to build the Fort, as the 
 fure Means of obtaining their King’s Liberty. Gonzalo Pereyra, when he 
 thought it a proper Time, refolv’d to execute fome Orders he had brought 
 from Goa , which were the fame that had before endanger’d the Diifor- 
 bance of thofe Kingdoms. 
 
 Some Governours, fays the Porlugttefe Hifiorian, Canto, only fiudy to 
 enrich themfelves, impoverithing the Provinces, and their King ; for no 
 Prince can be rich, if his Grandeur depends upon poor Subject . The Go- 
 vernDut now perceiving that all Things were quiet, and he had little or 
 “ no Dependence on thofe People, made Proclamation, that none ihould buy 
 Clones in thole Mauds, but the King, his Mailer’s Factors. At the fame 
 1 ime he order d, that his Officers ftould enter the Houfes of marry ’d Men 
 which are the Richeft, and take away all their Cloves : and this not only 
 among the Natives, but in the Habitations, and Colonies of the Pbrtn^uL 
 U ^ a ^ ter Country Rate; and that they fhould break all 
 
 their Weights, Scales and Meafures, and other Implements of this Sort 
 all which he causM to be publickly burnt. The Ifland was afa in m an 
 Lproar, and the Portnguefes were for quitting it, becaufe it was to no 
 Purpofe tohve there, jf they were depriv’d of that Trade. Moll of the 
 repair d to the ^Houfe of Ferdinand Lopez, a Prielf, who was 
 
 of e Mo^X S V Tol in th ® Forr > a ” d ought to have given them an Example 
 Modefly. 1 here one l mcent Fonfeca , a feditious Fellow, heading ihe 
 Muumers, they refolv d to require the Governour to permit them to live 
 
 Z^K% merLl ^ r f 7 ^ and in Cafehe ftould "°t donfent, they would 
 ri p /l” F ° ’ -> d ]he Country, and go over to the Spaniards, or elfe to 
 1ft Mahometans, and Idolaters Towns. Some there were, who bo-ied 
 at the Crime of abandoning the Service of their King, together with the 
 
 hv m’ a „ nd V F te u xr lV ? u d be J efs Harm to procure the Governour’s Death 
 ’ nL^nA 0 r thC ^ at,ves - Whilft they were thus unrefolv’d, the Cover* 
 fWw UO fe L Z - e n ,lce f * e Fo *f eca > for fome difrefpedful Words he had 
 fpoken upon this Occafion, to another Soldier who was viewin' the 
 ^ Multitude, who had already given themfelvls uT w the 
 Diredion of Fonfeca, were as much concern’d at his Imprifonmenr ic if 
 very one of them had been put into Irons : and as generally in fuch Mu 
 times, they are not without fome fpecious Pretence 8 tho’ it be bfi!' 
 
 Que the ^ itio ,“ S bein W’ d - STeVotre^iS SdS 
 
 mrnrnmmm 
 
 He 
 
 r\ 
 
the SPICE- INLANDS, 
 
 He has no Defign to reft ore your Majefty your Son ; but on the contrary we 
 are farisfy'd he confines to deftroy both the Son and the Mother . Her he 
 wiUfecure , asftoon as he has brought his Works to perfection, that he may 
 ‘ nof be again kept from Provifions . If you will ft and up for your Country , 
 and kill the Commander , we / hall not obftrvtt it , but on the contrary /ball 
 be as vigorous to aft againft him , as we are ready to promife it. 
 
 The Queen and her Councilors were well pleas’d, hoping by that The JPueen 
 means to get rid of Tyrants, as they call’d them, and therefore would not ftj r /up her 
 Jet flip To favourable an opportunity to compafs their Ends. The Queen af- p eo pi e % 
 fembled the prime Men of the liland ; reprefented to them the Condition 1 
 it was in ; put them in mind, how King Holey fe her Husband, proteded 
 the PoYtugvcfes , who came thither in Diftrefs ; how they had (worn A- 
 mity, and folemnly given their Hands upon it ; the Honour and Kindnefs 
 he fhow’d them ; and that for their fakes he forfeited the good will of 
 the Neighbouring Princes ; that after he had receiv’d them, he maintain’d 
 Wars, and fu/lain’d Ioffes, even to the hazard of his life, to proted them $ 
 that he treated them as affedionately as if they had been his own Chil- 
 dren ; and how they, ia return for his Entertainment and Favours, as. foon 
 as the Breath was out of his Body , prefuvt'd, faid (he, to lay violent Hands 
 on me ; from whofe Tyranny and Opprefiion I efcaped , by absconding long a- 
 wovg the Rocks, and Brambles. My Children, they [natch d from their 
 Hurfes Breafts , to confine them in Prifon, in their own Kingdom, and a- 
 mong their Subjetts. When Cachil Bayano came to age to govern, they 
 poy foil'd him. They now defign after the fame manner to deftroy his Brother , 
 a lawful King , as if he were fovie run-awny Slave. See what regard a par- 
 cel of intruding Grangers have for your Fortunes , your Houfes, yonr 
 Daughters, andyour Wives, in your own Country, and in my Prefence. Any 
 one ofthefe things ought to be a fufjicient motive tocaft off the Yoke we laid 
 rtgonvuv Necks through our own Credulity . What then will not they all 
 together oblige us to do ? But befides all this, what ought we not to do, fee- 
 ing our Religion affronted ? Our Temples polluted ? Our Priefts trampled 
 on? And all our [elves in general defpis'd? Can you have a greater Tefti - 
 monyrof the juftice of your Caufe, than to fee the Portuguefes themfelves 
 on your fide ? Do not let flip this Opportunity , my Friends, /land by them % 
 fince they promife to ajjift us. Deliver by their means your King , your Coun- 
 try, andyour Religion ; that all thefts maybe afterwards re [add from them, 
 and we may exclude fuel) ungrateful Gue ft s. 
 
 Thefe and other Exhortations made by the Queen, as Mafeus writes in Confpiracy 
 his Latin Hiftory, were receiv’d with Abundance of Tears, and they all againft 
 engag’d to put their helping hands to the execution of what had been con- the Go - 
 -certed; and fixt the day and hour. Great Diflimulation was us’d, and the vernor* 
 Queen forwarded the work of the Fort with much application, without 
 ifparing any Coft, giving out,fo as it might come to theGovernour’s Ears, 
 
 That the King her Sons Liberty depended on the finifhing of the Fort. 
 
 This was the effed of. Motherly Affedion. The appointed Day being 
 come, the Natives appear’d in Arms, juft during the icorching Heat of 
 the Nocn-Aay ; Some hid themfelves in a Mofque, behind the Fort ; o- 
 fhers in a Wood, not far off, all of them ready to affault it, npon a Signal 
 given, they being to enter at a Breach,* which was not yet made up. Some 
 
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24 
 
 
 The Difcovery and Conqneft of 
 
 HisDcatb 
 
 Fonfeca 
 made Go- 
 iter nour. 
 
 of the Arm’d Iflanders flily mist themfelves among the Mafons, and La- 
 bourers, and among the King’s Servants, who were going and coming 
 with kind Meflages between the Son and the Mother, and by this mean! 
 convey’d him his Arms, and being us’d to talk to him freely at other times 
 they had then the Opportunity of acquainting him with the Delign and 
 advifing to be in a readinefs to fall on boldly in due time. Thence’ thev 
 ’ went to the Governour’s Apartment, where he was taking his Afternoons 
 Nap in all poflible Security, his whole Family being afleep. The Ter in let 
 burrt the Doors open with their Shoulders, and rulh’d upon the Govern™,/ 
 whom the uoifc had awak’d. He defended himfelf with his Sword and 
 Euckler for a confiderabJe fpace ; but his Enemies being numerous and all 
 prefling forwards, they cut him in pieces. A Woman-Have of hi s hear 
 ing the Hubbub, fhreek d out, which with the other Noife brought the r<iZ 
 ders out of the Mofque, without expe&ing the Signal. They hi,] 
 ot a Porttiguefe they met, but he broke look, and efcap’d their Furv hv 
 flight. 1 he Slave continud crying out, Moors , Moors. With thh J7 
 Governour s Servants came running arm’d, and going m to th» li - r 
 Tower, where their Mailer was wont to divert himfelf,' found aJl tlf 
 Murderers there, whom they laid hold of, and call down head on* a 
 then fhut the Gates of the Fort Then they rang the Bell, the found whe"? 
 of, and their not hearing the Signal, difeourag’d the Ternates who lav t 
 Ambnib, fo that they Hunk away into the City. n lay Jn 
 
 The Poruigites Confpirators went flily diftembling into the Fort 
 finding the Governour dead, requir’d the reft in his place to admits ,S 
 f cay de, or Conftable of the Fort, becaufe the King of Portugal had ft, or 
 d u d- j T hey r M Us d , hjm ’ and Particularly the Vicar, who took , 
 to head them all, and prevail’d fo far that they chole ViucllTX r 
 for their Governour, who immediately took Poffeffion of the Fort^a 
 8 ° °" “ the Tyrannical Defign of Gonzalo 
 Trade ot Clove as it was before; but fecur’d King Dd va/o* v* 
 
 “was taken of the Governour’s Death as beinp- ereriiNvi k* L notIce 
 
 ■fe ^ ?' h ' <*«» ‘“ M ' d ■» 
 
 allNeceflaries for that Work : Vincent Fonfec'i referM , 1 , 1 / Cumuli d 
 Marry ’d Men. All thofe Nations are of Son h» the t0 the 
 them are the Marry ’d Men, both on accou^of SLt 
 
 ^ a greater intereft^ andaSm ~' 
 
 a nd as more 
 the pub lick 
 
 Good, and therefore it is ufual to refer to them 6 aiVn k * n 
 in matters of Difficulty, They all voted. That the Ouepn^ *2? Anfwer{ 
 her Son deliver’d to her. heranfp • Q- ? en ^_ 0Ldd not have 
 
 her Son deliver’d to her, becaufe it was’convemVni-' t ^ not have 
 
 ilage, fearing the fecond part of what had b P - n ^ ° ^ ee f ^ Im as an 
 
 Friendftips would laft no longer than till it could be SSiteH ^ R** 
 
 Jiate the true caufe of detaining him, they anfwe^d Th Butt0 P ^ 
 
 acquaint the Governour of India. In the mean whit’ frluft firit 
 
 ceafe to weep, and to intreat. She fed unon thrZ w the Mother dld not 
 Hatred the Portnguefes ft ill retain'd for Perev^a ^^ ope \S round ed on the 
 had us'd in reftoring the Tradeoff Clove aX?L, °" the Generofity Ihe 
 valent of thefe feem'd to be the gaiSthe T, The P«- 
 ygnefes, to whom that Affair ZsrTnJ ^ 
 
 focn 
 
 
the 
 
 SPICE^ISLANDS. 
 
 25 
 
 foon unde ce i V ed, foxFonfecci offered her fuch Rea foils or Excufes as nro- 
 ved his Tyrannical Defign ; alledging, that having already Tent to confult 
 theGovernour of India about the Kine's I iherrv ,v 1 2 -1° con,ull: 
 to come to any Refolution in that affair, till the Anfwer came from Gm Tor 
 they would cut off his Head foould he go about to ad of himftlf \he 
 Queen perceiving that neither Gifts, nor Intreaties would nZ i * i 
 her Son, foe refolv'd to ufe Force. would prevail to get 
 
 She hir'd up all the Neighbouring Kingdoms again ft the Pnrii,*„,r 
 and order'd the Provifions to be all remov'd, that none might com/u/the ThcQtxecn 
 Fort either by Sea' or Land. Thofc within began to foefthe St of a lf 
 ^eceffaries, to fuch a degree, that they fu c dto the Queen for Peace which hcr Son ly 
 was concluded, and they gave up her Son, which was the only thino fo» f orce - 
 aim d at, without regarding the inconveniency of loffng the Fort °Tk. 
 
 Queer, having obtain'd the King's Liberty, granted the ZtngueJ ! Wftf 
 onditions they demanded, and was fo throughly appeas'd that the Chri 
 Ilians continu'd their Settlements and Colonies, and Trade and ProvffT 
 ons were reftor'd The Queen put the Government into the’fis of £ 
 
 Me"n Tn h d H-f fi £ f °£ e Severity and Ha^fonefs towards the primfe 
 fcifi d d f ve ,f, d fo T We ^»effes, which till then his Confinement 
 had e ther conceal'd, or fupprefs'd. Thefe things render'd him fo cdfou" 
 
 .hat the cafe was alter'd, and they would have been glad he had been Pri- 
 foner again. The Mother could not curb his ill Inclination, for the extra- 
 vagant Youth's deprav'd Nature would not allow of it. * 
 
 fw'lf - three m ? n f eliows of the Portvgvefes Colony, went to „ 
 thofe ot the Natives to roji; befides which they ravifo’d fome Women Ik. Eortu " 
 Wanders would not bear with that Infofence; but thofe who had iS S^Cefio^ 
 wrong din revenge kill'd the Offenders. Vincent de Fan fee a hearino nf hers 
 it,magnify‘d the Heinoufnefs oFthe Fart, without mendoE fi?r* ° f 
 
 <**>•, ,"*«**< am E.«.mry ToTSftrfhh&V 
 
 What Care ought Princes to take to fecure the Affeftion of their SubiS 
 
 i L K g 7A a ha ' ed ’ that cenaln Natives went to the Governour and* 
 being conduced into a private part of the Fort, becaufe they were Men of 
 Quality, they affur d him that the King had been the Occafion of the kill- 
 ing of thofe grounding the Accufation. on their own Surmifes 
 
 a , nd aggravating the Offence with other Circum fiances, in fuch manner’ 
 that had Fonfeca lov'd the King, he could not but have believ'd them He - 
 presently contrivd to feize him ; but being impatient, and defpairing of 
 Tecunng hun by Art, had recourfe to Force. The King did the like tho* v e 
 fenfible how little Affiftance he could ex peel from his People however be ^r’”^ 
 arm'd a b Melt, and falling upon fome Chrillian Towns/ took feveraj 
 Pnfoners. The Governour on the other Hand, without fparing Ternate ^ 
 attacked what Towns he could, fo that Cruelty and Rap. ne were again ?/ 
 
 •J&J? entoaffaulting °f Cities, the very Sufferers approving of ft, and 
 pleas d with their Loffes, that fo they might be reveng'd of their Kino 
 
 £/7r ni8 M at the ? a " ed they bore him ’ mi gi« vccafion his being foizfi 
 and deliver'd up to Fonfeca , went over to Tydore, where that King for the 
 prefent entertain'd and affifled him, as a Friend and Relation, the Go- 
 vernour fent with (peed to call the King's younger Brother, named Sultan 
 Ttieartja, who was fled with fome Malcontents, and with the content of 
 
 E all 
 
i6 
 
 The Difcovery and Conqaeji of 
 
 all the tell of the People, who were before no lefs diffatisfy'd, proclaimed 
 SultanTa- ^ Kj ncy w i t h a il the Forms and Ceremonies us'd in that cafe. Many 
 barija ^ approv'd^of it, yet fome were fcandaliz'd. The fameDivifion reign'd a- 
 xn ad King, j^opg the Portuguefes, remembring the unjuft Election ot Vincent de Fen - 
 feca and that he was the firrt and main inftrument of t lie Death of Gon- 
 zalo Fereyra . Fonfeca himfelf was not at Peace with his own Confcience; 
 but fo full of Apprehenfions and Dread, that he was never unarmed, dirt- 
 confolate, melancholy, and attended by all thofe ill Symptoms, the Me- 
 mory of Guilt produces in the Mind ; and he could wifh he were dif- 
 charg'd of the Burden he had taken upon him. The new King Tabarija 
 began his Reign {hewing Kindnefs to, all Men, and cheriftiing the Portu - 
 guefes, which offended his abfent Brother ; and adminirter'd occafion to 
 irritate the Kings of Tydore and Ternate againrt him fo haftily, that he imr 
 mediately broke the Peace, and declar'd himfelf their Enemy. 
 
 T , At this time Trijlan de Atayde came to Ternate, whofs Prefence brought 
 J nltan e ^ things into better Form. He appeas'd the Queen, and commending 
 ^rayue jaharij&s Government, gain £ d his Affedion. Trade went on without 
 overnour ^ Obftruftion. . Vincent de Fonfeca imbark'd for India, and was feiz'd 
 c/iernate. ^ ^ yj cero y 0 f Goa y . foi the heinous Crimes he had committed in the 
 Molucca Iilands, whence a full Account of them was fent with him ; yet 
 he was notpunifti'd, but liv. c d quietly fox the future. Ternate flourifh’d 
 under this mild. Government ; the King, his Subje&s, and. the Por tugu efe 
 Officers being united ; but all thofe Garrifons fo remote from' the Head., 
 being Receptacles of feditiousPerfons, who are contriving Innovations to 
 dirturb the Peace, and thrive by Difcord, there wanted not fome Promo- 
 ters of fuch Changes, who perverted Trijlan de Atayde, and diverted him 
 of his former Mildnefs. . About the beginning of his Government two 
 Carcoas of Barbarians plunder’d and almoft dertroy’d the City Momoya , 
 the Inhabitants whereof were Idolaters, in tire Ifland Moro, The Lord of 
 it a powerful Sangiack , and good Moral Man* tho’ aHeathen, made his 
 Efcape. Gonzalo Vellofo , a Porti/guefc y wzs then not far from his City fol- 
 lowing his Trade, and going thither, upon his paying a Vifit to the San-* 
 giack , he told him the Havock that had been made, complaining of the 
 dangerous Neighbourhood of the other Iflanders,. and asking his Advice, 
 how he might be reveng’d and fecur’d for the future. . Vellofo , God direft- 
 ing his Tongue, told him, That the furert way , was to fue for Peace to 
 the Commander in chief of the Moluccos, and entertain Amity with the 
 For tugu efe r,f or if his Enemies once faw he was fupported by their Power 
 noKing nor Sangiack would dare to offend him. He affur’d him that the 
 King of Portugal fent them for that End,, being oblig’d to put down Ty- 
 ranny and Gpprertion ; but that for the obtaining that benefit more fully, it 
 was requifite he fhould become a Chrirtian ; for by that means he would 
 , fave his Sou1 ’ and fecure Efcape, which was the leart important of the 
 
 J two. Vellofo faid fo much to this Point, and the Spirit which directed 
 
 fu 8 g efted fuch important Truths, that the Sangiack at fir ft admiring them* 
 * approv’d and fubmitted to them, and grew very earnert to. be admitted to 
 Baptifm. He defir’d Gonzalo Vellofo 10 be affifling to him, and gathering 
 fome of his Family and Friends, they fet out for Ternate, the Sangiack 
 himfelf flaying behind for their Ar.fwer, The Heathens came with Vetlox 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS: 
 
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 fo to Ternate , where they were generoufly received, and entertain’d by 
 Tnjtan de At aide. Having heard what they came about, he put them all 
 into the Chriftian Habit, appointing Clergy-men to inftruft and Cate- 
 chize them. Being thus prepar’d, they receiv’d Baptifm with extraordi- 
 nary latisfadtion, the Commander in chief being their God-father. Then 
 he commended the Sangiack's Refolution, fhewing how advantageous it 
 would be to him to become a Son of the Church, and rejeft the abominable 
 and toul Ceremonies of Idolatry, in which he had liv’d. He fent him 
 ward, to appoint the Day and Place for being Baptiz’d, and he would fee 
 all perform d as he ihould dire<ft,for which Real'on he left it to his Choice 
 The Meflengers returning to Momoya , were not only proud of having em- 
 brae d the Chriftian Faith, but of the good Ufage they receiv'd from the 
 Governour and other Chriflians,telling the Sang lack all that had happen’d 
 and the Anfwer they brought him. The Sangiack, led by his own inclina- 
 tion, and encourag'd by their Account, imbaik’d in fome Carcoas with the 
 g reate ft Splendor of Mufick and Gayety he was able. Being come in Sight 
 of Ternate , Triftan de At aide went out to meet him with no lefs Pomp 
 lie lodgdand entertain’d him accordingly, and order’d a Learned and Re- 
 ligious Man to Catechize and inftrud; him. Some Days after when the 
 Cathecumens were fitted for it, they receiv’d Baptifm, with publick Re- 
 joyemgs, and greater Solemnity than had ever been feen in Ternate. There 
 was not aChriftian but what brought Palm-Branches and Flowers from 
 that natural Garden of the Iiland ; befides Mufick, Dancing, Firing of great 
 Guns, and even the very Barbarians rejoye’d. The Sangiack in Baptifm 
 took the Name of Don John ; heftay’d fome Days rejoycing and Feafting 
 with the Portuguefe s, and then return’d home, taking along with him the 
 Prieft that inftru&ed him, call’d Simon Vaz , to improve him in the Know- 
 Jedge of the Faith. That Prieft liv’d with him fome Years in his City 
 leading an Exemplar Life, and exercifing himfelf in Works of Officious 
 and pure Charity, by which means he converted great Numbers of Hea- 
 thens, and particularly the Inhabitants of Momoya. But being alone and 
 the Number of thofe God was pkafed for his Glory, to bring to him in- 
 creafing very faft, he fent to Trijlan de Atayde for another Prieft to affift 
 him in that Funftion, and he accordingly fent F. Francis Alvarez. They 
 both in a fhort time converted the Infidels of that Part, throwing down all 
 the Pagodes , fo they call’d their Idols, cleanfing thofe Places, and con- 
 verting the Houfes of Abomination and Darknefs into Churches of the li- 
 ving God. Triftan de Atayde fo far favour’d the new Den John , as to 
 fend along with him fome Portuguefe Soldiers to defend his PerLon and 
 Fort, and this Prince maintain’d very friendly Correfpondence with him. 
 
 His End we fhalJ foon fee and admire in the Sequel of this Hiftory. 
 
 The People of Ternate at the fame time took another Courfe, for they D 
 hating Sultan Tabarija , and defiring his Death, talk’d with the Govern- 
 our in private, and gave him to underftand that his Life was in Danger, £ ue * es 
 for Tabarija contriv’d to kill him, as had been done by Gonzalo Pereyra , jJ. V€ 
 that fo he might feize the Fort, turning out the Portuguefe s. The Go- 
 vernour hearing his Life, and the Fort were both in Jeopardy, and calling 
 to mind the yet frefh Example of his Predeceffor,eafily believ’d the Defign, 
 tut cunningly .diflembled. He contriv’d that fome Portuguefe^ on account 
 
 E z of 
 
29 
 
 The Difc every and Conquejb of ‘ 
 
 of real or pretended Differences fhould have Recourfe to the King’s Favour, 
 as fometimes they us'd to do, and fhould prevail upon him to come to the 
 Fort to fpeak for them. He was apply 1 *! to by fome, and like an innocent 
 Man fufpe&ing nothing, went to the Fort to intercede for them. He was 
 immediately feiz'd and loaded with Irons, and being b ought to Trial, the 
 fame Perfons that contriv'd his Imprifonment, appear'd as Witnefies a- 
 gainft him. After a tedious Examination, or fhow of it, the Refult was, 
 that he fhould be fent to India to juftifie himfelf. He imbark'd with a fafe 
 His Con - Confcience, and his Caufe being examin'd before the Viceroy Antony Bar - 
 verfion and ret0 3t Goa ? he was clear'd, and confeffing the Holy Spirit had taken that 
 Death. method to draw him to Salvation, was Baptiz'd in that City with great 
 Satisfaction, by the Name of Don Emanuel . In his Return homewards, 
 expecting the Monfon at MaJaca to put to Sea, he dy'd with extraordinary 
 Tokens of a fmcere Chriflian ^ and having no lawful Heir, appointed King 
 John the Third of Portugal to Succeed him in all his Kingdoms. The Will 
 was afterwards carry ‘d to Ternate, where the great Ones and Commonalty 
 accepted of it, owning King John for their Soveraign. This was per- 
 form'd with Acclamations in the Streets and publick Places, as alfo in the 
 Courts of Judicature, taking PofSeflion with the Royal Standard of Portu- 
 gal difplay'd, and all other ufual Solemnities and Ceremonies. In the 
 Year 1549, Jordan de Freytas carry'd the publick InRruments of the Pof- 
 feflion to Lisbon . 
 
 To return to the Courfe of theHiffory when T)ifl an de Atayde had Im- 
 bark'd King Tabarija for India, he fought out for a Ballard Brother of 
 his call'd Aerio, born of a Javanefe Mother. The Lad was then ten years 
 of Age, bred by his Mother in a retir'd manner, at a Pieafure-Houfe en- 
 compafs'd with perpetual Greens, the natural Difpofition being improv'd 
 The Me - bv Art, which fo far prevail'd that the Flower fo wonderful for its Fra- 
 lancholy gancy and manner of growing call'd Trifle, or melancholy , found only in. 
 Tree, and Malabar and Malaca, abounded in this Ladies Gardens. . She ador'd the 
 
 Flower . Sun, and brought up her Child in that Folly, that he might forget the 
 
 Rudime nts he learnt at Goa , when in the Colledge of th tjefuits. The 
 Idolaters believe, or feign, that a moll beautiful Daughter of Parizataco , a 
 Satrapa , or Nobleman, fell in love with the Sun, and that he after com- 
 plying with, and obliging her, fetled his Afifedions on another, and the 
 lirfl not able to endure that another fhould be preferr'd before her, kill'd 
 her felf. From her Afnes, for in thofe partjs they hill retain the Cuhom 
 
 of burning dead Bodies, fprung 'that Melancholy Tree , fay they, whofe 
 
 BIofToms or Flowers hill preferving the Memory of their Original, have 
 fuch a Hatred for the Sun, that they cannot bear his Light. This Plant 
 , is call'd in the Canarine Tongue Parizataco , from the Indian ■ Womans Fa- 
 ther, who was Metamorphos'd like Daphne, iho on another Account. The 
 Mai ayes call it Sirigadi • the Arabs, GuarP • the Per flans and Turks , Gul ; 
 the Decanines, Pul • and the Portuguefe , Amove Trifle ; that is, the Me- 
 lancholy Tree, It fhoots out abundance of {lender Branches, regularly di- 
 vided by Knots, from each of which two Leaves Tprout, oppolite 10 one 
 another, like thofe of the Plum-Tree, but foft like Sage, and cover’d with 
 a white Down. From each Leaf fprouts a Nib, or Nipple, whence five 
 Heads fhoot out fmall at the end, each of them adorn'd with four finaller 
 
 round 
 
the SPICE -IS LANDS. 
 
 2 9 
 
 round Leaves ; from each little Head proceed five Flowers, the fifth in the 
 irndii or the other four • among them the white Flowers vifibly grow our 
 being bigger than Orange Flowers, and fo fafl after Night fa]], that the 
 Motion of them is perceptible. This Fruitfulnefs Ms all the Night, till 
 the Appearing of the Sun renders it barren, and caufes all the Flowers and 
 Leaves to drop off, the Boughs remaining wither'd. On a hidden all that 
 rragrancy ceafes, which enrich’d the Air with all the fweet Odours of 
 z/. ia r included in this alone ; till the Sun leaving the Horizon again the 
 Flant again flourilhes in its beloved Darknefs, as if it then retriev'd the 
 VVrong it receiv'd from the Light. The Jfiatick, are exceffively fond of 
 Perfumes, which is an Argument of their Lafcivioufnefs. Great Taxes 
 are laid in feveral Provinces, on all fweet Scents. 
 
 The Portuguefes came arm'd to that Houfe, where the aforefaid Princefs i li, .If 
 bred her Son, and demanded him in the Name of Triflan de Atayde • the rent 
 %vould willingly have hid him, but could not, and therefore began to ex- fZh 
 cule hei^ fell-, and beg they would leave him. It avails nothing, for the Amn 
 MefTengers had Orders not to return without him, and to gain her Con- 
 lent, (wore they would carry him to reign in the Head of Tabarija and 
 that as loon as he came to the Fort, he fhould be received as King, both 
 by the Ter nates and Portuguefes. Some Relations tell us, that then the 
 Mother, fhtdding Abundance of Tears; flreightly embracing the Prince 
 cry'd out, faying, Were Iajfur'd that yon took him away to reign peaceably* 
 without any Oppofition , or Apprehenfion , well belov'd and obey'd by his His Alo ~ 
 tvbje&s, and in fettled Profperity , undiflurb'd by any Frights ; yet would ^ jeris 
 I rather fee him grow up and continue in a private Life, without burden - S P eecl) t0 
 ing himfelf with any publick Concern , than that he fljould reign to pleafe kivu- 
 your Humour ; this was my Intention in retiring with him , and I would 
 gladly conceal him from all humane Converfation. If fo, what can I think 
 of what you now promife me i Will it be reafonable , that I deliver you 
 viy bon to receive the Crown , and that you at the fame time deflgn him for 
 Imprifonment and Fetters , from which nothing flail, or can pojjibly deliver 
 him but Poifon and falfe Accufations, which have brought his Brothers and 
 Parents to their End? What Security have I from Fortune, that fle will 
 in this Child be reconciled to that Family , which fle has condemned to im- 
 mortal Enmity with the Europeans, in Requital for having friendly enter- 
 tain'd them ; and decreed that , ivjlead of the Protettion it hop'd to find in 
 your Arms , you fiould lay on it an intoller able Yoke ? Leave vs then, both 
 Mot he)- and Son, to employ our f elves about the Works of Nature*, Jince 
 coftly Experience has fo fully undeceived us as to the Effects of Fortune * 
 
 Permit us to divert the Thoughts of them , with the Hfiiiet, and Improve- 
 ments of thefe Gardens . Mkt us be allow'd to want that which fo many feek 
 after.' James dc Couto, in his Decades relates this Fa&, and the Mother’s 
 Lamentation, and Words. The Portuguefes, no longer able to give Ear 
 to thofe difmal Refle&ions, which did not favour of a barbarous Woman, 
 ran up to her, and forc'd away her Son, whom {he llruggled to defend. 
 
 He, lays the fame Author, observing his Mother's Tears, and the Rea-* 
 
 Ibns Ihe alledg'd for not parting with him, and having fome anticipated 
 Notion of the Sweetnefs of Reigning, which he had not yet tailed. Hood 
 gazing on her and them, full of Confufioru The Rudenefs, and Inlblence 
 
 cf 
 
50 
 
 The Thfcovery and Conquefl of 
 
 of the Soldiers put an End to all ; tor tho‘ they nad no fuch Orders from 
 their Commander, being deaf to, and weary of hearing the Complaints of 
 The Por- a Difconfolate Woman ; they at the fame time feizld the Son, and laying 
 tuguefe hold of the Mother, calf her headlong out at the Window : The new 
 
 murder King was carry'd to the Fort, and at the fame time that the Subjects fwore 
 
 Fidelity to him, they with general Lamentation celebrated his Mother’s 
 Obfequies, which were perform'd with greater Solemnity, than even 
 thofe of the Principal Queens. This Inhumanity exceeding even the Ca- 
 nibals , and confequently unworthy the pretended Portuguefes Bravery - 
 being bruited Abroad in the Neighbouring Provinces, produc’d that juft 
 Hatred which was of Force to unite ; and actually drew into a Confedera- 
 , cy all the Kings of the Archipelago, againft the Portuguefes. They alfem- 
 t ovfetiera- pi e( j j n Council, and in the Meeting concerted their Deiign, declarin' 
 ey agamjt that the Oppreflion they weie under, was intollerabk, the Portuguefet 
 ;>iew. making and depofing Kings to thier own Humour and Fancy, infultitig 
 thofe Crowns which had given them the Power they had abus'd, contrary 
 to all Laws of Humanity, without allowing the Natives fomuch as a Vote 
 in Elections. Having agreed upon the Enterpiize, they provided all 
 Tilings for . the Execution, whilft the appointed Time came, which they 
 diligently made as fbortas might be, and expefled with Diftimu’ation. 
 
 The Spanijb and Portuguefe Fleets at this Time continu’d their Voyages 
 Difference t0 the -Archipelago, their feveral known Ways ; the Spaniards from New 
 about the S Pf n , to the Philippine Iflands ; the Portuguefes along the Coafts of 
 Moluccos J f rlck > and fo t0 Alalaca. Both Sides exercifed their Power, and carry’d 
 between * 01) their Trade wlth Ambition, and, as fome fay, with Cruelty; but the 
 Spain and hloody Theatre of continual Tragedies, was Ternate and all the 
 Portugal. f olucco ?• There both Nations of Cajlile and Portugal decided their 
 Quarrel by the Sword, whilft their Kings in Europe onlv contended by 
 Dint of Cunning, and Cofmography. At this, time the Matter was not 
 fo plain, as when the Cofmographers and Commiilioners on both Sides 
 lay’d down the Meridian, whereby to aflign each of them one half of the’ 
 r ° rJ ^T^T King - Tor the Admiral ChriJlofber Columbus returning 
 from his firft Difcovery of the Wejl-lndies, in the Year rao; Pope Alex- 
 ander tire Vlth. granted the Inveftiture of them, for the Crown of Call He 
 to their Catholick Majefties, King Ferdinand, and Queen I fab el, or Eli* 
 zabeth ; and, to obviate the Differences that might arife between the two 
 Crowns, to the obftruaing the Propagation of the GofpeJ, by the fame 
 Apoftolical Authority, whi h in that fpiritual Capacity is not limited to 
 any part of the Globe, he divided it betwixt thofe two Crowns, ordering 
 a Hi ne to be drawn along the Heavens to cut both the Poles drilant 
 
 r^ th r E f th R n v 1Undre f u ea fv s . from t,1e *«ands of the Azores and 
 Cabo / erde. By Vertue of this Divifion, the Emperor pretended that the 
 
 Moluecol&zids weie , within h ' s Limits » ever fin cl Gonzalo Gomez de Ef- 
 pinofa, his Commander in cmef, Sebaftian del Cano, and his Companions 
 who went with Magellan took Pofteflion of them for his Crown Pr teTd- 
 Sf fameT ini e, that they were the firft Chriftians that arriv’d at ?he 
 c ll iCC0S 9 and that '-hen he was own d as Sovereign by Sultan Crmli Kinp 
 
 • pifyAcae, by Luzuf, King of Gilolo , and other Princes, who all ’fwoie 
 
 Feaity 
 
'“the SPICE-ISLANDS, 
 
 3 * 
 
 *£? 1 “oLt filter 
 
 King’s Name, before an Image of the Bleffed Virgin He urg’d’ th -* r g™ent s 
 
 Krit'wS 0 “‘ttaX ’ 111 , “ dE '"' ri ', jf M '“ i^iha f " 5 P“"- 
 
 VMhg for To mg .l ,0 go >ta,Td^,o™ i,e w“ i £ 
 
 many Cofmographers, and fuch able Mariners: and wSSSSlf th 
 Opinion of Magellan, who was himfelf a Portuguefc. And that in Cafe 
 b . e tbo ^ ht partial, becaufe of his being difoblig’d in Forty fr! 
 that Exception did not lie again!* Francis Serrano* who was alfoa K ’ 
 
 £ UL { C ' and been favour'd and cherilh’d. That to fav the Spa pk^’ 
 
 babied 6 KlTdr^h 07 Contr I | v ! d ’ , was a groundlefs Objeftion, and nSpro! 
 table. Befidesthat, in Relation to the Article ofPofieflion on whh-h 
 
 the Controverfy depended, it was only requifite to Hand by what was wX 
 by, and receiv'd among Cofmograpbers. 7 ' 1 ^ wr,£ 
 
 ii Anfwer to ihis, King John of Portugal, denv c d the Fa# of i-Iip n;r 
 
 p ecedenc y 5 f ? r Serrano's was in the Year 15 ii an d Portugnef-* 
 riohp Coro r ions ,1HK Years later, in 1520. Pie declar'd the Jnfvcr. ‘ 
 
 a^rdSg to S&?3 
 
 a - f ssis 
 
 ScJr? hi y he f - the Geographer and Aftrologer 
 
 lalf bZitf Martln ’ hy which it appear'd, that he failing with Male! - 
 
 O, nnfi iif f ° re A Unattei, l pted Voyage ’ had obferved Several Eclipfes 'arid 
 Oppolitions. Among the reft, on the 17th of December, j s J He rn 
 
 '7»Ve a Ca i! d M° de ? ane y ro r took an Obfervation of a Coniunftion Q f 
 
 Jupter and the Moon ; on the firft of February j< lo , another of the 
 
 and ^«„r; foon after another of the &» a^nd Md.™^ ' 
 
 Streights, another Oppofition .of the Sun and Moon, and others at other 
 
 S’ 3 1 t h,C ^; ho< cal i ulated by bim t0 the Meridian 
 
 thing to his Delign, which was to prove that the Molucco Iflands did 
 not belong to Portugal 5 for which Reafon he found Fault with Jobn de 
 il /i r* J a o n a ’ ld Almanacks. All thefe Papers were prefefv'd bv 
 fX a ’f Fadorat the Moluccas, a learned and curious Man. Thev 
 
 t - fin - r ther ; rv he e n a Treaty about the PdTcff ofSZ 
 
 . «* ’ 1H a '- ,aPe . °/ that Confequence it was not proper, to avoid al- 
 ledging, and examining the Grounds of their Property, to prevent the De- 
 ^Swott!, which was the Court where tihat Soterfy was 
 pleaded, and when once it comes to that pafs, there was no Poflibilftv of 
 ftandmg to fpeculative Writing, which not being made good by Exp^eri- 
 be look ‘ d u P on as uncertain. 8 7 P 
 
 Vi nf f , 0f r the Molucco Iflands was of great Confequence to the 
 S L W T- ? l° r . aarrying on the Trade of Spice, and being inform'd 
 f'X r d lt i 11 p 1 ?, train'd between his Subjeds’and the Emperor's 
 fnme r e ^/r’ le U ?‘ d frefll E "devours to bring that Bufinefs to’ 
 fqme Cojrclufion, that fo the War might ceafe. The Emperor had notfo 
 
 much 
 
52 
 
 The Difcovery and Conqueji of 
 
 The Dif- 
 ference ad - 
 j lifted. 
 
 Spaniards 
 againft 
 quitting 
 the Mo- 
 luccos. 
 
 War ceafes 
 hetrvetn 
 Spaniards 
 and Portu- 
 gue fes. 
 
 much Intelligence of' what his Commanders did in Aft cl \ becaufe *heflor- 
 S 2/5 fuffer’d no Ships, but their own to pafs by the Cape of Good Hope- 
 and the way of Nev-Spain, that Voyage was not much frequented, and 
 therefore not fo well known and befides all this he then flood in need of 
 a great Sum of Money. In the Year 1 5* 5, there was a Treaty at Segovia, 
 
 by his Majetfies Order, for compofing of this Difference, and in 1 5*6 it 
 was held at Sevil, wheit the Portvguefe Embaffador; and the 
 Azevtdo of that Kings Council, were met by the Bifliops of Oftrna, Prefident 
 of the Council of the Indies, Doftor Laurence Gahndez of the lame Coun- 
 cil, and Don Garcia ft Padilla , firft Commendary of Calntrnva on the 
 Emperor’s fide, as Commiflioners, and Plempotentaries, Defides the Lord- 
 High-Chancellor, and the Popes Nuncio , Merntrto Gatnara. After many 
 Meetings, and much Strife, to which there were alio Civilians, Geogra- 
 phers and Mariners admitted ; all which only puzzled the Caufe, whence 
 enfu’d Law Suits, Arbitrations, and other Fruitlefs Negociations in Spain, 
 and Wars in Aftia between the Ships of both Crowns; After all this there 
 was a Ceffation, and Quietnefs, the Emperor Mortgaging thofe controver- 
 ted Iflands to the King of Portugal , for 356000 Ducats.^ This was con- 
 cluded at Zaragoza , on the zzd of Auguft r5Z9, as his Imperial Maje- 
 ffy was going over to be Crown’d in Italy. The Line of Divinon was 
 again examin’d, and what Parts of the Earth it is to run through ; the 
 Times of Payment were fix’d, with other Conditions, and Salvos of the 
 Right on both Tides, that fo neither Oblivion, nor the Kindred between the 
 two Kings might confound it. * 
 
 By Relations Written in thofe Days it appears, that the Emperor con- 
 fulting Peter Ruyz dc Villegas , a grave and learned Gentleman, about this 
 Mortgage; his Anfwer was condemning it, and declaring, That his Majefly 
 had better to have Mortgaged any other of his Kingdoms, than that of the 
 Moluccas , Trapohana , or Malaca , or any other in the Eall ; all which, in 
 his Opinion, belong’d to his .Majefly • and he grounded his Opinion on 
 Time’s calling Treaties into Oblivion, and the great uncertainty of State 
 Affairs. Many others advifed the Emperor to. repay that great Sum to 
 the King of Portugal ^ and what is yet more, the Reprefentatives in the 
 Cortes of Caftile , propos’d that the Emperor ftould make over to them the 
 Molucco Illands for fix Years, by way of Farm, and they would pay King 
 John the Mortgage Money, and bring the Trade of Spice to Coruna , and 
 after the fix Years his Majefly fhonld carry on that Trade. The Emperor 
 hearing of this Innovation, order’d a flop to it, and that* no further Pro- 
 gress fhould be made in fitting out the Fleet defign’d for the Moluccos , un- 
 der Simon de Alcazova , and forwarded by the Bifhop of Ciudad Rodrigo. 
 
 Orders, and Letters Patents, were drawn and fealed, for both Nations 
 to forbear Hoffilities, but the Empe$OT’s Subje&s never receiv’d Commands 
 from him to withdraw their Forces for any other Enterprize, nor did they 
 know what had been agreed on in Spain, any other way than by the Ac- 
 count they had from the Portuguefzs who had receiv’d Orders from their 
 King, to conclude a Peace, and to Ship off the Spaniards by the way of * 
 India for Spain. This Agreement put an End to all Judicial, and Military^ 
 Contention. Since then the Viciffitude of Times has inveffed all the 
 Right, and Title in our King. So that, according to grave Civilians, he 
 
 might. 
 
the S P I C E - I S L A N D S 
 
 33 
 
 might, as they fay, invert the Tides, or pofiefs by them all, without con- 
 founding the Right Heaven having defign’d him to be Sovereign of fuch 
 a vaft Monarchy, and given him that Hereditary Zeal, which makes him 
 offer his whole Power to oppofe Hereticks and Seftaries, and to fpread 
 the Faith, and it* perfect Politicks among fuch Multitudes of Souls as have 
 received it, in fo many barbarous Provinces. For this fame Reafon it will 
 be fuperfluous to examine any further into the Limits affign’d by that Law, 
 which could never be fettled. 
 
 This Accommodation being concluded, the Portugticfe Fleets, without Portugue- 
 any Oppofition from thofe of Caftile, peaceably poffefs’d themfelves of the lc s Po/fcJJi - 
 Iftandsof Ternate, Tydore , Bacbian , and the others about them. From the on of the 
 firft of thefe, as their Head in Spirituals, our Priefts went Abroad to Moluccos; 
 preach the Word of Truth, which was receiv’d by feveral Kings and Na- 
 tions, leaving but inconfiderable Remains of Idolatry, and other Se<fhs\ 
 
 Whole Cities, whofe Soveraigns chofe to continue in their Darknefs, nor 
 regarding their Prince’s Example, which ufes to have the Force of a 
 Law, threw down their Idols, and confecrated Profanenefs, dedicating 
 their Temples to the True God. The Kings of Portugal built Garrifons, 
 and Fa&ories for the Chriff ians to inhabit ; fending their Commanders 
 and Officers, who curbed the Kings, and the Sattgiacks their Subje&s, 
 
 Some Governours there were, who befides the Care they took of propa- Converfi - 
 gating the Gofpel, and maintaining Peace in thofe Parts, endeavour’d by ons , 
 endearing Means to attraft the Barbarians to love our Habits, to affeft our 
 Ways of Entertainment, and the European Affability and Converfation, 
 and gently inclin'd them to our Cufloms and Manners, which in fome 
 Places made them look upon that as a Sort of Equality, when it was no 
 better than Servitude. The powerful Union of Juftice and Religion was 
 however the moft prevalent ; but the Commanders and Governours being 
 defe&ive in the firft of tbefe Virtues, on which inward Felicity and Go- 
 vernment depend ; the Subje&s loft the fecond, and return'd to their for-* 
 mer Blindnefs, as appears by what has been already faid, and more fully by 
 what is to follow, fince we are now come to the Elettion of Sultan Aerio b 
 in whofe Days Ternate was utterly loft, and could never be recovered 
 either by Force or Art, till the Reign of our Sovereign Lord the King ; 
 a juft Reward of his Piety and Zeal. The lawful Queen, by thofe People 
 call’d Iiitriz, was as much concern’d for Jeritfs Mother's Death, as for 
 any of her own Sons. She was prefent at her Funeral, and lamenting im-* 
 moderately, curs’d the Domination of the Portuguefes , calling it Tyranny* 
 
 All the Machinations of thofe who ftudy'd Revenge were known to her, 
 and fte forwarded them with her Advice $ for as they faid, nothing now 
 remain’d of the former Moderation of the Governours fent thither out of 
 Europe, nor of that Regard and Refpeflthey ufed to have for them. 
 
 The End of the Firjl Book. 
 
 F 
 
 The 
 
HISTORY 
 
 OF T H E 
 
 Discovery and Concluest 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Molucco and Philippine Iflands, &c. 
 BOOK. II. 
 
 Pinto fent 
 for Relief. 
 
 Barbarous 
 
 Cujlome. 
 
 T H E Alliance concluded betwixt the Kings of the Archipelago 
 and particularly Vaygamano, I'aigeo, gui.bilio, and Mincimbio 
 reigning in the Iflands Tapuas, was follow’d by fuch an Ac’ 
 cident, that tho’ the Minds of the Confederates had not been 
 already fo welldifpos’d, nor the Blood of thofe Innocent Kings 
 fo newly fpilt, it would have confummawd the Hatred they had conceived 
 againfl the Portuguefe Nation. All the Ports of the Molucco Iflands were 
 fo well fecur’d, and the Paffage for Provifions fo wholly flopp’d up that 
 Triflan de Atayde defpairing of Relief, fent Captain Pinto to Mindanao 
 and the Neighbouring Iflands, to furnifh fueh things as were abfolutly ne- 
 ceflaty for the Support of Life, there being nothing to be had within his 
 Liberties. Pinto failing m a good Ship, arriv'd at Mindanao, vifited the 
 King, by 'whom he was well receiv’d ; and he having feen his Credentials 
 and confulted the Sangiacks of his Council, eflablifh’d Peace' and Amity 
 with him. He fold the Commodities he carry’d at his own Rates and 
 buying and barterring, loaded with Provifions to his own Content • 
 thence he went over to the Ifland ftn^, where he was no lefs fuccefsftd 
 with the King. In this Iiland, that their Friendfhip might laft for ever 
 they concluded the Peace with a barbarous Ceremony, which when pra- 
 <3is d in thole Parts, they never break the Articles. The Parties beinu met 
 certain Officers appointed for that Purpofe, draw a Quantity of Blood from 
 their Arms, and each drinks the other’s, as a Gage of AfFeftion ; believing 
 they convey it into their Souls, by that horrid Draught. This Central 
 fo ratify d, produc’d fuch Confidence, that their Ships repair’d to our 
 
 Ports, 
 
the SPICE -IS LANDS. 
 
 35 
 
 Ports, and ours to theirs, with all poflible Security, without any Let or 
 Prohibition. Pinto perceiving what a Multitude of the Natives retorted 
 to his Ship, refolved to make a Prey of them ; and the iaff Day, Forty of 
 them coming Aboard to Trade, he peifwaded them to go down into the 
 Hold, on Pretence of fhowingthem its Bulk and Conveniencies, and as Villavy of 
 foon as they were down, fhut the Hatches upon them ; this he praclifed fe- Pinto, 
 veral times, till at laff, tho’ he obferv'dthem clofe, one of them forcing 
 his Way out, leap’d into the Sea, and fwam afhore. He wentdire&ly to 
 the King, whom he acquainted with the villanous Pradice : The King, 
 jutoy enrag’d, to fee Friendfhip fo newly contra&ed, and confirm'd by the 
 the mofl facred of Tyes, in his Opinion, fo perfidioufly violated by the 
 Portuguefes , thinking Religion affronted, immediately order'd a'J the 
 Ships that were afloat to be brought together, and fuch as were finifh < d in 
 the Docks, to be launch'd $ all which being well equipp'd, flor’d with 
 Guns, and full of thofe furious Barbarians, encompaCs’d the Portifguefe 
 Ship, attacking her on all Sides, Pinto was beginning to weigh his An- 
 chors, having feen the Ships in Motion, and the Men hafling Aboard 5 
 ■he defended himfelf with only 25 Soldiers, who had fcarce time to handle 
 their Arms ; for the Natives of Seriago began already to Board, and thofe 
 who were Prifoners under Deck had prevaild, but that the Mariners loos’d 
 their Sails. At this time there fell a dreadful Storm of Rain, with fuch 
 amazing Thunder and Lightning, as if the Heavens had been rent afunder. 
 
 The Seriagos quitted the Portuguefe Ship, endeavouring to recover the 
 Shore in their own Veffels, with their Sails rent, the Hulls fhatter’d, and 
 the Rigging difabled $ and to get off the better, they threw over- board their 
 Cannon and Arms, being in danger of finking. This Tempefl lafted two 
 Days, during which Time, Pinto* s Ship could not efcape, his Men and he 
 being to far fpent, that they had neither Strength nor Courage to ftand by 
 their Tackle ; they let the Ship drive with the Sea, apd threw over-board 
 their Provifions, Merchandize, Guns, Arms, Cloaths, and all they could 
 come at 5 and being convinc'd of the Juflicc of the Judgment, for having 
 broken their Faith, and folemn Engagement they had made, arriv'd at 
 Ternate aflonifh'd, dumb, and out of Countenance, thinking they were flill 
 in the Storm. Such are the Effefts of a guilty Confcience, which pre- 
 fently provokes God’s Wrath. 
 
 All the Kings of the adjacent Iflands were toon acquainted with the Leagues 
 Perfidioufnefs of thofe few Portuguefes, that they had tranfgrefs’d the fa- arainfl the 
 cred Laws of HofpitaJity, and always made a mifehievous Ufe of Benefits ; I^ortugue- 
 whereupon they immediately concluded their.League, to be exercifed like f e5 , * 
 defperate Men. Theyprefently made Proclamation, forbidding, under mofl: 
 fevere Penalties, the conveying of any Provifions to the Portuguefes , either 
 f by Sea or Land, that to they might be reduc'd' to quit all thofe Provinces, 
 and fly into India, and fince they could not batter the Fort, for Want of 
 great Guns, they (bould fiarve it out ; qijoyning all Pertons of all Ages, 
 
 . and both Sexes, to be vigilant in obferving this fatal Decree, that fo the 
 Trading Galeon might net afford them the Comfort of hoping for Relief. 
 
 Then confidering that the main Motive of their exercifing fuch Tyranny, 
 was the Spice of Cloves, wherewith Ternate , and all the Molluccos 
 abound, the Natives tefolv’d to let Fire to all the Trees, endeavouring 
 
 F 1 that 
 
that the Conflagration fhould be fo UniverfaJ, as that the Moluccas might 
 ever after remain barren. They well knew that this was contriving their - 
 own Ruin ; but they look’d upon it as a pleafing and advantageous De- 
 finition, fo they might but be reveng’d of their Enemies. 
 
 Hcfdlion, The Crop of Cloves makes the Wealth of the Molucca Kings, much 
 more than the Taxes their Subje&s pay; and tho 5 Rage, and Delpair put 
 Fire into their Hands, to burn their Country, it might happen, as fome- 
 times Miftakes prove advantageous, that what they deiign’d to render their 
 Fields Barren, might make them more Fruitful. It is well known that 
 courfe Afhes mix’d, and fcatter’d on the Face of the Earth often Fertilize 
 it. Nothing is more frequent in Europe than to burn the Stubble, and 
 Straw upon barren Lands; becaufe, either the burnt Earth gathers fome 
 unknown Strength, and produces good Pafture y or elfe the Fire confumes its 
 Ranknefs, and exhales the fuperfluous Moifture; Perhaps the intenfe Heat 
 opens feveral Paflages, and dilates the clofe Pores, and hidden Veins, thro’ 
 which the Nourifhment flows, and thence the Earth receives it in all farts, 
 to make it capable of a new Product ; or elfe it hardens, and clofes the 
 Vents which were open'd, that lb the thin Waters, or the continual In- 
 tenfenefs of the Sun, or the piercing Cold of the North-Eaft Wind, which 
 is chilling,, may do it no Harm. Befides, Nature having chofen that only 
 Part of the World to produce this fort of Fruit, in which there has never 
 been obferv’d any Failure, or Intermiflion, it could not be believing that a 
 Momentary Violence fhould utterly caufe it to ceafe. However the Deiign 
 of thofe People was not to renew lliofe Spicy Groves, but entirely to de- 
 stroy them. This fhows how mifchievcufly they were bent againft them- 
 felves, and againft all Nations^ It will be therefore convenient in this 
 Place to treat of the Cloves at large.. 
 
 Account cf that made any Account of it, were the Chinefes,. who attratfed 
 
 (Cloves* J kf the Scent, began to load their Junks with it for the Gulphs of Perfia 
 and Jr all a. Pliny was acquainted with, and defines it, faying, It is a long. 
 Pepper; and calls it GaryopbiUum • The Perfians gave it fince the Name of 
 Calafur , it does not belong to us to decide which of thel'e Words was de- 
 rived from the other. The Spaniards formerly call'd it Girofe , and after- 
 wards Clavos, becaufe they are hke Nails, which bear the fame Name. 
 
 The Head of the Clove, having four fmaH Teeth that crofs it, refembles a 
 Star. The Natives of the Moluccos call the Tree Siger, the Leaf Vara qua y 
 and the Fruit Chamque . The Plant is not unlike our Bay-Tree, but bears 
 a greater Head, When it begins to bloffom, it fpreads a mod delicious 
 Fragrancy, and on the very Top like the Myrtle, from one Angle Stock 
 produces an infinite Number of Cluflers, like thofe of Elder y or the Honey - 
 Suckle . At fir ft coming out they are White, as they grow up Green, and 
 the third Seafon, when Ripe, makes them Red ; this Variety of Colours 
 by inward Virtue, fhowing the feveral Terms that bring it to Perfeftion’ 
 Thofe that remain on the Clufters, which they call Mother Cloz es, continue 
 there a year, growing larger and ftronger. They either threfh the Branches 
 to gather them, or elfe fhake them with Cords they have made fail above 
 drawing from below, after the Ground about is clean’d ; but it is natural- 
 ly dear from Weeds, for this Sovereign Tree fuflers no fort of Herb ro> 
 grow about it. It draws all the moifture fo powerfully to it felf, that all 
 
 Roots 
 
the SPICE-jSLANDS. 
 
 37 
 
 Roots about are deflioy’d, or flaiv’d. It bears at eight Years Handing, 
 
 and lafls an hundred. Some fay it would hold longer, were it not Grip’d 
 
 with fuch Violence, which it avenges by growing Barren; but they are 
 
 miflaken, for in the Iiiands of Bachian , they lop the Branches, that they 
 
 may produce more Cloves, and the low Branches bear lead. From thefe 
 
 they gather the Cloves with theit Hands, and they only bear when the 
 
 Monfort blows. They yield their Fruit from September to February every 
 
 two Years. Others fay once in three; becaufe when they gather the Clove,. 
 
 befides that the Plant is much impair’d, they break off thofe Buds, which 
 
 produce the Blofioms of the Cloves ; but then they afford certain hopes of 
 
 another Crop. The Truth of it is, that Nature allows them a Years re- 
 
 fpir, during which they reft like the Olive-Trees in Europe . They are 
 
 gathered when Ripe, and their Ripenefs appears by being Red. Being 
 
 fpread in the Sun, in three Days they dry up, and contract a blackifh Afh- 
 
 colour. Avicen, by his leave, was deceiv’d, when he faid that the Gum of Bhftake of 
 
 the Clove Tree is anfwerable in its Virtue to Turpentine; for Experience Avicen. 
 
 has prov’d the contrary. Befides, that Trees exceflive hot or cold, yeild 
 
 no Gum, but only thofe which are temperate between both. Sea- Water 
 
 Feeds, and Frefh does them Harm. A certain Hiflorian Writes, that they 
 
 yield Fruit twice a Year ; if by it he means the middle Crop, which is very 
 
 fmall, we grant it; but if he (peaks of the mofl Fruitful, as the Triennial,. 
 
 which with general Amazement produces enough to ferve all Nations, the 
 
 Belief of his AfTertion will remain in the Author himfelf. Thefe Plants 
 
 make amends for their delay in the Abundance of their Produft ; which is 
 
 fuch, that after enriching all Nations with it, the K. of Spain 9 * Revenue out 
 
 of it, Yearly amounts fo two Millions of pieces of Eight, little over or under. 
 
 It is generally reckon’d that only the five Molucco Wands produce all the 
 Clove, becaufe of the prodigious Quantity they yield. They always amount 
 to Four Thoufand Bars, each Bar o fTernate being four hundred Weight, 
 and three quarters, and this for that Wand ; but the third of the whole 
 taken for the King amounts to fix thoufand Bars, and every common Bar 
 is better than five hundred Weight of ours. Perhaps the Word Bar might 
 come from the Greek Baros , fignifying a Load. The Cloves grow alfo in 
 the fmall Wands of Ires and Meytdrarta , about Ttrnate ; thofe of Pufo and 
 Gavdth near Tydore , and in Gilolo , Sabugo and Gamoconora , Towns of Ba~ 
 tachina ^ as alfo in the Wands of Amboyna and Veranula , more in this lad 
 than in all the others, but they are weak, and fmaller.. The Clove Trees 
 grow up without any Help of Art, like all Trees coming from Rocks, and 
 they made the only Woods in thefe Wands, which flicking in all the moi- 
 flure Heaven affords, it is &Vonder to fee any other Plant near. When 
 they have a mind to Tranfpiant a Clove Tree, they fet it where many 
 W eeds grow, that it may thrive the fooner, by the help of the Moiflure, 
 and Virtue it fucks from them, and as the Tree thrives thofe Plants perilh. 
 
 For the fame reafon Cloves are ill Neighbours to full Veffels.- The Ring 
 Doves, whereof there are great numbers in Gilolo , eat many of thofe 
 Gloves which grow Old upon the Tree, then flying they purge in the Air 
 with the Motion, and from their Excrements dropping on the Ground 
 Clove Trees grow up. Heaven has given them fo plentfully only to thefe 
 Wands, abflraftly from all the World befidc; being at fhrfl not valu’d, or 
 
 known 
 
, The Difcovery and Conqueft of 
 
 known by the Natives. This is what tiiey would have deft toy’d by Fin 
 that it might be totally annihilated ; .becaufe the Flames gather more 
 Strength among combuftible Matter, than other Violences, to which 
 Sublunary things are fubjecft. 
 
 ^ Since we are now upon the Description of the Moluccos, and in regard 
 Moluccos t ^ at t ' :o ‘ c delightiul Provinces are fo remote froni us, we will go on with 
 'defcrib'd what is remarkable in them, to (how the defperate Fury of thole People 
 J ’ who had condemn’d them to the Flames. All the five Molucca I Hands are 
 almoft round, and of the fame Shape., The compafs of the biggeft is not 
 feven Leagues. They have all Crags,, of a .wonderful Height, cover’d 
 with an odoriferous Fragrancy of wild Claves ; arid about them feveral 
 Cities, Towns and Fotts. Their exact Roundnei's is the Reafoii they have 
 no good Harbours for both the Monfons of Norweft and South. Only Tcr- 
 vate forms the Port they call Talangame, and a League from it, that of 
 Toloco, where Ships ride fafe, and with their Boats clofe to the Shore- 
 ihe Forts were not erecfted in either of them, becaufe they fhould not be 
 remote from the King’s Court. Both thefe Ports look to the Eaftward and 
 have ridges of Rocks that break off the Sea, and .fecure the Veflels. That 
 ofTermte, oppofite to the Fort admits of Carayels, at high Water and 
 ipnng-Tides, which being unloaded ride where they will. This Ridge of 
 Rocks is o i a fort of Stone, that turns into Coral, which when old har- 
 dens, and (hooting out many Branches, knits together, and turns again into 
 Stone, whereof excellent Lime is made. It is To contriv’d that thofe who 
 come to it by Sea, think they fee noble Structures erected for the Defence 
 of the Harbour. The.Mountam, which rifes in. the midir of Temate , two 
 Burning Leagues in Height, and cover’d with Palm, and other rare Trees, has cn 
 Mountain, the Top of it a Mouth or Cave, that feems to reach down to the very Cen- 
 ter. A Man can hardly be feen from the one fide to the other. Within 
 it is a Square Spot, like a 1 hreihing-Floor, made of Stones and loofe Earth. 
 Some curious Perlcns have view’d it, and among them one Gabriel Rebelo 
 r actor , and Alcayde of the Fortj who having founded it, tying together feve- 
 ral long P llhing-Lines, found it was 500 Fath. deep. At the Bottom gufnes- 
 out a beautiful Spring, the no Man hasdai’d to Taft of it, or try whether 
 
 1 f tl S M et ° r SoWe V T r e , lo0 r e n loor ftakes with the Fire in the Bowels 
 ofthe Mountam ; whereof the firft Account was given by Mntbony Galvam 
 who Obferv d it in the lent 15; 8, when he was Commander in Chief o- 
 
 T"* U I tofee that Wonder >'* Nature, at a fafe 
 Time, for he could not have done it in April, or September, when the Sun 
 
 moves from, one Hemilphere to the other, and cfofles the EquinoClial 
 
 ^IkmeV^Hbd^ 166 °\ Ter ” a,e -> kecaufeJff the Winds then kindling’ 
 the Flames. Fiad Pliny when he went out of Curicpfity to fee the Burninf 
 rf Mount VeftKius, mltafy, taken another opportunity, 'he had not been 
 Burnt to Death, as his Nephew writ to Cornelius Tacitus. It (links and 
 cafts out Smoke, Sulphur, and Red- Stones, as it were out of the Mouth of 
 aC f" on v (he wing the Mountain to be hollow at the Foundation. It caufeJ 
 
 fn a '!r ^ al e * J r he, Flames, and burnt Stones, have reach’d 
 
 to the Cay, and Fort, and even to the Ihands of the Mp.nL r » r* ' 
 
 twenty Leagues from Temate. The Smoke rs of feverM 
 Mie Moiftuie and Corruption of the Earth exhales it thick, and diver fify’d] 
 
 which 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS, 
 
 39 
 
 which is help'd by the ill Quality of the Air, and that, with the falling of 
 the Excrements the Fire calls out. upon the Springs, corrupts the Waters, 
 and deftroys Health. Going up this Mountain two thirds of the Height, it 
 is all Green and Fruitful*, but the Top is exceflive Cold, without any fort 
 of Fowl, or Birds, but abundance of Flyes. Thence is dcfcry’d a fpacious 
 Sea, and an infinite Number of Iflands; becaufe the Purity of the Air, free- 
 from Exhalations, as is faid of the Top of Mount Olympus , reptefents curi- 
 ous Objects to the Sight, and favours it without any Let, the greater part 
 of the Year. Where theThicknefs of the Trees Terminates, a Spring of - 
 frefh Water gufhes out, fo very cold that there is no Drinking of it, but by 
 Sips. At the Top, .fome diflance from the Mouth, which caffs out the 
 Flames,. they at this time tore away a piece of the Mountain, whence for 
 two Days abundance of Water flow'd ; great pieces of Rocks roui’d down 
 the fide of the Hill, to the. Sea, forming Concavities, and bearing down 
 Trees, and Ruins. The fame Mountain, on the Top, has a fpacious fweet 
 Pool, encompafs’d with Trees, wherein there are blew, and gold-Colour 
 Alligators, above a Fadom long, who, as Toon as they hear People fiirring, 
 plunge down to the . Bottom. 
 
 Thefe Iflands know no Difference of Summer and W’inter ; nor is there Seafons . 
 any fettled Rainy Seafon, but it generally Rains more with the North-Eaft, 
 than with the South Wind. The Molucco Iflands breed Snakes above 50 Snakes, 
 Foot long, and proportionably thick ; but they are neither Quick of Mot 
 tion, nor Venomous. Thofe who have feen them affirm, That when they 
 want Suflenance, they chew a certain Herb Nature has fhown them, .and 
 climbing the Trees by, the Sea-fide, cafl into it what they have chew’d ; 
 many Fifhes ce*ne toEate it, and being made Drunk, lye helplefs upon the 
 Water*- then the Snakes launch out upon them, and fatisfy their Hunger, 
 till they are full of thofe ftupifySd Fifhes. The Cxocodils on the Land are Crocodils* 
 the fierceft of Monfters; the Ancients write almofl the contrary of thofe 
 of fhe Nile. Thefe in the Sea are fo Timorous, that they fuffer themfelves 
 to be bound under Water. A Crocodile has been taken that had four Eyes, 
 and a very butle Heart. Here are alfo found certain Infers, which they InfeEl. 
 call Cuzos , living on Trees, on whofe Fruit they feed : They are like Rab- 
 bits, their Hair thick, harfh, and curi‘d, of a brightifh Brown • their Eyes 
 round and fprightly ; their Feet fma.ll; and a very long Tail, by which they 
 hang, the better to reach the Fruit; and they llink like Foxes. 
 
 In the Defert Parts there are W*ild-FowJ; fome of the Tame are the, 
 fame we have in Europe. The Parots, in their Tongue call’d Nores , of fe- tarots. 
 veral Colours intermixt, Cry excefllvely, but Talk well. An Ifiander af- 
 firms, That at this time, when the People were Confpi ring, a Parrot in the 
 Air cry ’d, J Dye , I Die ; and beating his Wings, fell down Dead. A Rela- 
 tion tells us of another,. that came from 4mboyna y on the Mali of a Unall 
 Veflel^when they went to take him, he cry’d out, Sehajlia7i y Sehaftian, 
 who was his Mailer, and came to his.affiftance. There are great flocks of Brids and 
 black Geefe, with Parrots Feet ; Martins, Swallows, Feldefares, Thrufhes, Fifies* 
 and Sparrow-Hawks. The variety of Fifh is infinite ; the Sea-Cow, like 
 that of Brazil ; a fort of Crab, one part whereof Eaten, kills in 24 Hours ; 
 this is on the Sea-fhore, under certain Trees, whofe fhade fullers no Grafs 
 or Heib to grow ; thofe who Sleep in it Sicken, and it dries and parches up 
 
 the 
 

 4 ° 
 
 
 Strange 
 Stic ks . 
 
 Tree of 
 Butter* 
 flic*. 
 
 J good 
 fie mark. 
 
 The Difcovety and Conquejl of 
 
 The Confe- 
 derates 
 facet. 
 
 the very Ground. There is another fort of Crabs, not unlike Lobfiers,but 
 with lefs Claws; they have flrong white Teeth, with which they break 
 the Shels, to eat the Almonds; they breed among Rocks, are taken at 
 Night with Light; their Body, Claws, and all the Flefh, is like that of 
 a Lobficr. Near the Tail they have a Bag, full of a certain Subftance de- 
 licious to the Taft, for which they are as much valu’d as Pullets. 
 
 All over the Moluccas there grows a fort of reddifh Sticks, which burn 
 in the tire, raife a Flame, and are like a burning Cole, without wafting $ 
 They look to be of a Stony Nature, moulder away betwixt the Fingers,and 
 are eafily broken by the Teeth. Not far from the Fort of Ternate , is to 
 be leen the Plant call’d Catofa, from which there drop Leaves lefs than 
 the common fort; the Stem whereof, on a fudden, is form’d into the Head 
 of a Worm, or Butter-Fly ; the Body and Fibers coming from it, make 
 Feet, and the Leafy Part, Wings; fo that it foon becoms a perfect Butter- 
 Fly, and at the fame time a Leaf. This Tree buds out every Year, like a 
 Cheftnut-Tree, and from the Buds proceed thefe Worms, which run upon 
 Threads faftened to the Leaves. Nature was profufe with thofe People • 
 specially as to the Cloves, which I diftinguifh from the Long-Peper PI ini 
 perhaps fpoke of, when he nam’d the Garyophilhim. But fince the Profit of 
 that fo highly valu,d Produft, was to occafion fuch bloody Wars, fuch in- 
 credrble Voiages, from all Parts of the World, that the real Dangers, are 
 even beyond human Belief; it may well be controverted, whether it were 
 moft lor the publick Tranquility, that this Spice fhould be known, or ever 
 conceal’d ; for its Plenty and Virtue, which awaken’d the Avarice of the 
 remote ft Nations, has glutted thofe Seas with the Wracks of Ships, and 
 Fleets, and call d thither Armies of Rebels, making their paftage through 
 Streights before unknown, in the Sight of Mountains cover’d with blew Ice 
 and Snow as never reach’d by the Suns bright Beams; and yet they ven- 
 ture at all, not out ^of any Zeal of promoting Religion, or Civility, lut 
 only to load with that Spice, which has occaiion’d Difobedience and Su- 
 perftmon. This is the precious Commodity, which gives Power and 
 Wealth to thofe Kings and caufes their Wars. A Wonder of Nature, 
 which planfty fhows it has created nothing fo harmlefs,but what is abus’d 
 by human Malice. This is the true Fruit of Difcord, rather than the fabulous 
 Apple of the three GodefTes, fince for it there has been, and ftill j. mor e 
 S h I ing i than / or th D e ^ Cold. Had this happen’d in the Days of 
 ^ ee K Poets, how much more would thay have fnoken of our 
 
 Molucca:, than «h e y did of the Wands inje 
 
 father *!2thln t0 the Angers Mortals expofe themfelves to. 
 
 Health’. p h pS ’ Pleafe their wanton Appetites, than to confirm their 
 
 i? he Peo P. k of to™* Wore, Sochian, and all the Neighbouring Prince, 
 being impatient to put in Execution their defperate Defifn, chofelhe S 
 for their Head to joyn with him of Ternate, that had been ex? 
 pell d on account of the Death of Gonzalo tor tyro a mono rht r.i . 
 
 aociety , we hnd that thefe Kings met in the little Wand which divide. 
 Ternate from Tydore, before they went each of them tohis p™ Poll for 
 performing what was iupulated m the Confederacy, and there the King of 
 
 Tydoft 3 
 
the 
 
 SPICE -IS LANDS, 
 
 Tyiore, as Chief of the League, fpoke to them in this Minrri- Tea,,, 7 
 
 V oTthlV he ? CCaJi ?? ° vr - Union ’ without Jhediing-Tears, for the Joy 
 of the Succefs, which we look upon os prefent, produces the Pile Fffelsit 
 would do, were we already Victorious. Our Forces ate allembled tnjtr 
 
 TofalR in S ? ini{h . } ° ke ’ Pmijbing thofe Men with the Hazard of 
 S * 77 ’ rrhmn neither our Bene its could oblige, nor our Threats cor 
 red. They are the great Robbers of the World, who ufnrp it byfbrowdL 
 their Avan. e under fpecious and godly Pretences. In vail Irene endet 
 voui d to moderate their Pride by Means of our Modetly and W-,m •'/?' 
 
 ^tous ^ifwitb Needr* 1/ ^ EnemU .\.'¥ P°rtugefes JbJ them f elves Coll 1 
 
 equally feeks afte/otlms Wealth and Muriel* They lib °kill End’ll bd** 
 
 tlePpelZP °?‘! f 0,, ' i,lions under falfe Titles, and think they have i‘o fill 
 tied Peace , till they have reduc'd the Provinces into DeTart r W* r 
 
 leahfw&fl ll ^p nJ l a Afia ’ ° nl ? t0 f urcha f e Servitude and bafHIt 
 jeSion with their ProduS, converting this blejfed Bounty of Heaven inti, 
 
 Tnbute paid to the Ambition of Intruding Tyrants. Experience ha, /ha cl 
 
 i VZifzr toth h^ cSsssz ixJfii 
 
 , f ame Rea fon, we muft never hope to find more modefi, or left our Fne- 
 >mes AJfureyour fielves then, and remember, loth Kings and SMs 
 lU y °“ w j! 0 f eek (d ory, and you who provide for your Safety that neil 
 UuPfl " t0te . h , a S wUhout Libe,t P ™ tLwitlJutWal nor is 
 the p ^ t0 bC r mnm ! aul & without Courage and Unanimity. The Power of 
 ,, P ° r * ugue( " e , s is increased, and on it their Refutation depends. Having 
 then difeover d the Myfiery, and Cavfe of this Tyranny, who is there that 
 will not prepare to try the utmojl of Fortune, to pur chafe the great el! of 
 
 llTZrfr £,eS ' , '-n !C i I lS - L Pi rty ’ °‘l ei Nations ’ which when t§ey hear If 
 the f{f ol “ t,on \™ Uca!l “ Mpair and Satagenefs ; if they weij it with 
 W m rat Hr Co, " mevd fi h ™ go "bout to find Excufes f 0 , w 
 l ety M 'V‘ h, ? nl wl l at h fi‘ f or h{s Religion, his Honour and Tis 
 
 ***• " * * 
 
 Thole mcenfed Kings made fuitable Returns to thefe Words, and ha- 
 ving taken proper Meafures to commence and carry on the War went 
 * w f, y , ln their V f flejs < without lofing Time, or admitting of Delay • as 
 well knowing the many Dangers a great Undertaking* ifexpos’d to, wh’ich 
 depends on Secrecy, -and is imparted to many. h?' 
 
 On the Day appointed, all the Natives departed the City oF Ternate 
 W! h their families, not in good Order, as in Tranfmigra^ns, but raging’ 
 in Contufion, and loaded with their Children, and a few Neceffaries’ 
 having before fent away their Effects toother Wands. To convince the 
 Portug uefesof the 1 r De k g n , and that the People of Ternate abandon'd the 
 
 £“ F i re t °„ th l City in feV6ral Places S the Flames began to 
 p . n „ri?r a « d fpread ’ U Jkey met, and of many fmall ones became one 
 g i ral Conflagration, with hideous Noife and Cries; for not only the 
 houfes were burnt, which had for fo many Ages belong'd to their Fore- 
 tather, and Anceflors, but all that attracts the Afteftion to our Native 
 Country, the Temples, all their worldly Mure, and the Bounty of nI! 
 ture ; tor the open Country began now to feel the Deflation, the Caves 
 
 G Lakes, 
 
 41 
 
 King of 
 Tydore V 
 Speech* 
 
 Ternata 
 City aban- 
 don'd mid 
 burnt , 
 

 The Vifcovery a?id Conqueji of 
 
 Lakes and Springs, the Rocks, and the very Sea it felf fhin‘d, boil'd up 
 and crack'd, and the Fire receiv'd into the fubterraneous Caverns, lying in 
 the hollow Mountains, pierc'd into the deepeii Receffes,. roaring and over- 
 turning Stones and Trees. In the mean while, the People traveled to- 
 wards the Defarts, looking back to view the Effects of their Revenge. 
 Trifan de Atayde , amaz'd to behold that dreadful Praftice, having arm'd 
 Refolnti- fomc Soldiers, ,fent Meffages to the Queen and Gove rnours, to propofe 
 on of the p ome Accommodation, and appeafe that inhumane Rage. He promis’d to 
 Veofle .. make Satisfaft ion, and that all Things ffiould be fet right, but it avail'd 
 nothing*; for they rather grew more furious, and would not hearken to 
 any Proposal, or admit of Treaty, that might make them flacken in their 
 Refolution. Being come to thofe Places which Nature has made ffrong 
 among the Rocks, they arm'd, and in Parties fell upon the Chriffians, 
 lying in wait for them when they went out for Wood or Water, and killing 
 or wounding them by Surprize. TheEdift was put in Execution through- 
 out all the Iffands at the fame Time, deffroying all the Portuguefes that 
 were in them. In the City Mvviova, they kill d eight that were with F . 
 Portugue- Francis Alvarez, but lie fled to a Ship, after receiving feveral Wounds, 
 fes / laugh - la the Iffand of Chian* the Head of Moratay ; they alfo flew the Prieff,. 
 tefd, Simon Vaz ; an Infidel ruffling into his Chamber, broke in Pieces the 
 
 Pi&ure of the Bleffed Virgin, he found there painted on a Board ; but Hea- 
 ven fuffer’d him not to go unpuniffi'd, for his Hands drop'd off on the 
 Spot, and he dy’d a few Days after. It was further ohferv'd, that with- 
 in a Year there was not one left alive of all his Race, which wasdeffroy’d 
 in War, and by other Misfortunes and Calamities ; as the laff of them 
 was fiffurig, a Needle Fifh fprung out of the Water, and ftruck him with 
 the Snout in the Eye, whereof he dyed. The whole Town perifn d mife- 
 xably within a few Years. Trifian de Atayde foon receiv’d the News of 
 this Slaughter of the Portuguefes , and fo fuoceffively of the others,, 
 throughout all the Iffands. He encourag’d his Men, and labour'd to hide 
 his Concern for being ffiut up among fo many Enemies; he regulated the 
 Diffribution of Provifions ; fent out feveral Spies, to get Information of 
 Hie Enemies Motions and Deffgns ; and order’d the Guard upon King 
 Aerio, who was in the Fort, to be always watchful, for the more Securi- 
 ty, leaving only the Nurfes, and other Women that attended him. Then 
 lie again empioy‘< D ~pier Perfons to propofe a Peace to the Queen, and the 
 King of Tydore , \v**vi ample Commiffion to offer advantageous Conditions, 
 which were to be immediately perform'd ; but all prov'd ineffe&ual, for 
 an Accident uchich foon happen’d confirm'd the Enemies Obftinacy. 
 
 r , Catabnmo, Governour of G lo/o, and Tutor to the Infant King/ finding 
 of lus Ufurpat ion effabliffi'd by Time, and a good Difpofition in the Minds 
 
 £> f his Accomplices, po i foil'd the King ; and pofieffing him felf of the 
 foijon it. .Palace and Forts, afcended the Throne, making the Subjeds fwear Alle- 
 giance tu him. Tho no Man in all. thofe Eaftern Parts expe&ed any 
 other Ev£nr, yet was it look'd upon as moff certain, that Trifian de 
 ■ Acayde wRs contenting to the Poifoning, and his Ulurpation : befides 
 
 other Circumftances produc’d to prove his Guilt, it was notorious, that 
 4:ayde tent Catahuno a<Rabe ot blew Velvet, which he wore the Day 
 ht rebel! d, and was fworn King. God fo order'd ir, that as foon as he 
 
43 
 
 the SPICE - IJS LANDS. 
 
 was poffefs'd of the Kingdom, he broke his Faith with Trifiandc uitayde 7 
 and confederated with the other United Princes, proving the greater Ene- 
 my the Portuguefes had ; for he fitted out numerous Fleets wherewith he 
 wait’d on all the ChriHians of thofe Iflands, thr earning and tormenting 
 them that they might renounce their Faith. 
 
 At this time the Governour of hidia^ tho’ there were fome Troubles at r ? 
 
 'Go* 7, and in other Places, fent Succours to Ternate, becaufeit was towards ~ alvam 
 the End of Summer, and one mull of Neceffity go to fucceed the Gover- \ nt t0 j&°~ 
 nour. Antony Galvam was the Man appointed, who laid out above ioooo IV 7 ! _ 
 Ducats of his own towards reBoiing the Places that had been burnt, by 
 wliich it may be truly faid, he redeem'd the Moluccas . He was defirous, 
 not only to People, but even to enlarge Tcrnate , and to this Purpofe he 
 treated with fome poor marry’d Men, and needy Families, to go over with 
 him and their Wives and Children to thofe Iflands ; the fame he did with 
 Alen and Women, who were lewd Livers, that they might mend their 
 Lives in another Country, and embrace the legal State of Matrimony ; to 
 which End, he lent them Money, and provided NecefTaries for their Voy- 
 age. ^ In the mean whi Id, the Tyrant CAtctbvuno y a ITembled his Forces, and 
 mov'd againfl the City Momoya , where the Stwgiack of it liv'd, who had 
 been before an ignorant Idolater, but then a Chriflian Prince. He finding 
 himfelfinferiourin Power, retired into a Fort, with his Wife, Children Mnnova 
 and Family, Some Portuguefes fent him by Triftan de Atayde y not daring t ^ cn * 
 to trull themfelves Unit up there with him, withdrew into the Moun- 
 tains, where they were foon kill’d, purfuant to the Edift of the League. 
 
 Catabrvno enter'd the City, without any Oppojfition, where he exercis'd 
 his Cruelty, becaufe the wretched Inhabitants would not quit it ; and ma- 
 ny new converted Chriilians recanted for Fear, or thro’ the Violence of 
 Torments. Being Mailer of the City, he laid Seige to the Fort, giving 
 it feveral furious A {faults, which Don John withflood, making a refolute 
 Defence, and in fome Sallies return'd Victorious ; yet his Example pre- * . 
 
 vail'd not on his People, as it ufually does where it meets with generous 
 Souls ; fo that thisPrince foon difcoverM how faint-hearted mofl of them A ' t7 ° n °J 
 were • he fufpeded that fervile Fear would degenerate to fuch Bafenefs, V? lndlan 
 that they would deliver him up to his Enemy, and therefore like a brave Lonvtrt% 
 Man, he prefently bent his Thoughts to fecure the Salvation of his Soul. 
 
 He knew Catahruno valu’d himfelf upon his Zeal for the Law of Maho- 
 niet y and therefore fpar'd the Lives of all Chriilians that Apoflatiz'd, put- 
 ting to Death fuch as prov'd Banch and conllant ; he fear'd his Wife and 
 Children, being pulilanimous, would fail in the Confeflion of their Faith, 
 and being fill'd with this Spirit, drew his Cimiter, ran to them, and 
 fhedding Tears, which were not the Effeft of Cowardice, Hew them one 
 after another, firfl telling them his Reafons forfo doing, and that tho' in 
 the Eyes of the World he might appear inhumane, yet confidering the 
 Salvation of their Souls, what he did was a Religious Magnanimity, 
 and therefore they ought rather to thank him for it. This was a miftakcn 
 Notion; and to go through llitch with it, he would, Bill perfiBing in 
 the fame Error, have kill'd himfelf, but that he was hinder'd by his own 
 Servants, who to purchafe the Tyrant's Pardon, deliver'd up to him that 
 ChriBian Prince, who had been fo ill advis'd by his Zeal. Being brought 
 
 G i before 
 
44 
 
 The Difcovetry and Conquefi of 
 
 before Catalruno , who was inform'd how cruelly he had flain his "Wife 
 and Children, he ask’d him, Why he had undertaken lb barbarous and 
 inhumane an A (Sion ? Don John anfwer’d him with great Courage and 
 
 - llndauntednefs. At that Time, and in my Thought], 1 had more regard to 
 the Salvation of their Souls, than to the preferving of their Lives. I mi- 
 
 Hit Words. vf«- • ^'ir Age - -and your Torments, and would not hazard their 
 ferfiftittg in the true Faith, Souls are Immortal, and I took nothing from 
 my Children that they can feel the want of, or which Time, or your Sword 
 would not have depriv'd them of ; the latter we Jhould all have been thank- 
 ful to, as the Infirument of the Divine Will. But I much more dreaded 
 your Pardon and Mercy by which you might have perverted their Minds 
 with thofe Soothing] which pleafe frail Mortality. I being more refolute 
 tho expos d to all your Fury , am fo far from fearing the EffeJs, either of 
 your Torments orjntreaties, that IJhall look upon yot as God's Execution?! 
 and were, t hu Will, that you Jhould take away my Life, I Jhould ZeTvc'a 
 
 flaM ff om y° Nr Sw °rd, than from your Mercy. Gatabruno en- 
 rag d at his Anfwer, order’d him to be kill’d ; but the Tyrant’s ’own 
 
 - Sends, who lov’d Don John, the Sangiack, carry’d him out of the 
 R om, and contriv d he fhould have his Liberty, and be reflor’d Their 
 In treaties prevail’d on Catalruno, and he liv’d ’many YearTafte'r infos 
 
 a . Chrillian Confiancy, confefling his indifcreet 
 j a ’ W ] 11 M h j d ca ^ ed hls ow n Sword to deprive him of Wife and Chil 
 
 Several 
 
 ■A&ionse, 
 
 s, as a Piece of Piety. 
 
 -S SKr&’c 
 
 bSSSnglSwtotSSSm^ tteSria"" 111 'f oM 
 
 of Trutupalate, Calamata, and 'ifid v et the^v me’r an >^° ngft r 0therS ’ thofe 
 them all, and they colt much Blood TwS TL* brave Oppolltion in 
 the Tydore Fleet, which came within £ f °' Jr t Me, ‘ went «>» to. Fight 
 times retir’d Shatter’d, and well Beaten *?"’• a “ d L h< V they bo[h 
 caufe to Boaft of their Victory for Ahnn ? * ^ a *^5 ,ans bat * not much 
 fcarce any went 2 tbem Were kill’d, and 
 
 Fleets, wherewith they much Srrel^r^^ ?u! S ^ tt ^. 0W ? ther numerous 
 
 Fleets, wherewith they much StreightenedThe ChHO-° Ut ° th f r ,lumer ous 
 Antony Galvam arriv’d, who was at h is r S S h “ ftlans ' n *he Fort, till 
 before. 7)ow V/ r* r , . this time Sailing. But Belief came 
 
 before, Don Stephen dc ’ Gama , fending a Galeon laden 2 " • Sd 1<eiiet came 
 Ammunition to Temate, under the CommtJi d ™! h Provi «P"s and 
 arriv’d fafe, and with it the Support “fSe^fo^r The GaIeon 
 
 tooK Heart, and ventur’d to go abroad for. ^ on /° * e Peo P Ie - Tll «y 
 Hand, and going into the Wood,, ^ , «?S3 S R ,1? 2 l ? felws about the 
 whereof hill finoked, and when it was Dirk tv. buildings, the remains 
 on the Mountains. However the hi * h F,am « 
 and throughout all the Hands there v^rfhiurfoFW UP011 ' he Barbaria ™. 
 the Chrillian Inhabitants, or the Soldiers u f^ en,etns > either with 
 heard the Martial Mufick whirl, <; 6 I S j tbe Forts j and at Sea thev 
 Manfully, and at that time was dleadfoL^ Whilft they SaiJ ’ d > or Fought 
 
 In 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 45 
 
 In the mean- while Captain Alvarado , a Spanijh Gentleman, fent by Fer- 
 dinand Ccrtes to Ternate , that the Valour he had fhown in thofe Part", fer- 
 ving God and his King, might not lie idle, difcover'd the Iflands of the 
 Papuas, and fought thole Barbarians with Refolvtion, tho’ the Fortvgnefe 
 Hiflories alfign the Honour of this Difcovery to Don George de Mene/es 
 who arriv’d at them in the Year 1526, as we have feen. The great Com- 
 mander Jlvarado alfo Difcover’d other Iflands, call'd Gelles , in one De- 
 gree of North Latitude, and Eafl from Ternate , 125 Leagues from Batochina. 
 The Natives of thofe Iilands are like thofe of the Moluccos in Colour, Ha- 
 bit, and Cufloms, differing only in Language, which is peculiar to them- 
 felves. 
 
 Antony Galvam fail’d from Malaca with the proper Mon f on, with 
 the Men, and all Necelfaries to fight, and fettle Colonies. When he was 
 pall the If and Borneo , and the ridges of Rocks which lie under Water, in 
 fight of that Coaft, as F. Marta y the fefuit, writes to the Governor Gomez 
 Perez 9 and appears by his Papers, in Sight of Malaca he Difcover’d a great 
 rleet of Carxoas y and other Chinefe Ships, with Sails made of Canes, and 
 Palm- Tree Leaves wove together. He was foon fatisfy ’d, that they were 
 the Auxiliaries which had joyn’d the Janguas of Tydore and Catabruno , 
 who, with the expell’d King of Ternate , were Cruzing to meet the Portu„ 
 guefeSy or Spaniards , that fhould come into their Seas. Galvam order’d his 
 Men to be in a Readinefs, to clear his Guns, and prepare all Things* doing 
 the Duty of a Commander, and of a Soldier. The Enemy drew up in three 
 Lines, each of its particular Nation, as if the Tortuguefes had many Ships. 
 He was hinifelf in the Trading Galeon, and with it a Pink, and another 
 final! Vellel, wherein, among the Marry ’d Men, and Families unfit for that 
 Service, there were fome few that could take up Arms. The Ir.fidels drew 
 near, but without Artillery, the Gilolo Archers let fly a great number of 
 Arrows upon our Men, and then one Line {hearing off, the other difcharg'd, 
 the Air refounding, being peirc’d by the Darts, and Calabays, or Staves 
 hardned at the Eire. Galvam not regarding the Danger, tho’ at firfl he de- 
 fended hi mfelf with Fights and Planks; when he thought they had lpent 
 mou of thofe flying-Weapons, among which they fir’d fome Muskets, he 
 began to play his great Guns, tearing their Veflels, and deflroying the Men. 
 He Sunk a confiderable number, and Took feveral, becaufe they fought dis- 
 orderly, ’relying, as it were a Land-fight, on the Multitude of their Sol- 
 dieTS, as ours did on their Valour, and Experience. But Galvam , whofe 
 Buiineis it was to get : to Tern ate y held on his Voyage, and arriv’d 
 there as he deiir d. His Men landed in that difmal Solitude, among 
 Smoke and hums. The Joy of thofe who were in the Fort, and the extra- 
 ordinary Relief, coming quire unhop’d for, weie an Encouragement to 
 them aH. The Clergy came out to receive him, the Soldiers {homing 
 aimdfl the Divine Hymns, confounding the Proceffion, and their Satis- 
 faction. It was a Pleafure to behold, and they gazed on him as a Deliver- 
 er fent from Heaven. Triflan de Atayde reflgn’d his Port, and Antony Gal- 
 vam took Poffe (lion, enquir’d into the Nature of the Confederacy, and the 
 Eame of his Arrival being fpread Abroad, Things began to mend". To this 
 Lr ir K° r ? iH arr ^ ed ^ n A» d e Atayde , and afterwards fent him to Goa< 
 He had before fent Meflengers to the Queen, to acquaint her with his Ar- 
 rival 
 
 Spaniards 
 at the Pa- 
 puas. 
 
 Galvam 
 Fights at 
 Sett. 
 
 Arrives at 
 Ternate. 
 
4 6 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquefl of 
 
 rival, and the End of it, which was to ferve her, and retrieve all the Mif~ 
 chiefs an inordinate Defire of Revenge had occafion’d. lit the mean while 
 he began to repair the City, the Colonies, Churches, Keys, and Hotifes, 
 ihftributing thofe Families he had brought with him. Nor did he negleft 
 Husbandry, but planted Vines brought from Portugal, which he foon faw 
 grown up into fubftantial Vinyards. He deliver'd to the Clergy the new 
 Co nflitutions drawn up by Cardinal Hem), after wards thelaft K. of the Houle 
 of Portugal . He offer’d Peace to all that would comply, fent Religious Men 
 to inculcate to thofe who liv’d like Outlaws, the Love of their Country, 
 its re-eflabliffiment, and how difhonourable it was to them to make choice 
 of a Life like that of wild Beafts, only for a cruel Satisfaftion. 
 
 Strength The Queen, who not to fpeak of her natural Fiercenefs, expected to fee 
 of the Na- her Son |reftor’d, and fet at Liberty, and to drive away the Portvgttefes , 
 dives. would not give Ear to any Accommodation. The greateil Burden of the 
 
 War Jay then upon Tydore , where the Confederate Kings, with the depo* 
 fed Dayaio , a moft Fierce Man, gather’d above fifty Thoufand Fighting 
 Men ; but they had not yet enclofed that City with a Wall and Ditch, be- 
 ing fatisfy’d with having built a Fort upon high Rocks, whence they ipread 
 abroad to pick up the Filhermen, and other Portugvefes that went out from 
 Temate to get Provifions, and thence they infefted that dangerous Coaft. 
 Galvam fearing left the Prolonging of the War fhould reduce him to the 
 former difficulties, fent other Meffengers to tFeat of Peace, and perfwade 
 . thofe obflinate Kings, to Publiffi an Oblivion of al] pall Wrongs, without 
 taking Notice of the late engagement, offering them mighty Prefents, to 
 purchafeCommerce at the Price of them. They being puffed up with fome 
 good Succefs, and their mighty Ppwer; would not hearken to any Proposals 
 Peace ; but on the contrary, as Maffaus Writes, they return’d an Anfwer 
 very abulive to the Portugncfcs . Galvam imploring the Affiffance of Hea- 
 ven, fo managed the Affair, that it was look’*! upon as amazing, even by 
 fuch as view Things impartially. Nor would it be credible, unlefs con- 
 Galvam ' hrmd by other Enterprises of his fuitable to this. Pfp nn?v t„ii 
 
 Jails over 
 do Attack 
 ' them . 
 
47 
 
 the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 add one Victorious Day to fo many Turbulent Tears, that fo we may lay the 
 Ax to the Root of Rebellion. They call us T i rants * that does not at all 
 trouble me ■ becaufe after the ViClory, we foall have the Opportunity of 
 difpelling that Slander by our Moderation. J 
 
 They would not Suffer Galvam to put an end to his Speech, all of them The man- 
 prefling eaineflly to Fight, and he refolving to make himielf Mailer tier of the 
 ot the Rock, as he had contriv’d, pick’d out no Portuguefes, and made out Attack. 
 >oo iron) among the Reft, leaving the Remainder to lecure the Ships, and 
 keep the Enemy in Play, if they ihould attack them; making ihow of a 
 greater Number, by appearing in.feveral Places, and lbotrting, by which 
 iuch as fear areeaiily impofed upon. In the mean while, Galvam having 
 taken a Native of Tydore, and oblig’d him to fervefor a Guide, fet out at- 
 the fourth Watch in the Night with his Men, through by-ways remote 
 from the City, over-grown with Brambles, and fcarCe practicable, and with 
 the greateft filence he could came to the Top of the Mountain. The Por- 
 tuguefes had march’d the greateft Part of the Way by the firft Dawn of 
 Day, and refting them a little from the Fatigue, defcry’d the Enemy’s ihi- 
 ning Flelmets and their feathers on them. Galvam then beginning, all the 
 reft railed the Cry, To Anns, to Arms 1 , The Confederates, with Horrid 
 Shouts, which refounded on the Rocks, and in the Woods, made ready tor 
 their Defence, notwithftanding the furprize ; but foon perceived they Ihould 
 fall a Prey to our Men. The F ight began, and King Dayalo , enrag’d for 
 that he had been depos’d, appear‘d the foremofl with fome Tioops, to fecure 
 the Pafl'es, and advanced to meet rhe Vortuguefes in a Plain. They avoid- 
 ed him not, and both Parties mixing, much Blood was fpilt. Dayalo was 
 vifible by his bright Helmet, adorn'd with Variety of Handing high Fea- v r 
 thers, and his Body cover’d with a Steel Coat of Mail, brandifhing with t ^ 
 both| Hands a Lance, as like a fmall Yard of a Ship, and charging with V-//’j te 
 defperate Fury; but happ’ning to rufh in among our Pikes and Musketiers K>U 
 unadvifedly, he receiv’d feveral Wounds on all Sides, and fell down raging] 
 
 He was wonderful ftrong, and ftarted up immediately ; concealing his 
 Wounds and Pain, and beginning a frelh Charge in the firft Ranks, for 
 fear of difcquraging his Men. He Fought a conliderable Time ; but not 
 being DrefsU, and the Ad Hon caufing the Blood to run the falter, his Eye 
 fight fail’d him, and he dropt a fecond Time, laying to his Guards, Move 
 hence asfafl as you can, and carry me carefully that the Dogs, fo lie call’d- 
 the Vortuguefes, may not have the Satisfaction of cutting my Body in Pieces. 
 
 His Soldiers did fo, not without great Danger; and he foon after he had 
 been carry’d off, gave up his haughty Soul. His Forces daunted by this 
 Accident, turn’d their Backs, hiding themfelves among the Rocks and Bram- The Indi- 
 bles, throwing down their Arms, and getting off through almoft inaccelfi- ans routed' 
 Die W a ys. Others return’d to the City, and meeting fome Troops that 
 march’d to their Alfiftance, made them return another Way. The Portu- 
 gnefes follow’d the Chace, killing fuch as fled, and Galvam came to the 
 with the Lofs of only one Slave. This Victory, which happen’d on 
 the leaft of St. Thomas, the Apoltle, in the Year 1557, humbled the Pride 
 ot the Confederates ; was alcrib’d to the IntercelDon of that Apoftle, and , 
 they obferv’d a folenin Thanksgiving. The Fort was tired with good 
 Advice, for the Citizepsand T raders, feeing the Flames fo near, abandon'd 
 
 their- 
 
48 
 
 The Difcovery and Ccwqueji of 
 
 their Houfes, and departed the City with the flying Multitude. Galvam 
 was now coming down from the Hill, having drawn together his Men, . 
 and form’d them into fmali Bodies, with found of Trumpets and Singing, 
 to make his Viftorious Entry into that City, now void of Defendants, and 
 full of Wealth. Confidering that the Avarice of the Vi&orious Soldiers 
 fpur ( d them on to take Pofleflion, of that ineflimable Booty, for ail the 
 Tvdore Merchants had brought their Effe&s to Tydore, as the fafefl Place. Galvam 
 burnt, order’d to fet Fire to the Houfes, all which were confum’d with their 
 harmlefs Treafure, in Sight of thofe who had hop'd to be Matters of 
 it • only the Provifions being providentially fav'd. 
 
 Of the People of Tydore as many were taken as did not in Time fave 
 themfelves by Flight; asalfo a Junk in the Port, and feveral other fmali 
 VefTels. The Enemies afterwards perifh’d in other fmalJer Anions. ' 
 The daunted King, hatted Home to fecure their own Lands, difolving 
 the Confederacy, and being fufKciently warn’d, gave Ear to, and 
 Fence con - embrac’d Propofalsi of Peace ; taking leave of him of Tydore, and agreeing 
 eluded. wi th Galvam , whofe Vertue and Difcretion gain’d fo much upon 
 Cach'd Rade, that King’s Brother, that he came to a Conference with 
 him and concluded a Peace upon certain Conditions. The King. of Tydore 
 oblig’d himfelf to reflore Galvam the Cannon ; not to aflifl the Enemies of 
 Poriugal ; not to permit the Clove to be difpos’d of into any other Hands 
 than the Portuguefe Officers ; and to fell it as was ufual at Temate . Gal- 
 vam went over next to fubdue Gilolo , and the other Kings, all which he 
 compafs’d fuccefsfully. The Queen aifo fubmitted, either on Account of 
 .the King of Tydore's Falfhcod, or that, as fhe faid, fhe grew weary of the 
 War, or elfe becaufe the depos'd King was kill d. Catabruno was ap~ 
 peas'd by Galvam's good Behaviour, and accepted of Conditions, among 
 which the chieiefl was, that Galvam fhould fet Sultan Jerio at Liberty. 
 Thus the Confederacy was diflblv‘d, and the Maluccos laying down 
 Arms, fubmitted again. Provifions were fumifh’d as before, and the Crops 
 and Trade of Spice were rettor’d. 
 
 Sultan Mr jo attended by the Chrittians and Gentiles, Dancing, and ma^ 
 king other demonttrations of Joy, went from the Fort to his Palace where 
 he remain’d with his Guard, and Family. Before he Marry’d, tho* he ne- 
 ver wanted for Concubines, he in Perfon took a Progrefs to the principal 
 places in his Dominions of Ternate , Monti l, and Machian. Thofe in the 
 Fort attended and aflitted him, together with the Sangiacks , who went all 
 about that Jrchifelago^xfl on that fide they call Del Moro , that is towards 
 Batochina , and isdittantfrom the Moluccas 60 Leagues North ward, begin- 
 ning at the Ifles of Doe , two Leagues to the Point of Bicoe . All thefeqr? 
 Inhabited by Wild People. 
 
 Eatachina, Batocpina. is a 50 Leagues in Compafs, and Subjeft to two Kings, which 
 
 that uGi- a , re ot G y loI °, alld B-olada. This la ft is Ancienter than all thofe of 
 j 0 ]o d e - the Moluccot, or in thofe Seas, and formerly was the moft Poweiful • but 
 
 rail'd now the Weakeft. The Inhabitants of the North part of Batochina are 
 
 ■a * Savage, without any King, Laws, or Towns, living in Deferts. Thofe on 
 the Eaft-fide have populous Towns, on the Sea Shore; and tho’ they fpeak 
 feveral Languages, yet they underfland one another. This Coaft they call’d 
 Morotia, that is, Land Moor. The other Iflands oppofite are call’d Jlcrotay, 
 
 that 
 
 Sultan 
 Aerio 
 King of 
 Ternate. 
 
the S P I C E - 1 S L A N D S. 
 
 4 9 
 
 that is, Sea-Moor, and all thofe Hies breed deceitful, brutal and da Hardly 
 Men, Only the City Moncoya is Warlike. It ever wanted Laws, Weights 
 Meafures, Coin, Gold, Silver, and all other Metals, and a King; but it 
 is overflock'd with Provifiofls, Arms, Idols, and Devils fpeaking in them. 
 
 The Women Till the Land. Each of thefe Towns is Govern'd by a Magi- 
 II rate chofenby the People ; they pay him no Taxes, but have Regard to 
 hisDelcent. The Molucca Kings conquer'd them, and every one kept what 
 he could get ; the better part belongs to him of Ternate, and lelsto the 
 King oi Tydore, whole Dominions were enlarg'd by the Power of Spain 
 They vvent on to eilablilh their Poffeflions among the Papuas, or Papons' 
 
 Eaft from the Moluccos, being Iflauds little reforted to, becaufe many of 
 them are all encompafs'd with E la ts and Shoals. The Natives of them are 
 Black, like the Cafres ; they wear their Hair wound about in large curl'd 
 Locks, their Vifages lean and ugly. The Name of Papuas in their Lan- Papuas, or 
 guage ligmfies Blacks, being a Item People, enur'd to Labour, and fit for Papuus. 
 any piece of Treachery. All their Iflands are fubjed to Kings, and abound 
 m Gold, which they do not Tranfport, becaufe no Man lays up any more 
 of it than is us'd in their Ornaments. Among thefe Black-men there are 
 lonae as White and fair as the Germans- if thefe go out in the Sun, they 
 are ftruck blind, tho they do not look at it. Thofe in Spain are call'd 
 Jlbinos ; yet fome of them are ftrong, and can behold any Objed. Among 
 thefe Papuas there are many deaf. As to the Extent of this Country, if we 
 may believe the Accounts of Spanijb Pilots, who have fail'd that way 
 thefe Illands run along a vail Continent, which terminates at the StreightI 
 of Magellan. Thefe Kings entertain Friendfliip with Ternate, whither 
 they fent Embaffadors, and as much as was here fubjed to the Moluccas. 
 had no Share in the defperate Fury of the League. So did thofe of Celer- 
 ies to the Weftward, being many notable Iflands, the great Ifland Celebes 
 it felf, as alfo Mindanas ; fo thofe of Bifay a , abounding in Iron • Maf- 
 caga, and Mash ate, which have much Gold, as well as Mindanas • that 
 of Sologo, and others producing Provifions, Spice, Sanders, Eaglewood 
 Cinnamon, Camphire, Tortolhell, Ginger, and Long Pepper. Some of Other 
 thefe Iflands are fubjed to the King of Borneo, others to thofe of Tydore Hands, 
 and Bacbian, but the mod to him of Ternate. The People are generally 
 treacherous ; many of them go naked, painting their Bodies in Falcage, 
 and other Figures ; their Hair long, hanging on their Backs, or elfe knot- 
 ted, and cut fhort over the Forehead, like our Peafants ; their Faces large- 
 their Teeth well fhap’d and black ; and their Ears bor’d. The Natives of 
 Celebes are filthy, and vile in their Behaviour ; the iFquinodiai pa fies „ , 7 
 over their Illand, which is full of little Towns ; a whole Race Jiving in LeMes * 
 every Houfe. On their Walls they hang the Hair of thofe they have kill ’d 
 in W ar ; and the greateft number of them is moft Honourable. There are 
 among them feveral forts of Monflrous Produdions. One of thefe is-a 
 Tree bearing a vaft Head, the fhade whereof kills any Man that lyes down 
 under it on the Weft-tide, unlefs he immediately lye down on the Eaft- 
 fide ; the fame fhade at only a Yard diftance being an Antidote againft its 
 appetite Malignity. In thefe Towns there are horrid Stews of Sodomy: 
 tho there are no fuch at Terrwte 5 but they have gone as far as Amboynj > 
 which lyes South of it,. Among the Moluctos there are many Iflands fab-* 
 
 M jeft 
 
5o 
 
 The Difcovery and Conqueft of 
 
 Mezquita 
 
 Governs 
 
 at Ter- 
 nate. 
 
 Pretences 
 to defiroy 
 Xing Ae- 
 
 tna. 
 
 jed to their own Chiefs, full of excellent Waters, and delightful Banks' 
 Formerly they were free, afterwards conquer’d by the Kings of Ternate 
 and Tydore ; againil whom they alfo rebell’d, and fubmitted to the Q.een 
 of Japara, and many Chriftian Towns were fubjed to the Portuguefes. 
 They yield above zooo Hundred Weight of Cloves Yearly ; which the 
 Jaos are Mailers of, none being to obllrud them ; they go over and Bar- 
 ter, and carry it away in their Junks. We fpeak elfewhere of their Fer- 
 tility. Our Relations tell us, they produce a fort of Reeds,, or Canes, 
 bove fifty fathom long, and no thicker than a mans little finger. South 
 from Amboy na lye the Iflands of Banda ; and about 300 Leagues to the 
 Eaftwardjfomeaffirnijthere is one which is all over an entire Mine ofGold 
 and the Natives not above a Yard high. If this be fo, and thefe the true’ 
 Pigmies, who will look upon the Battels mention’d in Homer's 3d Iliad 
 betwixt them and the Cranes, as Fabulous. Thofe fcatter’d Dominions 
 were again united and fubmitted to Sultan Aerio, whofe Marriage Solem 
 nities, Building of Malques, Publick Fellivals, and other Works of 
 Peace* we mull pafs over in filence, as not proper for our purpofe thev 
 being only a pleafing fort of Digreflions. P P > 7 
 
 The Kings of Portugal lent feveral Commanders in Chief to Ternate 
 
 if Yea o I57 °’ ^T r J^ ez t e who had commandl 
 
 ed on the Molucca- Seas took Poffeflion ot the Fort. In his Time Sultan 
 Aerto, a courteous and affable Man, continue in Subjedion to Portugal 
 valuing hrmfelf upon being true to his Word in all his Adions. Nefer- 
 thelefs, there wanted not fome ill-meaning Perfons, who miflik‘d his Go- 
 vernment, and pretended that he did not exercife his Power legally Thev 
 feid, he had . given way to thofe Vices* intowhich luxurious Princes are 
 woHt to fall $ thofe being generally the Fruits of a long Peace Thev Ian 
 cy‘d he retain'd theMemory of pail Tragedies 3. and parSrly S Mo- 
 ther s inhuman End, and therefore perfecuted our Religion ; tho at the 
 fame Time the Memories of thofe Days do not charge him with anv Tem- 
 ^°^v < - ienC f , Ar r v ya n t°f Fidelity ; but they rather compar‘d*him to 
 Mcfnijfa, King of Nunndta ■ and fay the Portuguefes ought to have refpe- 
 
 !? i he R ° manS dld tlie ° ther ‘ The Commander hearing of thofe 
 Abufes and fearing greater might enfue, fome Religious Men encreafin- 
 his Jealoufie, he endeavour'd to.redrefs them bv ncre ? lin * 
 
 J- ThofcMeSfcd 
 
 plrt r 6 ^ 3S *" US °t Wn dominions, where, without offence to the 
 Portuguefe Sovereignly, he might live as he Dlea^d .‘ ncel , tne 
 
 .0 .rfhd.lh.r ,.,A &=, th' oihers did V, „ Si S 
 
 make him uneafie as relying on his Innocency • began to denrive him nF 
 his Revenue, and the Income of the Spice • threarnina «if? u 
 in all other Refpeds, execute the la/ Will made by Ws Bro her T.T ' 
 wherein he appointed the King of Portugal, for his Heir • !!, , } \ X 
 
 treat him fo like an inferior Perfon that he Ibonld fmr ’k ui ^ 
 
 Who hod UkM .w.y his'&S"". £ ScKk 
 
 he 
 

 the SPICE-ISLANDS, 51 
 
 he ordeiM them all to be kill’d, as it' they had been acceffary to the ra vi- 
 sing of the Maid. He had no Directions, nor fo much as the confent of 
 King Atrio for this exorbitant Command, which took no effeCh On the 
 contrary he afterwards fo generoufly refented it, that he order’d the Prince 
 to be feiz’d, and would have punilh’d him feverely, had he not been hun- 
 dred bythofe the wrong was offer’d to. This plain Demonftration was TJ 
 not iufficient to divert the Portuguefe Commander from imputing the Sons 1 je P ? r ~ 
 Fault to the Father, contrary to all Reafon and Likelihood. All difcreet 
 Methods us’d by well-meaning Perfons to reconcile them two, failing ; 
 
 James Lopez by his King’s Authority, which generally is mod unreafona- ' ^ 
 ble, the farther it is from the Prince, from whom it is deriv’d, prefum’d *° 
 to imprifon the Sultan ; being dragg’d away from a Pleafure-Houfe, 
 where he was palling the Heat of the Day, among his Women. His Sub* 
 je&s lov'd him, and their Refentment for this wrong was proportionable 
 to their Affe&ion ; nor did the Portnguefes approve of the FaCL The 
 •Commander perceiving that all Men were againft him, and that after all 
 Enquiries and Examinations, the King’s Caufe hill appear’d the better 
 •and his Fidelity was more vifibly made out, he gave him his Liberty, to 
 the great Satisfaction of his Kingdoms, which were attentive to the Event; 
 but upon Condition he fhould go to Goa to clear himfelf, where he expect- 
 ed they would cut off his Head, upon the Informations he would fend a- 
 gainft him. The King fet out, and before he came to Malaga , the Vice- jj :e y ce ^ 
 roy writ to him, begging he would return to his Kingdom, for he was roy ^ S 
 fully convinc’d of his Inilocence, and promis'd to punifh the Caufer of C f- } 
 
 thofe Troubles ; but at that Time, for fome Confide rations, was fatisfy'd ° 1 UVU 
 
 with reproving him. The K. returning to Temate, the*Commander]was fent 
 Prifoner to Goa , and had been more feverely punilb’d; but that Fortune pre- 
 ierv'd him, to be an Inftrument of the lofs which has laffed till our Days. 
 
 Within a Year after his Imprifonment he was reftor'd to his Command 
 in Temate , where he again practic'd againfi that King; for there are fome 
 Difpofitions which never part with the Jealoufies they have once conceiv'd. Friended 
 Temate was as it were the Metropolis in Religious matters, and KingAe- Feconcilh 
 rio had never offer’d any Affront to us either in Spirituals or Temporals, ation * 
 for which Reafon there never wanted fome grave Perfons in his Court. 
 
 Thefe Zealouffy reconcil'd them two, and that perfectly, as to outward 
 
 Appearance, and that their renew’d Amity might be lafting, the King af- 
 
 fur’d the Commander upon Oath, according to his SeCt, that he would 
 
 never privately harbour the leaft Jealoufie of him ; but before he admitted 
 
 of any, would difcover it to him, that fo he might either receive, or make 
 
 Satisfaction; to the end no Accidents might revive any Miftrufts. The 
 
 Commander made the King the fame folemn Promife, both of them being Faljboodof 
 
 thus pacify’d,and in the Opinion of all thofe who mediated betwixt them, Mezquka. 
 
 fo Friendly, that none could imagine fuch perfeCl Amity could ever be dif- 
 
 folv’d. But there being nothing lefs permanent among Men than Recon- 
 
 ciliations^ the Portuguese Commander reaffirming the Hatred which never 
 
 was extind, or perhaps fo much as lay ? d affde, refolv’d to deffroy Sultan 
 
 Aerio , when only five Days were elaps’d fince the Re-effabliihment of their 
 
 Friendfhip iworn toon both Tides. This could not be kept fo private, as 
 
 not to come to the Sultan's Ears; but the Confideration that h^ Was a King, 
 
 H z his 
 
52 
 
 The Difcoverj and Conqueji of 
 
 his own Sincerity, and the frefh Reconciliation, made him think he was 
 fecure. But if the Nature of Man be fuch as not to forgive when it has 
 done a Wrong, what can be lefs fecure than injur’d Innocence ? The Com- 
 mander feigns himfelf Sick, and fends to defire the King, thatiincehe is not 
 able to wait on him in his Palace, he will be pleas’d to honour him with a 
 Vifit in the Fort, there to confer with his Highnefs about fome important 
 Affairs which concern the King of Portugal, his Maffer, ahd are not lit to 
 be communicated to any other. All the Anfwer the King return’d, was to 
 go himfelf to Vifit the Sick Man, tho* he had Information better groun- 
 ded than on bear Surtnifes, that Martin Antonio Pimentel , the Commanders 
 Nephew, had Orders to aiurder him, as foon as ever he came into the Fort, 
 He could not prevail upon himfelf to believe a Treacherous Defign; to far 
 does Innocence prevail over a generous Soul, But when he faw that at 
 the Gate, they flopped his Guards* the Sangiacks and Q acUlei, that attended 
 him, he then beganto be convinc‘d of theVillany,yet went on without being 
 diforder‘d,and fhowing an undaunted Countenance. And tho* he could not 
 forbear dropping fome Tears, when he took leave of his Sons, however 
 he prefently composed his Countenance, fo that he was not at all difmay‘d 
 tho< in the Commanders Nephew<s Looks he faw vifible Tokens of hi! 
 IJmdes Commiflion. He would have complaint to the Commander of the 
 Difrefped of thofe who ffopp‘d his Attendance, but they would not fuller 
 bun to go on. The Mask being now laid afide, and the true Delign ap- 
 pearing, in Violence he calhd out to the Sangiacks 9 but the Gate was Ihut 
 againff him and them* Pimentel came up to him with a Naked Ponyard 
 and pegg d his Pardon like an Executioner. The King, without fhowin! 
 any Surprize, or Diforder, Bid him confider what he was going to do* 
 for there were many left to revenge his Death , befides his Sons and Sul> 
 jedfs, ail the Kings of the Jrchipelago , as well the Sovereigns who were in 
 Alliance, as thofe who ow'd Fealty to the Crown of Portugal. Tbit In- 
 Jtance, laid he, mil make them dread every Capricious Humour of a Com- 
 mander ,n chief. If JltU that Jealonfie furvies, which has fo often hen 
 
 nl V j£Z7 d l eft ffT/ e r Ver Wyfdf wf t0 the Ki *& °f p o«ugal ; and 
 Ltle tf„ W Co *f'?. ue r nce to you, yet refpite the Execution hut a 
 
 He is mur- ■ utle ff n at m I 4go,Time will foon perform what your Swords are to do. Thev 
 
 25 S T n , hl r m ’ an n d he ******* Cannon, on which wS 
 the Arms of Portugal , clalpmg his Arms about it, faid, Chriftians, at leaf 
 jhow fomeRefpeft to thefe Jr ms-, for you kill a King that has paid the 
 great efi Deference to your Crown. This laft Teftimony of his Innocence 
 was of no Force to appeafe thofe Murderers ; though formerly ™ Rome 
 the embracing the Statues of the Emperors was fuffic.ent to deliver Waves' 
 from being puiufii d by their Mailers. It may be a Queltion whether his 
 
 Affi»*rv» K/v • . _ 1.1 ^ # • 
 
 Aerio’s 
 
 Innocent 
 
 Bravery. 
 
 Soul was favd ; fondieremeih^ iS?S5 
 minchL then too . with- 
 
 Prince who made no Refinance, and ftabb’d him in feverTpiaces Thev 
 carry d the Body lino a Vault. The King’s KindreH laces ’ f 1] ey 
 the Noife, and fufpedling the worlt ; went away in erear 
 City, where there was already a 
 
 and being Dill railed, ran forcing about the Streets, where nothinfwas 
 
 to 
 
53 
 
 the SPICE^ISLANDS. 
 
 to be heard but Weeping, Threats, Complaints and Dil'order. 
 
 The Principal Queen, with the Kings othe'r Wives, and Slaves, his Sons, 
 ark Brothers, laying a fide all State came out of the Palace, alieady fur- 
 rounded by the Multitude, in Confulion and Difpair, and being follow’d by 
 inert oi the Portuguefes , who no lefs abhorr’d the Taft, ran to rhe Fort 
 crying out to let them fee their King, as jftiJI doubting of what they heard.’ 
 
 The Commander appear d in Armour on the Wall,, and faid, They Jbould A j P7n „ ; 
 fee him immediatly ; and then came up a Soldier, bringing the Kings Head t^f,L 
 with the Royal Turbanton it. After him came others, wth his Arms , ‘ 
 Legs, and Body cut into fmall pieces, all which they hung upon the Bat- 7 " 
 dements in the fight of his People. Afterwards they Salted them as if 
 tne perpetuating of the Wrong had been requifite. This was what moft 
 ' E r 0 n° k ‘ d the injur'd People, who no longer able to behold fo inhumane a 
 Spectacle, and being befide themfelves, and fearing more Mifchief return'd 
 with their Family. The Sons out of Refpeft to their Fathers Body went 
 away from Tern ate to feveral I {lands, tho' in Reality they departed to ex- 
 cue others by their Prefence, reprefeming the Hideouftefs, and Horror of 
 the Faft ; and to difpofe their Revenge. For the prefent they were fatis- 
 he with lending to complain of the Commander in Chief. 
 
 r T 1 hei L E , mbafr ?i; or ? rriv ’ d at Goa clad in Whi «> w bich is the Mourning Com- 
 or the Molucca ~ Iflands, and upon the. Faith of his Credentials, acquainted plain'd of 
 the Viceroy with the whole matter; proving the Innocency of the Mur- at Goa. 
 der d Sultan^ reprefenting the Wrong done to, and the Sorrow of his F a- 
 jmly, and Kingdoms, who fo paflionately Lov’d him; and befeeching hi m 
 in the name of them all, to Right them againft the Man, who with the 
 Power and Authority of xhePortuguefe Arms,had Violated the publick Faith 
 and the Laws of Nature. The Viceroy gave him a favourable hearing tho* 
 by that Time the matter was otherwife reprefented at Goa , at leaft amon* 
 the Portuguese Nation. T hey faid, That King Aerio going to vifitthe Com- 
 mander in Chief, Martin Antonio Pimentel went in with him, and they Strife pre - 
 contended m Words upon fome Point, when the Portnguefe anfwcring him fences of 
 angrily, they fell to their Weapons, and the King was kill’d in the Quar- fbt Portu- 
 rel. They added, That he was Advis’d fo to do, by fome of our Religious guefes. 
 Men, who were offended at the Perfecution of the Chrirtians, and the Ob- 
 11 rufting of the King of Portugal's Service. Pimentel made his Defence 
 with the Original Letters, of thofe who perfwaded him to commit the 
 Faft, and who afterwards fav d him. However the Viceroy did not Reieft 
 the PJaintifs^but promis’d to Right them; and to frew that he defign«d them 
 farther fatistaftion than a bare Promife, he fent away the neceflary Sup- 
 plies for the Security of the Fortof Ternate, and Nunno Ptreyra deh Cerda 
 a Gentleman ol Courage, and the neceffary Sagacity to fucceed the other 
 in a Port where all things were in Confufion. He alfo writ to King SebaJHan 
 of Portugal, acquainting him with the Death of King Aerio- r how Cruelly 
 and Unjuflly he had been kill’d ; what a Revolution there was caufe to fear 
 n might produce; whom he had fent to fucceed Mezquitai the Orders he 
 had to Secure him, as alfo Pimentel , if he could find him. _ 
 
 Nunno Pcreyra arriv’d at Malaco with the Molucca EmbafTador, whence, *, ere P 1 ' a 
 at the proper Sea foil,, they Sail’d to Ternate^ where as foon as they Landed, J^ ccee ^\ 
 order was taken lor Correfting the Infolency of thofe in the Garrifbns, who ^ e2c I ult ^ 
 
 robM 
 
54 
 
 The D if every and Conquefl of 
 
 robb'd, and obflrutted Trade. When he had fettled thefe Affairs, he fei2‘d 
 the late Commander in Chief, James Lopez ; but did not punnifh him there 
 in the light of thofe -who had been wrdng'd, which would have appeas'd 
 them. The new Commander follicited the Kings Sons to retui n to Ternate 
 and endeavoured to give them, and the Kingdom Satisfadion. He eafily 
 convinc'd them, that the Publick was no way guilty of their Fathers Death ‘ 
 but only the Commander Mezanila , who fhould be feverely puniih'd. That 
 Me fawns, he deliver'd them the Kings cody,tobe Bury'd with due Honour. That 
 they fhould fettle the Succeffion, offering it to Cachil Guar ate , Aerio\ 
 Eldeft Son. He told them, the King of Portugal did not fend his Comman- 
 ders to be Enemies, but Protestors of the RoyalFamily and State of Ternate 
 and therefore they fhould make ufe of his Arms, as their own.They return'd* 
 apparent Thanks for what Vereyna did, and being indifferently fatisfy'd with 
 his Promifes, took the Kings Body. A few Months after, on the Day ap- 
 pointed for the Barbarous Obfequies, Embaffadors from the neighbouring 
 Kings, and Kingdoms landed at the City, who all repair'd to the Palace 
 Revenue £*d ?n White, with the dead Kings Sons, and Brothers, the Sangiack: and 
 vo &r Soldiers, and the Chiefeff of them, going into the Room where the Coffin 
 was before the Mourners, who are Officers of the Grave,* began their La- 
 mentations and Cryes, they all fwore upon the dead Body, to take a Re- 
 venge fuitable to the Wrong; but becaule this Resolution requir'd a more 
 deliberate Preparation, they fufpended it for a Year. It is reported, that 
 Heaven anticipated them within that time, puniffiing Pimentel. ttrikine 
 him to the Heart with the Difeafe call 4 d Berber, whereof he dy'd fwelline 
 up, and ravrng. 5 
 
 ytjfevibly The Funeral Rites being perform’d, the Prince tools leave of Nun no Pe. 
 of the In- re y r «, to go over to the Iiland Ires, where they have a moll llately Coun- 
 dians to try-tfouTe, and the principal Mot'que. There they all met on pretence of 
 confcnt. i-nvertingthemfelves after their Sorrow, tho it was now almoll two Years 
 lince the occafion of it happened. The Cachilas and Sangiacks repair'd thi- 
 ther under the fame Colour, and without looting any Time, they propofed 
 theUmting the forces of their Kingdoms, and ffiaking off the Portueuefe 
 Sfettw/*" the Po «uguefes, if once we cL to 
 
 ThltliJf j S r TP h ■, W t at , can ™ or not Dare to attempt? 
 The Portuguefes value him who Robs vioft, and is guilty of the (neateft 
 
 Q imes and Enormities. The forcing away of our Prldu/, their oie lewd 
 
 oreOccafon for them to make Wars, ours are 
 our Count, y, and the Defence of our Parents, our Wives, our Children and 
 
 not YnlVJf U nece ff« T yto expedite the Execittion, lecaufe a Secret is 
 Ter \fcfr V n-' S V T 7 ' nndm J^rs of this Nature, there is note Dan- 
 f V 2 0 f uIt, ”S' than gven 171 Execution. We have been abeadv too lone 
 in Confufion, without a Head. No Man contradicted- but neither Cachfl 
 
 ihTm e, i the E F deft ° f - the ® rot . h< ; rs * nor the Second, durfl take upon them 
 fo difficult an Enterpnze. Cachile Balre, the Third, undertok it with the 
 « ual Ingagement, either to Conquer, or to Dye. They prefently lifted him 
 tp, with genera App!aufe,and his Election being madepublfck the Kin- 
 dom eahly fubmnted to him, through the defire of Revere -tho’ accot 
 dmg to the Cuftom of the Molucca llands, as foon as VheKfnV has anv &n 
 horn, they fwear him his Succeffor, in his’turn, and there tfil £5 
 
 of 
 
55 
 
 the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 of any othei Oath, yet they again fwore to Cochil Babu . This done, they 
 went out to their Mofque, in Proceflion, to offer Sacrifice. A Boy went 
 fore mo ft with a naked Sword on his Shoulder, and with the other Hand Sacrifice 
 leading a Kid, which was to be the Victim, with the Ji, tie Horns’ Gilt. ^ J 
 The Alcoran forbids Saciififing; but thefe Iflanders receive the Rites of 
 Mahomet am fm fo confus‘dly,that with them they alfo retain rhofe of their 
 ancient Idolatry, and intermix the Ceremonies. He that condu&s the Sa^ 
 crifize, is, according to their Cufiom, follow’d by part of the Kings Soldiers, 
 with their Pikes advanc’d, and after them goes one holding up oh high a 
 fmall Gold Veftel, or Pan, with burning Coais ia it, the Frankincenfe they 
 throw in Smoking. Next to him was the new King, over whofe Head 
 they always carry an Umbrello, made of Feathers of feveral Colours, in 
 fbape of a large Semicircle. The King was encompafs’d by thofe Soldiers, 
 that are given him by his Subje&s by way of Acknowledgement, like the 
 Turkifi Janizaries . In this Order they came to the Mofque, at whofe Gates, 
 wlienfoever they are to enter, they find Kettles and Pots full of Water, to 
 wafh their Hands and Feet before they go in. As foon as the King was up- 
 on the Threlnold the Mufick play’d, and they fpread Milk-white Carpets, 
 as is the Cuftome: Kneeling on them, they mutter out their vain Prayers, 
 bowing their Heads down to the Ground. In the midft of the Mofque 
 flands a Pulpit, cover’d with white Cloth. Inftead of a Bell, there hangs 
 up the holy great fiat Drum, which they beat with Sticks ; tho each Mofque 
 has a great Bell, without a Clapper, which they ftrike with a Stone, or 
 piece of Iron, when requifite. All that hear it, of what Condition foever, * 
 repair to the Temple, with Pikes, Shields, Cymitars, and Muskets. The 
 profane Sacrifice being ended, they conduced the new King to the Harbour j 
 he went into his Carcoa , with his Family, and the other Sangiacks , and 
 great Men, into many others. The King‘s is fo contriv'd, that there is a The Kin* c 
 Gang-way all round it, made of Canes. There are two Slaves to each Oar; c arcc)a ~ 
 others do the Service of the Veffel, and near every one lies a Number ot 
 Arrows. Inftead of Oars they ufe a fort of great Paddles, like Spoons, with 
 which they alfo lade out the Water the Ve (Tel takes in. On the upper part 
 they make Mufick with their Tabors, and Sounding-Bafons of Metal, ac- 
 cording to which they Row fafter or flower, as we Dance to our Mufick. 
 
 In the fame Place there are feveri Brafs Guns a confiderable number of 
 Pikes advanc’d, longer than ours,, and a Bed adorn’d with Quilts inter- 
 woven with Gold, and by it hung the King c s Helmet, Breafl, and Back 
 Plates. He fat, or lay on that, rich Bed, the Servants of his Bed-Chamber 
 Fanning him with a large Wing, made of various colour’d Feathers of the 
 Birds that fly about his Iflands ^ thus he Coafted about, the Sea and Shore 
 refounding with Guns, Shouts, and Barbarous Inflruments. 
 
 At the fame time that they feem’d to be wholly taken up with Sports jfr ar p r0 m 
 and Diverfions, in the Ifland Ires y they Vow’d an irreconciliable Enmity 
 to the Portuguefe Nation, with the fame Solemnity as they had fworn Al- 
 legiance to their King ; and this Secret having been inviolably obferv’d, 
 when the new K. thought convenient he caufed it to be Publifh’d through- 
 out all his Dominions, which confifls of fevenry two Iflands in that Archi- 
 pelago, betwixt thofe of Mindanao, on the North ; Bima and Corea on the 
 
 Coaft 
 
Dominions South • and the Continent of the Papnas, or Papons, otherwife call d her* 
 of Ter— Guinea on the Eafl: The Inhabitants whereof pay him their Tribute in 
 
 nate. Gold , Amber, and Birds of Par^dife ; all which Provinces have been U fur- 
 
 ped from other Kings, on whofe Ruins his Pride is fwollen fo high, that 
 he fliles himfelf in his own Language, Emperor of the Archipelago . In 
 moil of them there were at that Time foine Chriflian Towns, Churches, 
 and Preachers, and the Gofpel was receiv’d in the eight principal Nations. 
 Idolater and Mahometan EmbafT’adours came from them all to acknow- 
 ledge, and fwear Fealty to Cacbil Rabtt. In this great AfTembly the Defire 
 of Revenge was made the Caufe of Religion, and in it began the longeft 
 Perfecudon the true Faith has undergone in our Days. It will be there- 
 fore requifite, diflin&ly to defcribe the remote, and neighbouring Countries 
 and Nations that carry ’d it on; and the Strength, and (landing Forces* 
 Forces of they have ready at all times upon any Occafion. 
 
 she Kings The fixteen greater Towns of Ternate furnifh their K. with 3000 Arm’d 
 °/Ter- Men ; the Jfland of Montfi± diflant from it fix Leagues South, 200; that 
 nate and G f Machian, eight Leagues diflant, 1 500 ; that of Caioa four Leagues from 
 Provinces, Median, the fame way, 300; thole of Gazea, twelve Leagues from Caioa, 
 
 300 ; thofe of Xula, fifty Leagues from Ternate , 4000 ; thofe of Burro* 
 feventy Leagues diflant, 4000; thole of Ver amnia eighty Leagues from 
 Amhoina , and are the fame Number of Leagues in compafs 50000; thofe 
 of Buaro, and Manipa , lying betwixt thofe of Verannla and Burro , $000; 
 
 fifty Leagues Eafl from Ternate , fend no certain, but , 
 
 that of Ires , where the King then was, 400 ; and pays Tribute in Amber, 
 and Birds of Paradife. Thofe of Me a os and Tafure , on the North, 400. 
 Thofe of Doe, diflant thirty Leagues fome way, 900. Thofe of Rao and 
 Saquita, feventy Leagues North, 1000. The great Batochina , or Gilolo, 
 four Leagues from Ternate , tcoco. The large Ifland Matheo , contains fe- 
 veral Kingdoms, thirty Leagues to the Weft ward, each of them fubjeft 
 to its own King, and all of them to him of Ternate ; fend him Arm‘d 
 Troops, Tot ole end Bool 6000 Men ; Guayduda 7000 ; Gorontano and 17 /- 
 l>oto, ictiQO ; Tontine f iioco; Manado , 2000; Dondo,y 00; Lab ague, rcoo; 
 Fulo, and Jaqua, 10000; Gape, Tobnquo , and Butti are all fubjeft to liim, 
 and the number of their fupplies is uncertain; but Sanguien and its King, 
 
 3 0 Leagues from Ternate, ferve him with 3000 Men. This was the flail- 
 ing Force, which without adding to it the uncertain number, nor the 
 multitude of ftaves, amounts to 120300 Men. This particular F. Martin 
 fent to the Governor Gatitez Parez , and the original was deliver‘d to me. 
 Since then, that Kings Power is increafed, and becaufe more Formidable, 
 by reafon of his Alliances wiih feveral Princes, entering Amity with fome, 
 and Opprefilng others, and praftifing the Rules of Tyranny among them all, 
 as Artfully as was formerly done by Greece, Rome, and Carthage . Of their 
 Game, Fifli, Rice, Sagu ; and other Stores of Fruit and Spice, and the Royal 
 Mines, we (hall fpeak when the Subject in Hand requires it; and fo of their 
 Weapons, of which laft. it is to be obferv’d once for all, that thofe they 
 Dan, are alt poifan’d, and the Fire-Arms differ not from ours. 
 
 thofe of Na, Nolo , and New Guinea, which are many, 
 
 For 
 
57 
 
 the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 For managing of this great Defign, the King privately fenc about his Brothers 
 and Sangiacks ; but lo great an Army could not be contracted from luch diftanfc 
 Parts* without being heard of by the Chriftians, and particularly Tlunno V*rey- 
 ra. He fiifpetting that the Defire of Revenge frill prevailed in the injur’d Par- 
 ties, and that the firft Effettsof it would fall upon his Fort, tho* the Sultajis 
 Murderer Was not then in it, ftrengthned it propdrtionably to the Sie&e heV- 
 perted. Prudence fupplies the Place of Propheiy. The Fort was not then erect- 
 ed, which islince to be feen in Ternatc , on a high Ground of difficult Afcenr 
 next the Sea, and the Back of it defended by a Lake, next the Mountain • beinu 
 three Miles diftant from the firft Fort : It was afterwards built to defend them- 
 iclves againft great Fleas ; not fatisfy’d with that they had before on the Plain 
 next the Sea, made of dry Stones, without Mortar ; which being face improv’d 
 in all Refpetts, is now built with Lime, the Walls a Yard and half thPk and 
 fifteen in Height ; Forty in Length next the Sea, with a round Tower at’ each 
 Angie, like the ancient Spamjb Fortrefles. T^uuHo Pereyra endeavour’d with all 
 poffible Diligence, to fhut up in it the greareft Number he could of all the Chri- 
 itian Families, and to be in a Reading's to ftand the Siege, which foon enfu’d 
 He lent Advice to India and Portugal of the Intelligence he had receiv’d de- 
 manding Succours, as in a cerrain Danger ; but it could never have come in 
 lime ; for lome Part of thofe Forces being affembled in the if and Ires, the Reft 
 fraying on Botochtna, in that Part which is properly call’d Gilo/o, and is remote 
 Decree V * rtu &'f €5 ' the V there be S an t0 perfecute Chriftianity by publick 
 
 The Apprehenlion of thefe Mifchiefs, had much perplex’d all the Governours 
 m thole I rovinces, becaufe it was daily confirm’d by vifiblc Proofs of an open In- 
 lurrettion. fames Lopct. de Marquita was already kept Prifoner in the Fort of 
 BenaftarimztGoa, thofe confin’d, and the Viceroy expefted Orders from Spain 
 to. dil pole of him, and the Forces; becaufe it was fear’d the King of Temate 
 might make ufe of the great Supplies which con’d be fent him from China * ef- 
 pecially if chat were certain which was then dilcourfed in Spain. It was reported. 
 That the Council of State, obferving that the Philippine lflands were rather 
 an Expence, than an Advantage to the Crown, being many, and hard to be main- 
 in d, had propos’d to King Philip, to quit them, and withdraw the Court of 
 
 lftirp nnri fh f'.arri/rtnc flior Tim* I.' r 
 
 Pereyra 
 prepares hi 
 Defence. 
 
 The Fnrru 
 guefe Fort- 
 
 tam M , piu^usu iu iviug jrumy, 10 uun uicm, ana wunaraw tne Court of 
 Juftice, and the Garrifons that defend them. They added the Example of the 
 Chmefes , who abandon’d them, tho* they are luch near Neighbours, and can re- 
 lieve them with as much Eafe, as if they were joyning to rheir Continent. That 
 as Spam governs them, the Lofs they occafion is conliderable, without any Hopes 
 that it can ever be alter’d for the better; a vaft Quantity of Silver being lena 
 thither fromT^w Spain H both for the ufual Expences, and to buy Commodities * 
 that ft all thatTreafure is Convey’d by the Hands of the Chinefes into the Heart 
 of thole Dominions, render’d intraftable by the Severity of their Laws, by 
 which they are trenched in, as it were with Fortification, againft all Commerce 
 with Strangers* They alledg’d that a Monarchy difpers’d, and divided by fo 
 many Seas, and different Climates, could fcarce be united ; nor could humane 
 Wifdom, by fettled Correfpondence, tye together Provinces fo remov’d from one 
 another by Nature. That thefe Arguments are not the Ofspring of Wit, but of 
 Experience, and Truths obvious to the Senfes. That all fuch as might be urg’d 
 them, were only grounded upon Honour, and full of a generous Sound, but 
 difficult in the Execution ; and therefore the beft Expedient* was for the King 
 to ftrengthen hhuL-lf in Europe, where his Forces can be ready to meet all Dan- 
 gers, without being expos’d to the Hazards of the Sea, and the Dominions of 
 others. Each of thefe Arguments was fo fully represented by the Officers of the 
 t rt we. that the Propofai was drought worthy to be debated and confider’d r 
 and had God permitted the King to exclude the Philippine lflands his Monarchy, 
 leaving them expos’d ro the firft that would take PoiiefiioD, the MoIhccos had fo. 
 * a Tk Ca ft ren S c haVd, as to become unconquerable. 
 
 ,ame Thing has been propos’d at other Times, and in the Days of King 
 Plnhp the lild. who flicking to his Father’s Aniwer, has always rejected that 
 
 1 mifehievous 
 
 Projetl of 
 abandoning 
 the Philip- 
 pine 
 If and:, 
 
 1{e*fo*s for 
 it. 
 
*>8 
 
 King Philip 
 reject * it. 
 
 His I^eafons 
 
 *Prodn(l of 
 Ate. 
 
 Arguments 
 againfi 
 fitting 
 the Philip- 
 pines. 
 
 The Difcovery and Conqueft of 
 
 mifchievous Advice. That moft prudent Monarch anfwer’d, That the Thilippi n ,s 
 fhruld he maintain’d, in the fame Manner they were, and the Court fhoiild h" 
 inverted with more Authority, that Jurtice might prevail, for he iaid the Screfsof 
 Government, on its being upright, and impartially adminifter’d. That in the 
 fame manner the Troops fhould be kept up there, and maintain'd out of the Re 
 venues of Nevo-Spatn, or any other of his Kingdoms, fince all the Treafures dif 
 cover d, or ftill hid in the Bowels of the Miner, ought to be apnly’d to the Pro. 
 pagation of the Gofpel. For wiiat would the Enemies of Chrifi fay, if thev tier 
 ceived that the Vhilipfine Iflands were left diftituce of the true Light, and^s 
 Mmifters to propagate it, becaufe they did not produce rich Metals and 
 Wealth like the Reft of the fruitful Iflands in Jfia and Xr^ f That all iL 
 
 K,Trl of 10 be fl ‘ bf r vie,lt t0 this Sovereign End, as becomes Sons of 
 
 the Church, and Promoters of the Apoftolical preaching, which is continu'd h« 
 Succefljon. That fince he had refufed to mitigate the leaft Point of his Severitv 
 r a , r jV" S f f orther " Subjefts, or to grant them Liberty of Confcience- whv 
 
 H a °rl^ h r ‘JoVYr th i?l - am0nS Heathtns ’ and Mahometans, which were the 
 m n rI) ft Th 0 ^ had affignd fl 1 m i to enrich the Church with tiiofe Children fo re- 
 Thus the I rojeft was put down, and this has always been the glorious Re 
 Siri n’ Wben m,fta i en ? ea1 ’ or worldly Interefts have propos’d the qu of 
 thofe Dominions This .Teems to hare been a peculiar Providence ofHellen 
 which knew how foon they were all like to belong to the fame Matter and r!n ’ 
 the R,ght and Conquefts lhould be all United in his Perfom the one bein° the 
 ^. ns to reeover the other, as has been feen in our Days ^mg the 
 
 JR ™! 1 W3S govern’d by this Religious Motive 5 but there were others ure’d 
 by fuch as were acquainted with the Riches of .fa, which are chieflv D?amoSr 
 Rubies, large and Seed Pearl, Amber-Greece, Musk Civer Camihii r d d i’ 
 China, Vermillion, Coral, Quick-Silver, Copper, fine Muflinsl n<? C 
 
 aiid Ornaments. AH this they fa id >«.,’« loft wfe aVtwu f l,Drn *S?«*»> 
 
 Jndta ; who were already alarm’d by the Tortur^fe F £ ! 1 ®“? Kings , of 
 
 common charge firted out a Navv of Gallevs and ac r ^ e 
 
 fumifh’d it with Cannon, and ^aboard M 2 Srf& l ? ,h Port of W 
 of Venetian and Cenoefe llenegadoes With this PnLpr rh* a & rea t Number 
 in the Year uoS, and tho* the Kine of ££jL 21 ‘ ? ultan enter’d India, 
 the Torturuefes in the Port of Chaul Tiimr blm » be was vanquifh’d by 
 
 are ftill m”re valuable.and ffifthe Trade oKtlZ'lti at pref i m thcfe Rich « 
 Way of the ThiUpfme'mitnds it wou?d ftve'an IhSnf* ° nCe bro «?htinto the 
 way of Jmboyna; Banda, Borneo , and the manv Sh ? et with » by the 
 many Storms thofe narrow Seas are fubieft to 7 Fnr^rh^ru” tbem > as alfo the 
 brought by the TortuguefesAn their Tradina Galoon be . Clove particularly was 
 Moluccos , to pay their Garrifons. In this Shi-frhov * wbicb S° es ^ rcra G04 to the 
 /ur. and Goa, (4000 ^ ^ 
 
 At thofe Pbrrs it was dealt to Tertians, Turks Chfnerf f ■ 6 ? ore or iefs - 
 
 the third Part came to Europe. The Kine of S, ’ ; ”c ^f'‘ can <’ & that l'carce 
 Part, whence it was fent to Alexandria All rhefe r’ ln ^ tl Vl a . tra ' fecur’d another 
 to Malaca, pay eight per Cent The Sni.-v .1-., . Commodities, when tliey come 
 to all the Kingdoms of Emote • "i°l ?&»J» ^buted in 
 
 to all the Kingdoms o{ Exrope- and itSt te S ™°r im 
 
 to bring the greateft Part to Spain from the PlSff’ ^ f befe People, 
 one of the nobleft Projefts, that will be thoueht o^for Jhe " ds ; wh,ch wou W b e 
 venue, confidering what a great Price CWhear, ,m P r , o y in g of the Re- 
 
 in the Molucca. This was the Opinion when t^ofe rnfnu"’ k n i d ho Z chea P k is 
 Matter, and it was no eafie Matter to divert the Trade • £ 0 ” ! t0 an °ther 
 from the ttfusl India Voyage. Befides the Religious Men of’ th^olden^Tst^ 
 
 oAugnfiii 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS, 
 
 59 
 
 ^ugufiin and St. Vomlnicl >, had already propagated rhe Faith in thofe and other 
 lflmds, whence that which flaurifh’d, and advanc’d in Ternate and Tydore was 
 Fed. 
 
 Cach'd Bahu fail’d with his Brothers, and a great Number of Veffels from Ires p 0 rtu°nefe 
 for Ternate ^ with much Joy, and forebodings of Vi&orv; greater Forces continu- p nrt / ;e _ 
 ally joyning him, through the earneft Defire they had all of delivering thofe Parts n c(T \y 
 from the Vortuguefe Domination. As foon. as ever they arriv’d at Ternate , they J ^ 
 landed, and immediately inverted the Fort, which they call’d the Seat of Servitude. 
 
 They afiaulted the Houfes of the Vortuguefes , and that fo fuddenly, that though 
 they had Notice before, and lived in Fear, they fcarce ftood upon their Defence. 
 
 Rage and Succefs made a more than Barbarous Havock. They fet Fire to the 
 
 Houfes with Fury, and popular Tumulty fo that whatfoever was not within a 
 
 Wall and Ditch, periflvd that Day. Thofe in the Fort attempted to fuccour 
 
 their People; but greater Numbers of Ternates cortoing on, kill’d fome of thofe, 
 
 who had fally’d out, not only with Darts of folid Canes* which they cart moft 
 
 dexterioufly, with Arrows, Cymiters and Shields, which they us’d when Idolaters; 
 
 but with Muskers and other Fire Arms. The reft of the Vortuguefes routed, fled 
 
 to their Fort; for thofe who had gain’d Reputation by fo many brave Exploits, 
 
 were that Day deprived of their Courage, by the Injuftice of the A&ion they had 
 
 been concern’d in. They fent again to Goa to defire Relief, and to reprefent the Vefo/atiott . 
 
 Diftrefs, not only of the Fort of Ternate , but of all the others the King of Vor- 
 
 tugal held in thofe Eaftern Parts; for they had cart off Subje&ion to him in moft 
 
 of them. They forgot not to mention the perftcution of the Religion, and the fear- 
 
 city of Arms and Provifions, of both which the Ternates had deprived them. 
 
 Thefe News were flown into India and Spain by other Ways; and all the while 
 
 the Siege lafted Goa fent Succours to the Moluccos , in their trading Galeons; but 
 
 the vaft Diftance, the many . Shoals, and the violent Storms thofe Seas are fubjefr T t » 
 
 to, occafion’d the Lofs of thofe Ships, or put them by their intended Voyage. 
 
 The Commanders in thofe Eaftern Ports, who follow’d the Example of thofe * , - 
 
 of Ternate were not Idle; for the Vortuguefes^ tho* the reducing of thofe Rebels n - 
 fucceeded not at that Tftne, did not mils of obtaining other Victories, which 
 fhould we relate them here, would make this look more like a Hiftbiy of all India 
 than of one filial! part of it; befides that the Vortuguefes Nation has not wanted 
 Learned Authors, who have tvanfmitted them to us, where they may be feen at 
 large. The Spaniards have alfo done the like, in a much more loftier Stile than 
 mine. We muft therefore circumfcribe our felves, and return to the Moluccas , 
 where the Befieged, as it were forfaken, and abandon’d by all the Earth, endure 
 the Hardfhips and Perils of Places fo ftreightned. 
 
 Thus all their Hones, under Heaven, depended on their own Valour, and the 
 inviolable Friendfhip of the King of Tydore, fo implacable an Enemy to him at 
 Ternate , that neither the Neighbourhood of the Kingdoms, divided only by an 
 Arm of the Sea, a League and half over, in the midft whereof is a fmall Del art 
 lfland, which almoft jovns them, nor the ancient and reiterated Alliances, do in 
 the leaft abate of their Hatred, which feems to be fatal, and consequently una- 
 voidable betwixt thofe two Kings and Nations. 
 
 However, the Ternates being always intent upon War, and thinking no 1 raettee •praftfcet 
 unlawful, that may fecure their Succefs, they ply’d their Weapons on one Hand, r Babu 
 and on the Ocher, carry’d on their Intrigues, for a Pacification with the King ot Ty- 
 Tydore ; not fo much out of any Defire of coming to a.Conclufion with him, as to d ore 
 the End that being amaz’d with the Hopes of Peace, he might grow flack in Ke~ 
 
 1 eving and Aftiftinsr the Beficeed. They offer’d to reftore him fome 1 laces, 
 taken from him during the late Wars; and to give him thole and others, as a 
 Portion with a Daughter to the King of Ternate ; befides other Advantages, or 
 which Accommodation the King ot Bachian was the chief Manager. lo triple 
 fair Offers, they added Threats ; and both the Kings and their Nations agreeing 
 in Religion, and it being eafy to cover any Occafion of War under fair . retenccs ; 
 it happen’d that the Tydores , at leaft while this Politick Game Was playing, did 
 not afford their Succours with the fame Zeal as they had done at nru ; and ^ 
 
'6o 
 
 The Difcovery and Conqnefl of' 
 
 'Policy of 
 the K % of 
 Tydore. 
 
 Sallies t 
 the 
 
 Length of 
 the Siege. 
 
 Kin^r, who till then had been a conftant Friend, upon another Consideration 
 fe.td htscmn'ngto aReloIution. He waited, as well as the Beiieeed the k 
 Vi! ofthc Tortr<g lte /c Succours, and feveral of his Canons often touch’d at t 
 Wands of Borneo to enquire what Ships pars’d that Way from India T) lev r- 
 amin d every VefTel they met, and every fF*ht Intellmenrp miff vt ri,^i ney c * 
 quite cart them down. In fhort, both Parties protrafted^he Time d wXfohX 
 Ullone . 0 any ° Cher PrinC, ' pIeS ’ that 311 tbe ' r Courage and Kde% d^tdedon 
 
 the Wife f and bei “B ) uft ** the Point of accepting 
 
 h rn rhar\ riif d d b V tb e hnemy, fell off upon the News broueh?^ 
 the Tr 0n was / een fa j lin s for the Molucto Uhnds, and he rejefkd all ! 
 
 'inti was aiterwards known to be bound for The Philippine Ifanr?« 
 
 Sri” 1 ?s. ? i 
 
 t jpe u; ® t>een toJlerable, had not they been common to horh Po#. 
 
 The End of the Second Book. 
 
 < 
 
HISTORY 
 
 0 F T H E 
 
 Discovery and Concluest 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Molncco and Philippine Iflands, &c. 
 
 BOOK. III. 
 
 B OTH Sides now took the Breathing of a fliort Ceffationi ad- ~ ~ 
 
 vantagious to Ternate for the Liberty of Trade, and to the Por , Ce JJ atl °* 
 tvgucfes, becaufe it gain’d Time to their Hope of Relief . °f Jrms - 
 which they concluded muff be near at Hand, by Reafon it had 
 ■beeji long expefted. They were not difcouraged by Events, 
 thofe having prov d alternatively Succefsful and Unfortunate, and Vidory 
 was tofs’d to and fro • beftdes that the Interruption of Commerce had knit 
 tome the clofer. together in Friendlhip. I could mention feveral Ipflances 
 of this Sort, contain’d in Letters, and other Spafiijb and Portucuefe Re- 
 lations, fent by Religious Men from the Moluccos , to the Oovefnours of 
 the Philippine Iflands, yrhofe. Papers have, upon this Occafidn; been lay ’d 
 before me, for my better Information, for which Reafon we mav'makeUfe 
 of fome of them, without departing from the main SubjedL The gravel! 
 of the Greek and Latjfi Hidorians iometimes intermix private Adventures, 
 as it were, fhort Epi/oJes to divert .the, Reader. The Example of great 
 Makers is a lufficient Authority for Learners, for which Reafon I may 
 well be allow'd this Freedom, 
 
 One Dua&te , a bjave Enfign* had contrafied, Arid Friendlhip with Cachil 
 Judun, which was no way oblUUfted : by;the Difficulties of the Seige, nor ^ Love 
 lo much as interrupted. Duarte was wont in the dead of the Night, to go Stoty* 
 lately into the City in the Habit of the Country, and by the Help of the 
 Language, being Mailer of it, where he was privately admitted into his 
 rnend‘s Boyle, and well receiv'd thereon another Account hy -Judurifa[ 
 
 . K his 
 
K as 
 
 Tta t)ifc every and Conquejt 
 
 his only Daughter, who, being prevail’d on by the Love Ihe bore Duarte , 
 imbrac‘d the Chriflian Religion. The Father was not unacquainted 
 with their Love, but he ak'o knew that it was attended by Modeliy 
 in Tudurifa, and true Courtefy in Duarte . Returning to the Fort, he 
 ufed to be taken in the fame dangerous, way, by tjiofe. Perfons who had 
 let him doxvn with a Rope. He brought with him fome Intelligence 
 and Provi lions $ but he came not fo entire himfelf, for the Indian Wo- 
 man, who was to be his Wife, had robb’d him of his Heart. Nuno Perejra 
 going the Rounds xntfs'd the Enfign at his Poft, and enquiring into it, un- 
 derflood the Caufe of his Abfencej in Refped to which, confidering 
 the mighty Power it often has over great Souls, he conniv’d at the 
 Breach of Martial Dikipline, afiigning that to the Paffion, without 
 reproving the Lover. Whether he follow’d the Example we. read of 
 Quintus F&bius Maximum in the like Cafe, or on Account that Expe- 
 rience fhows, there is Nothing can hold a Lover fo fall as the Pre- 
 fence of the lov’d Objeft * Vcreyra enjoining all Perfons to keep the Se- 
 cret, contriv’d, without offending Tndura, that his Daughter fl ould come 
 privately into the Fort, which fhe confemed^ to without many Pe/fwafi- 
 ons.. Having fo done, theXommander in Chief* calling* his Eiifigiv faid 
 rohim, lam inform'd, that at certain Times , cM l that when the Danger 
 is greatefi, you for fake us ; hut that it is not for want of Affection , or not 
 knowing the Duty of your Pojl $ tho ’ we were not confin'd to thefe narrow 
 Walls, 1 would not puyifit yqur Failure, hecaufc Mildnefs has ever keen 
 more efficacious for cptreRing of Genovs Souh, than Rigour. It will not 
 he convenient for the Future, that we he left without you, and in Fear for 
 what may befall you: Here is your Wife , and then fhe appear'd, brought 
 hither without any Force, or Oppofit ion from her Father . Take he g to you 
 lovingly , avi dgnet fuffer the Honour of Portugal, depending on tb$fc few 
 Men, to want the bravery, of fo able an Officer. Duarte was ama^d, ge- 
 neroufly out of Countenance, lull of Love, and knew not what to fay : 
 but was excus’d by his Friends, and even by Nunno Pereyra. 
 
 Hopes and I t was now the Year 1575, when the Befiegcd began to conceive 
 Defpair of fome Hopes of their Deliverance ; becaufe the Sangiacks and Cachils of 
 the befieg- the King of Ter nate's Race were divided into Fa&ions, and there wanted 
 not fome among them, who endeavour’d to draw the Portvguefes ovzi to 
 their Party* Thefe Mi fundertfandings made them aft lefs vigoroufly : and 
 did not they look on theirs as the Common Caufe, the Defign had fuc- 
 ked. The Portuguefes in this Condition, defpairing of all Relief, the 
 Natives of Ternate on the other Side of the Ifland, next thofe of the 
 Meaot, difeover d a Galeon coining from AIalaca y having coafted about 
 Romeo ; they concluded it was that which brought the Succours from 
 
 Propofol* 
 
 of Accom- 
 modation, 
 end Rea 
 
 1 ot tv gal, and being afiur d it was fo, they became unanimous again, and 
 pi e Is' d on the Seige ; but Force little prevailing againft the Refolution of 
 the Eefieged. LachU Tula, by Permiffion, propos’d fome Terms, which 
 the Commander in Chief had long JifienUto from the Wall. One Day 
 making, (ever a 1 Overtures, Tulo told him, That the King, his Brother, 
 was willing to pur an End to that tedious Seige, upon any Conditions! 
 f ms for it, ?“*.*? thls Effe/lhe had concludeda Peace with the King of Ty dor e, that 
 - J he might not reheve.themfor the Future. That the King of Radian had 
 
 joyn’d 
 
'the SPIGe Ti s t> ANDsl 7T 
 
 ,Tna,ma ' ■ ■■ III I " ■ " fa- „ nmi BI la in- 1 -1 — .1 ■ — 
 
 joyn’d him for the lame Purpofe^ to the End, that Cnee they were all con- 
 vinc’d that was their common Caufe, they might with their joym Power 
 make their utmoft Efforts. That the Ce flat ion which had Jailed till then, 
 tho 1 advantages to the King, as encouraging the Trade with the Javan efes\ 
 and Rnmes, who came to Load Clove, mufl of NecefDty ceafe. He aik’d 
 how long they would expofe their Lives to the utmoft Dangers, only to 
 gain ail empty Name of Loyal Subjects, which, perhaps, would never be 
 known to him that was to reward it. He bid them eonfider the Viftany 
 of his Father, King Aerio's Death, and that by their Obftinate holding Otft 
 they made the Murderers Caufe more Criminal. That they thus fhow^ 
 they approv’d of anothers Treachery, whofe Punifhment they would com- 
 pafs by other Means. That they ought to be very thankful!, that the King 
 would not involve them in the Guilt of that Wretch, who contrary to his 
 fplemn Oath, to the Laws of Friendlhip, and the Honour of the Portngvefe 
 Nation, or rather to Nature it feif, had Murder’d that King, who moft in- 
 violably obferv’d the Faith he had engag’d to him. Befides, that they were 
 lenfible how little Comfort uncertain Hopes could afford amid ft Tea] Wants ; 
 and how impracticable it was for Relief to come ffom fo great a*diftance, 
 through fuch boifterous Seas, caufing fo many Shipwrecks, and which 
 feem’d to have confpir’d againft thofe who had opprefs’d and injur’d Ternate. 
 
 He concluded his Difcourfe requiringthe Commander in Chief, to deliver 
 tip the Fort, or expert the utmoft Rigour ; for if he once refus’d the Terms 
 offer’d, and provok’d them, they would l’pare neither Sex, nor Age. The 
 Befieg’d Were not free from Jealoiflie, that there was Fraud in tbefe Offers ; 
 yet, perceiving that the Succours never came from Ik/tid, either becaufe re- TbeBefieg± 
 tarded by the African War, in which King Sebajlian had engag’d himfelf, ed Surren - 
 or by the Difficulties of that dangerous Voyage; and believing that the for. 
 two Kings ofTydore and Ternate were reconcil’d, as Tula told them, think- 
 ing he of Tydore , without whofe fupport they could not fubfift, had for- 
 faken their Friendfhip, the Propolals were accepted by tinahimous Confent, 
 after Nuno Pereyra had return’d a refolute Anfwer* fuftable to that Part of 
 tJacbil Tula's Words, which contained any Threats, fignifying to him, how 
 little they mov’d himfeif, or his Men ; and that he would hearken to no 
 Conditions to the difTetvice of his God, or his King; t>r to difparage the 
 Bravery ot his Soldiers, which had been fo often try’d to the coft of the 
 Natives of Ternate ; neverthelefs upon fome other Confiderations, he would 
 furrender the Fort, provided that all the Portnguefes might march out in a The Capi - 
 Body, Colours Flying, with their Wives* Children, Slaves, and all their tulation. r 
 Goods, having firft Hoftages given them to their content/ that no Harm, 
 or Injury fhould be done theib. That the King fhould fecure them their 
 Paffage to Amboyna, and find them VefTels; and that fuch as fhould happen 
 to be left in his Dominions fot w£rtf ofthem, fhotild have no Ranfotne de- 
 manded of them, either then^ or at the time of their departure. That the 
 Fort and Guns fhould be deliver’d to King Ba&u, upon Vxprefs Condition, 
 
 Tiiat he fhould hold it for the King r of Portvgal y ,and in his Name, to whom 
 he fhould reftore it, whenfoeVer he eflfe&ually punifh’d the MTirder of King 
 Acrio, The Kin^ ea'filv Granted, and Swore to perform all thofe ConditL 
 ons, being eager to poffefs' himfeif of the Fort, before the Succours arrived, jj )e j? ort 
 Which were now near at hand. Qn the Day appointed, which wis Saint D e n ver ^ 
 
 • ' K z Stephen's y 
 
64 
 
 Portugue- 
 fes fettle 
 */Tydore 
 
 Tydore 
 
 defcrib'd. 
 
 fhds of 
 Varadice. 
 
 fort of 
 Tydore. 
 
 The D/fc&very and Conquefl of 
 
 Stephens, the Ternatcs took up all the advantageous Polls to view the For- 
 luguefes , who march‘d out as if they had been Conquerors; and no fooner 
 were they out of the Port, than the Natives tunning in, poflefs'd them- 
 ielves of the Guns, with loud Laughter and Shouts, Scoffing at thofe that 
 left n; for the third Day after the Galeon arriv’d, well Matur’d, and fur- 
 nifn d with Guns, and all KeccHaries, and James de Azambuja in it as 
 Commander in Chief, 1 hey had thoughts of Recovering the Fort but it 
 was too late, becaufe the Enemy was poflefs’d of all Things, without anv 
 Oppofition. rercyra then perceiv’d how great an Obftacle Precipitation is 
 to the chafing of the fafeft Advice, and how infallibly it is follow’d bv 
 fruitlels Repentance; fince had he delay’d but never £0 little longer tho* 
 it were only to weigh the Enemies Propofals, who ought never to be 
 luppos d Sincere, he mig^t have fav’d himfelf and Dell rov’d tliem. For 
 this Reafon, tho he wanted not an honourable Excufe, he refclv’d not to 
 return to Gpa, having private Intelligence that the Viceroy would not fail 
 to fecure him, in Order to cut off his Head . Azamhtja protetfed him ih 
 his Galeon, and lie went over with many others to Amhoyna. The reft 
 lpread themfelves throughout the Neighbouring Illands, in Veffels thev 
 begg d. Some return’d to Mal.ua, and only fixteen Poitiwucfe Families 
 remain din Tcrnate for want of Shipping; who at firft iubmitted to the 
 change of their Fortune ; but could not afterwards comply with the Dif- 
 ference there is betwixt Domination and Servitude* The King of Tydore 1 
 F " e, V d r -° the Spaniards in their greateft Affliction, offer’d them 
 . his Illands, Houfes, and Trade of Spicet He fent them a good Number of 
 ^Mentis, which carry d them over to his Dominions, and loon after aflicn’d 
 them a convenient Place to build their Houfes and Churches. This Co. 
 
 !K’ a //>r Cr n ed ’ a ‘! d l )? e Nu ™ ber o f its Inhabitants augmented by San- 
 cwft [f C£,n f elos >f ho re nt others from Maine a, being Commander in 
 Chief of Goa , and afterwards ot Amhoyna , in the Year 1578. At laft he 
 
 Cwlrff h, “ ( f!V" a ««“»*■«, * Wttrof » Sgne 
 
 ^ity ofTydore y which gives its Name to the Iiland. 
 
 L . a £guage oi thofe Parts, which was formerly fpoken fit 
 mfies, fertility and Beauty. Europeans generally give it this Name* ’ bur 
 
 n S rT P 7 rS Aral ’ k . k and Subfcriptions, Writes Tu- 
 Ma,™* not Tydore. It is not inferior to Tern ate foj Fruitful nefs and 
 Delight, but far exceeds it in Magnitude and ropuloufnefs • and yields tiie 
 
 Perfection, than in any other of the Eaftern Parrs Tn *h; ,, m ° re 
 
 dLry bufvlth wi f avT 16 Iatter . dld »<* only contribute with ln s I n - 
 re«u?fi\e toTeSwl the Matfcrials lumfelfc when it was 
 
 S to , fet ll ? e Soldiers an Example, and forward the Work • which 
 
 the ^ ° ften v)ewd > a » d was well pleas’d to fee the ForfiSon * H. 
 
 difeours’d 
 

 the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 *5 
 
 diicoursM familiarly with the Officers, advis’d with them in his Wars 
 and comforted the Chrifiians, and they fai’d b-fi, for from that Time for- 
 ward, there being none in Ternatt+and that Fort in- the Hands of the Na- 
 tive?, the Heathens and Mahometan: feem'd to be Superior and Conquer- 
 ors throughout all thofe Provinces. They fire ng then ’d themfelves with 
 Works and other Preparations, erefted Forts on high Places, and bending 
 their Minds againfi the Chrifiians, put many to cruel Martyrdoms ,* that 
 fo the Foundation of our Faith may be in all Parts cemented with the 
 Blood of the Faithful. They difmember’d the Bodies, and burnt theLegs Per fa* 
 and Arms in the fight of the fiill Living Trunks. They impal’d the tion ' 
 Women, tore out their Bowels, and they furving themfelves, beheld their 
 fiill moving Flefn in the Hands of their Executioners. Children were 
 pull’d Piecemeal before their Mothers Eyes, and Infants fiill in Embrio 
 were rent from their Wombs. It has been made out, that above 6ooco 
 Chrifiians fell by the SwOrd in only the King of Ternate's Dominions. 
 
 This is afferted in the Annual Relations of the Fathers of the Society" 
 who preach’d in thofe Parts. They give an Account of this difmal Per- 
 fection, with all the Circumfiances of the Cruelties 9 as how the perfec- 
 ted Peifons fled to the Mountains, feeking for Compaflion among the wild 
 Beafls, others call themfelves into the Sea, where they perifh'd, either de- 
 vour^ by its Monfiers, or fwallow'd by the Waves themfelves, not being 
 able to reach the other Iilands. A confiderable Number of thefe religious 
 Fugitives, as they fwam met a Fortvguefe Ship, coming to the Relief of 
 thofe at Am boy* a y and with difmal Voices cry’d out, Hdp y Relieve us y for 
 we are Chrijlans., They carefully took them up in their Boats, and having 
 view'd them at Leafure, found that none of them were above iz Years of 
 Age. Yet at this fame Time, when cruelty advanc'd God's Glory, Provi- 
 dence feem'd to aft Counter in the very Cities, and Deferts. Idolaters and 
 Mahometans were converted, and our Religious Men preach'd and catechis'd 
 without any Fear of Punifhment, which they rather cqveted, and thought 
 themfelves unworthy of it 5 encouraging one another with the Examples 
 the Tyrant made, for feveral Purpofes. But all thofe People looking upon 
 it as theirDuty to feek Revenge, their Cruelty gaining Applaufe underthat 
 Name, and Europe being involv’d in Difmal Troubles, they met with no 
 Oppofition in the Execution of their Vengeance, and the Calamity ran fo 
 high, that in the fpace of thirty Years, they either quite obliterated, or 
 much obfcured the Name of Chrifiianity in thofe Eafiern Parts, defiroy‘d 
 cur Churches, and, like thofe who prepare to hunt wild Beafls, arm'd 
 themfelves againfi the Faithful who liv'd in more fecurity among thofe 
 favage Creatures, or in Deferts never penetrated by Men, feeding on Herbs, 
 and gaining Time, by that lawful Retreat for the fake of the GofpeJ, for the 
 Wrath of Heav'n, wliofe Executioners thofe Men were, to pafs over. 
 
 Above 56 Towns, of each 800 Inhabitants in Giloto and Celebes , a fpacious 
 and populous Country, and in thofe of the two Kings of Sian and Sanguil y Many Ape - 
 who profefs'd Chrifiianity, with nrioft of their Subjefts, in the Kingdom o fJ* ****&?• 
 Cauripana ; in that of Bachian , whcfe King and his People were Sons of 
 the Church; in the I Hands of Ambayna * where Forty Towns worfhipped 
 CHRIST, in the Bofom of his Faith, and in thofe of Tydore y which were 
 
66 The fifcovery and Conqiteji of 
 
 not without this Light ; in all thofe Places they fell off from Chriftianity, 
 and were utterly loft; firft through the Infolency ot the Portuguefe Com- 
 manders, and laftly on Account of the Death of Sultan Aerio ; who, as was 
 proved, had given no real, nor fo much as a likely Token of Falfhood, for 
 which they might be provotfd to deftioy him. However the Chriffians 
 dy‘d with fuch Refolution, that the Perfecuters took not away any Life but 
 what became a freffi Example of Magnanimity, and perhaps Providence 
 might permit that Accident of Aerib, with a Delign to advance the Churches 
 Glory. 
 
 Auguftin Sultan i Bairn making his prefent Vi&ory an Inftrument to detain others 
 Nunez fent Ship’d his Men, in Order to beftege Tydore and Each at • and tho’ he met 
 to Co?n- with a vigorous Defence in both Places, and the Portuguefe Auxiliaries 
 
 mand at made fame Amends for his Superiority of Power, yet they fubmitted to 
 
 Amboyna. the Tyrant. This Revenge made him flick at no Cruelty. In Novem^ 
 let, this fame Year, a Galeon came to Malden from India, to car- 
 ry Succours for the Moluccas, commanded by Captain Auguftin Nunez, 
 idle Eldeft and Braveft Commander in thofe Days, as he made it ap- 
 pear in the Expedition of Chaul, when it was beflegfed by Niza Moluc* 
 co , when Don Luys de Atayde was Viceroy* of India, in the year 
 1578. The Galeon was ftor’d with all NecefTaries, and in it James 
 James Lo- Lopez de Mezquita, the Murderer of Aerio, defignM for Punifhment, in Sa- 
 pezdeMez tisfa&ion for the Wrong done. He was fo ftrong, and fierce, that to f'e- 
 quita fent c ure him, he was fetter’d with a great Chain, the End whereof was made faff 
 Prifoncr to to a heavy Piece of Brafs Cannon. Auguftin Nunez had Orders to convey 
 Ternate. him to the new King of Ternate , to be deliver’d to him boked, like a Cri- 
 minal, that lie might pafs fuch a fentence of Death on him as he thought 
 fit, which fhould be executed in his Prefence, purfuant to the Orders fent 
 by the Kina of Portugal* They put him on double Fetters, Manacles, and 
 Chains, and kept him in the Steeridge. Auguftin Nunez went to fucceed 
 Sancho de Vafconcelos , in the Fort of Amboyna ;but a ftorm rifing, he was 
 forc’d into the Port of Japara, of Svmda, in the greater Java. The Galeon 
 wanting water, and Refrefhment, he there fent for it ; which the Native 
 Javanefcs brought him in 40 Veftels, Among them came t 50 Soldiers in 
 the Habi t of Pea fa n ts , and Fifhermen ; who making many words as is ufuai 
 among Buyers and Sellers, drew the Ponyards they brought conceal’d, and 
 furprizing the Portugucfes, fell on with fuch Fury and Cruelty, that they 
 The Mur- kill’d them all. Among them dy’d James Lopez de Mezqnita , but fightin* 
 Aercr kiWd with extraordinary Bravery, tho’ held by his Chain, hinder’d by his Fet- 
 ters, and other heavy Encumbrances, and feft rain’d by the Cannon, to which 
 ifis Chain was made faft. However he got a Sword and a Buckler where- 
 with he cut down ten Javanefet, 'revenging on them the Death of the Portu - 
 guefe's, and they on him, that of King Acrid of Ternate, which hfcd'occa- 
 IkmM fo much Slaughter. Seventy three Chriftians were kill’d and above 
 the fame Number of J&vanefes, and tbefr VefTels had been taken, but that 
 others came to their Affiftance from the Shore in the Hent of the A&ion, 
 in which there were Men with Fire-Locks^nd Lances, fix Yards and a Quar- 
 ter long, the Points of them poifon’d. The Galeon was taken without 
 aw Succour, nor was the Gannon of any Ufe. 
 h is lux reafontble that fo manly and honourable a Death fhould, as is 
 
 ufual, 
 
the SPICE- IS LANDS. 
 
 67 
 
 ufuai, render all this Gentlemans Life honourable • and that his Fetters, and 
 bufferings joyn’d to it, excite Compaffionand Affeftjon in the minds of the 
 .headers, fo to blot out the Hatred they have conceiv’d again# him cn Ac- 
 count of Sultan Aerio's Death. It is to be obfeiVd, for his (unification that 
 it doe:, not appear, nor is it reported, lie was incensed to pe.rform that Aft 
 through Intere#, Ambition, or any other private Motives ; but was mov’d 
 ^ .Informancns which perfwaded him it was convenient, for the 
 ■tirabiilhlng and Advancement of Religion, and the pub!ick Peace Very 
 rrave men muftalfo be allow’d fome Excefles of Fiercenefs, which proceed 
 from an extraordinary Force intheirafcible Part. of the mind, and wherein 
 v aJour is fubdu'd. When, thefe Perfcns find themfelves encompafs’d by 
 greet N umbers, and ftreightned by wrongful Violence; if they are not to be 
 daunted and overcome, it comes to pafs that Patience often provok’d turns 
 that Courage into Fury and Rage, which caufes them to make mighty Slaugh- 
 ters, and Examples of Cruelty; led to it not only by Pafiion, but alfo by 
 Judgment and Thought, which direfts them to caufe themfelves to be drea- 
 ded even to Aftonjfhitfent, to fave themfelves and their People from other 
 great Cruekies which ulually mean, Souls attempt and praftice upon thofe 
 they Rand much m Fear of. Let this Refleftion ferve lor a general Excufe 
 to other Offences of tlus fort mention’d, or blam’d in our Hiftory. 
 
 Phis Accident, in as much as related to the Death of James Lopez de 
 Mezqmta , was forgot, or at lea# not known for many Years, for in 1601 
 the King of Ternate demanded Juftice of our King, again# that Man not 
 Knowing that God had fummon’d him before a more upright Tribunal. 
 J he News being brought to Malaca , the Commander Arias de Saldana im- 
 mediately fentaway another Galeon, he call’d & Veter and S. Paul for the 
 Moluccos under command of Peter Lopez de Soufa, and a Galley with 150 
 Soldiers to relieve Sancho de Vdfconcelos at Ambcyna, where he wanted 
 Frovifions, and was ftreightned. They faild in May 1570, to touch at 
 Borneo there to take in all Neceflaries for the Defign. He arriv’d on 
 that Ifland m June, and found it in an Uproar, cccafion’d by the Spaniards 
 who came thither with Doftor Sandi , Governour of the Philippine I#ands 
 in 50 rowing VefTels. He took the City, and put the'King to flight, who 
 was aLover of the Portvguefes , and from that time Manila began to be 
 look d uponasa pJaceof Arms, for the recovering of the Molucca Iflands- 
 and if 'Sandi had then employ’d thofe, he carry ’d to this other Expedition 
 again# them, he would have found the Tyrant lefs fettled, and ccnfequently 
 his Revenge more eafy. Vafconcelos died at Amboy na , and James de Azam- 
 uja fucceeded him, fo that nothing came now from India but fair Promi- 
 u • In Ifla,lds the ? had no Orders at that Time to intermed- 
 
 , In r Wars, becaufe they then belong’d to another Sovereign, and 
 therefore they wertf only Lookers on to thofe Martyrdoms, and Revolutions 
 and employ’d themfelves as they us’d in Camboxa f Mindanao , Japan and 
 L/5u7?rf,and t hen particularly inBorneo 9 without regarding thofe other Succe/Tes*. 
 
 Borneo Jies between Malaca. and the Moluccos , and according to the Opi- 
 nion of Gerard Mercator, is that which Ptolomy calls, the Ifland of Good 
 Fortune. A Point ot it lies under the Equinoctial, and the greater Part 
 uretches out to 6 Degrees of North Latitude, taking up the two fit ft Paral- 
 lels. Thus it appears to be above 400 Leagues in Compafs, It abounds 
 
 in 
 
 His Vindi- 
 cation. 
 
 Peter Lo- 
 pez de Sou- 
 fa fent to 
 Moluccos. 
 
 Spaniards 
 at Borneo* 
 
 Borneo de * 
 fcriFd, 
 
63 
 
 The Tifcovery and Conqnefl of 
 
 in Provifions, and all other NecelTaries for the Support of humane Life 
 And produces abundance of Campliire, Agarick Diamonds, vail Numbers of 
 Kories, fmaller than the Span if!) ; but it has not fuch plenty of Sheep, or 
 Xine; There is a general Refort of Trade in all its Populous Cities and 
 Torts. The Capital is Borneo, which gives Name to the Ifland, built 
 on a Spacious Lake the Sea Forms, like 1 'evict r, and laid to contain 
 i 1 oc o Houfcs; The King is a Mahometan ; no man fpeaks to him 
 but by the Interpofition of an Interpreter. The Natives worlhip Idols. 
 They are White, good Natur’d and fharp Witted. They have no certain Fa- 
 fhionoFCloaths. Many of them wear Cotton Shirts, and others of white 
 common ftngle Tabby, with red Lifts. 
 
 Sirelela , Brother to this King, came to Manila , where Doftor Sand i be- 
 
 Brothers 16 had for bringing his Defigns to bear ; but he put the main Strefs upon 
 Mamlr hls . h ? vjn d a greater Party there, than the King his Brother. Fie premifed 
 which would be no difficult Matter, in Regard of the Flatred the People 
 bore the King, that he would make the Kingdom Tributary to the Kings 
 of Spain. The Governour having taken fufficient Precautions, condefcended 
 to his Requeft, and arming as many Spaniards, and Philippines as he 
 thought convenient, with all NecelTaries for a great Enterprke, Ihip’d 
 them, and arriv’d happily at Borneo. He attack’d it in feveral Places- the 
 Spaniards bell of the People immediately declar’d for the Brother. The Kin® think- 
 overthrow ing himfelf weakeft at Sea, referv’d his Forces for the Land, and being de- 
 tlat King, ceiv’d in his Expectation, was forc’d to fly, his Army being routed, with- 
 out any Remains to attend him in the Deferts, and Retreats of the Moun- 
 tains, where he liv’d miferably. ' Sirelela alcendcd the Throne • the Victo- 
 rious Spaniards return’d to rite Philippine Iflands loaded with Booty • and 
 among other Things, if we may believe Relations, brought <foo' Pieces of 
 Artillery. However the depos’d King, a few Months after, got to a Head 
 He is again. No Man ought to Defpair in Adverfity, for Fortune is nothing but 
 Jiored. the Wl 1 ° fG £ d ' Thus lhe Kln S, with the Affiftance of the Portugufes, 
 recover d his Throne, calling down his Brother, and defeating him till he 
 was utterly deftroyU Hatred is frequently no lefs intenfe than Love 
 among thole whom Nature has moft dolly link'd. In the ftinlnrrd Tfl-nH. 
 
 King of 
 Borneo’* 
 
 ing then Governour, he laid before him his Pretenfions, and fome Means 
 
the SPICE- ISLANDS, 69 
 
 • ' * ' ' 1 r ■ - 1 ^ 
 
 thty coiittls'd their Sjo^ at the Signt ot the Prodigy, begging Mercy with 
 Sighs and Tears. Our UnderRandings ought to iiand amaz’d, and prai/e, 
 him that produces both what is Natural, and Miraculous, and who by fo 
 many Warnings (hows us, that he has ideiv’d Times, and Moments in his 
 own Hand-. 
 
 King Sebaftian, at that Time had other ConqueRs in View. The Lofs K - ~ K 
 or the Recovery o (Ternate and the neighbouring AIoluccos concern’d him 
 alone ^ but he referr’d that to the Governour of India ; whiJR he himfeif * n p) f' 
 folicited by the Xerif Aluley Mahomet , whom he defign’d to fet upon the* Vy *° T 
 Throne of Morocco, tho’ with a good Defign, joyn’d 1 the African Army 1 % - 1 * in 
 with another ot Catholicks, confining of the Portuguefe Gentry, of Sfani- A ricK * 
 en ds, talians, and Germans . And, if we may believe thofe who commit- 
 ted that Expedition to writing, he went over into Africk, contrary to all the 
 known Rules and Maxims of Mattial Prudence, which Proportions the 
 the Strength to theUndertaking,to afeertain the Succefsand forecafis,in Cafe 
 Things profper, to fecure and preferve them. This he did upon the Aflurances 
 the Xerif gave him, that as boon as ever the Portuguefe forces appear’d, the 
 People would fubmit to him. But God permitted that moR Chriilian Prince h Kill'd 
 to be kill’d, the Xerif perifning with him ; and their Armies to be routed, there 
 Aluley Aloiuc the third Perlon remaining Viftorious, tho’ he alfo dy’d in 
 the fame Battel, andwadbury’d in triumphant Manner. The Prodigies, 
 and Fears of the wife r fort were verify ’d in the King of Portugal , and 
 particularly that which happen’d before his Birth. It is certainly reported, 
 that the Princefs Joanna his Mother, one Night faw a great Number of 
 Moors come into her Chamber, in the Palace at Lisbon , clad in feveral Co- 
 lours j fee believ’d or fency’d they might be thofe they call Alonetros, who Prodi £?> 
 are fuch as do the Duty of Guards in the Royal Apartment* Some went 
 out to enquire, and found them all Rill, as huflit as at other Times. ; The 
 Princefs feeing the imaginary Moors come in again, fwoon’d away in her 
 Ladies Arms. Afterwards at the proper Time, fhe was deliver’d of King 
 Sebaftian , whofe fi ngular Virtues, fupported by the Loyalty of his Subjects, 
 might have tfiin’d as bright as his natural Magnanimity, had not that 
 haRen’d his End. That was mourn’d for and lamented by sli ChriRendom, 
 and brought Trouble to all its Princes, who began ferioufly to difeourfe' 
 about the Succeffor to the Crown of Portugal . There they prefently fwore Henry the 
 Henry, the Prince Cardinal, Unkle to the late King, then Eighty Years of Cardinal 
 Age, and the laR Lawful Male of that Royal Houfe, which began in ano- Kin?, 
 ther ot his Name. Antony, Prior of Crato , Son to Prince Lewis , pretended 
 to fucceed him, and the’ declar’d illegitimate, there was a Party that fol- 
 low d him. J ills Revolution, and the Hurry in fuch difficult Exigences, 
 were the Occafio.n, that Care was not taken to fupply other Places, much 
 nearer than Ternate, Befides that difmal Accounts brought 5000 Leagues, 
 tho they were reprefented by Dem oft henes, would come cold from his Mouth 
 and fcarce move the beR difpos’d Prince, when never fo much at Leafure* 
 and King Henry, had no Power, but only his Zeal for Religion, to oppofe 
 the Tyranny pradis’d in the Archipelago of the Moluccos . The Cardinal 
 King thought all his Forces little enough, and neceRary conRdering the ex- 
 traordinary Jealoulia he had conceiv’d, upon our King Philip's declaring 
 himfeif a Pretender to thofe Kingdoms, and having order'd a confiderable 
 
 L Army 
 
70 
 
 The Tifcovery and Conquefl of 
 
 
 Francis 
 Drake his 
 Voyage. 
 
 ** Army toniake up to the frontiers, which he had drawn together durino- 
 
 the faid Cardinal s Lite. The Generals were the Duke of Jlv -, i •, ■’ 
 Marquefc * Santa Cruz, the firft at Land, the other at Sea a n’d in t 
 niean while the able ft Divines and Civilians of Europe, in all the Schools 
 and Parliaments writ concerning his Right. OIS » 
 
 Fuji Eng- r I he , Year r before * being 1579 , about the Beginning of it, Q. Elizabeth 
 lilh Voyage f f th | P,11Kes of Europe, particularly thofe in the Weftern 
 
 tot be Mo- atCs ’ mabe . ^*hbe Pi eparations^s being divided in Opinions; fo m Lea- 
 7uccos. gUe , s > and diredl ah their Defigns towards the Kingdom of Portugal, faL 
 make fome Diverfion with Security, had on a Hidden fitted out tour Shins 
 of eighteen Brafs Guns each and in them two hundred Men, and ten young 
 Gentlemen, who befides employing their Valour, on luch Occafions as ft 
 lhould offer, were to be very intent upon the Bulinefs of Navigation for 
 greater finds. She appointed Francis Drake of the County of Devon their 
 Commander in Chief; who at his own, or at the Charge of John Hawkins 
 from whom he Hole a great Quantity of Gold and Silver at ? John de lfd 
 va m the Year r ,66, added fome more Ships. He fee fail from the Pot 
 of Plymouth, ior the South Sea, and to find out that Strei^ht of Mnselln^ 
 fcarce believed by the Vulgar, and declar'd by feveral CoCmogrl£f 
 promis d to fail as much as might be to the Northward and to take r.Vh 
 Prizes, infefting all thofe remote Seas, and to return v[ft or ious into in- 
 land, through the fame Streight. This prefumptuous Hope he grounded 
 on his own V alour.cn the Negligence of the Spaniards, who are i.Zfted 
 with the Places of Strength ; on our want of Ships; and above all on E 
 Opportunity, or Seafon fo full of fund ry and extraordinary rf! . 3t 
 f touch'd on ,he Corf of Jfn.k, nnd ,Sd ,Th" ^ '2 Ca~ » 
 -dor. The Moors took two of his Men, and a Portnpncfe Shin 
 it, he robbing her at Cabo Blanco of an hundred Quintal* £• P i y U j f °T 
 Weight of Bilket, befides much Filb and manv A r m'u rr » hundred 
 Ilia rids of Cabo V trie, where he took another finall PortupuMe VefT f at ?J e 
 
 Laden »d,h Winn, CM, ,Ho lh „d, 
 
 Sylva, the Pjlot in it, who was well acquainted with thnfp Vi 1 
 
 on the Coaft of Brazil. But fix or feven DaVsTfter rhJx?m .’ r 
 not a Man was fav’d except only the faid Pilot Dr ike ^ c a nd 
 
 of Plate, and Winter'd for feme Monti s in ? L Z°" k ^ River 
 
 ** Winds ’ in *• 
 
 Squadron, Dr’r.SZfl 'hold' of himflid Xu'dl'off hi^Head 0 Dt u“ dl ,he 
 
 , a «, ^ Z’swZt looftTiiK 
 
 valued himfelf upon hisDexterhy atth^W*’. E ?SW«™, who 
 
 eftabliih'd with fhofe People e fly an the Peace 
 
 «-■!*» *«#. «* ttV s “ h tTb K Sa wh i'V iet - 
 
 and kill'd two of the Enalilh The reft then 8 £ d i fL ; harged theirs, 
 
 : fled fo fwifily that they feem'd no to tl ofi P,5 f th e Indians, but they 
 
 • Cou* ,o A. Southward, in fifteen Da/a cam. llZl £ 
 
 From 
 
the SPICE -IS LANDS. 
 
 From thence to the fecond Narrowing they fpent five Days, by reafon of the 
 Currents and Shoals ; at a fmall difiance from them they found no Bottom. 
 
 They met with fome Calms anddBrorms, and being come into the South- 
 Sea had one which lafied forty Days', and in it loft fome Ships. The Vice- 
 Admiral return’d through the fame Streight into England, where the Queen 
 order'd him to be Hang'd for having forfaken his Admiral; but he was 
 reprieve till Drakes Return, and then Pardon'd, at his Requeft. He went 
 on with only his own and lome other Ships, but wanted not Men, Provi- 
 fions, nor Ammunition, he took fome belonging to private Perfons, and the 
 Kings, loaded«with the Plate they were bringing for Spain , a Robbery of Drake 
 great Conlequence, not fo much for the Quantity of the Treafure, as for takes the 
 the Ufe it is apply'd to in our Monarchy, which is the Ad'/ancement of Kings 
 the Catholick Church, and which thereby ceas'd, and deplorable for the Elate. 
 unjuft Abufes it was to be apply’d to in Scifmatical Kingdoms. Having 
 wander’d, Steering various Courfes, in which his Pilots made their Obler- 
 vations by Sounding and their Charts, he touch'd at fix Ifiands, to fome 
 whereof he gave Names, in Imitation of the fabulous Heroes, and even of 
 true Catholicks, who afiign fuch Names according to their particular De- 
 votion. One he call'd S. Bartholomew, another S. James , and a third, which gj ve p 
 he thought larger and more fruitful, New Jib ion, from the Ancient Name Tf ames t0 
 of England , this is California . There he ftay'd a Month and a half, refit- ljl a nds % 
 ting his Ships, and failing thence to thofe call'd de los Ladrones , or of J 
 Thieves, in nine Degrees of North Latitude, kill'd 20 Indians , becaufe they 
 attack'd him with 100 Canoas. Twenty Days after, he came to an Anchor 
 at the Molucco Ifiands, having before touch'd at others, without any Aftion Arrives at 
 worth remembering. His Cruelties, and Robberies might well gain him the Mo- 
 the Title of the greateft of-Pyrates, in thofe remote!! Parts, as he had it in luecos. 
 Europe . He came to Ternate , but.fucceeded not at fir ft, that People being 
 War- like, and at that time Arm'd by their own Malice, and an implacable 
 King. He attempted to barter for Clove, without his Leave ^was inform’d 
 how feverely he handled fuch as Tranfgrefs’d, and flighting the Advice, 
 the King came to hear of it, and order’d him to be Kill’d. It came very near 
 the Execution ; but Drake , whofe Genious well experienced in Frauds was 
 no Stranger to Diftimulation, retir’d to his Ships, to make his Efcape by 
 Flight. Thence he contriv’d to appeafe the King, which was no difficult 
 Matter, by means of fome Prefents he fent him. With them he purchas'd 
 the good Will, and an Audience of that cunning Tyrant, and going a!hore 
 feveral Times to vifit him, agreed he fhould enter into Amity with the 
 Queen, and Nation of England, and that Factories fhould be fettled out of 
 Hand. The King consented, and Drake promis’d him the. Protection and 
 Arms of England ; and taking with him, among other Gifts, a rich Ring 
 the King gave him for the Queen, he fail’d homewards, with a great quan- 
 tity of Clove, He met a Portuguefe Ship crofting the fmall Channel of Ip- 
 dor e, but either durft not, or thought not fit to attack her, whether it was 
 for being Inferior in Strength, or out of a Defire of fecuring the new ac- 
 quir’d Wealth. Scarce was he got clear of Ternate, before the Winds be- 
 gan to tofs him, in that Sea full of Fiats, whence they forc’d him, in order *s in c 
 to deliver him quite up toTempelts. He was oblig’d to lighten his Ships, Storm . 
 and aoaong other Things of Value, threw over-Board a Cannon, of an ex- 
 
 L 2, traordinary. 
 
72 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquefl of 
 
 Refetlion 
 of the Spa- 
 niel Au- 
 thor. 
 
 Re a f on for 
 this Di- 
 'grejjion. 
 
 ^Preparati- 
 ons of the 
 Viceroy, 
 
 traordmary Bignefs, which the King of Ternate , hearing .afterwards of the 
 Storm, caufed 10 be taken out of the deep Sea. Then he built a Houfe be- 
 fore his Palace, on the Roof whereof planted it openly, and pointing 
 over, either on Account of its Magnitude, or by way of Oftentation, and in 
 Memory of the firil Evglifmnan , that came into his Kingdoms, from whom 
 and the Sea he had taken that new oflenfive Booty. Drake went on to the 
 greater Java, where he laid in Provifions of Cazabi, Planters, an dFlcuf 
 in exchange for Cloth. Next he put into another Illand, in four Degrees 
 of North Latitude, where he Hay’d fix Weeks. There lie left a Woman, 
 and two Men, all Blacks, that belong’d to him, giving them Tire, Rice, 
 and fome Grain, that they might People the Place. An Heroick Founda- 
 tion of a Colony. Then he continu'd his Y'ovage, burning in and out te 
 feveral Places, with unexpetffed Dammage to all thofe he touch'd at. 
 
 a It JS t0 obferv’d, that it being positively believed in Spain and the In- 
 dies, that none had ever pafs'd the Streights of Magellan , fince the firfl 
 Difcoverer, except F. Garcia de L.oayfa, and one of the Ships fent by Don 
 Gutierve de F argas , Bifhop of Valencia o the Spice-Iilands, it was looked 
 upon as incredible, that any Py rates were. come into .the South-Sea, elpe- 
 cially through the Streight, and to the Ulands of Ternate , and that Archi- 
 pelago. This Man was the firft that open'd the PafTage to the Seftaries 
 *■ Hugonots , Lutherans , and Calvinifts y who afterwards pierc'd into thofe Seas, 
 with Ship I oads of perverted Texts, Heretical Bibles, and other Books of 
 unfound Do&rine; but the Divine Providence has given Proofs, that it is 
 lb much Offended at this Hellifh Innovation, tho < ; it permits Idolatry, and 
 Mahomet anifm, that it has not buffer’d thofe Souls which through its pro- 
 found Judgments, lie involv’d in the Shades and Darknefs of Ignorance, to 
 imbibe that Poyfon,tiil it fent them the Gofpelin its Purity. It liasOp- 
 pos d thofe new Apoffacies making ufe of,as Inilruments oiSpanifi Religious 
 Men, giving Strength to our King, who protedis them, his main Defign 
 -fJDS the Support of Religion. This Truth plainly appears in the many 
 idrories she Church has obtain'd through his Officers, and the Armies 
 maintain d in the remote!! Parts of the Monarchy, for the Propagation of 
 the Faith preach’d to the moft diflant Indians. 
 
 B ut the better to demonftrate this true Forecaft and Care, I think it a 
 neceliary Oigreffion, fo far from being fuperfluous, to relate the Preparaii- 
 tions n^de by the Viceroy Don Francifco de Toledo , directing his Adions 
 o this End,as became a Miniher who follow'd his Princes Defigns, in Order 
 to fecure himfeif againft Drake's furprizing Celerity and Boldnefs: for as 
 much of this as concerns the Molucco Iflands, obliges us to write it, and 
 we will llightly run over all the particular Paffages. 
 
 ,1 J ’ e D VlCer °? V Was °f ?P inion » That in Order to fecure the Indies, 
 
 their Peace and Religion, and for the removing, at firfr, of all Obilacles 
 to its Exaltation, and making Examples for a Warning, it was of the 
 greatefl Confequence toered Ports, as divine and humane politick Pre- 
 S S ’. a K ‘v A n n asalnil tbafPyrate, fo to give a Check- to the Nor- 
 , by hlS Pu o , ^! T !- e,lt ' . lothis Putpofe, and in Order to his De- 
 S lo ' 1 '• a K ° re exaft Obfervatton was to be taken of the Paffes into the 
 South-Sea, and more particularly of the Way he was to take, to return 
 to hls own Country. He was egg'd on by Fear, or the Lofs of Repu- 
 y • - J ' ■ ‘ i tation 
 
73 
 
 the S P I C E - I S L A N D S. 
 
 tation, becaule fome Englifh Ships, Part of Drake's Squadron, ran along 
 the Coafls of Chile and Arica, obUJjng the People to Arm ; it -being ap- 
 prehended that Drake had ere&ed<Pbrts to fecure the PafiTage, for carrying 
 on the Trade of Spice and 'Jewels, and the bringing in of" pe'rver ing Mi- 
 niilers with their poifonous Dodrines. For this Fifed, he pitch’d upon 
 Peter Sarmiento de Gamboa, a Gentleman of Galicia, who had twice al- 
 ready engag’d with that Pyrate. The firft in the Port of Callao near Ef- 
 via, where he took from him a Spanifi) Ship, laden with Commodities of 
 Spain * the feconda few Days after, purfuing him as far as Panama. The 
 'Viceroy refolv‘d he fhould go to difcover the Streights of Magellan, an 
 Enterprize look’d upon as impradable by the South oea, by Realfcfi of the 
 many Mouths and Channels which obftrud the Accefs to ir, where ma- Dijfeutth 
 ny Difcoverers fent by the Governours of Peru and Chile have been loft, of the 
 Others have attempted it, entering from the North Sea, and mifs’d of the Str eight of 
 Streight ; fome were call away, or beaten back by Storm, and all gene- Magellan, 
 rally defpair’d of finding it. But now that Terror being remov’d, they 
 can take a fix’d Latitude, fettle a Rumb, and fleer a fafe Courfe to the 
 Streight, fo to fecure the PafiTage before an Enemy poffefles himfelf of it. 
 
 The Viceroy made Choice of two Ships, which he took Care to fee well 
 rigg’d, arm’d and provided. Sarmiento call’d the Bigger, Our Lady of 
 Hope, which was Commodore ; the ether being fubordinate, had the 
 Name of S. Francis. Two Hundred Seamen and Soldiers were put into 
 them, with virtuous and learned Religious Men, fit for that Employ. Sarmiento 
 Captain Jo lm de Villalobos was appointed Vice-Admiral. Ferdinand La- f ent of ter 
 viero Head Pilot, and under him Ferdinand Alonfo and Antony Pablo, all Drake with 
 of them very able Pilots in both Seas. Thefe took an Oath of Fidelity, tw o Ships, 
 and the Viceroy gave the Admiral particular Inftruftions, the Purport 
 whereof was, That they fhould purfue the Pyrate, fight him till taken or 
 kill’d, and recover the great Booty he had taken upon the King‘s Lands His Injlru - 
 and Ships, whatfoever the Hazard might be, fince they had fuflicient Men, 8 ions. 
 Arms and Ammunition to overcome the Enemy. -That they fhould fail 
 into $o or .54 Degrees of South Latitude, as might be moft Advantage- 
 ous, about the Mouth of the Streights of Magellan. That both Ships- 
 fhould have Lights out at Night, that fo they might not lofe Sight of 
 one another in the Dark, but always keep together. He charged them to 
 be unanimous in their Confultat ions, particularly the two Commanders; 
 which Direction was not fo well obferv’d, as it ought to have been, thro* 
 the Vice-Admiral’s Fault. They were commanded to lay down the Ports # 
 and Seas in exad Draughts. To take Pofleflion of any Country they landed 
 on for his Majefty. When they met with any Towns of Indians , to mol- 
 lify and endear them by difereet Courtefy, and gain their Affe&ions with 
 fuch Gilts, as fhould for that Purpofe be deliver’d to the Commodore, be- 
 ing SifTars, Combs, Knives, Fifhing-Hooks, Buttons of feveral Colours, 
 Looking-GlafTes, Hawks- Bells, Glafs-Beads, To carry with them 
 Lome Indians to ferve for Interpreters ; and fo provided difcreetly for all 
 other material Points. Then to encourage them he made a Speech, inter- 
 mixing it with Hopes and Exhortations. The Commodore having conferr’d 
 with his Vice-Admiral and Pilots, concerning the Ddign of their Voy- 
 age 5 they agreed, That if any Strefsof Weather fhould happen to part the 
 
 one 
 
74 
 
 The Difcoverj and Conqneft of 
 
 one Ship from the other, they fbould carefully feek one another out or 
 make the Mouth of the Streight in the Soutii-Sea to the Welt ward, there 
 to wait for one another. The next DajReing Sunday, the nth of October 
 157 9* when they had all confefs’d and receiv'd‘the Holy Eucharifl, they 
 embark'd in order to introduce the Faith into thofe Nations void ’of all 
 Worfhip. Oil Board the Capitana, or greater Ship, the General, or Com- 
 modore Sarmiento , F. Antony de Guadramiro , of the Order of S. Francis 
 and Vicar-General of this Expedition ; the Enfign John Gutierrez deGue - 
 vara y Antony Pablos , and Ferdinand Alorifo , Pilots, with 54 Soldiers 
 In the other Ship, with John de Villalobos , F. Chriftopher de Merida , of 
 |he faid Order of S. Francis , Ferdinand Lamer 0, chief Pilot of that Ship 
 His with whom, and the Seamen and Soldiers, they made 54 5 and the whole 
 
 Srength. Number in both V effels as was faid above. 
 
 They lail'd from the Port of Callao , belonging, to the City of Lima, and 
 thatNight came to an Anchor at the Ifland, two Leagues from Callao in , 
 tiis oyage JZ degrees and a half of South Latitude. On the fir ft of November they 
 pafs‘d is Sight of thofe they call Unfortunate, in 25 Degrees, 20 Minutes 
 which were accidentally difcover'd by the Pilot John Fernandez , being 
 bound for Chile the fecondTime, immediately after Magellan's Difcovery 
 hnce the Year 1520. They are now called, the Iflands of S. Felix , and S. 
 Ambor. Here Sarmiento obferv'd the Difference, betwixt this Courfe 
 which he calls the True one, and the Imaginary.. This he noted down 
 His Care wi *h extraordinary Curiofity, employing all the Care and Art of his Pi- 
 and Capa - ^ ot5 , and his own, which was not inferior to theirs, nor to others in any 
 city. Martial Knowledge, as will appear by his Treatifes, if publifh'd, of Na- 
 vigation, calling great Guns an&Bulkts, Fortification, and Knowledge in 
 Aftronomy, for failing in all Seas. They never quitted. the Lead, the 
 Aftrolabe, and the Charts, either in the Deep, in Ports, Bays, or among 
 Mountains, and Currents, which product a very ample Relation he fent 
 to King Philip, whence we took this Abridgement. There he fets down 
 the Points in the Heaven anfwering to the Earth, the Dangers, Iflands 
 PromontoriesandGulphs, Geographically and Corographically. He Jays 
 down the Rumbs that are to be follow'd, and thofe to be avoided • and 
 thus diftin&ly leads us into and thro' the Streight, giving vifible Signs 
 and alfo invifible of the Winds for all Ports. At the firft unknown Land’ " 
 where he anchor c d, they found the Latitude to be 49 Degrees and a half 
 Land at South.. They fa w no People, but Tokens of them, as the Prints of. Mens 
 the Mouth Feet, Darts, Oars, and little Nets. They climb'd up vaft high Moun- 
 ofthe tains, above two Leagues in the Afcent, over Stones, feme of them fo 
 &i-eights. ftarp, that they cut their Shoes. Others, to avoid them, made their 
 V ay on the Boughs of Trees. From the Top-they difcover'd great Chan- 
 nels, Inlets, Rivers and Harbours, and all the Land as far as their Sight 
 could reach, feem'd to them cut and rent afunder. They judg'd L to be an 
 Archipelago. It is to be obferv'd, that aur Difcoverers give’the Name 
 of Archipelagos, to Seas in the New Word, which are ftrew'd thick with 
 Iflands, as it were great Stones, like the Archipelago of Greece fo well 
 known to all Nations in the Egean Sea, which contains the Cyclades tho* 
 the Name is not ancient. They perceiv'd the Channel to run on, Wide 
 Spacious, Open and.Clean^ and were fatisfi'd that Drake came out that' 
 
 Way 
 
 
the S P I c E - 1 S L A N D S. 
 
 75 
 
 Way into the South Sea. They found the Latitude by three Mrolahet ^ 
 
 to be 50 Degrees. The Harbour they call'd of, Our Lady of the Roftrv 
 and the liland of the mod Holy Ttinity. J J 
 
 The next Sunday, Sarmiento order'd all the Men to land* in order to c 
 take Poffeflion, and perform'd all that is contain'd in the Authentick In- , . rrnie " t ® 
 
 llrument ot what happen'd that Day, the exprefs Words whereof are r*-‘ r 
 thus, * jcjjion of 
 
 ‘ In the Name of the molt Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy G hod * >Jt L(ln ^‘ 
 
 * three Perfons, and one only God, who is the Beginning, Maker and’ r 1 zr 
 Creator oi all Things'; without whom nothing that is Good can 1 f- f crm 
 
 ‘ be done, began, or preferv'd. And in regard that a good Beginning °* ’ ' 
 
 * mull be in God, and through God, and in him it is requifite to liegin 
 to his Honour and Glory, and in his mod Holy Name, Be it known to’ 
 
 * allthofe who fhall fee this Inftrument, that this Day, being Sunday the 
 ‘ ^ of November, 1579. this Royal Navy of the Mighty Renowned 
 
 Lord, King Philip of Spain, and its other Dominions, my Sovereign 
 being arriv'd in this Country by Order of the mod Excellent Lord’ 
 
 Don Francifeode Toledo, Viceroy, Governour, and Captain General of 
 ‘ Peru, to difcover the Streight of Magellan, under the Command of 
 the General Peter Sarmiento , the Land by him nam'd, Our Lady of the 
 Rofary, and the Bay of, The mojl Holy Trinity. The faid Lord General 
 ‘ having landed with moil of the Sea and Landmen belonging to his Na- 
 vy, and the Religious Men, he brought afliore a Crofs, which he de- 
 voutly worlhipp'd, with all his Men. The Religious Men fang’ the 
 Hymn Te Deuu htudamtu, and he with a loud Voice, faid, That in the 
 Name of his Majefty Philip the Second, *cur Lord, King of Cajlile and 
 Aragon, and their Dependencies, whom our Lord God long preferve 
 with the Addition of greater Kingdoms and Dominions, for the Glory 
 of God, and Good and Profperity of his Subjetfs; and in the Name of 
 the moil Potent Kings his Heirs and SucceiTors for the Time bein°- • he 
 as his Commander in chief, and Admiral of this fame Navy, and bv 
 Virtue of the Order and Inflrudions given him in his Maiehy's Royal 
 Name, by the faid Lord Viceroy of Peru, took, did take, feiz'd and 
 did feize the Poffeflion of this Land on which he is now afliore * and 
 whi.h he has difcover ‘d for evermore, in the faid Royal Name and of 
 the faid Crown ot Cajlile and Leon , as has been faid, as being his own 
 and really belonging to him, by Virtue of the Donation and Gift th<i 
 Holy Father Alexander the Sixth, Pope of Rome, pafsM MotU propria 
 in Favour of their Catholick Majeflies Ferdinand the Fifth, and IfabVl 
 his Wile, King and Queen of Cajlile and Leon of glorious Memory 
 and to their Heirs and Succeffors, of the one half of the World, being 
 180 Degrees of Longitude, as is more fully contain'd in the faid Bull 
 dated at Rome, on the 4th of May , 1493. By Virtue whereof, thefe 
 faid Lands fall, lye, and are included within the Limits and Meridian of 
 the laid Partition of 180 Degrees of Longitude, belonging to the faid 
 Royal Crown of Cajlile and Leop. And as fuch he takes, and did take 
 Poffeflion of thefe faid Lands, and their Territories, Seas, Rivers. 
 
 Creeks, Ports, Bays, Gulphs, Jrchifelagos , and of this faid Harbour 
 of the Rofary^ where at prefent this Navy is at Anchor- And he fob* 
 
 * jecls, 
 
Sarmiento 
 gives 
 Names to 
 Places, 
 
 4 jecls, and did fubjecfthem to the Power, Poffiefllon and Dominion of the 
 c Paid RoyaJ Crown, as has been laid, as being their own Property. And 
 
 * in Token of JPoflellion, or as it were, -drawing the Sword he had by his 
 c Side, with it he cut Trees, Branches, and Grafs, and remov’d Stones, 
 4 and walk‘d over the Fields and Shores, without any Opposition; requi^ 
 1 ring fuch as were prefent to be Witneffes thereof, and me the under- 
 4 written Notary, to give him a Teftimonial thereof in publick Fonjn 
 ‘•‘And immediately, taking up a great Crofs, and the Men belonging to 
 4 the Navy being drawn up in martial Manner, with Muskets and other 
 4 Arms, they carry c d the Crofs in Proceflion, the Religious Men, F. Jn - 
 4 tony deGuadramiro, the Vicar and his Companion, finging the Litany, 
 4 and all the others anfwering.. And the Paid Proceflion being ended, the 
 4 laid Lord General planted the Crofs on a hard. Rock, and rais £ d a heap of 
 4 Stones at the Foot of the Crofs, in Token, and as a Memorial or Pof- 
 4 feflion of all the Lands and Seas, difcover‘d, adjacent, and contiguous. 
 
 4 And he gave the Name of Our Lady of the Rofary to this Port, as has 
 4 been Paid. And as foon as the Crofs was fet up, they woifhipp‘d it a 
 4 fecondTime; and they all pray ‘d, beleeching and intreating our Lord 
 4 JESUS CHRIST , would be pleased that what they did might be for 
 4 his Glory, and to the End that our Holy Catholick Faith might be ex- 
 4 alted and dilated, and the Holy Gofpel preach‘d and fpread abroad 
 4 among thefe barbarous Nations, which have hitherto been remote from 
 4 the true Knowledge and Dottrine ; that it may defend and deliver them 
 4 from the Frauds and Dangers of the Devil, and from the Blind nefs they 
 
 are in, that their Souls may be fav‘d. And then the Religious Men 
 lung in Honour of the Crofs, the Hymn VexiUa Regis . Next the Father 
 " Vicar Paid Mafs on an Altar there ereded, being the fir ft that was 
 c ever Paid in that Country, to the Honour and Glory of our Almighty 
 Lord God, and for the Extirpation of the Devil and all Idolatry. And 
 4 he preach ( d to, that Purpofe, and fome confefs £ d and. communicated. And 
 t as foon as the Mafs was laid, the General, for a more abfo’ute Token 
 
 * and Memorial of Poffeflion, caus c d ' a large Tree to be trimm £ d, and on 
 it caused a very high Crofs to be made, and on it plac‘d the incft Holy 
 
 g Name of our Lord J E SUS CHRIST J. N, R . 7. And under 
 it, Philippics Secundus Rex Hifpanianim, Of all which, I John de If- 
 quivef Royal Secretary to this Navy and Admiral Ship, do give Aftida- 
 4 v t and true Teftimony, that it was fodone as is faid. Then follows 
 
 * EfquivePs Subfcription. 
 
 Four Days after, Sarmiento,. in> the Vice- Admiral's Boat, with the Pi- 
 lots* Polios and Lamer o, and ten Sailors and Soldiers, with Muskets 
 Bucklers and Swoids, and four Days Provifion, fet out of this Port to’ 
 difcover the Channels they faw, that they might not endanger the Ships. 
 Going out by the Ridges of Rocks, he run along the Gulpb, clofe to 
 the Shoie, all which he observ'd, and founded the Harbours, giving Names 
 to them and the Mountains, according to their Shapes, fuch as Sugar - 
 Loaves, Pitcher s, Guinea Peppers, and ^he like. He obfervcd the Trees, 
 the Plants and the Birds. At one Place on the Snore he found feverak 
 Tracts of People, and two Poniards or fuch Weapons made of Bone, witir 
 a Crofs on the Handles, near a fipall Stream of frelh Water, whole 
 
 Sands - 
 
HOC O l 1 Ci - 1 O L A IN V O. 
 
 Sands, are Red, and therefore he call’d it the Red- River, which falls into 
 a Harbour, and that alfo took the faipte Name. They faw abundance of 
 Fifh, and among the Shells thrown, up by the Sea, vafl Quantities of 
 Oyflers and Ml iffels, and in thofe that were left upon the Rocks above the 
 Water, great and fmall Pearls, fome Grey, others White. This Sort of 
 Fifh, at certain Times, the Shells being hi ft open, gape with their Mouthy 
 and receive the pure and fubflantial Dew, which, as it were, impregnates 
 them with Pearls, whicjh are in Colour anfw.erable to the Nature of tl^e 
 Dew. If. they receive it. pure, they produce them white ; if diflurbc, 
 .they are of a Darker other Muddy Colours. Sanwenio defcribes the Ven- 
 ation that tormented him and his Men $ for being eager to fatisfy t hei 2 
 Hunger with Oyflers and' MulTels, and they being uiibt to Eat, becau e of 
 lithe Hardnefs of thofe Pearls they found in them, they threw them away, 
 curling the Inventors of putting a Value on thofe Produ&ions, or Horny- 
 neffes of Fifties, which Nature had trebly hid in the Waters of the Sea, 
 in Shells, and in the Fifti it felf. They laid, that true Wealth confined 
 in tame Cattle, Fruit, and Corn brought up by Tillage, as they had hi 
 Spain ; for that precious Obftacle to feeding, then not valu’d, depriving 
 them of the Sustenance of the Shell-Fifti, and being forced to live ten 
 Days on the Provifion they brought for four, the, Fall made them all Phi- 
 lofpphers. From this Red Harbour, he was obliged to return to the Ships 
 left in that of the Rofary , no Day pa fling without violent Storms; when 
 they had run backward, and forward, above 70 Leagues, landing on Iflands, 
 and taking Poffeflion of them. They were Fruitful and Habitable, but till 
 then Untili’d and Defart. From a very high Hill, he difcover d the main 
 Chanel, which runs out into the great Ocean, and fo many other Chan- 
 nels and fmall Iflands, that they could not be reckon’d up in a long Time. 
 Whilft he ftaid, he founded Harbours, Deeps, Channels, Creeks, Inlets, 
 Flats, Roads and Bays, making Draughts of, and giving them Names. 
 He fettled the Latitude, and certain Courfe to be fleer’d, in the Prefence, 
 and with the Opinion of the Pilots, Seamen, and Soldiers, in order to re- 
 concile thofe difagreeing Perfons by examining all that were prefenr. 
 
 Here the Vice-Admiral began to caivl, faying, They were imbay’d, and 
 that it wasimpoflible to hold on their Voyage that Way ; and would have 
 quitted his Admiral, as he did afterwards. From Red-Port they held on 
 their Courfe, trying thofe in other Iflands. Sarmientp qame to a Bay, 
 which he call’d S. Francis's, where, as they were taking their Station, a 
 Soldier fired a Piece at fome Birds, and in Anfwer to the Gun, certain 
 Indians , near a Mountain, on the other Side of the Bay, gave horrid 
 Shouts. By the firfl Noife, the Spaniards thought it had been made by Sea- 
 Wolves, till they difco vex’d the naked . Red Bodies. They afterwards 
 found the Reafon of that Colour, for they daub’d themfelves from the 
 Eiead to the Feet with a glutinous Red-Earth. Sarmiento took fome of 
 liis Company into a Boat, and coming to a Thicket, found them in the 
 .clofefl of the Trees, without any other Cloathing but that Clay as Red as 
 Blood. Only one old Man, who talk’d to, and commanded, and was 
 obey’d by them, appear’d cover’d with a Cloak of the Skins of Sea 
 Wolves. Fifteen Youths came out upon the open Shore, near the Sea- 
 .and drawing near, with peaceable Demonflraiions, very earnefily painted, 
 
 ‘ ' M lifting 
 
 77 
 
 Pevds dc~ 
 
 fpis'd'for 
 
 Hunger. 
 
 * 
 
 Vice- Ad- 
 miral dis- 
 agrees 
 with Sar- 
 miento. 
 
 Painted 
 
 Indians, 
 
78 
 
 Piragua. 
 
 J Cottage 
 and what 
 in it. 
 
 ■Snow of 
 feveral 
 Colour s. 
 
 The Difcovery and Conqneji of 
 
 lifting up their Hands towards the Place where the Ships remain’d. Th e 
 Spaniards did the fame. The Indians came clofe, and Sarmiento giving 
 them two Towels and a Night-cap, lor he had nothing elle then,, and the 
 Pilots fome o:her Trifles, they were well pleas’d. They gave them Wine, 
 which they tailed and then threw away. They eat of the Bisket, but alb 
 this did not fatisfy them ; for which Reafon, and becaufe they were on au 
 open Shore, in Danger of lofing the Eoat, they return’d to their Station, 
 making Signs to the Indians to goto the Boat. They did fo, and Sarmien- 
 to polled two Sentinels for the more Security, then forcibly feiz'd one of 
 the Indians for an Interpreter, put him into his Boat, embrac’d him loving- 
 ly, eloath’d and fed him. This Place he call’d, The Point of People, as 
 being the firfl where he found any. Thence he proceeded to Three (mail 
 Illands, lying in a Triangle,, and lay there. They went on, taking 
 Draughts of the Lands, and being before a very craggy Country,, the I?i- 
 dian who had never cea.sM fhedding Tears, throwing cff a Shirt they had 
 put him on, Jeap'd over-board, and fwam away. They held on their Way, 
 ^uite weary of feeing fo many Iflands, containing flrange Produ&ions of 
 Nature, but without any Inhabitants. Only in one of them, which they 
 call'd, the Cleft Rock, near a deep Cave, they found much Traft of Men's 
 Feet, and the whole Skeleton of a Man or Woman.. They went on thence 
 with Storms through incredible Solitudes, which it would be too much to' 
 defcribe, tho' our Defign were to treat only of this Voyage. At another 
 Land, where they arriv’d full of Uncertainty, as it were by Accident, 
 in the Bay they call'd, Our Lady of Guadalupe , thinking to dilcover whe- 
 ther one Channel ran to the Eaft, and another to the North ; they faw a 
 Piragua , being a Veffel made of Planks put together, without any Sides 
 and lometimes of Rulhes,. and of Calabajhes , and properly a Float, coming 
 along on the Water, and in it - five Indians , who getting to the Shore, left 
 the Piragua, and ran up a Mountain in a Confternation. The Pilot went 
 into the Piragua , with four Soldiers, and the Boat proceeded further. 
 
 Coming to another Point, where they thought there were more People 
 they only found a low round Cottage, made of Poles, and cover’d with, 
 broad Barks of Trees, and the Skins of Sea-Wolves. In it were litile 
 Baskets, Shell-Fifh, fmall Nets, and Bones for Sticking of Fifh, like Harp- 
 ingTrdns, and Scrips full of that Red Earth wherewith they dye their. 
 Bodies, inftead of Cloaths. This is all the Gayity and Habit they ufe 
 inflead of the Gold and Silks worn in the Courts of Princes. Sarmiento 
 left the Piragua, and return’d to the Ships with only the Boat, becaufe his 
 Proviflons were fpent. In this fmall VefTeJ,. and a Brigantine, he found 
 newly built by his Company, whilft they were viewing thofe moil defart 
 Iflands, with the Advice of the Vice-Admiral, he went from the Red 
 Harbour , and finding no other fafe for the Ships, return’d to the fame. 
 Then in the Boat call’d Nuefira Senora de Qiiia , or Our Lady of the Guide 
 he went, away to make Tryal of the Mouth which appear’d to the Eafl- 
 ward under a mighty long Ridge* of Snowy Mountains, fo various, that 
 they faw fome Tops cover’d with white, others with blew, and others 
 with black Snow. Sarmiento calls that the Continent. There is no Num- 
 ber of the Iflands he took PofTeflion of, and thofe he difcover’d, being in- 
 acceflible in other Archipelagos , from the Top of a Mountain riling above 
 
 thofe . 
 
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 the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 thole about it, and cover d with blew Snow, which he compares to the 
 Colour cf the Turky Stones. This Height he call’d Anno Nuevo, that is New 
 rear, becaule he found it on the firft Day of the Year, 1 580. He left no 
 Saints Name, or the Refemblance of any natural Thilig, but what he ap- 
 ply d to diflinguilh thole Iilands he touch’d at, eredling CrolTes on them all 
 and writing as he did in the fir ft. He faw Men, only in thefe here mention'd 
 He ran again in his Boat through thofe Seas, where Nature feem'd to fet 
 up new Iilands every Day ; and Anchor’d in a Harbour, where, among Sarmien- 
 other Precautions for Navigation, he drew a Meridian Line on the Barth, to’r Indr. 
 and mark d the Magnetick Needles, refrelhing them by touching again 7?n 
 becaufe they had receiv'd fome Damage by the Storms and Damps. How" 
 weak a Guide have Men for mighty Enterprizes ! He profecuted his Dif- 
 covery of little Iilands, and taking Pofleflion ; and obferv’d an Eclipfe forthe 
 Benefit of Navigation, in the Port of Mifericordia , or Mercy , as he nam’d it 
 The Vice-Admiral not coming to him, he fuppos’d he was return’d to 
 Lima, however lie waned for him ten Days,and five more in another newly 
 difeover d,and call'd, Ntiejha Senora de la Candelaria , or Our Lady of Can- 
 dlemas, three Leagues from the other. This Time havi ng been agreed upon 
 between them to expert one another, which when expir’d, each was to make 
 the belt or his Way into Sfain\ Sarmiento being pofftive, contrary to the 
 ©puuon of the Pilots, that there was the Streight of Magellan. 
 
 On S t. Agnes's Day he Anchor’d at the Ifland which forms that Harbour, 
 for which Reafon he gave it that Saint's Name. From the Ridge of a 
 Hill, which hangs bending like a Bow over a Ri ver, he perceiv’d five Na- 
 tive Indians, who with Cries and Signs defired him to come t6 them • 
 
 , e Spaniards anfwering.them in the fame Manner, the Indians held up a i n ,i; an . /,„ 
 white Scarf, and our Men another. ^Vhen th^v w?rp n ^ 
 
 white Scarf, and our Men another. When they were come down to the 
 
 reejueft they would draw near. Sarmiento fent ,£*Drake 
 : Pilot Ferdinand Jlnnfn ...1.1 fc.— ‘ loa I u . *? Ke 
 
 Shore, they feem'd to near, oarmento lent rforDrake 
 
 them his Enfign, and the Pilot Ferdinand Alonfo, with only four Men, that J/rddtlVc 
 they might not fear; however they durft not come near the Boat. One wL 
 of our Men went afhore, and yet they would not truft him, yet drawing 7 ‘ 
 nearer becaufe lie was alone, he gave them Cbaquiras, that is, Glafs-Beads. 
 
 Ha vvks- Bells, Combs, tar.-Rings, and Hempen-Cloth. Obferve what 
 mighty Defigns were couch'd under thofe Childifh Gifts. Then the En- 
 fign and Pilot came afhore, cherifhing and giving them other Toys, and 
 ftiow d them what every Thing was for, by applying it to the U(e be- 
 fore them. This pleas’d them extreamly, as did fome little Linnen Flags 
 or Bannors, our Men carry’d, made of narrow Slips of Ftench Linnen! 
 
 Canvas* and bilefia Cloth. "I his made Sarmiento judge that they had be— 
 tore ktw Europeans, and they, without being ask’d, fignify’d by intehi- 
 Sible Tokens, that two Ships like ours had pafs’d that Way, or were 
 Ihll thereabouts, pointing to the South Eaft, and in them bearded Men* 
 clad and arm’d after the fame Manner. This was the firfl Intelligence 
 they found of the Englijb Ships under Drake . The Indians with fmiling 
 Countenances promis d to come again. They went up the Land, and our • 
 aooard the Ship, which not being far off, Sarmiento came afhore to 
 /take PoffelTion, with the ufual Religious and Civil Ceremony. 
 
 •j an ^ Ferdinand Alonfo were with fix Soldiersby 
 
 break ot Day in the Harbour, carrying a confiderable Quantity of Toys, to 
 
 M z gain 
 
8o 
 
 The DifcWery - and Conquef} cf 
 
 c • j gain the Afre&ions of the Natives, who came allo$ but- Would not draw 
 
 catch three ,iear our Mail. They made the fame Sign® they, had the Day before. The 
 
 India • Spaniards to be better inform’d of what Courfe the Englijb Steer-’d, ran at 
 
 * s * the Indian: , and took three of them, every two Soldiers holding one of them 
 
 andtho’ they gave our Men many Blows and Bang?, ftruggling to get Ioofe* 
 they could not prevail, and yet were very ft rang. The Spaniards put up all- 
 that they might get them to the Ship, where Sarmiento receiv'd, and treat- 
 ed them Cour.sto rfly. They Eat and Drank, and Kiudnefs fo- far prevail’d 
 thauthey laid afide all Fear, and Laugh’d. Being fhbw’d the narrow Slips- 
 of Lilinen, they pointed with their Hands to a Bay, where the Ships had 
 Anchor’d, with the bearded People, who had Arrows, and Partelansl One 
 of them IT ow'd two,, and another one Wound they had receiv’d fighting 
 again ft the Men of that Fleet* 
 
 Vice- Ad- The Vice-Admiral was now gone back to Chile, and among other Acci- 
 
 ■miral. re- dents ' whl ' ch happen’d in his Return,he was wont to tell, that being come to 
 sums to ,llc Wand Mocha, he fent his Boat thither to ask fome fupply of Provifions 
 Chile, and underftanding how Friendly they behav’d themfejves towards Drake* 
 and that the Hatred thofe People bear the Spaniards might bean Obftacle to 
 him, his Meffeugers, by Order, conceal'd their being fuch, pretending they 
 were Lutherans. The Iflanders gave Credit: to the Fiftion, being dehrous 
 He de- to gain Friends, for preferving of their Liberty. Accordingly they fent them 
 eeives the Flefh, Bread, and Frui>, with a Letter, ioanfwer to theirs, the Superfcrip- 
 Indians. tjon thereof in Englijh run thus. To the very .Magnificent Lords, the Luthe- 
 rans, in the South Sea. Qur Men anfwer'd, That fince they had funplied 
 them with fuch plenty of Provifions, they deftr'd they would come and par- 
 take. About 50 of the Prime Caciques accepted of.the Invitation, and came 
 very Joyfully, in a Canoe, to our Ship. No fooner were they Aboard, than 
 the Vice-Admiral, not regarding their Complaints, gave order to Ioofe the 
 Sails, which were ready, and carry’d them away. Prifoners to Chile. Some 
 things that befell him, might juftify his deferting his Superior, but they 
 muft be left to thofe who write a particular Hiftory.of thofe A&ions. ’ 
 Sormiento To return t0 Sarmiento, In the aforefaid Port , of Candelaria, or Candle- 
 prtfs'd to the Pilots prefs’d him hard, with Intreaties and Proteftations to do 
 
 go hack , as h ,i s Vice-Admiral had done, rcprefenting how much his Men were har- 
 rafs d, and his Ship difabled, and that he had done more than all the Dif- 
 coverers before him. That they wanted Anchors, Cables, and Rigging • 
 that the W mds oppos’d him* without which it was impoffitle to prrceed 
 This was a Dangerous Tryal, becaufe- amidft the Complaints, and aJmoft 
 Tlrreats or the Pilots, there was a mixture of Flattery, commending him 
 He is refo- Er tha - : ?? ? the * ^lfcoyerer had ventur’d fo/ar; fo that Sarmiento was no 
 lute aid kfs - u Y a h r f Pr ? lfe ? th f» theu Anger, However he bore up 
 goes' m a 8 al n -ft b ° :b > and feverely check’d the Pilots : Who knows but he might 
 
 £ conceal the fame Fears they urg’d ? And in fhort, he appear’d fo Refolute 
 
 againft all they could fay, that he brought them to his Beck. He fail’d thence 
 . Keeping the Channel, and aboutaLeague to tire South-Eaft,tbe/jnfD*, fhow’d 
 him the way the Bearded Men took, of whom. after.kUling many they as 
 , r , a ‘^ rwards known, fav’d one Catherine, and a Boy, both Englifh who 
 
 Account of ftiH liv d among thofe wild Beafts, which they were more dike thaiiRatio- 
 E/r?rV B aI Creatures, . .Somewhat farther in another Ifland, which the Indians- 
 L-f.ge. laid was call d Tuchachatlgua , full yf extraordinary high grey Rocks, the 
 
 bearded. 
 
tU SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 81 
 
 bearded Men again fought the Natives without Succels. They went on to 
 another ifland Nam’d Capitlongua, on the Coaft call’d CapapaeaXiilgua-. 
 
 SamUnio did not change the Ancient Names of Countries, when he could 
 
 learn them. They were fufr'ciently difmay’d m the next they came at, 
 
 thinking they were Imbav’d ; but prefently after they took Heart again, at 
 
 the Sight of the Channel, which begins the Mouth call’d Xanhegna, and 
 
 it widen’d, bringing them out to a moft fpacious Sea, full Of thoulands ol 
 
 Ulandc. Pailing by, in Sight of one ofthem.they perceiv’d high Smokes ; 
 
 and the Captive Indians began to Weep, and they faw it was tor Fear of 
 
 the Natives, exprefling thk they were Giants, and fought dcfperateiy. Our 
 
 Men encourag’d them, giving. them to underftand that they ihould be able 
 
 to deal with Tbofe People. They went alhore on that Country, which is 
 
 call’d linquichifgna. Stirmiento alter’d it, in Honour of the Crols- he Several 
 
 ereiled there Calling it, the Ifland of the Crols. There lie faw Abundance Ijlands. 
 
 of Whales \Volves, and other Sea-Menfiers,afid great Clods of Snow, on 
 
 the "Waves: He made ready his Cannon, and fmall Arms, providing 
 
 againfl both Pirates and Natives, for he expected to- find, the Englijh potfef- 
 
 led of the Land. From that Time he flddd upon his GUard, i and no Mail 
 
 quitted his Arms. They went on to a third Ifland, which is the biggefl, 
 
 heard Humane Voices, and faw fome Piraguas, with the People that cry’d 
 
 out who were eroding from one Ifland to another. Our Men- drew near 
 
 in the Boat to take a View, and' all of them put mto a clean Harbour, 
 
 whence they difeover’d a Town, not Barbarous, but Decent and Lofty, like 
 
 ours in Europe, and abundance of People, who having funk the Piraguas, Populous 
 
 and Handing On the Mountains, with their Arms in their Hands, call’d to Ijlands. 
 
 our Men from a Wood, to Land, as ours did them to draw neat the Sea. 
 
 Among the Trees appear’d many more of thofe Wanders, with Bows and 
 Arrow's as if they intended to fall on. This made our Mendifcharge fome 
 Muskets’ at them, the Noife whereof fo terrify’d the Indian Women, that 
 they fet up hideous Shrieks, and therefore the Spaniards forbore Firing, 
 for fear of lofmg all hopes of gaining their Affections. By this time the 
 Ship which had been Cruizing up and down, came into. the Harbour. 
 
 Sarhicvto made a Gun ready, and the Boat came Aboard, Towing a Pita- 
 gut after it. Having writ the Inflrument of Poffeflion, tho he had not 
 inquir’d into the Government of the Inhabitants of that great Town, he 
 Landed on the Shore, whence is difeover’d a vail high Mountain, all white 
 with a°ed Snow, and encompafs’d with Rocks. Ancient Relations call’d 
 itOrhnro's Bell, be being one of Magellan’s Companions. He Sail’d on 
 to <4 Degrees Latitude, at the Point he call’d of S-. Ijtdorus. Near to it the 
 Natives call’d out to him, and coming up to our Men, Embrac’d them fa- Trail able 
 miliarly S'jiw;<mf0,brfldes Hawks- BeN, and other Toys, fent them Bisket Indians. 
 , n d Flelh from the Ships. They fat down toConverle, by Signs, with the 
 Enflen, the Pilot, and Eight other Chriftians, figmfying, that they were 
 pleas’d with their Friendftiip, and tbofe rich Gifts ; and gave fuch confufe 
 Tokens of the Englifi having pafs’d that way, as the others bad done. 
 
 Then they return’d to their Huts, and the Admiral having taken PolTeflu ii, 
 afid found the Latitude to be 53 Degrees, and 40 Minutes, advanc din fight 
 of the Coaft, which eight Leagues from thence lies fiat with the Sea, and 
 forms a Shore of white Sand. Before he came to it he Difcover d a pro- 
 digious high burning Mountain* cover’d with Snow ; where the Fire and 
 
82 
 
 The tdifcovery and Conquejl of 
 
 the Snow l'eem, out of natural Courtefy, to Refpeft one another, and to 
 confine within themfelves their Force, and Effedsi for neither is the one 
 Quench’d, nor the other Melted by their near Neighbourhood. The Chan- 
 nel carry’d him to the Point he call’d of & Anne, in 5$ Degrees and a ha If 
 of Latitude. He took pofiefiion,and rais’d a heap of Stones, at the Foot of 
 a Crofs, and left a Letter written with Charcoie-Duft, which he thought 
 incorruptible,™ the Shards pf an Earthen VefTel, well Pitch’d, among thole 
 Stones. In it he declared to all Nations, That thole Lands and Seas be- 
 longM to the King ojt Spain, and by what Title he held them. In the fame 
 Letter, he left Orders for his Vice-Admiral, to return to Peru, and give 
 v ^ icer °y an Account of all that happen c d,till they difcover'd the StreighL 
 Inaiaiu/tf- The Ship Peer'd off with the Ebb, and the Indians when it was gone came 
 (f lits* down with their Wives and Children, and a Prefeut of great pieces of Sea 
 
 Wolves, (linking Meat, Sea Foul, call'd Minnos , which are White and 
 Yellowilh, Mnrtina , a fort of Fruit like Cherries, and bits of Flint, bor'd 
 through and Painted, in a fmall Box of Gold and Silver. Being ask'd, 
 what that was for, and they anfwering, To Jlrike iFire, one of them took 
 fome Feathers he brought, and with them lighted it, as if it were Tinder. 
 A little before, when our Men made a Fire to melt the Pitch, for fecuring 
 the VefTel the Letter was in, which was left flopp’d at the Foot of the 
 Crofs, the Flame fpread upon the Mountain, and rais’d a Smoke. The In- 
 dians believing they were Fires made by thofe fo much dreaded Enemies of 
 theirs, went away and could not be flopp’d by any means ; nor was their 
 Fear groundlefs, lor they anfwer’d immediafly in theoppofite Ifland, with 
 great Smokes. The River which falls into the Sea at the Point Sarmiento 
 eall’d S. John's- ; and the Streight dividing thefe Iflands, which is the ve- 
 ry Old one of Magellan , look’d and fought after with fo much Danger, he 
 nani’d of The Mother of God, changing its firfl Appellation, that through 
 this Devotion fhe may obtain of her Son the Salvation of thofe numberlefs 
 Provinces, extending the Voice of his Gofpel to them, that it might reach 
 the Ears of fo many Souls,mofl of whicli are Ignorant of their own Immor- 
 tr rr without knowing any more than common Nature has taught them; 
 
 rojjejjwn Sarmiento was fo well pleas'd with having thus exp refs 'd his Devotion, 
 that when he return'd to<§u7?7i,he in. treated the King, to dired that Street 
 to be generally fo call'd, and his Majeflies Orders. The PofTefrion of this 
 fo remarkable Place was taken with extraordinary Joy, infertile in the 
 Inflrument the Claufe of Pop t Alexander the6th’sBulI, the Title that °ives 
 the Kings of Cajlile , and the Limits affigned by the Line he drew through 
 both the Poles of the World, as Gods Vicar. E Guadramiro faid Mafk 
 mid they all heard it devoutly, coniidering it was the firfl offered up in 
 chat Place by Man. to his Creator. It was intended as a Thankfgivinp’ and 
 they all took Courage to undertake any difficult Enterprise. They faw the 
 Track of Tigers, and Lions, and alio White and Grey Parrots, with Red 
 Heads; and they heard the fweet Notes of Goldfinches, and other Birds. 
 Holding cn their Courte along the Channel, with excefuve hot Weather* 
 they came into a Bay, that was cover'd with white Weeds, and Anchor'd 
 at the Point, on which a Company of Giants immediatly appear'd, who 
 call'd out to them, lifting up their Hands Unarm'd ; our Men imitated 
 their Ad 10 ns, which denoted Peace on both Tides. They being come to 
 the Boat, which was Guarded by ten Musketeers, the Enfign Rap'd Afliore, 
 
 with 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS, 83 
 
 with tour others. The Giants made Signs to him to lay down his Leading- 
 Staff, and then they withdrew, to the place where they had hid their 
 Bows and Arrows. The Enfign did as they dire died, and then fhew‘d them- 
 the Toys and Gifts he defign‘d for them. This withheld them, but flill 
 they were jealous, wherefore our Men fuppofing their jealoufy proceeded 
 from what they had fufferhl before, and guefTing they had receiv'd fome j ^ ; 
 dammage from the Lnglijb Pyrate, to be the better enform’d of it, ten of ; 
 our Men fell upon one of the Giants, whom they took ; but had enough to la e7l% 
 do to fecurehim. *‘TWr others runningto their Arms, return’d foquick 
 upon the Spaniards , that they had.fcarce time to get into their Boat. They 
 ihot their Arrows, which flying thick, ani c tit Men taking care to avoid 
 them, they dropt two Muskets. The Steward of the Ship was fhot in the 
 Eye with an Arrow. The Indian they took was a Qkm^eveo among e the 
 other Giants, and the Relation fay's, he look'd to them like ond of tfeety* 
 clops . Other Relations allure us, each of thefe Giants is above three 
 Yards high, and they are proportionably fpread and brawny. Being 
 brought into the Ship* he was extraordinary' melancholy, and tho’ they 
 offer’d him the befl they had to Eat, he would take nothing all that Day. 
 
 They fet Sail, crbfling Channels* and palling- by t feuds, in moil of wliich 
 they fainted them with Staokes; In the h^trOwefl- Part, which' they call’d 
 of Our Lady of Grace, through which they muft pafs of Neceflity, and is Other 
 in $3 Degrees and a half Latitude, Sarmiento was of Opinion, Forts might Indians, 
 be erected on the two Capes to lecure the Paffage. They made hafte thro’ 
 it, and again faw the Natives on another Point of Land, calling out, and 
 fnaking their Cloaks, or Woolly Blankets. Sarmiento went to them with 
 eighteen Soldiers, .Only four Indians appear’d with Bows and Arrows, and 
 making Signs of Peace with their Hands, faid, Xiitotc, Which, as was af ter- 
 wards known, fignifies Brothers, They polled themfelves oh a rifihg 
 Ground, and when the Spaniards were landed, made Signs to them for one 
 of our Men to come to them. One went unarm’d, with fome Gifts, as 
 GIafs-Beads,Hawks-Be]sandCombs,which they receiv’d pointing to him to 
 go down again. He did fo, and the Enfign went up in his (lead, obliging 
 them with other Prefents. They accepted of them, and yet neither they, 
 nor any Courtelie could difpel their Jealoufie. . Sarmiento left them, to 
 avoid provoking them, and going up the Mountain another way, to view 
 the Ridge, Plains, and Channels, the four Archers appear’d before him, 
 and without any Provocation receiv'd, but on the contrary after receiving 
 the aforefaid Gifts, they furioufty alfaulted our Men, wounding the Gene- 
 ral with two Arrows in the Side, and betwixt his Eyes; and another Sol- 
 dier had an Eye put out. The reft of the Spaniards covering themfelves 
 with their Bucklers ran at them, but the Giants fled up the Country fo • 
 fwiftly, that a Mulket Ball would fcare. over-take them. This A&ion 
 feems to verifie the Cowardice the Authors of Fabulous Books, commonly 
 call'd Romances , afcribe to their Giants, ; Sarmiento view'd the Land, call’d 
 it Nueftra Sonora del Valle , or Our Lady of the Vale , difcovering betwixt 
 two fpacious Ridges, fome delightful Plains, numerous Towns, lofty Build- 
 ings, Towers and Pinacles, and to his Thought, fumptuous Temples of fo 
 Majeftick an Appearance, that he fcarce believ'd his own Eyes, and judg’d 
 it an imaginary City. 
 
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 BOOK. IV. 
 
 Ii E S E Endeavours us’d by Spain to fhut out the MonflerS of 
 Herefy, difpeli’d the Dread fpread abroad by Drake, and his 
 Example in the North and South Seas. And fine? his com 
 mg wTerdute, oblig’d Us to write all theft Particulars we 
 could not, once they began to have any Place in this Relation 
 forbear making it perfeft by delivering the Succefs of them. A comulent 
 Hiflory is _the Witneis of Times, the Light of Truth, the Life of Memo- 
 ry, and in fine the M litre fs of Lite. Therefore,' to perform the Dutv in- 
 Cumbent_on it from fuch important 'Employments, it is not to fpare an 7 
 notabk Digreffionsi efpecially when they deviate but little from the main 
 Subjetf, and haye feme Connexion with it. This here is dae to a molt 
 prudent Adton of King Philip lid. and his Minifies.: andfliows his Ca- 
 dtohek Indignation againfi Sedaries, and his Zeal for preferving the 
 Faitl 1 lul of his Indies untainted, and improving theDifpofition in the Sou’s 
 of Idolaters towards drawing thenuo the Faith- It demonfirates how he 
 compals’d the whole World by Means of his Commanders, that he mioft 
 introduce the faid faith in all Corners thereof : to th* Reputation of hi! 
 Watchiulneis in the Service of this Miftical Empire,' whief is now Mili- 
 tant, in order to its being Tridmphant. For this Reafon it I Zolm y 
 Necefiary, not to conceal Sarmiento's Refolution, nor toleavehim in thefe 
 Temote Seas, till we have brought him back 10 Spain, and then we will re- 
 
 which ’' ot in *»«- 
 
 '.vutfT vSj V Vii\3L 
 
 Sarmtetito 
 
the SPICE - ISLANDS. 
 
 85 
 
 Sarmiento did not go up to the great City he dilcover‘d at a Diflance, 
 becaule he would not depart from his Ship, to which he return’d, leaving 
 us flill defirous to be throughly fatisfhd of fo ltrange a Thing. By the 
 Way he found two extraordinary Jong Cloaks, or Barbarian Blankets, 
 made of Sheep- Skins with the Wool] on, and a pair of Shoes made of raw 
 Hides to bind about the Feet, which the Indians could not carry off, thro* 
 the fearful Precipitation of their Flight. They continu’d their Difcovery, 
 and the Wind oblig’d them to flrike over to the Southern Coa ft, five 
 Leagues diflant from Our Lady of the Vale ; and tho* the cold Winds blew, 
 they found this Country more Temperate than the others. It is inhabited 
 by proper People, has wild and tame Cattel, and Game, as was declar*d 
 by Philips fo they call’d an Indian they brought over, in Honour to King 
 Philip . It produces Cotton, a certain. Sign of its being Temperate and 
 Cinnamon, by them call’d Cabea. The Air is very ferene, and the Stars 
 appear bright, fo that they are plainly to be obferv’d, lay*d down, and 
 defcrib’d. Sarmiento fays it is ufeful in thofe Parts to obferve the Crozier, 
 which is go Degrees above the Jntartick Pole, and that he made ufe of it, 
 for taking of Latitudes, as we do in our Hemifphere of the North Star , 
 tho’ with another Sort of Computation. And in Regard that the Crozier 
 does not ferve all the Year, he fought out another Polar Star, nearer to 
 the Pole , of a lhorter Computation, but general and perpetual ; and he 
 us’d fuehlndufhy, that he difcover’d, and afcertain’d it .by Obfervations, 
 and Experiments of feveral clear Nights. He fettled the Stars in the Crozi- 
 er , and two other Crozier s, and two other Polar Stars , which take a very 
 imall Con pafs ; this he did for the common Benefit of curious Sailors. 
 Notwithflanding all thefe Tokens, and the Incouragement of humane Cu- 
 rioliry, no Man has ever gone to thofe Towns, which had fuch promifing 
 Signs of Civility ; tho’ thofe rude Giants did not feem to confirm thofe 
 Appearances of a well-fettled Country. Sarmiento ran along the Streight, 
 never ceafingto found, and Jay it down till he came to a Cape, he oail’d, 
 Of the Holy Ghoft y from which to that of the Virgin Mary, there are no 
 Leagues from the South to the North Sea. Here they began to order their 
 Courfe with due Difference. They faw Whales, and on the Shores, 
 Thickets of feveral unknown Plants. They ran thro* Storms and Dan- 
 gers, furprizing even to fuch experienced Sailors as they were. They all 
 vow‘d Offerings to Churches, Alms, and Pilgrimages to Places of Devo- 
 tion in SpaiTiy with other folemn Engagements, on which fearful Mortals 
 in Danger, devoutly ground and encourage their Hopes. The Tempeli 
 ceas*d, and on the 2.5th of Marchy about Midnight, Sarmiento faw a low 
 white Rainbow, oppofite to the Moon, which was moving again!! it ; 
 and it was ©ccafion*d by Repercuffion of her Rays, which fell by Refracti- 
 on on the oppofite Clouds. He fays, That neither he nor any other Per- 
 Ion, . ever faw, heard, or read of the like; but by his good Leave, in Al - 
 hericus Vefpufn^s Epitome of Voyages, we read that the fame happened in 
 the Year 1501, in that fame Place, where both of them taking the Sun‘s 
 Altitude, they found him in 2; Degrees large, which is as good as* ij 
 Leagues. This Day they were within the Tropick of Capricorn . Pro- 
 ceeding totward, they loll their Reckoning, and the Hopes of recovering 
 it, for Want of Mathematical Inftruments ; but on the firll of April, 
 
 South 
 Co aft. 
 
 Obfervati- 
 ons for 
 Sailors . 
 
 Sarmiento 
 comes into 
 the North 
 Sea. 
 
86 
 
 Anchors at 
 the Jjland 
 Afceniion. 
 
 Ravenous 
 
 Birds. 
 
 Fight with 
 the 
 
 French 
 
 The Difcovery and Conqueji of 
 
 1580^ at Night, they difcover’d, awd obfeiv’d the Polar -St ar oi the 
 Triangle in zi Degrees ; and on the 10th of the fame Month, they la w the 
 Iiland of the Jfcention , at eight Leagues Diftance. They anchor’d there,, 
 found Water, and faw feveral Crolfes, ere&ed by fome Portuguefes % who 
 in their Way to India, were caft away there by a Storm, and the Living, 
 out of Devotion, fet them up on the Graves of thofe that dy ’d. On one of 
 them they found a Board nail’d, with this Infcription, Don Johnde Cartel 
 Rodrigro, Commodore, arriv'd here with five India Ships, on the i^tl 0 f 
 May , t 576. Near to it, Sarmiento fet up another, as a Memorial, that 
 thefirft Ship coming from Peru, touch'd there, haying pals’d thro* the 
 Sireight fronvthe South to the North- Sea, on the King’s Account, with 
 the Occafion of his Voyage. This Iiland abounds in Sharks, which are 
 Sea- Mongers, Fifh, and a Sort of fiich greedy and troublefome PbwJ, that 
 they make at whatloever they fee. They took the Enfigns Hat off his 
 Head, to fnatch away a Letter he had ftuck in it. He fav’d his Hat, by 
 clapping up his Hand immediately, but loft the Letter, which they pull’d 
 away by Force ^ and afterwards they faw a Fray in the Air, the others 
 endeavouring to take it from that Harpy, which firft fnatch’d it away* 
 This Iiland lies iu 7 Degrees 2nd a half oi South Latitude, and it is ve- 
 ry obferveable, that tho‘ the Spaniards were very attentive to their Com- 
 pafs, and took fo many Precautions for their Security, yet fuch was the 
 Force of the feveral Currents, that when they thought they were 60 
 Leagues from Pernambuco Eaft and Weft, at the River of Virtues , on the 
 Coaft of Brazil, they found themfelves 400 Leagues to the Eaft ward ; fa 
 that the Currents deceiv’d, and drove them 340 Leagues from the Point 
 they had fettled by the Degree of Latitude. Sarmiento difcourfes largely 
 upon this Effeft, charging the Sea-Charts with Falfhocd, and being igno- 
 randy laid down. Dreadful Tempeftsenfu'd, till on the- 28th of April, on 
 the Coaft of Guinea he difcover’d Sierra Li ona, abouuding in Gold, and 
 Blacks. Then the Iflands they call of ldoh r and beyond them thofe of 
 Vixagaos, inhabited by flout Black Archers, who fboot poifon’d Arrows, 
 wherewith, fuch as are wounded, prefently dye raving. On the 8th of 
 May they aft fell fick on the Coaft of Guinea , of Fevers, Lamenefs, Swel- 
 lings, and lmpofthumations in their Gums, which in that Country prove 
 Mortal, by Reafon of the Exceflive Heat, and then for Want of Water ; 
 but Heaven reliev'd them with feafonable Rain. When they labour’d 
 to make the Iftarids of Cabo Verde for fome Rdfrefhment, the Winds drove 
 them off. They bore up without finding Land, or any Ship, till on the 
 2zdof May , being in 15 Degrees 40 Minutes of North Latitude, they 
 defcry’d two Sail. Sarmiento believ'd they had been Portuguefes , and was 
 defirous to make up to hale them ; but upon better Obfervation perceiv'd, 
 the one was a Tall Ship, the other a Sloop, both of them French , who 
 purfu'd and endeavour’d to get to Windward of him. The Sloop came 
 foremoft to view our Ship, which made good its Advantage. When they 
 were come in Sight of the Ifland of Santiago , the French held up a Naked 
 Sword, and then fir’d fome Shot. The Spaniards anfwer’d with their 
 Muskets, which was then done by both Sides, and feveral French Men fell , 
 tho* on our Side never a Man was kill'd, but fome wounded, and then 
 they fied more lwiftly than they bad purfu’d, Thofe on the Iiland beheld 
 
 the 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS, ‘ 87 
 
 the Ingagemenr, and thinking it had been Counterfeit, and both the Ships 
 French, they llirr’d not out to Succour either. When the Pirate was 
 quite fled, a Caravel of Algarve arriv’d coming from Portugal, which dif- 
 cover’d the Pirated Name, and Strength ; declaring he had 85 Men in the 
 Ship, and in the Sloop, and among them a Portuguefe Pilot. That he 
 had plunder'd four other Ships, and the fai & Caravel, at Cape Blanco, on 
 the Coailof At rick ^ and at the Ifland of May, not far from Santiago , had 
 funk another Caravel , belonging to the Royal Navy, which was failing 
 for Brazil, in order to People Paraguay 5 where the Englifi had of late 
 Years built Towns, intermarrying with, and being attraded by the Love, 
 and Children they had by the Tafuyer Indian. Women. 
 
 Sarmiento Landed atCabo Verde ,\he Cultom-Houfe of which City yearly s arm j cnto 
 is worth to the King iooopo Ducats. There are always in it zoooo Blacks, at 
 becaufe of the fettled Trade for them. Before he Anchor’d, there came Boats y er j e% 
 from the Shore, to view his Ship, and he telling them, he came from Peru, 
 through the Streights of Magellan they were amaz’d. They return’d to 
 give an Account to their Governor Gafpar de Andrade , and told him, That 
 tiiofe that came in the Ship, were Men of feveral Shapes, Deform’d, and 
 Ill-look’d, and others with Jong tangled Hair and Locks. Thefe were fome 
 Indians of Peru and Chile. As for the Reft Sarmiento has thefe Words, 
 
 As to our being Ill-looked, they did not wrong us } for be [ides that we had 
 no effeminate Countenances , the Powder and Sweat of our Volleys of final l 
 Shot , a little before , had not fet us of to any Advantage ; and , in fort, 
 we had more mind to fomeJVater than to look like Beaus. However, neither 
 he nor his Men went Afhore, till they had fatisfy’d 3 Pratick Mailer that 
 none of them were infefted with the Plague. The next Day they Landed 
 bare- Foot, in Proceffion, withCrofles, and Images, repairing to the Church 
 of our Lady of the Rofary , where they gave Thanks, Alms, and other effe< 3 ;s 
 of their Vows, with extraordinary Joy ; for every Storm is fo much Ho- 
 nour, when recounted in fa e Harbour. They Confefs’d, and receiv’d the 
 Blefl'ed Sacrament at a Mafs they had Vow’d to caufe to be faid. The 
 Governor, Don Bartholomew Leytao , Entertain’d, and made much of them, 
 tho* at firft he would not believe they had pafs’d the Streight. The Sick 
 were Cured, and the Ship and Boat which were much fhatter’d, re-fitted; 
 
 The main Defign of this Voyage, which was to Fight Drake , and provide 
 the proper Defence againft the Defigns of the Enemy, had not been com- 
 par’d ; and therefore Sarmiento , having Fought the French Ship, and Sloop, 
 which appear‘d again, alarming that Coaft,and both of them flying back with 
 all fpeed, after being Shatter’d and Beaten, to the Ifland Mayo , or of May, 
 the common Shelter of Robbers $ He redoubled his Watchfulnefs, and went 
 on to get Intelligence of the Englifi, as well thofe that pafs’d the Streight 
 with Drake , as of thofe new Planters in Brazil, or Paraguay ; as alfo of 
 the Inclination of the Subjefls of the Crown of Portugal , to fubmit to 
 King Philip , or Don Antony. A Pilot of Algarve inform’d him, That the Intellh 
 Year before, betwixt Ayamonte and Tavira , two Englijb xMerchants, fp^a- gence he 
 king of the Indies, affured him, that Drake was gone thro’ into the South receives* 
 Sea\ and by the Time, the News agreed with what the Indians of the 
 Streight had fignifj'd tp him by Signs ; and that he arriv'd fafe in England , 
 tvith two Ships fraught with Gold and Silver of that notable Robbery, 
 
 N 1 which 
 
88 
 
 The Difcovery and ‘Conquefl of 
 
 Englifh in 
 Paraguay. 
 
 Sarmiento 
 Strangles 
 his Enfign, 
 andPuniJb- 
 es others . 
 
 Advice- 
 Boat fent 
 the Vice- 
 roy of Peru 
 
 Conflagra- 
 tion in the 
 Ifland of 
 
 S. George. 
 
 which lie prefented to the Queen. She fitted oat live other Ships, with 
 three Years Provifion, to return to the Streights of Magellan, to feek oud 
 thofe that had been loft there ; and Drake eight more. That the firft five 
 were already gone in Decewl\ laft. That the Merchants had entrufied him 
 with that Secret, taking him for a Vortnguefe\ and who, as fucb, would not 
 difcover it to .the Spaniards. By the French he was informed, That as foorr 
 as they had brought off fome Ships with 5 Blacks from Gaftro Vedre , they 
 would go over to the Ifland Margarita , and thence to the North-ward, 
 from the Ifland of Santo Domingo to Yagvana , whence they came not above 
 four Months fince, Loaded with Hides, and Sugar. That they had kili‘d 
 Captain Barhudo , in the Ifland Margarita , in Revenge for the Englijh he 
 had flain. That having taken the Governor of Brazil , they again let him 
 at Liberty. That all their Pilots are Portvgnefes. He was alfo told by o- 
 thers who came from thence, and by Captains of Reputation, wha were 
 returning thither, that in the Bay of Paraguay, near Rio de Janeyro , which 
 is in 2i Degrees, 1 1 Minutes South Latitude, there had been tor eight Years. 
 Jaft paft, Colonies of Englifh among the Tapujers 5 with whom for the 
 three laft Years, the Portuguefe were at War, and had krll‘d moft of them*. 
 
 That it is fuppos’d the Natives, who are Man-Eaters, had devour’d molt 
 of thofe that fled up the Country. He pick’d up- other Intelligence from 
 England, concerning their Navies, their Colonies in thofe Parts, and De- 
 fign of Ufurping the Molucca Iflands with all their Strength, and to render 
 them l'elves Invincible Mafters of the Spice. They difpatch’d a Boat, with 
 thefe Advices to the Viceroy of Peru ; for Sarmiento could not return him* 
 felf by the way of Brazil and Paraguay, becaufe the force of the Currents 
 had drove him away into the Main Sea, Eaft-ward. Before his Departure, 
 he caus’d his Enfign to be Strangled, as a Traytor to his King, to the Dis- 
 honour of his Poft, and an Obftruftor of the Difcovery. Two other Sol* 
 diers he Bannilh’d, one of them from the Indies, and fbew’d Severity to 
 fome of the Company, on Account of the fame Crime, which, it was be* 
 Jiev’d, had not been fo fully prov’d upon them, as is re^uifite for in flitfing- 
 the ufual Punilhmenr. 
 
 - From this Port he fail’d to the Weftward, till he came to the Channel 
 between thelfland Fuego and that of Santiago, where one of the Ships that 
 came out with him flay’d. Steering Norweft, one Point over or under 
 for that is the Courfe to the Ifland S Anton , he thence difpatch’d the Advice 
 Boat for the Viceroy of rent, with eight Men, commanded by Ferdinand 
 Alonfo. In thirteen Days more he pafs’d betwixt the Ifland Graciofa one 
 of the Azores , fmall, but fruitful, and populous, and that of & George in 
 which he law prodigious high Fires. Thofe he afterwards found verified 
 by the Bifbop, at Angra, where he refides. That on the firft of June that 
 lame Year, there were dreadful Earthquakes in the Ifland of S. George 
 V oices of Devils were heard, and among other wonderful Effefts the Earth 
 open’d in three Places, whence Streams of Fire ran as far as the Sea. Thofe 
 continu’d, and feven more broke our, calling forth as many Rivulets of Li* 
 quid Fire ; one of which ran round an Hermitage, and nine Men running 
 to rave fome Bee-Hives from being burnt, another Mouth open’d, which 
 IwalJow d feven of them, and fing\i the other two. So much Allies fell 
 like Rain upon the Earth, that it was cover’d a Span deep, and in ftort, all 
 
 the 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 89 
 
 the Ifland was on Fire Sarmiento held on his Courfe, and on the 18th cf 
 
 June, arriv’d at the City Angra, on the Ifland Tercen f, the Chief of the 
 
 Azores , where alfo came in a Ship from the Town of Bernambuco , and 
 
 another from Baya de todos of Santos, i n Brazil. Thefe being afk’d, \Vhat 
 
 they knew of the Englifo, aflur’d him, That in November lafl pail there 
 
 came five White Men, with fifteen Indians , who were going to IJle os, and § p 
 
 the Portngufe Towns by Land ; and going along the Shore, they on a fud- ^ ; 7/ £ r fl 
 
 den, at Rio de las Cuentas, lighted upon ail Englijb Sloop. Seven of the z * r 
 
 Men were afhore drying their Sails, and as foon as they faw the Travellers 
 
 they fled. The Portuguefe perfifled purfuing them; but the Englifi) letting 
 
 fly lome Arrows, held on their Flight, two of them up the Mountain, and 
 
 the other five along the Coafi, till they got into the Sloop, They cut their 
 
 Cables, and left behind them two large Carriages for Guns. 
 
 The Travellers defir’d them to come afhore, and offer’d them Meat, and 
 all other Neceflaries, afturing them they meant no Harm. They anfwer’d, 
 they would not come, and firrw’d Mufkets, Crofs-bows and Pikes, pointing 
 a fmall Gun, to fire at them. It was then Ebb, and they departed fix Lea- 
 gues from thence, to fail near the River de las Cuentas. That at the Ifland 
 Cape , over-againfi Cama mu, another Portuguefe Ship, that knew nothing of 
 this Sloop, lighted on it, when there were only three Englijb Men left in 
 her, the refi being kill’d afhore, with Arrows ’ by the Natives. In fhort, 
 the Sloop was call away, five Men of it being taken, who declar’d, that it; yfaEngliffr 
 came with a Squadron often Ships, in which a certain great EngliJIman Sauadion. 
 pafs’d the Streigbts of Magellan . That they return’d thence Coafling a- 
 Jong, to plant a Colony in the mofi convenient Place for their Purpofe, the* 
 
 Admiral having 500 Men aboard for that End. Four Hundred of them 
 were Soldiers, the refi Seamen, and other Mechanicks. That all this Squa- 
 dron Anchor’d in an Ifland of Cainbals, or Man-Eaters, and a Storm rifing, 
 nine of them fail’d away, but the Admiral not being abb to get from her .. .. 
 Anchors time enough, was Cafi away, none being fav’d but thofe that came 1 
 in the Sloop,and they efcap’d by being then gone to - Water. One of thefe raL c W~ a ~- 
 five was 55 Years of Age, and an able Mathematical!. He affirm’d, That wa 1 ' 
 thofe who el'cap’d the Storm, would foon return to the Coafi of Brazil \ 
 with a numerous Fleet. Among other Particulars, he told them, that they 
 found an Infcription with the King of Spain's Arms, in that part of the- 
 Ifland Cananca , where they were, which their Commander in chief took 
 away, and fet up in the Place of it another, with thofe of j England. Be- 
 fides all this, three of thofe Ships that efcap’d the Stoim, coming before 
 the Portuguefe Town of Rio de Janeiro, to make the Cape, and find out the 
 other fix, the Governor of that Place, fent out four Canoes to take Cogni- 
 lance of them, which on a fudden fell in with another Long-Boat belong- 
 ging to the Englijb , who, as foon as they fpy’d the Canoes , made away, but 
 could not do it fo fall as to fave all. They took Three, and the Governor 
 fent them to Bahia ; but the Ships made away with all their Sails. The 
 Prifoners own’d, That in cafe they met with their Ships at the Cape, they Englifli at 
 were refolv’d to go to Par ay b a , or Pernambuco . In other Refpe&s they a- Brazil* 
 greed with the Account given by thofe in the Sloop. The Englijb arriv’d 
 at Brazil about November , 1570, at the fame Time that Satmiento was Pee- 
 king 
 
90 
 
 The Difcovety and Conqueji of 
 
 Drake'.! 
 
 Treafure 
 
 feiz'd. 
 
 king for the Streight; and this agrees with the confute Signs the Brutilh 
 Indians of thofe Parts made to him, as he Touch’d on their Coafts. His 
 chief Care being to enquire into thefe Matters, he was inform’d by tile 
 Ship of Corregidor , that is the Governor in Civil Affairs of Angra, that on the 
 theirs caji- fecond of November, that fame Year, another Englijb Ship was Caft-away 
 away. at Gualva, a Town two Leagues diffant from that City, with fix Men in 
 it, two whereof, and a Black were fav’d. It appear’d there had been 500 
 Men in the Ship, and much Wealth, which was thrown into the Sea, du- 
 ring the Storm. That they were going to plant Colonies in India, and 
 moll of the Men dy‘d on the Coaft of Guinea ; and perhaps this might be 
 one of the nine Ships afotefaid. The People of Gualva drew out of the 
 Sea fifteen heavy pieces of call Iron Cannon, but could not get out feveral 
 others; The fifteen are of an cxtraordiary Magnitude, as it were for fome 
 fettled Fort. To conclude, he was inform’d, and Time has lince verified 
 it, that they were preparing in thofe Northern Parts to rob us of the Trea- 
 fure of Metals, aud Spice there is in thofe Countries, and in exchange to 
 Introduce their Se&s. The final Succefs of both the Sfanijb and the Ena- 
 lijb Admirals, was that they arrived fafe in their refpeftive Countries for- 
 faken by the Vice-Admirals. Drake return'd to London , with an immenfe 
 Treafure, which the Queen feiz'd, alledging, That Don Bamardino de Me - 
 noza, then the Sfanijb Embaffador at that Court, demanded Reflitution 
 as belonging to his K. and the reft of it taken from his Subjefts; but file ad- 
 judg'd it to her ownCofers.in Recompence fortheDammage fuflain'd.when 
 tile Spaniards fupported her Rebels in Ireland. Drake was not enrich'd 
 by his Robberies, nor did he gain any Reputation by his Actions- but on 
 the contrary lie was flighted in England, either becaufe they knew what 
 he did was not Honourable, or that generally a Man's own Country i s 
 Sarmiento ungrateful to him. Sarmiento departing from Angra with a lair Wind 
 in Spain, difcover'd the Coaft of Spain on the 7 th of Augiiji, and arriv'd at Cane 
 S. Viueent, full of Intelligence and News from fo great a Part of the World 
 and of the Defigns of’feveral Nations, and the Crown of Portugal His 
 Arrival, and Account produc'd the fitting out of other Fleets, and frefl. 
 Preparations in Spain, and in the Indies, which extended to the Relief 0 f 
 the remoteft Parts. One of them was the Reducing of Ternate and the 
 fending over one hundred Spatii/b Families, arm'd, provided and examin'd 
 as to Quality and Virtue, to be the firft Inhabitant of thofe Defarts unon 
 the Straight. They carry'd Tools, Arms, Inflations, and all NeceffanS 
 to rort .fie the narrow Parts of it. Sarmiento went as Chief, and Gover- 
 nour of thofe Opinions. This Projeft prov'd unfuccefsful, and in the 
 general Opinion of all Men, n was through the Fault of the General SancZ 
 .Flores. Afterwards Sarmsento was taken, and fet at Liberty in England 
 where he bad Conferences with the Queen and Drake upon this Subi-tf 
 ... .. wh „!, nce | le dr ?» Iakfmation for the Execution of greater Defigns. J * 
 
 A/i/eHen- DnsVear King Henry Dy’d in Portugal, when he had Reign’d but tltir- 
 ry of Por- teen Months. Five Governors had the Adtniniftration duriiw the Inter 
 tugal dyes, regnum, and were difturbld by ihe Arming of Don Antonio, \ithin the 
 Kingdom, and by King Philip s Forces already advancing into the Frontiers 
 So that neither Government could do any more than coufult about the pre- 
 sent Exigencies ; which at that 'l ime were neither perfeft Peace nor open 
 IV ar, there being Hopes. that they would lay down their Arms, and joy,, 
 
 with 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 v'ith their true Prince, whom the Portuguefe is wont to Love, as a father, 
 rather than as a King. However there were fome Troubles, and Commo- 
 tions. Private Difcord is an inferrable incident to all Governments, and 
 that draws the Thoughts of Men after it, and is often the Original of ge- 
 neral Calamities, the 1 it be moderated, or juffily'd by a fincere Zeal. 
 
 King Philip enter'd Lisbon fapporting his Right by his Power, and g- pj^ 
 whilft the other Provinces, which compofe that Monarchy in Spain , Af rick , j* ^ t j J€ 
 
 Jfit f, and the Enjl- Indies fubmitied to him, he bellow'd Favours, gave Laws, a J Lifbonl 
 confirmed the Old, ratified Priviledges,and gain’d A ffe&ions by his Prefence, 
 and a General Pardon, which he extended to thofe who had offended him. 
 
 On the 15th of November 158^, he fwore to obferve thofe Laws eilabiilh'd 
 by his Predeceflors, and particularly by King Emanuel , as then next Heir 
 to the Crowns of Spain , for himfelf and his Son, Prince Michael , whom 
 God took to a better Kingdom in his Infancy. Thofe Laws were afterwards 
 fworn to by King Sebajlian , and all of them imported, that all Honours, 
 EmploymentSjBenefices, and the Management of the Revenue of the Crown, 
 with all other Commands by Sea and Land, in Portugal , Afick , India , 
 the Wands and all other Parts already conquered, or to be conquer'd by 
 that Crown, lhall be in the Hands of Natural bonv Pottuguefes . And by 
 the 24th Chapter of thefe Laws, it was eftablilh’d, that in fitting out Fleets He Swears 
 for India , or otherwife for Defence of the Kingdom, or fuppreffing of Py- to main- 
 rates, the King fhould take the neceflary Meafures with the Kingdom of tain the 
 Portugal , though he fhould ufe the Afliffance of his Majefiies other Domi- Laws • 
 nions. They were fenfible that this favourable Law, without infringing 
 the Antient Laws, made way for employing the Forces of the Crown of 
 CaftiUy in the Recovery, or Prefervation of the Kingdoms of the Eaftern 
 Archipelago , where at that Time the Chriffians fuffer’d Martyrdom, with- 
 out any Oppofition. And the King for the Recovery of Terndte, especial- 
 ly confide r d the Conveniency of the Philippine Illands, which lie more 
 opportune than India 3 the Juftnefs of which Reflexion has been confirm'd 
 by the Event. 
 
 India at this Time was govern 1 * by the Viceroy Neman Tellez , to whom 
 King Philip the fecond Writ, reprefenting how favourable an Opportunity 
 he bad to do God good Service, to fecure the Tranquility of Chriflendom, 
 and fettle Peace, which ineflimable Advantages would be owing to his 
 Fidelity and Care, if through them thofe Provinces fhould be united to the 
 Monarchy, without any Trouble, by continuing Loyal, and providing that 
 the Tributary Kings fhould do the lame. He put him in Mind that Ser- India fub- 
 vices become the more valuable by the furmounting of the greateft Diffi- mits to 
 culties, and gave him good Hopes of a Reward, which Would have been him. 
 fulfill'd, had he come home to fee the EffeCls of them and his Services. 
 
 But Fernan Tellez had no need of any fuch Promifes, or of the Perfwafions 
 which are as good as Commands, contain’d in Letters from Miniffers of 
 State, and fent with the-King's Letter, Thefe being fent over Land, came Tellez tl* 
 to his Hands in fix Months, and he either preferving, or gaining their Viceroy 
 Affections had fo much Forecafl as to confirm the King, Princes, and San - Loyal. 
 giach % who, in thofe remote Parts, pay fubje&ion to the Crown of Portu- 
 gal ; before he knew any thing of the Orders fent him, or of the additio- 
 nal Eflate the King was pleas ‘3 to confer on him. By his Authority he 
 
 difappointed 
 
The Difcovery and Conqueft of 
 
 King of 
 
 Baehian 
 
 kill'd. 
 
 *Molucco 
 v; ay of 
 JFighting. 
 
 battle of 
 Tydores 
 and Ter 
 juates. 
 
 disappointed lomeProjeds of Confederacies, fet a foot for the recovering 
 of their i-ormer Liberty, hoping by the Example of the King of Tern at t 
 that the Revolutions in Europe might turn to their Advantage. But in 
 defpight of thefe Contradidions and Changes, Fern.iv Te'lez fo far prevai!- 
 ed, as that the Religious Mendicants, §nd the Jefuits , continu'd the preach- 
 ri?- 0f Ti e r° P >. with fuch Fervour, that they defy'd even Tyranny it 
 Conv ® r fi° rs of Idolater Princes are truly and elegantly related in 
 Writings and Books of the Millions of the Society, and other Ecclefi- 
 ajica HiHones ; fo that they excite, and inflame Devotion in the Breafls 
 
 w f i^ Ch ii aSr rrfi l h Aff n lhere T ay be fcc,, » how the 1-ruth was embrac'd, 
 with all poflible Afledion ; how haflily, and eagerly they learn'd the 
 
 Catechifm ; what Rejoycmgs the Catechumens made on the Day they 
 were baptiz d ; Queens, and Princefles worlhipping the Images of Saints- 
 and fweeping the new Churches, and Chappels with their own Hands? 
 r h ChTS At T, 10 n n ? “"2 Exa , ane i. s the f honour'd the Ceremonies of 
 pmv^ inChrillanhy 7 ’ 7 f ‘ eqUented the Sacra “> ai > d *m- 
 
 All this was Perfecuted.and Extirpated by the King of Ternate • who 
 was now fo far from enduring any neighbouring Empire, that he flruck a 
 Dread into the remote/! ; infomuch, that tho’ they were all fenfible they 
 
 veShev it 8 i v ICy t0 fUpP ° rt the -hhigdoms of Tydore and Bacllf 
 yet they became lookers on, as it were on a Stage, to behold the Affaults 
 
 S lv ? n » and *he Cruelties afted at the Sieges. And in the latter of them 
 £ Kin^of $ omI ’ liia t ^Standards were difplay'd in fubmiffion to Spain 
 . K fa Ter ” ate enter d Baehian, and prefs'd on fo vigoroufly, that lie 
 
 Ar fh T l° ItS I ^ For ?’ and made tlj e principal Sangiaeks PHfoners 
 At the Taking of the City of Baehian, the King of the Iiland was /lain in 
 Eight, with all the Portyguefes that aflifted him ; and the Prince his Son 
 taken, who was then a Chriitian, but foon after, having taken an Oath of 
 Eealty to the Conquerer, and Apoflatiz'd from the True Relioinn lie 
 miferably Reflor'd to hi Kingdom, exch2g?„g S Hope' 
 
 o( }f^e 0 Li, to w P hlh he h as SO ad- S 
 hear d till this time.; tho in Temporals lie now' owns the foveieien JV 
 minion of our King The War with the Tydores lafled longer the two 
 Navies nghting with indifl. rent Succefs, and Vitfory changing Vides ac- 
 cording to various Accidents. Thefe Princes „c "v B vf’ ? c 
 
 pends on Ambulhes, and Stratagems, where Subtiltv funilliec^f d6 f 
 
 ? n'f ,h > F «.’» mih TEST'S,? 
 
 fenfible of the others Advantage, the Weaker flyes and referve! htVf ?fV 
 better Fortune; nor do they lock upon it J dKouS T nfl v f ° r 
 ^lofe Parts they have but rude Notions of the Laws of Honour The^aft 
 
 game, fo they call the Hat hour of Ternate on Sat fide iLT/ 
 
 ready 
 
the SPICE -ISLANDS. 
 
 ready iu that Place, which Addition made them renew the Fight with 
 frefh Vigour, and wrefl the Vi&ory which then inclin’d to the Tvdovei. 
 
 Thefe without breaking their Order, retn'd and imbark’d ; and having 
 back in their Carcoas came to Tydore , where they fortify*d themfeJves 
 againil what might happen. The King of Ternate return’d to this City 
 in Triumphant Manner, making a Show of fome Prifoners. 
 
 The News of the Union of Portugal to Cajlile , was now known 
 throughout all thofe Eaflern Parts, and fo well receiv'd, that inilead of 
 offering at any Oppofition, they all joyfully fubmitted, hoping they ftould 
 be protected by a more powerful Arm, than they had been before. Nor 
 were they deceiv'd in their Expectation, for, purfuant to what the King 
 had fworn at Lisbon, concerning the Fleets, tor fupprefling of Pyrates^ 
 and Garrifoning theCoafls of Africk y he granted his Royal Order, for ail 
 the Governours of the Philippine Iflands to take Care to relieve the Mo- 
 luccos , and ati other the Dominions in India y belonging to the Crown of 
 Portugal , making ufe of New Spain , and all other Kingdoms fubje& to 
 the Crown of Cajtile y there being more conveniency for fupplying them 
 from thence, than even from India. 
 
 The King of Ternate, being fenfible of the Change of Times, and how xr v 
 much greater Forces threatned him than before; and that he ihould not be frr * 
 buffer'd to reign, without fubmitting to a Superior, he grew better ad- 
 vis'd, and fent an Ambaflador to Lisbon. The Ambafiador was Cachil a ° r f 0Y 
 Nayque , well known for the Antiquity of his Family, and brave A&ions. ^ ain * 
 Nayque fignifies a Tribune , or Commander. He embank'd with much 
 Wealth of thofe Parts, as Porcelane, Cbinefe Silks, Calico's and Mullins, 
 
 Spice, Fruit, Aromatick Woods and Barks, and Preferves of the fame ; 
 and palling between the Iflands of Pangicaz and Manado, near to that of 
 Celebes , keeping off from the Equino&ial, coafled it and crofs'd the Line 
 again, till he came to Borneo . There he vifited the King, who was at Tay- HisVoyage. 
 aopura , and deliver'd him Letters from his Mailer, attempting by Word 
 of Mouth, to unite him to the Molucca Nation againfl the Crown of 
 Spain.. Contenting himfelf with the firfl Hopes, he pafs'd on betwixt Cre - 
 viato and Surat o , and crofs'd the Iflands Vulo and Livga , in fight of the 
 greater Java, thence thro* the Streight of Malaca , by the great Ones of 
 Banca and Bintam 9 in the Port whereof were then the 20 Ships, which 
 are fent from Sumatra every Year, loaded with Pepper. He barter'd away 
 much of what he had in his own Ship, and propos'd a general Revolt to all 
 Nations. There are two Streights there ; the one ot Siucapura, fo call'd Streiphts 
 from that City built on the Coaft of Malaca ; and the other of Sabao, from ^Sinca- 
 anliland of th^t Name, and this leads to Sumatra. Nayque fleer'd this pura Vi 
 Courfe, and foon put into the Harbour which lies going out of the Sabao 
 Channel. 
 
 This great Ifland, oppofite to Malaca^ and divided from it by a Bay full 
 of Ridges, of Rocks and Shoals, and above a thoufand fmaller ljlands 9 S umat r a y 
 was formerly a Peninfula 9 and contiguous to Malaca y as Sicily is faid to defaib d. 
 have been to Italy. Ancient Geographers call'd it Trapobana 9 the Mo- 
 dern Sumatra. The Ancients alfo call'd it, the Golden Cher [one fw 9 and 
 the mofl curious Searchers into Antiquity, Ophir 9 whence Solomon ga- 
 ther'd that vafl Mafs of Treafure. According to the Portuguefes it is So 
 
 O Leagues 
 
94 
 
 The Difcovery and Conqueji of 
 
 
 Leagues in Length, and in Breadth. ( Here feeins to be feme Mi flake 
 in the Author, tor the Ifland is well known to be above 80 Leagues in 
 Length. ) Italian Writers fay it is 210c in Circumference. Th e Dutch 
 who have traded and made War there, do notcontradift it, and all agree 
 it is the largefl in all the Eaft, and the moft fruitful we know of. It lies 
 thwarting from Ncrth to South, in the Torrid Zone, and the Equincfliaf 
 Line cuts it in the Middle; fo that one Part faHs to the Northern Hemif- 
 [>here, and takes up five Degrees, and the other to the Southern, extending 
 even Degrees. This Ifland is, according to fome, divided into four King- 
 doms ; others fay ten, and fome 29 ; but we know of eight* which are 
 Peiir, Pacem , Achem , Camper, Menancabo , wealthy in Gold Mines, and 
 Zaude ; and up the Inland the other two of Andragide, and Auru, th& 
 Natives whereof jpe Idolaters and Man-Eaters. They devour, not only 
 Strangers, but their own Brothers, and Fathers. In fhort* among thele 
 barbarous People, Hunger produces the fame Effe&s as Paffion. The King 
 
 F 1 
 
 le 
 
 Nayque 
 Jlirs up 
 Princes to 
 revolt . 
 
 of Ac hem is the mofl Powerful of them, and they all pay Homage to the 
 Crown of Portugal. Nayq ue enter’d the Court of Achem, attended by his 
 
 The King 
 °f Achem 
 ‘empties. 
 
 own Men, and follow’d by the Multitude of Chine ft, japonefe, Malay 
 , Perfian , zndTurkiJb Merchants ; all of them frittering themfelves with 
 the Expedition of new Commotions. He firfl worfhipp’d the King in a 
 Temple, where there were monflrous Idols, notwithflanding that the Peo- 
 ple are Mahometan r. He had afterwards private Conferences with him at 
 Court, and in a few Days brought him over to his Party, with his 
 Wealth, as if he had’ been a poor Man.. Alter delivering his Mailer’s 
 Letters, he told him, that before he went over into Europe , whether he 
 was fent to difeover the Power of Spain in its Origin, or Source, at a 
 Time when it was diftrafted by fuch Revolutions* it was convenient that 
 mofl wealthy Part of Afia fliould be reflor’d to its former Condition a 
 Matter of no Difficulty, if they were firmly united among themfeivec. 
 That none were foable to overthrow the Neighbouring Monarchy, which 
 from Malaca had, as it were, fetter’d fo many Provinces, as the Kin^s of 
 Sumatra , if they, confidering of what Moment it was to them, would 
 Hand by one another. That fince he had fuccefsfully befieg’d that hateful 
 City, afiaulted its Walls, and Forts, and valu’d himfelf on being an Ene- 
 my to the Portuguefes , he ought not to let flip fo fevourable an Opportu- 
 nity, which offer’d him compleat Vidory. That he fliould remember the 
 feveral Expeditions of the Viceroys againfl Sumatra , and that they always 
 breed up Adel antados, or Lords- Lieutenants, with their Soldiers in Pay 
 againfl thofe Kingdoms. And that fince, till then they had not been abk 
 tQ make him uneafy, it was too much Forbearance to fuffer a perpetual 
 Threat ot Thraldom to fubfift fo near him. The Krng of Achem, liflen’d 
 to him with Satisfadion, as one, who, with all his Nation, hates the 
 Haughtinefs of the Portuguefe Behaviour- yet he neither promis’d nor 
 perform’d any more than obflrufting the Trade of Malaca, till he’ had 
 redued it to Want. Nor did he keep the Secret, for they had foon an 
 Account at Malaca and Goa of thefe Contrivances. He farther promis'd 
 That whenloever the King of lernate fhould make a greater Invafion or 
 go about to extend, or enlarge himfelf, as far as he pretended he had a 
 Right, he would continue to give the Diverfion, as far as flood with hi s 
 
 Conve- 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS, 
 
 95 
 
 Conveniency, and that he fhould have the Liberty of his Ports, and all 
 Supplies for his Ships in his Kingdom. Nayque return’d Thanks, and ex- 
 tended his Negociation, endeavouring to bring in the other Tyrants of 
 Sumatra, as for the Publick Good. Then failing away through the 
 Streight of Sunda, fo call’d from the Name of a City in the fur the ft Part 
 of the Province, beyond the Line ; he proceeded to the greater Java , no 
 lefs Fertile than the other in the fame Medicinal, and Odoriferous Growth, 
 at the Time when Thomat Candijb , an Englijb Commander was arriv’d 
 there, coming from the North-Sea, by the Way of New Spain. 
 
 Nayque went up the Country to vifit, and found him in a populous City, 
 where he was loading Pepper, which is excellent in Java , with that King’s 
 Leave, he being a Friend to the Englijh> who had already fettled a Factory. Candifh in 
 He found him on the Banks of a River of fuch a Nature, that it prefemly J ava t retm 
 converts any Wood whatfoever caff into it into Stone, as folid and hard fated by 
 as our Pebbles. He bore the Englijhman Company to the Port of Sunda Ca - Nayque. 
 iapa , view’d his Ship, and made as much of him as he could. Among other 
 Things he prefented him a Pavillion, artificially wove all with fweet fcen- 
 ted Cloves, and not black, which was not only fit to keep out the exceffive 
 Cold of England , but even to dry up over moift Bodies that llept tinder it* 
 
 There is daily Experience of its atraftive Virtue at Ternate , by placing 
 great VefTels full of Water in the middle of the Rooms where the Cloves Clove a - 
 are kept, and in the Morning they find the Heaps of Cloves damp, and the trafts JFa* 
 VefTels empty and dry. The fame EfTential Heat is in the Skeins of China ter as does 
 Silk, which therefore thofe who deal in it keep at a fmall Diftance from China Silk 
 -the Water, yet they fuck it, without touching, and by this Fraud they 
 weigh the heavier. Captain John Lopez de Ribera carry’ll fuch a Pavillion 
 of Cloves, as is above mention’d, and prefented it to the Earl of Coruna f 
 who was then Viceroy. Nayque , like a Flafh of Lightning which burns 
 all that hands in its way, endeavour’d to flir up thofe who before were 
 kept peaceable by the Valour of Fernan Tellez , and to encourage the Tur- 
 bulent, but without haying to fee the effeft of his Negociation, he made 
 dire&ly towards the Cape of Good-Hope , yet it is more likely, and even 
 'pofitive, that he went firh to Malaca, and thence in the India Ships to 
 Spain. 
 
 Whilft Nayque was at Sea, the Marques de Santa Crnz had in the 
 Ocean fought the Fleet Comma nd by Philip Strozzi , in which was Antony 
 Antony the Bahard, Pretender to tWCrown of Portugal , and deftroy’d it, thcBaftard 
 Chaftizing the French , who with real, or counterfeit Commiflions from Defeated . 
 their King, had oppos'd King Philip's juh PofTeffion. He arrived victori- 
 ous at the Ifland of S. Michael , cut off the Heads of the French Gentle- 
 men, and condemn’d the Reft to the Galleys. Strozzi dy ’d of his Wounds, 
 and Don Antonio efcap’d in a Boat, aild returned to Zealand, to folicite frefh 
 Succours in England and France . In the mean while, the King of Aehem 
 •perform’d his Promife. His Kingdom lies next the firft Promontory of the Kingdom 
 Ifland, in tour Degrees and a half of North Latitude, and confequently his °f Aehem* 
 Ships eafily made themfelves Maftersofall the Streight between Sumatra 
 and Aehem , which they fo entiiely poffefs’d, that they fuffei ’d none of the- 
 Ships to pafs to Malaca , which brought Merchandize and Provifions fiom 
 China, Japan, Cambovca, nor evert from the Moluccos, obliging them to 
 
 O 2. Coail 
 
C)6 
 
 The Difovery and Conqrtefl of 
 
 Moiijtfous 
 Piece of 
 Cannons 
 
 Coaft about feveral lilands. to the great Loft of the Merchants. But the 
 Portuguefe Dealers in the City of Pedir, eight Leagues from Ac hem in- 
 flam'd much greater Dammage. Mo.A of them fled to Malaca, and tho* 
 Fern/m Tellez was then upon his Departure, he gave the neceflary Orders 
 at Goa for their Relief. He funk fome of the Enemies Ships, and took one 
 loaded with Daggers, they call Crizes , made at Menancabo, and a numer- 
 ous Artillery, a Thing well known, and calf in Sumatra, many Years be- 
 fore the Europeans brought them into thofe Parts. This appears by the 
 Vnffory the Portvguefcs obtain’d over that Nation, during the Blockade 
 of Malaca. 
 
 The King of Achem fending a Daughter to be Married to the Khr® of 
 Zor, not far from Malaca, in the Country of Siam, among other rich G?fts 
 by way of Portion, prefenred him a Brafs Cannon of fuch a bignefs that 
 the like had never been feen in Europe. This prodigious Gun and the 
 Pnncefs that was to be Queen of Zor, fell into the Hands of the Portuguese: 
 The taking of this Prize, and fome others, clear’d the Sea of that Fleet - 
 and that extraordinary piece of Cannon, which ferv’d to Ballalt a Shin 
 was brought as a Prefent to the King of Spain, for its Monflrous Size but 
 a Storm oblig’d them to leave it in the Ifland Teicera, where it is ’now 
 leen and admir’d. The City Zor was alfo Taken by the Portuguese! and 
 in it they found ijoo pieces of Cannon, Artificially Calf, with curious 
 figures and Flowers of Rais’d-Work on them. The Molucca Embaffador 
 being come to Lisbon, obtain’d Audience of the King • who, tho’ he was 
 fully inform’d of the Embafladors Fallhood, and the PraHices of his Na 
 non, yet gave him a favourable Hearing, after he had fhew’d his Creden- 
 tials to the Mini Aers of State. He in a long Speech recounted from its 
 Original the conAant Fidelity of the Molucca Kings, and how particularly 
 Mi s Speed’. R e marKabje it bad been in Sultan- Aerio, and that the wicked Commander 
 m Chief in putting him to Death, had equally wrong’d the Crown of Por- 
 tygal. That fince the Murderer was not punifh’d, to fatisfv the dead Man‘s 
 Children and Kingdoms, it might well be concluded, that fo Cruel and 
 Undeferv d an Execution had been by the Direction of fome higher Power 
 than the Governor Mefquita, and that even in cafe the Crime had been 
 Aotonous it had been more Prudence to charge it upon fome private Perfon 
 Jhar King Cacbil Babu. intreated his Majdly to punifh the Offender in 
 iuch manner as might giveSatisfattion, and bean Example and Security 
 to all the JJiatuk Kings, that own the Tom in ion of Spain. In Return for 
 that Favour, and JuAice, he promifed to ReAore the Fort of Ternate and 
 bis other Kingdoms, which were Alienated, and that they would return 
 to their former Subjeftion, as they had promis’d to the Governor Pereyra 
 . , . ^'~ a i remarkably correct their Behaviour, that there Aiould be 
 vijibleliftects of a Royal, and Humble Gratitude, both in refpedt to his 
 Majeftics fervree, and the fecurity of- the- Garrifons, and to the Advan- 
 
 hTc?l th A ne ^ hb0U w n , g Prov L inc «, ^longing to other Kings, who were 
 his Subje&s, about Malaca , the Philippine Iilands, and Parts Adjacent He 
 ario ingaged to ReAore the Churches, and ChriAian Religion, and much 
 nnore than had been agreed upon with Pcreyra. The King having heard 
 ins Kequeft, as if he were ignorant that the Ternate s did not deferve the fa- 
 usfaction they requir’d, fince they had taken it themfelves fo fully, that' it 
 
 exceeded 
 
 Molucco 
 Bmhajfa - 
 dor at Lis- 
 bon. 
 
 tv 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 97 
 
 exceeded even the bounds and examples of Revenge, he Anfwer’d, That 
 all the Acceffaries to that Faft fhould be found out, it being p rov’d that The Kind's 
 the Principal was already Dead, and none of them fhoUld efcnpe Vnpunifh’d, Anfwerf 
 as would have been done by King S'ebaftian, had lie Liv’d. That C a chi l 
 Bahu mutt prepare to Reflore all Things into the fame Pofiure they were 
 in before, if he intended to partake of the general Amnefly, which blotted 
 out all pad Offences throughout the Dominions of that Crown. Nayque 
 had fome private Audiences, and lome Miniflers of State had Conferences 
 with hiiw, with a Dcfign to find cut how the People of India weredifpos’d. r 
 At this fame Time Don Gonzalo Ronquillo, purfuant to the Orders he ^nfigu ' 
 had receiv'd from Spain, fent the Enfign, Francis de Duenas , from the P aenas . 
 Philippine Iflands, where he was Governor, to the Moluccos , to pry into \. om . 
 the Inclinations of the Kings, and People, Governors, and other Portuguefes ^PP^ nes t0 
 at Ternate , Tydore , and Bachian , as to fubmitting to the King of Spain . ™*Moluc~ 
 He fet out in the Hahit of a Chinefe , and was much affifled by his Know- cos * 
 ledge of thofe Countries, and their Languages, and much more by his bold 
 Spirit,. fufKciently try’d in thofe Wars. He artfully Learnt what Hopes 
 there might be of the Recovery of Ternate , and how firm the People of 
 Tydore flood. He firfl inquired what Leagues were carrying on in the Ay - 
 chipelago, what Intelligence they had with, and expelled from the Northern 
 Fleets, with whom they had now familiar Correfpondence. He Traveled 
 about the Iflands, like a Savgley , or Chinefe , in the Janguas, or Trading The Intel - 
 Veflels of the Malay , and Philippine Merchants, and had the Opportunity ligence he 
 of viewing them all, fo far as to take the Dimenfions of flrong Places, got . 
 compute what Stores and Ammunition the Barbarians had, and difcover 
 the Humours and Inclinations of the Portuguefes who Traded, or Go- 
 vern’d there; and returning to the Philippine Iilands, his Account, and 
 Relation, firfl Encourag’d and gave Hopes that more Advantagious En- 
 terprizes might be undertaken in thofe Parts, than about Malaca , tho’ it 
 were but only Supporting the Portuguefes and Tydores , then hard prefs’d 
 by the King of Ternate . King Philip receiv'd this Intelligence at Lisbon, 
 whence the Molucco EmbafFador was then gone, ill fatisfy'd with the An- 
 fwerhehad; but Sultan Bobu, on whom the Word of fo great, a Mo- 
 narch, and the Authority of his Promife might perhaps have had great Sultan Ba— 
 EfFeft, dy c d long before the faid EmbaflTador could come to his Prefence, ba Dies . 
 The fmall Remains of Chriflianitv flill left in his Kingdom, took a little 
 Heart, and had our Arms but applaud upon the Revolution caus’d by his 
 Death, the only Noife of them might have gain’d the Vi&oryw It is Re- 
 ported that furious King Bahts dy’d by the excefsof his Love, cr rather of 
 his inordinate Luff, in the Arms of one of his MiflrefFes. Some fay fhe 
 kill’d him with Charms, or Poifon, which is the T) rant-Slayer among 
 thofe Nations, impatient of one Mans long Rule.. He was Succeeded by his 
 Brother, who was Illegitimate, as we are told by Cachtl Tulo , in the Letter, 
 which, as wefhall fee hereafter, he writ to the Governor of the Philippine 
 lllands. The new King took the Name of Cachil Sultan Nait Dini Baraca g u U ln 
 Xa, before whom Cachil Madraca ought to have been preferr d, as being Nait fir- 
 Son to the principal Queen. As foon as En:hrpn'd he offer'd Peace to his ce fa J 
 Neighbours ; on this Security, and that of a clear Confcience, Cachil Gar a, 
 
 King of Tydore, paid him a vifit. He*\vas received with pdblick Rejoy- 
 
9 8 
 
 T 
 
 The Tdifcovery and Conquejl of 
 
 cings in one of the greateft Squares of Ternate , and attended to a mighty 
 'lofty Arbour, provided to offer Sacrifize in, a ('Chappei fuitable to the 
 Priefthood) and there to decide Controverfies, and give Audience to his 
 j . Subje&s. When the firft Complements were over, and the King of Tydore 
 » Ui K‘ S ^ u ^P e< ^ e ^ an y thing* the Ternate Guards, hearing the Signal given by 
 
 f Tvd r ^ eir ^ rew their CampiJaneSyOT Cymiters,and without allowing the Gueft 
 
 c/ lyaoxe . £ j me t0 cry outj fc\\ upon, and cut him in Pieces ; tho* he was the Man 
 thro’ whofe Means the K. of Ternate had the Crown given him, contrary to 
 the Opinion, and Defigns of his Unities, But whenfoever great Returns are 
 due to a Favour received, Ungrateful Souls convert the Obligation into 
 Hatred, and nothing can occur to them more odious than the Sight of the 
 Benefa&or. Next he turned bis Fury againft that murder'd Princes Family, 
 and fuch of his Servants as could net make their Efcape to Tydore , were 
 either Kill'd, or remain'd Prifoners at Ternate , or abfeonded wherefoever 
 Fortune, and their own Confufion lead them. This cruel Faff, which fome 
 afJign'd to his Father, Cachil Babu, Reconcil'd the Murderer and his 
 Unkles. But he immdeiatly acquainted them, how he expe&ed to be In- 
 vaded on two Sides 4 that it was of the utmoft Confequence, that Subje&s 
 fhould own their Sovereign, and fortify his Iflands, efpecially all the upper 
 Parts ; and that flnce he had fuch Powerful Unkles, it was Reafonable, and 
 Convenient, the People fhould be acquainted how firmly they were United 
 to their Nephew. Then extolling their Valour, he with the fweetnefs of 
 their Commendations fo blinded and amufed them, that they could not per- 
 ceive the profound Jealoufie he fhreuded under them. Thus he divided 
 them, that they might attend the Fortifications in diftant Places ; whiift 
 New King he in Perfon carry-d on the War againft the Tydores . They prefently fet 
 c/Tydore. up a Brother of their late King in 1 \is Stead ; who, tho' he govern’d with 
 Bravery, and Ruck clofe to the Portuguefes , yet had fome ftrong Places ta- 
 ken from him by the King of Ternate , which were afterwards reftor'd, in 
 our Kings Name, by Don Pedro de Jenna to the King now reigning. 
 This Prince lived but a fhort Time, yet fo dong that Cachil Mole, who 
 was a Child when the King his Father was murder’d, grew up, and j n 
 him the Revenge of the Injury receiv’d. Pie never thought, or talk’d of 
 any other Thing, till he brought it- to Execution. 
 m In the mean while the new King of Tydore, affiftedhy the Spaniards he 
 had in his Forts, provided to oppofe, and attack his Enemy. They aj] ex- 
 petfed Succours from India, where it was certain they muff think it ne- 
 cefiary to fupport Tydore , in order to recover Ternate. Their Behaviour 
 was fo brave, as to defend themfelves, tho’ ill furnifh’d with Arms and 
 Provifions againft thofe who attack'd them with Plenty of all Things. 
 •He is taken He 8 or Brito wa s come with a Galleon from India to their Afliffance and 
 ■hy him of it being known at Tydore that a Storm had oblig’d him to flay on the’ far- 
 Ternate, ther Coaft of Borneo, the King fitted out four Carcoas, and went to meet 
 him, but was foiced back to his IRand by contrary Winds. He of Ternate 
 watch’d to improve all Opportunities againft his Enemy, and therefore 
 would not let this Slip, nomruft to any other ; but Malt’d out nine Car- 
 coas , and going in Perfon fell upon him. The Tydores wanted not Courage 
 to defend themfelves, and tht Fight began with that Fury, which always 
 arms thofe two Nations agaiuft one Another ; but tho’ the Tydore fought 
 
 defperateiy 
 
99 
 
 the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 defperately, be was taken, and his Men either kill’d, or dangeroufly woun- 
 ded. This Misoitune griev'd the Portvgnefcs no lefs than the Indians, 
 becaufe they all lov’d him. Por this realon they gather’d the Remains of 
 that Di Taller, and all the other Forces they could make, offering their Ser- 
 vice to Cacbil Jleazen, Brother to the Captive King, a very hopeful Youth. Fidelity of 
 He thank’d them, and was fo dexterous in gaining the Affections, and con- the Ty do- 
 firming the Fidelity of the Sul jeds, that through his Care, no Man was res. 
 wanting to his Duty. This Induftry was of goed Ufe, for the Conqueror 
 did not return immediately to Ternate • but went about to his Enemies 
 lllands, perfwading the People in each of them to take an Oath of AHegF- 
 ance to him, {bowing them their Captive King, whofe Life was at his dif- 
 pofal; but the Tydore Towns, being furnifh’d with all Neceffaries, and be- 
 lieving they might with Safety pradice that Hatred and Rage Nature has 
 fill’d them with, would not give Ear to his Propofals, though they were 
 mix’d with Intreaties, and Threats, and on the contrary difmifs’d him 
 with their ufual Fiercenefs. He perceiving that the Oftentation of his 
 Vidory, and the Sight of the Captive King availed him but little, Sail‘d 
 away for Ternate . At his Arrival, he was received with Trumpets, Kettle- 
 Drums, and Bafons they beat on, and with Songs they make for fuch like 
 Occafions. The Heads and Limbi of the Tydores flain in Battel, were fix'd Crueltiet 
 upon the Spears they have advanced in the Carcoas on thePcops and Prows, of Terna- 
 and other high Places of them, and particularly the Kings. This is their t es. 
 way of ereding Trophies. Of the Skulls they make Cups to drink out 
 of; like the Sc i Mans, who, according to Herodotus , pradife the fame ; 
 or like the Germans , as Tacitus tells us, of the Heads of the Uri they 
 flew, and that was a Token of Nobility. He would not truff the keep- 
 ing of the King in any of his Forts; but turn’d a ffrong Houfe into a 
 Goal, and appointed him a Guard of Gilolo Iflanders, well arm’d. Some- 
 times he fhow‘d Severity, and otherwhiles Tendernefs; but all Men 
 knowing his Difpofition, expeded the End of the Captive King; tho’ at 
 the fame time they believed, he would mitigate his Revenge out of Relpeft _ 
 to his Sifter, the Princefe of Tydore . Heitor Brito, Commander of a Galeon , Hedor 
 
 came now to Tydore ; but his Arrival did not much mend the Pofture of ^ r * to at 
 Affairs, tho’ thofc in the Fort were Encourag'd to hold out, and at leaf! Tydore, 
 he added fome Reputation to the Caufe, and inclin'd the Ternates to liffen 
 to fome Overtures. However what could not be compafsM by force of Arms 
 nor Treaty, was effeded by the Refolution of an Amorous Soul. 
 
 The Princefs^7/?/cT/r/j, Sifter to King Gapabaguna, that was the Pri- Remarka* 
 loner's Name, had fo great an Opinion of herlelf, as to hope that her Story 
 Beauty would prevail to bring about that good End, which was then of °f t ^ e 
 Confequence to all Patties, on feveral Accounts. She knew ftie was be- Captive 
 lov’d by the King of Bachian, byhimof Sian, a brave Youth, by him of King'sLi- 
 Ternate her Enemy, and by other prime Sangiacks of his Kingdom, and his berty. 
 Kinfmen, who all publicity vyM in doing her Honour. She was dif- 
 creet enough dexterouily to feed them all with fuch Hopes, as lay no Ob- Contri - 
 ligation on the Party that gives them, and yet. encourage * thofe who van , ce °f 
 value them. She gave out that fhe would marry none but the Man that Quifayra, 
 ihould fet her Brother at Liberty, and deliver him to her alive, or dead. Frincefs of 
 This Part of the Declaration, tended to the Promoting of her Defign. Tydore. 
 
100 
 
 Tloe Difcovery and Conquefi of' 
 
 Rhe is in 
 hove n : th 
 
 The Prumife work'd upon all her Admirers; tho’ it was moll certain 
 that her naming herfelf.as a Reward of the Enterpme, proceeded from 
 the Afteclion ire bore Ruy Diaz d' Acunha, a Portuguefe Gentleman and 
 Commander in Chief of the Fort of Tydore. She thought he would at- 
 tempt the Refeuing of the King, and that fuch Succefs would entitle her 
 to marry him, tho’ many fufpefted there was already a mutual Obligati- 
 t/jc Poi tu- on » 33 wellas Dc(ire > alld that they were reciprocally in Love. It was 
 „uf e Com kllown ’ that th& y had dhcours'd together feveral Times in the Houle of 
 'mtlnder. &! ( ” IC,}ana > a g rea t Lady, Aunt to .gicifayra, whether Ruy Diaz was 
 wont to go frequently ; and that with her Interpofition the' Matter had 
 been fo-fai concerted .that the Princefs promis'd ftie -would embrace Chriffia- 
 mty to marry him. This made not his Rivals difmay, and the King of Ter- 
 uate, upon thefe proter’d Hopes, offer’d to give her Brother his Liberty. 
 However he was not regarded, becaukjhiijayra was as averfe to be be- 
 holding to him, as Ihe was defirous to be oblig’d by Ruy Diaz. This 
 powerful Paflion informs barbarous Minds. Her Difdain caus’d the Kin* 
 of Tydore to be more clofe confin’d, and his Body to be loaded with heavy 
 Chains, being more narrowly obferv’d than before. 1 
 
 Cachil Sa- .. C . acl>} ! Satama > a Subjeft and near Kinfman of his, well known for his 
 lama aL.o- * al ° ur *“ the ^ ars > was more deep in Love with guifayra than all the 
 twn^Qui* and Jrfteu’d to all the Reports ofitheir endeavouring to comply with 
 iagra, his «> er Expectation. He entirely keeping his own Council, a Thing rare in 
 Bravery. Lovers, to be fecret without Affedation, tliat no Notice might be taken of 
 him, one Night fitted out a Baroto, fo they call a Sort of fmall Boat put- 
 ting intout five Tydore Soldiers, he could confide in. Thus he crofs'd over 
 the Channel to the Leeward, and landed on Tervate • where he left the 
 Boat -ready but hid on the Shore. Then Cachil Salma, conceal'd among 
 the Croud of trading People in the City, went to the chief Part they call 
 Li mat has, and fet Fire to a Houfe in that Ward he thought- flood moil 
 convenient for Ins Purpole. The Flame, which had taken hold of the 
 Roof gathering Strength, threatned a greater Conflagration. Having done 
 this Mifchief, wlnlft the People flock'd together, and endeavour'd to 
 put a Stop to « with Water, and other means, Cachil return'd to his Boat, 
 on the Infide the Ridge of Rocks there is about the.Ifland, and went away 
 
 to the other Side ofthe Fort, where he began to beat an Alarm, to caufe 
 
 tAQ greater Confufion. This done he went aftore again, with only his 
 
 &u nw’> 0 L l H ter f’ °^ e ” n g f 5hree of his Men to follow him at fome 
 fmall Diftance. He found the King's Pnfon almoft abandon'd, the Guards 
 being gone to help at the Houfe that was a Fire. He went in boldly 
 .He rr/auSlTH 00015 ' till he came to the Prifoners Chamber^ 
 
 the King of u l whathe law ’ ask d k ;* m > with much Amazement, how 
 
 Tydoref 16 came thither, and whether the fort of Tydo,e was loft? Cachil anlwer'd, 
 he muft be quick, and go along with him, and fliould afterwards be fatis- 
 fy d as. to his^Queftions ; for if he refus'd he would ft like off his Head. 
 Then laying hold of the end ot the Chain, and the other three Tv doves b>- 
 ing now come up to them, .they forc'd their Paffage out ofthe Houfe, ma- 
 king way with their Swords and killing fuch as offer'd to oppofe them, 
 
 I he fame V amir and good fortune carry'd them through the Streets, to 
 the Port, and leaping into their little Boat, put all their Hands to the. 
 
 Oars. 
 
the SPICE -IS LANDS, ioi 
 
 Oars, in thofe Iilands it is ufual tor Kings to row, without being com- 
 pell’d to it by NecefiGty; for as in Spain the Nobility Jearn to ride, fo the 
 iiland Princes in all thofe Eaflern Parts value rhemfelves upon handling 
 the Oars, and Sails. They crofs’d over the Streight, and being purfu’d toe* 
 late, by the light Veffels of Ternate , arriv’d unexpe&ed at Tydore . The 
 Fame of his arrival was foon fpread abroad, and when certainly known, the 
 Cannon was fir’d, the fiat Drums in the Temples were beaten, and the Fell s 
 rung, the Sound whereof ufes to draw the People of the Moluccas together, 
 and in fhort there was a general Rejoycing, without quitting their Arm*. 
 
 All Men cry’d up Cacbil Salama to the Skies, calling him the Deliverer of 
 Tydore , and Neza Maluco , Neza fignifies a Spear, and Maluco a Kingdom, 
 and both together the Spear, that is, the Defence of the Kingdom. 
 
 Only Quifayra was troubled at this Event, becaufe the general Promife QpiFafrat 
 fhe had made of marrying, whofoever perform’d it, was only defign’d for contrives 
 Ruy Diaz de Acmha. She was not able to conceal this Truth; efpecially t0 ntttrder 
 when Cacbil Salama boldly prefs’d the Performance of the Promife, tire CachilSa- 
 Kiag himfelf feconding him. She delay’d him, alledging fome fpecious 
 Pretences to gain Time. She would willingly have made her Complaint 
 to Ruy Diaz himfelf, either to fhame, or provoke him to Paflion. She 
 eafily compar’d to meet him at her Aunts, where, as foon as fhe began 
 to Difcourle, there was nothing but Tears, Complaints, Excufes, and Con- 
 trivances to murder Salama conclude a Reconciliation. Rocque Pinbeyro 
 the Commander’s Nephew, and a Soldier of reputed Valour, wasprefent at 
 this Difcourfe. J^itifayra trufling him with her fecret Thoughts, lie Pinheyro 
 boldly, and with Art, gave her to underhand that his Unkle was as flack a s undertakes 
 before ; and fince he had beenfo in the other Affair, what could he ex- to murder 
 pe<Sed from him in what he now promis’d. He faid, if fhe could prevail him and hi $ 
 upon her felf to be fenfible of the Ingratitude of Ruy Diaz , and to fub owtilftiklc* 
 tute him in his Place, he would not only murder Cacbil , but his own Unkle 
 too. That out of the Refpe# due to her high Qualities, he had not till 
 then prefum’d to let her know how deeply he was in Love with her Beau- 
 ty; but that he now thought himfelf ablolv’d from all human Tyes, and 
 wholly confin’d by that. Pinbeyro had a full hearing, an Advantage not 
 fat remote from being admitted ; and tho c he was not commanded to mur- 
 der his Unkle, yet he perceiv’d he had not left him fo well in the Prin- 
 ceffes Efleem as he was before. 
 
 In the mean while, Cacbil Salama was not idle, prefling the Bufinefs hafli- Salama 
 Jy, and having got fome Inkling, or fufpefting the Caule of the Delay, like conveyed 
 a true Lover who is feJdom deceiv’d in this Sort of Jealoufy, he found out 7nt0 C^ui- 
 the Truth. By the Contrivance of one of Jsjnifayra's Women, he durfl Fayra’x 
 prefume to hide himfelf in her Bedchamber ; and in the dead of the Night, Cham - 
 
 he fuddenly appear’d before her, his Fiercnel's being overcome by a Superi- ber % 
 or Power. The Princefs was furpriz’d, but diflembled it, and prepaid to 
 defend herfelf in Cafe Violence were offer'd. She threatned to cry out; 
 utter'd Complaints with Tears, and bewail'd the lofs of her Reputation, 
 faying, how could they think her Innocent, who faw him either come in, 
 or go our. Salama all the while in humble Pofture, and on his Knees, af- 
 fui’d her he had no other Defign, than to put her in Mind of the Obliga- 
 tion flie lay under, and that fince it was known he was to be her Hufband, 
 
 p his 
 
102 
 
 The Bifcoverj and Canqutfl of 
 
 his being leen was of no Confequence. That her Reputation fuffer’d more 
 by the delaying of the marriage; and that to convince her of his Afftcli^ 
 on, he would be gone as obediently as he had always done. He went 
 He gains out immediately, comforted with Thanks, and Hopes ; and deliver’d her 
 her Jjfefti- from the Fear fhe had conceiv’d of him. She was fo taken with this 
 on. Courteous A#ion, that revolving it in her Mind, it wrought fo much, as 
 
 to fettle her Affeftion on Salama ; fo that file would have mairy’d him 
 tho’ he had not oblig’d her before, . * 
 
 Pinheyro At t * 1 * s time PM je y ro , w ^o was already engaged in her Love, either to 
 murders his obtain its Reward, or becaufe his Unkle did not Favour him as he expefted, 
 Unkle and or ^° th R ea ^ ons J contriv’d his Death. As he was going one Day to 
 j s kjjfa i the Palace, to acquaint Quifayra that the Murder was already committed 
 Salama ^ Ca&il happened than to come from a Fort to fee his Mi ft refs. He fee- 
 ing Pinheyra coming out of her Apartment, drew his Campilan, or Cymiter 
 and tho’ the Youth fought Manfully, and like a Lover, yet Cachil , who 
 had the fame Qualifications, and was Jealous over and above, at the firft 
 onfet clove his Head, fo furioufty, that he dropt down dead of the Wound* 
 He marries ^ en P roc eeding as he had begun, he went in where Qjtijayra was, whom 
 Quifayra ea ^ P er ^ waded to he gon with him, and leaving the Palace full of 
 ^ J • Confufion, they Imbark’d in the Earoto , or fmall Boat that brought him. 
 
 They Marry’d with the good liking of the King and Kingdome, and the 
 Lofs of thofe two Gentlemens Lives. And fince among the Portfignefe 
 Nation, as much Account is made of Honour gain’d, or loft in Love Affairs 
 as was formerly of Vi&oiies obtain’d in Greece , at the Olympick Games* 
 the Vindication of thefe Lovers fhall be left to the Management of thofe 
 who are well skil’d in that Matter, to whom we refer our felves. 
 
 The Portuguese s were much griev’d at this Difafter, as being Publick, 
 and the King was fo incens’d, that one of them having accidentally kill’d 
 a Horfe he had a great Value for, he caus'd him to be Hang d, without 
 hearkning to any thing thar could be faid for him. This gain’d Cachil 
 Mole fo generally the Affections of all Men, that tho’ Cachil Cota was 
 Elder, and Son to the principal Queen, by them call'd Putriz, under colour 
 that the latter was a Friend to the King of Ternate, and about to contra# 
 Affinity with him, the other gain'd the greater Party, which advanc'd 
 him to Succeed in the Throne of Tydore , as we fhall faon fee. 
 
 Th tPortuguefe Galeons arrived at Malaea , and in them Cachil Naiaue 
 returning from Spain, and having flay'd there fome Months for the Mon- 
 returns ha< ?, a 8°° d V °y a 8 e > and arrived fafe at Ternate , when he had by 
 
 Ter rate ^ wa 7 ^^cited the Javaneses, and the People of Achem and Borneo, not 
 * to admit of the Spanijh Domination. He brought no acceptable Anfwer 
 from King Philip, and found the King who had employ’d him Dead 
 and in his Place another, fo different from the Former, that he en- 
 tertain'd no Thoughts of reftoring the Forts to the Portuguefes , but on the 
 cpmrary, aim’d at cafting off all Obedience, and obliterating their Name. 
 To this effe# he Confederated with the Englijb , who, with other Northern 
 Englifh at Nations, Lorded it in theliland. Five Leagues from it lay at Anchor an 
 Ternate. Englijb Ship, waiting for two others that came out with her. They An- 
 chor’d in the Port, and went afhore, as if they had been in London, being 
 well receiv’d by the Sultan , with whofe Leave they fettled a Fa#ory in 
 
 • the 
 
 A Portu- 
 
 guefe 
 
 bang'd. 
 
 Nayque 
 
the SPICE-ISL ANDS. 103 
 
 the City, where they left Officers, who under the name of Trade, were 
 more abfolute Matters of it than the Natives. They difyers’d to gather 
 in the Clove for the Goods they brought to Barter ; arid on the zitt. of 
 juguft difpatch'd their Ships, loaded with that Spice, and with thofe Nuts 
 they call of Molucco, and excellent Preferves of them both. In thefe Ships 
 went Embaffadors to Queen Elizabeth, and to the Prince of Orange , carry- 
 ing Prefents fuitable to thofe Perfons, of the moil valuable Things in India. 
 
 They were order’d to offer the Queen his Kingdome in Vaffalage, and his 
 Friendfnip to the Prince of Orange- The Advantage of thefe Embattles 
 afterwards appear'd • yet he did riot on that Account give any hopes of 
 Reftoring Chriftianity ; forbefides that the Perfection grew more violent, 
 he had at that time brought over into his Kingdome, a great number 0 f Manome- 
 Ar aid an and Per fan falfe Prophets, all of them Mahomet's Priefls and Mi- tan 1 rea ~ 
 niflers, to ftrengthen that Seel. Befides, being inform'd by his Spies, That at 
 it was given out in the Philippine Tflands,That they would make War on ternate. 
 him that way, and that in Spain the King promis'd the Union of the two 
 Crowns fhould produce the Conjunftion of their Power and Arms, for the 
 punifhing of difobedient Tyrants, he flighted no Alliance, nor contemn'd 
 the Weakeft Enemy. For thi s Reafon, he gave Entertainment, and allow’d 
 the planting of Colonies to Europeans , and Leagued with Idolaters and 
 Mahometans, who hate Spain, as their common Enemy. The Englifi Ships 
 now frequented India , facilitating the Paffage, and (hewing an Example to 
 the French and Dutch y which encourag'd them all to venture out far from 
 their Countries, and feek for Treafurfc in flrange ones. 
 
 Sultan Capahaguna did not long enjoy his Liberty at Tydore. He was King of 
 taken ill at an Entertainment. Some believe he had a flow Poifon given Ternate 
 himi becaufe he was very moderate in Eating, and thofe motions of his dies. 
 Arms, the gnaihing of his Teeth, and lofing of his Senfes, which attend 
 the Falling-Sicknefs, and are Simptoms of Apoplexies, could not naturally 
 proceed from his Temperate way of Living * but are always caufed by 
 much Excefs, which Occaflons this violent Diftemper. He came to him- 
 felf after that firft Fit, but his Vigour watted, and he linger’d on to the 
 end of his Life. Cachil Cotta (hould have Succeeded him, but they were 
 fufpicious of his Correfpondence with the Ter nates ; and they all fo openly 
 favour’d his Brother Cathil Mole, that there was not the lead Difficulty 
 made about the Sueceflion. He often remember’d his Fathers unfortunate 
 Death, and in Regard that this raging Deffre of Revenge, might p ove in- 
 ttrumental for the Recovery of Ternate \ as foonas his Unkle Dy’d, which 
 was on the 14th of April x 599, the Portuguefe Commander in Chief, Ruy 
 Gonzalez de Sequeyrao repair’d to his Palace, and by Means of the Poitu- Cachil 
 gvefe Power and Arms, caufed Cathil Mole to be fworn King, as being a Mo\t JCi*& 
 ntoll faithful Friend to his. Nation, and no lefs an Enemy to the Ternates. 0 f Tydore. 
 He immediatly difpatch’d Captain Palm a with this.Newsto Manila, and 
 with it an Accotmt of the Molueco Iilands, of their Neighbours, and of 
 their Preparations ; becaufe they were then providing in the Philippine 
 Iflands for this War, to extirpate this Receptacle of Seels, where all forts 
 of Apoftalies are admitted, and particularly the vile Doctrines oi Mahomet. 
 
 Ever £nce the Year tjjj. when the Dutch enter’d thofe Seas, they have 
 
 Pi not, 
 
104 
 
 The Difcovery and Conqueft of 
 
 na. 
 
 not, til] this Time, cess d bringing in Sectaries, and Captains of Pyrates. 
 Ihefe Men carry away the Wealth of Jtfia, and in Lieu of it leave dehind 
 
 Fruitlef' at * f * D ° anne « whlch renders the CrowifioBpf. fo. many Souls 
 
 ,j . 1 Forgetful nefs, or Contempt the Governours of India fhow'd f or 
 
 Moluccos 1 r Mf ucco Wands, feem d fatal; iince they refus'd,, or with-held the 
 Jlighted at v 1 SucCO t Ur l’ a ^ a " donll 1 1 « the Commanders, and Forts, for fo many 
 eta. ^ ea "’ as 11 ‘ h ®y ^ad not been in the World. This was not remedy ‘d by 
 the Union of the Crowns of Spain and Portugal : on the contrary the 
 great Succefs of the Adelant ado > or Lord LieuteHaiitLepj/fo, jn the IfknH* 
 iawi which he call’d Philippines, being known in Spain, King Philip 
 thelld. thought fit as we (hall foon fee, that the Molucco Ifiands, and Part{ 
 adjacent, whither he was Zealous to fend Evangelical Preachers, (hould 
 jo r ^ Mb!e of the Advantage of his Neighbouring Empire. This wac 
 S ( /r r ~ JpCedl] I order<d > and tho’theEffefls were not futablf, by P Reafon of?fe 
 tl t£° m bn " 7 ACCldentS - great Undertakings are liable to, yet Time has ft Q wn 
 lippines £Tnf Z* u '"r " R^folution. For the better umferfiu 
 
 tndZbl j££i J e h Keafons ? n w h| c h >t was grounded ; fince one of them pro 
 and why, ceeded from the various Difpofition, Qualities, and Interefls of the had 
 
 thic ‘h/^Shout thole Seas and Lands ; it will be abfolutely necefiary i a 
 to make them known, before we come to Particulars. ' 
 Dcfcripti- 1 he Country of the Sint, whom we call Chinches, is the uttermo/1 of 
 on of Chi- g* •Continent of JJia. On the Eaft and South it is encompaS by the 
 , na . Ocean, which the Ancients call'd Sericut. On the Weft, it reaches to Ih* 
 
 Borders of the farther bidia ; and on the North to thofe of the l)X2 
 gs and Scythians. Their Ancient Annals, Writings and Tradition! fn I 
 I “ s , l j s ; that iheCbmefcs extended their Empire much further. This i« 
 verify d by the Remains of fumptuous Structures • and not only in Ruins 
 wherein their former Magnificence is flill apparent, but even in Chip!’" 
 whrch Time has preferv’d, tho’ not inhabited, and yet, to be fe en 
 Provinces they have excluded their Limits. There are \Sny Ihich taL 
 there Denomination, and own their Original from China, For that im 
 TOnfe Empire findiiK n felf labouring under its own Power, and over" 
 burden'd with its Magnitude, like a judicious Patient to rrevm *! 
 
 £dv’ Th^ffm^ thC V . ei " s » and brought down the Redundancy of the 
 .. . Y' The fame we read the Carthagcnians did. when in the like rv,., 
 
 paft^" ^he^went of°h^ frovidence”^ 
 
 the B„ms. . They publilh'd indifpenfable Ces^S ^ go lur 
 
 ontratt vLces”' ' ‘y Ma g iftrat «- The? abandon'd vaft Pro- 
 
 heir Em- Wars ’ fiihmin-!^ mg left expos d to Tyranny, and Infidelity, after tedious 
 ire. t ^ em ° ft Potenf ‘ Hence the Kings of 
 
 fX gl r n4 ’ being oblig d never to lay down their Arms, nor keep anv Faith 
 
 them. PP0 “ 68 ° nCag3inrt another » lilt a greater Power Lbdues’ 
 
 di aar v Ex; te m ~ Vitl f ?>!,' r }/ ,* ^ ■^ 1 ' n 8 dorns v i or Provinces of an extraor-. 
 
 ' Extent, with each ns Metropolis, or Capital ; the reft are up the 
 
 Inland*. 
 
 Chinefes 
 contra# 
 their 
 fire 
 
 x y King- 
 doms in 
 China. 
 
105 
 
 the SPICE- ISLANDS. 
 
 Inland. 1 lie moll Part of it lies within temperate Climates, and receives 
 
 ferene Xflnt VUr 6 " iSS*** Tv?' 5“^* havin S a healthfu/, and 
 
 Jereiie plealaiu Air. Inis favourable Difpofition renders it fri fmi f».F r* 
 
 that it yearly yields two or three Crops. The great Induftry of the Tiller/ jir Polu 
 as a confideralle Addition to ks Fertility. The Number of them is infi- 1 } r 
 mte being a: People that daily multiply exceedingly, becaufe they are M 
 forhid going into Pcireign. Countries. Neither is any among fuch a nu- 
 merous Multitude of Men allow’d to lire idle Idlenefs is not only expo- », , 
 
 fedtopnvateGoutempt, and the Scoffs of Neighbours, but puniWby 
 publick Cuftome and. Law. Thus the Pcafonts leave not the leift Snot 
 Groundup. The Hills and deep Bottoms produce vLes^ mfe- 
 Trees , the Plains, Rice, Bailey , Wheat, and other common Grain. Tho‘ 
 they do not prefs the Grapes for the Wine, as we do. vet they keen them p a a 
 
 ThfVl 3 y d°* L he H ? rL) ^ all ‘ d C,,ia ' the f make 3 wholefome hot Ziquor Tea “ * 
 SS'EM* “ dot H%”“K and “ pr'fems them from Colds* 
 Head-Aches, Rheums in the Lyes, and makes them live long and healthy’ 
 
 Pa p, s of ‘heCountrywant Oliye-Trees, but they are not deflitute 
 wh , a.y iel d a Liquor to anoint them. There is a perpe- 
 tual Abundance of Paflure> bruits, Flowers, and al] the Produtfs of Gar- 
 dens. There are many Navigable Rivers, carrying Ships of great Bu - n . 
 den, and full of excellent Fift ; the Banks cover’d with Perpetual Greens * hm > 
 fpaaous Harbours, and a Trade in them of all Things neceffary for humane Ports > &c * 
 Life. The Fowl are of various colour'd Feathers, and pleafant and ncu- 
 nfhing to eat i great Numbers of large Deer ; vaft Lakes, Woods and 
 Mountains, and Mines of Gold, Silver, Iron, and other Metals; befides 
 Pearls and precious Stones. Its Purcelane, or Earthen Ware, is not to be 
 imitated in the World; and it affords rich Furs againfl th? Cold, SHks 
 
 Wool], Cotton, and Flax ; nor is there any End of its Su^ar Honev Am’ 
 
 ter, Vermilion, and Lake. Murk, whereof no ,ffi S~ 
 gret and Latin Authors, rs more plentiful in China than in ether 
 
 or Art affords, either for Sulienance, or Cloathing, except fome Perfume! MePnllt. 
 for their Cloaths, and Pepper out of India ; nor would tftere be any Place 
 for Foreign Trade, did not an mfatiable Avarice of Gold and Silver uredo 
 minate among the Cbtnefes. What they draw out of the Bowels of the 
 Mines, they conceal as carefully as- if it were Rill in them! and even 
 that they bring from remote Provinces, they heap up, and bury Their 
 publick and private Suutfures would make up a Narration of ex 
 mordinary Length. We are told of aoo Cities ohn extmrdinary RKe- . 
 iut , ud ?>. and many more of inferior Degree, befides Towns CaRle* 
 and Villages, containing above 3000 Families each, built of Britks made 
 of the fame Clay as our Purcelane, or China Ware, and thefe encomnaLM 
 
 wi^h TpT p W CXX } S ’ Sp ni ng e and Rivers * I" all thefe there are Towers 
 with ftately Pinnacles, Pleafure-Houfes, and Temples, tho‘ hideouflv 
 
 painted, yet cofily, with Variety of deform’d Images, through which the 
 Devils give their Antwers. But thefe are not in all Parts, for many of 
 them know no God, nor Religion. Life, they fay, was from Eternity 
 
 COQliBO IT i . 
 
ic6 
 
 The Vifcovery and Cpnquejl of 
 
 Barbarous 
 
 Opinion:, 
 
 Chaftity, 
 
 Cufioms , 
 and Man ~ 
 Tiers. 
 
 Govern - 
 went. 
 
 Tutan a 
 Viceroy, 
 
 Poncafio. 
 
 Ancafia. 
 
 Adtan. 
 
 Luitifio. 
 
 Manda- 
 
 lines. 
 
 common to, and alike in all living Creauu.es. That at firtt Men drank 
 humane Blood, and eat raw Meat. That afterwards the life ,of Reafon 
 provided for Neceflity, and Pleafure; inventing the Ways of drefling, and 
 feafoning Meat at the Fire, in Vefiels and other Uteniils. The fame, they 
 fay, happen l d in Regard to Man's Nakednefs. So that Man is indebted io 
 him felt a !one for what he enjoys, and therefore whofoever iay’d on him 
 the Burden of Religion, and the owning of a Caufe Superior to Nature, on- 
 ly aim’d at thedejedinghim, and exercifing a Tyranny over his Liberty. 
 With thefe impioUs Motions, and defiruftive Atbeifm, they cppdfe> their 
 Eternal Salvation, which our Arms, and our Preachers invite them to. 
 ITey only regard Generation • but not without Difiinftion. Lawful Ma- 
 trimony entitles Women to be Mifirefies of their Families. The Matrons 
 value themfelves upon being highly Chafh Concubines are kept in Houfes 
 apart. They do not want for Plays, and fuch Reprefentations 5 and they 
 delight in feeing their Traditions, whether true or fabulous, a<Sed on 
 the Stage. They ufe Entertainments, and have Tables and Chairs of Ebo- 
 ny, and other precious Materials 5 as alfo Shipping, Shows, Carts, Horfe- 
 Litters, and the Exercife of Arms, and Riding. 
 
 It were no difficult Matter to give an Account here of their private 
 Cuffoms and Manners, were they to our Purpofe. Something fhall be 
 Paid of the Publick and Political, for the better UnderRanding of fome 
 Things that happen'd in the Philippine Iilands, from whence the Recovery 
 of the Moluccos , in our Times, had its Beginning. They call their great 
 Men Loyties, from among whom the King chufes his Judges and Coun- 
 fellors. There is almoR an infiuite Number of inferiour MagiRrates, who 
 exercife the Regal Power and Authority, even in the moR inconfiderable 
 Cafes. Iuevery Town there are five, that have the greateR Power, and 
 thefe are Strangers in the Place, that they may be free from Partiality. 
 The Head of them alh is call’d Tutan , being the fame as aViceioyin 
 Europe. The next in Dignity is the Poncafio , who has Charge of the King’s 
 Taxes, and Royal Trealure, with a great Number of Clerks, and other 
 Officers , and he pays all Salaries and Penfions. Next follows the Ancafia 
 who is chief JuRice, in Criminal Cafes of Confequence. The Ait an has 
 the Infpeftion of all Martial Affairs, he mtifle ts the Armies, builds the 
 Ships, and his principal Duty is to obferve the Guards, that no Stranger 
 may paR into the Inland Country. The Luitifio is next to the Ait an in 
 Dignity, and is to be expert in War, in which he is employ’d by the 
 Ait am, I know there are other MagiRrates, and their Names and Digni- 
 ties, which I jmufl pafs over in Silence. All of them except the Luitifio , 
 keep great State. There are ten chofen Perfons of the Council, tho’ not 
 •equal in Authority. Five of them fit on the Right, the others on the 
 Left. The King* often thrufls in $mong the Judges and Parties in Dif- 
 guize, to pry into the Caufes, and their Decisions, and be certainly in- 
 form’d of both. When he thinks fit, he fometimes makes hi mfelf known ; 
 and the Moment lie difeovers himfeli, they 'all hand Mute, full of Re- 
 fpeft and ARonifhment, liRening to what he fhall command. Then he 
 commends or reproyes either Party, and rewards, or punilhes before he 
 departs the Coprt. HjY Mandarines % an<i Prime Mini llers. are fo highly 
 refpetfed, that no Man 'dares look them in the Face, and they always look 
 
 to 
 
107 
 
 the SPICE- I S L ANDS. 
 
 fo Stern, that it would be thought a great Diforder to Life the kaft of their 
 Gravity, tho‘ it were but with a ir.odeft Sinilp. This they obl'erve, when 
 they pals thro* the Streets, in ‘Sight of the People. The grcateft Hbliour 
 among them is to wear a Cymiter with a gold Pommel, and a yellow 
 Hat. 
 
 When the Prefident of the Council Dies, the eldeft Judge fuccecds him. ~ 
 
 Thefe go Circuits thro’ the Provinces, and reform Abufes, and all of them 
 wear the King’s Badge' on thferr Shoulders, and Breaks, being a Golden 
 Dragon wove in the Cloth. When they go thefe Progreffes, they fave, or 
 leffen the Charge by circumfcribing the State. When fir ft eleded, at their 
 taking Pofleffion of their Ports, they generally go out attended by Troops of 
 Horfe and Foot, with all Sorts of Mufick, and Splendour. Their Pomp 
 appears in the Hanging, and other Ornaments or the Streets and Houfes. 
 
 All the err pence of taw Suits, Courts, and other Perquifites is allow’d o:.£ 
 of the King’s Exchequer. The Mandarines are Governors, and Viceroys. 
 
 In China there are no Dukes, MaTqueffes, or Earls, nor do they own any 
 Dignity, but what is deriv’d from the King’s Authority. Though in the 
 Parts next to Scythia, or Tartary , fome People are Mahometans ; yet in all p ?• . 
 others they are either Idolaters, or look upon the Notion of a God as a ^ e : <S‘ on ~ 
 meer Jeft. They believe the Life and DeaWi of Men and Beafts are alike. 
 
 There is nothing they are more attentive to, than the obfiruding of any 
 foreign Religion, and this under the politick Pretence, that they are jealous 
 of Innovation. But above all they oppofe the true Religion, hating that they 
 know nothing of ; and are as much afraid of it, as if its Minifters went 
 arm’d to preach it, and with the Noife of Drums, and Trumpets, and regu- 
 lar Armies. They are frighted at a few bare-foot, and almoft naked Men 
 who profefs Poverty, and preach up Morality, and fupernatural Virtues 
 grounded on Humility and Peace. They have fuch an Averfion for them* 
 that were it proper to our Subjed, or were there not printed Relations 
 thereof already, we would recount feveral Inflances, to ihow their unreafon- 
 able Hatred. Hence may be inferr’d, how much more Need of the fpeciaf 
 Grace of Heaven thefe Nations ftand in, withthofein the Neighbourhood 
 which are expos’d to the I nfedion and Danger of their Obftinacy. The 
 Reader ought alfo to confider, that tho fometimes, the Avarice, and other 
 Crimes of our Commanders, and Soldiers interfere with the Preaching 
 of the Gofpel, yet their Offences do not Jeften the Iuftice of the Caufe. He 
 is alfo to refled, that, allowing his Majefty, for weighty Reafons of State 
 mould, as we have laid was propos’d, refolve to abandon thofe Parts of Afia y 
 as the Cbinefes did, and ciicumfcribe the Conppafs of his. Monarchy ; yet 
 the Caufe of Religion .fyoui'd not, permit it. Our Kings are its Minifters, 
 ana Sons of the Catholick Church, and any War made for the Propagation 
 of the Gofpel, is of the greateft Confequetrce, and highly gainful, tho’ it 
 be to acquire, or recover defert Provinces. Befides that the Philippine Ifl- 
 ands have fhown us how tradable their Natives are, and how much they 
 improve with the Example, and Society of the Spaniards, and how affedio- 
 nately they have imbrac’d the Faith, and aflift the Religious Men, who 
 diiate, and carry it over into China, Japan, C ami ox a, Mindanao, the Mo- 
 luccos, and other Illands, where Hill Idolatry continues, or the Friendlhip 
 with the Devils left them by their antient Makers, when they excluded 
 
 them 
 
io8 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquejl of 
 
 them their Dominions, or elfe the Mahometan Fictions, which they have* 
 iince imbrac‘d. J 
 
 This is the Principal End of keeping thofe Provinces ; and the Revenues 
 and Wealth which is confum’d upon them, and feveral others, are laid out 
 upon the Forces, and Preparations Spain makes lor the Pleaching and Se- 
 humours curity of tile Minifters ot the Church. Befides, that as Times have alter’d 
 tffChinefe r ^ e y ^ ave often in China chang’d their Opinion, and ihow’d they re- 
 Invafan* P ented their having diminilh’d their Empire, No Year palTes over with 
 out Threats of ChzneJ'e Armies ; of their Lifting Men ; of building Ships • 
 of their folemn confecrating, or dedicating them to their carv’d Godsfor 
 .to the Sun, Moon, and Stars, which are ador c d in Ibme Parts, begging Suc- 
 cefs in their vain Prayers againft the Spaniards , who are poftefs‘d of thofe 
 Countries they abandon c d, thro* their own Indifcretion. This fhort Ac- 
 count of the Chinefes , or Sanrlevs, is hereinfeited, for the better underftand- 
 ing of thofe Aftions we (hail foon treat of. They not only oppofe the 
 Truth; but tho’ they are wholly addicted to their Intereft, and Slaves to 
 Gain, and tho’ it be fo abfclutely requiiite for the attaining of thofe Ends 
 through their Induftry and Trade, to maintain Amity with their Neigh- 
 bours, yet there is nothing let’s to be reliy’d on than their Faith, of to 
 give it a more proper Name, tfceir Diffimulation. Happy thofe People, if 
 when China withdrew its Dominion, it had alfo with drawn the Errors 
 of its Worfbip. 
 
 The End of the Fourth Book 
 
HISTORY 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 Dis co very and Conruest 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Molucco and Philippine I {lands, &c. 
 
 BOO K. ’ V. 
 
 T HE Iflands Luzones , or Manilas, which are both of them ant/- 
 ent Names, having been difcover’d by Magellan ; after his 
 Death, and various Accidents befallen his Companions, Sebajlian 
 Cano return’d to Spain in that renowned Ship, calld the Victory, 
 as it were to exprefs her Voyage, which is net fo likely as true, 
 Sebajlian Cano , was born in the Town of Guetaria , on the Pytenean Moun- 
 tains, as we are told by Maff&us , in his Latin Hiftory, where he extols 
 Cano's mighty Refolution, and skill in the Art of Navigation. He tells us 
 with what Refpeft and Admiration all Men look c d on him, as the firfi that 
 went round this Globe, which is the Habitation of Mortals, And in Truth 
 what value {hall we henceforward put upon the Fabulous Argonauts , Tiphys, 
 Jafon , and all other Sailers, fo much celebrated by the Greek Eloquence, 
 or Vanity, if compared with our Cano * He was the firft Witnefs of the 
 Communication of the two Seas, to whom Nature difclos'd what Ihe had 
 till then referv'd for his Difcovery, fuffering herfelf to be entirely lay‘d 
 open, as a Beginning of fuch BoldEnterprizes of that Law which ferves, 
 and renders us Immortal. 
 
 Magellan being dead, the Iflands Lufones , which ought to have inherited 
 his >.ame for being his Place of Burial, as the Streight did for his difeo- 
 vering and pafling it, in the year 1565, chang'd theirs for that of Philip- 
 pines, tho< thofe of that Eaflern Archipelago bear the fame. The Adelan* 
 tado , or Lord Lieutenant Michael de Legafpe , fent from New-Spain y by the 
 Viceroy Don Lewii de Velafco , with a Spanijb Fleet arriv‘d at thefe Iflands. 
 He firfl conquered that of Zebu, and its Neighbours, where he fpent fix 
 Years. Thefe Iflands, as there are feveral Names given to divers of thofe 
 Parts, are call'd Pintados, becaufe then the Indians went naked, and their 
 Bodies wrought and painted of feveral Colours* He left aGarrifon there, 
 
 d and 
 
 Sebaflian 
 Cano the 
 fiyft that 
 faiPd 
 round tie 
 World. 
 
 IJlands Lu- 
 fones call'd 
 Philip, 
 pines.- 
 
 Legafpe 
 the firfi 
 Conqueror 
 
IIO 
 
 The Difcovery and Conqueji of 
 
 Luzon and went over to poffefs hi tide If of Luzon , 150 Leagues from Zebu * He 
 JJhndfub - fought the Barbarians, who after the fir'll Surprize, caus’d by our Arms, 
 tiud % Ships, and Countenances, differing Fr6m theirs, was over, were encourag’d 
 by that very Novelty. I egaffe ran into a Bay, four Leagues Ovet at the 
 Mouth, where is an Ifiand now call’d Marivelez . The Bay runs thirty 
 Leagues up to the City Manila, and is eight Leagues over, lying North - 
 Well, and South-Eaft. The Inhabitants of this City oppos’d him with 
 more Bravery than the Pintados . ; becaufe they had Cannon, and a Fort 
 but as foon as they faw that taken by the Spaniards, they fubmitted. This 
 was done fo expeditioufly that the Country had not time to come in • and 
 thus he enter’d Manila, a Place ftrong by Nature* At a Point <Df ;it, which 
 is Ihut in by the Waters of the' Bay, a cbnficterableRiver empties it fell, 
 which rifes in the Great Lake call’d Vay, five Leagues Difiant. This Point 
 which at firft is narrow and iharp, prcfently widens, becaufe the Sea-coaft 
 Manila run § awa y to the South South -Eaft* and the River Well, leaving a moft 
 
 City* fpacious Spot for the City , which is all encompafs’d with Water, except 
 
 that part which lyes to the South-Weft; Legafpe then built it of Wood 
 whereof there is great plenty in thofe prts. The Rooft he cover’d, or 
 Thatch’d with the Leases of Nipa, which is Jike our Sedge, or Sword- 
 Grafs, and a fufficiegt Fence agairrfl the Rains ; but a Combuftible Mat- 
 ter, and the occafion or Great Conflagrations, which have often hapned. 
 
 Luzon is more Populous than any of the other Iilands, which in Ho- 
 nour of King Philip the Second, were call’d Philippines, and which fome 
 affirm are in Number 11000. The Compafs of Luzon is 3 ?o Leagues. It 
 runs without the Bay 100 Leagues to the Northward, as far as *New Se- 
 govia ; and from where this Province commences, which is at Cape Boja- 
 dor, and 70 Leagues from it, turns to the Eaflward, to the Promontory 
 del Enganno \ from thence along the Coafl to the South, 80 Leagues • 
 then turning again to that they call Embocadero , or the Mouth, being the 
 Streight again!! the Ifiand Tandaya, 40 Leagues, and this is 80 from the 
 Bay. So that it bears the fhape ot a Square, and in it feveral Bays and 
 few good Harbours. It lyes in 160 Degrees Longitude, reckoned from the 
 Canaries , the Southermoft Part in 14 Degrees of North Latitude, and 
 ,ihe Northermofl in 19. On that Side of it lyes China-, feparated from it 
 by the Sea 60 Leagues over •, and the Iilands of Japan, 250 Leagues di- 
 tfant. On the Eaft is the Vaft Ocean $ on the South is the greatefi cf 
 all the Archipelagos , divided into five, and thofe again rent into fo many 
 Hands, Kingdoms, and Provinces, as if Nature had refolv’d that Man 
 ihould never determine their Number., The moft known are the two Ja - 
 toi, our Moluccos, Borneo, and New Guinea . On the Weft of Luzon, at 
 3 00 Leagues, and greater Di fiances, ly t Malaca, Siam, Pat an, Camboxa. 
 Cochin-china * and feveral other Provinces on the Continent of Apia* The 
 Chinefes forfook their Habitations in our Philippine Hands, but not the 
 Trade. Neither did the Worfhip they had introduc’d ceafe, nor their Fer- 
 ProduJ, The ? P^duce plenty of Corn, and other neceffary Grain ; Deer, 
 
 and Trade. £ ows > Buffaloes, Goats, and Wild Boars 5 Fruit, and Sweets : and ifany 
 be wanting the Chincheo Chine fes bring it, as they do Porcelane,and Silks. 
 The Wine they ufe, and always drank, is drawn from the Palm, or rather 
 ^■oco > rees, cutting off the Cluflersof the Fruit they produce, when Greer?* 
 
 and 
 
 Luzon 
 Ifiand de- 
 scrib'd* 
 

 
 the SPICE-ISLANDS. m 
 
 and'taking off the Nipples of them, they gather the Water that runs from 
 them, and Boil it in Jars, till it becomes fo fhong, that it makes Men 
 drunk, in the fame manner as the ftrong SftSfanijk Wine. Of its Natural 
 Growth, the ldandhas Oranges, Lemmons, and mod delicious Citrons ; 
 of Spanijb Fruit, Figs, and Pears. There are Numerous Breeds off Spar- Rfcdsw 
 row-Hawks, Binds like fmall Herons, and Eagles, befides lundry Sorts of 
 Parrots, and other large and fmall Fowl. In the Rivers and Lakes there 
 are many Munftrous Crocodile, or Alligators* Theft eafily kill the Ihdr- jm p . atcYt 
 am % and efpecially Boys, who happen un&dvifed iy to come where they ^ 
 are, and the Cattle that goes into the Water to drink. It often happens, 
 they lay hold of their Snouts, or Nofes, and draw them u rider Water, 
 where they are drown’d, without being able to defend' themfelves ; then 
 they drag the Carcafsto the Shore, and devour it* An Alligator being kill’d 
 ^ whole Buffaloes Head has been found feme times in the Belly, and yet in 
 that Country they are as big as the largeft Ox in Spain. The Alligators 
 lay Eggs as the Tortoifts do, about the bignefs of Goofe-Eggs, and & 
 hard ti at they will fcarce break, tho* ftruck againft a Stone with bain 
 Force. They are Hatch’d by burying in the Sand, near the edge of the Wa- 
 ter; the moifiure whereof, with thef Heat of the Sun form s the young 
 Ones. There are fome Indians fo brave, that as fierce as thefe Creatures How the 
 are, they kill them with their Hands. They arm the left up to the Arm Indians 
 with a Glove of Buffalo’s Hide. They hold in it a Stick, or fmall Stakef, fight the 
 fome what above a Foot long, and as thick as a Man’s Wriff, and fharp- Alli&cttQvi* 
 red at both Ends, with which they go into the Water up to the Waffe;: 
 
 The Crocodile makes up to the gaping to fWallow him, and lie 
 holding out his Arm that is arm’d, and the Hand with the Srake in it. 
 for the Monfier to bite at, claps it acrofs his Mouth, fo that he cannot 
 lhut it, or make ufe of his Teeth to hurt him. The Alligator feeling the 
 hurt of the fharp pointed Stick, is fo difmayed that he neither makes re- 
 fi fiance, nor offends, nor dares fo much as move, becaufe the leaf! ftrug- 
 jing gauls him. Then the Indian holding fafi the Stake, with a Ponyard 
 he has in his other Hand, Wounds the Creature fo often about the Gills, 
 till it bleeds to Death. Then he drags it afiiofe with Ropes andNoozes, 
 many Indians joyning to draw, and there is need of many, confideriftg the # 
 
 Bulk of thofe Crocodiles. They are fhap’d like Lizards, but arm’d with 
 fuch firong Shells, that a Musket- fbot makes little Impreffion on them, 
 and they are fcarce to be hurt, but only about the Gills, and under their 
 fhort Legs, where Nature has plac’d a fort of fweet Odour, which the 
 Indians make their Advantage of. Thefe Ifiands, befides the Cartel, pro- 
 duce all that is found in Africk , as Tygers*, Lions, Bears, Foxes, Mon- $ ca n. 
 keys, Apes, Squirrels, and fome of them Abundance of Civet-Cats, which ^ # 
 are much Hunted, in order to be fent into feveral Countries, with other 
 Commodities of China - ; GallicoeSi Silks, Pofeelane, Iron, Copper, Steel, CommodU 
 QiUCkfij)ver, and Yearly Tranfported from thofe Countries. ' 
 
 The Religion and Government is now the fame as in Spain ; brit in thofe 
 which are not yet fubduM, they follow an Extravagant Idolatry ; belie- 
 ving the Soul Immortal, but wandering from one Body to another, accord- 
 ing to that ridiculous Tranftnigration invented or publjfi/d b Tlfihagm'dt* ■ ] 
 
 Tbiey tifllKh addiified to and forwarded in it by ^tne Cormhe fee • - 
 
 q i with 
 
1 1 2 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquefi of 
 
 Ronquil- 
 Io’j Prepa- 
 rat ions for 
 the Mo- 
 luccas. 
 
 The Forces 
 fent wider 
 Sarmien- 
 to. 
 
 ^Paul de 
 
 Lima rich 
 in the 
 'Moiuccos. 
 
 Don John 
 Ronquillo 
 jo) rdd 
 with Sar- 
 miento. 
 
 Spaniards 
 arrive at 
 and take 
 Moutil. 
 
 with China. The Philippine People are braver than their Neighbours * the 
 Spaniards and their Breed do not degenerate from their Original. 5 
 An Army wa<? now forming of all thefe Sorts of People, by Order of 
 the King to attempt recovering the Forts of the Moluccos. Don Ronquillo 
 de Pe mia l of a was then Governor there;, and tho’ he had receiv’d r ome In- 
 telligence brought him thence by Spies and Traders, yet not fatisfy’d with 
 it, he fent thither another Soldier. He difguifed himfelf, and being like 
 the Natives m Countenance, and fpeaking their Language to Perfection 
 got to Tydore. He found our People very eamefUo forward that Enterpriz/ 
 and that King ready to iupport it with all. his Power. Thence he pafs’d 
 °r e i r ^Ternate, among Merchants, where he view’d the Forts, the Shoals 
 ot the Harbours ; obferv’d their Correfpondence with the Evglijh , and took 
 notice how they Landed, and Traded in all Safety, or rather with Autho- 
 rity. Nor was he unacquainted with the Numbers of conceal’d Chrifli- 
 ans, who would take up Arms when a feafonable Opportunity was offer’d" 
 or any other Particular, which belong’d to a Judicious Spy to enquire in/ 
 to. Hereupon Ronquillo gather’d about 300 Spaniards , and above lyoo Na- 
 tives of the Philippines , with Ammunition, .Pro vifions, and Seamen and 
 at the proper Seaton fent them for the Moluccos in three Great Ship/ and 
 a conliderable Number of Small Ones. Peter Sarmiento , a brave and expe- 
 rienc d Officer, Rill living in thofe IRand*, when this was writ, went as 
 General. He had Courage, and Force to deRroy any of the Enemies that 
 th n frequented thofe Seas. His MajeRy had fome time before beRow’d 
 of “ were Conquer’d, on Paul de Lima : and 
 
 allow d his Brother Francis de Lima to make two Voyages to the AIoluccos 
 m Lonfideration of their Services, and thofe of Henry their Father. Par} 
 was Marry l d to a ChnRiau, and devout Lady, tho< a Kinfwoman to the 
 King oi Ternate, who was not lb. For this Reafon, and becaufe he had 
 Oeeii pofiefsd in Termite, of the ancient Inheritance of the Villages of 
 Ouita, Mofaquia, Mofaguita , Pavate, Pelveri , Sanfuma, Takane s May - 
 Soma and in tlie Wand of Machian of Sabete, Talapao , Talatoa 
 Mofahonam Dialog a 9 Tag ojw, Bob aba, and Mo lap a ; and in Regard 
 the King of Ternate, had expell'd him moR of them, as alfo of Bitua m 
 Jydore, anu feveral other Places, he went over to Manila. , as a Banifh'd 
 Ma .n, he confers with the Governour, about the means of facili- 
 
 tating the Conquefi, juft before it was put in Execution. His Advice was 
 or ule, and he gave it, as one fo nearly concern'd ; for befides the Inherit 
 tance the Kin g of Ternate wrongfully with- held from him, he hop'd to 
 recover the Illand of Moutil, which belong'd to his Forefathers, P The 
 Enterpnze was farther Authoriz'd by the Prefence of Don John RonquiUo 
 die Governor's Nephew, who had equal Power with Sarmiento , both by 
 
 ria r d ; If thlil £ was wanting, they thought the Defect would 
 eafily be fupplyM by the Valour of the Soldiers, the Celerity of the Paf- 
 fage, and the Enemies Surprize ; but the divided Command was an ObRa- 
 cle to the jr Hopes. 
 
 The Weather prov’d not very crofs, yet neither was it fo favourable 
 as that they could come dire&ly to anchor at Ternate , as would have been 
 lriofl convenient to deceive the Watchfulnefs of the Enemy. They ar- 
 riv’d at Moutil, and fought a Parcel of Janguas in Sight of Land 5 which 
 
the SPICE- IS LANDS. 
 
 113 
 
 were taken, and the Chriflians in them let at Liberty. Paul de Lima be.- 
 ing well acquainted with the Bays, and there being no fufficient Fojcein 
 the Ifiand to.withfland a Fleet, it eafily fubmitted, when attack’d in feve- 
 ral Parts. The Natives came out with Palm, Citron, and Clove-Tree 
 Branches, in Token of Peace, and to beg Pardon. Both were granted, and 
 Faulde Lima appointed their Lord* tho’ his New Dominion turned to lit- 
 tle Account, for within a few Days, all the People flipp’d away, either 
 becaufe they, thought themfelves fafer at Ternate, or to meet, the Enemy, 
 who of Neeeflity mult carry the War over into that If land, as it happen’d. 
 
 Here Sarmient^ refitted theShips, and being over- joy’d with this Succefs, Sarmiento 
 obtain’d without the Lofspf one Man, arrived ztTalavgame, patting amidfl inTernate- 
 tlie Enemies Carcoas, which they had fitted out in a Hurry. The King 
 expe&ed him long before in the Fort, well furnifh’d with our Cannon, 
 particularly the Baftion they had enlarg’d, and call’d Cachil Tulo , From 
 the King's Uncle, who made it, and thefe Preparations Teem’d to threaten 
 any DiTafler. Our Men landed on. that Side, and were oppos’d by the 
 Ternates ; but Night put an End to the Fight, and both Parties retiring 
 to their Faftneffes, our Gannon was landed, and planted in the Place, and 
 after fuch Manner as Paul de Lima dire&ed, and ever fince he commanded 
 it in the Fort of Tydorc. The King of this Ifiand was willing to joyn our 
 Camp, as had appear c d by fome of his A&ions, and his Promifes to the &vgof 
 Enfign Duennas ; but he miftrufied die Fortune of the Spaniards , as if he * y d . ore 
 had not had fufficient Experience of it. The Opportunity and Fidelity now dubiew. 
 invited him, and yet he forbore ; his Doubtfulnefs is thought to have been 
 prejudicial to the Succefs; Sarmicnto having planted his Camion, in- 
 trench'd himfelf, apd taking Tome Prifdners, of whom he learn’d what 
 Provifions and Amunition the Befieged had, began to. prefs on, and batter 
 them furioufiy ; yet they were not difcourag ( d, but anfwer’d boldly. It 
 was found convenient to poflfefs the upper Grounds, which over-looking 
 the Place, tho’ they have been fince. levell’d, our Men much incommoded 
 the Enemy, and had they continu’d it, that would have put an End to Fort of 
 the War. Howeverthere wasfo much Sicknefs in the Camp, that no Re- Ternate 
 medy was found againfl it, but going off To to Tave themfelves fora more batter'd* 
 favourable Seafon. The Succours which came as Duties from Tyddre , were 
 very inconfiderable * the Allies were cold, and ail Things weak; what 
 other Caufes there were Heaven knows. It is likely there were fome of The Siege 
 more Moment, for in fhort the Army broke up, and reimbark’d for Mani- raffed. 
 
 Ifly without doing any thing but adding to the Enemies Refolution. 
 
 At that Time, only the Englijh Nation difiurb l d the Spanijb Sovereign- 
 ty in thofe Eaflern Parts j for this Reafon, King Philip was defirous, not 
 only for theprefent to curb them by Force of Arms, but to make rhem 
 an Example to all other Nations, that they might not Tpread themfelves 
 abroad to attempt fuch Invafions, as we are Eys-Witneffes to. This Work ~ f 
 was undertaken in the Year 1588, but firit happen’d what, we are now to f °f 
 relate. Queen Elizabeth of Engl and, after a tedious Imprifonment, be- J air * 7 * 
 headed Mary St u art, Queen of Scotland , for forne Politick Rea Tons, or 
 Fjftions. The then King ot Scotland, and fince of England alfo, Son to 
 the Martyr, arm’d his People, ftrengthen’d his Garrifons, and invaded the 
 Dominions of the Enemy, who had caus’d him to be Motherlefs; and 
 
 mot? 
 
The Difiovery and Conqueji of' 
 
 more particularly the Marches about the River Tweed, and thofe of- Audit- 
 dale, water’d by the River Solway. The Queen call’d Home the Earl of 
 -LeUefter, who was in Holland, appointed him General, and War broke out 
 in all thofe Northern Provinces, with apprehenfions of greater to enfue 
 giieent- 'After many Events, which do not belong to this Place, Queen Elizabeth 
 hzabetn s il reR gthned her Alliance with the Dutch, encouraging thofe Provinces to 
 i. radices. perfift in their Difobedience to the Church, and to King Philip, and advi- 
 ling them, fince the King had forbid them trading in all the .Reft of his 
 Dominions, to goover.into India, there to raife Commotions, and rob him 
 of the Spice. The more fafeiy to compafs her Defigns, ihe fupported tire 
 , Flemmings Obftinacy, flattering herfelf with the Hopes of a new Monar- 
 chy, ftir. the. inquiring whereof, fine propos‘d to make ufe of the Wealth 
 .yearly brought from the North and South Seas, for Spain, the Robbing of 
 vvl ich had already made an Additionto her Power ; as alio of. the Fafto- 
 ires ereftedfor Trade in the Moluccas, Banda, Sumatra, Ceylon, and the two 
 Java : ; where fhe kept Camions, in order reconvert the Friendftm into 
 Sovereignty'. . * 
 
 v . „ p, • King Philip, whofe great Soul ever entertain’d both Forbearance, and 
 a tag tin Coutifel, refolv’d to cut off the Heads of this Hydra at the Neck they all 
 rcr/'"f f P rUD & frora * He gather’d, for the Conqueft of England, the mightieft 
 
 ry fleet. Fleet that has been feen on the Ocean in our Days. Twenty Thoufand 
 
 fighting Men were put aboard tall Ships, befides 9000 Sailors, with 1770 
 Pieces of Cannon, Abundance of Ammunition, and Pikes and Fire-Arms 
 for the Catholicks, who it was hop’d, as foon as they faw the Spanifb 
 . , . Colours, would joyn our Army. Don Alottfo Perez de Guzman, Duke of 
 nn'mfr Sidhnia commanded.in Chief, and wasto joyn the Prince of Parma 
 
 thenGovernour of Flanders, who had Com million to raife another Army 
 s • of 30000 Horie and Foot, with the Neceflary Proviso ns and Ammuniti- 
 on, which he was to tranfport at a fit Seafon to that Point of England 
 where the Thames falls into the Sea, to march thence to London, ant! 
 there Arm the Catholicks. But it was fir ft requifite to beat the Englijh at 
 Sea, where they were then powerful, and well acquainted with the proper 
 Times to fail and keep at Home. At the leaft they were to be terrify’d 
 that they might not dare to obftruft the Paffaee of the Troops, the Prince 
 of Parma had in readinefs at Dunkirk and Newport, or hinder their em- 
 barking, when the Spanifo Fleet fhould come thither to waft them oyer, 
 this Fleet fail’d from Lisbon on the 19th of May, 1588, and as foon as out 
 fufrer d much by the Weather, fo that three Gallies were call away on 
 They Puffer th ? Coaft of Bayonne. Abundance of the Powder blew up$ and the Geno 
 hv Storms. rai w ’asobbg.d to return to Corunna, to refit; whence he could not get 
 J out nil the id of July. 0 
 
 Arrive at Being come into 48 Degrees of Latitude, he fent away Don Lewis dc 
 /if Lizard. Guzman to give Advice to the Prince of Parma, and on the laft of the fame 
 Month arriv’d bimfe'f at the Lizard, in Cornwall, where he lay by. and 
 was certainly inform’d, that all the Enemy’s Ships, being fifty in number 
 lay m Plymouth. The Englijh Admiral at Break of Day difeover’d ours* 
 -Spanifli and tho‘ he warned neither Strength, nor Experience in Sea Affairs, he re * 
 Ship taker.* lolved to draw offand avoid ingag ing, but his Ships behig lighter incom- 
 mudtd U? in the Rear. In tire Catholick Fleet, a great Shqrof Gnipttfetra 
 
 bie w 
 
the SPICE-ISL AN DS. 
 
 blew up, ana another of Andaluzia fpefithet Main-Maft,in WhichDiftrefs, 
 two Englifi Ship? attacking her, and thofe afterwards fecohded by others, 
 in one of which Sir Fraud: Drake was, they took her. There Don Pedro 
 de Valdes, a Spanifh Commander of known Valour, and then Lieutenant 
 General, was made Prifoner, with whom they fent to • Plymouth a great 
 Quantity of Crown Pieces, and fifty Great Guns. About 410 Spaniards 
 were kill'd, and taken. On the id and 4 th of Avgnfi, the Lord Howard, and 
 Drake joyrfd their Squadrons, fome write they had an hundred Sail, all 
 well Mantl'd, and light, with which they infefted ours, which were heavy 
 and encumber'd, particularly the Portvguefe Galleon, call'd the S. Join be- 
 ing the greateft in the Fleet, and in it were John Martinez de Re c aide' the 
 Count de Par edes, the Marques de IaFavara,an& other Commanders of hi ote. 
 
 However they got to the Ifle of Wight, whence the Duke fent away two 
 Meflengers to the Prince of Parma, who was then at Brufels, defiring he 
 would furnilh him with Powder and Ball, for the Defence of the Fleet, and 
 imbark what Troops he had ready. But he, either prevented by invincible 
 Obftacles, or for other Reafons, which have left that Princes Reputation Difap- 
 expos'd to Cenfures, mov'd fo flowly, that what had been fo maturely con- pointment 
 certed took no Effeft. The Enemy boafling, that the Sea and Winds had of the Flee? 
 rought againft us, in Vindication, as they faid of their Caufe, made pub- 
 lick Rsjoycings, firing their Cannon; and foon after the Queen put forth a 
 Proclamation to the fame Effeft, againft which a certain Englifi Religious 
 Man writ learnedly, by the Name of Andrew Pbilopator. 
 
 The Dutch who were in Confederacy with Queen Elizabeth, feeing this 
 Succefs, were encourag'd to afpire to greater Matters, renouncing thefr Re- T r n u 
 hgion, and their Sovereign, attempting to ufurp the Treafures of the Eaft ^ • Uutcl * 
 Mines, Spice, Drugs, and Silks, as appears by their bold Voyages, wherein a H !re ' 
 they have endeavour'd to follow the frefh Examples of the Englifi, and the 
 ancient fet them by Columbus, Albuquerque, Magellan, Gama, and Cortes 
 as we fhal! lee hereafter. But, both they and the Englifi), if they try the’ 
 
 Juft ice of their Caufe by the Succefs of that Fleet, mull be oblig'd to pre- 
 fer the Caufe of the Gentiles, when God for his Secret Judgments permit- 
 ted his own chofen People to be over-thrown. Deftruclion is more glori- 
 ous than Profperity; and a religious Soul will rather chufetobe caft down 
 than Victorious, if an angry God is to give it the Victory. 
 
 After this Santiago de Vera govern’d the Philippine Illands, and by fpe- 1 +1 
 cial Order, arm’d againft Ternate , where the Englifi from that Time tra- plj* 
 ded with all pofliblc Security. All Nations had fettled Factories except f « 
 the Javanefes and Lafcarines. Above 2500 Mahometans from Mecca preach’d X pu; 
 their Abominations. They fear’d nothing from Portugal, all their Ap- 
 prehenfion was from the Spaniards, who were newly kigag’d to feek Re- 
 venge. The King of Ternate well knew that Sarmiento and Ronquiilo 
 would have taken it, had not Difeales prevented them. When the News 
 of frelh Preparations came to Tydore , it was carty’d over by Spies to Ter- 
 7M/e. That King prefently call’d together his Subjefts, efpecially the 
 Manders of Maehian and Homer, who came in 40 Carcoas, becaufe their 
 Illands were very populous. The Number had been greater, but that the King of 
 King would not fuffer more to be fitted out than he demanded, for he could Ternate 
 net conceal his Fear that they would rebel, thofe Parts being full of Chri- prepares,. 
 
 ftians, 
 
l l6 The Difcpvery and Conquejl of 
 
 -i 
 
 ftians, and the Taxes he laid on the People intolerable. Santiago de Vera 
 
 appointed John Morones General, who wanted not for Conduct, nor his Men 
 for. Valour, nor the fleet for Cannon and Ammunition. But whether Na- 
 tural Ambition, or any other Accident was the Occafion of ir, there were 
 fuch Divifions among them, that they had fufficient Grounds to miftruft 
 the Event, before they left Manila . They fet fail with fair Weather, and 
 pafs’d the greateft Dangers of the Sea, and when they thought themfelves 
 fafeft, all the Elements Teem’d to confpire againll the Fleet. They loll the 
 Light, and their Reckning, the Veftels were fhatter’d, and the greateft of 
 
 Spanilh them funk, and all the Men loft. This was the Galleon «v. Hellen , which 
 Fleer lofes carry’d theGuns to batter the Fort, and many other Neceftaries and Stores. 
 a great For all this, they infilled upon proceeding, and the King of Bacbian afiifted 
 
 Galleon, them with what Forceshe had rais’d, under Colour of clearing the Sea of 
 
 fome Enemies ; and being a Chriftian baptiz'd, lamented his departing from 
 our holy Faith, on Account of Perfecution, and promis’d the Reftitution of 
 his Soul. ... 
 
 refyfes the can do without receiving any Damage, Therefore the two Kings, and Paul 
 bejl Advice & Lima, advis'd to fall on in feveral Places. Ferdinand Boto Machado, Cap- 
 
 • r /"> _ 1 1 _ _ a inmn • Imi. f nA fj /a a I f 1 1 Ilia i\/v 
 
 tain of a Galleon, was of the fame Opinion; but the General fufpefting 
 the former, on Account of his Affinity, and the latter for the Friendfhip he 
 had lately contracted with the King of Tydore , whom he was not well 
 latisfy ’d with, would not follow their Advice ; alledging, That it was not 
 
 had done. He laid Siege to the Fort, but the Befieged being acquainted 
 Be fie res with the Condition of our Troops, oppos’d all their Afiaults courageoufly, 
 
 J oh tY \f> infi or n infant- Rarrpripc. Hnwpvpr nnr Mpii 
 
 whom the Storms had depriv’d of Neceftaries for that Work, vented their 
 Spleen upon the Javanefe. Thefe valu’d themfelves upon fallying out to 
 Skirmifh, being diftinguiftable by their Arms, and manner of drawing up # 
 The Spaniards handled them fo roughly, that they did little more during the 
 War. Some Months were fpent in 'Fruitlefs Attempts, and if they had at- 
 tack‘d the Country, but a Culverine-Shot fhort ot the Fort, at the Bay of 
 Limathao , and march’d thence to attack the Fort behind, as the 
 moft underftanding defir’d, it had been of good Confequence. But the Ge- 
 neral Morones, putting all upon Experience without Forecaft, was fatisfy’d 
 with fronting next the Sea, doing much Harm, which was caus’d by that 
 firft, and obftinate manner of attacking ; and that gave Way for Succours 
 to go into the Natives, at other landing Places, tho’ thirty Men at a fmall 
 Diftance might have prevented it. This both the Kings maintain’d, *whofe 
 Valour, which ought to be commended even in Enemies, if our General 
 had .pleas’d, might have given Succefs to this Undertaking. Befides that ex- 
 perience has fhown that fifty Spaniards have done as much upon Occafion, 
 as whole Roman Legions well arm’d and difciplin^d. 
 
 - Morones now perceiving that neither his Arms, nor his Prcpofals had 
 { r J J°™ £ any effeCl upon the Rebels, he refolv’d to pafs over fome of his Men againft 
 IV, the other Fort, which, tho’ feated on a Ground of difficult Accefs, leem’d 
 other tort. tQ ^ pregnable, becaufe built in Tiafte, a League from the former on a fteep 
 
 convenient, by dividing the Forces, to weaken them more than the Storm 
 
the SPICE -ISLANDS. 
 
 Hill.. On the Land Side of it is the Mountain, and on the Back a Lake, 
 and is of no life, becaufe it does not defend the City, which is open, and js favanefe 
 only icgarded for being near the old Fort. Our Men went on chearfully, Ships burnt 
 and the Defendants receiv'd them as well firing their Cannon, which gave 
 a Check to the Spauijb Fury. Thofe in the other Fort, tho' they made 
 little ufe of Fire-Arms, being compeli'd by Neceflity, ventured to faliy out 
 to the Shore. To draw them to this Refolution, iome of our Men on a 
 fudden fet Fire to the $wtks } in which a great N amber of Javanefe Indi- 
 um had come thither. The Veflels, which were old blaz’d tip, without any 
 Obftru&ion from thole Who guarded them, but tliey referr’d the Remedy to 
 their Weapons. They were in all about 5000 fighting Men, ioooof them 
 had Muskets, whereof zoo were expert at them ; the reft neither Pikes, nor 
 Lances, nor any other Jong fort of Anns, but only thofe they call Tor anas , 
 about a Fathom in Length, like Darts, and lome like Arrows, which 
 they call by main Strength, with Canes and Strings, wherewith they un- 
 expeAedly wound unarmed Men in Fight; becaufe they fly not out of a 
 Row, but are thrown flrait forward, or over their Heads. Others had on- 
 ly their Campilanes y or Cymiters, and Shields. Many of them fought thn 
 mere obflinately, confiding in their Coats of Mail, and Head-Pieces, 
 bought of the Portuguefss ; but as foon as they closed with our Meiythey 
 broke their Order, and loft Courage. This Accident proved a very great 
 ©bftacle, becaufe it diverted our Men from their double Defign of pieffing 
 both Forts -at the fame Time, fo that the very Commanders were furc'dvro 
 in gage. M or ones knew howto behave himfelf upon all Occafioa% and the Bloody 
 Spaniards made fuch a Slaughter, that alrnbft ail the Jxuatfafai lay upon Viftory 
 the Spot. Thofe in the Forts had not the Courage to fall in upon the Rear, gain'd by 
 rho' they pour'd a Volley upon the Forces of Tydors and Bachtan, but with *be Spanb» 
 little Harm. ThisVi&ory was not gain’d without Effufion of Blood, yet ards. 
 they took Heart to hope for one more compleat, at the Arrival of the Ga- 
 llon fromlW/ar, and believ'd that Addition of Strength would make amends 
 for what they loft in the Storm. 
 
 The Galeon arriv'd at Tydore, better provided to carry 011 the Trade, The Siege 
 than the War. For this Reafon, and becaufe many of our Men wereSick, or r ais'd* 
 Wounded, Moromes was oblig'd to raife the Siege, and difmift thofe Rings, 
 ro whom he afterwards fent Prefents of Spavijb Commodities, feme Horfes 
 and Silks. It was fince known that tho* the Ternates will endure much 
 Hard (hip, they were then fo near prefs'd, that Hunger muft have fubdu'd 
 them, could our Men have ftay'd a little longer. They embark'd in Sight 
 of the Enemy , who prefently appear'd in the Field rejoycing, with Mufick, 
 and wher Tokens of Vi&ory. The Afiatick Traders reforted to their Ports, 
 and others from Europe y bm particularly their new Friends the Englijb y with 
 whom they; communicated the joy of their Succefs. 
 
 They never ; teade agood ufe of Peace and Quietnefs at Ternate^s foon as Notable 
 that was now reftor ( d, the Ring was again at Variance with his Unkles; Prattkes* 
 which Fortune fo improv'd as to furnifh an Opportunity that might have 
 been advantageous to our Defig ns, had not fhe thwarted it. Cachil Maudra- 
 m was the nobleft of Sultan Aeries Sons, as born of the Queen .hey call 
 Putrhy wbridh is the Chitf; His Father would have had him fucceed in 
 the Thtone r bdt was difgufted at a Boldnefe which does not ufe -to be mif- 
 
 R lik’d 
 
1 1.8 
 
 The Difcoverji and Conquejl of 
 
 lik‘d among Politicians. Cachil Mandraxa was defperately in love with 
 Filola , his Niece, Daughter to the King his Brother ; and that Princes did 
 not refufe her Unkles Courtfhip. The Father one Day found them talk- 
 ing together, in the Apartment referv’d only for himfelf \ and tho c he was 
 fatisfied their Converfation was within the Bounds of Decency, took fuch 
 an Averfion, that he deprived him of the Succeflion. The illegitimate Ne- 
 Subtilty of phew Reign‘d, againft the Will of all the Unkles, who were near confpi- 
 t he King of ring to kill him ^ but the fubtleKing knew how to difappoint their Defigns, 
 Ternate. and fecure himfelf without difcovering the Contrivance. He calFd Cachil 
 Mandraxa to him, and repeating all pah Diftates,told him, how defirous he 
 was to remove all manner of Jealouhes by a perfect Reconciliation, which 
 he thought might be done by means of the Princefs Filola , and fince there 
 was fuch a good Correfpondence between then), all the Reft would be eafie. 
 However before he gave her to him to Wife, he muft reflett that fhe was 
 promis'd to the King of Tydoye , to whom he was not willing to adminifter 
 frefh Caufes of War, or to be the Occaficn of interrupting that fhort Tran- 
 quility they enjoy’d* That fince all they difcours'd there would remain in 
 their Breafts, he would have him to take his Advice. Mandraxa was be- 
 fide himfelf, with that unexpected Satisfaction, and yet had he been truly 
 Mafter of himfelf, he might eafily have feen thro’ the Fraud of that plea- 
 
 His crafty ft ng Change in his Condition, wherein he found the King fo much his 
 
 Words* Friend, who but juft before had been his Enemy. He thank’d him for the 
 
 Favour, and putting his whole Dependance on the Words of his Mouth, 
 defir’dhe would give him the Advice he fpoke of. The King anfwer’d, / 
 have contriv'd a Way , which will fatisfie you , and the King of Tydore will 
 have' no Caufe to complain. For the attaining of both thefe Ends , I 
 
 will keep Council , as is requifite y and do you any Night Jleal away the 
 
 Princefs y the Way you Jhall heft like,fo it he with ’Regard to my Reputation , 
 and in all Refpetts giving fuch outward Tokens , that all Men may believe it 
 was open Violence , aud no Contrivance , or at leaft known to vie. /, on my 
 Side >will pretend to be very Angry , and will complain of the Injury as loudly 
 as is requifite to fatisfie the World of my Innocence . For why ftjould /, 
 Fnkle , wijb for the Felicities of this Worlds but to make them common to our 
 Family I I will retain the Cares of the Crown , and do you enjoy the Satis - 
 fa PH on the Kingdom affords . Mandraxa could not forbear Weeping for 
 Joy, he fell down at his Nephew’s Feet, and kifs’d them, without difgui- 
 zing any thing of his Paflion, yet fhpprefling the Joy of his new Hopes, 
 the beft he could, he found Means to acquaint the Princefs, and to appoint 
 the Hour, Place, and Confidents for expofing herfelf to be ftolen away. 
 Cachal ^ To this Purpofe they pitch’d upon a Garden, which looks out upon the 
 Maudraxa Sea* adorn’d with its Natural Trees, whence the Ships are fee n, and among 
 fteals the them, on the Day prefix’d they fpy‘d a Carcoa, with all the Men that Row’d, 
 Princefs curioufly drefs‘d and they and the Soldiers wearing Garlands,plainly fhow‘d 
 Filola. Hie Defign of their Voyage, tho‘ they row'd without the Mufick they ufe 
 to have at other Times. Mandraxa and a fmall but brave Number of his 
 Friends landed as filently, and they after the manner of Talafio , and the 
 ancient Romans , when they forc'd away the Sabine Women, laid Hold of 
 Filola and the Reft, and run them aboard with all poflible Speed, convey- 
 ing them to a ftrong Place in the Iftand, where having foitify'd himfelf* 
 
 like 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 like a Soldier, Mandraxa devote himfelf to Love. Fame the utter Enemy to 
 Secrecy div»!g‘d the Fait, and convey c d it over to the King of Tydore's Ears, 
 with the King of Ternate l $ Complaints. He magnify *d the Affront,andeveiy 
 Man fpoke of it, according to his own Notion. The King who had con- 
 trived it, and by whofe Breath all the Machines of that Tragedy were mov'd 
 affembled the prime Men of his Kingdom, mo ft of them Enemies to the 
 deluded Mandraxa , and aik'd their Afliflance and Advice in fo notorious a Bafe falfe - 
 Violence, and pretending extraordinary Concern. They all Voted to a Man, hood of the 
 that it was abloluteiy neceffary to make fuch an Example as might deter Kin*. 
 others from the like. When the Confutation was over, the King dif- 
 patch'd Meffengers to his Unkle, intreating him to repair to Court to flop 
 ill Mouths by fair Means, and appeafe the Neighbouring Princes. Caehil 
 Mandraxa made no difficulty to obey, as well knowing that none of his 
 Adions had been contrary to the King c s Orders. Only the Princefs ad- 
 vis c d the Contrary ; for tho c young, as little above 20 years of Age, lhe 
 was better acquainted with her Brother, and well knew he never kept his 
 Faith, particularly with his own Family, and that he could not have any 
 Kindnefs for them as being jealous of the Crown. Mandraxa made no Ac- 
 count of all that, but went to Court, and enter'd the Palace attended by his 
 Family, and relying on the King's Promife, but more efpecialiy on the fe- 
 cret Myflery of that Affair, known only to them two, Unkle and Nephew. 
 
 When became to kifs the King's Hand, he looking as flern as if he had not 
 
 advis'd the flealing of the Princefs, faid he knew not what Courfe fctake 
 
 upon fo notorious an Affront offer'd to his Crown and Palace, but to cut 
 
 off his Head. Mandraxa thinking at firft that had been all Counterfeit, 
 
 and according to what had been agreed between them, when he perceiVd He murders 
 
 it was barefac'd falfehood, would have fpoke loud inDefence of his Innocence; Mandraxa 
 
 but was not permitted, and the King making a Sign to a Sturdy Black he had 
 
 prepaid for that Adion, he drew his Cymiter, and hew'd him down bar- 
 
 baroufly. The poor Prince fell, without being reliev c d by any Man; for 
 
 at thar Time his Brothers Caehil Tulo y and Caehil Sufur were not at Ter- 
 
 nate y the former being Governor, the latter Admiral. Nor did they comb 
 
 to Ternate in a long Time after, tho' they took Care to proted the Wid- 
 
 dow Princefs, who was le 't with Child, and afterwards brought forth 
 
 Caehil Amida , who dy'd Young 
 
 The whole Truth of this Matter was foon known, with all its Particu- ji e Ktnz y s 
 lars, and Circumflances ; and the Cachiles conferring together, Tulo re- l/nkles * 
 folv’d to go over to the Service of King Philip , to which Purpofe, when confpire 
 Duarte Pereyra was Commander in Chief at Tydore , he went thither to againjl 
 treat with him, and with Antony de Matos, who went firff for the fame 
 End to Bachian ; but forafmuch as what was concerted among them, will 
 better appear by the Letter Caehil Tulo fent from Tydore to the Governour 
 Santiago de Vera , we will here infert it, tranflatpd from the Malaye Lan- 
 guage, by the King’s Naguatatos , fo they there call the Interpreters. 
 
 CachiJTn; 
 
 Caehil Babu, my Brother , late King of Ternate, writ to the King of lo's Letter 
 Portugal, to defire he would do him JuJlice , upon a Man , who murder'd to the Go- 
 bi's Father and mine ; upon receiving which Satisfaction, he would again vernor of 
 deliver the Fort of Ternate to his Majejly , it being then cut of hi* Pojfeffion. the Philip- 
 
 R 2 Hit pines. 
 
f 20 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquefl of 
 
 Us prejint Majefty fucceeding in the Throne of Portugal, ~anfwer'd my Bro- 
 iler’s Letter, by Cachil Naique, his Embaffadiv, but when he return'd mn 
 
 U. J„„J .7.. D..r" .... J. I . ... “'"“"'7 
 
 Nunno 
 Pereyra’s 
 Perfw.afions 
 tut he, fame 
 
 Governor . 
 
 His 
 
 t,he.r ' 7 -/ - - - — i — j - -- — — jj j " wv/i i/ji my 
 
 Brother was dead, which was the Reafon we did not then deliver up the 
 Fort, becaufe a Baftard Son had fncceedei him, being proclaim'd Kina by 
 the People of Ternate, with the Ajjiftance of the King of Tydore, tlio' he 
 had no Right to it. He would not perform what his Father had promis'd 
 and he was oblig'd to ; nor follow the Advice given him by me, and by ml 
 Brother Cachil Mandraxa, the rightful Heir of the Crown-, which was 
 that he Jbould deliver up the Fort, as his Father had promis'd ’ tv the Por- 
 tuguefe ; and this, not becaufe he could not defend himfeif againft them 
 and his Majefty ; but exprefty becaufe his Father, and my Brother had To 
 order'd ; for we did net.fuppofe it could betaken from us by Force of Arms • 
 but we knew it was his Will to ferve his Majefty, by delivering up the 
 Fort to him. He finding we ferjifted in this Opinion, refolv'd to murder my 
 Brother, and his own Unkle, the true Heir of the Crown, cutting him in 
 Pieces, by the Hands of a.Slave, when he came upon his Word, and had his 
 Security and mine. Wherefore confides ing the Injuftice of my Nephew upon 
 this Occafton, and that he wiU not perform what his Father, my Brother and 
 I, pr ami fed to his Majefly, I am refolv'd, ft am this Time forward, to become 
 his Majefty' sfincere SubjeQ andServant. And I do by theft Prefents, oblige 
 myfelf, and [wear by my Law, as. I did Jwean : and do not depart from ft 
 tothe Father Vicar Antony. Ferreyra, to give allmy Help and Ajjiftance to- 
 WMnWtbe taking of the Fort, with all my Kindi ed and Friends, till it ’/ball 
 he in tire Pojfeftion of his Majefty' s Commander , or whofoever JhaU come with 
 the Portugueies, or Spaniards that attend him ; upon-Condition that the 
 Commander, or Commanders , JhaU, in his Majefty s Name, perform what Du- 
 ailePereyra, the Commander in. chief promis'd me and fign'dfor him I ha- 
 ving given him a Counterpart which is, that l Jhallbe proclaim'd Kina of 
 Ternate* at fo on as Poftftton is taken of the Fort for his Majefty • both in 
 regaid it belongs to me in Right of my Father , and of the Service I now do 
 afid hereafter hope to do his Majefty, 1 there. [me beg it at a Favour of 
 your Lordjbip, and re quire you in his Majefty' s Name, that you take Care 
 to fend the great eft: Number of Men you pojfbly can , -and with the greateft 
 Expedition.-, tv the End that this my Intention, and Will to ferve his. Ma- 
 jefty herein maybe efeRuaL which I hope will be without the Expense, of 
 LtvfiS', natwii.hftanding the Fort is well fortifyf-d, at your Lordjbip man 
 have, been inform'd. The Commander in chief, will write to your Lordjbip 
 whop Ss/ifon and Order thofe Forces are to ob ferve. - Given at Tydore to 
 which Place lam come to this- Intent, as. will be tefiify'd by the- Fat her Vi- 
 ear Antpny Ferreyra* and the fudge Antony de Matos, whom , as Per font 
 Of fuck Note, l dtfti ‘d to ftgnfor. me. M^.the zjd. ’ 1 
 
 At the Bottom of the Letter, the Vicat ond Matos certify’d his Hand 
 and Sublcrjption. With this came another very Jong one, wherein Duar- 
 te Pereyra gives the Governour a more ample Account of what is here de- 
 liver'd briefly, reprefentingtq him the Opportunity offer’d in forcible 
 Terms. He tells him that Mandraxa. a little before his Death, had pro- 
 pos d the fame thing to lnm, that his Brother Tulo now did ; and thatthey 
 ■were dejirous to fulfill what they promis’d Nunno Pereyra. That the 
 
 Illand 
 

 the SPIGE-IS LANDS* 
 
 
 I Hand- of 'Mitch ittn, the molt iruitful in Clove, Efpous’d the Party that was 
 again# the King. That they could no longer endure their Oppreflion. He 
 perfwaded him to Arm 400 Spaniards, if they were come from Mexico 
 and to* Ship them off for the Expedition upon Tent ate , giving out, that 
 they were going to clear thofe Seas from Javanefts^ whole Friendfhip the 
 People of Ternate value more than they do oiirs. That befides the good 
 Succefs, he expeded bv the Help of thole Forces, they w ould at leaf! fecure 
 thofe Ports again# the Englifi t the People of Ternate having always a 
 Fleet in Readinefe. That the Ei ) terprize might fucceed with Fifteen Fri- 
 gates, and one Galeon, provided they went to (lay a. Year at; the Moluccos , 
 and brought a Number of Philippine Pioneers. He fays, the j ivanefe Ships 
 are lefs than the Frigats, and there are Forty Soldiers in each of them, 
 who lye Aboard Eight Months, and live a Year upon goo Bufhels of Rice. 
 
 That in Cafe the Frigates could not hold the Men, they lhould bring fome 
 Junks, which are necelfary Velfeis toTranfport Provifions from the iflands 
 of Burro and Sochian. He complain* of the King of Tydore^s ill Be- 
 haviour, and his Avarice 5 of Saticho de Vafconcelos , and James de Azam~ 
 huja, who built the Fort of Jydore in an ill place. He commends the 
 King oiBacbian, and fays he in private lives like a Chriftian. Among 
 thefe Things he intermixes many more, all of them tending to perfwade 
 the Expedition of Ternate, to blot out the lait Difgrace, without any Ex- 
 pence to the King, through Cach'd Tufo r s Ccimi vance. 
 
 The Governour receiv’d this Difpatch, and he would willingly have jj e p. r 
 put it in Execution immediately 5 but as it went on flowly, and the Death * a r°~ 
 of Cachil Tulo happened in the meanwhile,# was requifite to delay the Deb J r r' 
 fign, and attend to the Prefervation of the Philippine Illands, again# the 
 Machinations of the Chinefes and Japonefts , again# whofe Robberies and 1 J * 
 
 Burnings they are never fecure. Each of thefe Attempts harafs’d the Pro- 
 vince with the Expence of Treafure, and Power, lb that there was a ne- 
 eeflity of breathing to; recover, both. It was thought the mo# proper Ad-> 
 vice to joyn from, the Philippines and Malaca , with equal Force, coming 
 from both Parts to Arm in the Moluccos , which was the Boundary of 
 both Provinces. This took Effed fome Years a free, Captain. Andrew Fu 
 tado coming frqm Malaca , of whofe Adiun* it will be protest to begin to 
 fpeak to gi ve a Reputation to his Person. . v 
 
 Andrew Funt ado de Mendoza might have Ennobled' his Family, had it Andrew 
 not been of antienc Quality. He was the Terror of thofp Eailern Parts, Furtado 
 where he lbrv’d the King ever lince the Year 1576, fubduing Barbarous fa A 3 ions* 
 Nations. In the Year 1587' he was Governour of the. Foit qf Rachol , till 
 he came to have that of Malaca . Whilft he was in the fir#, fome Villa- 
 ges, of Gentiles rofe up. again# the Mini tiers of the Church* ditiurbing; 
 Ghri#ianity with Warlike Drtbrders. Furtado pacify ’d them with Seve- 
 rity, and hi» Authority. In 1591 Furtado .was Commander of the Por* 
 tugttefe Soldiery in that Jr chip el ago, was. very earneil to employ them 
 
 in the Recovery of Ter note ; but. was hinder’d by other Wars, which he 
 concluded Vidor iouily. In Jvgnft that fame Year, he was inform’d that 
 Eighteen Galeons had put out of Cunnal^ Commanded by Cutumaza, alfi#- 
 ed by Raju, with a Ddign to Beliege the Fort of Ceylon . This Cutumazar 
 had the Year befoie Burnt a Ship of ours. Sailing for Chw.a } and made. 
 
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 dii’mal Havock on the Coalt oi Coromandel. Fur t ado went out in Search 
 of the Enemies Fleet, and by the way reliev’d the Fort of Ceylon ; and on 
 the Coaft of Malabar he met three Ships Bound from Mecca for Cunnal . 
 He fought them, and Sunk two, the Sea running fo high, that the Vef- 
 fels which Row’d could not attack them. The other after a long Dis- 
 pute yielded to him. This Victory was a fufficient Revenge for the Burn- 
 ing of our Ships. Continual War is maintain’d in thel'e Parts, which 
 Neighbour upon Malaca ; and that in Ceylon never cenfes, contrary to 
 the Advice of Perfons that are well acquainted with India ; becaufe the 
 belt Produft of that Wand being the Cinnamon, a Commodrty of lefs Du- 
 rance than the Mace, Clove and Pepper, they look upon almofl all the ex- 
 pence laid upon Ceylon , as good as thrown away. Befides that the 
 greatefl Commanders are employ’d in fupprefiing the continual Rebellions 
 of thofe moll inconflant People, without ilretching out, at leafl as far as 
 the Moluccas, by their Abfence encouraging their Tyranny, and giving 
 Opportunity to Nations that are our Enemies to fix themfelves in our 
 Forts. 
 
 Ceylon Ceylon is one of the mofl Remarkable Iflands in the World, and the 
 defer ib % d . mofl fruitful. It lies oppofite to Cape Comorin, Nobly Inhabited, and cul- 
 tivated. In it grow all Plants, known in all other Parts of the World, 
 Nutmegs, Pepper, Cinnamon, and the moll Excellent call d Mofyllion 
 grows in this Illand. Here is Wild and Garden Fruir, Spanijb Figs, and 
 Grapes, and the bell Oranges in all Afia. There are whole Woods of migh- 
 ty Palm-Trees. The Variety ot Flowers, would take up much Time to 
 deferibe it ; as alfo of Grain known to us, Wheat, Rice, and Flax, of 
 which and their Cotton, they make wonderful Webs. It has all forts of 
 Precious Stones, Gold, Silver, Steel, Tin, Iron, and Seed Pearl. Seve- 
 Produtt* ral Chriftaline Rivers, and Fountains moifien it, with delightful and Me- 
 dicinal Waters, of Excellent Qualities. And among the reft there are 
 Springs of Liquid Bitumen, thicker than our Oyl, and fome of pure Bal- 
 fam. There are Burning Mountains continually blazing, and calling out 
 Clods of Brimfione among the Crags of the Hills ; where there aie Groves 
 Birds. of Tall Trees, on whofe Branches are to be feen all forts of Birds that fly 
 in other Parts of the World, and among them our Turkys, Wild Hens, 
 and Pidgeons. It abounds in Deer, Wild-Boars, Tygers, Lions, and 
 xleajts . Elephants of fo Noble a Kind, that all others fubmit to them. Thofe that 
 
 are bred in this Ifland have fuch an Extraordinary Natural Inftintf, that it 
 Flefhazts. verifies what Arijlotle, Plutarch , Athcn&us, JElian, Pliny , and others, 
 who have Writ Natural Hiftory teflifie, and is, that whether it proceeds 
 from Knowledge, or Habit, they partake of the Wit, Senfe, and even of 
 the Prudence of Men. We are told they have fo much Senfe of Honour, 
 that they will not go Aboard a Ship, if they imagine they are carry’d to 
 ferve Princes in flrange Countries, and that they obey, if their Owners 
 fwear they will bring them back to their own. That they are concern’d 
 at abufive Words given them. That they pay a fort of Religious Refpecfr 
 to the Sun and Moon. That they remember fuch Things as they conceive ; 
 and Gellius perfwades us we may believe, that at Night they bewail their 
 Servitude with doleful Complaints ; and if any Man happens to come near • 
 in the Height of their Lamentation, they .with fname fupprefs their Sighs; 
 
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 and in fhort, they feem feiofible of the Iniquity of their Fate. in this 
 Country it is their Part to load and Onload Ships, the Weight of Com- 
 merce, whether Arms, Metals, Provilions, or other Commodities what- 
 foever hanging on their Teeth, or lying on their Necks. They are more 
 willing to carry Arm’d Men on their Backs, in great Cattles built to that 
 purpote. They ferve the Chttogalas , not as they did in Rome at publick opinion 
 Shows, but in Battel, as they did the Carthaginians, and alter wards the J jat p ara- 
 Romans. The People of Ceylon believe their Country is the Terrettiial - s - n 
 Paradife. They call the '1 op of a certain Mountain Mam's Point , and on c e y] on ' 
 it, they fay, is to be feen the Print of his Foot, and that there he did Pen- y 
 nnance. Upon this Belief, the Jogues , who are penitent Pilgrims, vifit 
 that Point, where they affirm there grows a thick Tree, of an indifferent Strange 
 Height, with fmall rough Leaves, of a dotty Colour, the Bark Afh-co- Tree. 
 lour’d, which in the Night fhines, and difpells Darknefs. Under Colour 
 of this Superttition, all the Gangs of ttrowling Players or Adors, come Players* 
 out of this Illand, and travel throughout all India, reprefenting their Fa- 
 bles, with odd Gettures, and Dancing to little Flat Tabors, Bag-pipes, and 
 Rattles of fmall Bells. Abundance of Pearls are found about it. The 
 Gold and other Metals are kept untouch‘d in the Mines, by publick Law, 
 and yet notwithttanding this Precaution, they are not free from War and 
 Oppreffion. The Natives are call’d Chingalas , and refemble the Malabar s 
 in Cuttoms and Countenances. They have broad Nofes, but are not fo King's ex^ 
 black, and go naked, but not to immodetty. Formerly they had but one p e n*.j m 
 King, who was difpoffefs’d by Force, and Treachery, and the Kingdom^ 
 divided among many. Diviffon having thus weaken’d them , a Barbarian, 
 call’d Raju, tyrannically expelttd the King‘s thelttand • one of whom was by 
 the Magnificence of the Kings of Portugal bred at Goa . 
 
 Raju was a fubtle Soldier, and jealous even of tliofe that fupported him. 
 
 He had fome Years before, befieg’d the Fort of Columbo, with a great Bo- 
 dy of Foot, Elephants and Horfe. Andrew Furtado being in fearch of the Furtado 
 Enemies Fleet, in Profecution of his Revenge for the Ships lott, to re- relieves 
 lieve the Fort of Columto , doubled Cape Comorin , thro’ the Streight ofColumba- 
 Ceylon , at the Time when it is ufually moft difficult and dangerous for 
 Tab Ships, much more for fuch Velfels as ufe Oars. He came to the 
 Fort fo opportunely, that had he ttay’d never fo little longer it had been 
 Jott, for moft of the Garrifon had mutiny‘d againft their Commander 
 in Chief Simon de Brito who was wounded by them with two Musket 
 Balls. Raju was marching with all Expedition by Land toColumbo for fear 
 of flipping the Opportunity offer 4 d him of taking Poflefiion of it. Cutumu - 
 za lay with all his Fleet in the River Cor diva, diftant from, the Fort ready 
 to attack it by Sea, when Raju fell onby Land. Furtado was before-hand 
 with* him, and getting in, difpos’d all Things tor its Defence. He quell'd 
 the Mutiny, punifh‘d the Ring-leaders, fatisfy'd fuch as had juft Caufe of » . * 
 
 Complaint or had been wrong'd, and with all poffible Speed went out to . s ' e 
 find Cunale's Fleet. Nor was he difappointed, for the Enemy did not offer 
 to fly, but met him, with his Ships drawn up in good Order, and after Can- 
 nonading, they laidone another aboard, -where there was an obftinate Fight 
 on both Sides, xiWCunnale^s Navy was defeated. Furtado took 14 Galeons, 
 with all their Artillery, and Men, befides Abundance kilPd, The Admi- 
 ral 
 
rai fled with only four Ships of 18 he bad, and made to RapdsCmmiy. 
 This Virtory was Efficient Satkfaflfon for the -Damage receiv‘d by 
 that rebellions Fleet; the iJ] Succeis whereof difcourag'd Rapt fromcomin^ 
 to befiege Cohimbo , fo tha,t he retir 4 d and difmi(s‘d his Army. 
 
 Not long after, Furtado was informed by his Spyes, that the King of 
 Jafaiutfat&n had concluded a League with Raju, preffing him tQ return to 
 the Siege of Codumbo , whiift he did the fame to Man a. That his Preemp- 
 tion might not want fuch Puniihment, as. became the Honour oftheCrowix 
 % ( of Portugal, and the Refutation of its Grandeur, which is more prevalent 
 in thole Tarts than Force, Fnrttiido gathering what Power he could, with 
 aH pofTfble Celerity attacks that King. He was not ur^uovkW^btJt 'drawing 
 Rr.uft llm, up without the Walls of that City., offer’d him Battel, his Men, Elephants 
 and fub~ and Horfes covering fpacious Fields, Furta o playing both Parts of a 
 does hu Commander, and a Soldier, drew up his Forces, encourag’d them in few 
 Knjgdorii . Words ; and both Sides coming to the Charge exercis’d their Force end 
 Fury.; but at Length the King c s Troops were routed, and lie ilain entering 
 the City, in which abunda nee of Brafs Cannon was found, befides .the 
 Plunder, which was conhderable. He took PoflelBon of it, end feeing 
 the Forts: and Garrifons, cany'd on the W ar there in fuch Manner, that 
 the whole Kingdom feeing fuch fevere Execution, and feeling it fo heavily 
 within its Bowels,, fubmitted to the King of Spain. By his Authority, 
 when the Sword was put up, be appointed a Kinfman of the kte. King, 
 to whom of Right it belonged, to reign in Jafanafarmi, fee having been; 
 taken in the latfi Battel. Pie Caus’d him tofwear and plight his Faith, that 
 he wouldbe a perpetual Vaffa I to his Mgjetfty; impofing on him the Pay-; 
 inentof a yearly Tribute, which tflilil, fubfiffs. The Writings .containing, 
 this Settlement were.fettt by him into Span 7, where and at Goa^ ail that 
 had been done was approv’d of by the Viceroy, and the Conqueror, who 
 had concluded it fo. happily, highly applauded. 
 
 Ternate He next Strengthned the Fort of Calumbo , with Four Ships of his Fleet, 
 the Cfnife and too ^bldiets ; ‘and Supplyd Cofme de la Feta with Eighty Men, Under 
 of kcbelli- T>wo Captains, to profecttte the Affair of Candia, which was committed 
 oiis. to him, and Ported .good effecSv Flo Rebellion broke out in thole Parts, 
 but what was either fupported by Temat e y or proceeded from its Example, 
 and great Celerity was requiftte in the Commanders for fuppreffing of it* 
 Coajl cf At this fame Time all the Coaft of the Pearl Filhery rebell’d, and among 
 
 Pearl Fi- other fudden JDeflrudion ufually made by Seditious Men in A rms, the Sub- 
 fiery Re- je&sof Vrrapanaiqne burnt Twenty five Chriflian Churches. Furtndo 
 bells, and inade all poffibiefpAd to chaflize them before the Rebellion grew to a 
 u reduc'd* Head. The Mutineers not being well Strengthned, fent EmbalTadors to 
 him, begging Peace, and ccjouring their Guilt with Excufes, which Far- 
 tado admitted 'of.hecaufe it was convenient for his Majeffies Service ; up* 
 on Condition they fhould make good all the Damages occafion’d by their 
 Revolt. He commanded them to rebuild the Churches they had defifoy’d, 
 and to grant the Society of th e jefiilts, who had then the Charge of the 
 Chriffians in that Country , all the Liberties and Immunities deman-, 
 ded by thofe then refiding there $ taking fufficiew Hoflages for the Pex^< 
 formance. • G . .. : . -.,;w v,. . v> -o/jut ]• /: 
 
Tiicfe and other no lefs notable Actions, he perform'd in the fpace of four Furtado ill 
 Months* but as Envy feldom fails to oppofe Valour, when he came to us'd would 
 Cochin , and was there ready to fet out for theConqueft of th k.Moluccos'j depart In- 
 and particularly of Ttrnate , he received Letters from the Viceroy, Matthias dia. 
 de Albuquerque commanding him to deliver up the Fleet to Nunno Velio 
 Pereyra . He obey'd, and when he came to Goa , was Imprifonsd,and put to 
 •Trouble. As foon as it was in his Power, he refolv‘d to depart India, and 
 remove himfelf from the ill-will of thofe he thought were not his Friends ; 
 but the City of Goa conjur'd him not to forfake it, and in vain endeavour'd 
 to procure a Reconciliation betwixt thofe Commanders. Thishappened in 
 the Year 1591, when, and fome Years after, Ternate might have been re- 
 lieve, as Furtado defir’d, had not the Animofities reigning obftruded it. 
 
 However they were fo far from employing him, that, tho’ Furtado feveral 
 times Offer'd himfelf, with his own Ships, and at his proper Coft, where 
 there was fuch Necefiity of fuppreffing Cunnale , yet he was as often Re- 
 jeded, and that Viilory envy'd him, which afterwards he had granted by 
 Heaven, as we fhall fee in its Place, 
 
 At this Time Santiago de Vera was difeharged of his Command of the 
 Philippine Illands, He had fignified his Intentions to Andrew Furtado , and 
 received his Anfwer, That he would comply with his Defires ; but For- 
 tune difappointed thefe good Beginnings, embroiling Furtado with thofe 
 who did not love him, and removing Santiago from his Government. His 
 Succeflbr was Gomez Perez de las Marinnas , Knight of the Order of $an~ Gomez 
 tiago, or St, Jatues the Apoftlc, a Per'fon of high Reputation, born at Be~ Perez Go- 
 tanzos, in the Kingdom of Galicia . He arriv'd at the Philippines in the venior of 
 Year 1590, and brought with him his Son Don Lewis , Knight of the Order Philip- 
 of Alcantara ; The new Governor fpund Manila open, without any Form pines, 
 of a City, and without Wealth to Improve it. Above zooqoq Pieces of 
 Eight were wanting for this Purpofe; yet he compafs'd the Work by Pro- 
 jeas, and Contrivance without any Dammage to the Publick, or to private 
 Perfons, He Monopoliz'd the Cards; he laid Penalties on excefllve Ga- 
 ming, and puniffrd fuch as Foreflal'd the Markets, and on Vi&uallers, and 
 other Retailers of that Sort that were guilty ot Frauds ; with thefe Fines he jj € JValls 
 built the Walls of Manila , which are 1x849 Geometrical Foot in Compafs, Manila** 
 each Foot being the third part of a Yard, He apply ’d himfelf diligently to g u ug 9 y 
 this Work, and the Inhabitants attended it, being willing to forward it on p QTts 
 Account of the Intreaties and Example of their Chief. The City had but * 
 one Fort, and that ill built, wherefore he Erected another at the Mouth of 
 the River, calling it Santiago , and enclofed the old one. He finifh’d the 
 Cathedral, and built from the Ground the Church of St, Poteneiana , Patro- 
 nei’s of the Ifiand, for Women that have retir’d from the World. Then he 
 spplyM himfelf to calling, and brought able Artifts, who furnifh'd the Place 
 wjth heavy and fmall Cannon • built Galleys to Cruize and Trade, whereon- 
 depends the Welfare of thofe Countries ; and purfuant to what he had pro- 
 mis'd in Spain, bent his Thoughts towards Ternate , and all the Moluccos \ 
 reflected on the Difreputatlon of the unfortunate Expeditions of his Prede- 
 ceflors, who attempted the Conqueft of that flouriihing Kingdom, and how 
 he might punifh thofe who Tyranniz'd in it. 
 
 ' He imparted his Thoughts by Word of Mouth, and by Letters to Zealous 
 
 S Perfonsj 
 
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 The Difcovery and Conqueji of 
 
 His firjl Perfons, and more particularly to F. Mart a, a Prieft of the Society of Jefut, 
 Steps for and a grave and aftive Man, whofe Experience and Doftrine had been very 
 recovery Advantageous in thofe Parts. This Religious Man furnifh’d him with In- 
 of the Mo- teiligence, Advice, and proper Miniflers to prepare and carry on the Work • 
 luccos. one of whom was Brother Gafpar Gomez , a Spaniard, and Lay-Brother 
 
 the faid Society. Among the many Conferences there were to this Effeft, 
 I find an Exhortation of F. Antony Marta , in a Letter he writ to the Go- 
 vernor from Tydore , which, becaufe it is an Original, and conducing for 
 the better Undemanding of this Affair, I will here infert, tranflated out of 
 the Portuguefe. Grant me this Liberty, fince the Speeches which are gene- 
 rally Fabulous, pretended to be made by Generals and Confuls, in the Greek 
 and Latin Hiftories, are allow’d of. F. Antony Marta fays thus; 
 
 F. Merta’r In fine, your LordflriV is refolv'd to undertake this Expedition . You mil 
 Letter , of have a fpacious Field for dilating the Glory of God very much , and render - 
 the State ing your Name famous to Perpetuity . By it your LordJJ)ip will acquire to his 
 of the Majefiy a moft Large and Wealthy Kingdom , fince all this Archipelago of 
 Moluccos. *J> e Moluccos and Amboina, as far as Banda, which is above 150 Leagues 
 in Length , and 70 in Breadth , is an inexhaufiible Source of Clove, Nut?neg , 
 and Mace, which will afford his Majefiy a Yearly Income of zoocoo Crufados r 
 which is about 27000 Pounds Sterling, then a confiderable Sum, in India 
 alone ^ befides that of other IJlands , which produce no Clove . Nor will it 
 require any Expence, becaufe the Country it felf will freely afford it on its 
 very Mountains ; and what is yet much more, your Lordjbiy will gain above 
 200000 Souls to God, all which, in a Jhort time, after fubduing the King- 
 dom, will become Chrifiians, without any, or with very little Oppofition ; 
 whereby your Lordjbip will have a burning Flambeau in this World, te light 
 and conduit you to Heaven . Befides, you will magnify and perpetuate your 
 Name, with a Title nothing inferior to thofe of the ancient Roman Generals 
 fuch as thofe o/Germanicus, Africanus, and the like . It is not now requi - 
 fite to touch upon the Method your Lordjhip is to obferve for compafilng 
 this Enterprizc, to your eternal Praife^for, as we under fi and, there is no 
 want of Experience with you for Warlike Affairs ; Yet if your Lordfinp Jbould 
 be any way Dubious , Terome de Azevedo is able to inform you of fuch things 
 as youfhall defire to know . He is well acquainted with the Strength of the 
 League Moluccos, and of their Enemies . However 1 would have your Lordjhip look 
 of tl>e Ma- 2 t J on this War as confiderable and difficult , becaufe it is very convenient to> 
 hometans, come well Provided, and Refolv'd . You are not te Fight with the Ternates 
 alone, but with all the Moors of this Archipelago. Hitherto the Fort of 
 Amboina had to do with the Ternates, that are at Veranula, and this of 
 Tydore with thofe in the Ifiand Ternatc ; but now of late we are to fight 
 with thofe of the IJlands of Banda and of Seram. All the Moors in thofe 
 Parts AJfembled laft year, and Refolv'd, That for the future the War jbould: 
 ' be carry' d on under the Name of their Religion . And for the more Security 
 and better Eftablijbing of this Point , they chofe thofe of Banda for Chiefs of 
 their Law ; and took an Oath to lay down their Lives , or expell the For- 
 v tuguefes. Accordingly the lafi Year , thofe of Banda came with the Ternates 
 Port op of Veranula, with a great number of Carcoas, to Befeige the Fort of Am- 
 . yna k°ynaj and in the Engagement they had with us, took one of the two G a- 
 fiejeig d, hots we brought from Goa, tho\ it was not their Valour , but our Negligence 
 
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 that occasion'd the making of that Prize. It plainly appear'd, that our Lord 
 did it to punijh our Pride. This fo far Encouraged them , that they durjl 
 afterwards daily Cruize in fight of the Fort , took the Fijbermen that 
 went out in the Morning to follow their Trade , and laid a Ground fome 
 Carcoas on the Shore ; They ereBed a Mofque oppofite to the Fort, at in a 
 fafe Place, and thus they kept the Fort Befieged with Contempt, for the 
 Space of a Month. At the end thereof, the Galley going out, with oneGaliot 
 we had left, made them fly, every one to his own Country, giving cut , and 
 threatning , That they would Return the next Tear with a greater Fleet, 
 which will he about September. IFe are certainly affured that the People of 
 Banda, left 50 of their prime Men at Amboyna, as Hoft ages for the perfor- 
 mance of their Engagement. This is alfo known by a Man of our own, who 
 fled from Banda, having been carry' d thither Prifoner from Amboyna. We 
 are informed, that 2] Carcoas would fet out, fo many being Launch'd, and 
 they were to Sail after their Lent, which is at the End of this Month of 
 July, and to ioyn the Seyrves, and the reft of the Confederates, in order to 
 return again before the Fort of Amboyna. If they come with fitch a Force, 
 l am very fuff itious that the Fort will be lofty becaufe the Enemies method, 
 is to take in all the Towns that are SubjeS to it- and when this is left 
 alone , wanting the Support of its Neighbours, it muft of necejjity Surrender v 
 Antony Perez, the Governor of that Fort , is a Man of Courage, and well 
 Fortified ; and yet there are Circumftances to be confider'd , fome of them 
 very Difficulty as that the Enemies are Numerous , and there will come fome 
 Confederates with them,who are fit for any piece of Treachery ; befides, that 
 they cannot be Reliev'd from any Part whatfoever, for the full [pace of five 
 Months, that is till the beginning of January next . We cannot but appre- 
 hend fome great Mifchief will happen • for fuppofing they do not take the 
 Fort, ft ill this War is Dangerous, as being Univerfal, with all the Moors; 
 ftirr'd up by means of the Caciques; Concerted under folemn Oaths ; and 
 Declar'd * to be Religious, with full RemiJJion of Sins to all that Die 
 in it. There it no want of Foment ers, and thofe Caciques of Note, and General 
 great Authority among the Moors, in Banda, Amboyna, Ternate, and Confpiracy 
 Xydore, Thefe Men urge their Religion, and the Honour of Mahomet, and ^painfl 
 by that means manage the People as they pleafe ; as I have found by Lxfe - (j)j 7 jftians. 
 rience this Tear, and in this War we had at Amboyna, in which I was. For 
 formerly the Moors were foon weary of being at Sea, and when any Man of 
 Note happened to be kill'd in Fight, they prefently retir'd, looking Upon it 
 as an ill Omen, Now they continue all the feafonable Months at Sea, with- 
 out flinching ; tho* the Portuguefes few 150 of their Men y and among them 
 their Admiral , and others of the prime Commanders they had in their Fleet . 
 
 To this muft be added , That this is a general Confpiracy of all the Moors a- 
 gainft us ; infomuch , that two who were our Friends, and had Jjfifted us fe- 
 veral times, with their Fleets , againft the Temates, being thofe of the Ijland 
 Burro, thefe being fummoned by the Commander to Sail with him i?i the 
 Navy, as they had done at other times, did not only refufe it now , but would 
 not fo much as receive the Mejfage , or fujfer him that carry' d it to Lan f, 
 
 The Tydores did the fame, for the Commander of Amboyna demanding AJji- 
 ftante of them, they would not go, alledging that their Port was in as much 
 Danger. And the King of Tydore being inform'd of your Lordft;ips coming „ 
 
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 The Tifcovery and Conquejt of 
 
 his Subjefis declare before hand , and perhaps at the Inftigatinn of their 
 Aing, That they will have no Spaniards in thefe Parts-, which makes us look 
 about, where they will rai/e Moors to Deftroy us. Therefore all Delays in 
 this Affair, will be very danger ous-, becaufe we are Inferior to the Aloors 
 and yiujl of Necejfuy Fight them, fince it is for Religion, and Honour, on 
 F. Marta K ot, fff. h . Jccounti the y tire become our mortal Enemies. By this your 
 tYejfies for Lorajhip will underftand what need we are in of your Succour and Relief • 
 Relief. nnd m *y compute how many are to draw their Swords again ft you , fince they 
 °™ r Eneme l ™ g^al, and have Confpir'd againft w. However ; it 
 wiUbe Difcretion fir Jl to Dijfembte with the Tydores jthat they may not joyn 
 the lernates, and by that means render the War more tedious and difficulty 
 i do not f peak to all the reft in particular, according to my Notion bc- 
 eaufe Prefer it ^ Jerome de Azeyedo, who will give a very good Acclunt. 
 Rut let this be hjiabhjbed as a Maxim, That your Lordjbip has a. mighty 
 Rut er prize in Hand h and I truft in God he will give you Wifdom, and 
 s trength to go through it with Eafe ; fince you come to Revenge the 
 Injuries formerly, and now offered by thefe Barbarians, to God and hk 
 Irreveren - Sams. For we know that the Ternates fill drink out of the confecratcd 
 tfs to Re- Chalices, and make ufe of the Patens to Offer, or Receive any thing as on 
 hgion. Pf ofane Salvers ; and of the Vejlments, and Ornaments of Altars, they make 
 
 Cl oaths, and Hangings for their Houfes. The People 0/ Banda, moll of them 
 wear Ornaments of the Blood of above 5000 Chrifiians, they Treacher ovft'y 
 Murder'd, at feveral times, in their Ports, as they went thither to Trade 
 with them- and in that If and, and part of the Sea, there are Streams of 
 opannn and Portuguese Blood running, lour Lordjbip came to fpread tie 
 t athohek Faith, and that you may the better conceive what Jerome de Aze- 
 V f • ° fiM ffy to you touching this Affair, 1 fend you by him a Draught of all 
 this Archipelago, as well of the Moluccos, as of Amboy na, and Banda/ In 
 it your Lordjbip will fee what a large Kingdom we loofe, when it might be 
 7 e t°t>er'dw!th little Cofi It only remains, That your Lordjbip come, with 
 all pojjible Expedition recaufe the greatejl Danger is in Delay : and when 
 rw Dili 7 o U nr - e her fy°" w til find brave Commanders, who will afftfi you with their 
 
 cersand' f *”/ f **« 1 th J m U San,IC0 ds Vafconcelos, who was 
 
 Soldiers g * Amboy " a ’ Soften fought with thefe Infidels, and obtain'd 
 
 ' fignal ViRonts over them. Here is alfo Thomas de Sou fa, Commander of 
 Moiucco, and of mofi Southern Parts, a Man expert in Martial affairs In 
 iydore and Amboyna, you will alfo find brave Soldiers, and there will not 
 want to Pay them, for the Riches of the Country will be fujfcent for that 
 and to fatisfy them with Gold, precious Stones, and other Booty : be fide s you 
 will find manv Cnri* nf Jr ms We A> j ./r . 5 « J 
 
 will find, many forts of Arms. We 
 
 o do with Fervour-, and tho ’ the Unworthinefs of the 
 
 hudeYMYirP. vet hn-hsj ^ Z II a. a 
 
 pares. 
 
 Gomez Pe- a f ‘j ] v j^ fo continue to .. } „, lu lue vnwortlJ 7 ne i t 0 * ttle 
 
 rez pie- Minifters might be a Hinder ance, yet wc hope they will prove Advantageous 
 IheGovernour receiv’d this Letter; which, with the Difcourfe he had 
 more at large with Jerome de Azevedo, made him put the Jalt Hand to a 
 Work ° f fo much Importance to the Service of the Chriftian Common, 
 wealth, which had been negleded m thofe Pms.Gafpar Gomez had conferr’d 
 with him long before, and by his Means, and the Accounts of other knowing 
 Ferfons.the Governor was fo well acquainted with the Kingdoms, and Seas, 
 the Seatons and Dangers of the Undertaking, that he had no great need of fI 
 
 Marta's 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS, 
 
 til’s Map. He difpatch’d Gafpar Gomez, a Man of Secrecy and A&ivity, 
 trailing him with the Defign,becaufe he was recommended by feveval grave 
 Fathers of that Order. He gave him particular Inflruftions, with which, Gafpar 
 and his own Experience, he wander’d about the Archipelago^ and learnt as Gomez 
 much as was convenient. He vifited Ternate , Tydore , Mindanao, both the fent as a 
 Java s, and fcarce omitted any Place, as far as the Point of Mahca y but what Spy . 
 he took a View of. 4 
 
 In the Year 1595, King Philip the id bellow’d the Government of Carta* D. [Pedro 
 gen.a, in America , upon Bon Pedro Bravo de Acunna . To take this Employ, de Acuna 
 he quitted that he had in the SpaniJI) Galleys 5 he was Captain of the Ad- Governor 
 miral Galley, and Vice-Admiral of them afl, under the Adelantado, or Lord o/CartaV 
 Lieutenant of Cajlile , his Kinfman. He had ferv’d his Majefly many Years gena. 
 by Sea and Land, in the Mediterranean. No AClion of Note was perform’d 
 without him, fince the Expedition of Navarino againfl the Turks , and the His brave 
 others that enfu’d in thofe Parts, in Naples , in Portugal , and all thofe that Attions. 
 occur’d before, till his Majefly was put in Pofl^flion of that Crown. Laflly, 
 
 "When he commanded the Spanijh Galleys he fought thofe of the Moors } and 
 Turks , with the Galiots, and Brigantines of the Levant , and EvgliJbS hips, 
 and took and funk feveral of both Sorts. He took a great Number of Slaves in 
 Barbary $ particularly at Zangazon, Benegicar , and Alcazar. He defended 
 Cadiz from the Invafion, and Rapine of Drake, the Evglijlr Admiral, 
 who attempted it with a mighty fleet. This was done by only four Gal- 
 leys, but two of which were clean, yet the Bravery of the Commander made 
 amends for all. How great an ACHon this was, and what Reputation Don 
 Pedro gain’d by it, appear’d afterwards, when the Engltjb again poflefs’d 
 themfelves of Cadiz , at the Time that all the Galleys in Spain were in the 
 Bay, and the Fleet then preparing to fail to the Indies. In each ofthefe 
 Actions, mofl whereof were victorious, there are many remarkable Parties 
 lars, and they all deferve large Encomiums •, but fincethey do not belong to 
 the SubjeCl of this Hiflorv, it would be blameable to infert them here; 
 
 The King for thefe Reafons conflituted Don Pedro de Acunna, his Cap- 
 tain General, in the Province of Cartagena and Tierra Fir me, and Comman- 
 der ofthe Galleys on that Coafl; which Commi (lions had never before been 
 united in that Government. He gave him a Galley, and Orders to receive 
 the Royal Fifths of the Pearl-Fifhery t at the Illand Margarita . He fet out 
 from thfr Port of Sanlucaty on the 27th of September . in a Pink, with 12 So]- HisVoyage 
 diers, fome Religious Men, and his Servants, the Galley, and another Ship 
 following. The Winds foon rofe, and the Se3 fwell'd, and the Veflels were 
 difpers’d. In one of them there were 20 Soldiers, and 40 Slaves at the Oar, 
 this was fo far drove away, that they faw it no more, till five Days after 
 they came to Cartagena. The Storm ceas’d, and Dow Pedro arriv'd at Gran 
 Canaria, but woufd not go into the City. He took in two hundred Cask 
 of Water. The Governour Don Lewis de la Cueva was not in the Ifland ; 
 but it being known in his Family that Don Pedro was come, they fent 
 to welcome him. The Vifit was follow’d by fome Horfes loaded with A- 
 bundance of Fowl, Game, Sheep, Wine, Pears, and mofl ftately Quinces, 
 be lldes Abundance of other Proviflons. He fail’d thence with a favoura- 
 ble Wind, which foon turn’d againft him, and thp’ he was ar enough off, 
 drove back ih; Ships in Sight of Tenerife. After being tofs'd about for 
 
 fome 
 
jr^o The f)ifcoveiy and Conquefl of 
 
 fome Days, there happened fuch a tedious Calm between two Iflands, as 
 made Amends for the Violence of the Storms, and yet he had others after- 
 wards as violent as thofe before. Many Days after, when they had loft 
 their reckning, they arriv’d at the Ifland MetaUnon , inhabited by uncorque- 
 red Indians , where they took in Water without Oppofition,for the Reft of 
 the Voyage. Thence he had fair Weather to the Ifland Margarita . As 
 foon as he landed in the Harbour, Bon John Sarmiento de Villandr ando, the 
 Governour of the Ifland came to meet him, having hourly expected him 
 fince he knew he was to come. The rejoy cing, and Entertainment was fuch 
 as became Friends, and Friends ,pf that Quality. 
 
 An Evglifh Ship of above four hundred Tun Burthen, with thirty Pieces of 
 Cannon of five thoufand Weight each, and Abundance of Men, had been 30 
 days in a Harbour but two Leagues from the Ifland Margarita . Don John 
 $armiento\.t\\ivigDrjn Pedro , what Infolences that Ship committed, and how 
 ihuch to hisDifreputation fhe opprefsM the Iflanders under his Government, 
 defir'd he might attack her with his Galley. Don Pedro perfwaded him to 
 defift from that Enterprize, fince it did not belong to him, and it was an un- 
 pardonable Fault to attack her, without an equal Force. Don John perfifted 
 fb long, that he carry‘d it againft Don Pedro's Opinion. They made to the 
 Place where the Ship lay, paffing by dangerous Rocks, and being come in 
 Sight of it, perceiv'd it was flronger, and better provided than they had 
 been told. Our Men, in Order to fight, turned out all the Women, moil of 
 them Wives to thofe that came in the Galleys. Twenty Soldiers came 
 from the Ifland Margarita , by their Governours Order, who being fhip'd 
 they appear'd by Break of Day in Sight of the Enemy. The Wind then 
 The Ifl&n- blowing frefh Don Pedro advifing with the Natives ofthe Ifland Margarita 
 ders oblige am * r heir Governour told them, it was requifite to expeft a Calm, in Or- 
 Don Pedro ^ er to ta ^ e the Ship, fince the Galley could wait for it under Shelter, with- 
 to Fight ol2t any Danger. The Iflanders being provoke by the Dammage they had 
 her, > received, and to flatter Don John Sarmiento , anfwer'd, Thatthey had two of 
 
 the Prime Men of that Ship Prifoners in the City, by whofe Account they 
 were inform'd of theDiflrefs fhe was inland that fhe noufl furrender,as foon 
 as attack'd. This Opinion being bandy'd about with Obltinacy, came to be 
 Pofitivenefs in Don John . Don Pedro looking upon it as fuch, and concer- 
 ned to fee his Friend engag € d in fuch a Piece of Madnefs, with thofe Hot, 
 but unexperienc'd Men, faid to them, By my long Experience in feveral 
 k ' Seas, I know it is the worfl of Conduit to attack a Ship, when fhe has the 
 
 Wind ; but let us fall on ; that the People of the Ifland Margarita may 
 not have it to fay that I deferr'd engaging out of Fear, and notout of Difc 
 cietion. This (aid, he order'd his Galley to weigh Anchor. He arm'd 
 bimfelf, and Don John, andjuft as the Sun appear’d they attack’d the Ship 
 The En- with Fury and Violence. The Englijh were not backward ; they fpeedi- 
 \gagemerit. ly cut the Cables of three Anchors they had out, and leaving them in the 
 Sea, fet their Sails. The Wind was fair and foon fill’d them. The Men 
 were brisk and ply 'd their Cannon without ceafing. Our Galley did the 
 fame, and fir’d five Shot, before it receiv’d any Harm. Then fhe ran her 
 Beak againft the Poop of the Ship, but could not grapple, nor board. Some 
 Men went down to the Boats which were tow’d by the Ship, and cut the 
 Ropes, The Ship, and Galley fell a firing again* without IntexmiiTion. 
 
 Dot 
 
 wf/jEnglifh 
 Ship near 
 the TJland 
 Margarita 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 'll 
 
 Don Pedro receiv’d a Mufquet Shot on his Target, which glancing off broke 
 in Pieces a Board of the Stern Lockers, and wounded thofe that were next 
 it, A Cannon Ball took off the Head of one of our Slaves, and fcatter’d his 
 Brains in Don Pedro's Face; but another Ball touch’d him nearer, when 
 it threw Don John Samiento into the Sea, who being funk by the Weight 
 of his Armour, was never feen again. Fourteen Soldiers of the Ifland 
 Margarita , and nine Spaniards were kill’d, and many wounded, of all 
 whom Don Pedro took Care, without negletfing the other Duties of a Com- 
 mander. Some Perfons of Note were alfo kill’d, as Alonfo de Anduxar , a 
 Youth about twenty Years of Age, of the Order of Chrift, and Antonio 
 Santifo % who had been a Captain in Flanders. The Ship holding on her 
 Courfe, made thebeft of the fair Wind, and was feen to fly, as if fhe had 
 been vi&orious ; tho’ flie threw many dead Bodies over Board, in Sight of 
 our Men. Don Pedro return'd to the Ifland Margarita , lamenting the 
 Death of his Friend, and his Wifes Widow-Hood, amidff the Tears of 
 other Widows, and Fathers leftChildlefs. He comforted the afflifted the 
 beff he could, received the King’s Boxes of Peals, and went on much 
 griev’d at the Event, and to fee how little his Precaution had avail'd. 
 
 Don Pedro had a profperous Paffage thence, to the Ifland Curazao y to Rio 
 de la Hacha , and lo in Sight of Cartagena. Being defcry'd from the City Pedro 
 the Galleys went out to meet him, whofe Mufick and Guns, with thofe of at ^ arla ~ 
 the Fort made a Mixture of Harmony and Noife. He enter'd upon the § ena - 
 Government and immediately took a View of the Galleys, Warlike Prepa- 
 tions being of the greateft Confequence in thofe Parts. He found them flut- 
 ter'd, and almoft gone to Ruin, refitted one, and furnifh'd another with 
 Slaves, and all other Neceffaries. All things were before in fuch Difor- 
 der, and Confufion, that it was hard to diftinguifli betwixt the Galley 
 Slaves and the Soldiers, the former going about as free, and gay as the lat- 
 ter. He blam'd this Liberty, and order'd the Heads and Beards of the 
 Slaves to be ftav'd, and that they fhould be chain'd. Next he took in 
 hand the Divifions, Manners, and civil Government of the City, and there 
 was foon a Reformation of Abufes,and publick .Crimes, all this he perform'd 
 by his Valour, and Example. He alfo revie w*d the Horfe and Foot ; re- 
 pair'd the Fortifications ; attended all Martial Affairs^ had his Gates al- 
 ways open to decide Controverfies, without Drftinftion of Perfons; and 
 tho' he had here confiderable Opportunities offer'd him, and much Matter 
 to difcover his Capacity, and the Greatnefs of his Soul, yet he found in him- 
 fe If greater Hopes and Defires, above what was prefent, and exciting him 
 to advance farther, and to make known to the World that generous Reft- 
 leffnefs, which was afterwards ferviceable to the Church, by reftonng its 
 former Honour, in the remote!! Provinces. 
 
 The End of the Fifth Book. 
 
 i 
 
132 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Discovery and CoNauEST 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 Molucco and Philippine Iflands> &c. 
 
 BOOK. VI. 
 
 N the wean while Gomez Pete;., hill carrying on his Preparations, 
 conceal’d the Defign, without (paring. any charge for Shipping, Pro- 
 vifiqns, or Men, Among other Hecefiaries, he built four choice 
 Galleys, and for the manning of them, took a Method which was look’d 
 upon as fevere. He Order’d, That as many Indians who were Slaves 
 Slaves t0 °‘^ er Indians of Quality, as would ferve to Man the Galleys, ihould be 
 -wrongfully bought up, and Paid forby the Spaniards, who were Proprieiors, out of 
 £J / their own.Money, fetting the Price of each Slave at two Tat; in Gold, each 
 Taes of las being little above an Ounce, which was the Price Slaves had in former 
 Gold their Times been valu’d at among them. He promis’d , that the Proprietors 
 Value, ihould afterwards be Refunded what they laid out, from the Kings Revenue. 
 
 Yet this did not feem to mollify the Rigour of the Order; becaufe he im- 
 properly call’d thofe Indians Slaves, for their Lords ufe and Jove them like 
 Children, fet them at their own Tables, and Marry them to their Daughters ; 
 beftdes that, Slaves then were worth more Money. The Concern of thofe 
 Dire oment were to be Sold, was attended by that of the Proprietors, who were to 
 in the Phi contribute out of their Eftates, .to defray Charges they look’d upon as not 
 linnin ^ Neceffary, and to Difguft their VafTals, by taking them away forci- 
 * ppmes, bly, k e i n g never likely to recover the Money tney laid down, which they 
 G were well adur’d of. The Governour gave out, That thofe Gafleys were 
 joe over- t0 f ecure t y, 0 Country, and defend it from the Danger that thteatned; be- 
 •non. t sects- cal4 f e knew the Emperor of Jafan was coming to Invade it, with a nu- 
 V ! > merous Fleet; and that it could not be Defended without Galleys, and 
 therefore it was afcfolutely Neeaflaty to Man them with Slaves, iince they 
 had no others to Row, That tbefe were not to be Fetter’d in the Galleys, 
 nor Treated like Slaves, but fa kindly ufed, that they themfelves ihould 
 prefer their Entertainment, before that of their Lords, whom they look’d upon 
 a? Parents, or Fathers-in-Law, Ihcfe 
 
 GomezPe- 
 rez builds 
 four Gal - 
 
 lev. t nri/1 
 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 ' Thefe Allegations, and the abfolute Kcceffity or defending themfelves* 
 fileoc^d both Parties ; but could not (lop the Month of Fame, for it was The DeJigji 
 already known, what Engagements he made before he came from Spain, againft the 
 to the King, the Minifters, the Kindred, and Fomenters of the Expedipi- Muluccos 
 on of Ternate y tofthat whatfoever he conceals, was divulg’d by linear takes Air* 
 tain Authors. However lb me advised him not to rely on the Chine fes, or 
 Sangleyes for the Defence of the Philippines ; becaufe no natural or civil 
 Tye had ever gain’d, or attrafled their Affection towards them. That he 
 ought to remember the frefh Indance of what they did, when his Prede- 
 celfor employed them, and confequently fhould be watchlul over them, 
 
 That he fending a Supply of Men, Ammunitions and Frovidons to the 
 Fort and Town of Cagayan, which is on the Coad of that liland of Lu- 
 zon, 80 Leagues from the City Manila , and there being then no Ship tp 
 fend it in, Isecefilty preding, he thought he might relieve that Want, by 
 making ufe of one of the Chinsfe Ships that were then at Anchor in the 
 Harbour, and clear‘d in Order to return to China . He commanded the 
 Supply to be put aboard her, and the Chinefes to cany, and in the Way, FaJJbood of 
 to land it where he direfted, dnee it was no lot to their Voyage ; promi- t ^ e ChD 
 fing to requite and gratify them for that Service. They undertook it with ne ^ es ' 
 extraordinary Tokens of good Will; but their Artifice appear’d by the 
 Event, and fhow { d hoyr Men that are upon the ^atch, improve Opportu- 
 nities. The Chinefes fet fail, and the Second Day after, when the Spani - 
 ards were alleep, as believing thcmfelvcs fafe among trudy Friends, they 
 fell upon them fo unexpe&ediy, that they had not Time to (land upon their 
 Guard, but were all murder’d and call into the Sea. They plunder ‘d all 
 they carry’d, and dividing the Spoil, fail’d for their own Country. They 
 only fav*done unhappy Spanijh Woman, that went with our Men, and Spanilh 
 took her along with them. They fpar‘d her Life, but after having infor Woman a» 
 lently abus'd her, they fet her afhore, in a Sea-Port Town of the firft bandon’d 
 Part of Chma they made. She prefently had Recourfe to the Magi i\ rates, in China, 
 whom (he acquainted with the Villany thofe. Men had committed, and the < 
 Wrongs they had done her 5 but tho* favourably heard by thofe Judges, 
 
 /he had no Satisfa&ion for her Wrongs, nor could (lie obtain Jullice. 
 
 However they appointed Officers to carry her up the Country, remitting 
 her to other Supream Magifirates. In this Journey, which was 
 many Leagues, (he endured more than (he had done before, till fome 
 of the Governours taking Compaflion on her and her Tears, carry c d her to 
 the City of Macao , where the Portuguefes xefide, and fet her at Liberty. 
 
 Thus the whole Matter came to be known, and it was at Manila in the 
 Mouths of all Men, who now magnify^ it, upon Occafion of the New 
 Enterprize. 
 
 In lhort, all the Slaves demanded by the Governour Gomez PereZy were Chinefes 
 railed with much Trouble and Oppreffion, aud in the fame Manner they p ut } nt0 
 were put into the Galleys, where they continu’d fome Time before they thcGallcyss 
 departed, and "many of them dy’d, as not being us’d to that toft of Life. 
 
 All thofe Slaves were not fufficient to Man the Galleys, and the Admiral 
 Galley remain’d without Rowers. This, and the Neceffity of finiihing 
 the Work produc’d a more rigorous Praftice than the former. The Go* 
 vernour order’d that 250 ©f the Chinefes, who retort to .the Philippines to 
 
 T Trade, 
 
134 
 
 The Difcovery and Conqueji of 
 
 Trade, fhould be taken to Man the Admiral Galley, and each of them to 
 be allow’d two Pieces of Eight a Month, out of the King’s Revenue. He 
 affur’d them, they fhould not be chain’d* but at Liberty, and with their 
 Arms, to ferve as Soldiers 5 and that they fhould only row in the Galleys 
 when’ there was any Calm, and to weather fome Capes. The Cbinefes be- 
 ing acquainted by their Chinefe Governour with this Refolution, pofitivejy 
 refus’d it, as an intolerable Burden. But our Governour prefiing to bring 
 about his Defign, the Chinefe afiembled his People, to treat about the Af- 
 fair, and contrive how 250 might be chofen out from among them all, 
 threatning that he would take every Tenth Man out of their Houfes. 
 Thefe Words provok’d them to fuch a Degree, that the next Day they 
 ihut up the very Windows of their Houfes, and the Traders their Shops, 
 and ftopp’d the Provifions which run through their Hands. Our Gover- 
 nour feeing this Proceeding, and alledging that they mutiny ( d, caus’d 
 about $0 of thofe that came next to hand, to be feiz’d, and put to the 
 Oar in the Galley. The others terrify’d by this A&ion, met, and drew 
 from among them all, the 250, and becaufe no Man would be of that 
 Number, they divided 20000 Pieces of Eight among thofe that would com- 
 ply, and gave every Chinefe that would go in the Galley 80 Pieces of Eight, 
 befides the King‘s Pay. By Means of this good Encouragement, there 
 \vas no Want of Cbinefes that lifted themfelves to row, but the 20000 
 Pieces of Eight were confum’d among them, or rather among the Officers; 
 Thefe 250 Cbinefes were form’d into five Companies, under five Chinefe 
 Chriftian Captains, who pafs‘d Mufters and Reviews, with Pikes and 
 Catanes, which differ little from Cymiters, and exprefs’d Joy and Sa- 
 tisfaftion. 
 
 Whilft thefe Things were in Agitation, Brother Gafpar Gomez came 
 T Gafoar to Manila, full of Intelligence, whereof he gave the Governour an Ac- 
 Gomez count, at feveral private Conferences. He faid, the King of Temate's Af- 
 r - j fairs were in no ill Pofture ; tho’ fomewhat weak’ned, by not agreeing 
 teUipcfhc with the Prime Men of his Kingdom ; and that many of them threatned, 
 ® * .they would Rebel, on Account of his Tyranny, and becaufe he rais’d in- 
 
 tolerable Taxes. That then, neither the Javanefes , nor the Lafcarine s 9 
 nor the Moors of Mecca frequented Ternate, as they had done at the Time 
 when Captain Morones arriv’d there, under the Government of Santiago 
 de Vera . He gave very particular Information concerning the two Forts 
 of Talangarne. That the King of Ternale had then about }oco common 
 Strength of So ldiers, 1000 Mu 1'que tiers, and a great Number from his other King- 
 Ternate. doms. That they fought with Darts, Campilanes % or Cymiters, and 
 Shields ; and others had Coats of Mail, and Head-Pieces they got from 
 the Portvguefes , in exchange for Spice. That they had Abundance of 
 Ammunition, all of their own making, -of the Materials the Javanefes 
 brought to bar ter for Clove. That the Principal Place was the City Ter- 
 nate , where the King and all his Court refide, and therefore it is beft fe- 
 cur’d, and from thence all others are fupply’d, fupported, arid encourag’d. 
 ITore to he He advis’d that our Men fhould aftault it before Break of Day 5 becaufe all 
 attacks Attacks made upon thofe People in the Morning Watch had been fuccefs- 
 ’ ful. That, if our Fleet came unexpected, it would certainly lucceed ; but 
 that the faid King had his Spies fpxead abroad in almoft all thofe Ifiands, 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS, 
 
 155 
 
 as far as thofe of Cauda, Sarrangan and Mindanao, lhat a good Number 
 of Brafs Sakers, and other great Guns might be brought in the Carcoas , 
 from the Fort of Amboyna, and the Kings of Sian, and Tydore That the 
 People of Amboyna would fend them upon Command, thofe of Sian and 
 Tydore , upon very fmall Intreaty ; becaufe befides their owning the Crown - 
 of Spain, they are Enemies to Ternate . That the neceflary Preparation for 
 finifhing the War, even in cafe the King of Tydore fhould fail, and it might 
 befufpe&ed he would not willingly fee his Enemy utterly deftroy’d, con- 
 fided in Artillery and Shipping, which was ready, and above 1200 Sol- 
 diers well arm’d, with their Coats of Mail and Head-Pieces, till they 
 went over to the Ifland of Banda, to put in the neceflary Garrifon there. 
 
 That there Ihould be a Number of Light Veffels to take the Enemy flying ; y£ bt l f e i~ 
 for by that Means the War would be quite concluded in a fhort Time, and J els -°T 
 without Blood fhed. That even the Malecontent Ternates declared, and & ood L P '• 
 publifh’d as much, and own’d, that if a confiderable Number of Fighting 
 Men Ihould come into their Country, they would all come in and fubmit 
 without ftriking Stroke. Hence he inferr’d, that there were conceal’d 
 Chriflians in the Molucco Iflands. That the Conqueft of the whole Ifland 
 of Banda, was very advantageous and profitable, and not hazardous, and 
 that the Neighbourhood of Amboyna, which was ours, would be of great 
 Confequence for maintaining it. He further affirm’d, That the Portugue- 
 /b very much facilitated the Enterprize, and magnify’d the great Benefit 
 it would be to his Majefiy ; and that F, Antony Marta, of whom the Go* 
 vernour had fo great a Conceit, was of the fame Opinion. Brother Gaf- 
 par Gomez added fomany Circumftances to'thefe particular Accounts, that 
 he wholly inflam’d the Governour’s Heart. 
 
 At this Time, Landara , King of Camboxa, fent the Governour an Em* 0 f 
 baify by two Spanifi Commanders, attended by many of his Subjefts, with Camboxa 
 fuch Splendor as the Occafion of it requi/’d. That barbarous King though X f en d s Spa- 
 fit his EmbafTadors fhould not be natural born Subje&s, becaufe of the Oc~ niardsEw- 
 cafion his People had given him to fufpe# their Fidelity. He chofe them bajfadors 
 of Different Conditions, to the End that fuch Variety, the Dive rfity of In- to the Go~ 
 dilutions, and Oppofition, might produce -the better Effeft. The one of vernour. 
 them was a Psrtuguefe, his Name James V elofo, the other a Spaniard, 
 
 Bias Ruyz de Fernan Gonzalez . They brought Gomez Perez a Magnificent TJ . p _ 
 Prefent, a great Quantity of Ivory, Benjamin, China Wart, Pieces of / 7} i€ ~ 
 Silk and Cotton, and an Elephant of a generous Temper, as afterwards 7 * 
 appear’d by Experience. They deliver’d their Embaffy, the Purport ^ f 
 whereof was, to defire Succour againft the King of Sian, who was march* „ J 
 
 ing againft him of Camboxa, with a numerous Army ; offering in Return y a rr y 
 for his Afiiftance to become fubjeft to Spain, and embrace Chriftianity. 
 
 That the King concluded, that fo brave and gallant a Gentleman as Gomez 
 Perez , would not on Account of any other Diverfion refufe to perform an 
 Action, which muft redound fo much to the Glory of God, and the Ad* 
 vantage of the Crown of Spain. The Governour receiv’d the Prefent, 
 making a Return with another of fome European Curiofities ; and by way 
 of Anfwer, thank'd that King for the Confidence he had feem’d to place The An- 
 in him; but that, for the Prefent, he could notpofiibly afford the Succours, fwer. 
 nor divert thofe Forces, which he was getting ready, to punifh the King 
 > T 2 of 
 
12,6 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquefl of 
 
 Preiiftion 
 of ill Sue - 
 eefs. 
 
 of Ternate, and recover that Kingdom, and the reU of the Moluccos t 
 which had Rebell’d, fo much to the Diihonour of th & Spanifj Nation, 
 That his Highnefs fhould place his Confidence in the Goodnefs of Gcd, 
 and perfevere in the Defign of ferving him in his Holy and True Religi- 
 • on, and asfoonas the Expedition of Ternqtf was over, he would convert 
 his Forces to the belief of Camhcxa. The Embafudors were difinif$‘d 
 with thefe Hopes, which the Governours Son, Don Lewis de las Matty as >r 
 afterwards made good ; and to give them entire Satisfa&ion, and jufiify 
 the Delay, it was found neceflTary to make Publick the true Defign of 
 that Fleet, which till then had been kept fecret. 
 
 The Governour, in fine, refolv'd to Pet forward, and endeavour'd to 
 Mighty take along with him all the Men he could get. All were lilted that could 
 Preparati - be prevail'd upon either by Force or Intreaties. The Proprietors and 
 ons againjt Soldiers were extravagantly expenfive, upon the Ships, Provifions, and 
 Ternate. Gallantry ; and the Philippines being well furnifli’d with all Things, they 
 did more than had been imagin’d, or could be in the Governour’s Power. 
 He fent his Son Don Lewis , with all the Soldiers that were in Pay, to the 
 Ifland of where the Fleet was to rendevous, and there he continued 
 fix Months, waiting for new Orders, Gomez Perez Hay’d at Manila , or- 
 dering Matters of great Moment. Two Days before his Departure, being . 
 invited by, and Pupping ill the Houfe of Peter de Rojas, his Lieutenant, 
 where diverting himfelf with Gaming, and much Pleafure, he grew 
 fo merry, contrary to his Cuflom, and the Harihnefs of his Temper,, 
 that many interpreted it as a good Omen of his Succefs. He Paid in 
 DiPcourPe, that F. Vincent , of the Order of St. Francis , had told 
 him, the Enterprize could not fucceed, becauPe the Army was made up of 
 Men that were carry'd away by Force, and particularly the marry ‘d Men 
 were Po. He departed Manila on the 17th of Q.ftober, with fix Royal Gal- 
 leys, one Galleon, one ftnall Veffel call’d a Foift, one little Frigot, and 
 federal other Erigots, Carcoas, and Bireyes, which are another Sort of 
 The Fleet Veffels of the Natives; all which, being part the Kings, and part be- 
 feu out . longing to Subje&s, who offer’d to ferve him with their Lives and For- 
 tunes, amounted to an hundred. There were a ThouPand Spaniards well 
 arm’d ; above four hundred Mufquetiers of the Territory of Manila ; a 
 thouPand more of thoPe they call Vifaias, Men arm'd with Lances, Shields, 
 Bows and Arrows, and above four hundred Chinefes , ot thofe that dwelt 
 in the Illand, befides a good Number of thofe that came to Trade taken 
 into Pay ; but many more Compell’d than Voluntiers. The Galleys car- 
 ry'd Abundance of Provifions for the Army, over which he appointed his 
 Son Don Lewis Perez, his Lieutenant, and Pent him before, as has been Paid, 
 withOrdersto make for thelflandof Zebu. He embark'd himfelf aboard 
 the Admiral-Galley, which had twenty eight Benches for the Men to 
 row, and was mann'd with the z$o Chinefes for the Oar. Eighty Spani- 
 ards were put aboard it ; they touch'd at Cafrite, fail'd thenee on the ipth, 
 and with them Pome Veffels, in which there were private Perfons, who 
 follow'd at their own Expence, coaffing the Ifland of Manila as far as 
 'Malayan. They parted, becaufe the Veffels kept in Sight of Land, and the 
 Governour put out to Sea. On the 25th he came alone to pafs the Night, 
 at the Point call'd de Jzufre, or of Brimftone, in the Ifland of Manila , 
 
 oppofite 
 
 Its Force . 
 
the S P I C E - 1 S L A N D S. 
 
 oppofite to that ot La&a> v heietfce Curienr, and the Drift of the Water 
 from the Land run ffrong, and theBreezes then blowing^ the Galley could 
 not weather it. He anchor’d under the Shelter of it, and yet dragg’d a 
 little with the Force ot the Current. They made the Chine fes row exceflive 
 hard, to bring her up again under the Land, In fhorr, they row’d very 
 faintly, either becauie they were not us’d to that Labour, and forc'd to the 
 Oar, or Lecaufe they were then tir’d, and incens’d with the Command. 
 Other contrary Winds Parted up, which again obAruded their Voyage, 
 and to weather fome Points of Land, it was neceffary to ply the Oars, and 
 to vex the Crew, with the ufual Severity and Punifhment commonly in- 
 hided aboard the Galleys. They thought this hard, and contrary to 
 what the Governour had allur’d them, which was, that they fhould be 
 kindly treated ; but neither the Lafh, nor the Threats, nor the hemming 
 of the Currents, with the Vigour and Sweat of their Bodies, feem’d fo 
 intollerable, 3 nd injurious to them, as to hear the angry and hern G o- 
 vemour himfelf bid them row manfully, for if they did not, he would 
 put them in Chains, and cut off their Hair. This to the Chinefes is an 
 Affront that deferves Death, for they place their Honour in their Hair, 
 which they cherifh and preferve very fair, and value themfelves upon it, 
 as the Ladies in Europe us’d to do, all their Delight and Reputation being 
 in keeping it curioufly comb’d. Hereupon they refolv’d to mutiny, to 
 prevent fuch an Affront and Contempt. The next Night, which was the 
 *5thof being appointed for the Execution, when the tir’d Spani- 
 
 ards laid themfelves down upon the Benches, and other convenient Places 
 in the Veffel, the Chinefes did fo too, but cunningly dividing themfelves, 
 every one lay down by a Spaniard , pretending to be aileep. In the dead 
 of the laft Watch, which they thought the propereff and fafeft Time, 
 feeing the Spaniards found aileep, the Chine fes , upon hearing of a ihrill 
 Whiffle, which was the Signal agreed upon between them, ff arted up all 
 together, and every Man wiih wonderful Celerity put on a white Veff, or 
 Shirt, that they might know one another in the Height of their Fury, and 
 the Darknefs of the Night,, and fo diffinguiih where to make the Slaugh- 
 ter, tho* for the more Security, they alfo lighted abundance of Wax- 
 Candles, which they had concealed wrap‘d up in thofe white Veils. Then 
 $hey drew their Catanas , which are keener, and more crooked than our 
 Cymiters , and began without any Noife every Man to hew his next Spani- 
 ard ; fo proceeding in their Fury, and killing all thofe that ilept. Above 
 60 Perfons had imbark’d in the Admiral-Galley, fome of them being the 
 Governour‘s Servants, and other old Soldiers, who fuffer’d Inconvenien- 
 cies to oblige and divert him. They had play’d all the Night, and being 
 tir’d, and tne Heat very violent, they lay naked, fome on the Gang- Way 
 in the middle of the Galley, others on the Benches, and the greateff Fa- 
 vourites, who had more Room allow’d them, in the Poop, and to that 
 Purpofe the Governour retired into the Cabin. The Chinefes continu’d 
 the Execution, on thofe who flept, without any Miff ruff, which was 
 done fo expeditioufly, that when lome of thofe who Ilept in the Poop 
 awak’d, the other Spaniards were all killed. The Watch heard nothing of 
 it, the 4 their could be no Excufe for that Negleft, becaufe there had been 
 Inffances and Warnings enough before, Others awak’d, and feeling them- 
 
 felres 
 
 137 
 
 Chinefes 
 at the Oars 
 ill us'd. 
 
 The Go - 
 vernour 
 threatens 
 them . 
 
 The Chi- 
 ne fes rebel 
 
 andkiUtb & 
 Spaniards. 
 
138 
 
 Maity of 
 them 
 drowned* 
 Only 12 
 e fcqe. 
 
 jheGover - 
 ft or kill'd. 
 
 Two fav'd 
 dive* 
 
 TheCYime- 
 fes fail for 
 China. 
 
 The Discovery and Conqueji of 
 
 felves wounded, in the Confufion leap'd into the Sea, where moH of them 
 w^ere drown‘d* foitie few caft themfelves into the Sea before they 
 were hurt, and were alfo lwaUow‘d up by it, tho’ they were near Land 
 becaufe the Current being Hrong, they could not Hem it , twelve efcap'd’ 
 and many Bodies were found along the Shores. 
 
 The Cbinefes now grown bold, drew out the Pikes they had hid under 
 . the Benches, and finiffrd their Treacherous Work with Noife. The Go- 
 vernor, who was under Deck, Sleeping, with a Candle and Lanthorn by 
 him, Awak‘d; and that he might do fo, they made the greater Noife- and 
 the Cbinefes themfelves cry‘d out to him, defiring he would come up to 
 pacify a Quarrel there was among the Camillas , fo they call the Spaniards* 
 He, for this Reafon* or believing the Galley dragg‘d, as it had done at o- 
 ther times, getting up in his Shirt, and opening the Scuttle, look c d out 
 lifting half his Body above it: At the fame time the Cbinefes tell upon him v 
 with their Cy miters, and wounded him Mortally, clutting his Head, and 
 running him through with their Pikes in more than barbarous manner. 
 Seeing his Death near he drew back, and took up the Prayer Book of 
 his Order, which he always carry’d about him, and an Image of our Bldfed 
 Lady, and ended his Life between thofe two Advocates, which were after- 
 wards feen bathed in his Blood: Yet he dy‘d not prefently, for they after- 
 wards found him in his Bed, imbracingthe Image, where he Bled to Death 
 and about him the Bodies of Daniel Gomez de Leon , his Valet de Chamber* 
 Pantaleon de Brito , Suero Diaz , John de Chavez , Peter Mafeda , John de S* 
 Juan, Carrion Ponce , and Francis Caftillo , all -of them his Servants, and four 
 brave Slaves, who had the fame End. This was not known till it was Day - 
 becaufe none of the Cbinefes durH go down where the Governor was that 
 Night, fearing leaf! fome of the 80 Spaniards that were in the Galley, had 
 retir’d thither*, luch was the Dread of their own Guilt. None were left 
 alive in .the Galley, but F. Francis Montilla , of the Barefoot Order of S* 
 Francis , and John de Cuellar , the Governors Secretary, who lay under Deck* 
 whether the fainthearted Cbinefes durH not go down in three Days, when 
 their firfl Fury was over. Then they afterwards fet Afhore, on the* Coaft 
 of llocos y in the fame Illand of Luzon , that the Natives might fhffer them 
 to Water ; and becaufe the Frier and the Secretary had Capitulated, having 
 their promife that they would do them no hurt, before they furrendered 
 The Cbinefes being fatisfy’d that there were no more ancient ChriHians 
 left, began to Shout and Roar for Joy that they had gone through with their 
 Work, and had no Man more to Hand in Awe of. 
 
 The Spaniardsy who were in the other Vefiels, near the Shore, tho’ they 
 faw the Lights, and heard a confus'd Noife aboard the Admiral, thought it 
 might be on account of fome Work belonging to the Galley, or the like ' 
 When, a Jong time after, they underHood how matters went, from thofe 
 who fav’d themfelves by Swimming, they lay HilJ, not being able to redrefs 
 it. They were but few* had not Strength enough ; and the Mifchief was 
 done. They Hay’d till Morning, and when Day appear’d, perceived that the 
 Galley had fet her Shoulder-of-Mutton-Sail, and was Handing for China 
 but they could nor follow her: The Wind favouring, fte fail’d all along 
 the CoaH of the Illand, till they got clear of it, the Chinefes all the way 
 Celebrating their Vi&ory, 
 
 The 
 

 the SPICE- ISLANDS. 
 
 *39 
 
 The frier and the Secretary, who were among them, being fully per- 
 lwaded they would foon kill them, and fearing it would be after Come of * 1,e two 
 their cruel Methods, holding up their Hand's, begg’d they would allow Pri f oneys 
 them fome Time to make their Peace with God; and in cafe they would ’ e S an ea ~ 
 put them to Death, that it might be by Beheading, and not any other In-h) °eath, 
 human Way. One of the Chinefes bid them net Fear, for they fhould not 17 !h ' are 
 Dye. They all lay‘d down their bloody Weapons, and proftrating them- f rom!s< ‘ i 
 lelves, return'd Thanks to Heaven in moil humble manner, beating Drums th V r 
 and ringing Bells they carry'd, according to their Cuftom. The twoChri- Lives, 
 flians being then bolted to a Bench in the Galley, during r j Days their 
 Captivity lailed, were fed with a fmall Proportion of Rice,boii‘d in Water 
 without Salt, continually looking upon the Blood of their Companions that 
 had been fpilt, wherewith all the Deck was Stain'd. They fhed Abundance 
 of Tears on it, befides thole they hourly let fall with the Apprehenfion of 
 Death, thofe Chinefes , like faithlefs falfe Men, deligning to take away 
 their Lives, in fome ftrange manner. They weigh'd, and failed between 
 the Illands of Mindanao and Luban, towards China, and Coafting alon^ 
 
 Manila towards Cagayan, fome contrary Winds happening to blow, and 
 Calms fucceeding, they were much concern'd, fearing, that if the Hews of 
 their Treachery reach'd the-Philippines, they would fend after and over- 77 r , 
 take them. This Dread made them have recourfe to their Gods, and call "'r 
 upon them, offering feveral forts of Sacrifices, Perfumes, and Prayers, which i S \ n ~ 
 the Devil often anfwer'd in formal Words, by the Mouths of fuch as were rJ *' 
 FoflefTed , whom he Enter’d to that Purpofe, for there never wanted two U °* S ' 
 or three fuch, all the time thofe Chriftians were in the Galley. What they 
 Taw was, that when kail they thought of it,, and on a fudden, the Perfon 
 pofleffed began to quake, from Head to Foot. The others feeing him in that 
 Condition, laid, Some God ir as coming to Speak to them. Then coming up 
 to him, with Tokens of Refpeft, they unty'd, and fpread abroad his Hair • Some of 
 and ftripping him quite naked let him on his Feet, and he prefently fell a t°f~ 
 Dancing to the Noife of fome Drum, or Bell, they beat or rung. They put 
 a Cymiter, or Spear into his Hand, and as he danc'd he brandilh'd it over 
 all their Heads, with no fmall danger of hurting them, which they were 
 not the leaf! apprehenfive of ; alledging, that their God, tho’ he did fo 
 would never hurt them, without they were guilty of fome Sin againff him! 
 
 Before the Devil had poflefs’d any in the Galley, the Chinefes were con- 
 certing to murder the Chriftians, believing they were the Occafion, why Chilians 
 God did riot give them a fair Wind for their Voyage ; but that watchful preserv'd 
 fovereign Providence, without whofe Direction the leaft Accident does not by J Means 
 happen, making ITfe of the Devil himfelf as an Inftrument, prevented it of the De- 
 by Means of thofe very Perfons who offended it. The Perfon poffefs’d vil 
 ask’d for Ink and Paper, which being prefently brought him, he made cer- 
 tain Characters and confus’d ’Scrawls, which being expounded by the 
 others in the Galley, they found fignify’d, that thofe two Men were harm- 
 lefs, therefore they fhould not kill them, which was no fmall Incourage- 
 , ment to the Priloners. However this lafted not long, for fome others who 
 were poflefs’d after the firft, tormented them cruelly, efpecially one of them, 
 who was the maddeft. He told the C/wre/er, that if he fhould happen to 
 hurt thofe Men, as he brand jfh’d the Weapon he had in his Hand over 
 
 them. 
 
140 
 
 The Difcovery and Conqtteft of 
 
 them, making Eflays, as if he cut and ilafh d, then they muff kill them im- 
 mediately ; becaute it would be a certain Sign, that their Gods requir’d it, 
 and that their being in the Ship was the Occafion, why they gave them not a 
 fair Gale. All the Men in the Galley aflembled, to behold that Specta- 
 cle, and the I’erfon pofl'efs’d having lor a confiderable Space walk’d about 
 the Gang- Way, with extravagant Geflures, went then to the Place where 
 the Religious Man and his Companion were ; there growing hellifhly in- 
 rag’d, he commanded all the reft to flar,d a fide, and being left with only 
 the two Prisoners, began to make hideous Faces and Grimaces" at them, 
 Honed when getting upon the Table in the mid Part of the Galley, he thence 
 fraHlces ,j, rew his Cymiter at them, with fuch Fury, that it ftuck in the Deck, be- 
 7ipon the tween their Feet. Seeing he had not hurt nor touch’d them, he ask’d for 
 P, ifoners. , t again to ma ke,a fecond and third Tryal, flicking it every Time fo deep, 
 that the others could fcarce draw it out from the Planks. This done, he bid 
 them give him a Partefan, with which he hack’d, hew’d, and tliurfl, in fuch 
 frightful and dangerous Manner, that the Chivefes themfelves were aflo- 
 nifh’d. He kept them above an hour in that Dread and AffMion, without 
 daring to flir,or beg for Mercy ; believing it would not avail them, but that 
 on the contrary, whatfcever they could fay might be prejudicial. Thus ha- 
 ving plac’d all their Hopes, and Confidence on that fovereignLord,wbo even 
 when he delays does not fail to give Afliflance, they call’d upon him, and 
 offer’d themfelves up to him in fervent Prayers ; particularly the Religious 
 Man, repeating fome Pfalms and Verfes, -which his former Devotion, exci- 
 ted by the prelent Danger, brought into his Mind , and were Ratable to 
 that Occafion, and fuch like Exigencies; by which, as he afterwards faid, 
 he receiv’d great Comfort, and Addition of Courage. This fort of mife- 
 rable Life, and thefe Torments lafted all or molt Days during therein Cap- 
 tivity. 
 
 At length, the Chivefes perceiving they could notpoffibly perform the 
 The Chi- Voyage they defir’d, by Reafon the Wind was contrary ; they refolv‘d to 
 nefes land, ] an( j on t he Ifland of llocos, not far from Luzon , at the Port they call Shiny. 
 810 of They being there afhore to Water, the Natives knowing they had murder’d 
 them are t he Governour, laid an Ambufh and kill’d twenty of them, and might have 
 kill’d. deflroyed above eighty tMt had landed, if they had not wanted Courage ; 
 
 becaufe at the very Shout the Men gave, when falling on, they were fo 
 daunted, that they all fled feveral Ways in Confofion, throwing down their 
 Arms, endeavouring to fave their Lives, by leaping into the Sea, fo to get 
 off in the Boat. The Chivefes meeting with this Difafler, and thinking 
 one of their own Men had been the Occafion of it, becaufe he advi- 
 Yr,ev fed them to put into that Port, they refolv’d to faze and put him 
 drown one to Death,. They did as had been refolv'd, and at Night, by unanimous 
 of their Content, threw him into the Sea, then weighing their Anchors, they got 
 
 own Men out of that Harbour, and put into another, three. Leagues off, on the fame 
 
 ' ' Coaft. There the Devil entering into one of them, as he us’d to do, com- 
 
 manded them immediately to return to the Porr, where they had fuffain’d 
 thatLors of their Friends and Companions, and that they Ihould not depart 
 thence, till they had facrific’d a Man to him, without appointing which, 
 •he would have. They immediately obey’d the Command, one of the 
 Chief Chivefes making Choice of one of the Chriftian Indians of the Pqlif- 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 fines they had Prifoners, to be Sacrifiz’d, and ty *d his Hands and Feet, 
 ftretching them on a Crofs, which they rais’d up, and the Chrifiian being 
 bound again!! the fore-Maft, one of thofe poflelVd by the Devil came up T r 
 to him in Sight of them all, and playing the part of anExecuti net, ripp’d * nc3 !, nn 
 
 up his Breaff, with one of thofe Daggers they ufe, making a wound lo large, , ~ 
 
 tnat he thiuft in his Hand with eafe, and pluck’d out part of his Entrals, "• 
 whereof, with horrid Fury, he bit a Mouthful, and galling the red up into 
 the Air, eat what he had in his Mouth, and lick’d his Hands, pleading him- 
 felf with the Blood that duck to them. 
 
 Having committed the Murder, they took the Crofs, and him that was on They cajb 
 it, and cad it and the Martyr into the Sea, which receiv’d that Body, him into 
 offer’d in Sacrifice to the Devi], then to be cloath’d in Glory, by him that the Sea. 
 has provided it for thofe who fuffer for the Confedion of the Faith, This 
 dreadful Speftacle ft ruck Horror, and rais’d Emulation in the two Chri- 
 ftians, who beheld it with Zeal, and had expefted as much before. The 
 Inhuman Sacrifice being over, they put out of the Harbour, and having 
 for fome days Coaded the Ifland with Difficulty ; one of them, by com- 
 mand of the Poffefs’d Perfon, who had order’d the Sacrifice, with the con- TJ ~ 
 lent of them all, fet at liberty the Religious Man, the Secretary, and all the 1 Je ^ ecr f~ 
 Indians they had Prifoners, matting them afhore in the Boat, and then the 77 t 
 Chine fes dood out to Sea. They endeavoured to make over to China, but tn 7^ e at 
 not being able, put into Cocbincbina , where the King of Tun quin took all ut,crt I' 
 they had, and among the red two heavy Pieces of Cannon, that hadvbeen 
 put aboard for the Expedition of the Moluccas , the King’s Standard, .and all 
 the Jewels, Goods, and Money. He fuffer'd the Galley to perifh on the 
 Ccad, and the Cbinefes difpers'd, flying into feveral Provinces, Others 
 affirm, that King ieiz'd and puniffi'd them. 
 
 The Spaniads that efcap'd, went to carry the News to Manila, where Spaniards 
 fome griev'd, and others, who hated the Govemour for his Severity, rejoy- thatefcapd 
 ced ; but that ill Will loon vanifh'd, and all generally lamented him; came to 
 more efpecially when fome of the Bodies were found and brought in. A- Manila, 
 mong them were thofe of the Enfign, John Diaz Guerrero , an old Soldier, 
 and Governour of Cehu\ of the Enfign Penalo/a , Proprietor of Vila \ 
 the great Soldier Sabagun, whofe Wife ran roaring about rhe City; 
 of Captain Cajlano, newly come over from Sfain \ of Francis Rodriguez Bodie* 
 Pentlero ; of Captain Peter Neyla ; of John de So tom ay or • of Simon Fer- found * 
 vandez ; that of his Sergeant , of Guzman ; of the Enfign .and Sergeant of 
 the Company brought by Don Philip de Sarnano , who being fick transferHd 
 it to Captain John Xuarez Gallinato\ and thofe of Sebafiian Ruis and 
 Lewis Velez, thefe two Merchants, all the reft old Soldiers^ whofe Fune- 
 rals renew'd the Sorrow for that difmall Accident, 
 
 This News bein^ brought to Manila , and no Papers of the Governour’s 
 appearing, wherein he nam'd, who was to fucceed him, tho< it was known he 
 had the King’s Order fo to do, believing it might be loft in the Galley, among Kojaschofe 
 much of the Kings, his own, and private Perfons Goods, the City thereiore Govemour 
 choie the Licentiate Rojas for their Governour, and he was fo forty Days. kytheCity* 
 But the Secretary John de Cuellar returning to Manila , in a miferable * 
 Condition, with F, Francis de Mont ilia , gave Notice, that Gomez 
 Perez, before his Departure had appointed his Son Don Lewis to fucceed, 
 and that this would be found at tne Monaftery of 5. Jugujtin, in a Box, 
 
 U among 
 
142 The Difcovery and Conqueji of 
 
 DonLewis among other Papers, in the Cufiody of F. James Munnoz, Rojas had al- 
 dasMarin- ready lent Orders to Cebu, for all the People employ’d in the Expedition 
 nas Gover- to return, as was accordingly done. So that Don Lewis coming, notwith- 
 nor. Handing fome Protections, he, by Virtue of his Father’s Authority, fuc- 
 
 ceeded him in the Government, till Don Francis Tello came. 
 
 Char after Such was the End of thatGentleman, whofe Adlions were valuable in. 
 
 of Gomez themfelves, and the more for the Zeal he did them with* He wanted not 
 Perez, for political and martial Virtues, nor for Prudence in both Sorts; but he 
 would not regard Examples ; and contrary to what thofe taught him, durft 
 promife himlelf to fucceed, fo that he became confident, if not rafh. But 
 his Chrifiian Piety makes Amends for all. 
 
 77 FI t ^ on Lewis,his Kindred and Friends, would fain have profecuted theEx- 
 d'f TV P e dition to the Moluccos, and to this End F. Antony Fernandez came from 
 jjmijs , jyd ore . b ut he fucceeded not. The Fleet was difmifs’d,and it was a fingular. 
 
 Providence for the Security of the Philippine Iflands ; for prefently after, at 
 the Beginning of the Year 1594, there came thither a greatNumber of Ships 
 from China, loaded only with Men and Arms, and brining no Merchandize 
 as they are wont to do. Thofe Ships brought feven Mandarines, being fume 
 of the chief Viceroys and Governours of the Provinces. It was believ’d, and 
 JrnPd prov’d certainly true, that they knowing Gomez Perez went upon that Expe- 
 Chinefes dition, to which he took with him all the Spaniards , concluded the Coun- 
 in the try was left defencelefs, and therefore came with a Defign to Conquer, or 
 Philip- plunder it, which would have been very eafy, had they found it as they -ex* 
 pines. pefted. They went out of their Ships but twice to vifit Don Lewis , with 
 great State, and much Attendance. He receiv’d them affetf ionately, and pre- 
 tented every Mandarine with a gold Chain* They told him, they came by 
 their King’s Order, to pick up the Chinefes, who wander’d about thofe Iflands 
 without his Leave ; but this was look’d upon as a meer Pretence ; becaufe 
 there was no Need, for that Effeft, of fo many Mandarines, nor fuch a Num- 
 Mandari- berofVeffels arm’d and furiyfb’d for War, The Chinefes who murder’d 
 nes vifit G° mez Ferez , were of Chincheo , and therefore Don Lewis , as knowing the 
 DonLewis ccrta * n Criminals, fent his Kinfman Don Ferdinand de Cafiro , in a Ship, 
 to give the King of China an Account of that Treachery ; but his Voyage 
 mifcarry ’d, and all was left in Sufpence. 
 
 f 2n £ At this Time Langara , King of Camhoxa made Inftance for the Sue 
 
 Camboxa CO urs, an d requir’d Don Lewis to perform his Fathers Promife made to him 
 demands not ] on g before* He therefore, in Purfuance to it, and to the End that 
 
 *•?!% t ^ e F° rces > 01 f° me P art °f them, might continue in the Church’s Ser* 
 
 vns a buc- v j ce ^ f jnce t b e y were provided for that End, in the Defign cfTernate, re- 
 cour. folv’d to fupport that King with them. 
 
 ~ Camhoxa is one of the moft fertile of the Indian Regions* It fends 
 
 t^ijboxa Abundance of Provifions to other Parts, for which Reafon it is frequented 
 dejenbed. by Spaniards, Per fans, Arabs, and Armenians . The King is a Mahometan • 
 but his Subjefts the Gufarats and Banians, follow the Precepts of Pythago - 
 ras, perhaps without any Knowledge of him. They are all ihaip witted. 
 Opinions and reputed the cunningelt Merchants in India. However they are of Opini- 
 cf the No* on, that after Death, Men, Brute Beads, and all Creatures, receive either 
 
 lives, Punifhment, or Reward; fo confus’d a Notion have they of Immortality. 
 
 The City Camhoxa , which gives its Name to all the Country, is alfo call’d 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS, 
 
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 Champa , abounding in the Odoriferous Caltimbuco Wood, whole Tree call’d 
 Calamba, grows in unknown Regions, and therefore has not been feen lan- 
 ding. The Floods upon thofe great Rivers bring down Trunks of it, and Lignum 
 this is the precious Lignum Aloes. Camboxa produces Corn, Ride, Peafe, Aloes. 
 Butter, and Oyl. There are made in it various Sorts of Cotton Webs, 
 
 Mullins, Buckrams, Calicoes, white and painted, Dimit ; es, and other cu- Manupac- 
 rious Pieces exceeding the finefl in Holland. They nlfo adorn their Rooms tutes. 
 with Carpets; tho’ they are not like thofe brought out of Perfia to Ormuz. 
 
 They weave others for the common Sort, which they call Bancales, not un- 
 like the Scotch Plads. Mordothey want the Art of Silk-Weaving, for 
 they both weave, and work with the Needle, rich Hangings, Coverings for 
 the low Chairs us’d by the Women of Quality, and for the Indian Litters, 
 or Palanquines, which are made of Ivory, and Tortoife-Shell, and of -the 
 fame they make Chefs-Boards, and Tables to Play, Seal-Rings, and other 
 portable Things. In the Mountains there is found a fort of Chriftal, ex- ProduB. 
 traordinary tranfparent, whereof they make Beads, little Idols, Bracelets, 
 
 Necklaces, and other Toys. It abounds in Amethills, Garnets, the Sort 
 of Saphirs call'd Hyacinths, Spinets, Cornelians, Chryfolites, Cats Eyes, 
 properly call'd Acates, all of them precious Stones There are alfo thofe 
 they call Milk, and Blood Stones, pleafant, and medicinal Fruits, Opium, 
 
 Bangue, Sanders, Alom and Sugar. Indigo is incomparably prepar’d in 
 Camboxa , and thence fent to feveral Provinces. The living Creatures are 
 the fame A fin affords in thofe Parts, Elephants, Lions, Horfes, wild Boars, Beojls. 
 and other fierce Beafts. It is in Ten Degrees of North Latitude. The River 
 Mecon waters all the Kingdom, and in it falls into the Sea ; being look’d 
 upon as the greateft in India, carrying fo much water in Summer, that it Mecon 
 floods, and covers the Fields, like the Nile in Egypt. It joyns another of lefs Stiver. 
 Stock, at the Place call’d Chordemuco. This River, for fix Months runs 
 backward. The Reafon of it is the Extent and Plainnefeof the Country it 
 runs along. The Southern Breezes choak up the. Bar with Sand. The 
 Currents thus damm’d up, fwell and rife together, after much Struggling 
 one againft the other. The Bar looks to the South-Ward, both Waters 
 at firft Form a deep Bay, and finding no free PalTage out, but being drove 
 by the mighty Violence of the Winds, are forc‘d to fubmit and bend their 
 Courfe the wrong Way, till a more favourable Seafon refloresthem to their 
 natural Courfe. We feeiome fuch like Effe&s in Spain, where theTagus falls 
 into the Sea of Portugal , and the Guadalquivir into that of Andaluzia, 
 oppos’d by the fuperior Force of the Sea Waves, and of the Winds. 
 
 About this Time, in the remote!! Part of this Country, beyond im- * 
 penetrable Woods, not far from the Kingdom of the Laos, was difcover’d r: t ~n } r. n 
 a Citv, of above fix thoufand Houfes, now call’d Avgon. The Stru- ' 
 
 (Surest and Streets, all of maffy Marble Stones, artificially wrought, and as * „ 
 
 entire, as if they had been modern Works. The Wail ftrong, with a 
 Scarp, or Slope within, in fuch Manner, that they can go up to the Bat- J tt Mag- 
 tlements every where. Thofe Battlements all differ one from another, re- nificence. 
 presenting fundry Creatures, one reprefents the Head of an Elephant, ano- 
 ther of a Lion, a third of a Tiger, and fo proceed in continual Variety. 
 
 The Ditch, which is alfo of tew’d Stones, is capable of receiving Ships. 
 
 Over it is a magnificent Bridge, the Arches of it being fupported by flone 
 
 U 2 Giants 
 
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 The Difcovery and Conquefl of 
 
 Giants ot a prouigiuus Height. Tne Aquedu&s, tho< dry, {how nolens 
 Grandeur. There are Remains of Gardens, and delightful Places, where 
 the Aqueduds terminate. On one Side of the Town is a Lake above 
 thirty Leagues in Compafs. There are Epitaph$,Infcriptions,and Characters 
 not underhood. Many Buildings are more fumptuous than the reh^moh of 
 them of Alabafter, and Jafper Stone. In all this City, when fit ft difcover- 
 red by the Natives, they found no People, nor Bealls, nor any living Crea- 
 tures^' cept fuch as Natu e produces out of the Breaches of Ruins. & I own 
 I Was unwilling to write this, and that I have look’d upon it as an imagi- 
 nary City of Plato's Atlantis, and of that his Common- Wealth ; but there is 
 no wonderful Thing, or Accident, that is not fubjed to much Doubt. It 
 is now Inhabited, and our Religious Men, of the Order of Sr. Ai tguftin and 
 St. Dominick , who have Preach’d in thofe Parts, do teftify the Truth of it. 
 A Perfon of Reputation tor his Learning, conjedures it was the Work of 
 the Emperor Traian\ but tho’ he extended the Empire more than his Pre- 
 decefiors, I have not ever Read that he reach’d as far as Camboxa . Were 
 the Hihories of the Chinefeszs well known as ours, they would inform us 
 why they abandon’d fo great a Part of the World ; they would explain the 
 Infer jptions on the Buildings, and all the reft that is unknown to the Na- 
 tives themfelves. I know not what to fay of fo Beautiful a City’s being 
 buried in Oblivion, or not known. It is rather a Subjed of Admiration 
 than Refledion. 
 
 •nf 0 / Don Lewis king zealous to bring thofe Nations into the Bofom of the 
 niln bi/nps Church, and their Wealth, and Kings under the Subjedion of the Crown of 
 /Tr t f 1 f fy™*' fi tlecl out t ^ lree Ships, under the Command of John Xuarez Gallinato 
 JicLief of born at Tenerife , one of the Canary Iftands, with 120 Spaniards and fome 
 Camboxa. Philippines . They Sail’d from Cefoi, but there rofe a Storm immediately 
 which difpers’d the Ships. Gallinato drove on by the Fury of the Winds* 
 Ring of aniv,d at and the other two at Camboxa. Going up the Rive/ 
 
 Camboxa ' l^ y were Inform’d, That the King of Sian had defeated him ot Camboxa 
 routed by hls ^ghbour ? who, with the wretched Remains of his Army, fled into 
 him of * Kin 8 dom of the Laos, a Neighbouring but Inhumane Nation; and that 
 Siam/ whilft he was begging Compaftion among thofe obdurate Hearts, the King 
 of Sian had fet up Prauncar, Nick- nam’d, Wry Mouth theTraytor,Eio\\iti to 
 the vanqufh’d Monarch, for King of Camboxa. This Accident did not ob- 
 ftrud the Succours which the Spaniards carry’d under Colour of an Em- 
 bafty. They came to the City Chordumulo y 80 Leagues diftant from the Bar 
 and leaving 40 Spaniards in the Ships, 40 others went to the Country 
 where the new King was. They made Application to vifit him prefemly 
 but he would not be feen that Day, tho’ he ordered they ftould have good 
 Quarters, and be told, he would give them Audience three Days after. But 
 Defan to 2 a . wesV *t°f 0 -an& Bla f e Ru y z r either that they were formerly acquainted 
 nnndn the Wlth the CoUntry ’ or fome new Subtilty occurring, looking on that delay 
 Spaniards as / J uf P 1 cious, vjfmng a beautiful Indian Woman, of the King’s Family, i he 
 * * told them in private, That being admitted into that Tyrants Secrets he 
 
 being fond of her, fhe knew he intended 10 Murder them all; and that 
 during thofe three Days he had aflign’d them, as it were to Refl, after their 
 Journey, the Men and Means for Executing that Defign were to be provi- 
 ded. The Spaniards rtturn‘d Thanks for the Intelligence, not without 
 promile of Reward. They 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 145 
 
 They weie not difmay d at the Danger ; but repeating tlieir Thanks to Defter at 
 tneiK// 7 j 72 Woman, tor her Intelligence, came to this magnanimous, it' it may Bravery of 
 nat be term d a rafh Resolution. They agreed to attack the King’s Palace the Span- 
 that fame Night, and to withlland the whole Army, if Need were. They iards * 
 prepar d themfelves for that Enterprize, which was above human Strength 
 let hire to the Houfe where the Powder lay, and the People running to’ 
 help, or to fee the Mifchief, the Spaniard souring the Confufion, enter’d the 
 Palace, and being acquainted with the joyal Apartments, made through 
 them, till they came to the King’s Perfon, whom they run thro’, and kill’d 77 l » 
 after cutting his Guards in Pieces. He defended himfelf, calling out ,/tVr 
 for Help but thofe who came to his Affiftance found him bloodlefs. The A , ngo f 
 Report of this A&ion alarm’d the other Guards, and then all the City ^ am ^ 0Xa ‘ 
 which contains above thirty thoufand Inhabitants, who where all running to 
 Arms; above 14000 Men took up fuch as Ociafion offer’d, and came upon "the 
 Stcimardt with many war-like Elephants. Our two Commanders drew up „ ; 
 their little Body and retir'd in great Order, always fighting and killing l * 
 great numbers of their Enemies. The Fight lafted all the Night, with \ ' v 4 °°° 
 wonderful Bravery, the next Day they got to their Ships, and lmbark'd, 1 d s * 
 leaving that Kingdom fulJ of new Divifions. 
 
 The fecond Day after, Gall! intro came in, with his Ship. He landed, having 
 been before inform’d of what had happen’d, and thinking he did not perform Gallinato 
 his Duty, unlefs he fuccour d the Spaniards, when he heald the Drums and at Cam- 
 Bells, and faw the Streets and Port full of trading People, now in Arms. boxa. 
 iie gave ftrift Orders to thofe that attended him, to behave themfelves ve- 
 ry mode Illy, fu as to conceal their own Concern, and deceive the People of 
 Camboxas both by their Looks; and the Sedatenefs of their Words. The 
 principal Men 01 Camboxa vifited him, in peaceable Manner: whom he 
 treated very courteoully. He might have perform’d fome great Exploit 
 but finding his Strength too fmall for fuch an Enterprize, and that now Af^ 
 fairs had taken another Turn, and were in a different Poflure, he thought 
 fit to be gone, Mofl of thofe great Men oppos’d it, promifing him the 
 
 “* u’ 8 -r D affeaed f° tbe and a foreign Government. The great 
 
 Hence came the idle Report, that Gallinato was King of Camboxa , whiii Men offer 
 
 ” S jh! V d by ^ any ln an . d aa « d on the Stage with Applaufe, and him the 
 
 good Liking. And it was the Opinion of Perfons well acquainted with thofe Crown. 
 Countries, that had Gallinato laid hold of the Opportunity offer’d him he 
 
 “l^ht then have poffefs d himfelf of Camboxa , and united it to the Crown 
 
 or C ajtile. 
 
 J»rT f « e ". Le «ers of rellofo, and Blafe Ruiz, to the Council at Manila, 
 
 (h^Uhi Wher T tbey f Ff ak to D *his Effert, and complain that 
 Galhnato ftiould blame what they did. But Gallinato, whofe Judgment, 
 
 and m a v U v ^ fT try ’ d ~," tbe S reatea Dangers of thofe Eaftern^ Parts, 
 
 and many \ ears before : in Flanders, would not fuffer himfelf to be eafily Thedeto t>d 
 
 led away by popular Affedtion, and honourably rejecting that ODDorrunirv v ? o * 
 
 Rut* and James Veffofo had landed there before, and went alone by Land 1 
 !? tbe K "#*wn °f the Laoi , which lies Weft of Cochinchina, to feek out 
 the deposd l King Langara, and reftore him to his Throne. They found he 
 was dead, but had a Son living, who being told how they had kilPd the 
 
 Ufurper, 
 
1 46 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquejl of 
 
 D. Pedro 
 de Acunna 
 fortifies 
 Carthage- 
 
 m. 
 
 56 Bnglifh 
 Sail fent 
 to rob the 
 Weft-In- 
 dies. 
 
 Drake's 
 
 Actions 
 
 there. 
 
 Ufurper, his Uncle and Enemy ; he fet forward immediately for his King- 
 dom with Vellofo and Ruiz, and 10000 Men, the King of the Last, contrary to 
 all Expeftation iurnilh'd him. He attach’d Camboxa, where Ruiz and 
 Vellofo faithftilly lluck to him during the War, and afterwards in his Go- 
 vernment. Then he fent another Embafly to the Philippine Ifland, -asking 
 Supplies of Men to quell the Troubles in his Country, and that he and his 
 Sub) eels might receive the Faith of JESl/S C HRIST^ promifing a 
 confiderable Part of his Dominions to the Spaniards, to fubfift them. This 
 Em bally came to Manila , when Don Lewis had quitted the Government, 
 and refign'd it up to Don Francis Teller, which gave Occafion to Ternatt 
 to grow more fettled in its Tyranny. 
 
 Don Pedro de Acunna, who govern’d Garth agena m the Weft -Indies, in 
 this Year i$9J> either becaufe it was his natural Inclination, or the 
 Neceffity of the ‘'Times requiring it, lortify‘d the Place with Fafcines, 
 Planks, Piles, and Ditches, working at it himfelf in Perfon. Thus he 
 oblig'd the Bifhop, Clergy and Religious Men, to put their Hands 10 the. 
 Work- the very Ladies of Quality, their Daughters and Maids, did-nor 
 refufe to follow fuch an Example. It was wonderful to fee with what 
 Exoedition and Zeal the Work was’brought to Perfection, of fuch Force is 
 a good Example. Soon after came to Puerto Rico, the Ship call Id Pandor- 
 jp-, 7 or Borgonna , that was Admiral of Tierra Firm, and hew Spain, 
 with three Millions in her. The whole under the Care of the General 
 
 At this Time there came into the Weft-Indies a Fleet of 16 Sail, fent by 
 theQueen of England to plunder them, under the Command of JohnHaw- 
 /bwrand Francis Drake. Captain Peter Tetto defended the three Millions 
 fo bravely with the Span ft Frigots, that he fav’d the Prize. Hawkins W 3 s 
 wounded in the Fight, and dy’d of it before he could come to the Firm 
 Land. Drake, with that Fleet, enter’d Rio de la Hacha and Santa Marta ; 
 and being one Night in Sight of Carthagena, took a Frigate belonging to 
 that Coaft by which he was inform'd, how well the Governour had tor- 
 tifi'd it • therefore making a Compliment of Neceffity, he fent Dow Pedro 
 a Meffage bv the Men of the Frigot, whom he therefore fet at Liberty, 
 faying He did not attack his Works and City out of Refpefl to him, 
 and becaufe he honour’d his Valour. The Truth of the Matter was. That 
 Drake call’d together his Captains to confult what was to be done, and 
 they all advis'd him to attack the City, promifmg to do their utmoff, and 
 be anfwerable for the Succefs ; alledging it ought to be attempted, for be- 
 ing a Place of vaft Wealth and Confequence. Only Drake oppos d it, 
 ftreneth’ning his Opinion by faying, Hi$ Mind did not give him, that the 
 Enterprise could have the Succefs they would allure him, becaufe they 
 were to have to do with a Knight of Malta, a Batchelor, nothing weak- 
 ned wiih Womanifh Affe&ion, or the Care of Children ; but watchnil, 
 and intent upon defending the Place, and fo Refolute, that he would dye 
 on the Spot before he would lofe it. This Opinion prevail'd, and the 
 Enrlift handing in Awe of Don Pedro's Reputation, went away to the 
 Town of Nombre de Dios, and took it. Drake afterwards defjgmng to 
 do the fame at Panama, was difappointed, meeting Oppofi non by the 
 Way, which had been provided upon the Advice fent by Don led) 0, that 
 
 •the Englijb were moving againfl that City. 
 
 But 
 
 
But let us return into Afta. Still the People of Camboxa perfifted to ask 
 Succours at the Phil} fine iflands, upon the ufual Promife of Converficn and D. T ewis 
 Vaffalage. Don Lewis de las Marinhat undertook the Entetprize in Per- de las 
 foil, and at his own Coll. He fet out from Manila with Dm James Jor- Marinhas 
 daily an Italian, Don Pedro de Figueroa, Peter ViUefiil , and Ferdinand de goes to >e- 
 los Rios Cor one ! , Spanijh Commanders, the lafl of them then a Prieft, who Heve Cam- 
 had alfobeen in thefirft War of Camboxa, A Storm took them out at Sea, boxa. 
 ■which lafted three Days, with the ufual Fury. The Shipwrack was mi- 
 ferable, two Ships were ftav’d in Pieces, and the Sea (wallow'd up all 
 the Men, Proviftons and Ammunition. Of all the Soldiers and Seamen 
 on Boatd the Vice- Admiral, only five i'wam afhore on the Coafi of China. 
 
 Some Soldiers were alfo fav’d out of the Admiral, and among them Cap- 
 tain Ferdinand de los Rios, the Vefiel remaining founder’d under the J s call 
 Waves. The other Ship got to Camboxa almoft (batter'd to Pieces after W ai 
 many Dangers. She found in the River of Camboxa , eight Juncks of J ' 
 Malayes, and the Spaniards feeing they defign’d to carry away fome Slaves 
 of the King of Camboxa, to whofe Afliftance they came* inconfiderately 
 boarded the Malayes , who being well furnifh’d with more than ordinary 
 Fire-works, loon burnt our Ship, and mod of the Spaniards perilb'd in the Spanilh 
 Flames or Smoke. Blaze Ruiz, nor Vellofo were not there at that Time, Mips 
 but foon after in the Country, where they were attending the King, being burnt. 
 befet in the Houfe where they lodg'd, were barbaroufly murder’d. Thofe 
 few Spaniards that efcap'd, got into the Kingdom of Sian, and thence to 
 Manilas Heaven was pleas'd this fhould be the End of all thofe mighty 
 Preparations made for the Recovery of Ternate, and the other Molvcco 
 Iflands, whofe Tyrant triumph'd at the News, concluding it was the Ef- 
 fect of his good Fortune, and looking on it as a Tellimony of the Juftice of 
 his Caufe, and accordingly he confederated a new with our Enemies. 
 
 Don Francifco Tello, a Gentleman of Andahizia, fucceeded Gomez Perez D. Fran. 
 in the Government of the Philippine Iflands, and came to Manila in the ’Cello Go- 
 Year 1596. His fir ft Care was to inform himfelf of the Condition his vernor of 
 Predeceflor had left them in, and to fupply the Garrifons ; becaufe the the Phil. 
 Emperor of Japan, having in the Year 1595, executed thofe glorious 
 Martyrdoms, the Memory whereof is ftill frefh, on the Religious Men of 
 the Order of S. Francis, it gave him Jealoufy, that he might have a De- 
 fign againft the Philippine Iflands. 
 
 The Natives ot the Iflands of Mindanao, hate our Nation as much as People of 
 thofe of Ternate, and upon any Occafion take Arms againft it, as they Mindanao 
 did in the laft, at the faid Ifland of Ternate. For this Reafon, Stephen bate tbe 
 Rodriguez de Figueroa enter’d into Articles with the new Governour. Don Spaniards. 
 Francifco Tello, by Virtue whereof he made War on the People of Minder- o. . 
 nao and Ternate , at his own Expence. Stephen Rodriguez was fo rich, „ te P • 
 that he might fately undertake this Affair. He livfd at Arevalo, a Town K °? r ? z 
 on the Ifland Panaz, one of the Philippines, and fet out with fome Gal- 
 leys, Frigots, Champanes, and one Ship, in which there were fome 
 Spaniards, and above 1500 of the Painted Natives, call’d Pintados, who t* J,s 
 were to ferve as Pioneers. He arriv’d at the River of Mindanao , on the jf X ~ 
 
 20th of April, 1596. and as foon as the Inhabitants of the Town, peculi- ■ 
 
 arly call'd Mindanao, faw fucha lightly Company, they fled up the Side of 
 ♦ the 
 
148 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquefi of 
 
 The Na- 
 tives fijr, 
 and hs 
 purfues. 
 
 the River, abandoning the Place, to the Fury of the Soldiers. Moft of 
 them referred to the Town of Buyahen, then the Refidence of *ftaxamurct. 
 King of Mindanao, who being under Age, had yet no Charge of the Go- 
 vernment, \*hich was wholly in the Hands of SHonea, a Soldier, and Com- 
 mander of Reputation. Our Men following up the River, came to Tampa, 
 can, five Leagues from the firfh That Place was govern'd by Dit^nilifyt, 
 Uncle to Monao, the true Proprietor, who was then alfo young, \ 
 
 Thefe two were naturally well affefted to the Spaniard?, and therefore, 
 as foon as they difeover'd their Arms,came out, in peaceable Manner, to meter, 
 and offer them their Afliilance. They inform'd them, that the Enermes, 
 for they were fo to thofe of Buyaben, had retir’d into the Fort they had 
 there. Stephen Rodriguez hearing the News, and having made m;ch of 
 thofe Princes, order’d the Fleet to weigh Anchor, and continue the Purfuir, 
 four Leagues faither, Rill along the River, to Buyaben • Being come thi- 
 ther,he landed his Men on S. Mark's Day; which was done by the Col. Joby 
 de Xara, but without any Order, becaufe having had no Engagement at 
 Mindanao , they thought they fhould have little to do there ; as if this, or 
 any other Pretence ought to be an Excufe for not obferving Martial Difci- 
 pline, Rodriguez would land to reftify thatDiforder by his Prefence, 
 He went out in fucn Armour of Proof, that a Shot of a fmall Drake would 
 fcarce pierce it. Only his Head unarmed, but cover'd with a Cap and 
 Feather, a black carrying his Helmet, and five Soldiers well arm’d attending 
 him. He had fcarce march'd fifty Paces, before an Indian, whofeName 
 was Ubal, fuddenly rulh'd out of a clofe and topping Thicket, and. running 
 at him, with his Campilan, or Cymiter, clove his Head, Ubal was Bro- 
 ther to Silonga , and Owner of one only Cow there was in all that Country, 
 He kill'd her three Days before this Accident, and inviting his Friends to 
 her, promis'd in that War to kill the moft noted Man among the Spaniards* 
 
 h kill'd. 
 
 He was as good as his Word, for Stephen Rodriguez dropt down of the 
 Wound, and dy’d three Days after, without anfwering one Word to the 
 Queflions that were made him, tho' he did it by Signs, The five Spani~ 
 a rds, feeing their Commander fo fuddenly wounded, that the Slayer, appear- 
 ed, and the Stroke was heard the fame Moment, fell upon Uhl and cut 
 him in Pieces. They acquainted Colonel Xara with their General's Death 5 
 and he fuppreffing his Concern, drew back the Men, and threw up a For- 
 Mindanao tification in the moft convenient Place, near the River, where he orderly 
 and call'd founded his Colony, to be inhabited by our Men, He appointed Aldermen, 
 New Mur- and Magiftrates, calling it New Murcia, in Honour of the old one in Spain % 
 where he was bom. Afterwards, defigning to marry Donna dna de Ofegue - 
 ra. Widow to Stephen Rodriguez, he left Things unfettled, and arrived at 
 the Ifland Luzon about the Beginning of June. 
 
 The Governor Don Francis Tell 0, who was then at the Place call’d El 
 
 A Fort t 
 eretted in 
 
 cia. 
 
 He found his Men were retir'd to the Port de la Caldera , in the fame Ifland 
 but 36 Leagues from the Mouth of the River, There he maintain'd him- 
 felf, till about Auguft Don Francis Telia appointed Don John Rovyuillo, 
 who was Commander of the Galleys, to fucceed in that Pcfh He gl/e 
 
 comroifEou'd 
 
commiffion‘d Veter Arceo CovarruHas, and others, as Captains, to go with 
 him; James Chaves Cannizares, Collonel ; Garcia Guerrero, Major; and 
 Chrijlopher Villagri 7 and Cervan Gutierrez, Captains of Foot. Don John 
 Ronquillo came with his Recruit to prefs upon the Enemy, andhdid it fo ef- 
 fectually, that being diflrefs c d, they craved Aid of the King of Ternate, to 
 whom the People of Mindanao pay an Acknowledgement,which is little lefs,y e 
 or the fame as Tribute. Buizan , Brother to Silonga, went on this EmbafTy ^ 1icr ^ 7l y S 
 and fucceede 4 fo well, that the King of Ternate lent with him feven Car - V* 
 coas , x heavy Pieces of Cannon, two fmaller, fome falconets, and fix him- ’ a 
 dred Men. They failing up the River of Mindanao , defigtfd to pafs on as far 
 as Buyahen ; but met with great Difficulties at the Reaches ; becaufe at 
 -one of them they were threatned by the Spaniards chief Fort, the Galleys, 
 and other VelTels; and the other was a narrow Channel, with a Point run- 
 rung o;;t into it, on which wasere&ed a Ballion, defended by forty Men. 
 
 From thence our Men had artificially laid a flrong wooden Bridge over 
 to the other Side of the River, clofe to which & Galliot ply‘d up and 
 down. 
 
 The Ternates feeing both Sides fo well Guarded, refold to fortify 
 themfelves at the Mouth of the River. They accordingly ereded a fmall ^7 build 
 Fort, and put themfelves into it, with an equal Number of Mindanao Sol- a F° r * on 
 -diers. The News hereof mov’d the General Ronquillo to diflodge them 5^ River< 
 and in Order to it, came down with the Galleys and other Vefiels, and 140 
 Men well appointed. He landed with 116, and the Captains Ruy Gomez 
 Arellano, Garcia Guerrero , Chrijlopher Vtllagra , and Alonfo de Palma , fa- 
 cing the Enemy, at about eighty Paces Diftance, on the Bank of the Riven 
 The Ternates zndMindanaos had levelled all the Front of their Fort, and dc 
 fignedly left a Spot of Bufhes and Brambles on one Side, where 500 Terna- 
 ries lay in Ambufh, the reft being in the Fort. Both their Parties percei- 
 ving how few of our Men came to attack them, were afham’d to be ihut up 
 within Fortifications, and lye in Ambufh, and accordingly making Show 
 of haughty Threats, came out and met the Spattiards. They found fuch Op- 
 pofition, that without the Help of any Stratagem, or other Caufe but their 
 natural Valour, at the very firfl onfer, almoft all the Ternates were kill’d, l ^ u £bAeV 
 and therefl fled.. Our Men follow’d the Chace, till they made an End of 0 * * erna “ 
 them. The people of Tampaca, who till then had been Neuters, to fee tes * 
 which Side Fortune would favour, perceiving fhe declar’d for us, took up 
 Arms for our Part. Only feventy feven elcap’d dangerouily wounded, 
 whereof fifty were drown’d in the River leaping, into it in Defpair t O fQnly three 
 the other twenty feven, only three furviv’d, who carry f d the News to their e fcape . 
 King. The Spaniards poflefs’d themfelves of the Shipping, Cannon, and J ^ 
 Plunder of the vanquifh’d, and were encouraged to profecute the War. 
 
 Don Francis Tello did not negleft other Atf'ais of this Nature. He under- 
 flood by his Spyes, and it was bruited abroad, that the Emperor of Japan Warlike 
 was gathering a mighty Army, and fitted out a Fleet for it, with Arm sp re p ara ^ 
 and Provisions. It was alfo known, that he was in Treaty to fecure him-f/^j jn 
 felf againfl the Chinefes, of whom the Japonefes are naturally Jealous. [ apan- 
 Hence it was inferr'd, that he arm l d to carry the War out of his own Do- J ^ 
 minions. He had already enter‘d into Allyance with the King of Ternate, 
 and other Neighbours, who were Enemies to the Crown of Spain . All 
 
 X tilde 
 
150 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquefi of 
 
 rheie Particulars gave vehement Caufe to conjtdure, that the Storm threat- 
 ned the Philippine [Hands, and more efpeciahy Manila^ the Head of them. 
 The Goveruour flrengthned himfelf, and fent Captain Alderete todifcover 
 the whole Truth, under Colour of complimenting that Emperour, and car- 
 F ^P^ niin rying him a Prefent. The EmbafTador fet out for Japan in July, and at 
 tT'tl th? * ame Time Don Franc if co difpatch'd the Galeon 6*. Philip io\New Spain, 
 
 Ji Jer * with Advice of thofe Reports. Thefe two Ships,' viz. that Alderete went 
 
 in, and the $. Philipp were together in Japan , which the Natiyes were jea- 
 lous of. Alderete got full Information of the Strength and Defigns of the 
 Japonefes , and hislnduftry was of Ufe, for the taking of right" Meafures 
 in Manila, and to prevent their fearing without Caufe. He brought back 
 another noble Prefent to the Governour • and both Sides flood upon their 
 Guard, to be ready upon all Occafions. 
 
 « . In the Year 1 598, the fovereign Court, was again erefted at Manila , King 
 
 doveyeign p/jjjjp prudently conferring Dignity on that Province. It was compos'd of 
 ° urt at the Iudges Zambrano , Mezcoa, Tellez de Almazan , and the Kings Attorney 
 Jerome Salazar , y Salcedo . That great King never allow'd of any intermifli- 
 on in his* weighty Cares, which extended to all the known Parts of the 
 World ; having a watchful Eye upon the Defigns of other Prince?, whe- 
 ther well, or ill affe&ed to the Propagation of the Gofpel, which was his 
 main Defign, Therefore, about this Time, he made Halle to rid himfelf of 
 his neighbouring Enemies, that he might have Leafure to attend the remo- 
 Peace be- tell Rebels againfc the Church and his Monarchy. And in Refpeft that as 
 tween Age came on, its Diltempers grew heavier, he concluded a Peace with 
 France 8c France, which was proclaim’d at Madrid, with Martial Solemnity, after 
 Spain. he had withdrawn himfelf to the Monaliery of S. Laurence , at the Ef curia l, 
 a Work of his Piety and Magnificence, where he dy’d on the thirteenth of 
 K. Philip September 1.598, with fingular Tokens of San&ity. He frequented the Sacra- 
 thezddies irient Confellion, receiv’d the divine Viaticum, and extreme Undion, 
 * the Jafl Remedy for temporal, and eternal Health. His Death was in all 
 Refpefts anfwerable to the wonderful Couffe of his Life. 
 
 King Philip the Third, our fovereign Lord, fucceeded him, having 
 been before fworn in all. his Kingoms, who, amidft the Tears and Funeral 
 Solemnities, Commanded the Will to' be open’d, and . what his Fa- 
 ther had order’d to be fulfill’d* His Inftruflions, and $he Myfleries of 
 State, whereof he was fo great a Mafler, and which he communicated to 
 his Son till the lafl Gafp, produc’d the Peace which attended his moll hap- 
 py Succeflion, which was his Due by Natural Right, the Law of Nations, 
 and his own innate Virtues; the general Submiflion of his Subjeds, and 
 the Fidelity of the Armies that ferv'd in the Northern Provinces in ltaly y 
 Africk, AJia , the Indies , and in Garrifons, were a Curb to other Nati- 
 ons. Many of them prefented the new King with Protections of Loy- 
 alty, before they had receiv’d Letters and Advice of his being upon the 
 Throne. The fame Unanimity was found in the Fleet, and Naval Power, 
 wherein the Treafures and Commodities are tranfported ; a rare Tranquility 
 upon the Change of Princes, The Roman Legions in Gernurny, and Illyri- 
 eftheSpz- cum, did not fhow fuch Relpeft to Tyber 2 us, after the Death of Auguftus . 
 nilh Mo- And t } 10 ’ t h e Spavijb Monarchy is of fo great an Extent, that it borders on 
 atarchp. the unknown World, and it is neve* Night in all Parts of it, becaufe the 
 
 SUB 
 
 K. Philip 
 the id 9 
 
 Grratnefs 
 
- 
 
 the SPICE- IS LANDS. 
 
 15 * 
 
 Sun encompaffes and continually difplays his Light over it, yet it obey’d 
 without any Commotion, or rather with Pride, as if it knew and were fen- 
 fible of the new Hand that took up the Reins of Government; Excellent 
 Princes have feldom fail’d to employ extraordinary Minifters about their 
 Perfons, to manage and fuflain the Burden their Fortune lays upon their 
 Shoulders } fo Alexander theGrear had Hepbejlion , the two Scipios , the 
 two Lelij ; Aitgiijlus Cafar, Marcus Agrippa the Princes of the Auguft 
 Houle of Auflna , other Perfons of Angular Virtue 5 for all moral Wifdom, 
 and Experience it felt teaches us, that the Difficulties of weighty Affairs 
 are; not to be duly manag’d, and furmounted, by any but Perfons of a more 
 than ordinary Capacity ; becaufe Nature has not left any of its Woiks de- 
 fliiute ot a proportionable Miniftry. And confidering," that it is of great 
 Importance to the publick Welfare, to contrive, that what is neceffary for 
 the Ufe and Commerce of Mankind may appear eminent in Dignity, for the 
 flrcngthning of the common Advantage with Authority : The King, I fay, 
 following thofe ancient Examples, made Choice of Don Francifco de Rojas of 
 
 y Sandoval, then Marques of JDenia , and fince firft Duke of Lerma % a moll Lerma 
 able Minifter, privately to confult with him about fundamental Matters Prime Mi- 
 and Concerns, tor which he had been prepar’d with Angular AffeCticn in riifler. 
 thofe Times : Befides the great Antiquity of his Family, which has ally’d 
 him to all the nobleR of the Grandees of Spain, all Men own him endow’d 
 with the neceffary Virtues, that belong to a Perfon in fo great a PoR- 
 which (hi lie through that pleafing Gravity of his Countenance, with 
 a Ray’d Gayity that teRifes his Capacity, and provokes RefpeCt at the 
 fame Time ihat it gains AffeCtions. He conRituted him the RrR of his 
 Council of State, and all the Orders for Peace and War began to run through 
 his Hands, All the Opinions of Councels, which he found feal’d, for 
 King Philip the zd to give his Decifion thereupon, he reftor’d, without ope- 
 ning them, to the Prefidents of the faid Councels they came from, being, 
 perhaps, calculated out of RefpeCt, that they might again debate upon them 
 with more Liberty, and fend them back enlarg'd or reformed. 
 
 Heaven was now haRening the Reduction of the Molucco Iflands, and the 
 puniffiing the Perfecution of the faithfull, tho the Tyrants appear'd never fo . r 
 haughty ; however the Talk of it was difeontinu'd for fome Time $ becaufe 
 the Enterprise was to be concerted, and carry'don in the Philippine IRands, ^ Mc ?~ 
 and to be refolv'd on, and encourag'd in the fupreme Council of the Indies , ^ ucc . os 
 and it was requifite that thePrefident andCouncellors ffiould be well affeCt- ^P a * n * 
 ed to the Caufe, which had then no Body to fupport it, as being defpair'd of 
 by Reafon of fo many unfortunate Attempts ; and therefore the Papers of 
 Reflections, and Informations relating to it, lay by, forgotten, in neaps. 
 
 This was the PoRure of thofe Affairs till Providence difpos'd the Means for 
 bringing it about, that a Matter which was difficult on fo many feve- 
 tal Accounts, might fall into the Hands of a Sovereign, who being wellaf- 
 fefred, might with fpecial Zeal bring it to Perfection. 
 
 No Body now diRurb'd the King of Ternate. The Englijb fettled on his 
 Lands, and Trade enrich’d the Sovereign and the Subjects. He, tho’ he had 
 many Sons, and the-Prince his Succeffor was of Age to bear Arms, did not 
 ceafe equally to increafe his Wives and Concubines. LuR was never cir- 
 cumfcrib'd by any Laws among thofe People. The Relations of curious 
 Perfons inform us, That among the reR of this Kings Wives, there was 
 
 X z 
 
 one 
 
152 
 
 The Tifcovery and Conqneft of 
 
 S^uecn of one very young, and fingu.ar for Beauty, with whom the Prince herSon-in- 
 Ternate in Law, whofe Nams was Gariolano fell in Love, and fhe rejefted not his 
 Love with Courtfhip tho* fhe was Wife to his Father: But that Nearnefs of 
 
 the Kings Blood fecund their Familiarity, and under the 'Shelter, and Cover of it, fhe 
 Son. admitted both Father and Son. 
 
 This Queen was Daughter to the Savgiack of Sabubu, a potent Prince in 
 Sangiack the great Ifland Batochina , who came to 7W72j/^,upon feme flight Occafion. 
 of Sabubu He being lodged in the Palace, and entertain d as a Father, and Father-in- 
 Lather to Latv, eafily faw into the Inceftuous Lite <. f his Daughter. He refolv’d to be 
 her. thoroughly convinc’d, yet concealing his Jealoufy from both the Lovers, he 
 was latisfy’d of the Truth, learnt who were the Parties privy to it, ab- 
 liorr‘d the Bafenefs, and condemned his own Blood. He pre: ended one day 
 he would Dine in private, and fentonly for his Daughter; who being free 
 He Foifons from all Jealoufy or Sufpiticn, (wallow'd a Poifon, which foon took a- 
 her. way her Life, in that Food which fhe us’d mofl to delight in. Endeavours 
 
 were us‘d to help the unhappy Queen, and compofe the Father; but he an- 
 grily obflrufting that laft aft of Companion, put away the Phyfitians, and- 
 Women, and being left alone with the King,, who, upon hearing the hews,, 
 ■was come to give his Affiflan/e,faid, Thh Woman, whom Nature gave to vie 
 for a Daughter, and I to you for a Wife, has , with her Life , fatisfy'd a 
 Debt fide had contracted by her inordinate Pajions . Do not Lament her , or 
 believe fie dy'dof any Natural Diftemper . Ikilld her , taking the Revenge off' 
 your Hands . The Pr nee, your Son , had a Love Intrigue with her l Being in 
 your Hovfe I had full Proof of it, and not being able to endure,, that my 
 Blood fiould wrong you, 1 could lay afi e all Fatherly Afield on, and take a- 
 way the Stain that on my Side is laid upon the Law of Nature , and your * 
 Honour. I have honourably finifibd thefirft Part of this Example.. Now, if 
 you think your f elf wrong'd by your Son, he is in your Power, and I have no 
 Right to deliver him up to you, as I do this falfe Body . It lies upon you to 
 finifi this Work upon the Offender , for I have perform'd all that was my. Du- 
 ty, in giving you this Information, and depriving my felf of the Daughter 1 
 lov'd bejl. 
 
 The King was aflonifh’d, without knowing how to return Thanks, or per- 
 form any other Aft becoming a King; and having lamented the Misfortune 
 for fome time, order’d Prince Gariolano to be fecur’d ; but ho, who was no 
 Tb P ' e kelov’d by the Guards than his Father, Guefling at the Confequebces,, 
 £;? 77 ce which might certainly be deduc’d from the Queens violent Death, fparing 
 no Horfe-fiefh, made to the Sea-Port, where he withdrew, with fome of his 
 Relations, from his Fathers Prefence and Anger, till it naturally cool’d. It 
 happen’d as he expefted,for he was appeafed before a Year expir’d, and the 
 Is Raft or a p r i nce was re flor’d to his Favour; the King then making a Jeff of the 
 to flavour. g ra j ns Q f hj S Honour, and faying, He well knew his ill Luck in Wives and 
 Concubines . But what Laws does he obferve, w'ho is guided by his Appe- 
 tite ? And how can he weigh the Duties of Hpnour, who Thinks that only; 
 the common Aftions of the Senfe have any folid being ? 
 
 The End of the Sixth Book. - 
 
THE 
 
 4 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 Discovery and Conquest 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Molucca and Philippine Iflands, 
 
 turn’d hzs Arms that Way ; fending fome inconfiderabie Part, x \j 0 i uccos „ 
 atleveral Times to the Moluccas • for he never went ferioufly x 
 m al out recovering thofe Iflands, either becaufe he apprehended, 
 or had Intelligence of Dangers threatned by the haughty Japonefes , Minda- 
 nao* and Cbinefes , ur chat he would not tread in the Track of thofe who , 
 ruin’d themfelves in the Expeditions againft Ternate . Yet our Men 
 fought that Nation in other Parts , lor being the moil Warlike, and averfe 
 to the very Name of Spaniards, it never letpafs any Opportunity of doing 
 them Harm, 
 
 We have already mention’d the firfl coining of the Englijh into thofe 
 Seas, and the Care that was taken to obliterate the Example fet by their 
 Voyage, by fortifying the Streights of Magellan. It could not be effe&ed, 
 nor did our Fleet fucceed in putufhing, as was intended, thofe who had 
 the Boldnefs to attempt that unthought-of Paffage. Since then, the Hoi - 7 at 
 landers and Zealanders , fupported by Rebellion and Difobedience, have ^ 
 fail'd into India, pofieC’d themfelves of fhong Holds, and erected Fa&ories, l uccos ’ 
 tranfporting the I) rugs, Precious Stones and Silks ofJJiajznd what is worfe, 
 pofTefling themfelves of feveral Places, and rending the Spanijb Monarchy. 
 
 They have made feveral Voyages. What Illand have they not pry’d into ? 
 
 What Barbarous Nation have they not encourag’d to Rebellion and 
 
 ing Provinces, wheie greater Commotions were threatned, ^ 
 
 Tyranny 5 
 
*54 
 
 Philip- 
 pines filial 
 with Chi- 
 v nefes. 
 
 Account c 
 Holland. 
 
 The Difcovery and Co7iqueJl of 
 
 Tyranny ; especially fince Maurice of Naff an is poftefs‘d of thofe Provin- 
 ces, by the Title of Governour. 
 
 The Philip fine Iflands were now appointed for the Place of Arms, con- 
 fidering the great Delays Experience had fho&n there were towards Re- 
 covering of the Molucco [hands. Inthe mean while, nctwithftanding that 
 Don Francis Tello was warn’d, how pernicious Inhabitants he was like to 
 have in the Savgleycs i or thine fes, by whom the Iflands of his Province 
 began to be much peopled and fill’d, yet he allow’d them greater Liberty 
 than was convenient ; and the Municipal Laws which provided againft 
 this Disorder being forgotten or contemn’d, in a very fhort Time there 
 were additional Towns of Chhiefes, Chincheos, and other fuch like Mon- 
 gers, who were no better than Pyrates, or Incendiaries in that Country, 
 which ought to have taken fuflicient Warning by, and been well provided 
 on Account of 'pa ft Accidents, to fnut up all Pall ages againft fuch Enemy 
 Nations. Don Franafco excus’d their Refort, alledging, That they im- 
 ported Abundance of Ptovifions and Merchandise, which is what ufualiy 
 enriches all Places; That no Men have fuch a confummate Mechanick Ge- 
 niusasthey ; That they are more affiduous and conftant at the Works 
 and Buildings than the Natives of the Philip pines. He Paid, That all 
 the Jealoufy generally coticeiv c d of them vaniflies, if the Governour ad- 
 minifters Juilice impartially, and permits no private Cabals. All thefe 
 are, or appear’d to be frivolous Reafons, without any Force ; and the 
 admitting of fuch an Inundation of thofe People, prov’d very dangerous, as 
 may be leen in the Sequel of this Work, by what happen’d to the 
 Governour Gomez Perez . It was a particular Providence of Heaven, 
 that other Nations did not go about to League with this, or the Dutch % 
 who have fo ftrongiy fix’d themfelves in the Archipelago ; for they might, 
 without much Difficulty, have given us more Trouble than has been oc- 
 cafion’d by the Rebellion of the Kings of the Moluccas ; to whofe Coun- 
 try, and all others in India, great Fleets of Dutch refort, ever fince the 
 Year 1585, whereof Dutch Writers give an Account, and lay down in 
 Cuts, even the fmalleft Plants they produce. a* 
 
 It does not belong to us to give an Account of the Engli/b , Hutch , or 
 other Nations of India and Afia , or their Expeditions and Voyages ; but 
 only fuch as relate to the Conqueft of Ternate and the Molucco lilands, or 
 may have Pome Dependance on this Subjeft ; but be it known, once for all, 
 that every Year, Pome Northern Fleets appear’d, coming either thro* 
 New Str eights , ft ill unknown to our Difcoverers, or thofe before frequent 
 ted and lard down. But before we enter upon this Relation, it Peems re- 
 quifite to Pay fomethingof Holland , the Head of the Neighbouring Ifland?, 
 f as that which is become moft outrageous in India, and ittoft covets the 
 ' Moluccos. The Province of Holland is almoft on all Sides encompafs’d 
 by the Sea, and the Ports of the Maefe and Rhine, for about 60 Leagues in 
 Compafs. W ithin it are contain’d 29 wall’d Towns, whofe Names and 
 Situation does not belong to us to Ppeak of, nor of thofe of Zealand, or 
 the other Provinces lubjeft to them. The Curious may read Lambert , 
 Hortenfus, and Mont efor tins* The Natives are defcended from the Anci- 
 ent C7//7; and forafmuch as Erafwus of Rotterdam, which is in Holland , 
 de [bribes it in his Chi Hades, we will abridge what he there delivers at 
 
 large* 
 
the SPICE 
 
 ISLANDS, 
 
 *55 
 
 large, out of Afledticn to hi* Country. 1 he LayieJ, lay he, agree, and 
 it is a piobable Conjecture, ihn the Iilar.d Tncitiu mentions, lying from Tacitus 
 the Rhine to the Ocean, is that we cal! Holland ; which I am oblig’d to l. io. 
 Honour, as owing my firit Sreath to it; and would to God we could ho- 
 nour it as it deierves. Martial charges it with being rude, or unpolifhed ; 
 and Lucan with Cruelty. Either thefe Things do not belong to us but to 
 our Anceftors, or we may value our felves upon them both. What’iMation 
 is now known, whole firlt Fathers were not more uncouth than their 
 Pofterity ? Or when was Rome more highly commended, than when its 
 People knew no other Arts but Tillage and Warfare ? Erafmus fpends 
 Time in proving, that it is the Nature of Holland , not to relifh Martial's 
 Wit ; and that this is not the Eftedl of Rudenefs, but a Gravity worthy 
 Imitation. Then he makes an Exclamation, laying, Would to God all 
 Chrillians had Dutch Ears ! And that if ftill any one (hall contend, the 
 Nation is in the Wrong, in having flopp’d theirs to all Poetical De- 
 lights and Allurements, and arm’d it felf againfl them ; the Dutch valu'd 
 themfelves upon being comprehended in that Reflection, which did not 
 difpleafe the Ancient Sabines, the Perfed Lacedemonians,' and the Severe 
 Catos. Lucan call'd the Batavi, that is the Dutch, Cruel, as Virgil did 
 the Romans, Vehement. Erafmus adds, That the Curtcms of thefe ha- Erafmus 
 tions are Familiar, inclining to Meeknefs and Benignity, and not to Fierce- of the 
 nefs; becaufe Nature endow’d them with a fincere Difpofition, free from Manners 
 Fraud and Double-Dealing, and did not make them fubjed to extraordinary of Hoilan- 
 Vices, except the Love of Pleafure, and Excefs in Entertainments. This ders. 
 is caus'd by the Multitude of Beauties, which are Incentives, by the fe- 
 veral Sea- Ports on the Ocean, the Mouths of the two Rivers, Rhine and 
 Maefe ; the perpetual Felicity of the Soil, water'd by other Navigable 
 Rivers ; and the Fifh and Foul in the Ponds and Woods. No Province of 
 fo fmall a Compafs, contains fo many Cities of a confiderable Magnitude 
 and fo Populous, excellently govern’d ; fofull of Commodities, Arts and* 
 
 Trade. It abounds in Men indifferently learn’d. Erafmus himfelf, in 
 Conclufion, owns that none of them arrives to ftngular Erudition, This 
 Account, which in all that is natural mull be own’d not to exceed, affords 
 Arguments to condemn and convince the Author of it, and the Nation it 
 felf. All that Part of the World where Religion and Politenefs flourifb 
 is acquainted with the Diverfity of Opinions all thofe Nations efpoufe’ 
 of Protejlants, Puritans, Calvinijls, thefe the molt Numerous ; Huguenots \ 
 
 Lutherans, and all other Sorts, too long to enumerate, and not to our 
 Purpofe. Since Erafmus coufefles that his Country does not produce 
 any .. Perfons of eminent Learning, why do they take upon them to 
 decide Controverfies in Religion ? Why do they incroach upon Councils ? 
 
 If they are of fuch an excellent Difpofition, and have fuch a mndeft Genius, * he Ju ' 
 
 W hy do they call off that Piety, whereof there are fuch ancient Teflimo- thors Re ~ 
 mes in our firft Fathers, fo much honout'd by the primitive Charity 0 f feffions on 
 the true Church ? It is true, as Erafmus fays, that they are of a kind Tern- t,ienu 
 but Tenacious of wliatfoever they once efpoufe ; the fame moves -us 
 to pity them the more, for the Difficulty of dealing with Pofitivenefs in 
 Minds that are not given to change. Let no Man believe but that under 
 tuat feeming Meeknefs in Behaviour, the higheft Degree of Pride Mes 
 
 couch'd*. 
 
I5<5 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquejl of 
 
 A Spanifh 
 
 Author 
 cannot for- 
 bear thefc 
 Refieftions. 
 
 Sec the 
 latter part 
 of the P> e- 
 face. 
 
 iDutch firfl 
 fail to the 
 
 Moluccos. 
 
 15 Dutch 
 
 'baptized. 
 
 Barrels 
 
 Tnvfi le a 
 ■Mjjlake. 
 
 couch'd. . What greater Pride than to feoff at the moil ancient Church ? 
 At its Apoftblical Traditions ? At her universal Agreement ? At the Mi- 
 racles God has wrought, to approve the Catholick Dodrine ? And w hat 
 Error can be more inexcufable, than to follow the New Opinions of un- 
 learned and vicious Men, fuchas the Arch-Hereticks were ; and to live 
 under a Neceffity of not laying down their feditious Arms only to defend 
 Impiety grounded on Ignorance, and the Extravagancies of their Paflions ? 
 \V jj at Houle is there in thofe Cities which Erafmtu extols, wherein all 
 the Inhabitants profefs and follow the fame Way of fpiritual Salvation ? 
 When the Father is a Calvinijl, the Mother is often a .Huguenot, the Son 
 a Lutheran, the Servant a Hu fie, and the Daughter a^ ProteftanK All 
 the Familv is divided, or rather every particular Perfon s Soul is fo, and 
 at bed doubts of all. Wherein does this differ from Atheifm ? It is pofi- 
 tive Atheifm. This Divifion, unworthy of wild Beads, is the Occafion, 
 and a Sort of Mathematical Neceffity, that tliefe People cannot be united 
 among tliemfelvesin true Peace. For thofe Things are the fame to one 
 another, that they are to a Third; fothat almod all thefe having diffe- 
 rent Notions, as to God,, they cannot of Neceffity be united among them- 
 felves as differing in the mod effential Part, which is the having an uni. 
 form Notion of God in Religion. Let no Man believe, that becaufe they 
 are not at War among themfelves, it is Love that is the Occafion of it. 
 The Ground of their falfe Tranquility is to be call’d a Ceffanon and not 
 Peace Thefe are the People who have unhing’d Loyalty and the Chufli- 
 an Religion, before fettled in the Iilands, and remoted Parts of Jfia , 
 making Excurfions from their own Country, as far as China, their raging 
 Avarice being grounded on the Advice given them by the Queen of 
 England, and on Malice, becaufe King Philip the lid had ffiut up the other 
 Ports of his Kingdoms againd them ; fo to endeavour to reduce them to 
 to the Truth and Submiffion, by taking from them the Advantages of 
 
 ^hefirft Hutch Fleet that came to the Moluccolfands, after the Englljb, 
 in the Year 1598, ffiall be here fpoken of. Some prime Men, for the 
 Sake of their Country, as they faid, and to gain Reputation, met in Hoi* 
 Wand Zealand, and fitted out fix Ships and two Brigantines, to fad into 
 India. Thefird Ship they call'd the Maurice, the Admiral in her being 
 Jacob Cornelius Neck, born at Rot er dam, and the Mailer Gonaertjansk ; 
 the fecond was the Am fir dam, and in her the Vice-Admiral J ibiant Dat- 
 I’ik • the other Ships were the Holland, tjie Zealand , the Guelder, and the 
 Utrecht ; The bigger Brigantine the Friezland, and the fmaller the Over- 
 HTel They carry 'd 160 Soldiers, befides Manners, and faild from Roter- 
 3 am on the Hthof March. Off from SI ttys, on the 4th of April, they had 
 iuch a dreadful- Storm, as might have drfeourag’d them from Proceeding, 
 and the Ship the Holland was almod difabled ; but dill they were drove 
 on by the Weather to xhtTexel, and thence to Delenter, and in Conclu- 
 fion they got into the Ocean. They met another Ship returning to the 
 Low Countries, which prefented them with 10000 Oranges and having 
 ■didributed them among the Men, they made a general Rejoycing, for the 
 baptizing of zs Men, aboard the Ship the Guelder, on the 10th of May. 
 
157 
 
 Madera and again on the 17th at the Canaries, Gomera, and I'alma, pa!- 
 Wvthofe ot Sal Santiago, which are thofe of Cab a Verde, they 
 furl daU their S a,l s , and drove in a Storm, in 29 Degrees Latitude. On 
 the firft o< jfu»e they took a Sea T ortoife which weigh’d 14* Pounds. On 
 the 15th of the fame Month, Germ Jans , either provok'd by Wine or a 
 worfe Spirit, caft himfelf into the Sea, from the higheft Part of the grea- 
 ter Brigantine. The next Day, aboard the Ship Guelder . in which the 
 new baptifed Men were, they law a large flying-Fifh, which clapping too 
 its \\ mgs tell into the faid Ship ; but they law the fame Sort of Fifhes 
 fall upon their Veffels at other Times. On the Eighth they crofs’d the 
 Line, and began todiftribute a Pot of Wine to every fix Men ; but on the 
 ZSth of the fame Month, tor Joy of having pafs'd the Ridges of Rod s 
 before Brazil, which run to the Southward in 18 Degrees of South Lati- 
 tude, they allow’d three Pots to every feven Men. Such a thick Fog fell 
 that they loft Sight of the fmaller Brigantine ; the Zealand foon found her 
 again, and difeover'd many Cianes Handing on the Tops of the Reeds or 
 Lanes, that grew out Tall and of an equal Height above the Water. On 
 the 24th of July, they came to an Anchor at the .Cape of Good Hope 
 whence they fail d again on the 1 5 th of Jugujl with Stormy Weather, all 
 the eight \dTels together, the Sea there boiling up as a Pot does upon 
 the Fire. This Motion, like boiling, was feen for about' a Mufket Shot in ^ e $ ea 
 Length and the Breadth of a Ship, and all this Space was cover’d thick f eetn * to 
 with Weeds, which they pafs’d over by main Force, without any Dan- ^oil up, 
 ger. 
 
 On the 24th they reach’d the Hland of Madagafcar, or of S. Laurence j r 
 and faw abundance of Whales. Here the plentiful Diftribution of Wine Mada 2 af ~ 
 ceas d, and it began to be given out more fparingly, to lament by this Ab- car * 
 funence, the Death of John Pomer , a lkilful Sailor. On the 27th they 
 pafs'd Cape S. SebaJHan, and on the 30th Cape S. Julian. On the 4th * 
 ot September, it was debated whether they !hould make for the Ifland of 
 Banda, ox put into the Bay of Anton Gill. They came to no Refolution 
 at ,l Time > tho ’ tlle y afterwards arriv'd feparately at Banda, and at fe- 
 deral Times. On the 17th they difeover'd, at a great Diftance, the Ifland of 
 Cerne, by others call'd the IJle of Swans, which is high and mountainous 
 andfor Joy of the Water they expetfed to take in there, they gave every 
 Man three Cups of Wine. Before that, the Vice-Admiral went afhore 
 with five Men, in another little Ifland, and taking a View of it, found a 
 Noble Spacious Harbour, well land-lock’d, into which a Rivulet of frelh The* 
 Water fell. They put in and refitted their flutter'd Velfels, finding 14 jJlrTali 
 Fathom Water. They had not Landed in four Months, and theiefore in ]nLj 
 i hankfgivmg, and becaufe it was then Fair Time in Holland, they made J 
 a Sort ot Chaj pel, on the Bodies of Trees, and covering it with Leaves, 
 preach’d there twice a Day, in Honour of the Fair. They eat Abundance 
 ot Fowl, which they could almoft take with their Hands, and drai k 
 
 W mn nlanfUnllr* A _ C H/t . J <• -i 1 . 
 
 _ 1 -■ ” ; w alii lutu iidiiuoj »uj'a umi'K 
 
 Wine more plentifully. A Native of Madagafcar, who came along with 
 had been taken in a former Voyage, was, by the Inftruftion 
 
 ermnne. rr.aH#* a P.hriOian v- 
 
 them, and ......... ... a. .v,,u V * was, uy me iiuuucuon 
 
 ot thole Sermons, made a Chriftian, and baptiz'd, taking the Name of 
 Laurence. They found no Inhabitants in the Ifland though it was De- 
 lightful. 
 
 Y Oa 
 
The Difcovery and Conquefl of 
 
 fT 
 
 Tame Birds 
 and Beajls . 
 
 Strange 
 
 Bats, 
 
 Ebony 
 
 Monftrous 
 
 ThornbacK 
 
 Tortoifes . 
 
 Penguins 
 
 On ihe 28th and 2,9th, they obferv’d they were upon a very Chrifialiine 
 Wate^ without any other Tokens of their being near Land, and t-hofe 
 fame Days at Noon, they had the Sun in the Zenith, direflly over their 
 Heads, which had happen’d to them at other Times, Here a Storm fepa- 
 rated the Ships 5 the Maurice , which was Admiral, by them in Latin. 
 call'd Pretoria, the Holland and the Overrjfel, tho’ they endeavcur’d to 
 make Java , were drove by Strefs of W eather to Banda ; and the other 
 five to the Ifland Cerne , or of Swans , leaving fix other fmaller on the Right 
 Hand They enter’d the Port with ten Fathom Water, between two Moun- 
 tains ’ which contra# the Mouth of it. The Situation of it is in 21 De- 
 grees’ of South Latitude, and is five Leagues in Conupafs. The Port is 
 Spacious enough to contain 5^ Ships, and fhelter d again!! all W inds* 
 They were fo well pleas’d with the Ifland, that they chang’d its ancient 
 Name of Cerne, or of Swans i for that of Maurice, in Honour of Count 
 Maurice of tfajjau, Baftard Son to the Prince of Orange, fo well known m 
 our Days. Difcoverers were fent about it, and return’d without finding 
 any humane Track, nor Signs of any Habitation. They had a doubtful 
 Proof hereof in the Birds and Beads ; for they ran into their Hands and 
 alighted on their Heads, as they might have done on the Branches of 
 Trees or had they, been bred Tame ; which Boldnefs proceeded either from 
 their ’having never feen Men, or being grown very familiar with them. 
 Among the red, there are Bats, which have Heads as big, and like Apes, 
 and thefe deep confiderable Numbers of them together, and hanging on. 
 the Trees, with their Legs and Wings extended. The Air and Soil are 
 fo healthy and fit to be inhabited, that as foon as the Sick were landed, 
 they recovered. The Land is high and mountainous, full of W oods, and, 
 not being inhabited, there are no Tra#s or Paths through them. 1 here 
 is an infinite Quantity of Ebony Trees, as black as Fitch, and as fmooth 
 as Ivory • the Trunks being covered with a rough Bark, preferve the Body 
 folid. There are other Plants, whofe Trunks are Red, and others Pale as 
 Wax * delicious Coco-Nuts, vafi Numbers of Palm-Trees, and fome of 
 them of fuch Sort, that one of their Leaves covers all a Man’s Body, and 
 defends it againfl the Rain. They fpread their Nets, and among the other 
 Multitude of Fifbes, took a Thomback fo large, that it afforded two Meals 
 For all the Men in the Ships. They faw Land Tortoifes, fo big, that one 
 of them walk’d with four Soldiers fitting on its Back ; and ten of them 
 djn ; d upon the Shell of another, as if it had been a round Table. In a ve- 
 ry ffiort Time they kill’d Abundance of Turtle-Doves, and another Sou of 
 white Birds, bigger than our Swans, but as round as a Ball, and have on- 
 ly two or three curl'd Feathers in the Tail. There were fo many blew 
 Parrots, that they might have loaded their Ships with them. IndianGxo'wSy 
 twice x big as the European, of three feveral colour d Feathers. 
 
 Wax found 
 
 with 
 
 Greek 
 
 Cbarafi- 
 
 ers t 
 
 w./ice ar Dig asm — * 7 ~ -- - . 
 
 They erefted Forges, drefs’d all their Tools, and built another Veffel, 
 to limply the Place of the Z/trecht, which with the other t wo, had directed, 
 her Courfe for M a dag a fear. They again took a View of their Maurice 
 Ifland, and towards the Inland Part of it, tho^theie wiere 
 
 Jtuana, ana toward me juwuu a oh ^ , . r p, T7 # 
 
 humane Habitation, found about three hundred Pouncs weight of Wax, on 
 which there were plain Greek Letters and Charaflers.. They * a ™ . 
 Nets, and Pieces of Timber, being the W reck of Ships. The 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 159 
 
 providing a fmooth Iquare Board, carv’d on it the Arms' of Holland , Zea- 
 land, and Amfierdam , and railed it on the Top of a Tree, as a Memorial 
 •of his being there, and giving the Name of MAURICE to the Illand, 
 with this Inscription, which being in Spanijb, denotes their Hatred to the 
 Ancient Faith of our Nation, and being couch’d in one Line over their Arms, 
 was* THE REFORM* D CHRISTIANS. Then they plow’d up a 
 Jarge Field, and low’d it with Wheat, and other European Grain ; tur ning 
 lole fome Hens, to fee what Improvement they Ihould hnd an ther lime. 
 
 They again, for fome Days, vifited the Hills and Plains, and found no 
 T rack of Man. 
 
 Whilfl thelerefrelh’d themfelves at the Illand Cernc, or of Svant, beiite _ 
 fourteen Days, the other three Ships arriv’d at S. Mary* s, a barren Illand, S. Mary 
 tho’ fome Orange and Lemon Trees grow in it, as alfo Sugar Cane*, and Iftand. 
 there are Hens. About it, and in Sight of Land, there are monllroils 
 Whales. They landed, but not without Oppofition from the Natives, wirh Strange 
 whom they fought, and took their King ; but he was eafily ranfomM, a Ranfom 
 Cow and a Calf being given them in Exchange for him. They faw the foraKibg. 
 Manner of the Whale Filhery, which is very cafy there The Indians 
 make up clofe to them in their Canoes, and hick them with a Harping- 
 Iron they dart, being ty’d to Ropes made of the Baiks of Trees. They 
 ifor’d their Ship with their Flelh and OiJ, and fome Oranges, and 
 went over to the Bay of Anton Gil , where the Madagafcar Indian , 
 would not hay, as he had defired before, being now well affedied to the 
 Habit and Dxunkennefs of his Companions. They were tofs’d back- 
 wards and forwards for five Days, between certain Iflands, dehitute of 
 Provi lions, and unfafe, by Realbn they were in War among them- 
 
 felves. 
 
 They fet forward with a fair Gale towards Java , and on the 2,6th of 
 December , 1598, arrived at Banda, which is eight Leagues from Am- Banda 
 hoina . This Illand is lhapM like a Horfe-lhooe, and lies in four Degrees of IJland . 
 South Latitude. It is moil fruitful, with little or no Improvement, in 
 Nutmegs, and their precious Mace 9 as alfo Provifions and Medicines 
 for Men, beyond all other Parts of the known World. It is divided into 
 three Parts, each of them three Leagues in Compafs. The Capital City 
 is called Ntra. As foon as they arriv’d, they contra&ed Friendlhip with 
 the Illanders ; tho’ a foreign Ship, to fecure the Trade to lierfelf, gave 
 them to underfland, that the Dutch were certain Pirates who fled the Year 
 before, and had lain conceal’d at Sea, to come again and rob the Wand, 
 
 ,aud therefore they did not folly credit them. This Notion was back-’d bf 
 Trading Portuguefes , and others fettled there ; but th e Dutch fending their 
 Abdol , that is the Indian Interpreter, wirh fome Soldiers, and Gif is to 
 prelent the King, according to the Cuftom of Merchants that come into 
 his Country, they before him clear’d that Imputation, and defended their Dutch 
 Innocence. The King was an Infant, and govern’d by his C.epbatet, that f , 
 is his Vice-Roy, Tutor, or Proteftor, who fet ail right. They gave the J . . 
 
 King the Prefent before -him, which he receiv’d very gracioufly. It con- ‘ 
 filled of certain valuable gilt Veffels, admirably ingrav’d, ChriftalGIafles, 
 Looking-Glafiesin gilt Frames, and Pieces of Velvet and T affety. They 
 deliverid him Letters and Commiflions of the States of Holland^ Zealand, 
 
 Y z and 
 
160 The Difcovery and Conquejl of 
 
 and Count Maurice, with their Seals hanging to them in Form. All was 
 accepted, and they lay down flat on the Ground to receive and read tire 
 Letters, with profound Reverence. The King promis’d to anlwer them 
 as he did, and immediately gave leave to Trade ; whereupon tne Dutch 
 built Factories in the Ifland. They then expos’d in publick Shops great 
 Store of Arms, Silks, Linnen and Cloth ; as did the Natives their Spice 
 China Waie, and Pearls, and other Commodities the Neighbouring lllan- 
 .. . . ders and Clnnefet bring hither to barter, and fell to one another. Five 
 then Weeks after, the other three Ships arrriv’d, and the People of the City 
 ishift meet hearing the Difcharges of the Cannon, and feeing the Auncients fpread 
 again. abroad, for Joy of the Ships meeting again, came down to the Port, and 
 encompafs’d the Ships in Boats, offering them Plenty of Fowl, Eggs, Co- 
 co Nuts, Bananas, Sugar-Canes, and Cakes made of Rice-Flower. This 
 dainty Feeding continu’d every Day, and they gave them a Weeks Pro- 
 vifion for a Dutch Man for one Pewter Spoon. However they rais’d the. 
 Price of Pepper ; but they pay’d for all with Pins and Needles, Knives, 
 Spoons, Looking -Glafies, and little Tabors ; and with thofe fame Com- 
 modities, they purchas’d more valuable Goods at Sumatra, as alfo Provili- 
 ons ; when four of thefe eight Ships return’d Homewards, the others 
 failing for Ternate and the Moluccos. 
 
 The greateft Quantity, and beft Commodity they took in here, was of 
 The Nut Mace< ivutme K s § row alfo in Ternate and the adjacent Iilands, but they 
 nicer Tree are few and weak 5 but in * artia tllere is a plentiful Crop, and they have 
 * • much more Virtue. Nature has cloath’d its Mountains and Plains, with 
 
 Woods and Groves of thefe Plants. They are like the European Pear- 
 Trees, and their Fruit refembles Pairs, or rather in Roundnefs the Melo- 
 cotones. When the Nutmegs blofom, they fpread a cordial Fragrancy • 
 by degrees they lofe their Native Green, which is original in all Vegeta- 
 bles ; and then fucceeds a Blew, intermix’d with Grey, Cherry-Colour, 
 and a pale Gold Colour, as we fee in the Rainbow, tho’ not in that regu- 
 lar Divifion, but in Spots like the Jafpar Stone. Infiniie Numbers of 
 Parrots, and other Birds of various Plumage, moft delightful to behold, 
 come to fit upon the Branches, attrafted by the fweet Odour. The Nuts, 
 when dry, call off the Shell it grows cover’d with, and is the Mace, with- 
 Oil of * n is a w hite Kernel, not fo lharp in Tafte as the Nut, and when 
 
 JNutmejr dry is converted into its Subftance. Of this Mace, which is hot and dry 
 °* inthefecond Degree, and within the third, the Bankfes make a moft 
 precious Oil to cure all Diftempers in the Nerves, and Aches caus’d by 
 cold. Of thefe Nuts they choofe the frelheft, weightreft, fatteft, juicieft. 
 Virtue, , and without any Hole. With them they cure, or correft flinking Breath, 
 Nut nr a C ^ ear t h e Eyes, comfort the Stomach, Liver, and Spleen, and digeft Meat. 
 
 “* They are a Remedy againft many other Diflempers, and ferve to add 
 outward Luftre to the Face. The Ban defer call the Mace of their Aro- 
 matick Nuts, Buna Pala. It was not known to the Greeks nor to Pliny, 
 according to Averrois ; tho’ Serapion , whether the true, or the fuppofiti- 
 ous, when he deferibes it, alledges Gallen's Authority. It is true the 
 Cbrifabolan: he treated of, agree well enough with the Nutmegs in 
 Colour and Shape. 
 
 The 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS, 161 
 
 The Javanefes , Chinefes , and Natives of trie Moluccos refort to the City „ . 
 
 Mera % to barter for this precious Fruit, and load their Ships with it ; and 1 c 
 this is the Trade of that People, as is that of Clove to Ternate , Tydore , * 
 
 and the other Moluccos. The Merchants arriving in this Iiland, many of 
 them contribute to make up a Sum, wherewith they purchafe a Woman, to D 
 drefs their Meat, and attend them* The Dutch did fo from this fir ft Time* 
 
 When they go away ftie is left free, till they return the next Year ; fo that 
 her Slavery commences with the Return of her Mailers, and their Abfence 
 gives it an Intermiflion. Some of the Natives are Idolaters ; but the great 
 ter PzruMahometanSyand fo fuperftnious, that the very Soldiers do not 
 mount the Guard, till they have pray'd in the Mofques, fo loud, that all Religion of 
 the Neighbourhood can hear them* Nor muft any Man go into them Banda* 
 without waffling his Feet, in great Veftels of Water, provided at the Door, 
 by the publick. Their Prayers confift in thefe Words, EJlagfer Al'lah 
 Efiagfer- AVlah y Afgiv'd Al'lahe, Afgiv'd AlHahe , La ll'lahe Inla Ai'lah y 
 Muhamed reful At lab:. When they utter thefe laft Words, they llroke 
 their Faces with tneir Hands, a Ceremony denoting much Devotion. The 
 Words in Engiifh are, Pardon O God, Pardon O God. I prollrate my felf to 
 God. 1 prollrate my ielftoCod.There is no otherGod but God, and Mahomet 
 his Mefienger : By thofe Words, There is no other God but God, they deny 
 the eneffable My itery of the nrudl blefi'ed Trinity. Then they proceed to 
 feveral Blafphemie * They fay other Prayers, at which they fcarce move 
 their Lip; when they do this they ftand three and three upon a Mat, lif- 
 ting up their Eyes o Heaven three Times, and bowing down their Heads 
 to the C't ound. The Dutch Author, who gives this Account, does not 
 men i n any othe. Religion in this Iftand, nor in any of the others their 
 Fleets touch’d at ; tho’ it is fo well known, that the Catholick Faith of our 
 Lord Jefus Chi ift has been preach’d many Years before, throughout them 
 all, with the G ory o' Martyrdom ; but thofe People conceal it, to what 
 Intent is well known. 
 
 The Bandefes affemble in the Streets, and publick Places, where they feaft Feajlingin 
 themfelves. it is .requent among them to eat in the Temples and Woods, Banda, 
 an hundred in a Parcel; efpecially when they confult together about the 
 publick Weal, or any Danger. There are feven Cities in the Iftand, which 
 are Enemies to one another. Ner a is averfe to the Lamlethans y Combers 
 and Veierans, and maintains Friendftiip with the Inhabitants of Lo?itoor t 
 which is on the other Side of the Iftand, and thofe of two other little Ci- 
 ties call'd Poleruija and Poe hay. When they are to -fight, they always repair Enmity a - 
 firft to Ner a, to concert Affairs. Banda provides their Entertainments on mong their 
 the Ground, in rhe Streets. The Difties are made of the Trunks and Cities. 
 Leaves of Bananas, and other Plants. Every one has a Piece of Sagu 
 brought him on them, and a Plate of Rice boil'd in the Broth ofFlelh. 
 
 This they devour, carrying it to their Mouths with both Hands, and eat 
 it with fucha Relifli, as if they had Jove's Brains drefs c d fet before them ; 
 fo the Dutch Relation of Paludamu and Hugo exprefles it. Whilft the 
 Meat lafts, till the Multitude are fatisfy'd, the Nobles by mo and two, 
 take up their Cymiters and Shields, and fight to the found of Bells, and 
 the Clattering of their Bafons. When weary of this Exercife, they deli- 
 ver the Weapons to others, which continue it. The Caufe of their Wars, 
 
1 62 
 
 The Difcovety and Conquejl of 
 
 is for that tlie Inhabitants of Labetaca,\x\z.\vj Years (ince, fet fome Plants in 
 the Territory of Neva. The People of this City affronted at this Prefump- 
 tion, made the firft War upon them; which is as bloodily profecuted, as 
 if their Religion, or Honour, depended on it. They attack one another by 
 Day and Night in their Territories, and by Sea in their Carcoas, 
 
 » 1 7* In thefe they do not, like us, fill up the Seams of the Boards with Pitch 
 
 and Tar, but with Shells of Indian Nuts, which they call Clapfos. They 
 pound thofe Shells and Rhinds, till they become like a Bitun^n, or Mafs, 
 wherein there remain certain Threads, which refemble Hemp, with this 
 they knit their Seams, and fill up the Crannyes and cover them^in fueh 
 Son that it refifh the Force of the Water. They carry two, and fome- 
 times four Pieces of Cannon. The Men ufe fmall Fire-locks, Bucklers,and 
 Their Wen- large Cy miters, which they call Padavg , and Lances of a more folid Wood 
 fons, than our Box. They exercife all thefe Weapons from their Child-hood, as 
 they do in cafting a fort of Hooks with fharp Points and Edges, which they 
 dart at the Enemies Bodies, and then draw back the Lines they are made faff 
 to. Their Heads they arm with Helmets; and on their Crefts wear Birds 
 of Paradife, both for Ornament, and a fuperffitious Defence. They have 
 Breaff and Back Pieces, and call’d them as we did Corfelets. When they 
 are to fight at Sea, as foon as the War-like Inffruments begin to found, the 
 Soldiers fall aleaping, and (kipping oh the Benches, which run round the 
 Oars Hkc Carcoas from Stem to Stern. The Slaves ply the Oars, which are like 
 Shovels . wooden Shovels, makje the Veffel fly by main Force, and lerve to lade out 
 
 the Water, when there is Occafion. They are fo revengeful, that having 
 Cruelty of ^ en ^ thofe Days vanquiflrd on Land by the Labaans, many of them be- 
 Bandefes/ * n g bill’d and wounded, thofe of Hera affembled the next Day in five Car- 
 coas, and attacking the little Iiland Bayfer, the Natives whereof had affiffed 
 she Labetans they (lew all they found, without fparing any but a few 
 Women, whom they carryki Captives to IVer^,wirh the Heads of their Ene- 
 mies before them on Spears : and for four Days,to the Amazement of For- 
 Teigner^and particularly the Dutch £ hey (how*d their Cymiters embrew'din 
 Gore, about the Streets. Nay, a Soldier among them, in the Sight of 
 Burial of Abundance, took a Fancy to try his Cy miter, he carryM naked, and with it 
 Ffiemies c l° v e down one of the Captive Women, from the Shoulder to the Breaff. 
 
 They (hew’d themfelves Merciful in burying thofe Heads, affembling . 
 together in the Houle of the Shabander , that is the Governor, in the Pre- 
 fence of all the People, which ufes to meet to fee fuch Spectacles, every 
 Soldier, as a TefHmony of his Valour, laid all the Heads he had cut off on 
 a very large Stone, under a Tree: They wrapp’d them up in Cotton Cloths, 
 and carrying them in Ditties bury c d them in a Grove, with much Smoke 
 of Frankincenfe, whereof they have great Plenty. Had thofe dead Perfons 
 been Natives, their Kindred and Friends would have come immediately 
 to lament with loud Cries, as they ufe to do, over their Graves, which they 
 dig like us, wrap up the Bodies in Shrouds of white Cotton, and carry them 
 to be bury c d on their Shoulders. They are great Obfervers, that the Fu- 
 nerals of Men (hould go before thofe of Women ; place Lamps over the 
 Graves of all, and by their Light pray for them. They cry out furiouity,cal- 
 ling the Dead, as if they hCp l d they fliould come to Life at their Call ; 
 and perceiving they do not rffe again, the Kindred and Friends meet about 
 
 Heads . 
 
 Their Fu- 
 neral*. 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 the moH fplendid Entertainment they are able to provide. Being ask‘d • by 
 the Dutch , what it was they ask‘d of God in the Prayers they muttered over 
 the Graven, they anfwer'd. We fray that the Dead may not rife again. 
 So that the Want of the true Light of Faith, docs not hinder them from 
 feeing, how much Mankind fullers from the foil Moment of his Life, till 
 the laH ; but it is rather to be concluded, that they look upon it as a Mife 
 fortune to have been born. They were much arnazM to hear, that the 
 Dutch did not ufe the fame Ceremony towards their dead. 
 
 They play U Foct-JBall, which is made of Sfanifi Reeds. They that 
 Play make a Ring one Handing in the Center, who tofles the Ball to thofe 
 about him, and they with a Kick throw it fo high that it is almoH out of 
 Sight. It any one miffes it, they hifs, and hoot, to ihame him for his 
 Unskii&inefs. Men live in this Ifland longer than in any other Parts of 
 the World. The Dutch faw feveral, who exceed 130 Years of Age. 
 They live upon the Product of their Country • and tho’ there is continual 
 War, yet the greater Number lives Idle • and it is very remarkable that 
 thofe People, who are fo much addi&ed to Sloath, fhould be fuch Enemies 
 to Quietn A. A ufclefs Life does not deferve much Age ; and tliat which 
 is dedkatST to Idienefs feldom attains to it* The Women Plow and Till 
 the Land, and follow other manly Profefiions. They feldom go abroad 
 with Men ; they have all the Charge of Hcufhold Affairs, and their greatell 
 Employment within Doors, is ufually uncafing and drying of Nutmegs. 
 
 The Dutch having loaded with Spice, Purcelane, and fame Rubies, and 
 fettled Fa&ories, and Amity, fail’d fro m Banda, on the 14th of July , with 
 great firing of Cannon. They Hood towards the Ifland Nocfelau , the Na- 
 tives whereof are Anthropophagi, fo the Greeks call Man-Eaters. They pro-* 
 ceeded towards tl>at of Awhoyna, whofe WeHern Point theydifeover d, yet 
 did not touch at it then, but went on to the greater Java, notwithfianding 
 their Admiral was at Amboyna . They arriv’d at Java and the City Tuhan , 
 fent twoBoats thitherto Difcover, and know whither they might be allow’d 
 to take in Provisions. Thofe who return’d with the Anfwer, brought a- 
 long with them a Port uguefe, who, at the Perfwafion of the Natives, had re- 
 nounc’d the Faith of Jefus Chrift, as was known, and call'd among them by 
 the name of the Renegade as a proper Appellative, and not dishonourable. 
 This Man inform’d the Admiral, That if he would Hay there three or four 
 Months, he might enrich his Ships to his Hearts Content. They fent by 
 him to afk the King’s Leave, with fome Prefettfs of Copper, Olafs, and Silk, 
 The next day Merchants came down 10 the Harbour, with Abundance of 
 Commodities; and from the King, in Return for their infignificaiu Pre* 
 fent, they brought the Dutch T9 great Sacks of Rice. The Trade being 
 fettled, they went up to the City, where they faw feveral Horfemen, well 
 Arm’d, Horfesweil Accouter’d, on which they value themfelves very much. 
 Shops well flor’d, and a free Trade for all Nations. The Vice-Admiral 
 went to kifs the King’s Hand, who receiv’d him Gracioufly 5 promis’d to 
 go Aboard the Ships in Perfon, and perform’d it. haring fir H order’d them 
 to be fhow’d all his Royal Apartments, even to nis Womens private Lod- 
 gings; his Elephants; an infinite number of Birds in Cages, and his Sta- 
 bles full of excellent Horfes, and many of them. Then the Prince came 
 Aboare the Ships, and after him the King. The Cannon faluted them both, 
 and they admir’d, and were pleas’d with the Noife* - Titian 
 
 1 
 
 Foot-Sail. 
 
 Life long 
 in Banda. 
 
 Women TiR 
 the Land . 
 
 Dutch de- 
 part from 
 Banda. 
 
 Come to 
 Java. 
 
 Portuguefe 
 Renegado . 
 
 Prefects to 
 and from 
 the King. 
 
164 
 
 Java. 
 
 Txade of 
 that City. 
 
 Habit. 
 
 The Vifcovery and Co7iqueJi of 
 
 Tub an is the King of Java's Court, the (Irongeft of all the Cities in that 
 l uban Ctf- Inland, encompafs’d with a high Wall, divided by feveral Gates with 
 fital of Towers on them, contains (lately Struftures, and Squares appointed for the 
 publick Refort of Traders, the King is extraordinary rich, and in a few 
 Hours can gather a great Number of Horfe and Foot. His Palace is truly 
 Royal, his Family confifts of the Prime Nobility, and he is very powerful 
 at Sea. They call their Ships juncks ; which being loaded with Pepper, 
 and other Product of the Country, as Silks and Cloths, the Manufactures 
 of his People, are fent to Balim • where bartering them for -poaths, they 
 tranfport thofe to other Kingdoms, as thole of Banda, the Moluccos , and 
 Philippines. Whence, and from other Iflands, having improv’d their Com- 
 modities, they bring Maftick, Nutmegs, Cloves, and other Spice. All the 
 Country abounds in Cattle, which graze all Day in the Woods, and are 
 hous’d at Night. Their Habit is the fame as at Banda , and covers their 
 Bodies from the Walie downwards, the reft upwards remaining naked. 
 They all wear Daggers, call’d Crifes , and the Nobles (lately long Vefts, the 
 Fullnefs whereof waves in the Air magnificently. None of them goes 
 abroad attended by lefs than ten or twelve Servants, one of wkkh always 
 carries for his Mafler a little Balket full of the Leaves of a cMain Plant 
 they call Betele, which they chew with green Nuts, and a little Lime. 
 This Compofition they call Ledon ; in chewing, it yields a Juice, which 
 they fwallow, and then fpit out the green Sub (lance, after the Virtue has 
 The Kings been extra&ed in their Mouths. 
 
 Drefs. They were fo overjoy’d at the coming of the Dutch , that the next Day 
 
 they invited them to fee their Diverfions. The King was prefent a Horfe- 
 Back, clad in feveral Sorts of rich Silks, but all Girt about him. To his 
 Belt hung a Cymiter, in a Scabard adorn’d with precious Stones ; the Hilt 
 of beaten Gold, with a Devils Head form’d on it. On his Turbant he had 
 abundance of Feathers. All the Nobility follow’d him, Drefs’d much after 
 the fame manner, mounted on (lately prancing Horfes, but fmaller than ours, 
 with rich Furnitures of Spanifi Leather, ftudded, and plated with Gold, and 
 Figures of Serpents ; and in fome of the Bridles they had Stones, fo white 
 that they look’d like Alabafter. Sometimes they ran (height forwards, 
 and fometimes in a Ring, cafting their Darts. When the Sport was over, 
 Commerce they attended the King, by whofe Orders they carry’d aboard the Ships, 
 fettled be - and to the Dutch Men’s Lodgings, a great quantity of Rice, Sheep, Goats, 
 tween the Hens, Eggs, Fifh, and Fruit, as Coco- Nuts, Mangos, Lemons, and delicious 
 Dutch and Bananas. Then they fell to treating of Trade, and Amity, and thought 
 Javanefes. eveiy Thing cheap except the Pepper, for they not liking the Commodities 
 the Dutch offer’d in Exchange for it, lifting up their Hands cry’d, Lima, 
 which, in their Tongue, fignifies five Pieces of Eight. So much they de- 
 manded for a Meafure of theirs. They were well receiv’d in all Relpetts, 
 except in Relation to admitting of their Seft. 
 
 They had deliver’d Letters to the King from Count Maurice , which he 
 Madura anfwer’d in the Ferfian Tongue, and the Dutch having receiv'd them, left 
 
 llland Tuban y on the 14th of the fame Month, with fair Weather, and well fur-. 
 
 ^ * nifh’d with valuable Commodities and Provifions. Palling by the Ifiand 
 
 Sidago , they anchor’d between Java and Madura ; founded the Depth, and 
 nmwuhftajiding the Current, and that the Ground was a (tiff Muddy Hill, 
 
 thev 
 
' 
 
 the SPICE - ISLANDS. . i<?$ 
 
 they vifited Madura, landing on the Eail-fide ; but remov'd piefentiy to the 
 City Arotbay , on the Weft, and afterwards thence to Jorta , to get Guide?, 
 or Pilots to conduct them to the reft of the Molucco*. They fent to Com- 
 pliment the King of Madina, who piefently after the Audience, lent the 
 Vice-Admiral a Sheep, with which went the Reuegado, who had brought 
 him a Dagger, they call Criz , from the King of Titian, richly adorn’d with 
 Gold and precious Stones, and the King’s Head engrav’d on the Pomme!. 
 
 They found a "German fettled in the Country, nch in Spice, and underftood 
 by him, that at Arotbay they hadfeiz’d 40 of their Companions. Tfcelfland Madura 
 of Madur a, i\tyx to Java, inclines to the Northward. They wear the fame Defer ilea. 
 Habit as in the other ; but are fharper Witted. It is moft fruitful in Rice, 
 but both in Reaping and Plowing, the Peafantsand Buffalosare mir’d up to 
 the Knees, the continual Inundations keeping the Ground fo wet. Pew 
 Ships c6me to it, by reafon of its inaccefiible Shoales. They have the fame 
 common ufe of Weapons, Elephants, Horfes, Spears, Campilanes, 01 Cymi- 
 ters, and Shields. The Crizes, or Daggers, worn by the King’s Guards are 
 of Silver. The City Arotbay is Populous, and well Wall’d. The Hollan err Arofbay 
 main Deftgn in coming to it, was, as has been faid, to take in Pilots, and City. 
 other Neceflaries to proceed 10 the Molucco Iftands; to which Purpofe, and 
 to avoid the Shoals lying betwixt Java and Madura , they divided their 
 Ships. The Vice-Admiral, with the Guelder and Zealand, pafs d the Cha- 
 nels of Madura , in order to ioyn, at Jorta, the Junks that fail for Ternate, 
 and thence to the other Molucco Iflands. 
 
 The Admiral Sticht Utrecht, running along the length of Madura, came n 
 to an Anchor before Arotbay . He fent out a Number of his Men in the , , “ 
 
 Boat, to bring Rice, and other Provifions from Shore. No fooner were 
 they landed, then feis’d, difarm’d, ftripp’d, and carry’d before the King. 
 
 Thofe flaying long, another Boat was lent with only three Men, and the liaaur2 * 
 fame befell them. The Prifoners intreated the King to give leave, that thofe 
 three, or any others, might go to give the Admiral an Account. He granted 
 it, but upon Condition, That as foon as they had deliver’d the Meflage,they 
 fhouid return to Prifon. They gave Notice of their Misfortune, and the 
 Admiral lent away a Boat to carry immediate Advice to his Countiymen 
 at the City Jorta, writing feveral Letters to procure the Prifoners Liberty. 
 
 The Vice-Admiral came with his Ships, and joyn’d thofe at Arotbay . The 
 King demanded the two biggeft Brafs Guns aboard the Admiral, many Hit De- 
 Pieces oP Silk, and one thoufand Pieces of Eight for the Ranfom of the wands for 
 Prifoners. The Admiral anfwer’d, That the Cannon was not his own,but then Ran- 
 belong’d to all his Nation, and therefore he defir’d him to moderate th e Jom. 
 Ranfom, and turn it into Money, or take it out in fuch Commodities as he 
 brought: Six Days were fpent in Treating, and the Delay made the Con- 
 clufion more Difficult ; and therefore the Admiral believing, that his Men 
 were kept Prifoners in their own Boats, or near the Sea, without any con- 
 fiderable Guard, he order’d all his Men to land at once, and to Refcue them 
 by Force. An hundred and fifty Dutchmen attempted it, but faw a great Attempt to 
 Number of People gathering on the Shore, led by the Portugucfes, who car- Fefn.e 
 ry’d white Colours, in token of Peace, giving out tha: they came to treat them by 
 of an Accommodation, which, a? Hugo affirms, was a Stratagem to gain Force. 
 Time for the Citizens to Arm. The Dutch either fufpe<fted,or had Notice 
 
 Z of 
 
1 66 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquefl of 
 
 of it, and forming a fmall Body with ab ut 20 Mufquetiers, contriv’d to 
 have their other Boats draw nearer, that fo the Seamen and Officers might 
 come to Fight, according to the appointed Order. More Men came out of 
 the City, at another Gate, to enclofe them unawares in the Port. 7 he 
 Dutch law into the Policy, and were fenfible of the Danger, and therefore 
 fent two other Boats to guard the Port. This Piecaution was the laving 
 of their Lives ; but they could not efcape a Shower of Arrows, wherewith 
 the Jrosbayans thought to fubdue them, not fo much by their Force, and 
 the Harm receiv’d, as by keeping the Enemy in Play, that fo they might 
 fpend their Powder, and be oblig’d to retire to their Ships. Nor would 
 they have been fafe there, for now the Wind and Sea threatned them, and 
 Dutch De~ thirty fix Men belonging to the Admiral, and thirteen to the Zealand were 
 feated . Drown’d, and the Boats caft away. Some few efcap’d, whom they did not 
 
 kill, at the Requeft of the Renegado oi Tub an, but they were made Prifo- 
 ners. Thefe kneeling down, to move Compafiion, with their difmal Looks, 
 and Tears, the Conquerors laid a Handful of Earth on their Heads, a Cere- 
 Ceremony mony they ufe towards the vanquiffi’d, whofe Lives they grant. Perhaps 
 in giving they themfelves know not the Reafon, and Original of this Cuftom, Five 
 Quarter, and Twenty were loft in this Encounter, fifreen of the Admirals, one of 
 John Marts, and nine of the Zealand . The Prifoners were carry ’d to a 
 Country Cottage; three Men dangeroufly wounded, one Trumpeter, and a 
 Herald put into Chains, the others only their Hands bound. The reft were 
 carry ’d far from thefe, and put into a deep Cellar. The Herald being 
 brought into the King’s Prefence, he afit’d him, whether he would ftay in 
 his Country, promifing, among other Favours, that he would marry him to 
 two of his own Wives. The Dutchman anfwer’d, returning Thanks, but 
 with Freedom in his Looks, That with his good leave he had rather re- 
 turn to his Companions. He was therefore carry’d, with the Trumpeter, 
 about the City, and at his going out at the Gate faw all the Prifoners, be- 
 ing fifty one, who were conducing, under a Guard, to another liland. 
 Prifoners I11 fine, the Agreement was concluded, and the King difeharg’d them for 
 Ranfonfd. zooo Florines . So they return’d to their Ships, except two, who hid them- 
 felves, taking a liking to that barbarous Way of living. The Governour 
 Jacob Marts Dy’d,his Body was call into the Sea, and the reft failing to the 
 Northward, direfted their Courfe for the Illand of Celebes. They pafs’d 
 Dutch De- by Comb ay, fix Leagues from it, and beyond that of Bouton, and efcap’d the 
 part% Ridges of Rocks of Cebejfa , which are not mark’d down, nor taken Notice 
 
 of in Maps. There fell mighty Rains, and they fteer’d North Eaft for the 
 Illand of Amboyna, and in fight of Boor a . A Boy dy’d aboard the Zealand ; 
 another falling off a Yard, into the Sea, held a Rope’s End in his Mouth, 
 that his Arms might be at Liberty to fwim, and quitted it not, till he bad 
 Help, and was fav’d. The next Day they lay by, and their Preacher 
 made a long Spiritual Difcourfe upon the Sacraments, to celebrate the folem- 
 nity of Baptizing two Boys, whom he had already Catechis’d. On the firft 
 of March, wot far from Blau, to the Eaft ward of Boor a, they faw three other 
 fmaller lilands, call’d Atypoti, Maniba, and Oita, which are not far from 
 Come to Amboyna . They pafs’d by them, and arriv’d at Amboyna on the third of the 
 A m bovna ^ ame Month. 
 
 J * The Port is fmall, and at the Mouth of it, they were receive by three 
 
 Boats* 
 
T 
 
 the SPtCE-ISLANDS. 167 
 
 Boats, belonging to the Town of Mat el , l'eated on the Mountains, Thence 
 they went on to that of lto. Amboyna is about eight Leagues from Banda , 
 to the Northward, in the Way to Ternate. The compafs of it is fifteen 
 Leagues, moil fruitful in Cloves, Oranges, Lemmons, Citrons, Coco-Nuts, 
 
 Bananas, Sugar-Canes, and other fuch like Product. The Natives are more 
 open Hearted, and fincere, than thefe of the Moluccas or Benda ; wear the 
 fame Habit ; live upon the Trade of Spice ; are temperate and abilemious, x 
 and great Sufferers of Hardlhip. Their Weapons, are Spears with Sharp TbcitWc -- 
 twilled Ends; tliefe they dart fo dexteroully, that they will hit the fmall- pon ‘ f 
 .eft Mark at a great Dillance. They alfo ufe Cymiters and Shields, and now t 
 Mulkets. They make great Maffes of Sugar, Rice, and Almonds, like our 
 Sugar-Loaves, and value themfelves upon being able Seamen. Their Car- 
 coat are like great Dragons, did thefe fwim with their Bodies extended on Carcoa,-. 
 the Water, and lifting up their two Ends of Head and Tail, which are gilt, 
 and well Carv‘d, and lerve for Prow and Poop. At both of them hang Stan- 
 dards of feveral Sorts of Silk, and Colours, which are bom up by the Wind, 
 when they do not reach to the Water. The Admiral of Amboyna came 
 with three of thefe Veffels full of arm‘d Men, to fee the Dutch , with a 
 Noife of Kittle-Drums, and Brafs Bafons hanging on the Mufitian's Left- c l 
 
 Shoulder, and linking them with the Right-Hand, as they do the Tabors “ ' ' 
 
 in Spain. They fang their fet Airs, underftood by none but the Native 
 Amboynefes , tho‘ attentively liften‘d to by the Dutch , for their Strangenefs. 
 
 The Slaves alfo fang to the Noife of their Oars. They fir'd the three 
 Guns every Cdrcoa carry'd, being a Salute, in Honour of their Guefts ; who 
 relying on that Reception, dropt their Anchors, polling many Sentinels, 
 becaufe they obferv'd the Natives had done the fame in all Parts, and there 
 were conllant Fires in many Places. 
 
 The Jmboyncfe Admiral alk‘d them, What they came for, and who they 
 were, and having heard their Anfwer, gave them leave to go alhore, and Dutch per- 
 expofe their Commodities, allowing them free Commerce, contrary to his mined to 
 Majefty's Prohibition, which us‘d to be more punctually obferv'd in this Trade at 
 Illand. The Dutch Vice-Admiral went alhore, where he was well recei- Amboyna 
 ved, and conduced to a Seat cover'd with Sails of Ships, fupported by 1 
 T rees, full of Fruit not known in Europe. He eafily prevail’d with the Go- 
 vernors, to allow him tull Liberty to Trade. Their Succefs was forwar- King of 
 ded by Cachil Azude , Brother to the King of Ternate , who happen‘d to be Ternate‘x 
 there then, celebrating his Nuptials, being newly come with his Bride, who Brother 
 was the Daughter of a Sangiack of Batochina. He had long courted, and ttjffis the 
 defin'd to be marry'd to her, but was oppos'd by the Father, who had pro- Dutch, 
 mifed her to the King of Bachian. We lhall fay no more of their Love, 
 nor of what became of the Prince, becaufe it is no effential Part of this 
 Hillory. He prefently repair'd to the Dutch y and order'd them to be fur- 
 nilh'd with thole Loaves made of Sugar, Almonds and Rice, with Coco- 
 Nuts, Bananas, and Wine made of Rice, and this fo lavilhly,that the Dutch 
 Relations own they had fcarce Room to lay up fuch Plenty of Provifions. pt, r tv nf 
 The fame would have been, had they bought them, for they had fo much p rZLnL 
 for a Pewter Spoon, that they knew not what to do with it. The Amboy- y 
 nefe Admiral went aboard the Ships again, was pleas'd to fee the great 
 Guus, and the Variety and Plenty of Merchandife. The Prince of Ternate 
 
 ZJ did 
 
i63 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquejl of 
 
 - did the lame, and both of them at their 'coming and going were fainted by 
 
 the Gannon. They had private Conferences with him, and other Noblemen 
 of the Moiuccos, who attended him. They ere£led Faftorres in fevtial 
 Parts of Amboyna, and agieed that the two Ships, Guelder and Zealand 
 fhould Sail for Banda, w hi Iff the other two lay two Months to load ana 
 reft at Amboyna. We (hall mention hereafter what befel thele m leinate,ht 
 
 T Dut'h US They fail'd" with'a fai^Wind , but one of them ftuckin the Flats of Cent, 
 fo that 1 (he could fcarce be got off. Below Jealousy met a 
 /o / B anda at Naefau, the Inhabitants of which Place eat Mans He*. They pah d 
 * B ' on merrily by Toelfetton, two Leagues ftiort of Banda, on that Side. It is 
 defert, and uninhabited, infamous, for flronger Reafons, tha " ' 
 
 < alledge againft the Acroceraunian Rocks. There areCryes, \ billies, and 
 
 IJland of Roarings heard in it at all Times, and dreadful Apparitions are leen, with 
 Devils. Fires afeending through the Air ; and long Experience s . ' . * .. 
 
 is inhabited by Devils. Therefore Sailors, when they pals in Sight of it, 
 ( which feldom happens without Storms, mal e all the Sail they can to get 
 
 far off from the very Wind that blow's on it. The Dutch chief Pilot know- 
 ing fo’much, furioufly took fuch taft hold of the Helm, that all the reft 
 could not put him from it ; He drew it to him Violently, thinking that 
 n . p . Force drove on the Ship ; his Face grew fiery, and his Breaft not being 
 f , able to contain his Wind, he breath’d tail, and groan d, till being paft the 
 
 W IflanS the grew merry, and whiffling loud, fcoff’d at the Devil, because he 
 by the luanu, ure i, . Diforder again. 
 
 Devil. 
 
 ♦ 
 
 ide at 
 ittda. 
 
 Rettnn 
 
 thence. 
 
 could not caft away the Ship ; yet loon after he was in Diforder again, 
 and dropt the Helm ; they recover’d him, and made all tail to go forwaid. 
 They arriv'd at Banda, near the River, on the fifteenth of the Mouth. Se- 
 veral Ban deft Boats came out, offering their Spice. Vne Dutch landed, 
 carrying with them fundry Commodities, which they expos d in Shops. 
 A rich Tin ft, who was in Efteem, entertain'd them. They built. 
 the I Hand and a few Days after bear'd Hews of their Admiral, c} fome Chi- 
 nese Ships', that came from Amboyna \ and were inform'd, that the Fortu- 
 nes were already at War with the Natives, for entertaining and allow- 
 
 ^ ot tSS of July , having fettled Trade at Banda, they fail'd thence 
 towards Noefelau, along the Channels of Zeru, wit hout regardmgtheir Ad- 
 
 mi ^ who was promoting, and fomenting the War at Amhyna They 
 
 fail'd 'in Sight of Bouton, which is in five Degrees of South Latitude, and 
 of the Ifiand Cobayna. On the twelfth they pals d the Coaft at Celebes, 
 and on the feventeenth, by that of Madura, and again difeever d Arosbaj, 
 where the Misfortune we have fpeken of befel them. They ian along the 
 Coaft of Jutland in the Evening came to laeatra, where they caft Anchor, 
 fent to vifit the King, and their Compliment was return d by him "’“ha 
 Prefent of Rice, Fowl, and Coco-Nuts, and a Buffalo for the \ ice-Adim- 
 ral The Zealanders, who had been left at Banda in their Houfes and 
 tailories in the Cities of Montelongo, and Solefaryo, by Letters of the hrft 
 of lusufi acquainted them, how the new Friendftnp was eitabhlh d. From 
 Siffime the Dutch began,’ without any OppofitioMo poffefs themlelves of 
 
 the Provinces belonging to the Crown ot • h the Natives 
 
 They took Leave of that King, and return'd to Banda, with the Native 
 
the SPICE- ISLANDS, 169 
 
 of which Place they nad now contracted iUCli bail ilia it; 10 ».e Ships 
 belonging to Bnvdefe Merchant*, which they met by the Wav, pieicnted 
 them with a confiderabie Quantity of P rcelane. At their Ar ival the Cover- 
 Hour came out to meet them, with 400 Men, inviting them to take forne 
 Refrdhment afhore, which they refund, but made prefents to each Other, 
 and drank out great VdTels of Wine made of Rice, which is a powerful 
 and (bong Liruor. Continuing their Voyage on the tenth of September, 
 towards the South Well, they thought they were under theTropiek ot Ca- 
 pricorn. On the thirtieth, they were In 28 Degrees, with the Wind at Weft, 
 fomewhat Northerly, and ran thirty Leagues beyond Cape S. Roman, after 
 they had been tofs 4 d among many Iilands, in thirty two Degrees and a half 
 South. Next they difcover c d Cape Plocmera , o f the S uthern Ethiopia, or 
 Land of the Cafres, A Storm difpersM the Ships, but they met again when 
 it ceas 4 d, at Cape AnqviHos. On the feventh of September they arrivM at 
 the Ifland & Helena ; the Matter went afhore, kill'd many wild Beafts;and & Helena 
 furnifh'd the Ships with Fruit, there being Plenty of both. The Sick ifland. 
 recove r'd there : They went into the fobtary Church, and on the firft of J 
 Jauuary, 1600 , they fail'd thence, and being come into five Degrees ofNorth 
 Latitude, on the ^ hirtieth of the fame Month, obfei v 4 d an Eclypfe. Then 
 they began to difeover the North Pole, which had been out of their Sight fo 
 long. On the thirteenth of Februaiy they had Sight of the Ifland Mayo, or 
 May , one of thofe of Cabo Verde , and about the End ot March difeover'd 
 the Englijb Hills. In fine, they arriv'd at the Texel, and thence to Awjler- 
 dam, where they unladed that fpicy Wealth, the like, for Quality and New- 
 nefs, had never yet been brought to Lisbon \ at leaft Hugo's Relations tell 
 us, there might have been as precious Oyl drawn from thefe, as when they 
 were juft gather’d. 
 
 W'bilft thefe two Ships, Zealand and Guelder , were failing Home, the The other 
 other two, Amjl er dam and litre tcht, being almoft naturaliz'd at Amboyna , Dutch 
 departed thence for Temate , on the eigth of March, 1599 , in the Company Ships de- 
 of three Junks, full ! of Javavefe Soldiers, well arm 4 d, and hir 4 d to attack a part the 
 Fort that was defended by Portvguefes. Before their Departure, fome Moluccos: 
 of them went afhore, and among other Game, took Abundance of green Pi- 
 geons, as biq. as our Ducks. They loaded with Clove, becaufe it is fold in Green Pi- 
 that Illand for thirty five Royals a Par, which is there 150 Pounds. 
 
 They were inform'd, that the Dutch, who had been left at Banda, would 
 foon come to joyn them. The Por^uguefes attacking a Fort with ill Suc- 
 cefs, the Dutch, who were before agreed with the Prince of Te r n at e&rnSd, 
 and mix 4 d with his Men. This was the firft Time they ever fought with 
 the Subje&s o! Spain, in thofe Parts ; and the Dutch Author, who gives an 
 Account of this Action, fays, the Wanders look‘d upon it as a Prodigy. 
 
 Having fetrled Commerce at Amboyna, they failed away for the Iilands n . 
 of Temate , taking for their Guide, a Captain, who pretended to them, i; utc 1 01 
 that he was Brother to the King of an Ifland ; and to magnify his Grand- Aernatf ' # 
 Father, boafted he had kept feventy lawful Wive . befides Concubines; 
 and that his Son, to vye with him, had forty Wive . befides Miftrefles. 
 
 So fays the Journal of that Voyage, writ by them who perform**! it. They 
 difeover'd the Iflands of Tydore and Temate on the t * enty fixth, and co- 
 ming to an Anchor at the Utter, in fifteen Fathom Water, put out their 
 
 Colours, 
 
170 
 
 TJie Ttifcovery and Conquefl of 
 
 The King 
 goes to 
 view the 
 Sh ps. 
 
 He re- 
 turns* 
 
 Colours, fired their Cannon, and fpar'd for no real or vain Oftentation. 
 The King of Ternatt whofe deep known Sagacity is fucb, that he trufls 
 no other but himfelf to obferve what Dangers may threaten, went into 
 his own Carcoa , attended by many others, on the 28th of May, and fail'd 
 to the Place, where the Butch lay at Anchor. He drew near and in* 
 clos'd the Ships, call'd to the Admiral, and afk'd him, who he was, 
 whence^ his Ships, and other Particulars. Thefe Quell ions and Anfwers 
 held fome Hours, by Means of the Naguatato * s who interpreted the 
 Difcourfe. The Admiral intreated the King that he would pleafe to come 
 aboard his Ship. He excus'd himfelf, firft aliedging, that he did not like 
 thole Ladders they (bow'd him to go up to them, tho' they had purpofely 
 cover'd them with fine Cloth ; and afterwards, that the Sun was fating, 
 and it was Time for him to repair to his Devotions. Having made this 
 godly Excufe, he fail'd towards the City, the Air refounding with 
 the Noife of his Brafs Bafons, Flat Tabors, Guns, Shouts, and Perfian 
 Songs. 
 
 The 29th he drew near to the new Comers again, with 25 Carcoas $ in 
 which he had 100 Brafs Guns for his Defence, and firing them all at once, 
 to the clattering of Bells, made (how of his Warlike Preparation. The 
 Confufion of it being over, tho' they fang Verfes, as they do to denote 
 Feace, in the Malay Tongue, fo they call the Language of Malaca , 
 whence it was convey'd to the Moluccos ; yet the Dutch made ready their 
 great Guns, Mufkets, and half Pikes. They plac'd fome arm'd Men out 
 of Sight in every Ship, as alfo where they might be taken Notice of, 
 (bowing, or at lead not concealing their Jealoufy, that fo no fudden Sur- 
 prize might find them unprovided. The King's Carcoa drew near alone, 
 and thofe who were in it fpoke to the Butch Admiral, by Means of the 
 Naguatato , without (bowing themfelves. 
 
 The King was fatisfy’d with only talking to them, and withdrew ; after 
 Noon he return'd with only two Carcoas, one of which tow’d a Boat after 
 Talh with her. Being come up to the Dutch, he began to talk to the Vice-Admiral ; 
 the Dutch, enquir’d after their Guns, and order’d the other Carcoa to (land further 
 off, and the Captain going too far, the Boat, either accidentally, or by De- 
 fign, broke loofe from the Stern, and was over-fet by the W aves; the King 
 then defired the Admiral to fire at it with a Ball, that he might fee whether 
 they could hit or fink it. They fir’d immediately, the King being well 
 pleas’d to fee that the Shot had (lav'd the Boat in Pieces. The Admiral 
 laying hold of this Opportunity, took Care, whilft they were commending 
 the Shot which ferv’d to difguife the Threat, to let him know that he 
 could with as much Eafe fink the Carcoas. This Tryal fatisfy’d the 
 King, who loon after gave leave for that Nation to TradeinhisDomi- 
 Givtsthem n - 10 *s all d barter Cloves, Spice, precious Stones, and Pearls, all which 
 leave to j s t ^ e ’ re to b e found, by reafon of the Refort of the Japonefe , Camloxa and 
 
 Trade . Chine fe Ships. Of thefe laft they then faw fome all made of Wood alone, 
 
 even to their Anchors, and the Sails of Cane. They came to an Anchor 
 at Tcrnate, where the firft Thing they did, was burying of Reynart Rey- 
 narts a Butch Soldier, fcarce worthy of that Buryal, Idolaters and Ma- 
 hometans reforting to the Funeral. The King the next Day fent a Carcoa 
 to acquaint the Dutch, that he would go aboard their Ships, and a Boat 
 1 came 
 
the SPICE -ISLANDS. 171 
 
 came to the Admiral’s Side, with only four Terna es in a private Habir, 
 who, by their Queftiom, Curiofity, and Solicitude, feem d to be Spyes, as 
 they did by all their Difcourle, which was on .undry Subje&s, and very 
 full of folid Reflection ; which was held on, and liflen’d to, with A tention 
 and Diflimulation. 
 
 When the Dutch expected the King would come, they underflood he j ht 
 was one of the four then talking to them from the Boat. They figni y‘d v ^ ts 
 to him that they knew him, and he did not deny it. They pay'd him the 
 RefpeCt due to a King; but then he refused to return to the Ship. >ot- - n D - A 
 withflanding thefe jealoufies, he approved of the Behaviour of that People. g U \r 9 \ 
 
 On the fecond of June FmbalTadors weitt afhore, who carry ’d the King a 6 J 
 Prelent, which he accepted of, and treated them courteoufly. They 
 return’d, full of Admiration of the infinite Quantity of Cloves, and the 
 wonderful Woods of them ; and bringing the New s,, that the Ternates 
 would foon come to view and buy the Dutch Commodities. 
 
 The next Day they came in great Numbers, Sangiacks , Cachiles , and 
 Commons, Barbarian Ladies, and all Sorts of Women, with Variety of Conconrre 
 Attendance. The Shores were cover’d with fundry Sorts of People ; dit- People 
 fering in Habit, Colour, and great Diverfity of Feathers ; among them 
 many naked, and of various Countenances, for all flock’d out, as if it had Dutch, 
 been fome publick Fefiival. Tho^they admired the Wealth of the Ships, 
 yet they rais’d the Price of the Bars of Clove fo high, that they could not 
 come to any Agreement, becaufe that was to be their main Loading. They 
 went afliore on the 10th and nth, to fee whether they abated any Thing 
 of the Price, and to fome other Purpofes, which do not concern us, tho* 
 they might be fome Ornament, but fhall be left in the Originals where-they 
 were writ. They could nut conclude any Thing with the King, or his 
 Subje<fLs, becaufe they were celebrating a Feflival, and the Dutch were 
 prefent at the Shows. 
 
 A Sort of Comba ants, like the Roman Pugiles, and Gladiators, tho* 
 differing in fome Refpeds, fought in a large fpacious Square. Thefe Ter- “ 
 nates did not move from one Place to another, nor hurt one another, but T 7 a ICL ~ 
 flood continually upon cne Foot, without changing or eafing it, on any torSm 
 Account ; but the Foot that was iifted up, mov’d about and flretch’d in 
 the A ir, without being put to the Ground. Their Miftrefles, Wives, or 
 Sillers attended in the Field, with Branches of Flowers, and China Di flies 
 full of Jromatick Liquors, to iefrefh thofe that weie tyr d^ but moll of 
 them attended the Conqueror. The Sport being ended, the next Day the 
 King repair’d to the Ships, but went not aboard. Difcourfing with the The King 
 Admiral, he ask’d him for a gilt Musket, which he prefented him, and asks a 
 the King did not think fit to receive Gratis, becaufe he had ask c d for it ; he Musket , 
 therefore order’d, that when the Dutch paid the Tithe of the Spice, which and pays 
 is the Duty he has from Merchants, they fhould have two Bars and a half for it, 
 difcounted for the Price of the Musket, and that they fhould be furnifh’d 
 with every Thing they had Occafion for befides. He was well pleas‘d Severe Pu- 
 one Day, that the Dutch fnould fee how a Boy of eleven Years of Age, was nijbment of 
 led about the Streets, with his Hands bound, becaufe he had flolen a Tuhac , petty Lm- 
 that is, a Leaf of a Frail, with as many Cloves as it would carry ; be- eeny, 
 caufe this was an Inftance of their Severity in punifhing that Offence. 
 
172 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquejl of 
 
 Pr if oner i 
 facrific'd. 
 
 The other Boys, fhouted and (ham'd him, proclaiming the Theft with loud 
 Voices. 
 
 Triumph of About this Time Tome Ternate Troops return’d Home victorious, having 
 Ternates/ Pander'd and deftroy’d a Town in the Ifland of Tyiore, They march’d into 
 the City on the loth of July y the King being prelent, with their Camfilanes ■ 
 or Cymiters drawn, and bloody, with half Heads, Ears, ana Hair of thofe 
 they had conquer'd, or flain, flicking to them. They fjhow‘d the Shields 
 and Weapons they had taken from them, their Cloaths and Feathers, and 
 45 Prifoners, who follow’d dragging Chains, fome about their Kecks, and 
 tome at their Heels. Among them was a brave Youth, 1 1 Years of Age, 
 who was a Sangiack of Note, and Kinfmanto the King of Tydore\ as alfo 
 a very beautiful Fortuguefe Lady, Wife to a Cap:ain in that Fort. They 
 walk’d about the City, with all this State and Plunder, till they came to 
 the King’s Palace ; there the Captives were facrihc’d, and the Port it guefe 
 Lady fold for a Slave, a rare Piece of Mercy, and purchas’d by her i ears. 
 The King of Ternate honour’d the Chief of the Tydores , fmiling and lo- 
 vingly encouraging him, as Kinfmanto a King. The Youth excufing him- 
 felf, and pleading Innocence, to gain the ViClot‘s Favour, he returned a 
 favourable Anfwer, and bid him walh himfelf. Sweet Water was brought 
 to wafh their Hands, and it was poured pver the King’s Hands and his, at 
 the fame Time, out of one Ewer. Then the Captive thus affurM, letting 
 fall his Hands with the Water, which, perhaps, is a Ceremony to denote 
 ~ , f Peace, and bowing his Head by way of Civility, a Soldier ftruck him on 
 
 P-fid' 0U p- Neck with a (harp Camfihne, or Cymiter, fo fur iou fly, that the Head 
 lerji wuj - dropt at fome Diflance from the Body half alive; then they cut both the 
 Head and Body into fmall F ieces , all which, to exercife their utmcfi 
 Rage, they put into a Vrau y which is a little Boat, and then funk all to- 
 gether in the Sea. 
 
 ,, r Four Days after another Parcel of Ternates came with feveral Tydo re 
 th * C- - Prifoners, whofe Heads they cut off in the Port, as they did that of a 
 jejr ;m- s tran g er< who came peaceably to the Ifland with Merchandize. All thefe 
 y* Spectacles the Dutch beheld. Such good Ufe do thofe Barbarians make of 
 Victory. Friendfhip being now efiablifh’d with the Dutch , and the King 
 The King we ]J allur’d of it, he refolv’d to go aboard their Ships. He went aboard the 
 aboard the Admiral on the 25th of July, with all his Guard, where nothing efcap’d 
 Dutch being narrowly view’d and obferv’d by him, with a feeming willingnefs 
 
 Shift. to buy it. He defired the Admiral to leave fome of his Men at Ternate , 
 
 which was refus’d at that Time. He view’d the Ship over again, and go- 
 ing into the Cook-Room, very much admir'd a Pair of Bellows, wherewith 
 they kindled the Fire in his Prefence, and feeing the Ufe they were put 
 to, took them into his own Hands, and was a confiderable Time opening 
 and fhutting of them ; then biting and prefling the Nozle with his Lips, 
 Foolif) Be~ k*. ^egan to fwallow the Wind itblow‘d out, fwelling himfelf up, not 
 without much Laughter and Aflonifhment of the Dutch , who write, they 
 Thought the King was either running Mad, or had no Senfe before. 
 He begg‘d thofe Bellows, and being prefented with them, was highly 
 pleaAi. He returned feveral Times after to the Ships, with a greater De- 
 fign in h s Head, which was to try whether he could by any Means con- 
 trive' to feize them. He was pleased to fee how affectionately his Subjects 
 
 traded 
 
 nefs. 
 
 haviour . 
 of his. 
 
the SPICE -ISLANDS. 
 
 traded and truiled them with their Spice. At length they prevail'd upon 
 
 the Admiral to leave fome of his Men, with a good Sum of Money, to 
 
 buy up Cloves the next gathering. The firft Dutch Factors left at Ttrnate, Dutch Fa- 
 
 ■Were Francis Vet does , Father to Wiliam ; Diricbt Ftorhs, Jacob Lambert i, fl orv at 
 
 John Jans, of Grol ; Cornelius Adrians , and a Boy of Awjlgrdam, whole Ternate* 
 
 Name was Henry Jans . Thefe laid the Ground for the fecund Entity, 
 
 with the firft Rebells of that Nation, who corfpir’d with the Ternates, and 
 
 were afterwards the Occafion of other Fleets and Succours coming into 
 
 thofe Parts, agaiilll their Natural Sovereign. 
 
 Thefe Men oeiilg left at Ternate, and having receiv’d Intelligence that 
 thefirigan ines were returning from the Illand pf Banda, the Ships fail'd 
 itomTernate , on the 19th of Jvgujl, palling by the Illand Maca , among V utc 1 
 the other Moluccas, and that oiOba,to the Northward. Then in two De- f^P art 
 grees and a half Latitude, they difeover’d* fo many Iilands, that they could Fernate. 
 not count them ; others they faw, not fet down in the Maps, and learnt 
 their Names from fome Sailors. Among them was that of Banquore, and 
 its Neighbour Sabobe, whofe King tefides in that of Mitard, and has 
 30 more within a very fmall Compafs. He furnilh’d them with Provifi- 
 ons, and gave Norice of Dangerous Ridges of Rocks; to avoid which, 
 they return’d the fame Way they came, in Sight of Amboyna and Celebes. 
 
 On the 13th of November , they were inform’d at Jaquetra , that the Vice- 
 Admiral was already gone from Banda ; and had there a great Quantity 
 of Rice, brought but juft before by Chinefe Veflels. 
 
 On the xyth they came to Banda, where at Montelohgo, and Soleparvo , 
 they found the two Zealand Ships, which having traded about eight r 
 Months with little Profit, defign’d to return. On the i$th of January ^ tf * 
 1600, the Admiral made the Governour dtBanda fome European Prefents, 
 and among them a fmall Boat, all cover’d with fine Scarlet, All the Mer- 
 chants met and fet fail for Holland, on the zith of the fame Month, and 
 fail’d all February, with (tor my Winds, and lofs of fome of their Men, till 
 the Weather mended on the third of March , On the 15 th of April, in 
 the Latitude of 34 Degrees and a half, they found them felves fome what 
 above zo Leagues from the Cape of Good Hope. On the 16th of May, At the 
 thev reach’d the Ifland of St. Helena, where, at fome Diiiance, they difeo- Cape of 
 verd other Ships. Some Men landed, and admir’d its flrange Fertility Good, 
 among thofe Mountains. They faW another Ifland, whofe bare Rocks* Hope; I ' 1 
 without Trees or Grafs, look as if they were made of Coals 3 and among 
 them are Abundance of monflrous wild Boars, yet nothing could be feea & Helena, 
 to grow, or any living Creatures they could feed upon* There were alfo 
 large Tortoifes, fome of them weighing 400 Weight. On the laft of 
 May they made for th eTexeJ, and thence to Amjlerdam i Where they were i/lana. 
 receiv’d with pubtick Rejoycing ; and they again prepar’d to return to 
 India , and continuing their Trade with thofe barbarous Kings, who are 
 Mailers of the Spice, Metals, precious Stones, Pearls, and other foreign 
 ’VVealrb, have at length converted the Friendlhip they kindly offer’d at, 
 firft, into Slavery, and Subjeftion to the Tyranny of Holland and Zealand 
 And in the Year 1600, with more Expedition, they fail'd into Guinea, and 
 to S. George de la Mina, with only two Ships, the firft Time, and ran 
 through the lame Ports and Iilands-, throughout our Seas in Safety. They 
 
 A a took 
 
174 
 
 The Difcoveiy and Co?iqueJi of 
 
 Nova 
 
 Zembla. 
 
 took particular Accounts of all Things, whether Natural, or Political, 
 relating to that vaft extended Country of Jfia , which is almoil oppofite to 
 Europe, and under other Stars, and another Pole. The fame Year, being 
 in fearch pf the North-Pajfage , in 80 Degrees of Latitude, they diicover’d 
 Nova Zembla , where they found nothing but mondrous white and grey 
 Bears, which did not run, but rather took little Notice of the Noife of 
 Cannon, and devour’d Men ; there were alfo white Crows, no lefs un- 
 daunted \ and in fhort^ moll of that Part of the World was defart, and 
 
 they found not the PalTage they expe&ed into the South-Sea. Yet they 
 now fail’d all thofe Southern Parts, at all Seafons, making a Jell of the 
 Monfons , the Portuguefes fo mightily obferve, as if they had themlhut 
 tip. in Skins, like the Fable in Ulyjfes . Perhaps they buy fair and flormy 
 Winds, as is faidto be done in Lapland , at fettled Rates, of Wiiches that 
 deal in them. 
 
 r The King of Ternflte was fo puff’d up with the Friendlhip, and Support 
 Y* 1 ? °J of the Northern Nations, that he durfl boldly flatter himfelf with the 
 / e Hope of becoming abfolute Mailer of Tydorc. Accordingly he Hreightned 
 
 of Iernate. t j lat Xing, and the Fortuguefe Garrifon, without allowing, them the leal! 
 
 Refpite. Other Dutch Ships had come fince the former to that Illand, 
 on Account of Trade, by the Way of India, with Arms and leveral Com- 
 modities. ThtTernate Embafiadors were treating in England and Hol~ 
 land, for fettling of perpetual Peace and Commerce. The King had al- 
 ready received Anfwersto thefe EmbafTies, and very fpeedily expected aa 
 Englijb Fleet, and many Dutch Ships, with whofe Aflillance he promis’d 
 iiimfelf to dellroy Tydore , and thence to Rretch out to the Philippines:. 
 In the mean while, fome Dutch and Englijb remain’d at his Court, like 
 Hoflages, with a Faftor, whofe Bufinefs was to attend the Bartering, or 
 buying up of Spice- to purchafe which they brought him Abundance of 
 curious Arms. This being known to the King of Tydoie , and Ruy Gon- 
 zalez dc Sequeyra, Commander of the Fort, who every Year writ to the 
 
 Fmbaffy 
 
 : ro,n 1 y- Cover nour of the Philippines about it ; they now lent a particular Embaffy 
 
 ' * F /• f ii 1/ai rvitr ! rl L 1 aL > nl* r\r /A 
 
 dore to i 
 Philip- 
 pines. 
 
 The King's 
 
 Brother 
 
 Embatta- 
 
 dor. 
 
 to Don Franci/co Tello, giving him an Account of the Condition of thofe 
 Places } of the Fort 9 ot the Succours, and Iiow vain it was to expect 
 them from India. That an Affair of fuch Confequence might fort the de- 
 fired Event, they appointed Cachil Cota , the King of Tydore's Brother, a 
 notable Soldier, and mod renowned Commander of the Moluccas, to go 
 Embaffador. He came to Manila , well attended, with Letters from the 
 King, and the Commander in Chief. Thofe, and he, in a fet Speech, ( for 
 the People of the Moluccas do not want Rhetorick to perfwade ) return'd 
 the Governour Thanks for the Supplies he had at feveral Times fent them of 
 ProviGons,and Ammunition. But what we come to defire , faid Cachil Cota , 
 is that this Work be now effectually taken in Hand y before the Englifh and 
 Dutch with their Fleets ftrevgtben Ternate,. and ren 'er it impregnable. 
 We cannot but admire , that whereas the Portuguefe Arms obtain fuch fgnal 
 Victories, as are thofe of Calicut ; over the Turks, at Diu ; over the Egyp- 
 tians ; over the People of Qmanor, of Ceylor, the Tavas, Sumatra, and 
 other Nations on that Side ; and the Spaniards on this, againjl thofe of 
 Camboxa, Mindanao, Japan, Cochinchina, and China, yet only we of the 
 Me luce os, who lie amidjt the Dominions of one only Monarch, jbould be lift. 
 
 exposed 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 175 
 
 expos'd to the utmoft Fury of a Parcel of Rebellious lfiands. If the King -of 
 S pain allows or rather commands, we Jbould be reliev'd by the Way of the 
 Philippine Jjiands, Why is he not obey'd I What does it avail to carry on a 
 cool War, againfi a hot and watchful Enemy? The Governour anfwei’d 
 to every Point, and having entertain’d him, and given Hopes of greater 
 Supplies, when he could be fecure againfi the mighty Preparations then 
 making at Japan, he difmifs’d him, with a confiderable Recruit of Ar- 
 tillery and Ammunition, and feme experienced Soldiers, However the fe Another 
 Succours being fo much interior to the Power of the Enemy, and their Embafiv, 
 own Fear, which made them expect much greater, they could not put 
 them out of Care. This made them fend Captain Marcos Dias de Febra , 
 their lafl. EmbafTador to the Philippines, during the Government of Don 
 Francis Tello, He carry’d Letters from the King and Ruy Gonzalez, to 
 the Governour and Council, which being almofl all of them much of the 
 fame Purport, we will here infert one of them, directed to Doctor Antony 
 Morga, one of that Council, writ with the King’s own Hand, and in the 
 Portvguefe Language. 
 
 I was wonderfully pleas'd with your Letter of the 8 th of November l aft, T j r. 
 lecaufeby it lunderftood how very ftneere you were in remembring of me ; J ry \ V * 
 God reward you for it with much Profperity in this Life, that you may do °f 1 J Uores 
 Service to the King, my Sovereign, for I underftand you are by his Order in LettCY * 
 thofe I ft and s, and deftrous to improve them ; which lam not ignorant will be 
 nolefs Advantageous to this Fort and Ijland of Tydore, I write to the 
 Governour, and to that Council, concerning the Succours I defire, and have 
 ask'd fo often, the NeccJJity of it being great, to prevent thofe Mifchiefs 
 which may afterwards put my Sovereign, the King , to much Trouble and 
 Charge . God grant you long Life, From this Ijland of Tydore, March 
 8th 1601. The King ct Tydore, in Arabick Char afters ; and then 
 what follows in Portugliefe. The Bearer is Marcos Diaz, he will deliver 
 yon a Powder Flask, with a Charger of fine Moorifh Brafs, I fend it you , 
 that you may remember this Ftiend, 
 
 The Embafiador return’d to Tydore with the firft Monfon, at the Begin- r m balTa 
 rung of the Year 1^02, well pleas’d with the Anfwer he brought, the dot returns 
 Supplies of Provifions and Ammunition he had demanded, and fome Sol- Jl// ratis- 
 diers ; but much better fatisfy*d with the Hopes given him, that as foon A.y 
 as an Opportunity offer’d, that Expedition fhould be undertaken from Mar D ' 
 nila for Ternate, with the neceflary Preparations, and Force to fecure the 
 Succefs. 
 
 At this Time King James of England, writ to Sultan Zayde, of Ter- K, Tames 
 nate, defiring him to continue his former Friendfhip, and that th zEngliJb ofEtixhnd 
 might build Colonies and Factories in the Aklucco Iflands. The Sultan Writes to 
 would not grant it, and complain’d in harfli Terms, that England had ne- the King 
 ver aflifled him againfi Portugal ; and that fo little Account fhould be ofTeinatc 
 there made of the firfl Alliance concluded by Means of Sir Francis Drake, 
 when King Bobu fent the Queen of England a Ring in Token of Confede- 
 raev, by the faid Drake, He faid, he could not admit the. Englijb, con- HisAnfaer 
 tiarytothe folemn Engagement he had made to Prince Maurice and the ^ 
 
 A a 2, Dutch 
 
The Difcovery and Conqueji of 
 
 Butch Nation, to whom he had made a Promife, th3t none but they fhould 
 buy up and lade the Product of his Country. All this appears by the Co- 
 py of a Letter in the Portuguefe Tongue, found among the King of Ter- 
 nate's Papers, when our Men polTefs’d thcmfelves of h is Palace. Where 
 we may obferve the perfect Hatred he fhows for the Portuguefe Govern- 
 ment, fince he never Names thofe People without adding the Epithet of 
 Mortal Enemies ;and in (peaking of the Dutch , My Friends and Deliverers ± 
 adding, That he expetts their Fleets with great Satisfa&ion. This 
 Anfwer he fent King James by Henry Middiet on , then Admiral of the 
 EngUJb Fleet, on the eighteenth of July y i£o*. The Truth of the Fatt 
 that this King admitted, and invited to his Dominions, and the Pro- 
 duft of them, all other Nations, to arm againft the Spaniards, and oppofe 
 Chriftianity ; and tho’ he then boafted of the Succours he receiv’d, and ex- 
 petted from the Dutch , had he feen the Power of their Fleets and Arms 
 decline, he would have excluded them the Trade. All his Religion and 
 Hopes were fubfervient to the prefent Circumfiances of Times, and his 
 Faith depended on the Advantages he could make. 
 
 The End of the Seventh Booh 
 
i 7 7 
 
 THE 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 DiscovERYand Conquest 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Molucco and Philippine Iflands, 
 
 BOOK. VIIL 
 
 A L L the Contents of the Letters, and other Papers, that came from 
 the Molucco Jfiands to India and the Philippines, for the follow- 
 ing Years, amount to nothing but Complaints, aflcing Relief, 
 and giving Intelligence, not altogether below the Dignity of 
 Hiflory , were we not come fo near rhe laft Period of it. Par-, 
 ticularly there are Letters of the Commander of Tydore,Ruy Gontalez de Comt i a : vtl 
 Sequeyr a y to the Governor of the Philippine Inlands, wherein he complains, „ f T 
 That whereas he had fent 400 Men, Ships, and Warlike. Stores to Cawb.oxa, I 1 ' ~ 
 where hisMajefty had nothing to Recover, he had furnifh’d him with only , » ,, 
 twenty Soldiers. He represents to him many prefilng Wants, without any . 
 
 He pes of Relief from the Viceroy, by the way of Malaca ; urging the fear- 
 city of Provifions, Arms, and all other Kecefiarjes. He informs him. That 
 through his Means Cachil Mole had been fworn King ol Tydore ^ arid how 
 faithful a Friend he approves himffcif to the Crown of Siau r and an Enemy 
 to the Ternates , and that he is always folli^itous for recovering of that 
 Fort. He defifes him to fend the King a Prefent of great Guns, and other 
 Gifts, and to do the lame by the King of who is a ChrifUan, and our 
 Friend, He acquaints him how frequently the tuglijb and Dutch Ships 
 refort to thofe Seas, and that he had taken fome of them. 
 
 The Succefs of a. very great and rich Ship of Zealand, is-moft particu- 
 tally Remarkable : This VeffU putting into Tcmate, and Trading with 
 . \'k . . ... •/. ,\ V.iu . that 
 
— 
 
 178 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquejl of 
 
 that Wicked Faith leis King, he conferred that Ruy Gonzalez fhould con- 
 Villany of tr j ve to cut Cables, provided the .Rooty might L:e his : He agreed to it, 
 the King of rafting an Exorbitant price for the Villany. The Bargain made, and the 
 iernate, Bribe receiv’d, they who had cut the Cables leap’d over-board, and imme- 
 diatelyjthe King’s Officers appear’d, who ieiz-d aU the Load iitg^the -Ship be- 
 ing beaten to pieces., to no^puipofe. Heaffures T)iat t|fc Lnter} rize 
 on Jem ate might jbe effe&ed with 40 d Spaniard's and profiles ?to fend 
 ✓, him a great piece of Amber, as an extrabrdinary Raruyvirom the Idles of 
 
 Mava, which are 60 Leagues from the Moluccas. He again gives Ad- 
 vice of Northern Galeons, and that one of them, in four Hours, had bat- 
 ter’d that Fort, fhot into it 261 Bullets; one of which he fent him; and 
 
 Englifh 
 Inf eft the 
 Wefl- 
 Indies. 
 
 A ’ miral 
 Parked 
 Letter to 
 
 that they had beaten down a large Curtin of the Wall, which was tljen 
 Repair ft jg. ■' y> ? r . \ [ ) £ 
 
 In the mean while England i fife fled the If 'eft -Indies \ where the Townk 
 and Ships fuffer c d by their Invafions^ Robberies, and Burnings. Only 
 that Part, wdiich was the Dj Ariel belonging to Don Pedro de Annina, de- 
 fended it felf, through the Bravery of its Governor, and for the fame Rea- 
 fon the fnemy had Regaidto it. William JPask, the Englifh Ad^i^al, ap- 
 peal# tfpdh the? Along -and garrifon^d Coafts of America, in the Year 1(01 . 
 They defended themfelvcs "WeB, yet he prevailed in feme Places. On 'the 
 CoaA of Cartagena he took one Julio, a Fifnerman, whom he aftewards 
 fet at Liberty* that he might carry the following Letter, writ in broken 
 Spavijb to Don Pedro . 
 
 Being inform'd by Fame -with how much Generoftty and Kindnefs your 
 Lordjhip entertains Strangers , efpeciaHy theft of my ’'Nation, I would not for- 
 bear expr effing" the' Gratitude due id four Ldrdfiip for that Magnificence , on 
 Lonredro. 1}] y own p ar av j returning Thanks, wijhing you as long a Life, and as much 
 Health, as to my felf. I woulduot omit writing thefe jew Lines toyonibLord - 
 Jbip, not only on the aforefaid Account, hit to acquaint you with wliat has 
 happen'd to me during this Expedition . It pleas'd God to make me Mdfter of 
 one of the Kings Ports , call'd Porto Belo, which I was pojfefs'd of a whole Day 
 and Part of the Night , where I found fome Gentlemen, particularly Captain 
 Melendez, and fome other Soldiers of the G art if on ; and plundering the Place 
 had very little Booty. The faid Captain Melendez, fought like a re Joint e 
 Soldier, and faithful Servant of his King, and therefore I order'd him to be 
 drefs'd by my Surgeon,and to be carry' d out of the Houfe where he was woun- 
 ded, having laid Wood in all the Houfes to fire them, and confume the Town. I 
 do ajfuse your Lordjhip, and declare on the Word of a Soldier , that being in- 
 form'd of your Valour and Ifenown, by certain Pr if oners I took, as Captain 
 Rolon, and fever al others, and at Potto Belo by the King's FaRor, Junes, 
 and other Soldiers, that were my Prifoners, and aboard my Ship, 1 gave them 
 all their Liberty , arid forbore firing the City , only on Account of your Repu- 
 tation, and the Fame of your good Ufage to fuel) Prifoners as fall into your 
 Hands , So that thofe I ft at Liberty, as alfo the Town, may be thankful 
 to your Lor dfiiTp for fo great an Obligation , as is the Value of the Jaid 
 Town, and their Lives. The Caftle, and the Fort at the Mouth of the 
 Harbour, and the Port it felf ,fo well fortify' d and furnift)' d with Artillery , 
 and all other Neceffaries , did not deter, fright, or daunt me, for 
 
 with fix Ships, and the Caftle s did we no Harm . Really 
 
 I went cut 
 the Commanders 
 and 
 
the SPICE -IS LANDS, 
 
 179 
 
 and Guners were very bon eft Men. I give your Lor djbip Notice of two 
 Englifh Men , who landed at Santa Marta, near ten Mmths firxe , their 
 Names are Abraham Collins, and Thomas Ha)]. Thefe are hath Spies up- 
 on Cartagena. 1 like the Treafon , hut. drown the Traitor ; I fend you 
 fome poor Men afhore , whom 1 took upon this Coafl, your Lordjhip will fa - 
 vqur them as is due , and according to your Cuftouu And havi ng No- 
 thing elfe , at prefe?it y to acquaint your Lordihip with , pray to God to 
 lengthen your Life , with much Healthy and rrofperily , and to give me good 
 Lucky as is in his divine Power , is convenient for us y and 1 wifh . From 
 aboard my Shipy February the twenty eigth, 1601, our Stile . Tour Lord- 
 flips, William Park. 
 
 Don Pedro anfwer'd in few Words, yet fo as his Brevity might not ex- 
 clude Civility, and the Pyrate being fatisfy'd, proceeded on his Voyage. Don Pedro 
 The King had at this Time appointed Don Pedro to fucceed Don Francis appointed 
 Tello in the Government of the Philippine Ifiands, defigning him for thofe Governor 
 Enteprizes he afterwards perform'd. This his Majefiy judg'd a proper of the Phi— 
 Relolution, and fafe in the Execution ; for what Perfon is fit to be pitch'd lippines. 
 upon to Govern the utmofi Limits of fo far extended a Dominion, but fuch 
 a one as is endu'd with both Valour and Loyalty, two necefTary Qualifica- 
 tions to fecure the Refped and Submiftion due to an abfent Prince* a 
 Matter of much Difficulty in remote Governments l 
 
 Since this Gentleman’s own Adions, and the great Opinion his very 
 Enemies had conceiv’d of them, are fufficient Tefiimonies of his Valour, 
 
 Jet us proceed to fay fomething of his Quality. Don Pedro had the Sur- 
 name of Bravo, as being Son to Don Lewis Bravo, who ferving under the 
 Emperor Charles the fifth, on the Day the Prince of Orange dycl, afk'd j 01 , 1 
 Leave to aflault & Dcfir, a firong Town in the Low Countries , on the . ro 5 
 Banks of the River Matrone . The Hifiory of that War informs us, that 
 fome Friends of his Father’s, hearing of it, endeavoured to obfirud it, 
 either by difTwading the Son, 01 prevailing with the Emperor not to 
 grant him Leave. His Father was Sancho Bravo de Lagunas, a Gentle- 
 man of. Quality by Birth, and no lefs by his own Adion$, at that Time 
 Infpedor General of the Emperor’s Forces by Sea and Land, and one of his 
 Council of War. All Men honour'd, and lov'd him entirely. They con- 
 fider'd he had no other Son but Don Lewis , and the manifeft Danger he 
 expos'd bimfetf to; but he perceiving what his Fathers Friends were con- 
 triving, took upon him to lead the Van, before they could have Time to 
 prevent his gaining the Honour he expeded ; and afiaulted the Place 
 with Succefs, tho’ not without fome Imputation of Ralhnefs. His Son Don 
 Pedro did not degenerate, for the Brave are the Ofi-fpring of the Brave, and 
 the Eagle does not breed Doves, 
 
 The Name of Jcunnq he took from his Mother,, according to the 
 Cuftom of the Kingdoms of Cajlilc, where noble Families, to keep up 
 the Honour of the Quality they acquire by Matrimony, ufe to revive the HU Mc- 
 Karnes of their Progenitors even in the Grand-Children. Don Lewis tier . 
 Bravo, rnarry’d Donna Ifabel de Acuuna, Daughter to Don Pedro de Acunna , 
 call’d in thofe Days el Cabezudo , lignifying, either the Head- firong, or 
 Great-Headed, great Grand-Son to the firfi Earl of Buenjia, a Family of 
 known Antiquity, Among his Sons, Don Sancho Bravo, the eldefi, is 
 
f The Difiovery and Con q Heft of 
 
 now, when this Hiftory was writ, Jdelanttido , or Lord Lieutenant of 
 Ternalc^ndi Knight ftfthe Order of Alcantara ; Don Gdrtfa, is Knight of 
 Santiago ; Don Lewis, of Calatrflva\ Don John, bred in the principal Col- 
 VrA n of JlcaLi, went thence to be Gentleman of the Bed* chamber to the 
 
 v° n it f ferene Arch-Dulse Alhtrtns, and is fitted Cannon of the Holy Church 
 ■M ^ *'* °* Toledo, befides other Church' Affairs he is always employ’d in. Our 
 #Uita. jdon Pedro was Knight of Malta, and Commend ary of Salamanca. 
 
 He departed Cartagena, leaving that Government difconfolate, and full 
 of the Defife of liis Continuance among them- He had a good Paflage, 
 Comes to arid feeing -come to Mexico, and entertain'd by the Viceroy, Don Gafpai- 
 Mexico. De Zunnigay Azeved.q, J^rl of Monterey, consulted, with him abobr the 
 Expedition and Recovery of the Mohicco Iilands,beginning with Ternate, the 
 Head of them. They admitted to their Confutations fome experience 
 Comnranders in tliol'e Countries. The RefuJt was, the Viceroy’s being 
 well affeded to the Expedition, and to the Governour, who was going 
 to undertake it, which was of no final! Confequence, towards rend’ring 
 the Preparations made in Hew Spain efie&ive. Don Pedro writ to the 
 King, to his Con teffor, to the Duke of Lerma, and to other Minifters of 
 State, efpecialiy the fupreme Councellors of the Indies , very largely, 
 in Relation to this War , fhowing how difficult it was, and hoiv 
 great a Difho.nour* to permit a Tyrant to reign fo long, he being fo 
 neat a Neighbour. He faid, he could not fecure any Ships, nor even 
 the Provinces, againfl the Moluccas* and that, had he not been promis'd 
 to be enabled to lecover them, he would never have accepted of the Go- 
 vernment of the Philippine I (lands. He fent Brother Gafpar Gomez, a Jc~ 
 Arrives at fuit, with thefe Letters into Spain, And fet out himfelf from Mexico, for 
 the lflandt Acapulco, the Sea-Port-Town of that Kingdom, Thence he proceeded, 
 Ladrones, with four Ships of New Spain, to the ffiatKls-y<r los Ladrones, that is of 
 Thieves, otherwife call'd de Ids Velas, or of Saris, from the great Multi- 
 tude of Little Sails feen about them, belonging to Abundance of Boats 
 that come out to meet the Ships. 
 
 Rich Ships He direfted his Courfe to the files of CdrpanA, and that of Guav , that 
 loft. no Time might be left without doing good to others. His Defign was to 
 
 bring off from among thoie barbarous People, fuch Men as bad efcap‘d 
 of the Ship Margarita, call away there the Year before, with above 
 1200C00 Ducats ; and as true Virtue never wants Matter to work on, he 
 Twenty five deliver^ twenty five Menof the many that fuffei* d Ship wrack in that Place < 
 Menfav'd. Having performed this good Work, in twenty fix Days he came to the 
 , Mouth of the Streight of the P/jilippines,*T\d anchor’d at Cahite, three 
 Don Pedro L ea ^ ucs f rom Manila ; where he was receiv’d with incredible, and uni- 
 At Manila. ver f a ] j Q y # His fir ft Care W3.s to be inform’d of the Condition his Prede- 
 ceftor left the Government in. He view’d every Part, and caff off the 
 
 Sang leys, or Chine fes , as thinking they exceeded the large ,Nrnnber allow- 
 ed of by the King’s Order. Some interpreted the Exclufion of thofe People, 
 was only to condemn the extravagant Liberties they took.; but Time 
 foon (bow’d, that there were other great Advantages reap’d by it. In 
 Don Pedro all Men believ’d the Security of the Philippine Jflands was 1 
 come ; for the Gove rnotpr’s Reputation was equal to the Necefiitifcs of his 
 Province ; which requk’d the Government of an txperiened Comman- 
 der, of great Name, and fo vigilant as he was. Don 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 I 8 1 
 
 Don Francis Tello refign‘d up the Power into his Hands, and flaying 
 there to give an Account of his Adminiflration, dyed in April, the follow- Don Fran- 
 ing Year. The new Governour was much -concern’d to find the King 1 s cis Teilo 
 Treafury empty, and himfelt under an Obligation of fupporting the King‘s fye*. 
 and his own Credit, To this Confederation belong‘d the Moluccos, the re- 
 ducing whereof he had in Charge. However he took Courage, believing 
 he might with Induflry and Labour, make amends for the Want of Cafh. 
 
 He attended all the Works in Perfon, as he had been wont to do, botii at 
 Manila and in the Country about, building Galleys, and other VefTels, 
 whereof there was then a great Want, to fecure the Sea, at that Time in- ^ Pedr 
 fefledby the Neighbouring Pirates and Enemies, efpecially thofeof Minda - v jr lts j } : ° 
 7 iao. Next he vifited the Provinces of the Pintados , and fupply’d the Q 0 - ce} ^^ 
 Wants he found in thofe Parts. In thefe PafTages betwixt the Iilands, be- ^ 
 fides the Storms, his little Veflel, which had only three Soldiers in it, 
 efcapM, he fell into another notable Danger. Two and twenty Englijh 
 VefTels enrich’d with the Booty they had taken in the Iflands belonging to 
 that Government, attempted to inclofe and take him, but the Tide failing 
 them, they fluek on Ground, and could not get off. Don Pedro Taw them 
 throw over-board above 2000 Spaniards , and Natives they had made Pri- 
 Toners, to lighten their VefTels. They alfo call into the Sea a beautiful Cruelty of 
 Spanijb Maid, about 17 Years of Age. Afterwards the Fleet from Manx - Englifh. 
 la fail’d in quell of them, and chaflis’d Tome , tho’ the Punifhment was 
 inferior to their Cruelty. 
 
 Don Pedro would fain have remov’d all Obflacles that lay in the Way 
 to the Enterprize he had in Hand; but was oblig’d to put off for Tome 
 Months that which he was moft intent upon, and to difpatch the Affairs Japonefe 
 of Xolo and Japan. Cbiquiro , a Jap one fe Embaffador, was newly arrivM Embajfa* 
 at Manila, with a Prefent of the Produft and Manufactures of that Ifland, d° r Ma- 
 and orders to treat with the Governour, and fettle Amity and Commerce, 
 between the Subjects of the Emperor of Japan , whofe Name was Dayfufa- 
 via , dnd the Philippines and New-Spain. The Neighbourhood of thole Pro- 
 vinces, the Power of the Japonefe Kings, their natural Difpofition, and 
 other Confiderations, which Experience had fbown to be of great Mo- 
 ment, made again!! refufing of that Commerce ; and yet there were Opi- 
 nions to the contrary, for thofe very Reafons. However that barbarous 
 Prince having once efpous’d that Affair, it was not eafy to find out an Ex- 
 pedient to fettle it, without any Jealoufy or Difguft. Dayfufama demand- 
 ed, that the Spaniards fhould trade to Quanto, 3 Port in one of his Pro- 
 vinces, and that fuch Friendfhip might be ellabhfh’d, that the Japonefes 
 might go oVer to New-Spain. That the Governour fhould fend him Ship- « 
 wrights, and Workmen to build Ships in Japan , for performing of that y* slro t°~ 
 Voyage, upon which Dayfufama was very intent, being perfwaded to it J al5% 
 by a Religious Man of ours, of the Order of St. Francis , whofe Name 
 was F. Jexome of JESUS) and for whom that Monarch had a great 
 Tifeem. 
 
 This was a Matter of great Weight, and on feveral Accounts moll pre- 
 judicial to the Philippine Iflands, whole greateft Security for fo many 
 Years, hasconfifled in the Japonefe's wanting of Ships and Pilots, and be- OhjeBions 
 ing ignorant in the Art of Navigation, Men of Experience obferv'd, that to them, 
 
 B b when- 
 
1 82 The Difcovery and Conqnejl of 
 
 Inftnitli* 
 ons to F. 
 Jerome. 
 
 Japonefe 
 Embaffa- 
 dor cajt 
 away* 
 
 whenfoever the faid haughty barbarous Prince has attempted to arm againft 
 Manila r he li3s ftill been obftru&ed by this Want. They laid, that to 
 fend him Ship-Wrights, and Men to build him Ships after the Spanijb 
 Manner, would be no other than arming him again# the Spaniards them- 
 felves ; and that their Voyages would be deflru&ive to the Philippines and 
 JNew-Spain ; for that the making the Japonefes capable of Trading far off 
 was not only inconvenient, but unfafe. The Governour Don Pedro dc 
 •dcunna ferioufly weighing all thefe Reafons, order'd the Embaffador 
 Chi quit a to be magnificently entertained, made him feme Prefents for hi s 
 King and for himfelf, and fent a Ship with another moderate Prefenr, left 
 it fhould be interpreted to proceed from Fear, if it had been too confidera- 
 ble. This Ship laird with Dayfufama and his EmbafTador, both of them 
 loaded with Commodities to barter. Don Pedro‘s Letters contain’d many 
 Compliments, and Thanks for the good Will he fhow’d towards eftablifh- 
 ing more folid Imendfhip ; but that, tho* he had ample Commiffion for 
 all Things relating to the Government of the Philippine Iflands, yet he 
 could not fatisfy that Part of his Embaffy, which concern’d the fornifhiug 
 of him with Sailors and Workmen to buil A Spanijb Ships, without acquain- 
 ting the Viceroy of Netv-Spain, nor could the Viceroy do it, without 
 fpecial Orders from the King of Spain* That he promis'd -to write to them 
 about it, fot promoting the Aocomplifhment of his reafonable Demands • 
 but that he mull: confider, it would be above three Years before they had 
 an Anfwer, becaufe of the great Length, and many Accidents of fuch 
 Voyages. It was ordered that the aforefaid F. Jerome fhould himfelf deli- 
 ver thefe Letters, to Dayfufama. The Fryar himfelf had a private Letter 
 fent him with a Reproof for what he had done, and Inflruftions how to 
 mend it \ and that he fhould fignify to the Japonefe Monarch, how highly 
 the Governour valu'd the Inclination he fhow’d to fettle Peace and Com- 
 merce with the Spaniards , and his Kindnefs to them ; and at the fame Time 
 perfwade him to continue that good Correfpondence, which the Gover- 
 nour would inviolably obferve 5 but that he fhould endeavour to divert the 
 King’s Thoughts from fuch Defigns, and never go about to facilitate the . 
 Execution of them 5 becaufe, tho’ perhaps the Emperor then feigning enter- 
 tain'd no finilfw Meaning, nor had any farther Thought than promoting a 
 fuicere Friendfhip, yet that might be very prejudicial in the Days of a 
 more mifehievous Succeffor \ who might make an ill Ufe of his Skill in 
 Navigation, and improve it againft the Perfons that taught it him. The 
 Governour promis'd he would foon fend another Ship with Commodities 
 to barter \ and he might put the King in Hopes it would carry over fome 
 Spavijh Ship-Carpentefs to build Ships after their Manner. That he 
 fhould defire Dayfufama to wait with Patience, and confider how hei- 
 lioufly he would be offended himfelf, if any of his Governours fhould pre- 
 fume to make any new Settlements in Trade without his Privity or Orders 
 Chiquiro return’d for Japan with this Anfwer ^ but when he was off the 
 Head of the Ifland Form of a % fuch a dreadful Storm overtook him, that he 
 iva s fwallow’d up, and neither Men, Goods, nor Arms fav’d ; and this hap- 
 pen'd in fo remote a Place, that it was not known till many Days after. 
 Dayfufama ,at the Requeft of F. Jerome, had granted Leave for Preaching of 
 the Gofpei, throughout, his Dominions, building of Churches, and fuch as 
 
 would 
 
would profefling Chriftianity by publick Authority. Don Pedro the Gover- „ 7 . . 
 
 Dour tuok the necefiUry Meafures, that fo favourable an Indulgence might/* 
 not be loft, and that not only barefoot Frcmcifcans, but alfo Religious Men p' n \‘j / 
 of other Orders fhould go over thither. They made ufe of the Japovefe V €ac J ‘ 71 
 Captains and Ships, newly come to Manila with Meal. The Dominicans J a P an# 
 fent over to the Kingdom of Zazuma four Fryars,and F\ Francis de Morales, 
 
 Prior of Manila for their Superior, faying the King of that Province fent 
 for them, being the only one, who had not yet fubmirted to Dayfufama. 
 
 The Order of S. Augujlin fent two Religious Aden, and F. James de Guevara, 
 
 Prior alfo of Manila for their Superior, and thefe went to the Kingdom of 
 Firando. Thofe of the Order of <S\ Francis, fent F. Augujlin Rodriguez , 
 xvho had been Witnefs to the Martyrdom of his Companions in Japan, 
 to Nangafaqiti, for him to go thence with a Lay-Brother to Miaco , and 
 bear F. Jerome of Jefus Company. Many perf waded Don Pedro , not to 
 fend away thefe Religious Men ; but thd>’ thofe Perfwafions were well 
 grounded, and fome Difficulties occur’d againfl their Depaiture, he refolv’d 
 to difmifs them. The Zeal of true Glory overcomes all Oppofition. 
 
 Thefe Religious Men found no Signs of thofe Defires that had been figni- 
 fy’d to them in the Provinces they went to. Very few 'Japonefes were 
 converted, and there was lefs DifpoCtion to advance, becaufe the Kings, 
 and Tonos, which are Princes had no Affertion for our Religion, nor were 
 any Way difgufted with their Idols. They only afpir’d to fettle Com- 
 merce, and to trade with the Spaniards , for their private Interefh 
 
 Don Pedro fent the Ship he had promis’d to Japan , well flor’d with Another 
 Cannon, and call'd it S. James the Lefs. The Captain, Officers, and Ship to Ja- 
 Sailors were all Men of Experience ; and fhe was laden with Comirio- pan. 
 dities to barter, Red-Wood, Deer’s-Skins, raw Silk, and feveral other 
 Sorts. The Govenour order’d them to difpofe of \yhat they carry ’d at 
 the Port of Quanto, and to furnifh the Religious Men they found there, 
 and then return with the Produce and Dayfufama l s Leave. Thus Pro- 
 viso n was made for all the Affairs of Japan, according to the prefent 
 Exigences. The Ship-Wrack.of the Embaffador Chiquho was known, 
 and by the good Management of F. Jerome , Dajfufama was acquainted 
 with the Anfwer he carry’d, and refted fatisfy’d $ fo that the preaching 
 ot the Gofpel went on in his Dominions* 
 
 Don Pedro's Thoughts were all bent upon Recovering of the Molucco Furtado*/ 
 Iflands, and his other Bufinefs did not make him neglert that Enterprise. Letter to 
 Andrew Furtado de Mendoza , Admiral of thofe Seas for the Crown of Don Pedro 
 Portugal had writ him Word, that he had Orders from his Majefly to re- concerning 
 pair to Ternate ; but that he did not expert the Viceroy would fet him the Expo- 
 out, as was requifite for that Expedition. Don Pedro anfwer’d him, to dition • 
 his Content, with Aflurance, that he ffiould be fupported. Thefe Letters 
 came to the Hands of the Portugnefe Admiral at Maine a, when he was 
 ready to fet out. He prefently anfwer’d both thofe of the 2zdof Septem- 
 ber, and the 22d of December , fignifying how acceptable they were to him. 
 
 Becaufe, fays he, I love your Lordfvip entirely, tho * 1 have never feen you , 
 on Account of your being a brave Commander, and fo zealous for his Ma- 
 jejtfs Service ; not to mention other Reafons for which I am yours • I was 
 much troubled for the Lofs of the Ship , a?id the ill Fortune of the other, for 
 
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184 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquejl of 
 
 the want you will find of the Return you expetted by them: But it is to be 
 fuppos'd, that the Viceroy of New-Spaifl, feeing how long thofe Ships were 
 rnifimgy would impute it to fame very considerable Caufes , and therefore will 
 Jfiijl you Powerfully , for nothing left can be expetted from fuch a Viceroy 
 who, I am told , is a very worthy Gentleman. 1 am experimentally fen fib le of 
 what your Lordjhip writes to me • for after being in thofe Parts five Tears 
 without receiving any Succours from India, when I expected thefe Dif orders 
 jbould end , and confiderable Supplies would be fent me, the Viceroy fmnififd 
 me fo poorly , as will appear to your Lordjhip by the Lift of what he fends ' 
 and thence you may infer , how his Majefiy is fervid in thofe Parts , that 
 your Lordjhip may acquaint him with it, and we may joyntly fo order it, that 
 all this may not be overthrown in one Hour . 
 
 Then he complains, That they have not Tent him his -Majefty c s Letter 
 nor the Archbiihop of Goa had net receiv’d his; and fays, He had rather 
 More of be at Plow in Old Cailile, than a Witnefs to the ill Dijpofition of what is 
 the Letter, committed to his Charge : And proceeding, fays thus, Tour Lordjhip tells me 
 That as foon as 1 draw near the Moluccos, you will do vie the favour to have 
 in rcadinefs for me 300 Soldiers , with Captain Gallinato, and another Cap •+ 
 tain , and two Galleys, four Brigantines , and all the Carcoas that Jball be 
 requifite. 1 know not what his Majefiy appoints for me - but, for the Sins 
 of thefe Dominions , Time has put Things into fuch a Pofiute, that I mufi be 
 .forc'd to repair to the Moluccos, as -well to recover what is Loft , as tofave 
 what is Gain'd, which cannot be done, tnilefs both Powers, from hence and 
 thence, be Pnited. Twelve Dutch Ships anchor'd this Tear at the Bar of Goa 
 They took the Viceroy fo unprovided , that they lay at Anchor a Month at the 
 faid Bar , without any Attempt made to remove them. They made great Ha- 
 voc k amongfi the Merchants Ships on the Coaft of India, without any Oppo - 
 fit ion. They came from the other Sea, by the Back of Sumatra, to tl>e 
 Str eight o/Sunda. Seven of them arriv'd at Amboy na, the others being 
 Bafeuefs of then parted from them. When they enter'd over the Bar, the Gov ernour fent 
 a Fortu- two Men, to afk, whether Don Emanuel was aboard. The Ships hearing of 
 g’j feGove- tty went and Anchor'd under the Fort . Then the Governor Jent three 
 siour . or four other Men, who made the Agreement for the fiirrendertng of the 
 Fort. When it was fign'd the Dutch drew near\ the Gates were open'd to 
 them, and they admitted without ftanding one Mujkct Shot, or firing a Camion. 
 They took an Oath of Fidelity to Prince Maurice, and the Governor after 
 committing theTreafon, commanded a Black of his own to put him into Irons, 
 faying. The People of the Town had done it. Since that he came hither , 
 and Jkulks about the Mountains , and I am very eamefi to take him, that I 
 may make an Example of him. I have already fe cur'd fome of the Marry' d 
 Men that came hither, being fully convinc'd that the Governor and they are 
 Enemies and Tray tors. When the Dutch were pojfefs'd of the Fort, they put 
 more Connon into it, with a Garrifon of 140 Men, and Provifions for two 
 Tears ♦ I have alfo received Intelligence, That they fent Jive Ships againjl 
 Tydore, and l am very jealous of that Place, becaufe of the Divifions theie ; 
 wherefore I immediately fent away two Galiot s, well Man' d. Arm'd, and Pro- 
 vided. God grant they find that Fort in the King's Pojfejfion. Thus, if his 
 • Majefiy well fend hither the Galecns he writes of, and commands me to ferve 
 
 him in thefe Southern Parts } I mufi of necejfity go over that way, for fince 
 . Amboyna. 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 185 
 
 Amboyna is in the Poffeffion of the Dutch, we may conclude Tydore will foon 
 fellow If they extend their Dominion, from that Port, which God avert, 
 thev will 'thence fut an End to the A fairs of the Moluccos, and of China, 
 and with the Affiance of the Ternates mu ft of nccepy Infejl thofe Parts a- 
 bovt Manila ; and therefore we are all oblig'd, ns Chrijhans, and his Ma- 
 yfly's Subjells, to Oppofe [rich a mighty Misfortune. And fince the Lot hut 
 fallen between your Lordjhp, and this Soldier of yours, we feem to he in fame 
 i>:ea[ure both of us unde) an Obligation to fare no Pains for the Recovering 
 of thofe Parts of the Molucco IJiands. For my part I will labour for the Sue - 
 cefs tho' I were to lofe ten Lives, if I hadfo many . But becavfie I fall not 
 have an Opportunity to fend your Lordjbip Intelligence , till a Tear hence, I 
 now intreat you to have what Soldier s you can in Readinefs , and the grcatejl 
 Number of Natives, that we may not fall fiort when* the work is half done, 
 and be forced, for want of them , to put our f elves into the Hands , and expefc 
 the AJJiftance ofTraytors. The fame 1 beg , ^ to Provifionsy for there are 
 none where I am at prefent . But fince Captain Gallinato has feen all , 
 and knows what is NeceJJdry in thofe Parts , whereof he has before now given 
 your LordJIAp ample Information , it will be needlefs to repeat it in this , be- 
 in* your Lordjbip tells me in yours , you do me the Favour to appoint him 
 for my Companion : and he is fo able a Commander , that when your Lor djh ip 
 orders him to prepare for this Expedition , he will take with him all he thinks 
 proper for it. Tho * his Majefty fiould fend [ever al Galeons , and many Men, 
 
 I (hall not be able to do any thing with them in thofe Parts , becaufc the mam 
 Thing there , is to have Vtffels that Row, and Men that have Serv'd, whereof 
 I am very definite. From India none can come, tho ’ the Viceroy were never 
 fo willing to furnijl) me. However , confiding in your Lordjbips Worth, and 
 in what you have fignify'd to me by Letter , I will undertake this Expedition , 
 believing I /ball find all Things in fuel ) Readinefs , that they will fet out 
 from thence the Moment your Lordjbip receives Advice from me. Iam told 
 your Lordjbip expetls a Gentleman in thofe Parts, who comes to Conquer 
 Camboxa. If he happens to come, I muft put your Lordjbip in Mind, that 
 the befi Conqueft is that of the Moluccos, where his Majefty s Forts will be 
 reftor'd, and there the faid Gentleman may Jbew his Valour , and merit a 
 conbder able Reward from the King. Before the Dutch came to Amboyna, 
 two Englifh Ships paffed by that JJland , which font a Letter to the Governor 
 of the Fort, to acquaint him, that the Dutch were coming after them, ' with 
 a Defign to pojj'efs themfelves of the faid Fort, and therefore they advifed 
 him to behave himfelf well, becaufe the Dutch they [poke of, were a poor 
 faint-hearted People. That, if they hadOccafior. for Powder , Bail , and all 
 other Nccefi'aries, they were ready to fupply him , becaufe they were then at 
 Peace with Spain, and the Conftable o/Caitile was already font into England, 
 by his Majefty , to Ratify it : And the P$ft-Mafter-General was Embaffador 
 in Ordinary. This Intelligence leaves the Rebels no pretence to any Excufe. 
 Furtado’s Letter goes on, to other Particulars, recommending Religious 
 Men, and Commanders and he concludes with Abundance ot Compliments, 
 
 and Courteous Expreflions. . „ , , , „ , , „ r 
 
 Don Pedro having receiv’d thefe Letters, order d and haflen d all necel- 
 fary Preparations, with the utmoft Diligence, prefiingthe Bufinels in ipaiv, 
 and with the Viceroy at Mexico, and thought all Delays tedious ; but the 
 
 Approbation 
 
1 86 
 
 The t)ifcovery and Conqueji of 
 
 Brother 
 Gafpar 
 Gomez 
 forwards 
 the Expe- 
 dition, 
 
 Succeeds in 
 his Negoti- 
 ation. 
 
 Approbation of his Advice, and the Supplies to put it in Execution, being 
 to come from a Center fo remote, and where there lay an Obligation of being 
 no lefs attentive to all Parts of the Circumference, the Expedition could 
 not pofiibly be brought about fooner, Brother Go f par Goviez , whofe I nr 
 teliigence in this Affair, was always very material, had prefently fnijmar 
 tion of what had been refolv’d on, by Letters from Don Pedro ; and he was 
 fo diligent in promoting it, that to advance this Caufe, he crofs’d the 
 greateff Oceans as readily, as if they had been the Narrow-Seas, which 
 part thofe 1 {lands*, having folieited the Viceroy at Mexico , and then the 
 Counfellors, and Miniders of State in Spain. His Arguments $i)d Mo, 
 tives were the fame we have feveral Times mention’d in this Work. Di- 
 viding the Wealth of the South into three fixt Kinds, precious S*ones,and 
 Pearls, Metals, and Spice, and Drugs ; all which were distributed among 
 Enemies , Englijb and Dutch. That the King had no Spice left, but only that 
 of Tydore, which muff be loff, unlefs fpeedily and powerfully fupported, 
 and the fame Forces would recover Teniate , Banda, Ambqyna, and what 
 had been held in Celebes , Batochina , and the Places, wreded by the Tyrants 
 of Sumatra. All this the Jefuit made out by Demonff ration, for he groun- 
 ded not the lead Information upon any thing lefs than Experience. 
 
 He was heard in the Council of the Indies , and the Council of State for 
 the Crown of Portugal , arid difpatch’d for the Philippines , by the way of 
 New- Spain. By the other Way, the King order’d, that the Captain Gene- 
 ral Fur t ado, taking with him the neceffary Fleet from Goa , ihould fail for 
 the Moluccas, by lpecial Commiffion, by Virtue whereof he afterward fent 
 to afk Afiidance at the Philippine Iflands, as we have feen, and fuch Sup- 
 plies were to be furniflfd on both Sides, as being united, might feeure the 
 Conqued of the Moluccos. However the Event mud of Neceldty be tedi- 
 ous, the Dutch being already poffefs’d of all the King’s Forts in the Archie 
 pelago \ and their numerous Fleets of all the Ports, Fairs, and Trade, with 
 Faftories conveniently fettled for their Intercourfe between India and their 
 own Country. We dial! not enter upon the Account of thofe Affairs, be- 
 cause no more of them than have been already mention’d, as yet related to 
 the Moluccos. Much Time, and many Precautions were requifite, for thefe 
 two Commanders to joyn, amidd fo many Obdacles* They fent frequent 
 Advice backward and forward, and neither Part was idle in the mean 
 'ifrhfle. 
 
 At length, notwithdanding all DifficuJties,Fwr/<r<&> failed from Goa with 
 fix Gakons, eighteen Galiots, and one Galley, with the King’s Orders, and 
 in his Name thofe of the Viceroy Aria* deSaldania, to fight the Dutch, and 
 •any other Enemy, and to proceed to Sunda, to chadize that King, and the 
 Rebels in Java '. He was directed to* place Garrifons there, and having 
 fettled the Affairs of India, to proceed to the Moluccos. They went out 
 with good Hearts to undertake that Work, but were hinder’d by Storms 
 and Tempeds. In the Gulph of Ceylon , he lod the Galley, and feventeen 
 Galiots that were under the Condu# of Francis dt Soufa , and Andrew Rciz, 
 and in them the greated Strength he had to compafs his Defigns. He was 
 three whole Years without any Succours to proceed on his Enterprise. At 
 Malaca he recruited the bed he could • and in December , 1601, Steering his 
 Courfe for Sunda, relying on the Succours he expected from the King of 
 
 Pa limb am 
 
 futtado 
 Sails from 
 Goa. 
 
 D\ fabled 
 by Storms. 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS, 
 
 187 
 
 Fa limb am, in Java, fuppos‘d to be our Friend and Conlederate; but he was 
 deceived, for that Infidel was fo far from efpoufing our Party, that he had 
 taken up with the King of Stinda, whom he intended, and afterwards act 1;- § a }j t f or 
 ally did fuccour with 30000 Men. This did not difmay Furtado, but he s U nda« 
 fail‘d on towards Sunda, referring the Punifhment of the King of Pali mb am 
 to another Time : There, on the Bar, he difcovfcr’d feven Dutch Ships, 
 which he purfu'd, tho’ to little purpofe, they being excellent Sailers. Ho w- 
 ever the Galeon Commanded'by Thomas do Soi/fa Avouches , fought five of 
 them, killing many Dutch , without lofing one Man; but her Rigging was 
 torn, and fbe could not board the Enemy, who fled, drawing our Ships af- 
 ter them in fuch manner, that Fur t a do could not pofiibly recover the Bar, 
 tho’ he anchor'd in a Road, from whence he might have retum‘d to the 
 Port 
 
 This was a ipecial Providence, for the Enemy did not feem difpos'd to Arrives at 
 fland, and they had already b$en upon both Bars; and therefore reflecting Amboy na. 
 on the Tears, and Groans of the Commanders, and Chriiiians at Amboyna , 
 he diretfed his Cou.fe towards thofe Iflands, where he arriv’d on the icth 
 of February without being detain’d, by fome Viftories he gain’d in his 
 Way. The Natives and thofe in the Fort were alarm’d, believing they had 
 been Enemies, but the Admiral giving a Signal, they knew the Gbriflian 
 Fleet. The foy Spread abroad, and the Shore was cover’d with People ex- 
 prefling it. Furtado lirfl apply’d himlelt to repair the Fort, and refit the 
 Ships. He alfo built four Ships, two Galiots, and twelve Carcoas. Then 
 he fet out, without lofing Time, to make War on the //or, and other Towns Subdues 
 that had rebell’d againff the Fort, fending Jofefh Pinto , with 200 Portia the It0Sw 
 guefct by Land. The'Fleet fail’d round the Ifland, and lay a Month in tlie 
 Bay call’d Bacacio . Texeyra , Commander in Chief of the Fort, went be- 
 
 fore, with a £ood Number of Carcoas, to, reduce fome rebellious Towns, 
 efpecially thofe which are on the Mountains call’d Gunos, where there 2re 
 excellent fweet Waters, and large Woods of Orange Trees. Thefe Towns ^ Qunos 
 acknowledge their Fault, and came to make their Submiflion. Seven or r u y vi i^ 
 Eight of the principal Men came from each Town. Every I own brought 
 a Flag, and three large valuable Bafons of bright Metal,, and in them a 
 little Earth, wkli Branches of Clove-Trees in Bloflom, in Token that they 
 deliver’d up the Land, with the moft precious of its Product: Some brought 
 Goats, and Hens, and fuch Fruit as their Country afforded to denote the 
 fame 
 
 Furtado knew there was a private Alliance between the Rebels, of Am - Ten Dutch 
 boyna and the Dutch, and tha- ten Ships were to come to take that Fort, Bhip at 
 and the other we had left us at Amboyna . They were fo deeply engag’d in Amboyna* 
 thisContraft, that thofe at Sunder, ieeiftg Furtado fet fail towards thofe 
 Parts, they did the fame, and on the roth of March , the ten Ships ap- 
 pear’d in Sight of the Iilands, three of them coming on and treating with 
 the Natives 5 yet for fear of us, they flood off to the Ifland Burro , and the 
 other leven to Banda , to fail over to the Moluccos, All this was known 
 to Furtado by good Intelligence, befides that he receiv’d from F. Lewis 
 Fernandez , Reftor of the Society of JESUS, who was newly come from Three 
 Tydore, with Letters from that King, and the Chriftians repding there, tj jevi at 
 bidding him welcome, and prefling that he would come to their Afliftance; x cn)att .. 
 
 became 
 
i88 
 
 The Difcoveiy and Conquefl of 
 
 People of 
 Ro'atelo ^ 
 burn their 
 Town. 
 
 Submit. 
 
 People of 
 Ito fiy to 
 the moun- 
 tain.* 
 
 becaufe three of the ieven Ships thatelcap’d from him at Sunda , were to- 
 A ' Pcf- gather at Ternate. He was alfo inform'd, that thofe Ships, had found 
 I- ne j out a Way to relieve thofe Forts, patting between Borneo and Macaffar , 
 M ^ r'o which ;1 ttiorter Cut by a Year ; and that they were fortifying Ternate 
 . w here they would not fuller the Dutch to leave them, but oblig'd them to 
 flay and ingage in ihe War they expe&ed. Furtado follow'd that in Am- 
 ■boyna, daily reducing fome Towns that had revolted. The Inhabitants 
 of ^ RofUeloy built on an Eminence, and well fortify ’d difeovering our Ships, 
 and Carcoas , fet fire to all their Goods, and then to their Houfcs, and fled to 
 a high Mountain, where their Wives and Children were before. The Way 
 up to it was by tying to the Trees certain Rotas , which are flender tough 
 Canes, that may be Knotted like Ropes, a flow and almoft ufelefs Hold, 
 which render’d the Mountain never the lefs inacceflible. Yet our Men 
 making iheir Way thro’ Clefts, attain'd the Top two days after. The 
 Rebels perceiving they were loft, came to receive the Conquerors with 
 white Flags, but the King, not daring to truft to that Security, fled to re- 
 moter Parts. 
 
 The Infidels of lto 9 puff'd up with the Dutch Supplies they expecled, 
 njade no Doubt of routing the Chriflians, as foon as they landed ; but 
 perceiving they were disappointed of the Succour of the ten Ships, which 
 fail’d by without flaying, and that Rofatelo was reduc’d ; yet they were 
 not quite dejefted,but committed their Safety to the Strength and Tops 
 of the Mountains. They abandon’d their chief City, properly call’d Ito. 
 and the Fort there ereded by the Dutch , retiring with all their Families 
 to the highefi and moft impregnable Part of the Country call’d Nao and 
 Bemnao, ^being two Rocks, one above another, like the Round- Tops in a 
 Ship one over the other •, whence the Shore appears near at Hand tho* 
 Nao ftrong half a -League difiant, by Reafon of the Windings of the Ways. Nao 
 place, is all encompafs’d with upright Rocks, with pleafant Planes below. 
 
 tv hit her There are three Ways to get up to it, but all of them fo diificulr, that 
 
 the Rebels the very Lizards can fcarce climb it. On thefe three Pattes they threw up 
 fed. double Trenches, with ilrong Ramparts, and a good Number of Brafs Sakers, 
 
 and Demy- Falconets to fecure them. At each of them was a confiderable 
 Number of Men, with their Colours flying, and all Sorts of offenttve and 
 defend ve Arms, wherewith the Dutch have furnilh’d thofe Southern 
 Seas. The greatefr Danger threatned was fiom a great Number of mighty 
 Stones, or Pie.es of Rocks, which being roul'd down from inch a Height 
 can bear down and deftioy an Army. All the Enemy’s Power was now 
 Pie a Taut reduc'd to this Angle Place, and the Town flanding on the firfl; of the 
 
 Country of two Rocks, being built on a large round Spot it forms, like an Euro - - 
 v J a7l j pean City with good large Houles, after their Manner. All the Country 
 
 Bemnao about beautify'd with Clove Trees, like our Olive Trees, but with greater 
 
 Heads. Among which there ran up Branches of the Male and Female 
 Trees, and underneath all Sorts of thorny Plants, Orange, Lemmon, Citron 
 and Zamboa Trees, with fix, or eight Springs, each of them gulhing out 
 curious Streams of Water. All the Mountain look'd like a delicious 
 
 pleafure Hcufe and Garden. On the Top of it appear‘d the Town of 
 Bemnao^ which fignifyes, the Son of Nao , exceeding the other in Num- 
 ber of Houfes, and Extern of Woods, 
 
 The 
 
*" : The spickTslanps, 189 
 
 The General came to this Place on Palm-Sunday , order'd a Trench to be 
 call up, and Tents to be pitch'd, for a Defence againlt the Sun, and the Furtado 
 Rain which fometimes falls unexpe&ed. He commanded an Enemy Am- encamps at 
 boynefe. that had fallen into his Hand.-;, attended by fome Chri/lians, to go Bemnao. 
 enquire into the Defigns of the People of ho. and to guide the Way. 
 
 When they were come within hearing, and had deliver'd their Meffage, 
 the Infidels anfwei'd, That they were the King of Ternate's Sul/jeas, and Haughty 
 'own'd none but him . That they would trade with the Dutch, and all other J v f wer 0 f 
 Nations they thovghf fit. That they would alfo fell Clove to the Spaniards ; the Itos. 
 but that the King of Spain had a very long Neck. Having return'd 
 this Anfwer, they began to fire the Cannon. Our Men were forc'd to 
 put up the Affront, and pafs by their Fury ; but the General regarding nei- 
 ther order'd a Captain, on Monday , to view the Situation of the Place; be- 
 caufe his Soldiers had gone up diforderly to their Trenches, and been re- 
 puls'd with Shot, and throwing of Stones, which made them retire down 
 the Mountain with many wounded. The next Night he feht zoo Men, 
 to poffefs themfelves of a Mount that overlook’d the Enemies Trenches. 
 
 They did fo, and as foon as the Day appear’d, our Mulketiers pour’d in p ortugue - 
 their Volleys of Shot, firing at the fame Time with two Drakes, they had fes °; H 
 carry'd up with a Defign to call up another Trench, and thus they Ground. 
 put the Enemy to Rout. The Trench was thrown up, and the next Night 
 they remov'd the Drakes to it, drawing nearer, to make the greater Slaugh- 
 ter Gonzalo Vaz dt Cafiello-Branct commanded at this Pafs. The Men 
 here that Night talk’d with the belieg'd, and affut'd them, they would 
 take their Fort the next Night, as they aftually did. 
 
 On Wednefday Morning the General order'd the Drums to beat to 
 Arms, to go up himfelf to the Hill where his Men were, leaving Trajano They at- 
 Ruiz de Cafl cUo- Branco below, with 5° Men, to guard the Camp; but «tack the 
 without any Defign of attacking the Fort that Day; but only to order tlie Tnemiex 
 Men and allign them their Polls. Whilll he was concerting this Affair Tort. 
 with’ his Officers, Gonzalo Vaz came to them with a dangerous Shot in 
 one of the Calves of his Legs, and five other Wounds running Blood. 
 
 The Soldiers were incens'd, at the Sight of him, and figmfy'd they would 
 fall on. It was given out, where the General was, that the Vidorious 
 Enemy was falling upon our Drakes, and Polls ; and he improving Necefli- 
 ty cry'd out, with a loud \^oice t ctanliago. that ls.S. 'James, the Cry gi- 
 ven by the Spaniards when they fall on. The Soldiers were fo encourag'd 
 by this Cry, that they immediately gave the Affault, with much Fury and 
 Alacrity, climbing thofe fmooth Rocks, upon their Hands and Feet : The 
 Barbarians Drums and Bag-Pipes rattled in their Ears, and the Nolle of 
 their Cannon and finall Shot eccho'd among all the Rocks. The Enemy 
 threw Stones, which wounded, and knock’d down our Men, and many 
 tumbled, without being able to help themfelves ; Some Angle Stones car- 
 ry’d two or three Men down the aide of a Hill, till they flopp'd at fome 
 Tree, A Captain was flunn’d with a Pebble, tho’ he receiv’d it on a Steel 
 Buckler; but he foon recover’d, and was feen upon the Enemies Works. 
 
 ' The Cries and Shouts rent the Air. Many tumbling down forc’d out the 
 lharp Pointed Stakes that were drove into theGround ; andprefently after,as 
 if they had flown, were feen Fighting above. ?hofe who were left to guard 
 
190 
 
 The Difcoverji and Conqueji of 
 
 The Fo)t 
 taken. 
 
 Ambov- 
 
 nefes a - 
 ban don 
 
 The Towns 
 fubmit ♦ 
 
 the Camp, look'd on with Emulation. Among them a Religious Man of 
 the Order of S. Dominick, fell on his Knees to fay the Litany, all the Men 
 anfwering, and God heard him, for before it was ended, they faw our Co- 
 lours difplay’d above, and the Enemies call down, the Fort and Works bp- 
 ing Demoltfh’d. % 
 
 A brave Chriffian, who carry’d the foremoft of our Colours, was laid 
 hold of by an Amboynefe, yet he, tho’ ihot thro’ the Body with a Mufket-BaiJ 
 whereof he loon after Dy’d, defended them bravely. However, notwith- 
 flandinghis Refinance, and that his Captain came to his Succour, the Infi- 
 del carry *d off a Part of the Staff, which was recover’d when the Victory was 
 gain’d. The Amboynefes , feeing their Works taken, and their Colours 
 dragg’d about, withdrew to the upper-Part, leaving only three Men behind 
 them, who dy’d Fighting, with honourable Obffinacy. They did not fortifie 
 their high- themfelves in that Place, but abandoning their Town and Goods, and flip- 
 cjl Fori ? P in g down Precipices, and upright Heights with Ropes, made tlfeir Efcapes • 
 
 and though they burnt fome of their Goods, yet many of value remain’d! 
 The General gave Order for curing of the wounded Men, which were 
 above 200, befides thofe run through by the iharp Stakes pitch’d all about 
 the Field. 
 
 The gaining of this Victory did fo difcourageall the Iflanders, that they 
 refus’d to take up Arms, or hazard an Engagement. Nine Towns fob- 
 mitted at once, the next day, and the Territory about did the fame. The 
 General came down Vi&orious, and ere&ed Arbours in thofe DeJigbtfol 
 Woods, with an Altar, on which Mafs was fong on Eafter-Day, and aH 
 the Office of the Church, with much Solemnity, in Thankfgiving, aflis?n- 
 ing the Sovereignty to that Lord, who grants, or takes away Victory, Ac- 
 cording to his fecret Judgements. The Dutch Fort was raz’d, where, in 
 j? id Places, were to be feen Efcutcheons, with the Arms of Count Man* 
 
 tort raz a The King of Ito came and fubmitted himfelf ; his Name, whilft an 
 Idolater, was Talere , afterwards Don Melchior , for he was a Renegado 
 Chriffian, and fled at the taking of Rofatelo. He deliver’d himfelf up, as 
 alfo a famous Caziz he brought with him, who was a Man. of much Re- 
 putation among them. 
 
 To this Viftory Furtado refolv’d to add thofe he expefted at Veranula 
 a large City, and Neighbouring Ifland. He faibd from Amboyna with all 
 the Fleet, and arriv'd at Veranuld* and the City of the fame Name, which 
 is populous, and its Territory the moft fruitful in Clove of any in thofe 
 Parts. It is built along the Ihore on a high and upright Rock, which Jook { d 
 like a Wall, with Towers, and Stories. The Houfes are high Rooted, 
 with Galleries. There is a Mofque that has three Hies, with a flately 
 Room to read the Alcoran in. Within the City was the Dutch Fort, 
 conveniently feated, built of Stone, round, and cover c d. Beyond that was 
 alfo another Stone Fort, with feveral falliant Angles, Ravelins, and Gue- 
 ntes. This beloHg c d to the King of Tern ate, who was Tyrant of that 
 Part of Veranula . As foon as our Fleet anchor'd before the City, the Prime 
 Men of it came to acquaint the General, That they were willing to fubmit 
 but knew not how to doit, for Fear of the Ternates ; and therefore defied 
 he would let them aflemble their Council, and they would return the next 
 Day with their Anfwer. Furtado granted their Requeft, fending t w o Am- 
 
 boynefes 
 
 Dutch 
 
 Veranula 
 City de- 
 fcrib'd. 
 
not daring to ftand the Fury of thofe who came Vi&orious. They fir'd a y * e 
 Gim for a Signal of what they were doing, and the Geneial being allured \ eranula 
 of their Flight, ordered the Men to land and plunder the City. The In- 7 /* 
 habitants had before fecur'd the bell of their Effects, and yet in fome 
 Houfes they found above the value of 30000 Crowns, and in others lefs, 
 befides many Goods of value-, abundance of Brafs Drakes and Muficets; 
 
 China Ware, and Silks; Dutch Glaffe©, and great Store of Royal-Cloves. Vefanufa 
 After plundering the City, they fee fire to it, and it burnt for fome Days, plunder'd 
 The Dutch and Ternatefe Forts were raz c d. The General was inform'd by and burnt . 
 fome Prifoners, that the People of Veranula , had expe&ed mighty Succours * 
 again A him from the Dutch Ships that were feen ; and that there were 
 aboard 100 Men to Garrifon Viranula , and 100 more for the Fort he had 
 demolifh'd at 7 /o. Some of our Men purfu'd the Ter nates as far as Ladder 
 cavello , a Town where they imbark'd on many Veffels, for theit own 
 
 After this, the City Mamala fent to make its Submiflion, and many Mamala 
 others follow'd its Example. Furtado having concluded this Affair, re- City [ub~ 
 folv'd to return to Amboy na 9 and being upon his Departure, Francis de with 
 Soufa Teve came to him, with ten Portnguefes, who had been, not long be- others. 
 fore, taken by the Dutch Ships; He had met at Banda the five Ships Fur* 
 tado found at Sunda, and here gave him fome important Intelligence, fhow- 
 ing how much he would find the Seas, in his Way to the Molitccos , in- 
 feAed by thole Northern Sailers. The Commander in Chief of the Dutch 
 made very much of Francis de Soufa , difmifling him with Arms and Pro- 
 vifions for his Voyage, but at the Price of 500 Crowns, paid for him and 
 his Companions, by fome Heathen Towns in the Ifiand; to whom Furt ado, 
 without any Delay, made good the whole Sum. The Dutch General writ 
 very civilly to Fur tado, defiring he would ufe his Men well, as he would 
 do by the Spaniards he met with. Fuvtado return'd an Anfwer, 110 lefs 
 Courteous, and fent him a Dutch Youth, who had been Prifoner at 
 Ternate. 
 
 Having reduc'd thefe Iflan As^Furtddo appointed a Day for the Governors The con - 
 of them to come and fwear Fealty to our King, that he might fave Time, quer'd 
 and follow the Courfe of his Vhftories. They came with much State, and Jubmit , 
 Submiflion; and to fecure their future Behaviour, and their new promis'd and give 
 Fidelity, delivei'd to the General a confiderable Number of Youths, being Hoftages % •*. 
 the Sonsof the Prime Men, as Hoftages. Peace, and the general Pardon, 
 
 ■were celebrated with Rejoycings. The Preaching of the Gofpel was again 
 exercis'd with entire Liberty, and many Idolaters, and Mahometans were 
 converted. Other Provinces came to acknowledge the Conqueror ; with- 
 out expe&ing the Chance of War. Furtado at Amb oyna prepar'd for the 
 Expedition againft the Moluccos . 
 
 Thofe who fled to Terndte , gave an Account of the Lofs of the King of 
 Towns and Forts that King had been pofiefs'd of at Amboyna ; and Ternate'x 
 that the General Furtado openly declar'd he was making Prepara - Preparati- 
 tions againft thofe Iftands, and grew ftronger upon his Succefs. The oiu* 
 
 King flighted not this Intelligence, but immediately Arengthened his 
 Fleet, and his Forts, and call'd in the Javanefes and Mindanao r, to be in 
 
192 
 
 The Difcovery and Conqueji of 
 
 MaY- 
 
 His 
 
 riage, 
 
 SOueen Ce 
 Jicaya'x 
 great 
 Beauty. 
 
 leadinefs upon any Attack. Amidd the Noife of War, and his Treaties 
 with the Dutch for maintaining of it, he found Leafure to feek his Satis- 
 fadion ; concluding a Match with his Queen Celicaya y who follow'd him 
 in all his Troubles, even when he lad fled from his Kingdom. She was very 
 Young, and fo Beautiful, that all the Indian Kings courted her for their 
 Wife, and fent to demand her of the Sangiack of Motiel y her Father ; who 
 gave her to him of Ternate , as the greateft, moil potent, and refpeded. 
 The Time for the Nuptials being come, when the Bride was brought to 
 Ternate y attended by her Father, Kindred, Brothers-in-law, and many 
 Troops of arm’d Men, {he was receiv'd with the Noife of Cannon, Mufick > 
 and other Inflruments us'd in their Feflivals and Solemnities. Thefe 
 lafled many Days, with Profufion } but the moll pleafing Objed, was the 
 Prefence of Celicaya y her extradiordinary Grace, which drew the Eyes, and 
 Affedions of all Men, temper'd with a Sort of Affability, which encou- 
 rage all that convers'd with her. This Quality very often gave Occafi- 
 cn to fufped her Hufband's Reputation, and were not this Hiflory confined 
 to fuch Things as really relate to the Conquefl, it might afford us a large 
 Field to treat of the Gentlenefs of her Difpofition, her Love Intrigues, 
 and uncontroulable Power over the Affedions, even of thole who were 
 moft wrong'd 5 which are fpoken of at large in feveral Difcourfes and 
 Relations. 
 
 The Exigencies of the Time, and neceffity oblig'd the General Furt ado 
 to prefs for the Succours, which were providing for him yi the Philippine 
 Iflands. Amboyna is 200 Leagues from the nearefl of them, and that 200 
 Succours to f rom Manila^ he fent thither F. Andrew Pcreyra y a Jefuit, and Cap- 
 the Phi- tain Antony Brito Fogaza y in May r 6 oz. They arriv'd at Cebu on the 
 25th of July y fail’d thence for Manila, on the 6th of Jttgujl , and came to 
 that City on the 5th of September. Don Pedro de Acunna was well pleas'd 
 to fee them, alking particularly concerning all the Proceedings of the Ge- 
 neral Furt ado y wherein he was very curious, or rather generoufly emulous, 
 and he having in his Letters referr'd himfelf to their Relation, they gave it 
 him at large, and perform'd the Duty of their Embaffy, each according to 
 his Profeffion. Don Pedro did not delay their Bufinefs; but call'd a Coun- 
 cil of War, wherein it was refolv'd, that the Succours he defir'd ffiould be 
 
 Furtado 
 fends for 
 
 lippine 
 Iflands . 
 
 iJuccours 
 
 fent Furt a do y tho' they were forc'd to comply with the Difficulties the 
 Country then labour'd under. Upon this Determination he fent away to 
 the Provinces of the Pintados y ordering Capt. John Xuarez Gallinato y w\so 
 rent from commanded there, to furniffi all Things neceffary for the Enrerprize; and 
 the Phi that he, with the bed difciplin'd Infantry, fhould leave Cebu y and repair to 
 li inec ~ the Tqwn of Arevaio y the place appointed for the Fleet to rcndezvouz. 
 Fnitedo GaUinato did fo, and fent a Ship to Oton , to take in as much as it could of 
 1 * the Succours. It arriv'd at Oton on the 28th pf Oflober ^ and that fame Day 
 
 Don Pedro fet out from Manila for the Pintadqs y in Order to haflen the 
 fitting out of the Fleet by his Prefence, tho' it was then almoil ready at 
 Gton y where he arriv'd on the 13th of November , and he was of fuch a 
 mettled Temper, that never regarding the Expeditions of Xolo and Minda - 
 nao y or. that the Natives of thofe Iflands were fpread about in Troops 
 among thofe of the Pint ados , robbing and murdering his Majedy's 
 Subjefts, he gather'd the Supplies, and deliver'd them to John Xuarez 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS, 
 
 195 
 
 Gallinato , appointing him General, and Commander in Chief for this £x- 
 
 F ATfoon as the General Fur t ado had fent away for Succours to MauUa, 
 after chaftifing and garriioning of Veranula and Jmloyna , he fet fail for 
 the Molucco Iilands, with five Galeons, four Galliots, and iz Caicoas, 
 carrying his Victorious Men ; but in thofe Seas Difafters are (o frequent, purtado 
 tha/nefther the Joy of their late Succefles, nor the Refreftment receiv d f Us by 
 after their Victories, appear’d in their Countenances. He arirv d at Ter Ternate to 
 v ue with this Fleet, on the 10 th of Jugufi ; but he only look d on that Tydore. 
 Ifland and nroceeded to Tydore : There he view d the Fort, encourag d 
 
 of that King’s Perfon and Interefl, as Pru- 
 dence directed ; for that Prince, tho’ he labours by Words ^n^lL but 
 of his Friendlhip and Fidelity, does not confirm it by h . ^Jions , but 
 rather leaves us dubious, when he moll endeavours to perlwade. 
 
 Furtado left the Galeons at Tydore, and with Machian 
 
 went fix Leagues thence, to the IfUnd^ot -dfucJ*. _ »* 1 Iprtifub- 
 
 Kingof 7Vr«4re, butfo weary of that V affalage, that Lits to 
 
 appear’d, the Cover nours flock’d down t0 ctme next to Furtada. 
 
 Nature, were *£«■£ 
 
 ving been taken of the Ifland, lift’d according to the 
 
 where he joy n‘d all his Ships, repair d "J** la 7fromtheEnd 
 
 s s^asss asjr*& <£!? £ $3f 
 
 into 18 Carcoas, under an able Commander, he f ' to . Portugue- 
 
 Infidels. Buttho 4 the Soldiers were fo haughty, t Y ^ fes 
 
 tXBSSSgtf. 
 
T 94 The Difcovery . ^nd Conquejl of 
 
 Volley upon the Portvguefet, took a Carcoa, with fourteen Men in it, whom 
 they flew, in Sight of their Companions, and it was good Fortune that 
 they did not follow their Stroke. This occafion’d the General’s erecting 
 the Fort at Machian ; whilft the King of Tanate ftrengthen’d his, with 
 the Affiftance of 20 Hollanders , making good life of the Leifure of eight 
 Months given him by Furtado. He then caft up Works, and provided En- 
 gines, as he did afterwards in the Sight of our Camp. 
 
 When the Fleet was all affembled at the Philippine Iflands, the Ammu- 
 nition and Provifions were deliver’d to Gallinato, by the Judges and King’s 
 Attorney of the Sovereign Court, being ioco Bufhels of clean Rice, tqo 
 Bullocks for Flefh 5 200 Jars of Wine ; 80 Quintals, or hundred Weight of 
 Nails, Hooks, Hinges, and other Iron Work; 40 of Powder ; 500 llocos 
 Blankets; 700 Yards of Spanijh Woollen Cloth ; 100 Needles for Sails * 
 30 Jars of Oil; and for the Complement of Men, 200 Soldiers, 165 of 
 them heavy Harquebufiers,and the other, 3 5 light Mufquetiers ; 22 Seamen • 
 feme Pilots ; one Mailer ; three Gunners of S. Pot end ana , and 20 Grum- 
 mets. The whole Expence hereof amounting to 22260 Pieces of Eight 
 a Month. The Governour and Sovereign Court having done thus much 
 they requir’d F. Andrew Pereyra , and Captain Brito, to go with that Supply* 
 which wasthen in readinefs, under Gallinato , with the Colours, and Cap- 
 tains CbriJiopher Villagra , and John Fernandes de Torres . The Company 
 belonging to Captain Don Thomas Bravo, the G over nour’s Nephew and 
 Son to his Brother Don Garcia, (laid behind, but the Captain went*him- 
 felf, and ferv’d honourably in the Expedition. The Foot embark c d on the 
 Ship SL Potenciana , aud the Frigats 6*. Antony, S. Sebaftian , S l Bonaven - 
 ture, and S. Francis . They fet fail from the Port of Iloilo, on the 20th of 
 January, 1603, and arriv’d at that of Caldera , in Mindanao, on the 25th • 
 where receiving Tome Intelligence of the Enemy, they continue till the 
 28th. Then they faild towards the Moluccos, and on the 7th of February 
 S. Antony defcry‘d the Illand of Siao, and the next Morning, by Break of Day, that 
 Frigatcaft of Toalan, four Leagues from it. There the Frigat S. Antony was calf 
 away . away, on aShoalof thatlfland, which difcomposM all the Squadron. Gal- 
 
 linato took Care to fave the Men. He fent Captain Villagra, who brought 
 them off, with the Arms and Guns ; the reft was fwallowed by the 
 Sea. 
 
 They held on their Voyage, and on the 13 th of February difeover'd the 
 Ifland of Ternate. On the 14th they arriv’d at Tydore, where they were 
 Gallinato inform<d of the coming of Andrew Furtado ; and therefore ftay’d but a 
 from Ma- ftoit Time 10 refrelh lhemfelves > eanfcft to joyn him. Setting for- 
 niia iovns ward with a fair Wind ’ the ^ came 10 Tenm *i and ’ enter’d the Port of 
 Furtado " Taian S am *y 3 League from the Fort, on the 16th of the aforefaid Month. 
 
 • The Fleets faluted one another in friendly Manner, and the Generals did 
 the like, giving one another an Account of their Strength, Tranfa&ions 
 and all other Particulars till that Time. The Difcourfe falling out of one 
 Thing into another, came to contefting ; for Gallinato affirmed, 7 'hat the- 
 Enemies Provifions ought to have been cut off, by ordering our Carcoas to 
 fail round the Illand, which was in great Want of them, and could be 
 reliev’d by the Opportunity he had given. Furtado alledg’4 other Reafons- 
 to defend himfelf. It was thought convenient before they landed, to take 
 
 a 
 
 The Suc- 
 cours fent 
 by Don 
 Pedro de 
 Acunna. 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 195 
 
 a View of the Enemies Fort, to which Purpofe, the Captains, Chrifiofhcr 
 Villagra, and Gonzalo Seqveyva were appointed to make up to it in a Car - 
 coa, with ft white Flag, as it were to fpeak with the King, and prcpofe 
 Peace and Conditions. 
 
 Thole two Officers drew near, the Enemy met them, and undemanding 
 what they came about, fent to acquaint the King. He anfwer’d he could Tjvq 
 not give them Audience that Day, but they might return the next. They iains 
 returning accordingly, the Inhabitants of the City came out to meet them, tQ >jJ e ^ 
 and among them Cachil Sugui, Cachil Gogo , and Cachil Qiiipate, the t ofTtx- 
 King's Uncles, who went back to tell him, that thofe Captains were 
 come by his Highnefs’s Command. This Mefl'age was brought him at 
 Nine a Clock in the Morning, and tho’ he was clofeby the City, the An- 
 fwer came not till four in the Afternoon, and was, That unlefs Furtado, 
 or GaJbnato came, he would not fpeak with any other ; but that the Cap- 
 -tainsthat were come might treat witn his Officers, and he would ftand by, 
 and ratify what they ffiould conclude. The Spaniards having receiv'd 
 this Anfwer, and their Defign being to view the Fort, Captain Villagra ' lllagra 
 fet his Refolution, and pretending l'ome Occafion, went into the Thicket* v J ews the. 
 whence he obferv'd all that could be feen on that Side, more nicely than Fort. 
 could have been expefted in fo fhort a Time. They return'd to the Fleer, 
 and gave the General an Account of all they knew. 
 
 In fine, they landed, and then again Gaflinato intreated Furtado , to 
 fend cut the light Veffelsa cruifmg, to cut off the Enemies Supplies 5 and 1 be forces 
 thofe which went out upon his Requeft, fped fo well, that they met a la7ld ' 
 plentiful and ftrong Reinforcement of Men and Provifions, in two Junks 
 and a large Chiampan , which they took, killing and taking the Men, who 
 were Numerous and well arm'd. They continu’d to round the Iftand, en- 
 courag'd by this firff Succefs, and by that Means cut off all Succours. The 
 Enemy began to want, ficken and dye. They fed on Herbs, and o t he 1 flight 
 Dyet ; and many, but particularly Women, not being able to endure Hun- Famine at 
 ger, fled confidently, tho’ compelbd by Neceflity, to our Camp 5 and the Ternate. 
 reft would have done the fame if they could. 
 
 On the 27th of February, Furtado took a Review of his Men on the Chrijtiant, 
 Enemies Shore, where our Ships were at Anchor. GaUinato faid, he was review'd. 
 much troubled to fee it, becauie in his Opinion, they were not fit even to 
 - make that Show, moft of them being Boys, fick of the Diftemper they call 
 Berber, unfkillful at their Fire-arms, and very few of them had Mufkets, 
 but only little Fowling-Pieces ; fo that all feem’d to forebode ill Succefs. 
 
 The whole Number of them was 420 Soldiers, divided into four Compa- 
 nies. The next Day, the Spanijb Infantry of the Philippine Iflands pafs’d 
 Muller, in the fame Place, before Furtado and his Officers. Don Thomas 
 led them in Armour, and with a Pike in his Hand, with all the Mufque- 
 tiersinthe Van. After him the other Companies in. Order, according to 
 Seniority. They all form’d three Bodies, being Men of Experience, well 
 equipp’d, orderly, and of fuch Valour as foon after appear’d. 
 
 A Council was held, about landing, on the firft of March, where the Conjult 
 General declar’d by Word of Mouth, faying he never did it in Writing, about 
 That he had lain fo long, almoft idle, wholly depending on the Succour landing, 
 that was come, and that fince DonPedro.de Acunna had fent it lo com- 
 
 % 
 
1 96 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquefl of 
 
 pleat, it was not reafonable to lofeTime. Gallinato anfwer’d, reprefenting 
 theGreatnefs of the Enterprize, and that they had provided no Neceflaries 
 to begin the Work, hinting at fome Home Particulars, which were figni- 
 fy’d to him by the Portugnefe Commanders. The Votes being taken, it 
 was finally refolv’d to land, becaufe all Things were in read me fs 5 per- 
 haps they conceited that, the Enemies Power was imaginary, and that they 
 would fuhmit at the Sight of our Army. Gallinato was always of the 
 Gallinato contrary Opinion ; becaufe that Weaknefs he was an Eye-witnefe to, could 
 againjt. it. not deceive him *, and therefore that nothing might be wanting on his 
 Part, tho’ he was under Command, but much refpeaed, he writ a Role of 
 the Things neceffary for the Defign in Hand, fetting down in it even the 
 Hand-Spikes for moving of the Artillery, which had not been provided 
 in all that Time. By which may be feen, faid Gallinato , , how great a De- 
 fed there had been in the Reft. When the Council broke up, Fur, t ado 
 fold Gallinato, he had order’d, that as foon as they landed, loo For* 
 tugitefes (hould mount the Guard, with one Company of Spaniards . Galli- 
 vato begg’d he would give him leave to lead the Van, faying, he would 
 not go as Chief, but only as a Soldier, as being proud of ferving under 
 him. This he requefted very earneftly ; but Furt ad^ who knew how to 
 value fuch Requefts, anfWer‘d, That if he went he muft accept of his 
 He legs to Company. Gallinato .reply ’d, That he (hould take the Poll due to his Per- 
 lead tie fon, fi nee it was of fuch Confluence, and do him the Favour to grant 
 
 Fan and him the Van. He would not grant it at that Time, but the next Day, he 
 
 obtains it k and his Admiral fpoketohim, faying, He aflign’d him the Van, by the 
 Advice of his Admiral, and therefore defired he would be content it might 
 confift of the Number of Men he had appointed* Gallinato accepted the 
 Command, and valu c d it as was due* They landed on the ^d of March , 
 and as they were drawing up, Furt ado would needs place two of his Co- 
 Jours, and one of iXi&SptniJh in the Van, with ;oo Men ; the other three 
 in the Rear ; and the Royal Standard, and himfelf to be in the main Bo- 
 dy • Gallinato was of Opinion, that all the Colours (hould march with the 
 
 r main Body, but the General follow’d his own Way. 
 
 They move j n this Order they began to move towards the Enemy, Captain Bon 
 towards Thomas marching by Gallinato , who afterwards, in a Letter to Don Pedro , 
 the Enemy. He this Day, and upon other Occafions , gave good Proofs that he 
 
 was the Son of Jnch a Father , and theft grey Hairs of mine were fuffciently 
 honour'd with the Jjfijlance of fuel a Hand, and I was well defended and 
 fecure* The Enemy being above 700, kept in a ftrong and fafe Poll, the 
 Shore on which our Men march’d, being little or nothing, by Reafon it 
 was High-Water, and that on the Land Side there was a very high Bank, 
 and above it a riling and clofe Zacatal, which could not be broke through. 
 
 * Zacatal is a Field overgiown with fuch deep Grafs or Weeds, that many 
 _ . Men, and much Cattle may be hid among them. Thefe .are much thicker 
 
 Z.acatai ^ yields of Sedge, or Sheer-Grafs in Spain . They call it ZacataL 
 
 what it is . y rorn t h e Word Zacate, lignifying that Sort of Grafs or Weed, which 
 grows up aim oft as thick as a Reed. Along this narrow Slip of Shore, 
 which was full of Rocks, and uneven, only three Men cou’d march a- 
 breaft, he that was next the Sea, being partly in the Water. The Enemy 
 was pofTefs 4 d of this, clofe Pafs, and a great Tree cut down for that Pur- 
 
 pole, 
 
the SPICE- IS LA 
 
 D S. 197 
 
 pofe, and lying acrofs the Place, fervid them infleadofa Trench. Behind 
 
 it, and upon the Bank, between it, and xh^Zacatal, appear'd all their Men, Pojlure of 
 
 with Mufkets, Fire' Locks, Cavipilanss, or Cymiters, Bacacaes , or burnt the Ter- 
 
 Staves, Darts, Hand Granadoes, and Stones which did not do us the leaft nates. 
 
 Harm. They had alfo live Drakes in this Poll, wherewith, upon Tome 
 
 fhort Attacks, they kill’d live Spaniards j and afterwards, as the Atftion 
 
 grew hotter, wounded ten Portuguefes , in fuch Sort that they dy’d in a few 
 
 Days. Gallinato owns he was this Day in Danger of lofing his Honour ; 
 
 becaufe the Colours, and all the Reft was in the utmoft Peril. 
 
 The Enemy fought in Safety, and did our Men fo much Harm, that Gallinato 
 the firft Charge Gallinato gave, the Ternates fell on fo furioully, as to re p u if e j 
 drive us from the Ground we had gain’d. Gallinato look’d behind him to fee t J 
 the Colours he had brought with him in the Van, with the 500 Men, and 
 found them at his Back very thinly Guarded. Thus the fecond Time the 
 Shout was given to fall on, and he again oblig’d to retire, becaufe he had 
 fewer Men every time, and the laft they werefcarce twenty. At length Iha- 
 ming thofe that lagg’d, and as it were infpiring new Vigour into them, he Q a i ns t j je 
 fell on fo fiercely, that he gain’d the Poft, and the five Drakes. The Ter- j> a r i% 
 nates loft all, or moft of their beft Men. Gallinato follow’d the Chace till 
 he difcover’d the Fort, then he halted, and order’d our Camp to be Intren- 
 ched. The work was begun, and the Enemy obftrufted it twice, fending 
 out Parties to prevent planting the Gabious, and divert the Workmen ; but 
 they retir'd both times with lofs. When the Trench was finilhed, Galli- 
 nato fent to the General to come to it. He came and took up his Quarters, Spaniards 
 with all his Men, bringing the Royal Standard, and all the Colours. Intrench . 
 
 The next Day he judg'd it convenient to carry the Lodgment forward. 
 
 Gallinato undertook it, and with his Men finifh'd the Trench, within Trenches 
 zoo Paces of the Enemies Fort. There they continu'd feme Days- and carry' don 
 it being Gattinato’s Part only to obey, he fometimes gave his Opinion, and nearer to 
 always did what he was commanded. He did fo, when the General told the Fort, 
 them it would be convenient to carry on a Trench farther, to plant the 
 Cannon. On the Ninth of the fame Month, before the Fort had been 
 well view'd, he went to open the Trench, with his own Men, and 100 
 Portuguefes , a little above 100 Paces from the Walls, which being fo near 
 they all foon perceiv'd the danger of the Undertaking. It was the 
 worfe for the Confufion and Noife in filling the Gabions. The next Day 
 the Cannon was brought thither, being four Gun?, two thirteen, and two 
 fixteen founders. Thefe fixteen Pounders, which the Portuguefe Soldi- 
 ers call Camels, are fhort Pieces, unfit for Battery ; befides that the Bui- g tQne 
 lets were made of Stone*, and broke as foon as they touch'd the Wall 5 be- j eti urj jj t " 
 ing only fit to fire at the Houfes. Gallinato feeing this, told the General r Qy 
 that fince before they landed he faid, he had Cannon, he Ihould order it * 
 to be brought on, and planted in Battery, now he faw how ineffe&ual 
 that they had prov'd. He anfwer'd, that there was all he had, having 
 left the beft in fome Places he recover'd the foregoing Year 5 and could 
 not bring any more fuch, by Reafoh of the ftormy Weather. 
 
 This being mounted, the Battery began ; but being fo improper for this The Erie- 
 Purpofe, it wa? canonading the Air ; for the Enemy overlook’d, and was j vies 
 (lengthen'd by a Stone Cavalier > which is that of Our Lady, next the Strength . 
 
 D d Sea, 
 
198 
 
 The Difcovery and Conqueji of 
 
 Sea. Under it w.as a Ravelin, with I even heavy Pieces of Canned 
 which did, and threatned. greater Harm to our Camp. The Cavalier 
 was all Rampard, four Fathom high, and a Fathom and a half broad ; all 
 which had been performed, and rais'd with F.fpauls, by the Contrivance 
 of the Dutch , who forwarded it, ever fmee they traded with that' Tyrant. 
 On the Land Side ran the Curtin of the Wall, as far as the Stone Bul- 
 wark, call'd Cachil Tulo , fortify'd outwards with Maffy Timbers, on 
 which there were three large Guns, and two on the Wall from thisBuJlr- 
 wark to that of our Lady. All thefe Works look'd towards that Part, 
 where our Men had taken up their Quarters. Thefe Forts had alfo a great 
 Number of Falconets, and Drakes; and the Cavalier that was batter'd be- 
 ing the ftrongeft Part, where there was more Noife than Effeft, the General 
 order'd the Battery to ceafe. 
 
 They Sally . On Sunday the fifteenth, between four and five in the Evening, the Ene- 
 my fally'd out of their Fort, with mod: of their Men to attack, and gain 
 the Trench, where our Cannon was planted. They affauhed it in three 
 Places, dividing their Men, next the Mountain in Front, and towards 
 the Shore. From the Mountain ward came above 800 Tern at es , with 
 Campilanes, or Cy miters, in the Van of them almoft as many Javanefes , 
 with Pikes 2$ Spans long, all in dole Order. The Leader of them was a 
 Amuxa gallant Youth, call'd Cachil Amuxa, the King's Coufin German,, and Son 
 IfiwVj to Crt ^/7 Four htindrcd attack'd in Front, and many more next the 
 Nephew Sea, each Body under its own Commander; who all fell on together 
 leadsthem. with fuch Vigour, that had not they who defended it been in great Rea- 
 dinefs, the Enemy could not mifs of being Mafler of it. The Captains- 
 Pinto and ViUagra commanded in it, who defended it bravely, but Ema- 
 nuel Andres , Sergeant to ViUagra, Alonfo Roldan , a Corporal, and another 
 Portuguefe , who behav'd himfelf gallantly, dy'd fighting, being all run 
 He is De - through with Pikes. The Advantage foon appear'd on the Spanijb Side, 
 feated* which the Enemy perceiving, they turn'd their Backs, leaving the Com- 
 J manders their King had the greateft Value for, dead in the Field, and reti- 
 
 red to the Fort. This Succefs gave Occafion to draw another Trench nearer 
 the Fort, to batter the Ravelin, whence they did us Harm, with feven 
 Pieces, notwithftanding our Work, which was carry'd on by the Captains 
 Vi Vagi a, and Sebaftian Suarez. On Thurfday the Trench was aim oft ii- 
 nifh'd, and being near, made them fo uneafy, that the Befieged began to 
 batter it, with all their Cannon, but ineffectually, becaufe the Gabions , 
 andRampart- on the Infide, could bear much more. However, by this they 
 perceiv'a the Power and Strength of the Enemy, and the Difficulty of 
 the Undertaking. 
 
 Council of the twenty hrff of March the General came to the Trench, and 
 War held! calling together the Captains, Gallinato , ViUagra , Antony Andrea , John 
 Fernandez de Torres , Gonzalo de Sequeyra , Sebajltan Suarez da Alber- 
 gueria , Stephen Texeira , Gajpar Pacheco , the Admiral Thomas de, Soufd 
 Ranches , Lewis de Melo Sampayo , Jacome de Morales , Don Lope de Al- 
 meyda , Ruy Gonzalez , Trajan Rodriguez Cajlellranco , Antony de Brito Fc- 
 gaza , John Pinto de Moraes,znd Don Thomas Bravo , and taking out a MifTai, 
 *tn the firff Place defir'd them to take an Oath upon the holy Eva ngeliiU,. 
 that they would not fpeak of, nor any otherwife reveal, what he fhould 
 
 there 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 199 
 
 there propofe to them, and what fhould be refolvM upon it, till effefl- 
 ed. They all fwore, and then he propos'd the Matter thus. 
 
 1 have call'd you together. Gentlemen, to acquaint you with the Cond;- FurtacVz 
 tlon I am In at Prefent , and this Siege has brought vie to. It is two Speech to 
 Years fince I came from Goa, and during my Voyage , have J pent a great the Conn- 
 g’i'antity of Ammunition, upon fever al Occafions ; fo that when we lan- C il. 
 did the other Day we had only ten Pipes of Powder , and 29 Barrels fent 
 me from Manila. Since l landed Jo much has been cojum'd as is vifible, 
 in Skvmifies , and Battery , that I have now much left than half that Quan- 
 tity . The Dead, Wounded and Sick, of our Foot, now wanting in the Camp , 
 are no: and the reft, as dally Experience (hows, fall Sick very f aft of the 
 D I fie viper call'd Berber. Our Proviftons, tho we took the Flee the Frigates 
 brought from Manila, are fo Jbort, that they can not J aft beyond the be- 
 ginning of fun e. The Ships and other Vejfels of the Fleet , in the Opinion 
 of the Pilots, run a great Hazard, where they now lie at Anchor z becaufe 
 when this Moon is out , there can be no Safety for it, by reafon of the high 
 Winds and Storms , unlefs they remove to another Place, and there is no other 
 hit Tvdore. We fee how refolute, and well fortify' d the Enemy is, fince 
 all our Battery has produc'd fo little Efeff and if they receive tjJDtur- 
 ware, it is foot, made up by the Multitude of Perth. The Fnendjbip the 
 K in? of Tydore promis'd for advancing of hi: MajeJly s Service, hasprov d 
 fo Me, that he ha: perform'd nothing of what tea: concerted with him, 
 tho' fo reafe, liable, and beneficial to him f elf-, having only been free in Words, 
 but his Jilt on: have not yet been feen. 1 have had fuffiaent Try a l of him. 
 
 He has no 'other Defign, but to deceive, and amufe us, that our Men may be 
 deftroy'd by Decrees, and foTime may eonfume us if the Enemy cannot. When I 
 prefs'd him to do fomething , to Jltow at this Time that he was a Friend, 
 and hi: Majefiy's Subic 3, he anfwer'd, he would } hut that we muft furntjh 
 Pi ovifioni for all his Men, becaufe he had none. They demand Powder and 
 Ball 'for every trivial Undertaking, that fo they may eonfume the little we 
 have lefts and when there is any Woik to be done, there are na Men for 
 it. Of the few Amboy nefes I brought with me, for this Purpofe, then La- 
 bour being great, fame are return'd home , other: gone to the Enemy. Tbofe 
 that remain are not fuffiaent, and mofi of what has been hitherto done u 
 owing to the Infantry ; which isfo barraft d, that it can do no Service. The 
 Enemy expeSs Dutch Ships, and knows they are now at Banda. I have 
 Intelligence that they have fent for them , and if they come they will be a 
 great Obkacle to our Defigns. Confidering what I have difeours d of I defire 
 you, Gentlemen, and every one of you, fi ill under the Obligation of the Oath, 
 to give me your Opinions, that according to them I may refolve what to do, 
 
 in pur finance of the great Duty incumbent on me. . . , 
 
 Upon theRequeft of the Captains, the General Furtado gave m thefe 
 Propofals in writing, tho 1 he oppos'd it at firft. In Ihort they were written, 
 as were the Opinions of the Councellors, among whom the greater Part, 
 even of the Portuguefes oppos’d the General ; and tho I ought to give tome 
 Account of their Votes, becaufe they had all (different Views yet, in 
 Regard that mod of them affented to Gallinato's Opinion, it will fufnee to 
 
 fet down his Anfwer. % _ , r , ^ j - j 
 
 job ri Xuarez Gallinato. Commander of the Provinces of the Pintados, and 
 J Ddi ih * 
 
200 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquejl of 
 
 Galhnato V 
 ufaifaer to 
 Furtado* 
 
 the Officers attending me, do anfwer to the Propofal made ly your Lordfhip 
 as follows. That as to the want of Pcrvder you represent, we look upon it as 
 ejfenlialjince we can not fight without it, 'and if that fails, our Cannon and 
 [mail Fire-Arms, are rather Encumbrances, than Weapons, and therefore it is 
 requifite to refolve and agree, where and when to employ, and how much of 
 what we have may be [pent, fo as our Enterprize may fucceed, fince we fee 
 fpow inejfeBual that hitherto [pent has been ; confidering, at the fame Time 
 that a great Quantity is to be referv'd, to fight five Dutch Galeons we ex- 
 peft ; which, if they come, part of our Fleet mufi of neceffity go out and 
 ingage. For, if this be not done they will put Succours into the Place, which 
 tho' never fo inconfiderable , as hit of ioo Mufkets, would be very prejudi- 
 cial to us ; befides that, it will be a great Difreputation, not to meet them 
 out at Sea . 
 
 As to the Mens Jickning, being kill'd and wounded, we fay, thofe are Mf- 
 f or tunes always attending War ; and that we are fenfible how f aft the Ar- 
 my grows weak, for which Reafon, it will be necejfary to be the more expe- 
 ditious in the Work we have in Hand ; yet fo that neither too much Pre- 
 cipitation may exp of e it to Hazards, nor Delay give Time for all the Ar- 
 my to fall Sick. As for the Scarcity of Proviftons, our Opinion is, that an 
 Account be taken of what we have, how much is confum'd in a Month and 
 thus the necejfary Diftribution may be made in Time ; for other wife we 
 Jhall fall Jhort, when we leaft expefl it- 3 and Hunger will do us more Harm 
 than the Enemy. 
 
 To the Danger of the Ships threatned by the Pilots, and their Advice to- 
 go over to Tydore, we anfwer. That if the Fleet quits the Station where 
 it is, it will be a manifeft Detriment to the Army, which is fupply'd from 
 it with all it Wants, and muft want every Thing upon its Ahfence. Befides 
 that if the Enemy fee it once gone, they will take frejh Courage ; and if the 
 Dutch come and find the Harbour empty, it is plain they will poffefs them- 
 f elves of it. Again, if the Fleet makes off, muft not a conftderable Number 
 of the Soldiers go for its Security ? Now how can it be proper to divide 
 our Forces-, efpecially confidering they are fo f mall , and the Men foftckly? 
 Befides that here is no Place to lay up the Proviftons, for the Waters de- 
 ft toy them by Day and Night. Whilft aboard the Fleet, the Soldiers have 
 it daily brought frejh and whole fame. Farther , the Pilots, and Natives of 
 Tydor t,fay the Ships are fafe in the Harbour till after the Middle of 
 April. 
 
 W - have had Tryal of the Enemies Power, and believe they have Men, Am- 
 munition, and Cannon to fpare, confidering our Condition ; and the Comman- 
 ders, and Deferters from them confirm it. But neither can it be deny'd, 
 that the very firfi Day we ingag’d. as we have been told by Prifoners, and 
 wounded Men, icoo of the heft Men they had in Ternate came out to flop 
 our Paffage with five Pieces of Cannon, and fo pofted, that only two of our 
 Men could come up a Breaft to charge them ; and yet they with all thefe 
 Odds, were beaten off with the Lofs of many Men, as appear'd by the dead 
 Bodies, fcatter'd along the Shore, where they alfo loft their Artillery. The 
 fame Day we faw them Jally upon the Fort of Santiago, where Captain 
 VjJlagra commanded, and tho' our Men were fttrpriz'd, yet they repuls'd 
 them and flew the Flower of their Commanders ; fo that they were certain- 
 ly 
 
 
the SPICE -IS LANDS, 
 
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 ty much weakved ; and ftreightncd by Hunger- and Si chief*. And tho' 
 
 ■with the Help of the Dutch, and then own Haratncf they repair the 
 Breaches , and fortify themfelves with Artillery, Means may be foitnd to fur- 
 mount thefe Difficulties, for if there were none, it would be no H at we ate 
 
 ^Wcilc’fenflble of the King of Tydoreb Want of Faith ; but what dif- 
 creet Commander has not made the heft of fuch Accidents, and wink d at 
 dilloyal and unfleady Per font till a more favourable Opportunity ; Befides , 
 before we landed, Notice' was taken of this Princes lndijferency, and that 
 hi, Defign is to protrabl the War, rather in Hatred to ferrate, tan out 
 of any Love to our Nation. We our f elves will make amends for the Want 
 of Labourers-, we will be both Soldiers and Pioniers as we have hitherto 
 been-, for the Sword and the Spade are equally honourable in Jo juft a 
 War ■ and we again offer our felves, and our Soldiers , to perform whatfo- 
 ever fall be for the Service of God and the King. _ . . 
 
 h is therefore our Opinion, that the Galeons remove immediately ■ that 
 two of them Anchor between our Ladies Cavalier, and S. Paul, ^db^tter 
 the in fide of the Cavalier, and the other two, the Houfe of S. Paul, the 
 
 Port and the Town. Then of Neceftity the Defendants within muft fly firice . 
 
 the Defence of the Stone Parapet, it but a meer Show, 
 
 looks Upon the open Country. As foon as the Galeons begin to batter, ne 
 
 will alfo batteW the Ravelin before the Cavalier, where the feven Pieces 
 
 of Cannon are, which will certainly be ruin'd in two 
 
 ofS. Chriftopher commands them, and thellncknefs is not ah 
 
 To conclude My Lord, the Want of Provifions, and of Health, the coming ot 
 
 the Dutch, the Refolution of the Befieged, of all other j . 
 
 furmounted by Celerity. We are ready to perform all 
 
 it belongs to your Lordjhip to make Try al of our Promfe. It will ' 
 
 fonable immediately to abandon the f mall Remains of y ' 
 
 Moluccas, and the Hopes of regaining what ” 
 
 endeavour'd for fo many Tears, at the Expence of fo many Millions of Mo 
 vey,fo many Lives, and the Honour ^/European Nations, by fuming our Backs 
 
 ^ Thu Anfwe/was fent ifi a Paper fi §‘ led ^ l j le F^uth’ whtch'were Furtado ' 
 his Doubts, for they anfwer’d others by Word of Mouth, S off- bit di Jf olves 
 Parted bv the Portuguefe Commanders to perfwade drawing oft, but. {he Cgun _ 
 the General Thanking both Parties for their Zeal M Adviling, broke up cil)tJ „ da g [e 
 the Council; and on Saturday the zzd, came to a Resolution, which lie counter t0 
 left to be put in Execution th'e next Day. Night he drew off |#> 
 
 Cannon; and on Sunday Night, at the fecond ^ Fo /fA e ; egan T u^ 
 
 March towards the Shore, where the Ships lay to td<e a uli officers the 
 
 Admiral, Thomas de Soufa, led the Van; the General and his Ofhcer > the 
 
 Main Body and John Xuarez GaUinato, with the Captains Don II} ™ ias 
 
 Bravo, John Fernandez de Torres, and Chriftopher Villagra, and the Muf- j/ ;e force : 
 
 ketiers’, brought up the Rear. In this Order the Foot wemShpydoff, sh ^ fdof , 
 
 and got all aboard by the Morning. At the fameume two Duf^Men 
 
 of thole that were in the Fort with the Enemy, fled ftom «,** ^e to 
 
 the Ships. Among other InteUigence, they told the p- f 
 
 the Eucmy were in Men and Cannon: That they had ^ Quntc ^ 
 
202 The Difcoveiy and Conquejl of 
 
 mounted on the Kavelin near our Ladies $ l'even on Cach'd TjiIo's, Bail ion; 
 three between them 5 and two 011 the Cavalier ; three at S .Paul's^ eight 
 in the Main Fort} three at Limatao } three more on that Baftion, and 
 four more near it. 
 
 This Day Fur t ado propos’d to fail away with the Fleet towards Ambctyna, 
 v , but wanting Water, put it off for four Days, and during that lime Gallinato 
 i'urtaoo had ] ea f ure to Difcourfe him, fince he was going away, about providing 
 refvjes 0 ^ p ort jy^ oyc ^ w hich could not be Maintain’d without Supplies, fie 
 I'WJ 1 Y~j Anfwer’d, He was very willing to do it, but could not} and therefore 
 °°, re ’ £! ia would fend Succours from Amboy na . Application was made to him to pro- 
 (HDtr lla - v -j e ^ or Qt ^ er \y ants? which concern’d his Majefties Service, to which lie 
 ceSm return’d the fame Anfwer. He prefs’d him to confider, in what Condition 
 
 he left the Fort of Machian, whereto particular Regard ought to be had, 
 becaufe there were 50 Men and a Captain, with the fmall Veffel, call’d a 
 Machian Galizahra, and he muff either Relieve, or Difmantle it. He faid, He had . 
 f ort raz *j m already fent to Deff toy it, and did believe it was then Raz’d. 
 
 Having taken this Order, and Leave of the Commanders, he fet fail on 
 Thursday the 17th of March , fending a Letter to Don Pedro de Acunna , the 
 Governour of the Philippine Iflands, with an Account of the Particulars of 
 this Enterprize : A fmall Part of it will fuffice to exprefs the Thoughts and 
 Intention of fo Difcreet a Commander as he has been prov’d by his former 
 and later Aftions; for it is not to be believ’d that he w#ild quit the At- 
 tempt upon Tenzdtfe, without fubffantial Reafons; The Succours your Lord- 
 Part of Jbipfent me , fays he, by Gods Afifiance,eame in, good Time ; for it war Pro- 
 Furtado’r vidence that furnijbed his Majefiy with this Fleet, and fav'd the Lives of 
 Letter to us, who fill enjoy them. By what has happened in this Expedition, his Majefiy 
 the Gover - will underftand how much he is beholding to your Lordfirip, and how little to 
 •nor of the the Commander of Malaca} fince it is his Fault , that his Majefiy was not 
 Philip- ferv'd. When the Succours your Lordjhip fent me arriv'd, this Fleet had no 
 
 Tines. Ammunition , as having been two Years out from Goa, and having [pent 
 
 it as Occafion offer'd. Wherefore , that it might not be thought I Ob - 
 fir lifted his Majefiies Service, I landed } and did it with the Lofs of many 
 of the Enemies. I carry' d up my laft Trenches within 100 Paces of the Ene- 
 mies Works , planted five heavy Battering-Pieces^ and in ten Days Battery 
 a great part of a Bafiion, wherein the Enemies main Strength confified , was 
 ruin'd. During that Time all the Powder the Fleet had was fpent, without 
 leaving enough for one Charge of the Guns , and if it Jhould happen, as I do 
 not quefiion it will , that 1 meet any Squadron of Dutch, 1 muft cf Nece fit y 
 fight them, this being my principal Motive for raifing of the Siege , when 
 the Enemy was reduc'd to great Straights , both by Want , and for that 
 many of their befi Commanders had been kill'd during the Siege. By this 
 your Lordjhip may guefs at the Condition I am in. This Letter dilates 
 upon the Complaints again ft the Gove rnours of India. He promifes Don 
 Pedro , that if he meets with any Succours at Amloyna , and is not oblig’d 
 to go relieve the fouthern Parts, he will return to the Moluccos, tho’ he 
 be forc’d to go refit as far as Malaca. He praifes and recommends the .. 
 -Captains Gallinato, Doji Thomas , Villogra, and their fellow Soldiers, and 
 To concludes the Letter. n . 
 
 iGallinato went to Tydore , where he was inform^, that tho* the Fort of 
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 Machian was abandoned, only one Baflian of it was difmantled ; fo that 
 if the Enemy woald poffefs th:mfelves of it, they might do it with Eafe, OaiJinato 
 and were a&ually about it. Hereupon he fpoke to the. King of Tydore , at jydore 
 and the Portvguefe Commander in Chief, recommending to them, that takes La re 
 they would either take Care to maintain, or elfe quite raze that Fort. °j Macni- 
 They comffliflion‘d a Captain to do the latter, who going to perform it, an. 
 loaded the Veffel, call‘d Galuaha with aco Quintals, or a hundred 
 Weight of Clove, and return‘d to Tydote, to the great Satisfaction of the 
 Portuguefis of that Ifland. At this Time the Kmg of Ternnte was 
 repairing the Breaches in his Fortifications, and rais*d new Defences, pro- 
 viding againfi Dangers hehnew Nothing of yet. His Subjeds are War- Faljbood of 
 like, with whom, and the Afiiftance of the Dutch \ he thought his King- the King 
 dome invincible. Great Matters might have been expefted could any 0 f Tydore. 
 Confidence be repos 1 d in the King of Tydore ^ but our Commanders fay 
 his People, and thofe of Ternnte underfland one another. 
 
 On the 17th of April , the King of Tydore acquainted GaUinato , that with Fhe King 
 his Leave he defign’d to make Peace with the King of Ternnte . He an- an( p een 
 fwer’d, He would do well to confider what was expedient for his own Tydora 
 Dominions, without Detriment to his Majefty’s Service, The fame Day at VarU 
 the Sangiatk.oi Nun , in the Kingdom of Bachian , came .to Tydore, He anc e. 
 was a Chriftian, and laying hold of the Opportunity of ferving ms Ma- 
 jelly in the laft Expedition, vifited the Queen of Tydore, a beautiiul 
 young Lady, Daughter to the King of Bachian , who liv’d a if contented; 
 becaufe the King her Husband was more fond of another ancient Woman, 
 and not fo • w<ell born. The Sangiack had Commiflion and Strength to 
 ileal her away, andconduft her to her Father, fince neither Complaints, 
 
 Intreaties, nor any other Methods had been of Force to reclaim the King. 
 
 On the 4th of May, came a Siller of the King’s, on the fame Pretence of 
 vifiting her Neice, and reconciling her to the King, ihe Sangiack and gj ?e j s 
 ihe having concerted thofe Affairs, the young Queen going abroad with Ji 0 i enawa y 
 them to an Entertainment, and all Things being provided, they embarK d, 
 and fail’d away towards Bachian . The King of Tydore was enrag d, out 
 of Patience, and apprehenfive of a new W ar ; tho 4 afterwards this Diffe- 
 rence was amicably adjufted, by the Interpofition of CachiL Malua , a 
 principal Per fon of Bachian. , c 
 
 On the 22,d of May News was brought to Tydore^wat the Kingof 
 Ternate had fitted out 50 Carcoas in his Harbour, and expected the t>u tc ^ 
 
 Ships. He, at the fame Time, made Rejoycings, in a triumphant Man- 
 ner for the. Departure of the Spaniard*. It. was require to leave fome Men Fort of 
 and Provifions in the Fort of Tydore 9 which being done, G&Uinato 9 who- Tydore 
 had before writ by an Advice-Boat, to the General and Governour of th e fupply'd. 
 Philippine Iflands, left the Moluccos, and faiPd himfelf that Way. Ihis 
 was the Event of that fo long intended and threatned Undertaking, which 
 I have deliver’d impartially, having fearch’d after, and even guels u at fome 
 Excufes to juftify the Behaviour of fo great a Commander as Andrew tur- 
 tado : enquiring of thofe very Officers who were pre Tent at the Attacks, 
 ar.d in the Councils. Neither by them, nor by the General s own Me- lm parti a- 
 morials and Papers, can be found or made out any more than what ap- lity of the ; 
 pears by thofe which have been here infertcd 5 but to judge 01 theie A hairs Author. 
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 F .1 f This fame Year, about the beginning of April, the Prefidentfliip of the 
 j v ^ °J Council of the Indies was conferr’d on Don Pedro Fernandez de Ca]lro,Y.d.x[ 
 
 pff r of Lemos and Andrade, Marquefs deSarria , Chief of his Family, whofe 
 Irepdent of j^ Q y a | Antiquity is well known, Nephew and Son-in-law to the Duke of 
 ‘ft! 0 ™!* Lerma. In his Youth he gave fuch Hopes, as were afterwards fulfill’d by 
 °l t je • his Aflions. Fie was then Gentleman of the Bed-Camber to our King. 
 
 0les The World made the fame Judgment of him, that the Senate of Rome had 
 
 in his Time of Scipio, afterwards call’d Af tie anus, when it made a Scruple 
 of entrufting him with Matters of great Difficulty, becaufe he was to 
 young. But Experience foon made appear in the Earl, as well as in Scipio, 
 that Prudence, which regulates all other Virtues, often anticipates grey 
 Hairs. It is no Merit of the Off-fpring to be defeended from Noble, or 
 Plebeyan Families; but fuch was the Vivacity of this great Man's Spirir, 
 and Judgment, that had he been born Mean, he might by his own natural 
 This was P arts have made his Fortune. No Man can fay he wanted publickor pri^ 
 wit when vate Accomplifbment. Ih him appears a fettled Magnanimity ; with a 
 he was li - courteous Sincerity $ yet temper’d with that Juftice we extol in thefevere 
 ving. Aufterenefs of feme of the Ancients* Thefe Virtues are interwoven with 
 Religion, a Zeal for its Propagation, and the univerfal Agreement, which 
 is the Produd of publick Tranquility. Thus he ferv'd his King, with 
 Care and Solicitude; without Intermiffion, or feeking himfelf and his Ad- 
 vantage. It will be requifite to be brief in this Particular, becaufe his lin- 
 gular Modefty is not pleas’d, with the Soothings of Commendation ; but 
 is as averfe to Flattery, as remote from handing in need of it. 
 
 Member of The Earl found the Council fill’d with zealous and grave Men ; the Lords 
 the [aid Benedi ft Rodriguez Valtodano, Peter Bravo de Sot om ay or, Jl on fo Molina de 
 
 Council at Medrano, Knight of the Order of Sa ntiago, orS. James the Apoftle, James 
 that Time, de Armenter os, Gonzalo de Aponte, Don Thomas Ximenes Ortis, Don Fran* 
 eifeo Arias Maldonado , Benavente de Benavides , John de Villagutierre , 
 Lewis de Salcedo , and Ferdinand de Villagomez ; all of them qualify ’d by 
 Extradion, noted for Learning, and having taken the higheft Degrees in 
 it. Thefe were Counfellors, and the Jafi of them Solicitor General of that 
 Affembly^ To which alfo belong’d John de Ybarra, Knight of the Order 
 of Calatrava, and Commendary of Moratalaz, and Peter de Ledefma , the 
 King's Secretaries. In the Places of the Licenciates, Molina de Medrano , 
 and Gonzalo de Aponte , whom his Maiefiy afterwards employ’d in his 
 Royal Council oiCaJlile, and in thofeof fome who dy d, his Majefly, at 
 feveral Times put in the Licenciates, Lewis de Salcedo, Gudiel, and Don 
 Francis de Texada y de Mendoza, Dodor Bernard de Olmedilla , and John 
 de Ybarra , &c. All thefe araidft that Multitude ot Bufinefs they dexte- 
 roufiy difpatch’d, laid all their main Defigns, for the refioring his Majefty’s 
 Monarchy to itsFulnefs, in thofe utmofi Limits of it ; a Projed fuitable 
 to the Genius of the new Prefident. He enquiring into the general and 
 particular Poflure of all Things then depending, met with that of the Mo - 
 lucco Iilands, and finding it of Confequence* and almoft forgotten, inclin’d 
 
 rnf hit t0 8 ive Jt a helping Hand. . 
 
 fj' oai P ar Much about this Time, Brother Gafpar Gomez came into Spain, being 
 oomez J«- fent by Don p edrQ de j cuma ^ to folicite that Enterprize. The Brother at 
 jot ms toe fcma j te( ij 0U2 Audiences, gave the Prefident full Information of all that. 
 LouvciL ' concern'd 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
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 concern'd the Molucco Illands, their Wealth, the great Treasure Spam has 
 cvuended in Attempts to recover them, to reftore persecuted Chriiuanity , 
 where it had been fo much receiv’d ; and what Conference it was, that 
 thi« lhouldbe done by Way ot' the Philippine Iflands. The Earl undertook 
 that Caufe, as fuch ought to he Supported, and confulted about it with the 
 Council with the Duke of La ma, and moft particularly with the King s 
 Confeflor. He never defifted, till it was brought to bear, and in fuch a 
 Forwardnefs, that it might be effeftually difpatch’d. The Members of the 
 funream Council, with the fame Zeal, and confidenng the repeated Dif- 
 anuointments of this Enterprize, forwarded the Expedition, and aU of 
 tliem agreed that Don Pedro de Acunna Ihould undertake it in Porfon. This 
 favourable Difpofuion of theirs, was fully confirm'd, by the News brought 
 a Year after, of the ill Succefsot the united Forces of India under Fin t ado, 
 and thofeofthe Philippine Iflands, under Gallinato. It was writ by Don 
 Pedro de Acunna, deferibing it to the Life, with Duplicates for his Ma- 
 ieily, and the prime Minifters, and though he left much to Brother Gaf- 
 tar Gomez. he was very particular himfelf. . _ 
 
 ^ He complain’d that they had let flip fuch an Opportunity of Recovering 
 Ternate, and chaftifing the Dutch , who refort thither to the Trade ot 
 Clove Mace, and other Spice, and Drugs. He reprefented the Danger the Don Pe- 
 Philippine Iflands were in, after that NeighbounngTyrant s Viftory } and dro de Ac- 
 that having more particularly weigh'd the Circunftances of that Affair cunnar 
 belides the Neceflity of regaining the Reputation loft there, he found that letter con- 
 whatfoever has been yet faid, was fhort. For not to mention the principal cermng 
 Eud which was the Propagation of the Faith, but only with Regard to the Enter- 
 Pat King's Revenue, he fhow'd. That Ternate being reduc d it would be prize on 
 eafie to fubdue the Iflands of Banda , which are above thirty, lying about Ternate. 
 a hundred Leagues from the Moluccas, full of valuable Mace, and poffels d 
 by an unwar-like People, would add that Income to Spain, and take it from 
 the Dutch, who carry all away, with little or no Oppofition. Hepromisd 
 the fame as to the Iflands Papuas , which are many, not far diflant from 
 “niof Them Subjects to ’that King, and yeilding him a confider- 
 able Quantity of Gold, Amber, and other valuable Tribute. Then he ex- 
 tended to the Great Batochina, or Gilolo, deferibing its Fertility , and how 
 S Tyrannical King opprefs’dit. Thofe of Celebes 4; Leagues ; from Ter- 
 S, where he had^lrong Garrifons. The Greater and Leffer Java, 
 whofe Kings would again fubmit to Spain, as foon as the Moluccas were 
 biou°ht under. He earneftly recommended Secrefie and Expedition. To 
 evince the Neceflity of both, befides the ufual Reafons, he urg'd that as 
 foon as thofe Rebels and the Dutch hear of any ^ar-hke Preparations, 
 thev foare neither Coft, nor Labour, to make all neceflary Provifion 1 ; and 
 that they never fail by the Coaftsof India without ruining, and plundering 
 them. He affirm’d, that the General Fur t ado was no way to blame tor ha- 
 vine abandon'd that Enterprize j for as it plainly appeal d, and Captain 
 Gallinato declar'd he had always behav'd himfelf like a brave Oentleman, 
 and-difereet Commander ;but that befides the Want of Provifions and Am-_ 
 munition, he could not relie upon his own Men; and that if the Succours 
 fent him from Manila had been more ccnfiderable, he would have hazard- 
 
 “.Hi. only them. H. faid, .he Xing cf Tjim had to togg ! 
 
2 c6 The Difeovery and Conqueji of 
 
 Complaints againll the General Furtado, and that it was a common faying 
 ■with him, That before he came to the Moluccos the King of Tydore Slept, 
 and he' ot' Ternate Watch'd; but now the Cafe was alter'd, and the con- 
 trary might be faid. Yet he believ'd he was not heartily forry for theDif- 
 appointment. The fame he urg'd in Relation to the Kings of Bachian and 
 Sian. He concluded, offering to undertake that Affair in Perfon, provided 
 he might be furnifh'd with what was neceflary, that he might not be Di- 
 ilrefs'd as his PredecefTors had been. Then he went on, by Way of Anfwer 
 to the Objections, or Accufations of the Spanijb Commanders, who being 
 us'd to the Wars in Europe, defpis'd all other Enemies, who made War 
 without all thofe Engines, and Fire-Arms us'd in Flanders , France, and 
 England. He fays, none of thofe Eaftern Provinces wanted any of the In- 
 ventions we have in Europe ; and that befides the great .Numbers they 
 have, and the Dexterity in ufing them of the Japonefes, Cbinefes,Mindanaos, 
 and Moluccos, they are no lefs expert at their Bows, and Arrows; efpecial- 
 ly the Javanefes, who conquer when they fly, and that they are not defli- 
 tute of fuch Stratagems, that the Spaniards have need of all their Valour- 
 againfl them, and their numerous Armies.’ He owns the Molucco Iilands 
 can not fland in Competition, with the flrong and populous Cities taken in 
 our Parts, but that neverthelefs, to many Chriflian Churches as have been 
 polluted in them ; the' banifhing of our Religion ; the Perfecution of its 
 Miniflers; the continual Tyrannical Practices; and Alliance of thofe Peo- 
 ple, with the Dutch, his Majeflies laft Rebels, ought not to be call into 
 Oblivion. And that, were there no other Motive but this, the King ought 
 to retrieve his Honour, which is concern'd for the lolsof fo many of his 
 Fleets, and Commanders. It is very remarkable, that tho’ in thefe Letters 
 he gave an Account of the Pofture of Affairs, either as to Peace, or War, of 
 fo many feveralKings, among whofe Territories the Spanijh Arms appear,not 
 without Glory ; yet he infills not fo much on any Point, as that of Ternate, 
 which was grown Old by above thirty Years Handing, to the Difcredit of 
 our Nation. From all this may be inferr'd, how neceflary it is always, ii> 
 Affairs of great Difficulty, to bend the entire Underflanding to them, and 
 to be in Love with the Defign conceiv’d, that fo the Event may anfwer the 
 Expectation. He at the fame Time fent long Reflections, and Projects of' 
 the Count de Monterey, then Viceroy of Peru, relating to the Execution cf 
 that Affair, wherein it plainly appear’d, by the Confonancy of the Reafons, 
 and the Opinions of Men well acquainted with thofe Parts, that the Expe- 
 dition was of greater Concern and Importance, than all the Arguments 
 made ufe of upon the like Occaiions do ever amount to. 
 
 Lewdnefs Thus was Ternate bandy’d in the Councils of Spain, whilfl at home it 
 of the King abounded in Trade, yet flood upon its Guard, and particularly the King, 
 of Ternate whofe Profperity gave him Occafion to indulge his Inclinations, of 
 WCachil Cruelty towards the Chriftians, and private Satisfaction to himfelf. He 
 Amuxa. gave himfelf up to the Love of Celicaya, yet being divided among fo many 
 Women, it had not the ufual Power over him, but allow'd of other Diver- 
 lions. Caelil Jmvxa, the braveft of his Commanders, and his Coufin Ger- 
 man , was newly Marry'd to a Daughter of the King of Mindanao ,a Angu- 
 lar Beauty, not of the Jfiatick Son, but of the Spanijb or Italian. The 
 King, who was us'd to obferve no Rules, courtedher as a Gallant, and as 
 a King, perfifting, and prefenting her; and was foon admitted by the In- 
 
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Man Lady. Her Hufband, tho’ their Privacy for a whiie penceai’d his 
 Wrong ; at length, by the King's contriving to keep him abroad, and the 
 Interpolation ofTirne, which reveals all Secrets, tound out who it was 
 defil’d his Bed. What could the unfortunate Man do ? He durfl not kill 
 his Wire, for the Love he bore her, and for Fear of the King’s Difpleafure. 
 
 He refoiv’d to be reveng’d, as if it had been in a Money Concern. In or- 
 der to it, he disenabled the belt he could, and whenfoever he had an Op- 
 portunity to talk lo Queen Celicaya, either feign’d, or pr.ofefs'd Love, till 
 he had inculcated it as he defir'd. He bore with the Difdain and Threats, 
 which are the Weapons Nature bellow'd on that Sex ; and Perfeverance 
 prevail’d, fox Celicay a rewarded Cachil's Love, This Intrigue continu'd 
 a considerable Time, till the King found it out, and both Rivals took Nq- Amuxa 
 ticeofit. 'I ho* the King more deeply repeated the Reprifal hi$ Kinfaian Cuckolds 
 had made, to be revenged ; yet they did not fell out on that Accont, nor the King 
 forbear converfing together- They prefer v*d Peace and Friendship in their in Re- 
 Houfes ; and the King Rood fo much in need of Caehil Amuxa, for his venge. 
 Wars, which in thofe Parts are no "lefs frequent, than Peace, the fpecial 
 Blefling of Heaven, is among us, that he durfl not declare again# him, 
 and what is more, not fo much as difpleafe Cflieaya. She* as if the Abufe 
 tolerated in Men had been allow’d to Women, juflify’dherfelf by alledg- 
 ing the Wrong the King had done her in courting the other. However, 
 the King being once in the Field, under one of their Arbours, and Caehil The Kbit's 
 Amuxa coming in, without his Campilan, or Cywiiter, the Guards upon Revenue 
 a Signal given them, handled th^eir Arms, fell upon, and gave him many * 
 Wounds on his Head, Face, Arms and Body, none daring to defend him. 
 
 He was fenlible of the *Occafion, and Revenge, and fuddenly drawing a 
 fmall Criz, or Dagger, he happen'd to have about him, did not only de- 
 fend bimfelf againfl many Cuts and Thrufts, butaflaulted the Murderers, 
 and with great AifHvity, wounded fome, bore down others* and put the 
 reft to Flight, killing four. Nor had his Fury flopp'd there* but yftat the 
 King flipp'd away ; thb 4 now his Wounds bad weaken’d Amuxa by Reafon 
 of the great Quantity of Blood that ran from them* He was left for dead 5 
 but an Uncle of his, hearing the Noife, came in to his Ailiflance, with his 
 . Followers; who all bound up his Wounds and carry’d him to his Houle, 
 where he was cur'd, by the King’s Peimiflion. This was the Effect of 
 his Fear, rather than good Nature, for all his Kindred took the injury up- 
 . on themfelves, and began to meditate Revenge ; which they would cer- 
 tainly have compafs'd, and made fair Way for the Pretenfions of Spain, 
 had not thofe who were apprehenfive of another War foon reconcil d thofe 
 Animofities. The Caehil was cur’d* but with fuch Scars in his Face* 
 and fo many deep Gaftes and Seams in hjs Head, that he was nothing like 
 the Man he had been before. So fay they who knew him, and have feen 
 him in our Days at Manila and Ternate. He was reflor’d to the King’s . 
 
 Favour, and both of them to that of their Wives, without Notice taken 
 of the Accident, or as if it had been a Secret. So great is the Difference 
 in the Humours of Nations* , * 
 
 The End of the Eighth Book. 
 
 THE 
 
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208 
 
 X H E 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 0 F T H E 
 
 Discovery and Concluest 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 Molucco and Philippine Iflands, &c. 
 
 Preparati- 
 on s in 
 Spain 
 again]} the 
 Moluccos. 
 
 
 The Pre- 
 fidents Re- 
 monfirance 
 to the 
 King. 
 
 BOOK. IX. 
 
 H E continual Application of the Prefident and Council to ex- 
 pedite the Enterprize, feem’d to be a Prefage of the late ill 
 Succefs at the Molucco Iflands. The true Account of it was 
 brought in Don Pedro de Jainna's Letters. The King and his 
 Minifters were concern’d at it ; but at the fame Time, it was 
 a Motive to haft en the Preparations, recover the loft Reputation, and put 
 an End at once to that Strife. Some attributed the Mifcarriage to Disa- 
 greement between Gallinato and Furtaio ; others fufpeded the Difcord had 
 been between the Spanijb and Portuguefe Nations. None urg’d that it 
 might be for Want of Neceflaries for carrying on the Work. Thefe De- 
 bates ended, and the Prefident efpoufmg the Bufmefs with the Refolution 
 that was require, reprcfented the Matter in a lively Manner to the King, 
 recounting what the General Furtado had done, the Succours fent by Don 
 Pedro de Jcunna under Gallinato , and how, tho’ the Officers and Soldiers 
 did their Duty, the Succefs fail’d. That it was look’d upon as moft cer- 
 tain, That the Molucco Kings, who ftili continue under Subjedion, had 
 aded coldly. That this Failure in them was occafion’d by a Sort of State 
 Policy, eaf) to be feen thro* 5 which was the Protrading of the W ar, and 
 making ufe of our Arms for their private Advantage, without defiring it 
 ihould be fully concluded. That if Means were not us’d for expelling 
 the Dutch out of Ternate , they would become abfolute Mailers of the 
 Archipelago of the Conception , and deprive his Majefty of all the Revenue 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 209 
 
 of the Spice, as they Dad almoft done in the moil confiderable Parts of 
 
 India. ,, nt TvVmr was laid before him ; The King's 
 
 The King having confider d it, a PP r °* - ud y the dumber of Ships, Anfwer. 
 and being lenfible of its roigjuy ^P 0 ^^ 1 ^ re added more with his own 
 Men and Arms demanded, too fmall-, and ^ er ® . A or( j er ’d, that no 
 
 Royal Hand, without fixing a certain Prororti , ° in Execu- 
 
 Time ihould be loft, feemmg .very earned to have ofthe Duke 
 
 tion. In the fame Manner he dir e fted,thro t 1 Hereupon t h e 
 
 vfLcrma, that the Defign m Hand ihould be ca y t ette rs and In- 
 
 Counci! pafs’d the Neceffaiy Ordevs and the Pr J of the Fhil ; p . 
 
 ftrudions to the Viceroy of New Spain, a" .. fulfl the Commands 
 fine Iflands, that they might with the ^SChisOrder fent to this 
 
 ferv’d as follows. 
 
 Don Pedro de Acunna my Govcruonr, ^P^hem. 0 J t { e loth 0 f The King's 
 lirpine Iflands and Prefident of my Royal Court in tt J Letter t0 
 
 September ofthe l aft Tear 160;. I writ n “r- **° 
 
 carr/d G afpar Gomez, of ghe Society of you writ to deAcunna. 
 
 luantt^ywwfi^ tk \ 0 d fervc thofc Pofts , relating to the 
 
 quainting you with the Xejoiution i --- j re i at ; n£ 
 
 me from New Spain, when you went to ftrve jn M f n 
 
 Expedition of Ternate. \ 1 ; the Fleet that is to go 
 
 rais'd in the/e Kingdoms, who fi al1 \Um c€rfff dirt Sing him to raife 500 
 th s hear to New Spam. 1 writ to th h t u. Enter prize. I have 
 
 more , that Jfo you may have at leaftJSo f ) ' j jq j om . one of whom is 
 
 appointed four Captains to carry them ft°‘ r de f} n chief of the J aid 
 
 ' Vice-Admiral Johnde Efqutvel, that 
 
 ” l W'desftx in half Pay, whoa, e * ,l fjr i f jj may fuf ply their Pla- 
 
 ces : and that they may take warge u, “ t ,. . p;d Captains 40 n . 
 Spain, « / write to the Viceroy. I have aminUdtbejaia o i ^ Cap 
 
 ■ Ducats a Month Pay, and the Vice-Admiral thaT 
 
 half Pay are to have 1J Du eats- and /««**« T J 0 / Collonel, (ball ln >’ 
 
 John de Efcjuivel, in Cafe l order hm '° h ™JDiJtder th/ Title of Com - 
 
 have no Ducats a Month ; andwhilft " Month : the Captains 
 
 -viander in Chief of the faid 9 af we ll thofe rais'd in Spain, 
 
 60, and thofe in half Pay 40. Tie .oldiet, Month : the Viceroy Soldier t 
 
 ■ as thpfe from New Spain, flail have Eigh ‘ - f re quifite for a Cay. 
 
 being order'd to fend to thofe Iflands as min > fa y ^ detain'd 
 
 Tears Pay, according to thofe Ra‘“‘ A J} » f.. l/ n ty what is Necefiary, 
 
 upon other Occafions of my Service, ^ejhfh °fJ fhn , IO ] }t fa to acquaint. 
 
 upon other Occapons of my Service, lit • 7 a ) ave thought fit to acquaint, 
 upon Advice from you. C«wW SolLs can be mo- 
 
 charge and command fou, that in Caje tins 7 J ^ 0 f this Sort, 
 
 derated, with Regard to what is vf, tally pa.d there to pie j . ^ 
 
 H 7s vf/lly paid* hire to/Ien T^L’f/r- 
 
 j... ... -f XW Rlwin with it. However you JDasimu** Full mis 
 
 B — ' el nor of the Captains, cnpgns, 
 
 'and' thofe in half Pay. I have alfo dir cited the Viceroy to furnifi 
 
 Hew Spain with it. 'However yo, 
 
 ; p~ y 0 f the Free- Admiral John de Efquivel, 
 
 /hatfoever ft all be requifite, as far as tiOOOO Ducats you /or 
 
 n 
 
-iio 
 
 The Difcovery and Cotiquejl of 
 
 Don Pedro 
 to go in 
 Per/an* 
 
 for this Expedition, fix Pieces cf Battering CannQVi and %oo Quintals, or 
 hundred Weight of Musket Powder. The Men from hence go arm'd with 
 Musket sand Firelocks. You mvjl be very careful that there be due Order y 
 Rule and Method in the Diftribution of the f aid Money , and every Thing 
 befides . Yon Jhall endeavour to perform what is intended , as J expect you 
 will, ,with the Men fent from hence and from New Spain, and thofe you 
 may have rais'd in thofc Ijlands for the Expedition againft Ternate. If it 
 be pojjible you Jf)allgo in Perfon, as you have offer'd to do, leaving thofe 
 J /lands in the heft Order that may be. And in cafe the Affairs there Jlmld 
 
 be in fuch a Pojlure , that you cannot go in Per fan upon this Expedition , 
 yon Jhall appoint another of fufficient Experience, and well qualify* d, to 
 take the whole Command , for I impower you fo to do. ^ And it is my Wid 3 
 
 John de 
 Efcuivel 
 to fucceed 
 
 DonPedro, 
 
 That in Cafe you Jhould mif carry, either going upon the Expedition , or thro' 
 any other Accident, or the Per foil you Jhall appoint for it , that then the 
 Vice-Admiral John de Efquivel fucceed and profecutkit ; and that all fuch 
 as go upon the faid Expedition , as well Seamen as Landmen . obey him , as 
 they would you, if there. And I declare that in this Cafe , and if you 
 > Jhould mifcar\y, and the faid John de Efquivel fucceed in the Command 
 of the Expedition , he ft) all be fubjett and fub ordinate to my Royal Sovereign 
 Court of thofe Ijlands. I have made Choice of the Captains, who have the 
 Command of the Foot rdis'd Hi thofe Kingdoms, as Per font of Merit and 
 Service ; and therefore d<f command you to honour and favour them as far 
 as may be allowable , and in fo doing you will plea feme : and that you do not 
 reform them , nor take awaj their Companies , to give them to others , mlefs 
 it be to advance them to higher Pojls. Never the lefs, if they Jhall be guilty 
 
 Charge of 
 
 Martial 
 
 Fifcipline, 
 
 &c. 
 
 of any Crimes, you may punifb them, as their Superior Officer. It if to be 
 fuppos'd. That when thtfe Men come to thofe Ijlands , and they Jhall fet out 
 in the firjl Ships that fail from New Spain, after the Arrival of the Flota, 
 you will have all things in fuch Fonvardnefs , that the Enterprise may be 
 gone upon immediately . 1 charge you firittly to undertake it with all the 
 Pn 
 
 diet \ _ 
 
 well di [pos'd, that you may meet with the wijhjd Succefs , \ 
 
 Confequertce, and you are fen fib le how much is hazarded, and of the great 
 Expence that is made. You are to take Care, as I charge you , that the 
 nsccjfary Order be taken in the Dijlribution and Management of my Trea- 
 sure-, and that all fnperfluous Charges be avoided. You fall from Time 
 Time" give me an Account of what foever happens , as Occa (ion Jhall offer. 
 When you have recover'd the Fort of Tefnate, you ft>all take the neceffary 
 Meafures for the Security of tlx fame , and of the IJlavd, l have order'd 
 the Viceroy of New Spain to fend you Advice, as foon as the Men that go 
 from hence arrive there , if there be conveviency fo to do $ and that he par- 
 ticularly inform ycru of what Force he has gather'd there, and will be ef- 
 fective any other JVay ; as alfo when they Jhall fail thence , that you may 
 difpofe Things there accordingly ; and if you fall think fit that the Men 
 
 r, . „ . 1/1 *■*' mr" y order it, or do as 
 
 olidj June the zoth 
 
 be* left any where, before they' come to Manila, you may order it, or do as 
 you Jhall think mojl Expedient in all Reflects* VaUadoJ* 
 
 you 
 
 *604 
 
 After 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS, 
 
 2 1 1 
 
 After the jDifpatdn.Bg ot this Order, or Letter, the Contents or it be- 
 gan to be executed in Spain, hi the foregoing Year i6ct, vvhilft Don Pe- 
 dro de Jcunn.t was bufy in making Preparations to this tiled, an Accident Dreadful 
 happen’d in tite Philippine Illands, which threatned the Ruin ot them, and Fire at 
 greater Calamaties. A hire broke out at Manila in April, which con- Manila, 
 fum’d the belt Part, and above half the City, without being able to fave 
 the Goods, which had been landed from the Ships newly arriv'd from 
 Pletp Spain, and laid up in the fafell Part of the Houfes, whereof 2 70 of 
 Timber and Stone were burnt, as alfo the Monaftery of S. Dominick , 
 
 Houfe and Church, .the Royal Holpitai of the Spaniards , and the Maga- 
 zines, no Building that lay betwixt them el'caping. Fourteen Spaniards 
 were burnt, and among them, the licenciate Sanz, a Canon of the Cathe- 
 dral, wiih fome Indians and Blacks. The Lofs was valu’d at a Million. 
 
 It 1'eem’d to be an Omen of what was to follow, which agreed with the 
 Signs feen in the Sky. 
 
 In the foregoing March, a Chinefe Ship came into the Bay of Manila, 
 in which, as the Out -Guards gave the Account, there came three great ThreeChi- 
 Mandarines , with fuitable Pomp and Retinue, about their Monarch's Bull- ne<e Man- 
 jiefs. The Governour gave them leave to land, and come into the City, darines at 
 As foon as landed, they were carry’d dire&ly to the King's Houfe, in Pa - Manila. 
 Jankines of IvoTy ,and curious Sorts of Wood gilt, on the Shoulders of their 
 Servants, who were clad in Red. There the Governour expected them, 
 with the Members of the Royal Court, and agreat Number of Officers and 
 Soldiers, who alfo lin’d the Streets, and publick Places. When they 
 came to the Houfe, they were let down by their Servants, and leaving 
 their Colours, Umbrelloes, Launces, and other Tokens of Grandeur, went 
 into a fpacious Room magnificently adorn’d. As foon as they faw the Go- 
 vernour, who. expected them Handing, the Mandarines , making their 
 Obeyfance, and performing Ceremonies of Civility after the Chinefe Fa- 
 fhion, made up to him. Don Pedro return'd their Courtefy after the Man- 
 ner of Spain. They, purfuant to their Commiffion, with the Interpofition 
 of Interpreters, told him ; “ That their King had fent them with a Chi- jj iejr p x _ 
 “ nefe, they brought along with them in Chains, that they might with traordina- 
 “ their own Eyes fee a Golden Ifland, call’d Cahit, near Manila , ot ryMeJfige. 
 “ which that Subjcd of his had given him aft Account, telling him, it 
 “ was not poflefs’d by any Body, and therefore ask’d of him a Number 
 “ of Ships, to feize it, promifing to bring them back loaden with Gold, 
 
 « and if he did not he Ihould take his Head. That they were come to 
 “ fulfill that Promife ta their King, and to fatisfy him -of the Truth of 
 “ the Exigence of fo firange an Ifland 5 which being an Affair of fuch 
 “ Confequence, their King would not commit it to any Perfons of lei's 
 “ Note than themfelves. Don Pedro de Jcunna anfwer'd them in a few - p . 
 Words; “ That they were Welcome ; that they might reft them in the ~ * ' 
 
 .« Houfe prepar’d for their Entertainment in the City, and they would at- “ r ° * 
 
 « terwards difeourfe about that Affair more at Leifijre. Thus they took J w ' 
 theu Leave, aud at the Door got up again into their Palankines, on the 
 Shoulders of their Slaves, who carry'd them to their Lodgings.. There 
 tlie Governour order'd them tobe plentifully furniffi’d with Provifions, and 
 all Dainties as long as they Raid. 
 
 It 
 
212 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquefl of 
 
 Jealonfy 
 cf the 
 Chinefes. 
 
 Second Vi- 
 
 fit of the 
 
 It is a plain Cafe, that the coming of thefe Mandarines mud taife a.Tea- 
 loufy, and make it be concluded, that they came upon another Def.gn 
 thin what they declar'd. The Chinefes are iharp and miftrufttul and it 
 was net to be believ'd, that their King fhould fend them on that Errand, 
 nor the Fiftion likely to be credited by the Spaniards. At the fame Tune, 
 eight Cbhicfe Ships arriv'd at Manila with Merchandize, and declar d, 
 That the Mandarines come as Spies, becaufe the King of China intended 
 tobreak ofF all Trade with the Spaniards and lend over a mighty Fleet ot 
 Ships that could carry an hundred Thoufand fighting Men, to poflels him- 
 felfof that Place, and that this Expedition would be feme time that \ ear. 
 The Governour Redoubled his Care for the Security of the City, and or, 
 der'd the Mandarines to be well treated, but not to be differ'd tOgoout of 
 the Citv, nor to adminifter Juftice among the Sangleys, ot Chinefes as 
 they had began to do, which they feem'd to refent. Then he fent t hem 
 wlxd thaAhey mult difpatch their Bufinefs, and return fpeedily to China. 
 All this was doL, without any Signs of Jealoufy Ihown by the Spaniards, 
 nr that tliev faw into their private Defigns. , , . 
 
 The iSir/iie; vifited the Governour again, and then he was more 
 , , , • OvY,ptliinsT of a left of their Coming, faid to them, That 
 
 plain; and mak g «®ij ■[_, Credit to the Chinefe they brought 
 
 Manda- Prifonef^ot iHt hfd bce^ true that any fuch Gold were in the Philippine 
 lines, and if) ands ’ th « he Ihould think the Spaniards would fuffer it to be carry'd 
 the Cover- aW ay, ’the Country belonging, as it did, to the ing o 
 
 r? ^ da Ti‘ an ^ w ^’d Qme aS and C K) carW hftn A^wfr^Tlwt 1 havi^ 
 
 /wm. and they were oblig'd ^me and tocarry J ^ Q S 
 
 done their Part, Work o/ it, fent the Mandarines , 
 
 verncur being willing » t0 the Pott of Cabite, which is two 
 
 with their Ptifoneraud Senjnts W ^ wkh the Noife of our 
 
 Teagues from the C y. Landing which they admir'd, and did not 
 
 Cannon, purpofely fir d Landing, wmciy ^ ^ ^ 
 
 The Chi- conceal their Surprifo ai • d h King of : He, nothing daunted, 
 nefe Pi ifo- whether that was th * is the Gold ? All that is in 
 
 ver pov'd an; wer d. It was. l\ J PI ^ * t QO od. The fame Anfwer he 
 
 aCheat. «, rejpyn'd he )S f “ 8 ? n d all was writ down in 
 
 made to feveral other _Que«io^ tfufty Naguat aloes, or In- 
 
 f p». ta - 
 
 T«e Leaves to be “M %£SS? SfcSlKi™ o,7n-‘ 
 
 and after dining and refhng, T ^ tUTn ^ nj t i, e p r ifoner to anfiver di- 
 terpreters, declar'd That ^ the Waning of what he faid to 
 
 reftly to the Purpofe, hi V>Jf them, Tha h WesJth in the 
 
 lh ex- 
 i rl aim hint- 
 
 Aff. 
 
 and knowing Ae Country, ^ with Gold. This, with what the 
 
 a,™ IS S’A teem'! mote likely tta the Invention of the 
 
 Alduhvinet. 
 
 Dot* 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 213 
 
 Don F. Michael de Benavides , then Archbifhop Elect of Manila, who un- 
 derttood the Chinefe Language, was of this Opinion. He had been in their 
 Country, was acquainted with the Subtilties of the Sangleyes , and fuffer’d 
 their Torments and Cruelties. It was prefently Judg’d, that the Manda- 
 rines came under that Colour to view the Country, and to lay the Foun- 
 dation of their Infurreftion and Mutiny there. Thefe certain judgments 
 are grounded on the Irrational Difpofition of the Sangleyes , or Chinefes, 
 which, not to mention other Proofs, will fufficiently appear, by folne few 
 Periods of the long Letter Ferdinand de los Rios , of whom we have fpoken 
 before, writ to Manila , from the Port of Pinar in Canton , where he was 
 upon the Service of the Church, and of his King. For thefe Infidels , fays Part of a 
 
 he, have the Light of Nature wore clouded than any other People in the Letter 
 World , and therefore there is need of Angels , and not Men, to deal with concerning 
 them . For the better conceiving what a fort of a Country * tiswe are in,I JbaU the Chute- 
 • only fay, that this is the true Kingdom of the Devil, and where he maybe faid fes. 
 to govern with abfolute Power . Every Sangley, or Chinefe, feems to be pof - 
 fefi'd by him ; for there is no piece of Malice, or Fraud , but what they at- 
 tempt. The Government , tho ’ outwardly it appears good , as to Order and 
 Method ,/ or its Security ; yet when you once have Experience of its P/aftice, 
 you will find it is all a Contrivance of the Devil. Tho* they do not here 
 publickly rob , or plunder Strangers , they do it another worfie Way , 8 cc. 
 
 This Jealoufy conceiv'd againft the Sangleyes , who, once for all, are the Chinefes 
 Chinefes fo call'd by the Spaniards at Manila , was verify'd ; for it defign the 
 was afterwards known, that the Captain of the King of China c s Conquefi 
 Guards had begged of him the Conquefi of the Philippine Iilands, at the of the Phi-' 
 Perfwafion of that Chinefe they brought Prifoner. The Govemour trea- lippines. 
 ted the Mandarines civilly, and miftrufted their DeGgns, keeping a watch- 
 full Eye over them. However there wanted not fome-body that afk'd them, 
 what they thought of that Fellow's Invention, Cnee they had feen that the 
 Place he mention'd was fo far from having any Gold, that there were not 
 the leaf! Tokens of any fuch Thing to be found in it $ and Cnee it was fo, 
 they ought to make him give it under his Hand, that he had told his King a 
 Lye. One of the Mandarines bid him do fo, and he taking the Pen form’d 
 three Chara&ers, which, explain’d in our Tongue, Ggnify’d, If the King The Prifo - 
 pleafes , it is Gold 5 and if not, it is Sand . Being prefs’d farther, he decia- ners De- 
 red, That he had inform'd his King that Gold was produc’d there, to incline duration . 
 his Majefly to entruft him with a good Fleet, wherewith he might^take 
 Revenge of the Chriflian Sangleyes , who had done him many Wrongs. 
 
 Little Notice was taken of all this, and tho’ the Authority of the Manda- 
 rines to corroborate it, all was look'd upon as Folly, for none believ’d 
 
 that they defign'd to carry on a War out of their Country. The Man- 
 darines return'd Home, having, as is believ'd, communicated their Projeft 
 to the Sangleyes that were fettled there, who at Manila , and in the other 
 IGands, were above 30000. 
 
 The fame was pra&is'd by the Chinefe King in the Ifland of Aynao , or Chinefes 
 Ay nan, a mofl fruitful Country, and near to his Kingdom, where the Chi- ta j, e 
 nefes crept in under Colour of Trade, as they did at Manila , and poffefs'd nan y J 1 
 themfelves of it to this Day, This Ifland has fuch a plentiful Pearl Fifh- Treachery. 
 ery, that in the Year 1600 the King caus'd 1500 Arrobas , that is, 375 Hun- ‘ 
 
 F f dred 
 
214 
 
 The Discovery and Conqueji of 
 
 to 
 
 Movjlrous 
 Quantity 
 of Pearls, 
 
 Precauti- 
 . ons taken 
 at Manila, 
 
 Encan a 
 Chinefe of 
 great Sub - 
 silty. 
 
 His crafty 
 Pratt ices. 
 
 dred Weight of them tobe taken up. This will not feena incredible 
 fuch as know, that not long before, in tour Months Time, he gather d xjco 
 Veffels that row'd, for this Fifhery, every one being oblig'd to take a iltcp, 
 that is, five Arrobas , or Quarters of an Hundred, to gather a fuihcient Quan- 
 tity of Pearls to rebuil'd a Royal Apartment -that had been puUd down 
 in that King's Palace. He built it again, covering the Y> alls and Roofs 
 with Clutters of Pearls, and Birds, Beafts, Fruits, and Flowers, all made of 
 that precious Subftance, fet on Plates of Gold. 1 he Truth of this Fad* ap- 
 pears by an Authentick Writing, which gives an Account of it ; tor being 
 likely to be judg'd Fabulous, it was requifite to authorize the Relation. 
 
 The Governour did not altogether look upon the Deftgn of the 
 rines as a Piece of Vanity and Folly, tho he conceal d lus Thoughts , or 
 he made fome Preparations, and among die reft batten d the repairing^ of 
 the Walls of the City ; which having differ'd much by the Fire, when the 
 Arms were alfo loft, he made up that Defe& the heft, he could, and the 
 W/m/were affifting in it. It is to be obferv'd, that i hole People liave 
 a lfnarate Government among themielves, in the Philippine Iflands. 
 
 A P t the Time that Don Pedro, theGovernour,was moll intent upon the War- 
 againft the Molucca Iflands, there happen'd luch an Accident at Manila, as 
 St not only have diverted it, but utterly deftroy’d the whole Province, 
 A Man was then living, who flay'd at Manila, when the great Py rate Li- 
 niaon of whole Life and Adions there are Printed Relations, came to Ma~ 
 Inf He was then an Idolater, and, as was reported, ferv'd tne Py rate in a 
 leud Canacity. His Name vas Encan, born at Semygua , ln the Province 
 SctoSST-i was baptiz'd under the Govern of f^iagode 
 Vera who gave him his Surname, and he was call d Baptift dc 1 eta. 
 He prev'd a Wile Dealer, and fucceftfuliy Adive, by which Means, fol- 
 lowing Trade, he gather'd immenfe Wealth, and was Great with the Go- 
 vernours of the Philippine,. Through his Interpofmon, the Sangleye, yro- 
 JSS to Bon Pedro , that he fhould allow them to repair a Parapet of the 
 Wall, which was finifhing, at their own Expence; for that they, as a Part 
 of the Publick, would do his Majefly that Piece ot Service; and every one 
 rf them offer’d four Royals, that is, two Shi lings, towards the V oik 
 This Piece of Service.and the Favour ot the Citizens , Encan had purchas'd 
 by good Turns, made the Sufpicion conceiv'd of their Conlpiracy vanifli, or 
 
 31 IS'w'fs refoeSb^the Spaniard,, and belov'd by the Sang leyes, had 
 been thei Governou/ feveral Times,’ and had many Godfons, and other 
 Dependants. At this Time he cunningly kept within the City, to fecure 
 Things by his Prefence; but from thence he-ftirr d up the People, and laid 
 his Defi-n, by Means of his Confidents. He thought fit to know what 
 Number of People he fhould find to put it in Execution, and that he might 
 rvumoer o H order'd that every one of lus Country-Men fhould 
 
 '?hf>°Qaii(rlcrcs either guefling at the End. for which thefe KeedJes were ga- 
 ther'd of elle ignoramly obey 'd Encan. The Needles being put into a little 
 Rex the Number of them was fo great, that it encourag d him to under- 
 
 SST S'M'IW.A the , r.i.’d Men , 
 
 and directed the Juftices to furmfh themfeives with Provifions, and Arms, 
 

 the SPICE- ISLANDS. 
 
 to relieve the City. Near the Parian, which is the Quarters of the Chine- 
 fes there was another Ward, inhabited by Japonefes, who are Enemies to 
 the Savgleycs* with whom they are continually at War in their own Coun- 
 try. The Governour fummon’d the Heads of them, and artfully div d into 
 their Inclinations, to difcover, what Ufe he might make of them upon Oc- 
 cafion, and whether they would aflift him again!! the Chinefes , in Cale 
 they came to a War. The Japonefes, proud of the Confidence he repos d in 
 them and of an Opportunity of Serving again ft their Enemy, anfwer’d, they 
 were ’ready to dye with the Spaniards. This difcreet. Precaution occafion d 
 fomeHarm, for the Japonefes revealing the Secret, or adding fome Cir- 
 cumftances in the Relation, it was given out, that Den Pedro with their 
 Aftiftance, intended to cut oft’ the Sangleyes, and fome of the JapoveJes 
 told them as much, that they might fly, and reward them for the Intelli- 
 gence, Many of them had Thoughts of abfeonding m the Mountains, the 
 Reft were flighted, and thofe who intended to revolt, found an Opportuni- 
 ty to perfwade the others to joyn with them, and encourag’d the unfettled 
 with Stir Promifes. In fhoit, moft of them coflfented to the Rebellion, 
 and appointed S. Francis's Day, when the Chnftians were all at Church, 
 celebrating that Feltival, for the Time of rifing. Others were for having 
 it done at Night, when z$oco of them were to break in and murder our 
 IS'I e n » 
 
 Notwithftanding their Secrecy fome Difcovery was made. John de Ta- 
 laver r , Curate of the Village of guiafo, inform’d the Arch- Biftop, that 
 an Indian Woman, with whom a Sang ley, or Chine fe, was in Love, had 
 difcover’d to him the Plot laid for S. Francis’s Day. It was alfo reported, 
 that a Woman-Black had Paid, there would be a great Slaughter, and ano- 
 ther Conflagration , like the former, on S. Francis’s Night. Thcfe and 
 other Advices were prefently made known to the Governour and Council. 
 A fuflicient Proof was to fee the Chine fes fell all, to their very Shoes, and 
 compound their Debts, the’ this was rather lookt upon as a Defig n to 
 be gone, than to commit any Treafon. To difpell their Fear of the Spani- 
 ards and Japonefes, the Governour made them fome Speeches him felt, and 
 caus’d the fame to be proclaim’d in all Parts, ingaging the King s Faith 
 and Security; but nothing was of Force to quiet them. Three Days be- 
 fore the Feaft of S. Francis, above 400 Anhayes Merchants flay d m the 
 City, becaufe they could not difpofe of their Goods. Thefe feeing the others 
 in Diforder, on Account of the Report, that the Spaniards and Japonefes 
 defign’d to mafia: re them, fent a Meflage to the Governour, by Cbjcm, 
 one of the Province of Anhay , or Cbincheo, whereof that City is Head. He 
 came to him by Night, for Fear of the other Chrnefes ; and acquainted 
 him with the Dread, and Confufiom they were in, without knowing what 
 Courfe to take, and therefore they came to him for Advice and Protection. 
 He having bear’d him, gave all poftible Security m his Anfwer and the 
 next Day went himfelf to talk to his Companions, whom he latisry a in a 
 very obliging Manner, affuring them, that the Spanijb Nation never was 
 guilty of executing, or confenting to fuch Villanies. This Difcourfe fatis- 
 fy'd them; but ftill thofe who had Mifchief in their Hearts did not deft ft. 
 The Sangleyes, or Chine fes live there in a feparate Quarter, which the 
 1 Alcayceria. and the People of the Pfjilippines, Pari tin. On $ 
 J p f 2 Frandf s 
 
 215 
 
 Don Pedro 
 Jlrenpth - ^ 
 ens himfelf 
 
 Japonefes 
 prom if a t.o 
 afjif the 
 Spaniards* 
 and alarm 
 the Chi- 
 ne fes. 
 
 Confpiracy 
 of the 
 Chi nefes. 
 
 Difcovery 
 of it* 
 
 The Go - 
 vernour 1 : 
 Precauti - 
 on : . 
 
 Anhayes 
 in Fear , 
 affur'd* 
 
 A> ah: call 
 

 21 6 
 
 The Discovery and Conquefi of 
 
 Parian 
 the Chi- 
 Quar- 
 ter. 
 
 Firfi meet- 
 ing of the 
 vtutinout 
 Chinefes. 
 Minondo 
 a Town of 
 Chinefes. 
 Tondo a 
 Town of 
 Natives. 
 Baptift, 
 the Chi- 
 uefe Go - 
 vernour 
 fent to 
 appeafe 
 them. 
 
 Infer ip 1 i on 
 on the 
 Chinefe 
 Rebels Co~ 
 lours . 
 
 Faljhood of 
 Baptifh 
 
 Don Lew- 
 is Perez 
 fecures 
 Minondo* 
 
 Francis s Eve, a great Number of them met in a Houle half a League from 
 the City, where there is a Sugar Work : The Houfe Hands in a Thicket 
 which belongs to the Sang ley Governour. Thole who began fir ft to ga- 
 ther there, were the Gardiners of the Quarter of Parian. Don Lewis Perez 
 de las Marinins had Advice of it, from the Dominicans of Minondo Don 
 Levis had Charge of the Chriftian Sangleyes, and fent Word to Don Pedro 
 de Jeutma. Minondo is a Town inhabited by Chinefes oppofite to Mani- 
 la, the River only parting them. From Minondo the Chinefe Dwellings 
 run on, as far as another Town of the Natives, call’d Tondo: and in the 
 Quarter of the Chinefes , there is a ftrong Monaftery of Augnjhnians, all of 
 Stone. Not far from it the Dominicans have two, but wooden Buildings 
 The Governour, to be fully inforin‘d of the whole Truth, fent thither Battik 
 before mention'd, Governour of the Sangleyes , of whom he had a great Opi- 
 nion, and all Men lookt upon him as a lincere Chriftian, and loyal Subject 
 to the King. He charg’d him to fpeak to them in his Name, and to con- 
 vince them how little Caufe they had to fear, as knowing how peaceable 
 the Spaniards were. Baptift undertook this Commiflion, went to the Su- 
 gar Work, which was his own, fpoke to his People as he thought fit and 
 return’d very late with the Anfwer, telling Don Pedro , that he had been in 
 Danger of being chofen their Chief, and that his People would have forc’d 
 him to accept of it . That it was true, they were affembled together and 
 ftrong, but that it was all occafion’d by the Fear they had conceiv’d o’f the 
 Spaniards ; and that they haddifplay’d feveral Colours with Chinefe Cha- 
 racters on them, which, being tranflated, contain'd thefe Words. 
 
 ‘ The Chief and General of the Kingdom of Chin*, call'd Ezequi, and ano- 
 ‘ tier of the Tribe of Sn, call'd Tym , following the DiSates of Heaven in 
 ‘ this Affair, that all the Chinefes may unanimoujly joyn in this Work, and 
 ‘ obey them, in Otder to root out thefe Enemy Robbers, are willing that Yo- 
 
 * churne and Quinte ,Japonefes,i7i Conjunttion with us Sangleyes, do conquer 
 
 * this City, and when we have fuldu'd it, we will divide this Country , even 
 
 * to the Grafs of it, equally between us, as becomes loving Brothers. 
 
 He pretended to be mightily concern'd, becaufe they would have pro- 
 claim'd him King, and he was forc’d to make his Efcape to fave his Loyalty - 
 and had deceiv’d them, promifing to return. Hereupon theGovernour us’d 
 feveral Means to appeafe them, the Danger of fo furious a Beginning in- 
 creafingwith the Number of the Rebells. The fir ft Mifchiefhe endea- 
 vour’d to prevent was the deftroying of the Rice, which was then almoft 
 ripe. He appointed Colonel Auguftin de Arceo, Major Chriftopher de Azcu- 
 eta, and Captain Gallinato to go fpeak to them ; but Don Lewis Perez de la 
 Marinhas, who liv’d at Minondo thinking the Rebellion now requir’d fo-me 
 harfter Remedy, came at Night to advife the Governour to be more watch- 
 ful, and that all the City (hould do the like. He defir’d he would allow 
 him feme Men to fecure that Town, for he fear’d the Sangleyes would burn 
 it that Night, and it was now requiftte to make open War; and he muft 
 not believe they could be reduc’d by Meffages, or fair Means. The 
 Governour being impos’d upon by Baptijl, ftill hop’d all would be compos’d 
 without Effufion of Blood, and at the Perfwafion of Don Lewis gave him 20 
 Soldiers, his own Servants, and fome marry’d Spaniards, who were Inha- 
 bitants of the fame Town . He dillributed thefe Men into the moft dange- 
 rous Foils of it, that the Enemy might not fet Fire to it, and the Chriftian 
 Sangleyes 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 217 
 
 Sangleyes when they ioii their Goods, joy n'd the Rebels. On the other Hand, 
 the Governour privately poAed his Troops, and Sentinels; and all Men 
 expe&ed,or dreaded the rate of that Night, particularly the General Jo bn 
 <Je Alcega , who, by the Governcur’s Command, was to follow the Orders he 
 receiv’d from Don Lewis. Proclamation was again made, that all Men fhould 
 be peaceable, under Penalty of being fent to the Galleys for four \ears. 
 
 This availed fo little, that, excepting 4000 Handicrafts Men, and the An- roco 
 haye: Merchants ,' all the Reft affembled at the Sugar Work. At one in Sangleyes 
 the Morning, a Party of about 1000 Sangleyes march'd out of a Fort, with [alley* 
 Catanas, or Cymiters, Halbards, and other Weapons advanc'd, as alfo with 
 long Staves, harden'd at the Fire at the Points; which they ufe mAead of 
 Pikes, and are no lefs ferviceable. Thefe are very frequent among them 
 in their Country, and are made of a folid Sort of Wood, call'd Mangle . 
 
 They fell upon the Farm, or Pleafure Houfeof Captain Stephen de Mar qui- 
 nta, not far from their Parian , and murder'd him, his Wife, Children, Ser- 
 vants, and Slaves. They fet Fire to the Houfe, and to thofe of other Spa- j] )6 y vnir ^ 
 niards , among which were thofe of Colonel Peter de Chaves, and of two g er [eve- 
 Clergymen, who liv'd a retir'd Life, their Names Francis Gomez , and Fer- Y al and 
 dinand de los Rios. They alfo kill'd F. Bernard de Santa Catalina, C om- lurn Hon- 
 xniffary of the Inquifition, of the Order of * 9 . Dominick . All thefe defen- [ es% 
 ded themfelves, as did many more who efcap’d, defparately wounded. I hence 
 they drew towards the Town of Ton do, which is divided into Quarters. 
 
 They fell upon that of S^uiapo, and fet Fire to it, alter murdering 10 Per- 
 fons. Among the Reft they burnt a Lady of Quality , and a boy , giving More Cm- 
 great Shouts, and boa A ing that from thence forward, the Indians mould e i t j eSm 
 pay Tribute to them, and the Caftillas periih. 
 
 News being brought on Saturday Morning, that the Sangleyes were going 
 to enter the Town, and that the Natives had withdrawn themfelves m their 
 Veffels toward Manila, in Order to .get in, or lye under the Shelter of its 
 Walls in the River, theGovemour difpos'd the Regular Troops, and thofe 
 of the City Militia about the Walls, viewingthe Gates, and all weak Pla- . 
 
 ces. He fent Captain Ga[par Perez with his regular Company to Tondo, 
 and order'd him to obey Don Lewis de las Marinhas, and to carry no Co- J 
 Jours. As foon as he came, the zo Men fent the Night before, joyn d him, 
 and Don Lewis thinking that too fmall a Force, fent to defire Succours. 
 
 The Governour knowing he was in the right, fent the Captain Don Thomas 
 Bravo, his own Nephew, 14 Years of Age, who ferv'd at Ternate in the 
 Expedition of Andrew Fur t ado. He went over to the Town of Tondo, With P 
 
 another Company of the regular Forces, fome Voluntiers, and feven of the R 
 Governour's Servants, leaving the Colours in the City. After him he fent t . 
 
 Captain Peter de Arcea, an old Low-Country Soldier.* Don Lems fent cows mm. 
 Word again, that the Chine[es were marching towards Tondo, that they 
 were Numerous, and he fear'd they would burn the Town, and a uately 
 Church of the Auguftinians. The Governour fent him 60 Men more, molt 
 of them arm'd with Pikes, and Halbards, the firft having been Mulketiers. 
 
 Thefa were commanded by Don John de PennaJtiW he deliver'd them to Don 
 Lewis. W hen this Company came, there had been an Ingagement at Tondo, 
 wherein Lew? j flew abundance of Sangleyes, and oblig'd the re A to retire ; 
 
 preventing their burning the Town, which began to take Fire, and the Houfes 
 at the Entrance of it were confum'd. Don Lewis would have purfu'd the Ene- 
 my, 
 
2l8 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquejl of 
 
 Chinefes 
 
 repuls'd. 
 
 ( aft am 
 Aicega. 
 
 againft' 
 
 Advice. 
 
 my, who retir'd to their Fort, and Don Thomas Bravo endeavoured to dif- 
 fwade him, faying, The Men were all fatigu'd, and that as Toon as out of 
 the Town they would meet with nothing but Bogs and Brambles; and fince 
 the Governor's Orders extended no farther than to keep the Enemy off from 
 thence, and fave the burning of the Church and Houfes, and that had been 
 done, they' ought to fend him Advice of it, before they proceeded, being on- 
 ly the River parted them, and in the mean while the Soldiers would refrefh 
 themfelves, and they might hear more of the Enemies DeGgn. Captain 
 Aicega faid the fame, but Dev Lewis being bent upon it, and offended to be 
 DonLcwis contraditTed, afk £ d him, What Hen had cackled. in his Ear? And bid them 
 upbr aids follow him, for five and twenty Soldiers were enough to deal with all 
 China. Aicega anfwer'd, Me was us'd to hear as good Game-Cocks as him - 
 /elf Crow • yet he would do well to confider what he did. Howevdr, tfio* 
 E\ Far fan, an Jugujltmav , earneftly perfwaded Don Lewis, failing on his 
 Knees, to do as they defil'd him, and not to go any farther, yet he could 
 not be prevail'd on; but having order'd the Captains, Gafpar Perez, and Peter 
 de Arceo , to fecure ibme Polls with a few Men, he broke out furioufly, and 
 p r r began to march, being followed by the Men, in Purfuit of the Enemy ; who 
 the- f nemv * lac * a l ,ea( ty g a * n< d the Road, and they overtook them near the Fort, be- 
 - ^ tween the Bogs and the Fordable Shoals. When they came to the Fort, 
 the Country opened a litttle more. Here they began to fall upon the Enemies 
 Rear, and they perceiving how few Spaniards were, as not being above 130* 
 
 drew up in a Body with two Points, like a Half Moon, and lay in Ambulh 
 among the Grafs. The main Body of our Men march'd towards the Fort, 
 and then thofe who lay in Ambufh rifing, enclos'd our Men, and fell upon 
 them fo furioufly with lharp Stakes, Cymiter?, and other Weapons, that 
 they cut them in Pieces. Head-Pieces of Proof were found batter'd with a 
 Stake. A Mufketier, who ferv'd Don Lewis , reported, that a Company of 
 Is flavgh - Savgleyes fell upon him, who having enclos'd him, laid about fo implaca- 
 ter c d with bly, that they bruiz'd and broke his Legs; after which he fought aconfi- 
 his Men. derable Time on hisKnees, till they flun c d him with their Staves, agai nil 
 which a flrong Helmet could not defend him. They left theErifxgn FrAv- 
 eis de Rcbolledo (tun'd, for Dead, and when the Enemy drew off, he made 
 a Shift to get up and efcape, ^ith his Head cruelly cut, and was cur'd in 
 the City, where he told many Particulars of that miferable Slaughter, about 
 30 more efcap'd, and among them F. Farfan , who all got off by being in 
 the Rear, ana light of Foot* Don Lewis was kill'd there by the fame Peo- 
 ple that had flain his Father, and with him the General Aicega , Don Tho- 
 mas Bravo , Captain Cebrian de Madrid , and only one qf all the Governor’s 
 Servants furviv'd. 
 
 The Savgleyes cut off the Heads of the Slain, and hoifling them op the 
 Points of their Spears, urn in at their Noflrils, carry'd them to prefent to 
 their Chinefe General, who was in the Fort, and his Name Hontay. He, 
 and the Reff, view'd the Heads, and fet them up with much rejoycing, re- 
 turning Thanksto Heaven, and the Earth, according to their Cuflom, for 
 that Vi&ory ; thinking they fhould meet with little Oppofiuon from the 
 Spaniards after that. 
 
 All this Day, being the Feaft of S. Francis , and the next, the Enemy 
 fpent in rejoycing. At Manila they were burning the Suburbs, and Hou- 
 ses without the W'alls, and amfider'd what Order they ihould take againft 
 
 the 
 
 Chinefes 
 
 ’tejoyce 
 with the 
 Spaniard 's 
 Heads . 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS, 
 
 219 
 
 the Parian • for the* many Thouf'ainds of Savgleyes us'd to inhabit ir, there 
 were nor then 1500 remaining, and among them 500 Jnbayes Merchants, 
 a peaceable and rich People, of whom there was no miftruft ; the reft 
 were Handicrafts, no Way fufpected. About 50 of the others were ie- 
 cur'd, who had their Hair (horn, and were mix'd among the Chriftian San - 
 gleys. Thefe gave Information, that they had burnt Monafteries of Reli- 
 gious People in feveral Places. Some Clergy-Men, with abundance of 
 Women and Children, fecur'd themfelves in the Church of S. Francis del Chrifiians 
 Monte, and fome Companies of Savgleyes coming to befiege them, they defend 
 went up into a Belfry, where having tixt a Sheet on a Staff, they display'd themfelves 
 it like Colours, the People appearing at the Windows, the Women and inaBelfry* 
 Children ringing the Bells, rating the Enemy, and bidding them come on. 
 
 Our Men often firing two Mufkets, which was all they had, th e Savgleyes 
 durft not approach, being more afraid than they had Occafion, and ac- 
 cordingly drew off to a ftrong Poll, whence they were to continue the 
 War. 
 
 The Governour endeavour'd to prevent the News of the Slaughter y . , 
 Threading abroad, left it fhould difeourage the Country ; and gave out, that ] ra ]yrfr S 
 the Slain wete at « 9 . Francis del monte . He warn’d the Jufticesto get to- , as \ l as 
 gether allthe 2 W/tfw Servants, becaufe there were fcarce any Spaniards left • / e 
 and fent the Faftor Francis de las Mijfas to cruife upon the Coafl, with At > S 
 three Rowing Veffels, towards the Enemies Fort, to cut eff all their Pro- 
 vifions. The Faftor perform'd his Part fo well, that he funk fome Vef- a)m * 
 fels, and burnt thofe that carry ’d them Provifions. He kill'd many of their 
 Men at the Mouth of a River that falls into the Sea, about the Fort call’d 
 : Navotas • -look’d foF the Clergy-men they were laid to have kill’d in their 
 Houfes ; and fent away to S . Francis del monte , a Party of 500 Japonefes # 
 with three Spaniards , and two Francifcan Fryers, to gather the Remains 
 of that Slaughter. In his Way, he pafs’d by the Enemy ’s Fort, with a 
 Defign to do them fome Harm, if he cbuld, and found they had abandon’d 
 it, retiring to the Parian , to joyn the reft and befiege the City, being 
 puff’d up with their late Viftory. Tills happen'd on Monday the 6th. The Japonefes 
 Japovefes fearch’d the Fort, where they found about zoo fick and wounded kill zoo 
 Chine fes, whom they flew, and faving abundance of Provifions, burnt Chinefer, 
 the Fort with all their Warlike Preparations, which could not be fervice- and burn 
 able againft the firft Owners. They went up to the Monaftery, and re- their Fort . 
 turn'd thence the fame Day to the City. 
 
 The few Savgleyes in the Parian were no lefs apprehenfive, than the y 
 greater Number in the Fort, both becaufe they were fo near, and for that ^ e ^ eiS 
 it was fuppos’d they would joyn their Companions, when they faw the f €n ^ t0 ft 
 Spaniards decline, Befides, it was known, that thofe in Rebellion had- u f*' je 
 fent to defire them to come over to their Party, giving them Notice of the ot " ers ' 
 Spaniards they had kill'd. This was difeover'd by a Safigley , who fwim- 
 ming over, was taken by the Sentinel on the Veffels that were in the 
 River, who, having confefs’d on the Rack, that he was a Spy, and went ex g cu „ 
 forward and backward with Intelligence, was put to Death. On the other 
 Hand, it was confider’d, that though the fafeft Way was to kill all thofe 
 People, yet it was not juft to execute Men that were not convi&ed of any 
 Crime; efpecially fince they came to the Philippine Iflands, to trade upon 
 
 the 
 
220 
 
 The Vifcovery and Corujuejl of 
 
 TheGover- 
 i tour would 
 fecure the 
 Anhayes. 
 
 Chinefes 
 
 pafs over 
 to Parian. 
 
 The Chi- 
 nefes mur- 
 der the 
 Anhayes. 
 
 Some hang 
 themfelves 
 to avoid 
 their Fury, 
 
 Strange 
 Death of 
 Chican. 
 
 the publiek Faith, and the Gove rnour having engag’d for their Safety, in 
 cafe they were quiet, and intermeddled not in the Rebellion. For this 
 Reafon lon.e Councils of W ar were held among the Commanders, at which 
 the Counfellors, and the Archbilhop, were all'o prefent ; and confidering, 
 that the Rebels earneftly applying to thole in the Parian, to fide with 
 them, it was pofiible they might be perverted, and in cafe they did not re- 
 volt, thole Mutiniers would kill them, it was refolv‘d, That the Anhayes 
 Merchants lhould be perfwaded to retire with their Eft efts into the Mona- 
 flery of & Augvjlin, which is a flrong Houfe within Manila. T 1 e Gover- 
 nor having himfelf in Perfon acquainted them herewith, as alfo by feme 
 of the Counfellors and their Friends, yet they were irrelolute ; and iho c 
 fome of them committed the keeping of their Goods to others, they Hay'd 
 themfelves to be Speftators of the Event. The laft Care taken of them, 
 was Don Pedro's going in Perfon to the Parian that fame Day ; and about 
 an Hour after, many of the Enemies Colours appear'd on the other Side of 
 the River, along the Bank of it. They came from the Fort, which was 
 a quarter of a League from the City. 
 
 Some of the Sangleyes began to fwim over to the Parian, and others came 
 inEoats and Floats provided for that Purpofe. Their Paflage could not be 
 obflrufted, becaufe the Galiots and Carcoas belonging to the Navy were 
 then among the Pintados , to defend thofe I (lands; .Intelligence having been 
 brought, that a Fleet of Mindanaos and Tcrnates was coming to invade 
 them. The Rebels enter'd the Parian with great Cries, bringing the 
 Heads of the Spaniards they had kill'd on S. Francis's Day, run through 
 the Noltrils. The Governour obferving their Refolution, order'd the Cap- 
 tains, Gafpar Perez, and Peter de Arceo , who were at Tondo, to come over 
 to the City with their Companies. The Enemy being return’d to the Pa- 
 rian, with that difmal Speftacle of the Heads, began to perfwade the An- 
 hayes, who had not yet declar’d, but not being able to prevail, and finding 
 them pofitive on the contrary, and that th< y blam'd what they had done, 
 they fell upon and butcher'd above zoo ot them. Ihen they plunder d 
 Part of their Silks, which made them Cloaths of feveral Colours. They 
 alfo hang'd other Merchants, and fome, being about 80 in Number, hang'd 
 themfelves, to prevent falling into their Hands, which ^ vciy mqiient 
 in theat Country. One of thefe was the Sanglcy General himlelt, call d, 
 Monday. F. John Fohe, formerly a Captain, fince a Francifcan Fryer, and 
 at this Time compell’d by Neceflity to take up Arms again, reported, That 
 the mutinous Sangleyes , having perfwaded the Anhayes to follow their Ex- 
 ample, they appointed Chican y a rich Sangley y and Matter or the Spanifi 
 Tongue, to anfwer for them. He, before he would lpeak his Mind, told 
 them it would be proper to fet up a Gallows, and the heads of the Spani- 
 ards on it, that being in View, they might all take Courage to fight man- 
 fully. They approv'd of his Counfel, and the Gallows being fet up, he 
 went up himfelf to range the Heads, and taking out a Rope he had carry*^ 
 tipunfeen, put it about his own Neck, and hang'd himfelf in the Sight of 
 
 th The fame Day Captain Peter de Brito, being with his Company in the 
 Cathedral, which had been affign’d him the Night before, for and 
 
 obferving that a certain Houle was not uncover d, contrary to the Procla- 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 221 
 
 mation made the Day before, commanding them all to have the Palm- 
 Tree Leaver and Nipa, wherewith they are thatch’d, taken off, for Fear of 
 another Conflagration • he Pent to take it off. 'lhe Enfign Andrew Obre- 
 gon went up to thisPurpofe to the very Top, and there found Baptift hid- 
 den with his Sword and Dagger, whom fome Women endeavour'd to con- 
 ceal. Being ask'd by the Enfign, what he did there ? he anfwer'd, He was P aDt ;A 
 taking off the Nip a. The nextQuefiion he was quite daftfd, and his own rjf: e f ' r 
 Confluence fuddenly accufing him, he Paid, Do not kill me , Sir. The En- t j K g e [ e i s 
 Pign mi’dly encouraging, bid him go to the Governour, who expefted ta u er ' 
 him, and flay’d to take off the Covering of Nipa. Then coming 
 down Paw fome Soldiers, and went up again with them. By this Time 
 certain Indian Women had hid Baptift in a Chamber, where the Soldiers 
 entering by Force, bound him, and he was call into Prifon among other 
 Cbinefes . The Tryal was fhort, as is ufual in the Martial Way, and in the 
 mean while the Prifoners were remov'd to Captain Gallinato* s Houfe. 
 
 Thither came a Japonefe Boy, enquiring for Baptift . They found his 
 Pocket full of Squibs, and another Boy with a Piece of a Wax-Candle, all 
 which was given them by one of Baptifl's Slaves. The Squibs were all 
 bloody, perhaps it was fome Chriftian's Gore. He own'd himfelf he had HisCon- 
 fo great a Hand in the Rebellion, that it was not without good Reafon feftinn. 
 they would have made him their Chief. That the Sangleys call'd out up- y 
 till his Name. That Hontay was troubled at his Abfence, Paying, He jg'jjy Hon- 
 mufl needs be in Pome Trouble, fince he did not come to Head them ; and ta y bang'd 
 for this Reafon he liang'd himfelf. Next appear'd the Ring- leaders of the Jjj ni feiff 
 Mutiny, and it was prov'd againft them, That they had Pet up a Pole on 
 the Place call'd el Cerro, or the Hill of Calocan , and on it a black Flag, with 
 two Cbinefe Chara&ers on it, which imported CUNT TEN, , the Sig- 
 nification whereof is, IN OBEDIENCE TO HEAVEN. Other 
 Colours were found with the Army that fought at Dilao y with a Cut on 
 them containing the Chinefe Figures of Enc an, or Baptift. 
 
 Several Religious Men, at this Time fought againfl the Mutiniers ; but ^ , 
 
 among them all, fpecial Praife is due to the Valour of the Lay-Brother An - * otheY 
 tony Flore S' of the Order of & Auguftin . He was born in Eftremadura, i* nton y 
 hadferv'd in Flanders , was a Slave in Turkey above 20 Years, and made ^ iores > a 
 liis Efcape out of the Inland Country by his Valour and Induflry. He went L ^r ie 
 over to the Philippine lilands, where he chear fully took the Habit, in the Mav ' 
 Monaftery of S. Auguftin at Manila. He always (bow'd great Humility 
 in Obedience, and loft nothing of his Courage in the Simplicity of a Reli- 
 gious-Life. Him the Governour order'd tofeour the River, in the Galliot 
 belonging to the Monaftery, fighting the Ships and Champanes of the San - 
 gleyes . One Night after having drove from the Shore above 200 Veflels, 
 burnt Pome large ones, and funk others, he ftay'd in the Middle of the Ri- Does good 
 ver Pa/fig, to obferve the Saugleyes. Between eleven and twelve, he per- Service. 
 qeiv'd that one of the Rebels was fwimming over to the City, and the 
 Darknefs caufing him to miftake, he lighted upon Brother Antony' s Galli- Takes a 
 ot. He having feen him before, the Indian Servants had the Opportunity v p 
 of laying hold of him, drew him by the Hair into the Galliot, and carry v d 
 him to the Governour. He was put to the Rack, and there confefs'd, That 
 he cam€ to acquaint the Saugleyes of the Parian , that the next Day thofe 
 
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222 
 
 ~Tke Difcovery and Conquefi of 
 
 , ’ , o- 1 rrn fc the River* and then they would all together^ 
 
 ^ *B^ ' h* S r et ur n°d ^to hi s'bl ona ft e . y'^ 'wh er e h e^fu r n ifa'd ^h i mfelf 
 
 and Brother Antony return a to ms luw / > _«d two Muikets 
 
 growing in any wamy Un^ id J 1 „ in An.bnfl” 
 
 .hen, wutaa *•!« J taitw?'. mS of NecdTny nafa tha, Wap, 
 fuppofing, or knowing, th ... * ^ neare ft to the Wail. Nor was 
 
 as being the narrowed in f or ’ t h e y came very early in the Morning, 
 
 he deceiv'd in his Expeftation for they came v ^ y of Day> 
 
 and were p^ng °m ingW ^ove zoo Bullets into two F Pouches, and 
 very late. The Fryer tod put above oo J s i . break of 
 
 kept firing the two Muikets fr ^.^Xm whh Vinegar : nor did he ever 
 Day till fix in the Evening, g ngleyes, that no Shot might be 
 
 fire at lefs than a C ° r "F?" y that he alone that Day kill'd above < 5 co 
 
 KJ? 
 
 ?S to «W * River, appear’d 
 
 Sa^C frem^ thfy K? 
 
 *m~ S™ Sn who defended the eg, 
 
 He alone 
 kills 6co 
 Chinefes. 
 
 the Wall. 
 
 call’d upon thofe who de en e y ft many, for they came with- 
 
 Mufket Shot at f thdm , ,^" d ‘ n ^ a a ' n er h was reported , they had taken 
 in good Aim, after a d fp Opium as the Turks do, and is alfo 
 
 their Avj San, that a Cornet ion of gj«J« « w giye B ’ attel .. for ie 
 
 us’d by the People ot the ’ . a piece of Cannon was planted 
 
 dofes and gives them a hr t a confiderable Execution, and no Man 
 
 on the Gate of the J artan, there. Some Japonefes and Na- 
 
 would have fufpe&ed * 1 ?** _ n *hzSanjrleyes r with good Succefs; 
 
 tives of the fally d o P . , r lvfuch as had been wounded 
 
 for they kill’d many ot t Jt iei ^ 5 r on t i ie Wall. 'T hey thinking the Pa - 
 by the fmall Shot, and Brafs tQ * t alK j went 0 ut to fight the 
 
 Japonefes y wn was a Shelter for Cowags, where they lay 
 
 inilndi- Japonefes zn&lndians. ^.r/caOTain and wounded three others, with 
 ans fight conceal’d, kill d a Portugu / P ’ . j Sequeyra, Commander ill 
 
 • ^ fmall Shot. One of £ 2 " to th/Monallery of Can- 
 
 whence the, fally-d ■»» • ta ” 
 
 4 ssjr 
 
 Spaniards Candelaria, with about 5 °°'f e ’ otlt a bnve 4000 Prong.. Our Men 
 ’ - • refus'd not the Engagement tat .came out a £ > d forae Volleys 
 
 made themfelves Mailers ot a Bwdge, wheoc^ ^P fe]J ^ w draw 
 
 s f-“». »»“ tem ,tem “ ,he, “ do “ D °* 
 
 Opium 
 
 lives 
 
 Courage. 
 
 Japonefes 
 
 and 'Chi- 
 ne fes. 
 
Xv 
 
 the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 but tho’ feme Soldiers were fobold as to go into the Church, and plunder 
 
 Part ot what the Sangleyes had robb‘d in the Parian, yet iome ot them . , , 
 
 retir’d haftily to the Bridge, with the Lofs of three Spaniard!, and five ,* _ 
 
 Japonefes, befides the wounded, the Enemy charging them in a Body. J 
 
 Of the Cbintfts \ 6 o of the boideft were kill’d, which made them flinch 
 
 with Fear. The fame Day in the Evening, a Party of them came up to 
 
 affault the W3II, where it was loweft, bringing foiling L adders, and 
 
 other Neceffaries, cover’d with Silk; but the Cannon play’d to fmartly 
 
 on them, that they loft their Ladders, and many of them their Lives. 
 
 This lame Afternoon there was an Engagement on the Side ot the Parian, 
 where the Enemy brought on two great Machine?, like Carts, made the 
 Night before, with Wheel?, and ftufl'd with Quilts, Blankets, and fitch 
 Materials, to defend them againfl the Cannon, and final! Shot. The Go- 
 verrour was apprehenlive that they had fome Fire- works, they being great 
 Matters at them ; but was foon fatisfy’d, for having fir’d at them with 
 the Piece that was over the Gate of the Parian, where one of his Servants 
 was Gunner, it carry’d away a confiderable Part of the foremoft Machine, 
 and with it a good Number of the Sangleyes that drew underneath, and 
 were on it. However they advanc’d boldly, till the Gun tore others in 
 Pieces, and they retir’d, abandoning the Macbint . Still the Fight grew 
 hot about the River, and feveralMen went out in Boats, and others did 
 Execution thro’ the Loop-Holes. The Enfign John Guerra de Cervantes, Their Ala- 
 lent out the jatoncje and Native Soldiers, and they drew near to the Parian , chine (fo- 
 under the Shelter of the Cannon on the Walls, fo courageoufly, that they Jiroy'd. 
 fet fire to the beft of it, being the Houfes of the Jnhayes ; which quite 
 
 befides thole at tne ^ananana, anu oudpu. ^^“'5 ^ ; 
 
 ter of the Parian, they took up in the Church ot the Candelaria, but the 
 next Morning none of them appear’d. f "’ J **“ D "“ tv.a-.r 
 
 day, and fome of our Men were drowi 
 
 took the W ay to the V illage call’d , ----- ----- y . , r . 
 
 is very populous, and plentiful. Here Captain Don Levis de Velafco found They fy, 
 them fortify'd, and defended with Doors and Boards, towards the Lake 
 Vay ■ whence he ply ‘ft them with fmall Shot, and kill'd many, they no , . , j 
 
 longer able to endure the Damage they receiv’d kindled many Fires in the 
 Night, to prevent being obierv d, and march d away towards S. Paul s , ^ » 
 
 a Village 16 Leagues from Manila, where they came fo thin, that they & 
 were not above 6ccc, having loft very many in the Way to Tabuco. There 
 Don Lewis fell upon them again ; and purfumg them a'ter they quitted . X, 
 the Village, was io hot, thatthey kill'd him four Soldiers, and two bare- kok,u 
 foot Fryers, the one a Prieft, the other a Lay-Brother. 
 
 They made a Halt at S. PauPs, intending to reap the Rice, which was 
 then almoft Ripe, becaufe that is a forwarder Country than Pamfavgua . j no tbcr 
 Before they came to S. PauPs, a Detachment of 1500 _of them turn d off slaughter 
 from the main Body towards the Mountains of Pace. The Spaniards and 0 f Chine- 
 Natives overtook them, and tho’ they Rood to it, our Men play’d their f es# 
 
 Fans fo well, that they cut them all off, and recovered Part of their Booty. 
 
 G g z The 
 
 mLlHA* „ ’■■'NT : 
 
224 
 
 Rebels de- 
 Jign to 
 build 
 Ship. 
 
 The Re - 
 
 bels 
 
 pefs'd. 
 
 Pampan- 
 g ! ia de- 
 ft rib' d. 
 
 Service 
 done by 
 the Al- 
 cayde of 
 Pampan- 
 g*a. 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquefl of 
 
 The Fort the Sangleyes had raised at S. PajiFs was of FaJm-Trees 
 whence they made Excurfions to fight, reap the Rice, and ravage the Coun- 
 try. They thought it convenient to divide themfelves into two eoual 
 Bodies ; the one flay'd ift the Fort, the other went away to Vatangas , (even 
 Leagues diflant towards the Sea-Coafl, with a Defign, as was thought, to 
 build Ships, for which Purpofe they carry c d Carpenters, Labourers, Tools 
 Nails, and all other Neceffaries. The Governour reflecting on their De- 
 fign, fent fome vigilant Perfons towards the Bay of Vatangas , to fecure the 
 Veifels on the Coaft, that the Enemy might not make ufe of'thein, and 
 get over to other Iflands, which would have been of ill Confequence. 
 
 The Governour believing the Defign of the Sangleyes was to gain Time, 
 and perhaps to expeCt fome Supplies from China, which might be promis'd 
 by the Mandarines , before they went away ; he thought it requifite to 
 bring the War to a fpeedy Conciufion, becaufe the Enemy fortify ‘d them- 
 felves daily, and made Excurfions from their Forts, to fcour the Country, 
 and gather in the Rice ; perfwading the Natives to joyn with them ; tho' 
 they were fo far from complying, that they killed all they could meet with. 
 There were feveral other Reafons which prov'd that the greateft Safety 
 confiffed in Expedition, and therefore abundance of Spaniards and Na- 
 tives, by the Governor's Order, were always in Quell of the draggling 
 Chinefes . However it was judg'd expedient to prefs them yet nearer, and 
 not allow them Time, as they wifh c d, till the Rice was ripe, fince Hun- 
 ger mull prove their greatell Enemy. To this Purpofe it was thought Ex- 
 pedient to make ufe of trully neighbouring People. 
 
 Pampangua is a Province ten Leagues from Manila, beyond the Town of 
 Tondo , over the River Pafig, on which the Citizens have convenient (mail 
 VelTels. The Country is lubjeft to be overflow'd, by reafon of the many 
 Rivers, and becaufe the Natives draw Trenches from them, to water the 
 Rice, and other Grain. The whble DilhiCt is of twelve Leagues, all in- 
 habited, and has feven Churches, belonging to the Order of S. Auguftin . 
 The Natives are Brave, Docible and Loyal, receive the Chrillian Faith, 
 and are Head 'all in it; and richer than thofe of other Parts of the Ifland. 
 Captain Ferdinand de Avalos was Alcalde mayor , or chief Governour of 
 Pampangua , and the Governour General having acquainted him by Letter 
 with the Rebellion of the Sangleyes , requiring him to fend Provisions and 
 Arms for the War, and not to leave any Enemies behind, he perform'd both 
 Things, with extraordinary Care. He furnilh'd him with great Store of 
 Rice, Palm- Wine, and a confiderable Number of Cows and Calves 5 and 
 took above 400 Sangleyes , who being carry'd to a Creek in the River, 
 bound two and two, and deliver'd to the Japonefes , they flew them all. F. 
 James de Guevara of the Order of S. Auguftin , Prior of Manila , who 
 writ this Relation, preach'd to them firll, and only five of them forfook 
 their Idolatry, and were baptiz'd. At the fame Time he fent the Gover- 
 nour 4000 Pampanguos, arm'd after their Country Falhion, with Bows, 
 Arrows, Half-Pikes, Shields, and long broad Poniards. They came to 
 Manila with great Shouts, and as iffure of Vi&ory, fell upon the Enemy, 
 who increas'd fiill, the more they were deftroy'd. 
 
 This obliged the Governour, not with (landing fome Oppofition, to fend a 
 Number of Spaniards ,and Japonefes f with a Along Party of the Pampangua 
 
 Indian 1, 
 
£ 
 
 MM MW 
 
 VT 
 
 ^ SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 225 
 
 Indians, well arm'd and provided, under the Command of the * 
 
 Major Azcueta, a brave and vigilant Commander, well acquaint . ; 
 
 Country, ordering him to draw near the Enemy ; yet not to engag , 
 they w'ere a delperate barbarous People in their tiril Onfets, b t 
 them Day, and Night, on every Side, obftrufting their b^urtos th^ fo 
 they might want Povifions, and conlequently be obUgd to P & \ , 
 he could remove them but twice, he might cut them off, as it ac- 
 cordingly • The Major departed Manila with theie Orders, y Y 
 
 of the River, On Munday the 20th of O^ooer^ he came m Sig 
 Enemy, who was ft ill in the Fort at PauPs, and there he ~ 
 
 Aft ions. Having call up feme Works, for his greater Security, in the 
 Quarters he lookup, the Enemy's failed out of their F ort, and JgJ 
 thofe who valu ( d themfelves on their Bravery advanc d to light 
 ards in their Polls, with as much Boldnefs, as cou.dbe expefted f rom , Men 
 in Defpair, and quite did rafted. Thus being cut off from Water, flreight- 
 ned, often alarm’d , never fuffer‘d to reft, and fuch as ventur d out cut off, 
 they difmay'd, and diflodg‘d in the Night very filemly, marching towards 
 Batangas, where their other Body was. However their Departure could 
 not be conceal'd from the Vigilany of our Men, who march d afterthetP, 
 Martin de Herrera , Captain of the Governours Guard, leading the Van, 
 which confifted of Spaniards, and the brave ft of the J satlVl i'^ t t j y we e 
 took the Enemy, and began to fall fo hard upon their Rear that they were 
 forc'd to face about; and after killing above 800 ot them as they ; £«&< l a 
 narrow but deep River, out main Body coming up attack d the veil three fp 
 veral Ways, on an Eminency they had taken, and flew above iooo mor , 
 thofe that efcap'd perifhiug the next Day ,f°that only one 
 tho' the Govetnour would have had many fav'd to ferve inthe G a!leys, but 
 the Ja ponefes and Natives are fo bloody, that neither his Orders, nor Ma- 
 jor Azcueta i s Severity, or the othet Commanders could curb them. 
 
 3 The Men refted that Day, having travel'd above five L««ues over Grounds 
 full of Sedges, and Bogs; and prepar'd to proceed to B?_tangas, tu fight the 
 other Body of Rebels, carrying fome Fields Pieces. The Major haddif- 
 mifs'd th tjaponefes, becaule they, alledging they were not Soidiers in Pay , 
 would return to Manila. He had only 50 Soldiers left with and found 
 the Enemy well fortify'd, and turmfh'd with Provisions, as having been 
 Mailers of the Country. He fpoke to them in peaceable Manner, as he had 
 done before to the other Party, offering good Terms, if they would fubmit 
 to the Governour ; but Obftinacy had flopp'd their Ears, and excluded a 1 
 Hod“s fo that they would not admit of any Accommodation. Our Men 
 drew «ar three feveral Ways with their fmall Shot, and the Pampangua 
 SnT who were brave, fupported by the Spaniards who led and encou- 
 oM them attack'd the Fort ; but the Defendants behav'd themfelves fo 
 
 XfcaJd .hem » r.u.e, wU> the Lofs of fbu, o. five Pm- 
 
 tan puls kill'd, and fome wounded. Our Men came on again, and the Cap- 
 ^ramo (\ he Guards, who Commanded that Attack, with the Men under his 
 Ci’aree and others that joyn'd him, fell on with fuch Fury, that they en- 
 Sd the Fort, and put them to the’Sword. About 600 efcap'd of whom 
 -hev made an End a few Days alter. Some few above a Hundred were fa- 
 yed^ who were carry'd alive to ferve in the Galleys. O. our Mem^eight 
 
 Major Az— 
 cueta ftriit 
 againjt the 
 Chinefes. 
 
 He cuts off 
 one entire 
 Body of 
 them , 
 
 Offer s thofe 
 at Batan- 
 gas Terms . 
 
 Defiroys 
 them alL 
 
226 
 
 The Difcovery and Conqueji of 
 
 Natives and fix Japonefes were killed in thofe two Adions; but never a 
 Spaniard, tho‘ many were wounded , and among them the Captain of the 
 Guards, who had both his Thighs run through acrofs with a Lance. 
 
 Juftice was executed on other guilty Chinefes 3 
 and had the Laws of their own Country been obfervM, the fame Puni/hment 
 had been infli&cd on their whole Families and Kindred* 
 
 End of the /Thus was that Conflagration fupprefs‘d, which threatned the utter Ruin 
 Chineie 9^ the Philipp he Iflands, and thus above z$coo Chinefes perifh‘d, few above 
 
 Rebellion, $oo being left for the Galleys, and all thofe Ifles being refforM to unex- 
 pected Peace. Some affirm, the Number of the Sangleyes llain was greater, 
 but that the Magi fl rates conceal'd it, for fear Lotice fbouid be taken of 
 
 their Fault in admitting fo many to live in the Country, contiary to 
 
 the King’s Prohibition ; yet in vain does Subtilty contend with Truth. 
 
 Don Pedro had receiv'd fome Intelligence of his Majefties approving of 
 the Enterprise on the Moluccas ; and whilft he expeded to fee the Effe& 
 of that Refolution, writ all the Ways he could; as alfo through India, to 
 folicite thofe who were commiflionM in that Affair. Being deliver’d ot 
 III Effetts the Trouble of tire Sangleyes, he bent his Mind to provide all NecefTaries 
 of the f° r tHc Fleet, again!! he ihould be commanded to fet out ; but the End of this 
 
 Chinefe War, was the Beginning of other Difficulties at Manila . All Handicrafts 
 Rebellion . ceas’d, Works were -lay’d afidc,and Provifions grew fcarce; which Scarcity 
 made all Things dear; whereas before there was Abundance, all Things 
 laborious being done by the Sangleyes , by Reafon that the Native Indians 
 are neither willing, nor indullrious at fuch Affairs. They had quite laid 
 afide tilling the Land ; breeding of Fowl, and weaving of Blankets, all which 
 they formerly us’d to do, in the Time of their Infidelity. The Parian or 
 'Chinefe Quarter was particularly Twin’d with Fire and Sword. That Piace 
 us’d to be fo plentiful and advantageous, that when Don Pedro came firtf to 
 Manila , he writ concerning it to a Kinfman of his in Spain , as follows. 
 
 7 ' p • This City is rcmarkeahle for Jlately Buildings, which have aftonijh'd me . / 
 the Parian, fball only mention one Particular, which is the chief eft. That it has a Suburb, 
 or ay ter, full of all Sorts of Silks , and Gold, and Mechanick Trades, and 
 400 Shops full of this Sort, with above 8006 Men generally, dealing in them 5 
 and at the Time when Fleets come from China with Merchandize, which is 
 at this Seafon there are always above 13 or 14000 Men . They bring extraor- 
 dinary Things, fuel) as are not in Europe. Don Pedro was alfo afraid that 
 the Slaughter lately made would obftruft the Trade, and that the Ships 
 would not come as ufual, with Provifions, from China . But the greater 
 and mere general Apprehenfion was that initead of Me rchants, Ships of War 
 would come to revenge the Sangleyes . He therefore Pent away F. James 
 de Guevara, Prior of Manila, into Spain, by the Way of India, with an Ac- 
 count ot what had been done, and of his Fears. The mauy Accidents that 
 befell him in India, Perfia , Turkey, and Italy, made him fpend three Years 
 before he came to Court, where he then found other freiher Intelli- 
 gence. 
 
 At the fame Time Don Pedro fent Captain Mark dc la Cueva, with F 
 Lewie Gandullo , a Dombiican , to Macao, a City in China , where the Portu- 
 
 guefes 
 
 F. Gup va- 
 ra feht 
 through 
 India to 
 Spain. 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS, 
 
 227 
 
 gucfcs refide, with Letters for tfae Commander in Chiet and Council of that 
 City, giving them an Account of the Rebellion of the Sangleyes, and the Mejfage to 
 Event of it, that they, upon any Rumour ot a Fleet providing in China, might China, 
 fend him Notice of it feveral Ways. They had alfo Letters for the Tuto - 
 : nc r, or Tfuntos , Abytaos, and Vifitors of the Provinces of Canton , and Chin- 
 cbeo , acquainting them with the Guilt of the Chincfes , which oblig'd the 
 Spaniards to punifh them fo fcverely. The Meflengers at their Arrival, 
 found all the Country peaceably difpos'd, notwithftanding that fome San- 
 gleyes flying from Manila in Cliampanes, had given an Account of their 
 Commotions* The Coming of thefe Spaniards to Macao was foon known 
 at Chinchc 0, and prefently fome of the ficheft Captains, who us c d Manila 
 molt, came to vifit them ; their Names were Guanfan , Sinu, and Guachuan. 
 
 They being fully inform'd of the Truth of the Faft, took upon them to de- 
 liver the Letters Don Pedro fent to the Mandarines , who receiv'd them by 
 their Means. The Merchants of Chincheo took Courage to trade in the Phi- Chinefe* 
 lippine Iflands, and fail'd in their own Ships from Macao y with our Meffen- tva df 
 gers, carrying Abundance of Powder, Saltpeter, and Lead, werewith the tigain at 
 publick Magazines were ftor'd. In May following 13 Chinefe Ships af* Manila* 
 r^v’d at Manila , and many more after them, continuing that Trade. 
 
 Don Pedro lent the Ships that had brought Supplies from the Ifiatids, to gpanifh 
 New Spain $ The Commodore of them was call away, and not a Man nor Ship loft. 
 a Plank fav’d. He ceas’d not at the fame Time to Core the City w’ith Pro- 
 tons and Ammunition, that he might be at Leafure to undertake the Ex- 
 pedition again ft the Moluccas . Now arriv’d Colonel John de Efqvivel , Efqnivel 
 from Mexico , with 600 Soldiers, and Intelligence that farther Provifion w itb 600 
 was making in New Spain of Men, Stores, Ammunition, and Money, by the Men at 
 King’s Order. All came in due Seafon to Manila • and there at that Time Manila 
 dv’d the Arch-Eifhop Don Miguel de Benavides , generally lamented by all f rom New 
 the Country. The Chinefe Ships chat came again to trade, brought the Go- g pa j n . 
 vernour the Anfwers to his Letters, contain’d in three others, all to the 
 fame EfFed, from the Tuton, or Tfunto, that is,, the Viceroy, the Hay ton , 
 and the Vifitor General of tire Province of Chine h&o+ Being tranflated by 
 the Interpreters, they weTe found to this EffecT. 
 
 To the Chief Commander of Luzon. Having under flood that the Chi- Chinefe 
 
 nefes that went to Trade and Trafick in the Kingdom of Luzon, have been Letter to 
 kill'd by the Spaniards, / have inquir'd into thcCaufe of that Slaughter , and theGo- 
 Untreated the King to do Juftice , on thofe who had been the Occafion of fo V ernour> 
 much Mi f chief that the like may be prevented for the future, and the Mer- 
 chants enjoy Peace and Quictnefs. Some years fmee, before I came hither 
 as Vifitor, a Sangley, whofe Name was Tioneg, went over to Cabit, in Lu- 
 zon with three Mandarines, and the King's Leave , to feeh for Gold and 
 Silver which was all a Cheat ; for he found neither Gold nor Silver , and 
 therefore I befeech'd the King to punifh that Deceiver , Tioneg, that the jyjf covery 
 World might fee how impartially JuJlice is adminiftetid in China. It was in 0 r t j JC J 
 the Time of the late Viceroy , and Eunuch , that Tioneg and his Companion , Cheat of 
 whofe Name teas Yanlion, told iHe fail Lye. Since then Untreated the King thethrre 
 to caufe all the Papers relating to Tioneg’* Cafe, to be copy'd, and the f aid Manda- 
 Tioneg, and the Proceedings againft him , to be lay'd before his Majcjly , and r j ne£ 
 l my fclffaw thefe Papers, and was fenfible that all the /aid Tioneg had [aid . a fa. c% 
 
228 
 
 .Chinefes 
 p unijk'd 
 for Falf- 
 hood. 
 
 j3ponefes 
 expel I'd 
 Corea, 
 
 Spaniards 
 charg'd 
 with the 
 Slaughter 
 of the 
 Chinefe?, 
 
 The Vifcovery and Conqueft of 
 
 was a Lie . I writ to acquaint the King that the Call i lias fufpefted we in- 
 tended to make War on them , on Account of the Lyes Tioneg had told, and 
 they e fore they had Jlain above 30000 Chinefes at Luzon. The King did 
 what I defir'd , and accordingly funijb'd the afore [aid Yanlicn, orde ; ing him 
 to he put to Death • and caus'd Tioneg’ j Head to ie cut off, and hung up 
 in a Cage. The Chinefes that Dy’d at Luzon were not to blame , and /, and 
 fome others have acquainted the King with fo much • as alfo with the com - 
 ing of two Englifh Ships upon thefe Coafts 0/ Chincheo, a Thing very dan- 
 gerous for China, that the King may refolve what is to be done in two Af - 
 fairs of fiich Confequence . We alfo Writ to the King , to order two San- 
 gleyes to be punijh'd, for having Jb own the Harbour to the Englifh. And 
 after having Writ as aforefaid to the King , he anfwer'd, What did the 
 Englifh Ships come into China for l Whether they came to Rob ? That they 
 fiould be order'd to depart thence immediately to Luzon 3 and to^ tell thofe 
 of Luzon that they fiould not give Credit, to the wicked and lying Perfons 
 among the Chinees; an i that they Jhould immediately kill the two San- 
 gleyes. As for the rejl we writ to him about , he anfwer'd that we Jbanld 
 do our Wills. The Viceroy , the Eunuch and I, after receiving this Order , 
 do now fend theje our Letters to the Governour of Luzon, that his Lord - 
 jhip may be acquainted with the Grandeur of the King of China ; for he is 
 fo Gieat that he governs all the Sun and Moon Jhine on • as alfo that the 
 Governour o/* Luzon may know how well this fo large Kingdom is govern'd, 
 whofe King none has dat'd to offend this long Time. And tho ’ the Japonefes 
 have attempted to disturb Corea, which belongs to the Government of China, 
 that have not fucceeded ; but have been expelld thence, and Corea has re- 
 main'd very peaceable and quiet, as is well known by Fame to the People 
 of Luzon. 
 
 The l aft Year , when we were inform'd , that fo many Chinefes were jlain 
 at Luzon, on the Account of Tioneg’ s faljhood, we met many Mandarines of 
 us to agree to propofe to the King , that he would revenge fo great a 
 Slaughter. We faid , that the Land 0/ Luzon is poor, of no Value, and that 
 formerly it was the Habitation of none but Devils and Snakes ; and that 
 fo many Sangleyes having of late Years gone to Trade with the Caflillas, 
 they are now grown fo great \ the faid Sangleyes having labour'd fo much 
 there , building Walls , and Houfes, making Gardens, and other Things very 
 Advantageous to the Caflillas. And fince this is fo, why had not the Caflil- 
 las confider'd thefe Things , nor been grateful for thefe good Turns, but on 
 the con rary fo cruelly defray'd fo many Men ? And tho ' we, two or three 
 Times , Writ to the King as above , he being Angry for the aforefaid Things, 
 anfwer'd us, That it was not convenient to take Revenge , nor make W ar on 
 the People of Luzon, for three Reafons . Firfl, Becaufe the Caflillas have 
 
 for many Years pif, been Friends to the Chinefes. Secondly , Becaufe it 
 could not be known, whether the Vi Rory would fall to the Caflillas, or the 
 Chinefes. Thirdly, and lajlly, Becaufe the People kill'd by the Caflillas 
 were bafe, and ungrateful to their Native Country of China; their Parents 
 and Kindred, fince tJ'ty had not return'd to China in fo many Years ; which 
 People t\)C King faid he -did not much value, for the aforefaid Reafons ; and 
 he only order'd the Viceroy, the Eunuch , and me to Write this Letter by the 
 Fmbaffador : that the People of Luzon may knew the K ng of China has a 
 
 great 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 great Soul is very Patient and Merciful , jince be has not order'd War to be 
 made on the Inhabitants of Luzon. And his Juftice will appear , by his cau- 
 fvng the Paljhocd of Tioneg to be p uni ftp d . And face the Spaniards are a 
 difcreet People , how can they not be troubled for having kill'd fo many Men ; 
 and repent of it, and be kind to the Chinefes that are left. For if the Ca- 
 millas bear the Chinefes good Will , and reftore the Sangley es that have re- 
 main'd of the War, and pay the Money that is due f and reft ore the Goods 
 taken from the Sangleyes, there will be Amity betwixt this Kingdom , and 
 that, and Trading Ships /ball go every Year } otherwife the King will not give 
 Leave for any Ships to trade ; but on the contrary will caufe ioco Ships of 
 War to be built , with Soldiers, and Kindred of the flain, and with other Na - Manda- 
 tions, and Kingdoms that pay Homage to China, and will make War with- fines 
 out fpuring any Per fen, and then the Kingdom of Luzon fball be given to Threats, 
 thofe People that pay Acknowledgement to China.The Vifitor General’s Let- 
 ter was writ on the mh of the fecond Month, which, according to our 
 Reckning, is March ; the Eunuchs oil the 16th, and the Viceroys on the zzd 
 of the fame Month and Year. 
 
 The Governour return’d an Anfwer to thefe Letters by the fame Mefl'en- r/ 
 gers, in Terms full of Civility, and Authority. He gave an Account of the 1 he Go ~ 
 Rebellion of the Sangleyss from its firft Rife ; juftifying the Spaniards for v ^ r 7 l om ^ 
 their natural Defence, and the Punifnment they hadinfli&ed on the Crimi- fa VI ' t0 
 nals*. He tells them, no State can fubfift without punifhing the Wicked, or Man- 
 rewarding the Good ; and therefore he does not repent that Execution, be- Cannes, 
 caufe it was to fupprefs thofe that would have deftroy’d us. That the Vi- 
 ctor ought to confider what he would do, in Cafe the like had happen’d 
 to him in China . That the only Thing which troubled him was, that he 
 could not fave fome Sangley Merchants Anhayes, who dy*d among the 
 guilty $ but that it was not poXIible to prevent it, becaufe the feverity of 
 War will not allow the killing of fome, and exempting of others ; efpecially, 
 they not being known by the Soldiers in the Heat of Adion. That ufing 
 Mercy towards thofe that were taken alive, he condemn^ them to row in the 
 Galleys, the Punifhment fubftituted among'the Caftillas for fuch as deferve 
 Death. Yet if it fhould be thought in China that it ought to be moderated, 
 they fhall be fet at Liberty. But letitbe confIder‘d, faid Don Pedro, that the 
 not punifhing of fo heinous an Offence, may be theOccafion of their falling 
 into it again, which would exclude all Mercy. The Goods of the Chine- 
 fes that were kill‘d are fate laid up, and to fhow I had no other Motive, but 
 the Execution of Juftice, I will order them to be immediately deliver‘d to 
 their Heirs, or to fuch Perfons, as they of Right belong to. Nothing but 
 juftice inclines me to any of thefe Things. Your faying, that unlefs I re- 
 leafe the Prifoners, there will be Leave granted in China to the Kindred of 
 the ftain in the Rebellion, to come in Arms to Manila, does not move me in 
 the Jeaft ; becaufe I take the Chinefes to be fo wife, that they will not go 
 upon fuch Undertakings upon a flight Occafion ;efpecially, when no Provo- 
 cation has been given them on our Side. And in Cafe they fhould be of another 
 Mind there, we Spaniards are Men that know how to defend our Right, 
 our Religion, and our Territories. Let not the Chinefes think they are 
 Lords of the World, as they pretend ; for we Caftillas , who have meafur‘d 
 every Foot of it, very well know the Lands of the Chinefes : and therefore 
 
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 The Difcovery and Conquejt of 
 
 The Em - 
 per our of 
 japan* s 
 Letter. 
 
 Dutch 
 
 Squadron 
 
 Taker two 
 Ponugues 
 Ship:. 
 
 they ought to undeiltand, that the King of Spain maintains Wars with 
 Kings as powerful as theirs, and checks, and gives them much T rouble, hor 
 is it any Thin" new with us, when our Enemies think they have brought 
 us under, to be wafting and deftroying their Lands, and never give over 
 till we have call them out of their Thrones, and wrel'ted their Scepters out 
 'of their Hands. I fhould be very forry the Commerce ffaoud be interrup- 
 ted i but at the fame Time, believe the Chine fes are not willing to Men 
 fcnee it isfo advantageous to them, for they carry Home our Silver, which 
 never waftes, in Exchange for their Commodities, which are ftight Things, 
 foon fpoil’d. It was dilcreetly done, not to admit the Enghjh Ships that 
 appear’d upon the Coaft, for they are not Spaniards, but their hnennes, and 
 Pvrates : for which Reafon they Ihould have been pumfli d, had they come 
 to Manila. To conclude, for as much as we Spaniards always juftify our 
 Proceedings, and value our felves upon the Worlds not being able to fay, 
 we Ufurp the Right of others, or make War on our P nends, what is here 
 promis'd fhall be perform'd. And the Chinefes may take Hotice, for the 
 future, that we never do any Thing out of Fear, or on Account of cur En- 
 emies Threats. Don Pedro concludes, offering the Conunuation of Friend-- 
 
 fhip, upon new Affurances of Peace, with the Kingdom of C/itna, faying, he 
 would, at the proper Time, give Liberty to their Prifoners he had in 
 the Galleys ; Tho' he defign'd fir ft to make Ufe of them, and did fo in his 
 Expedition to the Moluccos, which he was then preparing for ; and all 
 
 ,b He W receTv‘d£ Letters'atthe fame Time from Hie Emperor of Japan 
 wherein, after returning himThanks for a Prefent of Wine ot Grapes which 
 Den Pedro had fent him, with other Things ot Value, he Encourag d 1 lm to 
 Trade, and defir’d he would not fend him any Chriff iau Preachers, without 
 his Confeut. For, fays he, this Country is call d Xincoco, which figiufie^ 
 Dedicated to Well which have been honour’d with much Commendation by 
 our Fore-Fathers, whofe AftionsI alone can not reverfe, and therefore it is 
 not convenient' that your Law be fpread abroad, or preach d in Japan ; and 
 if your Lord fhip is willing to entertain Amity with nie,and thefe King- 
 doms, do as I would have you. So fay s the Japonefe._ Don Pedro anftverd and 
 appeas’d him, fo that the preaching was continu d in his Dominions. 
 
 This fame Year 1604, the Provinces of Holland and Zealand, according 
 to their Cuftom, fitted out a Squadron of twelve tall Ships, weUeqmpp d, 
 ' with lome fmaller Veffels, and, as if they had been Lords ot the Winds and 
 of the Seas let Sail tor India, the known W ay, arriving profperoufiy, in a 
 fhort Time at the Cape of Good Hope. All the Captains had been there be- 
 fore and the Pilots valu'd themlelves upon no lefs Experience. The Admiral 
 
 beries. All thofe Kings, and the Comn«n^ s ^ ^ f o^xweiv d them 
 «C Friends In September, they came to the car ot (joa i , ana lay t 5 vzys 
 st £arda,'i n as Sch Security as if they had been at Jmfierdam, expefling 
 
the SPIG E-ISLANDS. 
 
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 the India Ships. Thence they fent away a Ship to Cambay a, to exchange 
 the Ivory they had not long before robb‘d our People of, afting not like 1 yj 
 fates, but Merchants who difpofe. of the Wealth they pick up by Trade, and 
 fucceeded profperoully in all their Undertakings. They fent two more Snips 
 to Bengula , with other Commodities ; all which return'd in due Time 
 confiderably enrich'd. Perceiving that no Power oppos'd them, they laii- 
 ed down the Coaft of Malabar, trading wherefoever they thought lit, and 
 took another Portuguefe VefTel, call’d a Foift\ which had 21 Oars ; and ah 
 ter unlading the Booty, they fitted her up their Way, and took her along 
 
 with them. ^ , 
 
 After this they bent their Thoughts upon greater Matters, to which End Zamori 
 they fent an EmbaiTy to the Zamori, which Marne imports as much as C afar 
 among us, and he is King: of Calicut, a Friend and pon^derate with the 
 Dutch. Having agreed upon an Interview, they fell' te Trade, and whilu 
 the reft attended Commerce, and private Gain, the* Admiral con fulted about 
 State Affairs, concerting to carry on the War againft the Sfaniards, and 
 
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 And a 
 Foift. 
 
 • figiiifiet 
 CseCar. 
 
 more particularly the Portuguefe^. They fettled the Time, and the Forces 
 they were to joy n for that Etfeft. Then they diverted themfelves with F eas- 
 ing and Treats. At one of which, by way of Farewel, Zamori gave Ad- 
 miral Drage an Emeraud, thought to be the largeft and beautilulleft in the 
 World. They went on, and took fame Prizes on the Coaft of Java, and 
 among them a fmall Ship, in which wefe Don Manuel dejtelo, Comman- 
 der in Chief of the Molucca, and his Wife, who was oblig’d to _ fight as 
 well as her Hufband, and yet they could not efcape Captivity. The nearer 
 they drew to Temate y the more confiderable Encounters they had, lor in 
 Sight of Amboyna they fell in with a Frigat coming from the Molucca to 
 Anchor in that Ifland, which they took, and ill her Captain Antony Machado, 
 her Commander. They flay’d at Awboyna, hoping to recover what they 
 had loft, either by Treachery, or Force. The Year 1605 had now commen- 
 ced, and they began their Work on the i^d of February. 
 
 Eight Ships and fix Tenders enter‘d the Port, and the Fort was furren- 
 der’d to them without much Difficulty, or Oppofition. They alfo poficfs d 
 themfelves of the Portuguefe Colony. Thofe People feeing the Dutch fo 
 if ron* in Men and Cannon, dur ft not, nor could they well oppofe them. 
 Forty Portnguefes took an Oath of Fidelity to the Prince of Orange’s Baflard 
 Son They put the Commander in Chiet into Irons, and deliver’d the Fort 
 to the Dutch, alledgir.g, for an Excufe, that they had not Ammunition to de- 
 fend themfelves. There was another greater Mifchief, which was, that the 
 Natives favour’d the Dutch, as their Deliverers from the Portuguefe Yoke ; 
 and they are well belov’d there, and in all Places where they Trade, becaufe 
 of late they have taken this Courfe, not to meddle with their Religion, nor 
 fo much as mention it, unlefs, where any will embrace Chriflianity on their 
 own Accord. They neither wrong’d nor diflur’d any Body; and to ihow 
 they would always maintain them in that Security, within five Days, they 
 fitted out 40 Car coat, to defend the Natives againft ant Enemy. 
 
 The Admiral pick’d out three of the Ships, and went himfelf with them 
 to the Iflands of Banda, to load Nutmeg, Mace, and Clove, there and at 
 Jmboyna. The Fame of this Succefs, and fhe Hatred conceiv’d againft the 
 Spaniards, were fo favourable to this Nation, that at this Time the People 
 1 H h 1 of 
 
 Joins with 
 the Dutch. 
 
 They 
 take a 
 Portuguefe 
 Frigat at 
 Amboy na. 
 
 Drage 
 takes Am- 
 boy na. 
 
 Fits out 40 
 Carcoas. 
 
 Indians * 
 well a fell- 
 ed to the 
 Dutch, 
 
232 
 
 The Vifcovery and Conquejl of 
 
 of Amboyna,Ito , Veranula,znd other Places, had their Embalfadors at Sun da* 
 to expedf this Fleet, which came from Home at their Requelh Before they 
 fet out from Holland they had receiv’d Embafiadors from the King of Achem 
 in Sumatra , to the fame End. For this Reafon the Dutch give out, that 
 they come to revenge the Wrongs, the Portuguefes and Spaniards have done to 
 the Natives, and to reftore them to their Liberty. The Defigns of thefe 
 perfidious People were no longer a Secret} for the Admiral Dr age re- 
 fitted five of his Ships, and fent them to the Moluccos , to take the Fort and 
 Kingdom of Ty dove, the only one that continu’d in Subje&ion to Spain } and 
 it was publickly reported, that the King of Ternate would forward the 
 Enterprise with his Ships and Men. The Dutch Vice-Admiral fail’d with 
 thefe Ships flopping by the Way to make his Advantage, take in the Refreft- 
 ments in their Fa&ories, and lade Pepper, and other Spice. Every Thing 
 The Dutch fucceeded as they could wifh, tho’ they afpir*d to fome Matters which re- 
 ir offer ou: quir’d a greater Power than they brought. They intended to pa fs by the 
 Streight of Acapulco, and there to lie in wait for the Ships belonging to tha 
 Philippines going and coining, becaufe they knew them to be Rich, and 
 might take them. To this End they delay’d Time, till they could be joyn’d 
 by the two Ships they expefted from Sunda > laden with Pepper, from that 
 plentiful, and fecure Factory of theirs. 
 
 Aboard the eight Ships there was great Store of Bricks, Lime, and fqua- 
 red Stones, Wheele-Bar rows, and other Tooles and Materials for Building; 
 Materials a ]] w hich was to be carry ’d from the afore faid Streight, tho’ they had ali 
 for Bui D ready began to build it at Amboyna , and landing a conlidcrable Part of tliofe 
 
 aing in Materials, they left there 130 Soldiers, to carry on the Works, and Garri- 
 
 Dutch fon the Fort. At the Heels of this Fleet they expe&ed another to lay Siege 
 to Malaca } defigning from thence to Govern India, as the Portuguefes have 
 Ihejy De - done. In Order to this, they had before confederated with the Kings of 
 ( l gn Joy, Achem, and Sunda, with whofe Affiftance, and that of other Native 
 
 againft Sangiacks, they were to overthrow the Power of Portugal } for they were 
 
 Malaca. refolv d not to quit India, and fince its Commodities enrich’d them, they 
 
 would pay for the Expence of the War} befides, that they were already fo 
 wealthy, that even in Flanders the Soldiers deferted from the Arch-Duke 
 Albert us, to ferve them. Notwithfianding this extraordinary AfTeftion, 
 The En- wherewith the Dutch are entertain’d in all thole Countries, before they 
 glifh give came to Amhoyna, two Englijb Ships came to an Anchor near by, and a c- 
 *bt Span!- quainted the Natives, that a Dutch Squadron was coming to poflefs i'tfeif 
 aid s of the Ifland ; but bid them not to fear, for it had none but poor fcoundrel 
 * diligence % Men } and therefore they Ihould defend themfelves, offering them their 
 Affiftance, and acquainting them that theCrowns of Spain and England were 
 then in Amity } and therefore the Subjefts of them both ought to be fo of 
 Courfe. They flighting this favourable Opportunity, chofe rather to be- 
 Their ]u[h come Subiefts to Prince Maurice, and undergo the Dutch Y oke. The Evglifi 
 Dealing demanded Clove, and offer’d them their own Price for it, and were fo juft, 
 <7 fur the that they never joya’d with th t Dutch. In fhort,. Awfoyna remain’d in the 
 Peace, Enemies Hands. The People difpers d, many of them went to Malaca, and 
 amono- the reft, the Commander in chief, Don- Emanuel de Melo , with fome 
 Pertvguefes. Others repair’d to the Ifland of Cebu, part of the Philippines 
 c J and 
 
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 the SPICE-ISLANDS, 
 
 235 
 
 and other Places, for they had all tWir Liberty. They all departed Amboy* * 
 about the middle of May, but without their Goods, or Spice; being pofi- 
 tively forbid that 1 rade, the hutch alltdging it was all their own. 
 
 One of thofe Erglijb^ Ships failing along thofe Coafls, and efcaping the They give 
 Ridges of Rocks, got before-hand to the Port of Tydore. They call'd the Intclli- 
 Comrnander in Chief of the fort, Peter Alvaiez Abreu , and inform’d him, pence of 
 that they left the Dutch Squadron fortifying the ftrong Holds at Amboyna ; the Dutch 
 and iliac when they had reduc’d ail in thofe Seas, they would come to fall at Tydore. 
 uyonTydore. The Commander in Chief return'd Thanks for that friendly 
 Intelligence; and among other Civilities that pafs’d between them, defir'd 
 to know the Motive that induc’d them to fhow fuch Kindnefs. Then the 
 Evglijo told him, I hat their Kings were Friends, and to convince him of 
 it, and the Danger he was in, offer’d him as much Ammunition as he flood 
 in need of. They gave him Six Barrels or Powder, rco Cannon Balls, and 
 a ft umber of Head-Pieces. This made the Tydore s and Portuguefes begin 
 to fortify themfelves, and was the Product of the late Peace 
 
 A Month after, four great Dutch Ships, and four Tenders, came to the „ 
 
 Ifland, where two of the King’s Galleons lay at Anchor, with the Por- Fonr 
 tuguefe Ships laden with Goods and Provifions. The Dutch. Admiral lent Dutch 
 the King of Tydore Word, That if he would deliver him that Fort and ~ ‘? s at 
 expell the Portuguefes , he would be his Friend; and defiring he would not T f dore - 
 flart any Difficulties, fince he might eafily do it, being a peaceable King Their Mr r 
 in lus own Dominions; befides that, they had Men and Strength enough face to the 
 aboard that Squadron, to force them to confent to what they now court e- AW 
 oufiy demanded. The King of Tydore lent him a Cow, and anfwer’d 
 That he neither could, nor ought to put the Portuguefes out of their Forts His An- 
 war to admit of any other Nation intheir Place, till they had either voiun-/W 
 tartly, or by Force of Arms, abandon’d their Poffeflion. That whilfl they 
 .two decided, the Quarrel, he would look on as Neuter. The Por tuguefe Vm,.* c 
 Commander in Chief, undemanding what Meflages pafs’d, interrupted 
 them, fending to let the Dutch Man know. That it was- in vain to 
 talk of furrendring the Fort, ivhilft he was alive, and prefent. That he 
 was to treat with him, and the marry’d Men that liv’d in it about that 
 Affair. 
 
 Being come to this Refolution, the next Morning the Butch Ships re- W , 
 mov'd, and went to board the Portuguefes that were at Tydore ■ two Can- 
 non Shot from the Fort.- They fought above two Hours, and fo conftant ~ ‘ W ° 
 
 was Fortune to one Side, that in fo fhort a Time, the Portuguefes that (j ‘ ulcons - 
 remain'd alive were fain to throw themfelves into the Sea, and their Gal- 
 leons were taken, one of which they immediately burnt. The next Day Bold An 
 another Meflage was fent to Tydore, wherein the Dutch di retted the King Ever oft he 
 to propofe the furrendring of the Fort to the Portuguefes , and he would Portueue 
 give them the Galleon he liad fpar’d, to carry them and their Effetts f es b 
 wherefpever they fhould think fit. The Portuguefes taking Courage 
 where others would be difmay'd, anfwer’d, That the Lofs of the Galleons Dutch and 
 liad not daunted them ; for they would rather dye all of them, than deliver Ternates 
 up the Fort. The Dutch durfl not batter it alone, but refolv'd to joyn the 3°J* a,ul 
 King of Termite, who was already fet out with abundance of Carcoas to bnTn a 
 that Eftett. They met him a League from the Fort, and fpending little Town. 
 
 Time 
 
234 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquejl of 
 
 Time in Ceremonies return’d together, burning a Town of Tydcre by the 
 "Way, came the next Morning before the Fort. 
 
 They landed 800 Dutch anATernate Soldiers, and having made a Trench 
 with Barrels fill‘d with Earth, batter'd the Fort for three Days from 
 that Work, with two Pieces of Cannon. At the fame Time they play’d 
 . upon it from their Ships, firing above 1 5 00 Shot. The third Day they 
 Batter the dr£W llearer . and the fourth in the Morning began to batter more furioufly. 
 Fort and kill’d the Con liable of the Caflle, and in the midfl of the Confufion, 
 
 are repul- the King Q f fernate and the Dutch , that were afhore, advanc’d, drawing 
 the Cannon under the very Fort, having furprie’d the Portuguefes, and 
 falling on them unexpectedly. They foon recovering themfelves, attack'd 
 the Dutch afrefh, who turning their Backs, behav'd themfelves fo bafely, 
 that they ran into the Water ; abandoning the Guns they had afhore. In 
 the Height of this Succefs, many Dutch being llain, and only four Portu- 
 guefes, on a fudden they fpy’d all the Fort in a Flame, which roar'd from 
 The Fort the Ground to the Tops of the Houfes, till a confiderable Part was blown 
 burnt. up, and almoft all the reft confum'd, and lay ’d fiat. Six and twenty 
 Portvguefes were burnt, and it could never be difeover'd or guefs'd, how, 
 or which Way the Powder was fet a fire, to caufe that mighty Definiti- 
 on. The Portuguefes, who juft before were joyful tor their ViCiory, 
 having no Walls to fhelter them, were forc’d to retire to the City of Ty- 
 dore, and the Dutch and Ternates -rallying, purfu'd them thither. The 
 T , King receiv’d them in friendly Manner, and he himfelf went the fame Day 
 J y ,/ aboard the Dutch Ship that lay at Anchor before it, and calling the Dutch 
 taken vy Adniira]) pr0 p OS ‘d t o him the Affair of the Fort, and that if thofe who 
 the uuten. defended it had ships allow'd them, they would go away to other Parts. 
 
 He agreed to it, and though it coft the Portuguefes all they had, they ac- 
 cepted of three fmall Tenders, a Galliot that had been the King's, and a 
 Dutch Tender to fecure them againft the Ternates. The. Dutch fettled 
 Amity with the King of Tydore ; thatthey fhould continue in his Domini- 
 ons ; and ere# Factories, and Trade for Clove , as the Portuguefes had 
 done. Thus the Conquer'd having bought fome Ships difpers’d themfelves 
 about thofe Illands, Many of them Went to the Philippines, where Don 
 Pedro , the Governour, examin’d them, in order to get Information con- 
 ’ cerning the Moluccas. 
 
 Antony de Silva, a Portuguefe , was one of them that efcap'd from the 
 ft lit ch' de Fort of Ternate, and came to the Town of Arevalo in the Philippines: 
 ton to take Befides being a Soldier, he was alfo a Naguatato, or Interpreter. This 
 the 'tints Man gave an Authentick Relation of that Affair, and added, That being 
 d-f the Phi- brought Prifoner from Amboyna, the Dutch Admiral having a Sea-Chart 
 1 mninr-c before him, look’d for Mindoro , Manila , and for Cabite ; and being afk’d 
 4 .pp res. bySilv/t ' w j,yhe look’d for it, was inform’d, That his Defign was, in 
 Cafe he did not focceed at the Moluccos , to try to take fome of the Ships 
 that trade betwixt New Spain, and the Philippines. Silva reply'd, That 
 he had not Time to meet either ; became thofe that come to the Philip- 
 , ‘ ref tines arrive about the 10th of May, and the others fet out on the 10th of 
 Intelu- However t h at was r he Defign of the Dutch Admiral, who intended 
 
 pence of tt. to Intelligence at Mindoro, thence to fail to Macao, fend an Embaffa- 
 dor into China , and revenge the Wrong Don Pablos de Portugal had done 
 
 them 
 

 the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
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 them in thofe Countries. Then tp toad Pepper at Pat one ; next at the 
 Etreiwht of Sincafura, to endeavour to take the Chine/ c Ships that relort to 
 Malaca • and whatever happen’d , to hold on his Voyage to Holland that 
 Way, loaden with Treafure. All this the Butch Admiral communicated 
 to Antony de Silva, as to one that was to go with him into Holland, be- 
 caufe he was a Soldier, and able Interpreter in both Languages ; and 
 therefore Stephen Drage made much of him. This Intelligence was con- 
 firm’d by fome others, who had fought and efcap'd the Slaughter atTy/wre. 
 Bon Pedro hearing fo much, was concern’d, as a Man zealous for theChurch, 
 and for his King ; and it griev‘dhim to confider, that the Crown or Spam 
 had not a Foot of Land left it in the Molucca-, and that a Rebel was in 
 
 quiet Pofleflion of them all. , , , _ . _ n , 
 
 Profperity having embolden’d, and firengtben‘d the Butch, Bon Pedro 
 affembling his Council of War, order’d that the Captains Antony Freyle, 
 Commander of the Squadron belonging to the Pintados, Peter Sevi l, Ste- 
 phen de Alcazar, and Bernardine Alfonfo, (hould repair to the Ports of the 
 Pintados, and other Iflands that were in Danger, with their Companies. 
 He refitted the Ships, and prepar’d his Cannon, as being to near a victo- 
 rious Enemy, who fo fuccefsfully put in Execution all their Thieats. An- 
 tony de Sylva fhow‘d an Original Letter, written by another Dutch Ad- 
 miral at the Ifland of Borneo , to the King of Ternate, and tent by "-""P 
 BilfeooP, Captain of a Ship, with a PreTent of a Quantity of fine Holland ; 
 Six Bales of feveral V eiFels with Musk ; Twelve Bottles of Rote- Water ; 
 Six Pounds of Dutcli Anfion, that is, Opium, which, as has been laid; 
 difiurbs the Senfes, and is us’d by thofe People to encourage them to light; 
 and fix Barrels of Powder. He gave him an Account of Andrew Furtado s 
 unfortunate Voyage, the Obftacles, Storms, and Enemies he had met with, 
 fince his Departure from Ternate, till he came to Malaca. He gave him 
 the Title of Moft Serene Prince, and Potent King of the Molucca, Bandas, 
 Amhnyna, and innumerable other IflaDds. He congratulated with him for 
 the Event of his Arrival at the Molucca ■ profiling lie would return to 
 Ternate witty a greater Power, he expected from Holland, and take PoiTelii- 
 on of the Forts, to extirpate the common Enemy, the King of Spaut j and 
 encourag'd him with thefe Hopes, to hold out ull then. He affur d him, 
 that he ftould fcour all thofe Seas from the Molucca, and extend his Do- 
 minions as far as China, without being hinder'd by the Philippines ot ja- 
 tenefes. To this End, he defired him to renew lus Fnendihip with Min- 
 danao, and to acquaint the King of thofe Iflands, that lie was a Friend to 
 the Dutch, fo to give them Admittance to thole Ports, Freedom of Trade, 
 and amicable Entertainment, as was requifite for their Undertakings ; 
 this being a Thing moil Expedient, above all other Politick Confiderati- 
 ons. He added, he might obferve, and be allur'd, that nothing was fo 
 little regarded in Spain, as to contrive that their many Provinces mould 
 prefervefome Sort of Union. That there tore all thofe which are very re- 
 mote, and fubjeft to that Crown, ought to take much Notice of the great 
 I>lavs there, in coming to a Refolution, and fending Succours trom Spain • 
 became before they believe, or examine the News brought them m order 
 to believe them, Affairs have taken a new Turn, and conjequently neither 
 the Sganifi Councils, nor their Arms come feafonably. That Experience 
 
 All the 
 Moluccos 
 loft to 
 Spain, 
 
 Don Pe- 
 dro’-f Pre* 
 cautiojis. 
 
 Dutch 
 Letters 
 and Pre~ 
 fent to the 
 King of 
 Ternate- 
 
2 2,6 
 
 The Difcovery and Conqueji of 
 
 ?M , Mo - 
 r, &c. 
 rife 
 anila 
 New 
 
 Manage- 
 ment of 
 the Gover- 
 nor . 
 
 had made mcft of thefe Things known to his Highnefs, and his Zeal for 
 his Service oblig’d him to mention them. Antony dc Silva, added, that he 
 was very fare the King of Ttrnate had not omitted doing any Thino- 0 f 
 what the Butch Man recommended to him ^ and that he had already pro- 
 pos’d to his People to go abroad to fight, far from their own Iflands. Tho* 
 it was never apprehended he would do fo, yet at that Time it much trou- 
 bled Don Pedro , beCaufe he was fo fpent with the Affair of the Sangleycs 
 the Want of whom he labour’d fo to fupply, that no fuch Mifchief mioht 
 happen again, it being fo neceflary to i'upport the Trade of the Philippines 
 another Way, and procure fafety at Home in Order to make War, and keep 
 up a Reputation. ^ 
 
 Time, which fometimes gives Hope, and fometimes Difpair, comforted 
 Bon Pedro. in his Afftidion, bringing in a few Months after fome Ships of 
 private Per foils from New Spain, and then in due Seafon the ufual Fleet. 
 They arriv’d at Manila , on the Eve of S. Matthias , and in them the Spa- 
 niards lent from Spain, for the Expedition of Ternate , with above 200 
 more from the Marquefs de Montefclaros, Viceroy of New Spain , as alfo 
 the other Neceffaries, and Money, purfuant to the King’s Order. * Part of 
 this came committed to Brother Gafpar Gomez , who was receiv’d with 
 incredible Joy. He deliver’d all his L etters to the Governour, and imme- 
 diateCare was taken to quarter the Officers and Soldiers, and to ditfribute 
 them fpeedily, fo that all Men might believe there was no other Defign 
 in their coming, but the Security of the Philippine Iliands, threat ned by 
 the Emperor of Jap an, and the Confpiracies of the Sang ley es. This Re- 
 port was induftrioufiy fo given out, that it might fly and fpread abroad 
 without the Kingdom, left they might receive any Intelligence, who had 
 caufe to fear. Befides that, as the Fame of thofe great Preparations was 
 Advantageous to the Spaniards in Point of Reputation, fo the Reality of 
 the Power they had, added to the Opinion conceiv’d, prov’d the Defence 
 and Security of them all. In Japan, only the News that Manila was full 
 of Men, and Ships of War, allayed, or quite baniflfd the Difguft of that 
 King, on Account of Bon Pedro's refufing him Ship- Wrights. The Peo- 
 ple oiChincheo alfo forbore meditating Revenge again!! an Enemy, whofe 
 Viflories were back’d with fuch Succours. Bon Pedro confider’d all thefe 
 Particulars, and each of them made him conclude, that he might with 
 Safety be abfent for fome Time from Manila . However the King of Ter- 
 naie overjoy’d that he had ffiaken off the Spanijb Yoke, made little Account 
 of all that was told him, concerning its Neighbouring Kingdoms, believ- 
 ing they would never recover their Ancient Poffeffions. The Butch 
 Commanders, who were rebuilding the burnt Fort at Tydore , fent him a 
 confiderable Number of heavy Brafs Cannon, of Brakes, and Mufkets, and 
 he hired fome of the Jngeniers, that came in thofe Ships, to look to his 
 Fortifications, and refide in them, and in his City. Some accepted of the 
 Habitation, approving of that diforderly, and irreligious Liberty of Life 
 allow’d in that Country ; where confidering the frequent Refort of Ships 
 from the North, and the many Fadlories, they reckon‘d themfelves as 
 good as at Home, fince they could often meet with their Kindred or 
 Friends, or at leal! with their Country-Men. Banifh’d Spaniards and Per- 
 inguefes arriv‘d daily at the Port of Oton, in the Philippine Iliands, and 
 
 among 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 227 
 
 am°ng them Paul de Lima, a Perfon of great Experience, and ftill General of 
 the Artillery at Tydore, who, befides the News of the late Deftruiftion, 
 brought an Account of the Joy wherewith the Dutch dug up the Guns he 
 endeavour'd to hide, and how much they were increafed in Strength and 
 Shipping. He was receiv'd with much Honour, in regard to his Quality 
 and becaufe he was one of thofe who had loft Lands and Goods, taken 
 from him by the King of Ternate, and his Information, and Counfel were 
 of Ufe for what afterwards happen'd; All Men attended the Warlike 
 Preparations, in their feveral Stations, but with equal Zeal ; building 
 Ships, and gathering Provifions, Arms, and Ammunitions ; and Don Pe- 
 dro himfelf was fo diligent and vigilant, that he attended the meaneft 
 Employments, giving an Example, and encouraging j fo that it may be 
 faid, he did every Thing, for he ply ’d all Hands. 
 

 HISTORY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Discovery and Co N au e s T 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Molucco and Philippine Iflands, &c. 
 
 7 ant of 
 f olitical 
 lefiettions 
 ylence . 
 
 book- x. 
 
 MERE is generally fome Moral Inftruflion, which lies 
 
 rr 
 
 Conqueft and Defence of Barbarous Count , Craft ha: 
 
 ages, and reducing ;of Gamfonsi r thi. Subject, 
 
 tagebf , r if can we lav down, in writing the 
 
 ,1* Ruder may no. f ftr ! ” ” „ d °S « affcrd da fnch Ret 
 
 Sto”'^L S XmSlc<>»dMon, in Purliiance ofod.Prom.ftm.de 
 
 „ , „ a, £fe&.,.»n,- <^^t£s±sy£x 
 
 bled in the Philippine lilands, at t Security of the Province he 
 
 '.lie Ren - QUt w j t h Expedition, and to provide difficult Undertaking. Some 
 
 / ,was to. tV^fa^e^ tUatUe mi|Ut |o^ ip b. ^ good Fortune, that 
 
 y * .there were, who look d upon t r fince he had the more Mat- 
 
 Ihe Molucco Iflands had been utterly > glorious. He moil in- 
 
 ter to work upon, Ins V^ory ^^f^’ufe of War ; and even for 
 
 dufirioufly provided all Things wqmh r or Promontory of 
 
 al l th e Accidents it might ^ }f^J (val0} in ’the Ifland of Fanny, 
 Hollo runs out into the Sea,, not far trom forming 
 
 the Navy. 
 
the SPICE- ISLANDS. 
 
 tjm 
 
 2 39 
 
 forming a Harbour proper and capacious enough to be the Place of Arms 
 forthe Preparations then in Hand. Here the Fleet rendezvous’d, confining 
 of Six Tall Ships, Six Galleys, Three Galliots, like thofe they call Galt- 
 zabrasy belonging to the Crown of Portugal ; in one of which was Peter Ptirtlcu - 
 Alvarez de Ahreu, Commander in Chief of the Fort of Tydore ■ the other Iart °f t!,e 
 fwo, under the Command of John Rodriguez Camelo , Commodore, fent Fleet. 
 from Malaca , by the General Andrew Furtado de Mendoza , to be aiding 
 with his Courage and Conduft, and to carry him an Account of the Suc- 
 cefs. One flat bottom'd Galliot, to land the Artillery, and in it 500 Baf- 
 kets of Rice. Four Foifts built purpofely for carrying of Provifions. Two 
 Cbampsnes of Ten Tun Burden each, with ii<oo Bafkets of clean Rice. 
 
 Two Dutch Long-Boats, which carry’d over the Portuguefes when the 
 Fort of Tydore was loft. Seven Frigats belonging to the King, and Seven 
 more to private Perfons, and the like Number of Champanes , in all $<5 
 
 Colonel John de Efquivel brought 12 Companies of Spanifi Foot: four T r r a 
 whereof were rais’d in Andalusia , being his own, and thofe of the Cap- p 
 tains, Paul Garrucho , Peter Sevil , and Luke de Vergara Gaviria. Six came Force, ‘ 
 from New Spain, under the Captains DonRoderick de Mendoza, Son to Don 
 John de Paeza y Cajlilla, and to Donna Maria de Mendoza, and by her 
 Gtandlon to the Marquefs de Montefclaros, and therefore, out of Refpeft 
 to his Kinfman, the Viceroy of New Spain, he came out of Italy to ferve 
 his Majefty in the Philippine Iflands; the others were Captain Pafcual de 
 Alarcon Pacheco, Martin de Efquivel, Bernardine Alfonfo, Peter Delgado, 
 and Stephen de Alcazar. Two other Companies commanded by the Cap- 
 tains John Guerra de Cervantes, and Cbrijlopher de Villagra, belong'd to 
 the Forces of Manila, and the Province of the Pintados. All which, with 
 their Officers, make up 142? Spaniards. Under the Colonel Don Guillermo, 
 and the Captains Don Francis Palaot, Don John Lit, Don Lewis and Au- 
 guftin Lout, ?44 Pampangua , and Tagalo Indians ; befides 620 others of 
 the fame Nations, for the Sea and Land Service, and 649 Rowers. All niards * 
 the Men in the Fleet, befides the General's Houlehold and Family, amoun- 
 ted ioj09f j with 75 Pieces of Cannon of all Sorts, and all other Perqui- 
 fitesforSea, Landing, Fight, and Battery. 
 
 Do* Pedro fail'd from the Port of Iloilo, with all thefe Preparations, on 
 the i;th of January, i 6 c 6 , the Weather being unfettled, but he as refo- 
 lute asat other Times. He arriv'd at the Ifland Mindanao, then in Enmi- The Fleet 
 ty with the Spaniards, and in Confederacy with the Tentates, and came to fails from 
 an Anchor in the Port of Caldera, to water, where the Admiral’s Ship, Yloilo. 
 in which the Colonel Efquivel was, began to drag her Anchors, and was n 
 forc’d to fet her Sails to get off; but perceiving (he could not, by fo doing, Caldera 
 weather a Point, fhe fired two Guns, in Token of Diftrefs, at the Time Forte 
 when her Rudder ftruck. The Galleys made up to tow her off, and broke . . 
 
 feme Ropes to no Purpofe, the Sea and W ind being againft them. Captain 
 Villagra was entrufted to lave the Men and Provifions that were aboard ; ‘°J‘ % 
 
 .and he, tho* a confiderable Part belonging to the King and private Men 
 was loft, with incredible Induftry fav’d the mod of them, and the Goods, 
 as alfo all the Men, Cannon, Powder, Cables, Rigging, and Sails; and 
 that the People of Mindanao might not reap the Benefit of the Wreck, he 
 
 I i 1 fe? 
 
 i 
 
 
240 
 
 The Difcovery and Conqucfi of 
 
 They fail 
 from Cal- 
 dera. 
 
 fet Fire to tlie Vtffel, after taking out all the Iron Work. This Accident 
 vas much lamented, both for its own Confequence, and becaufe the-Men, 
 who are often vainly Superfluous, put an ill Conflruction upon it; but 
 the General's Wifdommade amends for all. 
 
 From the Port of Caldera, the General order'd the Colonel to fail over to 
 that of Talangame, which, as has been faid, is in the Illand of Tetnatc • 
 and bore him Company himfelf, with the Galleys, till he was out of the 
 Streight of Sabuanga, which is dangerous by Reafon of the Currents, and 
 Ridges of Rocks, wherefore they tow'd the Ships, till they were out of 
 Danger, as alfo becaufe they were becalm'd. 1 he Fleet flood out to Sea ; 
 the Galleys coafled along llowly to take in Water enough to laft them to 
 Ternate the Men that had been fav’d from abroad the Admiral being di- 
 ftributed among them, and the other Veffeis, fo that their Burden and La- 
 Throvgh hour was increafed. The ableft Pilots in thofe Seas, had Charge of the 
 
 Miftake Galleys and yet notwithstanding all their Care, and that of the Captains 
 
 fallinrvith and expert Mariners, they miflook their Courfe, and fell in among the 
 
 Celebes. Iflands of Celebes, otherwife call'd of Mateo, above 60 Leagues to the 
 
 Leeward of Ternate. The Wind was contrary, and the Error was to be 
 retriev'd by rowing. With very much Labour they reach'd Ternate, on 
 the 26th of March , being Eajler-Day. That Day fo joyful to all Man- 
 kind, made them forget paft Toils, and convert them into Pleafure and 
 
 ' ' They were informed, that the Day before, an Eclipfe of the Moon 
 Superjlits- j ia( j jjggjj obferv’d at Ternate , with the ufual Concern. No fooner does the 
 on of Mo- Dalknefs begin to cover t i ie Body of the Moon, than the People with Sighs 
 luccos as and Tears h e gi n a lf 0 to lament that Planet's Mourning ; for they believe it 
 to Ecipfes. foretl0( j es t he Death or Captivity of their King, or of lome eminent Perfon, 
 or fome Calamity to the Publick. If the Eclipfe paflfes over without any 
 of thefe Loffes, they Repair to their Mnfque in Proceffion, Rank and File. 
 Here the fore moll carry large China Dilhes. Thole are follow'd by others 
 ■with Launces, and Hatchets advanc'd, and Mulkets refled. Next them 
 follow three Lamps, carry'd on Men’s Shoulders, as common Pictures re- 
 prefent the great Bunch of Grapes carry’d by the Difcoveiers, who went 
 to view the Holy Land promis'd by God to his People. Next cfcmes a 
 Boy in Royal Robes, and behind him another holding an Umbrelk, made 
 of various Feathers, over the Head of the firft. Then follow the Women, 
 fet off with Flowers and Palm-Branches, without Order ; and tiius they 
 celebrate their Thankfgiving, in the Streets and Temples, becaufe the 
 Eclipfe pafs'd over without any Detriment. The Dutch told them, That 
 Eclipfes were commonly known in their Country, and throughout all Eu- 
 rope- which thofe People either admir'd or did not believe. 
 
 When our Galleys came to the Port of Talangame , Don Pedro expefted 
 to have found the Colonel with the Fleet in it; but only faw a flately 
 uutcn d uU ]j ship, carrying 30 Pieces of Cannon, and 12 Pedteroes. She fought 
 Ship atTo.- OUJf ships as they pafs'd by, and then drew to the Shore, and defended her- 
 langame. f e jf w j t h p aT t of the Atillery, that was fitted for the Purpofe, and being 
 guarded by a great Number of Ternate Soldiers, kept clofe in her Fortih- 
 cation. Don Pedro took a View of her, as he pafs d by 111 the Galleys, 
 tho’ fee made feveral Shot at him, and threw 18 Pound Balls into the d- 
 
 Arrive at 
 Ternate. 
 
 Dutch 
 

 t-J 
 
 
 the SPICE -IS LANDS. 
 
 2 + 1 
 
 miral Gailey, where he was. He thought fit not to fiay, till he heard o 
 the Fleet which was then at Tydore, little above two Leagues from that 
 Port, as was known by Come Vefl'els of the Natives, that came up beard and 
 hoard, in failing by that Harbour. The Galleys directed their Courfe to 
 Tydore , led by the joy of this good News, which eas’d Don Pedro or much 
 Care'he'wa's~-it!, knowing there was a Scarcity of Seamen aboard the Meet, 
 and he fear’d it might have been drove away elfewb.ere. 
 
 Efquivel found foyr Dutch Men at Tydore. One of them was the Fadtor 
 who gather'd the CloVe for a Company of his Countrymen, that belong a to 
 the Fadlories of Ternate, Jmboyna, Banda, Sunda, and ether Places about 
 them ; the other three we re Sailers. Heexamin’d all four, and they gave 
 an Account of the Strength of that Ship, and her Guns, laying. She was 
 loden with Clove: and one of the five that lought the Portuguefes when 
 the Fort of T ornate blew up. That they expedted another Ship, which came 
 with her from Bantam , and was parted in foul Weather. That the mam 
 Drift of the Agreement made between the.King ot Ternate and the Dutch, 
 was their Affilting him againft the Spaniards, and Portvguejes. That there 
 were Orders at Java and Sunda for the Dutch Ships which pafs d by to en- 
 quire there, whether there were any News from the Moluccas ; and it 
 Need were, that they Ihould leave their Loding there, and go luccour the 
 
 ^Before Don Pedro departed Talangame, he confulted with his Officers, 
 whether it were convenient to attack the Dutch Ship before they went up- 
 on the Enterprize of Ternate. Opinions varied, but it was concluded, that 
 fince his Maiefties Defign was to recover the Maluccos, and he had order d 
 the Fleet to be provided for that Intent, it was not expedient to prefer any 
 other Adfion. Time is lubjedb to change, and iometimesan Accident over- 
 throws the. belt concerted Defigns. That great Ship, fo well flor d with 
 Guns, and Maim’d, might have funk fome of ours by which we Ihould have 
 loft our Cannon, and Provifions,or fome other Mtfchief, thatcou.d not pof- 
 fiblybe forefeen might have happen’d, to the obftrudhngof the ; main Defign. 
 Befides that the Ter nates being their Friends, in Cafe we had mailer d the 
 Ship, the Men might fly and fave themfelves among their Confederates, and 
 thus the Enterprize be rendered more difficult by their Alliftance ; and it 
 was known by Spyes, that the King already had Dutch Gunners, and Soidiers 
 
 0f The U KTng was notit' Tydore when our Fleet came into his Harbour, be- 
 ing gone to marry a Daughter of the King of Bachiav ; and Co- 
 
 lonel lent to acquaint him with his Arrival, and to defire he would haften 
 his Coming as fearing Delays yet perceiving the Time flipt away, he let 
 out on the^aft of March for Ternate, with his Fleet. When they were at 
 Sea they heard the new marryed King's Bagpipes, Bafons, Trumpets, and 
 Kettle-Drums. He having receiv’d the Spaniards Letters, imba.rk d, brrng- 
 11)0 t j le \f ew Queen along with him, and joyndthem with his Cat coat tun 
 f°Mufick and Garlands of Flowers. They met with extraordinary joy, 
 and^theKing of Tydore exprefsM it particularly for feeing of Don Pedro do 
 with whom he had before frequent Communication .by 'Letters and 
 Mefteiigers He Ihow'd much Concern for the Streights he had been re- 
 duc’d to by the King of Ternate, with the Affiftance of the Dutch. I on 
 
 Du tcli 
 Men at 
 Tydore* 
 
 Intelli- 
 gence they 
 give. 
 
 Ternate fa 
 he attack d 
 before the 
 Dutch 
 Shig 4 
 
 King of 
 Tydore 
 and Don 
 Pedro 
 meet at 
 Sea ♦ 
 
2^.2 
 
 : Orders for 
 the Enter - 
 frize. 
 
 The For- 
 tes land 
 April the 
 
 ffl: 
 
 K. of Ter- 
 iiate re- 
 tires to his 
 Fo?t. 
 
 Gallinato 
 i wefts the 
 VI ace* 
 
 Fcntinels 
 on Trees 
 h'aten of. 
 
 The Difcoveiy ami Conquejl of 
 
 Pedro comforted him, declaring his Majefty’s Intention, and how he had 
 order’d him to come to his A (Ti nance, from the Philippine Iflands, whenfo- 
 ever he Ihould require it. He vifited the Bride,payihg her all poffible Re- 
 fped ; and the King oiTydore, telling him, he would attend the Fleet in Per-* 
 fon, with his Ships and Men, went away then to his Ifland,and the next 
 Morning, at Break of Day, according to his Promife, came into a Bay near 
 Ternate, where our Fleet had anchor’d. The Rejoycings for his coming 
 did not delay the Confutations, and Orders for the Enterprize. The Go- 
 vernor call’d a Council of War, where it was refolv’d, that all the 
 Strength of the Fleet Ihould be reduc’d to only three great Shins, to fecure 
 the Sea and Land. They were immediately fufficiently manned with Sea- 
 Men and Soldiers, under the Command of Bernardino Alfonfo, Antony Car- 
 rev.no de Valdes , and Don Oil Sanchez de Carranza , all three Commanders of 
 Repute. Other Orders were iffu’d out, and prefently put in Execution by 
 the Officers. Of the three above nam’d, two dy’d in their Return Home, and 
 only Carteno out liv’d it. 
 
 Don Pedro, and the King of Tydore landed their Men, on the fir ft of 
 April , at Break of Day ; but it being difficult, and even dangerous to march 
 fo near the Water, becaufe there was no more ground on the Shore than for 
 five Men in Rank ; it was refolv l d to make the Attack with a fmali Num- 
 ber, gradually along the Sea Coaft, without ingaging too far; and at the 
 fame Time to make Way over the Top of the Mountain, with fome Pam- 
 panguo, and Tangalo Indian Pioneers, and to fend another Party of Men that 
 Way, to give the Enemy a Diverfion, and oblige them to divide their For- 
 ces. The King of Tennte, whom Experience and Fear had inftructed in 
 the Art of Wat, perceiving what was aim'd at, to avoid being cut off in 
 the Rear, retir'd to his Fort, as foon as he difeover'd our Army. 1 his was 
 the Reafon why our Men met with no Oppofition, whereas the General Fur- 
 tndo found fo much Refiflance there, three Years before, at the Seige we 
 have fpoken of, when in gaining that Pafs, he loft fome Fortnguefes and 
 Spaniards, being aflifted by Captain Gallinato. 
 
 He now put our Men into good Order, leading the Van, and drew up 
 within Musket Shot of the Wall. He told Don Pedro, in the Prefence of 
 the King of Tydore, that fome Soldiers had, by his Command, taken a View 
 of the Place, and that cotifidering the Nature of the Situation, it was requi- 
 re to maintain that Ground till Night, when our Men fhould intrench, 
 and bring up the Cannon for Battery. His Advice was approv'd of, and 
 put in Execution; and in Regard that the Enemy did fome Harm in the 
 main Body, and Wings, with their Cannon and fmali Shot; Don Pedro to 
 prevent it, order'd the Men to lye down. It was obferv'd that there were 
 four Eminences cover'd with wild, and full headed Trees, on which the Ene- 
 my had their Sentinels, who gave Intelligence how the Spaniards mov'd, 
 and of wliatfoever they order'd, or perform'd. A Captain went up to make 
 himfelf Mafier of the Trees, and foon brought down the Enemies Sentinels. 
 Gallinato perfected that Work, commanding our Sentinels to get up into 
 thofe fame Trees, as was done. The Enemy endeavour'd to remove them 
 with their Cannon and fmali Arms, firing inceflantly ; but could never dis- 
 turb either thofe that were on the Top, among the Boughs, who gave the 
 Information, nor the" others that flood at the Foot, who receiv'd and carry- 
 

 
 SPICE-ISLANDS, 
 
 24? 
 
 fight the 
 Ternates. 
 
 cd it to the Officers. The Enemy was poflefs'd of a Poll near the Baftion 
 of Cachil Tulo , on the right Hand of the Wall, a little beyond the Trees, 
 and the General thinking it neceffary to be gain'd, commanded Captain John 
 de Cubat, an old Low-Country Soldier, to attack it with 50 Musketiers, and 
 if he thought himfclf too hard fet, to fend Word, and he fhould have a 
 good Supply of Pikes. The Captain went on by the Way of the Mountain, 
 and the Enemy to prevent him, fent a Body of Men out of the Fort next the 
 Sea, whom Captain Villagra cfiarg’d. Whilft they were ingag’d, the 
 King of Ternate, perceiv’d that Cubat was marching to gain his Poll, and ViI , 
 being fenfible how prejudicial the Lofs of it would be,fally’d out himfelf to (j u i, as 
 fight him, and the Spaniards had enough to do. Cuhas gain’d the higheif 
 Ridge ; but fo fatigued, that he was forc’d to fend for the Supply of Pikes. 
 
 The Captains Vergara , Alarcon , and Don Roderick de Mendoza luppoi ted 
 him with 40 detatch’d Men ; and, before they came up moie Ternates and 
 Javaneses Tally ’d out of the Fort, with whom the Fight was renew'd in 
 more furious Manner. Another Party of Infidels was p efently difeover’d 
 next the Sea, for which Reafon, and becaufe, if the Enemy had demanded 
 more Succours, his Polls would be furfaken, the King order’d thofe who 
 fought with VHIagra to retire, and went ljimfelf with them, andfome others 
 to fuftain the Reft. His coming on like a brave, or rather a defperate jj je 
 Commander, oblig’d Cuhas, to ask for another Supply which the Captains Fight 
 Villagra , and Cervantes carry’d him, and charg’d the Enemy. Cachil 
 Jmvxa, of whofe Bravery Mention has been made, went up to Captain Lu- 
 bas after burning the Brims of his Hat, and the Feather in it, with a Mus- 
 ket Shot, and they both fought Hand to Hand for a confiderable Time, the 
 one with his Sword, and the other with his Cavipilane, or Cymiter. The 
 Sentinels on the Trees cry’d out, giving .Notice of the Troops on the Shore, Co f nbjU , 
 and that they came on towards our Van-Guard, and the Front of it. Cap- 
 tain Villagra was order’d to charge them with a Divifion of Shot, belonging 
 to Captain Cervantes, who commanded all the Halbardiers. Both Parties 
 fought with equal Tokens of Courage, when the Sentinels from the Trees - 
 gave Notice, that John de Cuhas, on the Right, demanded more Succours. 
 
 The Captains Don Roderick de Mendoza, and Pafcual.de Alarcon went with 
 it immediately, drawing c^t two Divifipns of Mufketiers. The Sentinels 
 cry’d out agaia, that the Enemy, whp fought with Captain Villagra were 
 retiring towards-the \V3lls, and that John de Cuhas demanded another Sup- 
 ply of Pikes and Halbards. Captain Cervantes fupported him with 50, and 
 Villagra, with the Men he commanded. 
 
 Our Sentinels, to whofe Vigilancy a great Part of this Succefs is owing, _ ^ 
 
 gave Notice again, that upon the Approach of our Supplies, the Enemy reti- • . 
 
 SI in Diforder, and our Men made tip to the Waft The Event of the Eat- 
 tel began now to be cut of IJoubt, .and even in that Pofture tecjUit d Diverli- 
 ty of Conduct. Don Pedro therefore otder.dthe Colours with the Reft of 
 the Pikes to march, leaving one Divifion of Mufquetiers, and the Heavy 
 Harquebufllers in the Rear, to lace the Enemy, in Cafe they fhould liappen 
 to fally out again toward the Sea. The other Captains and Soldiers went 
 o» fighting, and at the fet Time ajtack ’4 the Wall, helping one another to 
 climb to the Top. The two firft that got upon it were the Captains John 
 de Cuhas, and Cervantes •, v/hohaving receiv’d fojne Wounds on it, tumbled 
 
 down 
 
?44 
 
 The Difcovery and Conque/l of 
 
 down again. The Difficulty of this Enterprize increas’d as the Enemy re- 
 new’d their Efforts, doing us Harm with their heavy and (mall Cannon, 
 Mufkets, fundry Sort of Fireworks, Stones, and other Contrivances the 
 Dutch furnifh’d them with ; but the Attack was made fo furioufly, that 
 the Spaniards gave not the King, nor his Men Leifure enough to get into 
 the old Portuguefe Fort, within the W all ; for had they done fo, they might 
 have defended themTelves fome Time, and our Men would have been 
 oblig’d to batter the Walls with Cannon ; and tho’ the Fort is fmall, and 
 built in more unfkilful Times, it would have cod Trouble. 
 
 The Place was taken with little Lofs, for we had but Fifteen Men kill’d 
 on our Side, among them was Captain Cervantes , who getting up the i lift 
 The Place upon the Wall, with a Defign to difplay the King‘s Standard on it, was 
 tdken, and run into the Eye with a Launce, by a Barbarian, and others coming on, 
 Number of they threw him down to the Ground, whereof he dy’d the feventh Day, 
 tie Slain . much regretted by all Men. He had before Paid publickly, offering to give 
 the Charge, Gentlemen , the Bull foal l not make his Efcape my Way, unlefs 
 it cojl me my Life • alluding to keeping of him in at the Bull-Feafts. He 
 was as good as his Word both ways, fince he dy’d in Performance of it, 
 with his Arms and Legs broken. No Man of any Note, either among 
 the Spaniards or Indians eicap‘d unhurt. Many Ternates and Javanefes 
 were (lain, and fome Dutch fhed their Blood, like brave or defperate Men, 
 thinking it a Misfortune, as they faid, to owe their Lives to our Cour- 
 tefy, or Mercy. 
 
 It was never expe&ed that the Succefs, would be in all Points anfwera- 
 Lie to the Juftice of the Caufe. Don Pedro had defign’d to batter the 
 Forts, wherein he would have met with mighty Difficulties, becaufe the 
 Cannon was very heavy, and hard to be drawn to the proper Polls for 
 Battery ; as alfo for that there was not Earth to fill the Gabions, and the 
 Cannon Rockinefs of the Ground obftru&ed the throwing up of the Trenches, 
 
 found in which would have occafion’d the Lofs of many Men before the Artillery 
 
 it. could be planted. The Spaniards purfu'd their Succefs, and poffeffing 
 
 them felves of the Fort, found in it 43 large Brafs Guns, abundance of 
 Drakes., and other Arms, befides Ammunition and Provifions. 
 
 The Men having enter’d the City, every on* fell to plunder, and com- 
 tnit Outrages. Don Pedro had made Proclamation, that all the Enemies 
 taken within four Days Ihould be made Slaves. The Commanders halted 
 near the ancient Church of S. Paul , which was fortify’d by the Enemy 
 with Ramparts for this Service. Opinions vary‘d about what was next to 
 be done; Some were for fecuring what was already gain ( d; Others for 
 pufhing on, to gain the main Fort. The Captains Vergara and ViUagra , 
 were forthe Latter, and the Soldiers were fo brifk and eager to run into 
 any Danger, that one of them, of the Province of Eftremadura , and be- 
 Eaqei nefs longing to the Company of Captain Sevil, an Aragoniav , and notable Com- 
 oftheMeru mander, who was alfo for going on, took up Captain ViUagra in his 
 Arms, and carry’d him above ten Paces, faying, Good Captain , fall on, 
 They at - fall on ' and then fet him down. The Captain (truck him, for having 
 tack and ta fc en him up fo rudely, at fucha Time ; and the Soldier bowing, plea- 
 take the f ant jy an d with a fmilingCountenance, faid to him, God is my Life, firike 
 
 main Fort. again and fall on. In (hort, Vergara and ViUagra , with a few Men at- 
 
 Tr if oners 
 
 made 
 Slaves . 
 
bfiutwm m 
 
 
 the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 245 
 
 tack'd the main Fort, and carry’d it, being themfelvcs the firft that entei &j*j jey at __ 
 the Gates, but not the firft that went up ; for as they were running up the , , 
 
 Staifs haftily, and juft going into the Hall, Barela, and old Soldier, and ^ v 
 . Corporal to Captain Cervantes, thruft by their Side, and getting in, took a ^ ' 
 
 giltEwre, made in the Shape of an Urn, curiouily irgray'd, from oft a 
 rich Cupboard, or Side-bo. rd there was in the Hall, faying to the Cspj { 
 
 tains, Gentlemen , I take this in Token that I came in here with you ; and 1 )eAv '& s 
 cai ry’d it away, by their Confent. All the Palace was then ex pos’d to the ic ] Lac ? 
 Avarice of the Soldiers. Don Pedro would have given a check to it $ but Ttunaet a. 
 
 e 
 
 Fort. 
 
 was not taken Notice of* till almoft all was over. 
 
 The King of Ternate had iorfaken all, and fome of the Dutch him, when The King 
 they faw he was goingdown; none follow'd him in this Conltifion and Scc.fiy, to 
 Flight, but the §angiack of Mofaquia , his Kinfman, who encourag’d and Giiola. 
 advis'd him, his Queen Celicaya , and fome other \Vomen. He embark’d 
 with them all, Prince Gariolano his Son, and a few Dutch , in great Hafte, 
 within the Wall, aboard fom zCarcoas of Mo fa quia, and plying the Oars, 
 or rather Flying, arriv'd in thelflandof Gilolo , at a Fort there, built not 
 long before in Sabugu . The reft of the Dutch got off in other Veffels to 
 their Ship. . 
 
 The whole Body of the Army now rang'd the Towns and Homes of the jj je 
 Natives, wholly intent upon Plunder, and Den Pedro went about, giving tot j )eiy 
 Orders, and checking the Soldiers, that they might keep in a Body. s/jjp ^ 
 
 The General went on to S. PauPs Church, which was unroof d and 
 profan'd ; he order'd it to be cleans'd, and immediately adorn d with ToJTefjion 
 Boughs, and other Ornaments, brought thither by the diligent Soldiers, t f kcn Q r 
 where they devoutly, with loud Voices, fang the Hymn, Salve Regina, t j je Fq '^ 
 which our Church ufes to call upon the bletled Virgin, for the corn- 
 pleating of this Viftory, they ftill wanted to feize the King, Prince, Sangi- 
 ticks, and Commanders that follow'd him. The General took Pofleluonof t 
 the Forts, fetting up and difplaying the Colours, with the Arms of the 
 Crown of Spain, and the Name of PHILIP THE THIRD , OVR 
 SOVEREIGN, the Mufick playing, and Guns firing. He order'd A"# of 
 that the next Day Captain Villagra ihould fet out in Purfuit of the King of J ernate 
 Ternate , with 100 Men in two Galleys, and the King of Tydore, and the B™ju 
 Prince his Son, with their Fleet, confining of two Janguas , and 15 Car- 
 coar in which were 1000 Men, 
 
 The King and Prince of Tydore , with Captain Villagra , came to the Tacome 
 Fort of Tacome, in Ternate , on the third of Afrit, where they found Ca- FoU - 
 chil Amuxa , the braveft of the Natives of Ternate , Coufin German to their Yend J er i d t 
 King, and his Captain General. Villagra lent him a Mefiage by Antony Vill 
 de Silva , Interpreter of their Language, and through his Means he furren- * 
 dr ed with fome Dutch ^ all whom he carry’d Prifoners to the City. He 
 brought them in very honourable Manner, and they had not the dejeded 
 Looks of Men that were overcome. Being come to the City, he deliver’d 
 them to Don Pedro de Acunna , who obferving the fame Generofity, re- 
 ceived and treated them courteoufly, and commended their yalour. There 
 the Cachil and Captain John de Cuhs knew one another again, remember'd 
 the Wounds they had given and receiv’d, and were good Friends. The 
 Tortvzvefe Commanders vifited him, and in his Prefence, after. com- 1 
 * 1 K k mending 
 
 
246 
 
 The Difcoverjr and Conqueji of 
 
 The Gene- 
 ral ho- 
 nours the 
 Portuguefe 
 Comman- 
 ders. 
 
 Sangiack 
 
 o/Mofa- 
 
 qa&fri&ejr. 
 
 He pro- 
 fofes to 
 bring over 
 the King . 
 
 Don Pe- 
 dro^ Afi- 
 fwet . 
 
 The King 
 delivers 
 himfelf up 
 on a fafe 
 Conduct. 
 
 Embtn ks 
 for Ter- 
 ii ate. 
 
 Vifits his 
 Mother « 
 
 mending the Bravery they had fhown in the War, the General, with his 
 own Hands, put weighty Gold Chains about their Necks, as was then 
 us’d among Soldiers, defiring they would accept of thar Acknowledgement 
 of their gallant Behaviour, and excufe the Small nefs of the Gift ^ and 
 they on their Side, made fuitable Returns of Courtefy. 
 
 Villagra went out again, and by the Way, took the Sangiack of Mofa- 
 quia y and two of his Nephews, without any Oppofition. All thefe having 
 defir’d Audience of Don Pedro , told him, they had always been defirous to 
 return to their Subjefiion under his Majefly, but that their Kinfman, the 
 King, had obdrufted it, and ruin’d himfelf by adhereing to his own Opi- 
 nion, reje&ing the fafed and bed, which was to recover their former Fa- 
 vour. This Pride , faid they, has reduc'd him to the miferable Condition he 
 is now in. If you pit of e we will difcourfe , and f erf wade him to put him- 
 felf into your Hands y after you have taken fitch Security of us as becomes 
 conquer' d Men y and given Commifiion to fuel) as you can confide in to Arti - 
 cl e with the King, his not the Change of our Fortune that moves us to 
 this, fornone can daunt thofewho are prepaid for the worft ; hit it isthat 
 Fidelity which the Circnmjlances of the Times would not permit us to exert. 
 Lon Pedro return'd Thanks for their Zeal, and told them, The Method 
 they had ehofen was the bell to oblige the King of Spain to ufe that Vi- 
 flory with his innate royal Goodnefs ^ and therefore empower d them to 
 allure the King, and his Son, that their Lives fhould be fafe. The two 
 Cachiles embarking with Paul de Lima, who, tho a .Native of Ternate, was 
 difereet and a Mailer of the Spanijb Tongue, as alfo well known to the 
 King and with Captain Villagra , they fail’d over together to the Fort of 
 Sahubu, in the Wand Batochina. The King embrac’d, and receiv'd them 
 with Tears • but when they propos’d his lurrend’ring himfelf, he would 
 not confent without a formal lafe Conduct firfl granted. That Satisfacdi- 
 on was foon given him, for Lon Pedio fent it, with Aflurance of his Life, 
 in refpe&ful Terms, becoming the Perfon of a King, and all fohd and 
 fafe, according to the Power committed to him,, the Reft being left at his 
 Catholidk Majefty’s Difpofal. 
 
 The Inftrument, which the General had drawn in Form, being read, the 
 King refolv’d to repair to Ternate, with the Prince, and the other Cachiles 
 and Sanpiacksi yet contrary to the Advice of Celicaya y of whom he was al- 
 ways defperately in Love. Inline, he put himfelf into the Hands of Den 
 Pedro . and to this Effeft embark'd on three Javguas, and meeting with 
 Viilazra , they went over with all the reft into his Galleys,^ to be carry d 
 to the General. The King defir’d by the Way to viflt his Mother who 
 was in the Fort of Tacome, and having proposd it to Captain Villagra, 
 he comply ’d with him, and the Galleys made hafte. They came to Ta- 
 come on the 8th of Jfril, where he landed, and his Mother coming out 
 to meet him, encourag’d him, without fhowing the lead Dejeclednels. 
 Nothing appear’d in the Difcourfe between them that could be heard, that 
 had a Womanifh Air, or the Refemblance of 'a Motherly lender neis, as 
 the Interpreters declar’d, nor did flie comfort him .with Hopes of Revenge 
 but only with Reafons perfwading to futc himfelf to his fortune, which 
 is the Will of Heaven, 
 
From this Place Villagra Tent Advice to Don Pedro, that the King was 
 rorne and would foonbe with him. He having receiv’d the News, lent The King 
 Maior Afcueta to lid him welcome. He order'd he ihould be treated with brought to 
 Refoeft and that the Major ihould in fecret bid Captain Village a make Ternate. 
 haile to * Temate, because there was much Hill to do, and it was not proper 
 to lofe Time. The Progrefs of Viftory is not to be interrupted. They 
 fit out in the Evening for Ternate, where they arriv’d late at Night, and 
 therefore went not it)to the City. The King Hoed as it were ainaid 
 when he fawthe Place- and heard the Drums, and other Martial Noifes ; 
 hpim? fenfible of the Yoke he had been fo averfe to bear. However he di- 
 vemd himfelf that Night as a fick Perfon ufes to admit ofthe Entertain- 
 
 ment he receives from thofe who are m Health. The next Day the Ge- J i 
 
 o/Tydore 
 
 ment he receives irom tnoie wno are in nwu.n "Z'T ' roes to vi- 
 
 n^ral canie aboard, wfeUUhe Arnay was terming into one great Body,* 
 and the Companies were marching, that the King might not flay : that 
 Show bein' 7 provided for him, and the Defign that he ihould be concluded 
 fn through the Midfl ofthe Forces. Don Pedro order*, That before he 
 landed the King of Tydore, who attended in the fame Haibour, ihould go 
 vifit him. He refus’d to receive him, as long ash e^ and the Colone 
 _ n 4 a ii the Captains intreated him to admit ot the Vifit, which he at 
 ipnoth contented to, either being perfwaded, or yielding to Importunity. 
 
 Th! cSv 3e towards the King of Ty tore's Fleet and as they drew 
 Lar the Cannon fir’d. The King of Tydore Hay’d aboard his Admiral, 
 conceal’d between Curtains of Crimfon Damask and when the two Galleys Barharons 
 were come together board and board, after a long Silence, the Curtains Caemo _ 
 were drawn. Both the Kings appear’d »n their Veffels, looking at one njeJofthe 
 anotlier, for a confiderable T i«e, without fpeaking a Word. At length he 
 eTiernate, as the conquer’d, call’d to one of his Nephews, to whom kneel- 
 1 hp deliver'd a Meffage in his Ear for the King of Tydore. The Ne- 
 ohew went over to the Carcoa, and having made the Zumbaya, according Zumbaya 
 S their Ceremonies, with great Tokens of Submiffion, kneeling, joyning Ceremony. 
 his Hands, and raifing them up to his Pace, kifs d the King ot Tydo> e s 
 left Fcot Then he deliver'd him his Meffage with much Deliberation, 
 ail the Sunders-by obierving the knitting of his Brows, and all the other 
 Tokens of Admiration.and Sorrow, wherewith he was heard. 1 he c e- 
 nhew withdrew as foon as he had done lpeaking i and after the King of 
 iWorr had continu’d a while Thoughtful, he call’d another Cachii, who 
 was his Favourite, and Kinfman. He fpoke to him in the fame Manner, 
 and gave him another Meffage for the King of Ternate, wub much DeU- 
 beration and State. This Meffenger paid him the fame refpedful Ceremo- 
 nies and going over to our Galley, when he came into thePreienceof the 
 King of Ternate, after performing the fame Zumbaya, bow'd himfelf dovvn 
 jungoi .1 . r The King receiv d it with as much Grandeur 
 and deliver ^^/ ‘ 1 „, lad , he [4n Conqueror. Then he a lfo Hood a while 
 mufing° and rifing went over to die Admiral of Tydore, which, as has been Meeting of 
 S^d wVs grapS with the Galley. The Prince, his Son, and the Com- the two 
 ™nd«s attended him. The King of Tydore flood up to receive him. Kings. 
 When they met, eachof them us'd tedious Civilities, and Ceremonies to- 
 ,1; the mher about fitting. He of Ternate fat fir A, and the Prince, 
 by his Father's Order, paid him of Tydore, the Refpeft of the 
 
248 
 
 The Ttfcovery and Conqueft of 
 
 
 The two 
 
 Kings 
 
 land. 
 
 Don Pedro 
 7 cceives 
 the King. 
 
 Comforts 
 
 him. 
 
 The King 1 s 
 Jnfrrer. 
 
 ,/fSpanfh 
 Company 
 guards the 
 King. 
 
 He defines 
 the Com- 
 pany of 
 Captain 
 Viilagr.a. 
 
 killing his Foot. lie to prevent obliging his Son to repay the like Compli- 
 ment to the other, before the King of Temate cur\e 9 had order'd him aboard 
 another Veflel, and to put out to Sea, that he might not be prefent at the 
 Interview. The two Kings difcours’d about feveral Affairs, and he of 
 Tervate , of his Misfortune, tho’ in manly Manner. 
 
 It being now Time for the King of Ternate to land, both the Kings be- 
 gan to draw near it, but with different Notions. The General waited in 
 the Forr, and faw the Landing from the Top of it. The King of Teniate 
 came afhore between and led by the Colonel, and Gallinato . After him 
 follow'd the Prince, conduced by Captain Villagra , and the Major, i lie 
 King march’d thro' a Lane of our Foot, and feem'd pleas'd to fee them fo 
 gallant, and orderly. Thus he came to the Fort, the ancient Refjdence of 
 his Predeceffors, and not long fince his own, Don Pedro , the Governour 
 coming down to the Gate to meet him, unarm'd, richly drefs'd, and ’with 
 fuch Decency as became his Perfon. He would have kifs’d his Hand, but 
 the King embrac'd him, and they went up Hand in Hand to the Lodgings - 
 in the Statelieft whereof, they found three Chairs, with as many CufhionJ 
 before them, plac’d on a rich Carpet under the Canopy. The King fat on 
 that in the Middle, the Prince on the next, and the Governour on the 
 third. After a Ihort Silence, the Difcourfe began, Don Pedro telling the 
 King, his Highnefs ought to bear his prefent Condition with Resolution 
 remembering the long Profperity he had enjoy’d. That he offer'd to i 11- 
 terceed, and ufe his Intereff with his Majefty, that he might be reffnr'd. 
 to his Kingdoms ; and that the Subjed in Hand requiring longer and pri- 
 vate Conferences, he for the Prefent would cut it fhort, becaufe the fettling 
 of weighty Affairs, is not to be gBCunded on the Noife of Promifes. 
 The King return’d Thanks for the Kindnefs he fhow'd, in ptomiimg his 
 Reffitution, and bewailing his prefent Condition, concluded, faying, That 
 he took Comfort in him, confidering Heaven had referv'd him to be fub- 
 bu’d by fo great a Commander; in which particular he reckon’d he was 
 much oblig'd to his Fortune ; and that he confided, he would treat him 
 with fuch Generofky and Goodnefs as was due on his owmAccouot, and his 
 being ihe Miniffer of fo great a Monarch, without calling to mind that 
 his own Pride had been his Ruin. The. Governour fatisfy'd him as to all 
 Points, and having order'd the belt Houfe in Tervate to be furnifn'd, and ' 
 fent to it Plate, Houfehold Goods,Linnen, Beds, Pavillions, and all Things 
 anfwerable to fuch a Gueft, he defir'd the King would be pleas'd to re- 
 move thither, and with his leave he would wait on him; and that, with 
 his good liking, a Spanijb Captain with his Company fhould guard his 
 Perfon ; Jeff the Subje&s of the Kingdom of Tydore, his natural Enemies, 
 who were then very Numerous iathe City, feeing him alone, fhould offer 
 any Rudenefs. The King accepted of it, fmiling in a heavy Manner, to 
 fignify that the Guard was appointed to fecure him, and all the other Pri- 
 soners, and that he was fenfible of the falfe Glofs they gave it. 
 
 Captain Peter Delgado was order'd with his Company to guard the 
 King's Houfe, and attend him, till reliev'd. That Night the King was 
 very melancholy, being among fo many Strangers, and though it was late, 
 would not goto Bed, till he had fent Sylva , the Pot tuguefe Interpreter, to 
 d.efire the General, that for. lome Comfort in his Solitude, this being the 
 
 Requeft. 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 249 
 
 Requefl of a conquer‘d Perfon,he would fend him Captain Villagra, whom, 
 as the fir ft Spaniardhe had been acquainted with, he lov { d, call c d him Father 
 and ddighted in his Company. The King is reported to have faid, that to 
 converfe with the Conquerors, is only to haflen being overcome, and make 
 the Change of Fortune Habitual. The Governour was glad he could afford 
 him that Satisfaction • and fending immediately for Captain Villagra , de- 
 fied he would go divert the King, and make much of, and entertain him 
 with Art, that he might be comforted. The Captain readily comply’d,and 
 the King exprefs’d Angular Satisfaction in his Company. He fupp'd, and 
 went to Bed, difcourftngall the while with the Captain concerning Martial 
 and Religious Affairs. 
 
 ^ Two Days after the Governour directed Colonel Gallinato and Captain 
 Villagra , together with Paul de Lima , to propofe to the King to enter into 
 Treaty with him, in his Majefty’s Name, for fettling Things in a State of 
 Security, and Safety;. and to perfwade him, that was the Way to deferve Treaty fet 
 well, and put himfeif into a better Condition. They three went to him, afoot with 
 attended by other Perfons of Note, and among them fome religious Men of the King % 
 the Orders of S. Ai/gujlin, and S. Dominick , and the Society of Jefus, who 
 all behav‘d themfelves commendably in their Stations. The King did not 
 refufe to capitulate, and after fettling the Form, by the Interpofnion of Paul 
 dc Lima , and gianting fome Things he defied of the King of Spain, the fol- 
 lowing Articles were drawn and flgn 5 d. 
 
 The firft Thing requir'd of Cachil Sultan Zayde , King of Ternate , and of Articles 
 the refb who ara Prifoner-s with his Highnefs, is that he fhall deliver up to between 
 his Majefty King Philip our Sovereign, the Forts he is now poftefsM of, theGcnenl 
 being thofe of Gilolo^SabubuyGawoc anor a , Tacome , thofe of Machian , thofe a 
 of Sula, and the Reft. To this he anfwers, that he will deliver up to his Ternate 
 Majefty the *forefaid Forts, and to that Effeft, will fend the Prince his Son, fj je Kin? 
 and his Kinfman Cachil Aimixa , with the Perfons appointed to take Poffeffi- tQ ' g c y lv f r 
 on of them, and that they fhall be delivered up, with all the Cannon, Am- u d a n c 
 munitions, Mufkets,and Fire-Arms there are in them. Forts. 
 
 Secondly , That he fr.all reilore all thePrifdners he has, either ChriAians, 
 or Infidels, being our Subjects, as well of the Provinces of the Pintados, as To releafe 
 of the Reft that are fubjedb to the Spaniards in the Philippine Iftands. He Piifoners . 
 anfwerM, that all fuch as can be found at prefent Ihall be delivered, and 
 ' the Reft hereafter as they are dilcover‘d. T 
 
 Thirdly, That he fhall deliver up the Dutch he hasin^his Power. He 10 ^y u ' er 
 anfwei'd, That when he departed the Fort of Ternate , 13 or 14 that were, t/je 
 with him fled; and he fuppofes they repair'd to the Dutch Ship, becaufe he utc "* 
 has not feen them fince ; but if they fhall be found, he will deliver them im- 
 mediately. j 1 jy 
 
 Fourthly , He fhall deliver up the Renegado Spaniards that were in the tiene- 
 Fort of Ternate. He anfwer'd, that there was but one, and he fled as well &.° ^P a " 
 as the Reft, the Day the Fort was taken ; that he- knows not where he is, niards * 
 but will caufe Search to be made, and deliver him. 
 
 Fifthly y That he fhall deliver up all the Towns which are in BatoclAna , Alfo Bato- 
 and is call'd El Me o, they having been formerly Chriftians; as alfo the china, Mo- 
 Iflands of Afoj and Herrao, w hich were alfo Chriftian, with all the ratay, & 
 Artillery and Ammunition there i ; in them, He anfwer'd, he is ready to Herrao. 
 
 ■deliver up all, as he had done his PerfoB. 
 
 Theft 
 
250 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquejl of 
 
 — Th*f> Articles Don Pedro de Jcnnna, Governour, and Captain Genera! 
 
 ivlation iu the torm as above, by t F 0 f t he Languages. And the 1'aid 
 
 authentick in thefe Wands, whofeiv hi scanner. Given in the Fort of Ternate, 
 
 andCiptainallb ** it, 
 
 with the raid Paul de Lima. « w | t v 1 gT3C eful Flourilhes, and the 
 
 S.Intdil Capitulation was brought into S^, 
 with the other authentick Inftruments. ndeTS j m b ar k‘d to take Pof- 
 
 Comman- In Purfuance “ ^rylnfalong with them the King and Prince, 
 
 ders go to feflion of the feveral P. laora, caw? 8 h Admira j an( j Vice-Admiral, 
 
 take Pof- and other Pnfoners in two Galleys bang* Cervantcs . The firit 
 
 fe/fion. with all ViUogras Company, ai ~ next t h at of Sul a, both in 
 
 m Place taken Poffeffionof Batocbiva, where are 
 
 the Wand of Terete. Whence they fail d to the A ' Gamac(tn0 . 
 
 Camoca- but’in that Country Language, 
 
 nora what r *> w1 \ K ^m gjfe * Canora Land, fo that Gamocanora father fig- 
 
 being appointed, and authorizM for that Time. and 
 
 People at all the Forts^ 1-^r bTwhofe Authority that Captain 
 
 that all was now fubjeft to the . Y their obedience to his Majefty. 
 
 °f came to take Poffeffion, that fo all g P ^ propos'd to them, knelt down, 
 The People having been attentive to what 1 the Captain difplay‘d 
 
 and raifing their Voices mad t : to denote Poneflion. Then 
 
 the'Standardadvancingit in ^ Is ^ j ft J ut Cannon, and draw it down to 
 
 he commanded the Natives to h r S ., -pbis was t h e Method obfer- 
 the Shore, to be imbark‘d aboard the Galley . . 
 
 vtd at Cilclo, and in <■*« P! “““ f J ef ! ’Sijghis Advantage of the Viflo- 
 I» the ntean luntfett of theTowna 
 ry,fent the Prince his Son with lorn L a ftually did. Don Pedro being 
 the King of Tsntftetad^enf an Enterprize Ihould be undertaken without 
 iirfomi‘d of it,was offended that P ^ therein given Tokens of 
 
 his Order, and thinking the g > of ^ ing fuch Sat isfaftion, as he 
 
 Diftruft, and Drfrefpeft, had S jydvte reflecting on his Mif- 
 
 judg‘d the Matter deferv‘d ; but the King y abfolute In- 
 
 behaviour, and that Hie ^vetn^ Refentment ^ i J and faying , 
 
 dignation, **»«£££ ffStafa. Order! or Knowledge 5 ai d 
 that Invaiion had been cany u as we {ball foon fee. 
 
 defifting expeifted to^reflord by followed at that of Sa- 
 
 The Method obferv‘d fell fick, or preten- 
 
 lubu, where Queen a , Circumflances of Times. Cacbtl 
 
 •ded fo to do. Vniagra had an d a brave Soldier, 
 
 ■Hete, Savgiack of Gtnnocanora, the King s Aepnew, landed 
 
 JJlffrtTier of 
 
 taking 
 
 ToJJejJion. 
 
 X o/Ty- 
 
 dore reco- 
 vers his 
 Tonus. 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS, 
 
 landed inflead of the other. The People of that Town imaging, that ViT 
 lagra brought confidersbJe forces, and therefore to fecure the Queen, and 
 themfelves, they gather'd above 2500 fighting Men, under Pretence they 
 would not fuffer Celycaya to be taken away. They hid themfelves with 
 their Arms, yet not 16 but that the Captain knew of it. He took no Notice, 
 but coming up to one of the Baftions of the Town, which were both next 
 the River, drew off the Cannon, fome few of the Natives, and thofe Boys 
 helping him 5 the Reft waiting for more confiderable Action, in Arms. 
 Then he difarm'd the other Baflion, aflilled by Francis Romanico , and John 
 Rodriguez Bennejo , Captains of the Galleys. The Town flands on the Bank 
 of a River, up which they had run in their Boats; but returning witlvthe 
 Men that row'd, the Guns were loaded, the Sangiack Rete forwarding of it. 
 He finding the People in an Uproar, would not have had the Cannon carry’d 
 away, at that Time. Poffeflion was not taken till afterwards, out of Re- 
 fpeft to the Queen, and by Reafon of the Mutiny of the People, who efcap’d 
 not unchaffis’d. The Galleys return’d to Gmocitnora , and not being able 
 to get into the River, nor to flay out,becaufe of the Flats, where an indiffer- 
 ent Wind may do much Harm, the le aft Part whereof was the Lofs of 
 the VefTels; Gallinato therefore confidering, that if they fhould be call 
 away, the King was in his own Country, whence it would be impoflible to 
 get him out again, tho’ a greater Power fhould be gather’d for that End, 
 than what came from the Philippine I Hands, and having confulted with him 
 about the Method to be us’d to get in to Gamocanora, the Sangiack of that 
 Place faid to him. Sir, if you have fitch Confidence in me, as I know you may , 
 and my Advice is of any Force with you, do not go thither with thefe Galleys , 
 for you willexpofe them to Shoals , and Winds . Since therefore here a €' two 
 Carcoas o/Tydore, let the Captain Villagra, Hje Notary , and the Interpreter 
 go aboard them, and I will go along with them to my Country, where the 
 fame /ball be done, as if the Galleys went in. 
 
 Gallinato confulted with Villagra , and they approv’d of the Method, fet- 
 ing out in the Carcoas on Saturday in the Afternoon, and on Sunday Morning 
 a League fhort of the River, the Sangiack told the Captain, he well knew he 
 had been long from his Country, attending the King, and that his Subjefts 
 had no certain Account of him, and therefore, they might’ then as they us’d 
 to do at other Times, come out to the Mouth of the River with a Fleet, to 
 guard the Entrance. That if it fhould fo happen, he mud not be diflurb’d, 
 for they fhould all ferve him. The Captain , told him, how much he con- 
 fided in him, fince he ha«Wo eafily follow’d his Advice, and was come to 
 his Country almoft Naked; and that whatfoever happened he would not 
 mifiruft him. Being come near the Mouth of the River, they faw 13 Vef- 
 fels come out, and when in the Sea, they drew up in a half Moon, and made 
 up to enclofe the Captain’s Carcoa . The Sangiack feeing them near at Hand, 
 went foward, and calling out, commanded them to be peaceable. As foon 
 as they knew him, they obey’d, drew together their VefTels, and 
 came to fpeak to him. He enquir’d into the Poflure of his Affairs, and ask’d 
 whether his Mother was there. They faid fhe was, and gave him a long 
 Account of all Things. They went before to carry his Mother the News 
 of his Coming, and he order’d them to affemble all the People of the Town, 
 and that none fhould appear arm’d, for they never us’d to lay afide their 
 
 Campi lanes. 
 
 251 
 
 The People 
 of Sabubu 
 in Arms.' 
 
 Cacliil 
 
 Rete. 
 
 His Advice 
 to the Spa~ 
 niards. 
 
 Villagra 
 tr ufts the 
 Sangiack 
 
 He appear 
 fes his 
 Subjects. 
 
a$2 
 
 The Difcoy&y and Conquefl of 
 
 A Vejfcl 
 fill'd by 
 none but 
 Women, 
 
 Meeting 
 of the 
 Sangiack 
 And his 
 Mother., 
 
 His great 
 Sufiiriffion 
 to the 
 Spaniaids 
 
 His noble 
 Entertain- 
 ment . 
 
 Anns dell 
 .ver'd* 
 
 Cavipilanes. Being come in, they found all, and even the Women got to- 
 gether, and imba'tking again, met the Savgiackt Mother in the Middle or 
 the ‘River, (he then coining down, to fee her Son, m a \ eflei all lull or wo- 
 men, dad in ieveral Sorts of Silks, with high Feather?, and Several ot them 
 arm’d. Some handed the Sails, others ply’d the Oates, and others atten- 
 ded about that Princelles Pcrfon, fo that there was not one Man among 
 them. 
 
 Tire Mother being impatient, advanced os foon as ever (he came to her 
 Son’s Carcoai but he more nimbly leap’d into that \ effei ot Women, and 
 after paying the due Refpeft to his Mother, mere pais d extraordinary I e~ 
 monftrations of Love on both Sides, (he imbracing, and killing her Son. 
 Thus they all went up the River, againft the Stream, till they came to the 
 Town. Onboth tire Banks there appear’d People clad in gay Manner, with 
 Feathers, but unarm’d, and .the Sangiack having defir d his Mother to go 
 alhore, all the Prime Men to perfwade her leap’d into the Water, and carry- 
 vd her in their Arms. The Smtiack and Villagra came to the MaiKet- 
 Place, in the mid ft whereof they found an Atbout, or Hut made or Boughs, 
 •on Timbers, and in it two Chairs, on a Carpet, They fet down with the 
 ufual Ceremonies, and the Sangiack declar d to his Subje&s, that ad the Do- 
 minions of the King of TernatCy and their Perfons, were then fubieft tothe 
 King of .Spain, as he was himfelfi That hereupon follow d the Obligation 
 of delivering up the Forts to him, and he was poffefs d ot all the Reft, only 
 that being wanting. That they Ihould fo order that C^mn Villagra 
 might take Poffeffion of it and the Artillery, Villagra mtreated the Sangi- 
 ack logo fee his Wife, and Children, and he would .receive the Surrender 
 of the Fort, and Arms, in the Afternoon ; but he anfwer’d, that he came not 
 to reioyce with his Family, but to ferve the King of Spain, Afterwards he 
 added, If you will have me fee them t will make Ufe of your Leave $ and if 
 you ref u/e it, willimbark without feeing them. # Villagra would not allow 
 of fuch rigid Nicety, preffing him to take the Satisfaction of his Family, be- 
 fore the Aft of Poffeffion, and in the mean while, flay *d himfeif with John 
 de Vega , and Antony deSylva, _ ' , 
 
 As foon as the Sangiack came Home, he lent the Captain about ;o 
 Indians loaded with Provifions, one after another, but fir ft they brought 
 ' Tables, Chairs ; and Table-Lionen in their great Difhes, and Salvers, and 
 on them the Salts, Knives, drinking Cups, and Ewres, Variety ofTrim, 
 Pullets roafied and fry’d, Goats Flefh roafled and boil’d, and other Daffies, 
 after the Fafbion of their Country, A little j^fore the Dinner was en- 
 ded they brought a Bed, and Pillows of green Satin, which they laid upon 
 Carpets, to take an Afternoons Nap on. It was not loufe before tne San~ 
 giack himfeif came* follow’d by all the People, leading his Mother, and 
 with them many Men loaded with the Aims he was to deliver up, gather d 
 ■ from private Men, as alfo Drakes, Muskets, and other Fire-Arms, Indians 
 brought them on their Shoulders, adorn’d with Boughs, in Token of the 
 Satisfaction they had in delivering them. ^ The fame was then done in the 
 Fort, as had been in the others. The Sangiack that Night gavethe Captain 
 a Supper in the fame Manner as the Dinner had been. The next Day 
 they breakfafted, and innbarking, return’d where Gallinato waited for them 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 253 
 
 in the Galleys, at Tacome , with fome Indians oS Sahubu, who came with a 
 Meflage to VUlagra , inviting hitn to go take PofTefEon of the Fort, 
 
 - He iufpeded they had a treacherous Defign, which was,* that when they _ , 
 
 came to SabubiL, they -.'would endeavour to have the Galleys come into the 1} A ' “ 
 River, the Bar being proper for them, and having 1 5 00 Me n in Ambuih, *° us 
 on both Sides of it, they would at Might fewd down Tome Fire-Ships up- l § n y r 
 on them, then thofe thatj were in Ambufh giving the Alarm, they might at l * 0 ? * °f 
 leafl refeue their King, and the other Pii&ners that were aboard; and in u u * 
 Cafe the Spaniards would not go in with their Galleys, they would 
 feize Captain VUlagra , when he landed, that - the Governour might, 
 in Exchange, for him deliver them the King of Ternate . A Portuguefe Wo- 
 man, who retir'd to Tacome , flying from lu nate when it was taken, and 
 jnarry‘d to a Renegade, tho* Ihe was Jierfelf a Chriflian, gave &a Hina t o AVortu- 
 Advice of this intended Treachery. He took no Notice, but privately ad- guefe JVo- 
 vis‘d VUlagra to pretend he was flek. The Natives of Sabnhu , again pref- man difeo - 
 fed for the Captain, that they might deliver him the Fort, and Gallinato vers the 
 defiring him to make ready to go thither, he excus £ d himfelf, alledging his Defign . 
 Indifpofition. Vega and Sjlva, and fome other Officers, went without him, 
 and did the fame Thing he could have done, avoiding the Danger of- the 
 Treafon. 
 
 They return'd with the Galleys to Ternate , where they found Don Pedro, f) on p e dro 
 who condefcending to fome jufl Requefls, and to others which depended on reftores 
 Courtefy, being only Matter of Bounty, reflor £ d feveral Towns, wrongfully Towns to 
 taken. Thefe were bellow’d on the Kings of Tydoee,oi Bachian, and ot Sian . the Ow- 
 The lafl of thefe, tho* he ought to have joyn‘d the Governour before the Ex- 1ieri . 
 pedition, came late, by Reafon of contrary Winds. He reflofd eight Towns 
 to the King of Tydore, Cachil Mole, he having been before poffefs‘d of them 
 in the Ifland of Macbian* On Cachil Raxa Laudin, King of Bachian, who 
 was always faithful to the Spaniards , and wounded-at the Siege Andrew 
 Flirt ado lay’d to Ternate, he beflow‘d the Iflands of Cayoa, Jdoha, and Bay - 
 loro, which are near Bachian, as zlfo Lucabata,Palomata,and other Towns. 
 
 He gave Ruy Pereyra , the Sangiack of Lahua , a notable Chriflian, and the 
 King of Spain's Subjed, the (Hand of Gane, to hold as Governour; and 
 others to Paul de Lima, which his Family had formerly been poffefs’d of. £ on p e(J 
 
 Some Aflemblies were held, to confult, what was to be done with re r 0 i ves t0 
 the King and his Son. Upon fumming up the Votes, it was Refolv’d, C J t j )e 
 that neither the one, nor the other, or any of the Prifoners of Note, being p r :r oners 
 .his Kinfmen, Cachiles and Sangiacks of Repute, fliould be left in the Maine - to ^ an ]] a ^ 
 cos • and that, for confiderable Reafons, then appearing, it was not conve- 
 nient at that Time, to depofe the King, but to allow him to appoint fuch 
 peaceable Perfons as he thought fit, to Govern the Kingdom, Don Pedro 
 had, during this time, writ to the King of Spain, acquainting him with the f 
 
 Succefs of the War, and approv’d oftbe Method of appointing Governours, T ® * 
 and accordingly order’d the Captive King and Prince fhould be told, that g§ re g e g t0 
 this Form of Government was pitch’d upon to fecure us againfl their Con- . tG 
 federacies, fince it was certain that they expeded the Dutch , and had fent ‘‘Lnours 
 to invite them againfl the Spaniards . That the King was to underftand, that 
 his Liberty, and Reftoration to his Kingdoms, depended on his good Beha- 
 viour for the future, and that of his Subjeds; and their aflifling the Spaniards 
 
 L 1 that 
 

 that were to be left at Ternate , and their friendly Entertainment of them- 
 This Meffage was deliver’d to the King by F. Lewis Fernandez , of the Soci- 
 Cachil Su- e ty of Jefus, Gallinato , and Efquivel. They did it with much Refpeft, ad- 
 gui, and ding, that he was to goto Manila, and therefore he fhould appoint fuch 
 Cachil Perl'ons, as he would have to Govern during his Abfence. The King com- 
 
 Quipat plying, fubmitted to every Thing, and nam’d Cachil Stigui, and Cachil <s>ui- 
 
 Cover- j, a t, both of them his Unkles, to be Governours,becaufe they were of a 
 Ttours. peaceable and honeii Difpofition. 
 
 A Day was was apponted for the folemn Aft of doing Homage. The 
 greatHall in theFort was hung withSilk, rich CanopysfetupjtheGovernour 
 Solemnity too ^ g eat un der the chiefefl of them, all the Forces being at Arms ; and 
 for Jwcar- t h en he declar’d to the Kings the Occafion of affembling them together, which 
 svgtealty. was tQ fwear p ea | t y t0 his Majefty, a Duty that had been fo long put off, 
 and at the fame Time fo much labour’d for by War. 
 p r They fwore Fealty to our Sovereign Lord King Philip, in the Perfon of the 
 
 ierjons Governour Don Pedro. The fir ft was Cachil Sultan Zayde Buxey, King of 
 that jw ore j ernate , an d Cachil Sul amp Gariolano, the Prince, his Son. Then Cachil 
 fealty. Mole, King of Tydore ; Cachil Raxa Laudin, King of Bachian ; Cachil Dint', 
 King of Sum, who had never done it before, but only profefs’d Friendfhip. Af- 
 ter them fwore th q Sangiacks and Cochiles, Tulo,Codate, t Aiiiuxa,Pete, Ale, 
 Nayo, ijhiipate, Colamb aboo, Dexebes, Pamuza , Babada , Baicat,Svgi, Gngu, 
 Eoleyfe, Gulila, Maleyto, Banaba, all of them Princes, Kinfmen, and Sub- 
 jects to the Molucco King. They promis’d not to admit of the Dutch, nor 
 any other Nations, to the Trade of Clove, and to preferve it entirely tor his 
 Majefty, and his Subjefts ; and to be affixing with their Perfons, Forces, 
 and Ships, whenfoever they Ihould be call’d upon by the Commander of the 
 Fort of Tern ate, ox of the Philippines. It was alfo agreed, that they fhould 
 not any Way obftruft the Converfion of the Gentils that were inclin’d to 
 embrace Chriftianity. 
 
 They were all fatisfy’d with this Beginning of their new Subjeftion, be- 
 caufe the King of Ternate oppos'd them, as being the moft poient.and fup- 
 ported bythe Dutch ; nor had they any Security again A his Tyranny ; efpe- 
 cially fince he caus’d the King of Ty.dore' s Father to be treacheroufly mur- 
 Jnother der’d, the King of Bachian" s in War, and a Kinfman of his, which they both 
 
 Fort built ftii] relented. Don Pedro order'd another Fort to be erefted at Tydore, and 
 at Tydore a Captain with 50 .Men to Garrifon it; at the Requeft of the King, by 
 whofe Afliftance it was finifh’d. It was refolv’d, that for the prefent, the 
 Ternate third Part of the Duties the People of Ternate us’d to pay, fhould betaken off, 
 eas'd of fo to make them eafy, that they might reap fome Benefit of our Viftory, 
 
 Duties. and not be perfwaded it tended to increafe their Oppreffion. The old Fort 
 
 being fmall, and unfit to make any confiderable Defence, it was thought fit 
 to build one on a higher Ground, larger, and flronger. The Plan was laid 
 out, and Orders given for carrying on the Work. The faid old Fort was 
 brought into a narrow Compafs, whilft the new one was raifing, which the 
 Governour, before he departed Ternate , faw finifh’d, quite enclos'd, and 
 , r firengthned with Ramparts. Six hundred Men, diflnbuted into fix Com- 
 Alen left - e ® were j e f t in j t> to defend the Ifland again ft any Invafion. Six 
 fl/Teruate. ^her baptains were reform’d. There were alfo twelve Gunners, 6% Pio- 
 neers, ;< Mafons, and. two good Brigantines, which, in Cafe of Neceffity, 
 
 might 
 

 the SPICE- ISLANDS. 
 
 255 
 
 might be mann’d with Pioneers. Colonel John de Ej quit el was appointed Efquivel 
 Commander in chief, and Governour of all the Moluccas . Governour 
 
 Don Pedro , the Day before his Departure, gave the laid Governour his 
 Infhu&ions, which had been maturely weighed, and debated, a: ter le- 
 veral private Conferences with him, providing for ail Accidents that might 
 
 All the Prifoners, being the King and Prince of Ternate, and 24 Sangiacks p*r 0JJers 
 and Cachiles , were put aboard the Admiral Galley ,under the Care of Captain - 
 
 Villagra , with particular Orders to convey them to Manila . 1 his done they 
 fet fail. Our Fleet being departed with the Booty, and Prifoners,the Colonel, 
 
 John de Efquivel, apply'd himfelf diligently to the Affairs of his Charge, and 
 to haftning on the Fortifications begun in feveral Parts. Whilft the Conque- 
 rors faiPd away, on the fourth of May, he order'd the King of Tydore , with 
 his Fleet, and in it fome Spaniards , commanded by the Captains Pafqual de 
 Aragon , and Martin dc Efquivel , to fail for Sabubu, to perfwade the Cachiles , 
 
 £u aui and £ hiipati , to return to the City ; becaufe by their Examples the 
 Citizens and Multitude would do the like, they being fled to the Mountains King of 
 on Account of the War ; for fo they would quit thofe Deferts, be encoura- Tydore 
 ged to confide in the Conqueror, and fettle in Peace. The King of Tydore f e72t toSz- 
 arrived at Sabubu, with his Company ; fent Meffengers to them, who deli- 
 ver'd what they werecommiflion'd with, adding, that if they requu d Ho- 
 mages for their fate coming, they fhouldhave the Spanijh Captains that were 
 in the Fleet deliver'd to them. The Governors were fo fat from giving The Gq _ 
 
 E ar to their Meffage, that they fent to conjure them to depart Sabubu . EJ- vernours 
 quite l was concern‘d at this miftruftful and rough Behaviour, because the re f u r e 
 areateft Part of the People of the Ifland were in that ftrong Hold, and in Gi- cm ^ 
 lolo and that Repulfein the Prefence of the Natives that were fled, film'd 
 to threaten greater Oppofition. Whilfthe prepar'd to reduce them, he en- 
 deavour'd by fair Means to attraftthe Inhabitants of a Town, call aTacome, 
 two Leagues from Ternate , whither alfo fome of thofe that had fled were re- 
 tir'd He fent them a confiderable Quantity of Plunder, plac'd Safeguards 
 in Tacome and Malay o, to quiet, and defend them againft the Tydore s, their 
 
 Enemies and Conquerors. . , . , r-rr n Svznifti 
 
 The King of Tydore, and our Commanders, returning without any Effetf xa 
 from Sabubu, they fail'd with the Fleet to Machian, to recover peaceably 
 that Part of the Ifland, which the Governour, Don Pedro, took from the Kin? 
 of Ternate, to reflore it to him of Tydore. At the fame Time two Dutch 
 Ships arriv'd there ; one of them was the fame our Fleet found fome Days 
 before in the Fort Talangame ; which havingbeen a Witnefs to our Sue- 
 cefs, reioyn'd the other, and both of them came together to the Moluccos.by 
 Order ofthe Butch Commander refiding at Jmboyna, to encourage the King 
 of Ternate to perfifl in his Difobedience, and a'ffift him againft our Fleet. •? • 
 
 Our Men fent the Colonel Advice, who order'd our Galliots to fet out, to 
 find and purfue thofe Ships, that fo their Boats might not offer to move far 
 from them, and to endeavour to obftrucl their trading with the Natives. 
 
 Tho‘ the Orders were obey'd, the faid-two Ships appear'd before Ternate 
 the third Day after, and holding on their Courfe, anchor'd at Gilolo, where 
 moft of the Natives of the MoUtcco lilands, who were fled, had fortify'd 
 the mfe Ives. Thefe Guefts, according to their Cuftome, call'd together all 
 
 L 1 i the 
 
256 
 
 The Vifccvery and Conqiteft of 
 
 Rebellion 
 at Gilolo 
 
 Methods 
 for f up - 
 frejjing it 
 
 the Inhabitants, who were difpers'd about in other Towns, and refolv'd 
 to go over to Gilolo and Sabubu. They gather'd all their Veffels, and 
 thought, with them, and the Dutch Ships, to obftruit the Ravage our Ga- 
 liots°made, and to fupport their Friends. This new Rebellion was carri- 
 ed on in Sight of the Dutch Ships lying at Anchor before Gilolo, and they 
 fecur‘d, and defended them again!! our Squadrons. 
 
 The Colonel intreated the King of Tydore, who was newly return'd from 
 Machian to gather a greater Number of arm'd Carcoas, that our Infantry 
 might be’ carry ‘d in them, and the Galiots, to attack Gilolo, and Sabubu, 
 in Order to fupprefs that Mifchief in its fir!! Rife, there being other Places 
 for our Veffels to put into, befides the Harbour where the Enemies Ships lay 
 at Anchor. The King of Tydore ftarted fo many Difficulties, that Efyuivel 
 could not prevail upon him. Another more effectual Method was found. 
 It being certain, that the Fugitives mull bring their Provifions, and parti- 
 cularly Rice from the Province del More, and Iiland of Moral ay, where 
 there is great Plenty: and that we having burnt the Ships of the Moluccas* 
 during that War, they would fupply the Want of them from thole fame 
 Places • the Governour therefore refolv‘d, that Major Vergara, and the 
 King of Tydore, fhould repair thither with 110 Spaniards, to difappoint their 
 Defigns, that fo Neceffity might reduce them to fubrrat. 
 
 Our Forces arriv'd at the Ifland Batochna, which is the fame as Gilolo, 
 jzo Spa- and where Sabubu Rands. Leaving the Shore they marched over extraor- 
 imrds fent dinary wooded Mountains, along the Side ot the Rite toheanot a, to* 
 to Gilolo. great Town, the Receptacle of many of the Fugitives. They met with no 
 Oppofnioh, or other Obftacle hi the Way, but only thole ftarp pointed 
 Stakes they ufe to drive into the Ground. The Enemy had plac'd their 
 Kteateil Defence upon the River; but abandon'd it upon the Approach of 
 the Spaniards, running up into the Mountains, and leaving their Houfes 
 They burr i and Veffels. Our Men fell upon both burnt them and took fuch as durff 
 ToLs and Hay behind. In fine, they ill, Sifmay'd at the Sight of the Flames and 
 reduce the Deftruftion, embrac'd more fubmifljve methods. The City hfoa un- 
 Ifand. derweht the fame Fate, and the -Remains ot it fued for Pardon, and com- 
 
 '^hefane of'7V^'-#eirt avvay from this Place with eight Carcoas, lea- 
 ving the reft, ahd the Galley's, with the Major. The City Mamuya haying 
 Galela de- ma |e Refinance, was alfo burilt. Oar Men went over infmall Veflelsto. 
 fir of d. Galela, a Town built in a large Lake, which held out till reduc'd by Eire 
 and Sword, the very Children fwimming away. Tolo, Chtaya, and Ca- 
 jole Chi- Mo, which are three Leagues tiom G./r/^ and wbofe nhab.tams had 
 • been formerly Chriftians, prevented Military Execution, by lending Depu- 
 ties from Tolo, the ftrongelt of them, with Boughs of Bonanas in bloilom, 
 and Green, and White Cloves. They came unarm d, and with Mufick, 
 and exnrefs'd much Sorrow for their late Rebelhon,for which Suit On Zay- 
 de was P to blame, and for having forfaken the Chrilban Religion, which 
 tVy were there ready to imbrace. The Spamjb Commander prais d, and 
 treated them Courteoully. Our Men now fickned a pace ; for which Rea- 
 fon, as alfo becaufe the weflerly Winds began to grow boifierous, he was 
 obiieM to defer the fubduing of Moratay. However he left lome Men at 
 Toll with the linall Guns taken at Gabocanora, to fecure the Towns that 
 
 were. 
 
 ava mid 
 Camafb 
 Jubmft • 
 
the SPICE-ISLANDS, 
 
 $ jw 
 
 257 
 
 •were reduced, and defend them againll thofe of Galela and Tabelo , which 
 are biger than they. This done he return'd to Ternate, but not without 
 Storms, and Dangers, incurred by giving Credit to a Molucco Slave. 
 
 The Governour manned a Galliot, a Brigantine, and fome fmaller Veftels 
 with Soldiers, and Chine fe s to row, under the Command of the Enfign 
 Chriftopher Suarez. He fail'd with a fair Wind for the Ifland Mateo, 
 which we call delcbes , the neareft Part whereof is 30 Leagues "Weil from r r ^‘ 
 Ternate , and its Length above 150 Leagues. The furtheft Part of it is{,, • j ~ Q 
 fubjeft to the King of Macaffar, a Mahometan Prince, with whom the Jj je jj ea _ 
 People of Malaca have Trade, as alfo with three other heathen Kings, of f j J Kin^s 
 whom there was a Report, that tYey defired to be Chriftians ; but they J n 1 ^ 
 fell under the Tyranny of the King of Ternate, and fuffer'd by his Invafi- f. dTctoli 
 ons and Burnings . Effuivel fent to acquaint them with the King of Spain's a 
 Vi&ories and Succefs 5 and exhorted them to come under his Dominion, 
 but above all to be united to the Church. He made them Prefents of Eu- 
 ropean Commodities, which are as good as Money with them, and offer’d 
 the Prote&ion of the Spanijh Power, which had pull'd down that Tyrant, 
 to whom they were Tributary. He faid. he fent them Ships and Arms, 
 and that for the Time to come, they might fafely repaiT to trade at the 
 Moluccos . Thfcfe Princes were two Brothers, the one King of Bool , the 
 other of Totoli . They rejoyc'd at the coming of the Embaffador Chrifto- 
 pher Suarez, and he prefenting them fome Pieces of Velvet, in Token of 
 Friendfhip, they return’d other Gifts, and Abundance of Provifions, and 
 difmifs'd him, with a Letter to the Governour; Queen Dongne of Caw- 
 ripa 9 teftifyM to Efquivel no lefs Satisfa&ion, and Inclination to be uni- 
 ted to the King of Spain by VafTalage, • * 
 
 The Garriions of the Rebellious Towns were a {Faulted by the Spaniards , JClng of 
 and compel] ’d to fubmit. The King of Tydore made Havoclt on the Coaft Tydore** 
 of Batochina, or Gilolo, where he recover’d for his Majefty, and for him- Actions. 
 felf, the Towns and Forts that had been taken from him by the King of 
 Ternate . He plunder’d the great Town of Mira 9 in Moratay, and made 
 Captives of many that oppos'd him, who had alfo been Chriflians. Among 
 the reft he took a Guimala, which fignifies, a Chief, or Head of a Quarter, 
 or Ward, whom he again fet at Liberty, at the Requeft of our Men, fend- 
 ing him away with two other Guimalaty in the Company of Captain John 
 de la Torre . The Iflands in thole Parts were reducing by Degrees, with r^ ea< ? 5 , 
 little Oppofition. Thofe of the Mcaoiy lying to the North-Weft, towards tjj&njlsjtw- 
 Manila , being among, and full of large Towns, defended themfelves, with du d% 
 the Aftiftance, and I nduftry of the Butch ; but B. Antony Flores, a Lay- 
 Brother, of the Order of S. Juguftin, who fought againft the Sangleyes 
 of Manila, as has been faid above, coming thither with the Galleys, they 
 fubmitted. The Enfign Lewis de Zuazo arriv’d after the Bufinefs was 
 over, and they being now fuccefsful, and underftanding that the T)utch 
 Ship was fail'd from Gilolo , made after her. She was fo good a Sailer, Redu&ion 
 that they labour’d in vain ; but carry'd oft the War at Gilolo and Sahubii , 0 f other 
 which made the Ternate Governours put up their Complaints, and lay Iflands. 
 afide their Defigns. They writ to the Governour, and he anfwer'd them, 
 fending a Copy of the Articles, upon which they offer’d to repair to Ter- 
 nate, in peaceable Manner. All our Commanders were difpers'd in feve- 
 
 rai 
 
258 
 
 The Difcovery an d Conqueji of 
 
 Tlx King 
 and Mo- 
 iucco 
 P) i [oners 
 
 xal Places, reducing the I Hands of the Moluccos that had Rebelled, either 
 by Force of Arms, or other Methods 5 and particularly thofe belonging to 
 the Sultan of Teniate y which are few under an hundred ^ and thus Peace 
 began to be eftablifh‘d, which if not Wifhfo for, was at leaft Tolerated, 
 and accepted of with fuch Appearances as are becoming to make it ho- 
 nourable. 
 
 Whilft the Molucca Iflands fubmitted by Force to receive the Yoke, the 
 Governour, DonPedrode Jcunna, was failing for Manila . Captain Villa- 
 gra was at a Diftance from the Fleet, with the King, Prince, and Sangi- 
 acks that were Prifoners, aboard the Admiral Galley. This made them 
 a tempt to f orm a i) e {jgn to attempt to make their Efcape to Mindanao , and they had 
 <Jcape. fucceeded, if not prevented by the Sdldiers that guarded them. Captain 
 Villagra either Sufpeded, or had Information of it, and therefore doubled 
 the Guards, and put eight of the mo ft daring into Chains. Among the 
 moil remarkable wer tCachil Amixa , the Sangiack Rete y and he of Mofa - 
 quia. They all arriv’d at Manila , but their Fetters were taken off before 
 they came thither, after they had worn them ten Days, with much Re- 
 gret of the King, whom they fatisfy‘d with Hopes, and acquainting him 
 with fome of the Grounds there were to fufped, till the Danger of laying 
 them afide ceas’d. Tire Hazard at Mindanao was, that thofe Iflands are 
 not Tributary, yet they value themfelves upon entertaining Friendship 
 with the King of Ternate ; and it is moft certain, that had he attempted to 
 fly, and fucceeded in it, they would have fupported him there ; and Villa- 
 gra had Intelligence given him, that the King either made, or approv’d of 
 the Propofal ; tho’ there was no want of Care and Vigilancy either in 
 Don Pedro's Ship, or the Admiral Galley. 
 
 During all this Time we have fpoken of, the News of our Succefs was 
 not brought to the Philippine Iflands. This long Silence, and Want of 
 Intelligence, became an Argument in thofe Parts, and particularly at Ma- 
 } nila y that Don Pedro and the Fleet were loft, or at leaft had met with luch 
 Don Pedro jjj s ucce f s as deferv’d to be generally lamented. Virtue never fail’d of en- 
 de Acunna v j ous Perfons to perfecute it, and accordingly Don Pedro was not without 
 [oppos'd to ^ em at Manila ; but tho’ they were well known, in fo much that in the 
 kepoifon ^- general Opinion of all Mei>, they are fuppos‘d to have given the Poifon, 
 whereof that great Man was thought to have dy’d zz Days after his Re- 
 turn, we will nevertheless lupprefs their Names, fince it is not the Part 
 of an Author, whofe Duty it is to obferve an exad Neutrality, and not 
 to be led any Way by Affedion, to confirm that Depofition, which, as yer, 
 is no better grounded than on Sufpicion. They are all Dead long fince, 
 Fal[e Re - and have been tiy’d before that great Tribunal, where the leaft thought 
 ' ports a - cannot pafs without being accounted for. Thefe Men gave out, That Don 
 broad. Pedro attacking Ternate , enter’d it fuccefsfully , but that his Men had been 
 too intent upon Plunder, the Enemy rallyed, and falling upon the Spa- 
 niards, beat them out again, killing moft of them. And that the General 
 being afham’d of his ill Condud, durft not return to Manila. 
 
 This Repoit being fpread abroad among the Indians , did fo much Harm, 
 Indians he- that they began to Mutiny, especially in the Provinces of Camay ines y and 
 gin 10 Mu- Pint ados \ in fo much that the Fryers who attended their Inlirudion, 
 jir.y. could not deal with them any longer, for they faid, That fince the People 
 
 of 
 

 the SPICE-ISLANDS. 
 
 25? 
 
 Prifoners 
 dif con fo- 
 late. 
 
 of the Molucca were victorious, why fhould they be flill iubjeft to the 
 Spaniards, w r ho did not defend them againft the Moors , and thefe would 
 now plunder them daily with tile A ffi fiance of Ternate , and it would be 
 worfe lor the Future. Nor were they fatisfy’d with muttering, but pro- 
 ceeded to confer Notes together, and to contrive putting their Proje&s in 
 Execution. But all this vanifh'd at the Sight of Truth, and the News of 
 it, brought in before the Arrival of the Conquerors, and the Preparations 
 they faw made for their Reception, and triumphant Rejoycings. The 
 Weather was feafonable, and favour'd them in all Refpe&s, and they ar- 
 riv'd at Manila on the ninth of June, loaded with Honour and ViClory, 
 after they had relied in the Port of Cabite, two Leagues diftant. 
 
 The Captives diverted themfelves with our Men, to put off the Remem- 
 brance of paR Times, whilR rich Garments of feveral Sorts of Silks were 
 provided for them at the publick Charge, which is the King’s Treafury in 
 the Philippine Iflands. They look'd dejeCledly, and with Admiration, on 
 the Harbour, Walls, Forts, and Buildings of the City, the Sight whereof 
 made them call to Mind the laft Day on which they fell from their boafted 
 State of Liberty. Our Commanders dropt fome courteous Words of Com- 
 fort in their Difcourfe, telling them, that asfoonas the News could come 
 to Spain ot their being reduc'd, and that good Order was taken againft 
 falling again into the former Dangers, the King would order them to be 
 reftor'd to their Liberty. All thefe Expreflions were not of Force to fatis- 
 fy thofe Indians, who on the contrary began to complain of the General, 
 becaufe they either fufpe&ed, or \/ere told by fome of our Men, that he 
 would not obferve the fafe Conduft, and promife he had made them in the 
 King's Name, and on which they had rely'd 5 an d that Cafe Sultan 
 Zayde were continu'd in the Philippine Iflands, it was certain they would 
 fend his Son, Prince Gariolano into Europe, by the Way of New Spain. 
 The general being acquainted with thefe melancholly Reflexions of theirs r 
 thought it concern'd the Reputation of the Chriftian Religion in general, 
 and of the Spanijb Nation in particular, to difpell thofe Jealoufies, and there- 
 fore he writ to them, and direfted the Captain, who carry'd the Letters, 
 to perfwade the King not to conceive the leafl Miflruflof the King's Word, 
 and Security he had confided in. This compos'd their Thoughts, and they 
 either did, or pretended to take. Comfort. . " 
 
 The Prifoners came with the Forces to the City, which the Fleet faluted 
 with its Cannon, and were anfwer’dby the Artillery and fmall Shot from 
 the Walls and Forts. The King landed in a Garden the Governcur had 
 without the Walls, where he repos’d himfell that Night, and when Lodg- 
 ings were provided for him, with the greateft State that could be, and an— 
 fwerably for other Prifoners, according to their Qualities, Dow Pedro enter’d 
 Manila with the Forces, and Oflentation of Captives and Booty. There 
 wanted not Triumphal Arches, with fuch Infcnpuons as are Generally 
 let on them in Honour of Conquerors. The Habit of the Prifoners, in rich 
 Mantles, Turbants and Plumes, was not futable to their Fortune^ as making 
 their Countenances look more haughty, and reprefenting Arrogancy. That 
 King was flrong body’d, and his Limbs well Knit; his Neck, and great 
 Part of his Arms he wore naked ; his Skm being of the Colour of a Cloud, 
 rather inclin'd to Black than Tawny. The Feature? of his l ace were like 
 
 an 
 
 Don Pe- 
 dro 
 
 try into 
 Manila. 
 
 Lefcripti V» 
 07 i of the. 
 King of 
 
 Teruate* 
 
n6'C 
 
 The Difcovery and Conquejl of 
 
 an Eutopeav. His Eyes large, full, and fbarkling, to which they add the 
 Fiercenefs of long Eyebrows, thick Beards and W bilkers, and lank Harr. 
 He aTways wore \nJm^ane,or Cimiter and Cm, or Dagger ; i the hilts 
 
 of them both refembling the Heads of Snakes gilt. This is affirm d by 
 • Officers that attended, fnd convers’d with him familiarly to 
 obligingly Courteous, and it appears by Rdatio^andbythe Pickure drati 
 to the Life which the General fent into Spain for the King. 
 
 * ■ • tu p w 7 mxq for the Victory were continu’d with much Solemnity 4 
 
 t . to V&l Subjedl of them, being prefer*. The 
 King of Ternate undemanding that Meffengers were 
 
 to carry the News of the Succefs, and Account of the Prifoners.wma 
 Ihort Letter to the King, intermixt With Commendations of Den Tedro de 
 
 %*«,/, Coifmto »• H ' X Smilt' I”!- 
 
 of his Condition, with fomewhat of Submiffion, but not Humility, or ra 
 l^lSnefsrand intreated his M.Jefiy to extend his jgMgmb 
 towards the Conquer’d, for his own Magnanimity s fake, and on Account 
 
 Tttepe^ 
 
 ff«? H K’p^dowt^twS Name S f 
 
 thinking he had figrt at the Be- 
 wnne na tr rage m x j praftis’d bv the Princes of thofe Coun- 
 
 f^^Tbpol and Preachers went 
 
 l"er‘ thither, and the Voice of the Gofpel refounded again in the utmoft 
 Borders of the Earth* x 0 
 
 FINIS. 
 
THE 
 
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 r j4 Chem, Kingdoms Page 95 
 /m A&ions in /foMollucos.p.44 
 
 / ■! Acunna ( Don Pedro Bravo 
 
 y dz )Governovr 0/Carthage- 
 
 -*■ na,grV. p. 129,131, ^ 
 
 Governour of the Philippines, p. 179 
 Arrives Ternate, P* 4° 
 
 his Forces, p* 
 
 Takes Ternate, , p- 2-4? 
 
 Returns Vi ft or ions to Manila, p. 255 
 Advice Boat fent foPeru, p« 88 
 
 Aerio declar'd King of Ternate, p. 29 
 Bafely feiz'd, and fent to Goa, acquit- 
 ted , returns Home , p- 51 
 
 //;/ innocent Bravery i and cruel Mur- 
 der, Pi S* 
 
 Air o/Chifia, P. io 5 
 
 Aitan, Infpeftor over Martial Affairs in 
 China, p* io<5 
 
 Alligators, p. 1 i 1 
 
 Almanzor King of Tydore, p, 5 
 
 Ispoifon'd by the Portuguefes, p. 15 
 Allyance between the King of Tydore and 
 the Spaniards, p. 14 
 
 Amazing A ft ion of an Indian Convert * 
 
 P- 4 \ 
 
 Amboyna Fort befieg'd, p. 120 
 
 Amuxa, NepheiP to the King o/Ternate, 
 defeated , p. i;S 
 
 Fte Cuckolds the King , p. 107 
 
 Ancafio, chief Juftice inChifta,- p. io4 
 
 Angon, Magnificent City difcoveVdp.jy, 
 Anfwer of Portuguefes to Spanifh Argr - 
 ments, p. gr 
 
 Of the King of Ternate to King James 
 of England, p. t ys 
 
 To t he Embajf idors o/Camboxa, p. 1 $ $ 
 Antony, Baftard a/Portugal defeated, p.py 
 Apoftacy of Converts, p. 
 
 Archipelago deferred, n. 5 
 
 Whyfo call'd, p F 74 
 
 Arguments 0/ Spain for its Right to the 
 Moluccos, p. 3 i 
 
 Againft quitting the Philippine IJlandc , 
 
 p. 58 
 
 Arosbay City, p. 16 j 
 
 Afiembly of Moluccos to revenge the 
 Murder of their King, p. 54 
 
 Ataide (Triilande) Goveriiour of Ter- 
 nate, p* 
 
 Avicen, his Mijlake eonconing Cloves , 
 
 P- 37 
 
 Azcueta ( Major ) deftroys the Chinefes, 
 
 P- *3* 
 
 B. 
 
 Babu (Cachil ) King of Ternate, 
 Befieges the Portuguefe Port i 
 His Death, 
 
 Banda IJland, 
 
 Bar, how mtich it it. 
 
 Barbarous Cruelty, > 
 
 Barbarous Ceremony , 
 
 Barbarous Opinions in China, 
 a 
 
 P* 54 
 P- 59 
 P- 97 
 p. 159 
 
 17 
 p. 19 
 
 ,P • *4 
 p, 106 
 Batbofa 
 
rbufa fucceds Magellan, P- 
 
 jafenefs of a PonugudeGovernour,^ 184 
 Batochina del moro is Gilolo, P* o 
 Bat s, ftrange ones, P* 
 
 Battel of Tydores awiTernates, p. 9* 
 
 Bayaco, breaks bis Neck , p. 19 
 
 Bayano ( Sultan ) o/ Ternate, p. 18 
 Bavdua, Caziz, infulted , 7?^* the 
 
 People ct gain ft the Portuguefes, p. 19 
 Bealls of the Philippines, , P* Iri 
 
 'OfCamboxa, P* r 43 
 
 O/ Ceylon," P* 122 
 
 Of Cerne, P* 1 5g 
 
 Bemnao, Vleafant Country , p. I08 
 
 Berber, Diftemper, P* 7 
 
 Birds of the Moluccos, P* >9 
 
 0/ Paradife, P* 6 4 
 
 Of //je Philippines, p. in 
 
 Of Ceylon, P 122 
 
 0 / Cerne, , P- 
 
 .Bloody Vittory of the Spaniards, p. 117 
 
 Eoleyfe, King o/Ternate, P* 5 
 
 fl/j Death, P- 
 
 Borneo J/W defcriVd, 4 v -°7 
 
 Bounds for Conquefts and Difcovenes fet- 
 tled betwixt Spain Portugal, p. 4, 
 
 Brito ( Antony de )at the Moluccos, p. 10 
 
 'Brito (Heftor ) at Tydore, p. 99 
 
 Bjirialo/ Enemies Heads at Banc a, p. 161 
 Burning Mountain in. Ternate, p. 7 and^p 
 
 Cachil, what it is, _ P* 
 
 Cachil Laudin, King o/Eacnian, p. 8 
 Cachil Daroes governs 1 ernate, p. *P 
 Is rut to Death by r/^Portuguefes, p.2 1 
 Cachilato, the firft Molucco Embajjador 
 in Portugal, . V \9 
 
 Cachil Rtie, faithful, jD * 
 
 Cachil Sul; an Zayde, King of Ternate 
 taken , P* H* 
 
 Calabays, what they are , P- 17 
 
 Caldera Borr, P* 2 ?9 
 
 Camboxa demands ^Succours, p* 1 4 2 - 
 ///; Cowtfrj Defcrib'd, thd 
 
 Is routed by him of S ian, F- *44 
 
 Campi lanes, CymUerl 
 
 F; 7 
 
 Candifh ( Sir Thomas Java, F- 95 
 
 Cano. ( Sebaflian ) the firft that fail'd 
 round the World, p. 109 
 
 Cape of Good Hope, p. t 
 
 Capitulation for fur r endring the Fort of 
 Ternate, p. 6$ 
 
 Carcoas, What Veftels they are , p. 17 and 
 
 167 
 
 The King r>/Ternate‘s Carcoa, \\ 55 
 Carthagena left among the Indians, p. iz 
 Catabruno Govefnoitr o/Gilolo, p, 42, 
 Celebes Ifland, . p. 49 
 
 Celicaya ^^^w^o/Tefiia'te, f* 192, 
 
 Ceremony of giving Quarter at Madura, 
 
 p, 1 66 
 
 Cerne Iftand, p. 158^ 
 
 CefTation of Arms, F* 61 
 
 Ceylon defer ib'd, p- 12,2. 
 
 Champanes, What Vejfels, .J. 17 
 
 Chaflity of Chinefe Women, p. ic6 
 Cheninas Waftecoats, p. 8 
 
 Chican, a Chinefe, his ft r tinge. Death , 
 
 p. ,220 
 
 China defer ib c d, p. 
 
 China Silk attratts Water, p« 
 
 Chinefes contrail thtxr Empire , p. 
 
 Put into the Galleys, . p. 
 
 Rebel and kill the Spaniards, p. 
 
 Rife in Arms at Manila, p. 
 Murder Spaniards, p. 2,17, 
 Slaughter of them, p» zzi, 2,23 
 
 Trade again dt Manila, p. 2.27 
 
 •Chriflians preferv'd by the Devil , p. 139 
 Cities in China, P- I0 5 
 
 Cloves firft brought into Europe, p. .9 
 Account of them, F* 3-6 
 
 They at trail Water , p. 95 
 
 Coah of Tear l Fijhery , p. 12,4 
 
 Commerce betwixt Dutch and Amboy- 
 nefes,. ; , p* x ^4 
 
 Commodities of the Philippines, p. Hi 
 Confederacy againft Portuguefes, p- 3o 
 
 Confederates of the Moluccos, p. 4° 
 
 Conflagration in the IJlandS. George, p. 88 
 Confpiracy of the Moluccos, p. zo, 2 $ 
 Of Chinefes at Manila, p. 
 
 Crizes, Daggers , p* 7 
 
 Crocodiles in the Moluccos, p. 19 
 
 Cruelties of the Ternates, p» 99 
 
 Of Bandefes, P- ^ 
 
 IO4 
 
 95 
 
 104 
 
 21 6 
 218 
 
ij*m**m< 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Of Englifh, 
 Cuftomes of China, 
 
 p. 181 
 p. rod 
 
 Dayalo ( Cachil ) King of Ternate kept 
 Pv finer by Portuguefes, p. 18 
 
 Refcu'd by his Mother , p. 2,5 
 
 Forc'd to fy by his Subjects, p. 2 5 
 Kill'd, p. 47 
 
 Depos’d King of Camboxa’j Sod reftor'd, 
 
 P- T 45 
 
 Defart If and, b P- 17I 
 
 De fper ate Bravery of. Spaniards, p. 145 
 Defperate Refolution of Moluccos, p. 3 5 
 Defign to murder Spaniards at Camboxa, 
 
 P- r 44 
 
 Difference between Spain and Portugal, 
 about the Moluccos, p» 3^ 
 
 Difficulty to find the Str eight of Magel- 
 ' lan from the South Sea, p* 7 ? 
 
 Difcoveries firft begun, f* 3 
 
 Dominions of Ternate,. p- 56 
 
 Drake ( Sir Thomas ) his Voyage , p. 70 
 
 Arrives at the Moluccos, P« 7 1 
 
 His Anions in the Well-Indies, p. 146 
 Drefs of the King of Java, p. 164 
 Dutch at the Moluccos, p. i 53 > ttnd 
 
 156 
 
 Settle at Banda, p. *59 
 
 • Come to Java, P« *d 3 
 
 Their Behaviour at Madura, p» 166 
 
 Come to Amboyna, p* *67 
 
 Take two G Orleans, p. 2,3 3 
 
 Take Tydore Fort, p. 2,34 
 
 Take two Portuguefe Shift, p. 230 
 
 Take Amboyna, P* * 3 * 
 
 E. 
 
 Ebony, P* *58 
 
 Elephants of Ceylon, P- 122 
 
 Elizabeth, Queen of England, p. 114 
 
 Embafi’adors at Goa complain, * p. $3, 
 From Camboxa to the Philippines, 
 
 p. *3 5 
 
 Encan, or Baft if, a crafty Chine fe, bis 
 Prattifes, \ f. *14 
 
 Executed with others, - P* *26 
 
 
 Engliffi firfl Voyage to the Moiucc. d. 70 
 In Paraguay, P* 88 
 
 7 w Brazil, p* 89 
 
 At Ternate, P* to* 
 
 Ivfefl the Well' Indies, P» * 7 ^ 
 
 Deal jufily with the Spaniards, p. 2,32 
 
 Enmity between Tydore and Ternate, 
 
 F- 59 
 
 Between Cities in Banda, p. i6t 
 
 Erafmus, Of the Manners of Hollanders, 
 
 p. *55 
 
 Expedition againfl Moluccos* p. ny 
 
 Fable of the Original of Molucco Kings, 
 
 p.. z 
 
 Falfe Prophecy , P- 3 
 
 Falfehood of Chinefes, p. 133 
 
 Famine at Ternate, P 195 
 
 Fealling in Banda, F* i 6 r 
 
 Fertility 0/China, P* 105 
 
 Fidelity of the Tydores, p. 99 
 
 Fight of Spaniards aw^Ternates, p. 243 
 
 Fire at Manila, F* *** 
 
 Fiffies of the Moluccos, p. 39 
 
 Flores ( Brother Antony ) does good Ser- 
 vice, P- *** 
 
 Kill 6 c o Chinefes alone, p. 222 
 
 Fonfeca (Vincent) heads a Mutiny at 
 
 Ternate, P- zz 
 
 Chofen Governour , p ; 24 
 
 Troubled with Guilt , ibid* 
 
 Foct-Ball at Banda, p. id; 
 
 Forces of the Ring of Ternate, p.* 56 
 
 Sent from Philippines to Moluccos, 
 
 p. 112 
 
 Ton firfl built at Ternate,. p. 10 
 
 Surrender'd to the Natives, p. 6; 
 
 Of Tydore, F* 99 
 
 Erefted at Mindanao, p. 148 
 
 Built at Tydore, P* 254 
 
 Funerals at Banda, F- *d* 
 
 Furtado ( Andrew ) his Aftions, p. 121 
 
 Reduces Amboyna, F* *87 
 
 Takes Machian, 
 
 Attacks Ternate, and is 
 
 a z 
 
 repuls'd 
 p. 198 
 
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 HA, 
 
 0 
 
 rf. 
 
 \(A > 
 
 ml 
 
 C“i 
 
 c 
 
 c 
 
 C 1 
 
 « 
 
 * A 
 (H 
 
 K | 
 
 '■€ *9 
 
 l 
 
Gaea, a Town in Ternate, P* *7 
 
 Gallinato at Camboxa, P* 
 
 Joins Furtado, p* *94 
 
 Gains a Pafs at Ternate, p. 197 
 
 Invejls Ternate, p. M* 
 
 Galvam (Antony) fent to govern the Mo- 
 luccos, P- 4* 
 
 Gapabaguna, King of Tydore, p. 98 
 Notably refut'd, p. 99 
 
 His Death , p. 10; 
 
 General Conspiracy , p. 127 
 
 Giants, p. 12, &70 
 
 Gilolo by Portuguefes r*//VBatochina del 
 Moro, p« 6 
 
 Describ'd , p. 48 
 
 Gladiators o/Ternate, p. 17 1 
 
 Gomez Perez de lasMarinhas Governour 
 ^///^Philippines, p. 125 
 
 Is kill'd by the Chinefes at the Oar % 
 
 p. tl 3 
 
 Gomez (Brother Gafpar) fent as a Sfjp 
 
 p. 1291 
 
 Gonzalo Gomez de Efpinofa,/<tfc»i Sue- 
 ccffor to Magellan p. 1? 
 
 Government of China, p. 160 
 
 Gun osfubdu'd, p. 187 
 
 H 
 
 Habits/ Ternate, P* 8 
 
 O/Java, P* *^4 
 
 Henry, Prince of Portugal, Promoter of 
 Discoveries , P* $ 
 
 Henry, the Cardinal , King s/Portugal ] 
 
 p. 69 
 
 Hi sDeath, P* 90 
 
 Henriquez (Don Garcia; Governour of- 
 Ternate, P* T f 
 
 Holland defcriVd , , p. *5* 
 
 Horrid Pra dices vpou Prifoncrs %r , p. *04 
 
 J 
 
 James, King of England writes to him of 
 Ternate, P« X 7S 
 
 Janguas, what Vejfels they are , • p. 17 
 
 Japan, Spanilh £ vibajfy there y . p> i$o 
 
 J aponefe Embafj'ador at Manila, p. 181 
 aponefes promife to ajifi the Spaniards, 
 
 p. 21* 
 
 Kill 200 Chinefes, p. 219 
 
 J^vanefes take a PortuguefeS/; /p, andde - 
 Jlroy the Men , p. 66 
 
 Junk, a Vejfel fo call'd , p< 5 
 
 I 
 
 Idlenefs punijb'd in China, p. roy 
 
 India fubmits to Philip the II, of Spain. 
 
 p. 9 r 
 
 Indian Prefents , p. 82 
 
 Indian cruelly facrifiz'd , p. 141 
 
 Indians by Signs give Account of ’Drake,. 
 
 P‘ 79 
 
 Hqw they fight with Alligators , p. in 
 Inniguez, and Buftamante, Spanilh Cow- 
 mnnders at Tydore, . p, 16 
 
 Ihfeft of the Moluccos, p; 3 9 
 
 Infolence 0/ Portuguefes, p. 18 
 
 Illand of Devils, p. 5^8 
 
 Wands in the Streigbts j>flfa%t\hn,Y ;- 18 
 Itos fubdu'd , F- 187 
 
 K: 
 
 King o/Boineo’r Brother at Manila for 
 Succours , F* £8 
 
 0/ Borneo overthrown* and reftor'd, 
 
 p. 68 
 
 O/Bachian kill'd,' p. 92 
 
 0/ Achem agrees to inf eft the Portu- 
 guefes, p. 94 
 
 Of Ceylon expelVd , p. 12; 
 
 Ki ngs of the Mdluccos, V$ z 
 
 LambUco If and, P- 7’ 
 
 Languge of Ternate, . , F- ** 
 
 Land at the Mouth of tU Str eights of 
 Magellan,. P-74.&7T 
 
 Laws 0/ Ternate, . p. 8 
 
 League of Mahometans, p. 126 
 
 Leagues againft Portuguefes, p. 3 * 
 Legafpe (Michael de) firjl Conqueror of 
 Philippines, F* I0 9 
 
 Length 
 
J&ii'Z -Ah-Jik 
 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Length of Siege fuflain'd by Portuguefes 
 at Ternate, p< 60 
 
 I.erma Prime Miuiftcr, p. iyt 
 
 Letter of F, Marta concerning the Mo- 
 luccos, P* 12 -6 
 
 Of the King of Tydore, p. >7* 
 
 Of the King of Spain, p. Z09 
 
 Of the Emperor of Japan, p. a;o 
 
 Lew-dnefs of the King o/Ternate, p. 106 
 Life long in Banda, P* *6? 
 
 Light Vejfels of good Ufe, p. 
 
 Lignum Jloet, F- M3 
 
 Lima (Paul d eYrich in Moluccos, p. iiz 
 Loayfa (Don F. Garcia de) the fecond 
 that palfet the Streight of Magellan, 
 
 p. 1 6 
 
 Lopez de Soufa (Peter )fent to the Mo- 
 luccos, P 4 ^5 
 
 Love Story, • F 4 61 
 
 Lucopine Jjlanh, P \ 
 
 Luiti do, General in China, p. 106 
 
 Luzon 1/and defcrib’J, F* tto 
 
 Luzon esIJIands, £• l ?9 
 
 Luzaf King of Gilolo, fubmiti to Spain, 
 
 p. 14 
 
 M 
 
 r* i*7 
 p. 1*4 Sc t6f 
 
 P-4 
 
 Madagafcar IJland, 
 
 Madura JJland dejcrib'd , 
 
 Magellan, who he wa t. 
 
 Goes over to Spain, p. 11 
 
 Difcovett the Streight of hit Name. 
 
 p. IZ 
 
 Is murder'd by the Indians, p. 15 
 Mahometan Preachers at Ternate. p. 10} 
 Mamala City, 3 cc.fubmit to Spain, p. 191 
 Mandarines vifit the Governour, of the 
 
 Philippines, 
 Their Mejfage , 
 
 m $* 9 
 
 Their id 
 
 Manila City , ^ , 
 
 Mandraxa (Cacliil) Jleais the 
 Filola, 
 
 Manners of Ternate, 
 
 O/China, 
 
 Manufaftures o/Camboxa. 
 Marinhas(Don Lewis de las; Governour 
 of the Philippines P* *4 2 
 
 142 
 p. hi 
 p. 212 
 p. no 
 Prince fs 
 p* 1 18 
 p. 8 
 p. 106 
 P- i45 
 
 MarryM Men eonfulted in the Moluccos 
 
 p. 14 
 
 Marta (F. Antony) his Letter , p. 120 
 
 Mecon River , p. *4* 
 
 Melancholly Tree defer ib'd, p. 28 
 
 The Cut of it, p* 8 
 
 MenefesfDon George de; bis Barbarity, 
 
 y. 20 
 
 Merchants at Banda, their Way of Livings 
 
 p. 161 
 
 Mezquita (James Lopes de) Governour 
 of Ternate, his Bafenefs to King Aerio, 
 
 p. So 
 
 Kill'd at Java ibid 
 
 Mindanao JJland , p* 49 
 
 Miranda (Captain fent to Mindanao, 
 
 Mole (Cachil) King of Tydore, p. 105 
 His Faljhood , p* *05 
 
 Molucco If and:, why fo call'd p. 6 
 Their Product, P« 7 
 
 Defcrhption of them, P* 5 8 
 
 Way of fighting, f • 9 Z 
 
 Momoya, its Sangiack converted, p. 1 6 
 Amazing ARi on of his, p. 45 
 
 Monfon, what it is, P* * £ 
 
 Morones (John) befieges Ternate in vain , 
 
 p. 1 16 
 
 Monftrous Piece of Cannon, p. 96 
 
 Mufick at Amboy na, P- 1^7 
 
 Mutiny of Portuguefes, F* zz 
 
 N 
 
 Nait Dina Baraca Xa, Sultan, or King 
 of Ternate, P- 97 
 
 Murders the King of Tydore, p. 98 
 
 His Sub til ty, P* 1 
 
 Murders Mandraxa, P- 119 
 
 Nao , fir ong Place, , P- 188 
 
 Natives of Ternate /heighten the Portu- 
 guefes, 21 
 
 Nayque, a Molucco Embajfador in Spain, 
 
 f P-95 
 
 SnVf t*/> Indian Princes to revolt, p. 94 
 Returns to Ternate, P* 102- 
 
 Notable PraRices, P* 1 17 
 
 Nunez (Auguft in) commands at Amboy- 
 na, F* 4? 
 
 Fi 
 
 ifl 
 
Oars like Shovels, 
 Observations for Sailers, 
 Opinion that Paradife 
 
 til 
 F* 8* 
 is in Ceylon, 
 p. 123 
 
 Opinions of People at Camboxa, ]\ 142 
 Opiuro^/t^r brut alCour age, p. 222 
 
 Outrages committed by Portuguefes, p. 15 
 Oyl of Nutmeg > F- 
 
 Painted Indians, 
 
 Pampangua defcriPd, 
 Papuas, or Papous Ijlands, 
 Parian, Ghinefe Quarter 
 
 Park, Englifh Admiral, 
 Parots of the Moluccos, 
 Pearls defpis'd for 'Hunger, 
 npc 
 
 P- 77 
 
 p. 224 
 
 P 45,& 49 
 at Manila, 
 
 p. 2T 6 
 
 p. I78 
 
 P 59 
 
 __ „ _ . P -77 
 
 ytf monjttous Quantity of them, p. 214 
 
 Pengliins, Birds, P- 158 
 
 People of Ternate, F* 8 
 
 Pereyra (Gonzalo) Governour at Ternate, 
 
 P- 21 
 
 Kill'd by thofe People, p\ 24 
 
 Pereyra (Nunho ) Governour at Ternate, 
 
 p. 55 
 
 Perfidioufmefs, p. tjz 
 
 Perfecution, p. 65 
 
 Philip the zd. King of Spain, p. 91 
 Hisavfwer to the moluzco Embajfador, 
 
 Hisanfwer 
 His Death, 
 
 Philip the 3 d King oFS pain, 
 Philippine Ijlands, vid Luzones. 
 Pigeons^r^w, 
 
 P. 97 
 p.i$o 
 p. 150 
 
 p. 1 69 
 
 Pinheyro vwdertaYet to wm.'erCachilSa- 
 
 lama and hisUukle, 
 
 Pinto fent to Mindanao, 
 
 His nil any. 
 
 Piragua, a Sort of Float, 
 Players in India, 
 
 Plenty at Amboy 11a, 
 
 Po’icy of the Kinq of Tydore, 
 PonCafio, Treafure in China, 
 
 PopuloufnefSjP; of China* P.-105 
 
 Portuguefe Pretenfions to the Moluccos, 
 
 P 4 
 
 Portuguefe s y why hated in the Moluccos, 
 
 P 15 
 
 Inf nit thofe People, p. 18 
 
 Become odious for Rapine, &c. p. 19 
 
 Settle at Tydore, p. 64 
 
 Bafed through Pride, p. 195 
 
 PoffefUon taken by Sarmiento, p. 82 
 Taken of Forts, p. 240 
 
 Prefident of the Council in China, p. 107 
 
 Pretences to juftify a Murder, p. 5 i 
 
 Prifoners Ranfomd, p. 166 
 
 Sacrifiz'd, p. 175 
 
 Product of the Philippines, p. 112 
 
 Of Camboxa, p. 140 
 
 O/Afia, p. 58 
 
 Of Ceylon, p. 122 
 
 Provinces of the King of Ternate, p. 56 
 Punhhment of petty Larceny in Ternate, 
 
 P- 17 1 
 
 Queen of Ternate incenfes the People 
 againft the Portuguefes, p. 2$ 
 
 Recovers the King her Son, p. r$2 
 
 Quifayra Princefsof Tydore, her Contri- 
 vance, p. 99 
 
 In Love with the Kings Son, p. 1 52 
 In Love with the Portuguefe Comman- 
 der, p. ico 
 
 Contrives to murder Cachil Salama, 
 
 p. 101 
 
 R 
 
 Ranfome of a King, p. i$9 
 
 Ravenous Birds p. 86 
 
 Raxamira(Cachil)/r/^o/Tydore, p. 16 
 Makes Peace with Portuguefes, p. 18 
 Reception o/Portuguefes at Ternate, p. 6 
 Relief from Philippines to Moluccos, 
 
 P- I0 4 
 
 Relgion of Ternate, p. 8 
 
 Of China, p. 107 
 
 Of Panda, p. 16 1 
 
 Remarkable Story, p. 99 
 
 Refclution of the People at Ternate, p. 42 
 
 Revenge 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Revenge vow'd' by the Moluccos, p. 54 
 Ring Doves eat Cloves , p. 57 
 
 Rivers in China, p. 105 
 
 Rodriguez (Stephen) was at Mindanao, 
 
 — . " ' P- HI 
 
 Rojas Governour of Philippines, p. 141 
 Ronquillo Governour of Philippines, 
 
 p. irz 
 
 Rofatelo, People burn their Toytn, p. 188 
 
 Sacrafize of the Moluccos, p. 49 
 
 Sagu, p. 7 
 
 Sagus, what they art) p. 17 
 
 Saint Helena Ijland , p 169 
 
 Saint Mary Ijland, p. 1 59 
 
 Salama (Cachil) his Bravery, p. 100 
 
 Marries PffacefsQ uifayra, p. 102, . t 
 
 Sangiack, what-it'fignijks, p. 15 
 
 Sangiack of Sabubu Poifons the jgjteen 
 Us Daughter, p. 152, 
 
 Sarmiento purfues Drake, p. 7J 
 
 His Strength , Capacity, &c, p. 74 
 
 . Copies into the North Sett,' p. 55 
 
 Arrives in Spain, p. 90 
 
 Comes /o Ternate, p. 115 
 
 Sea feeming toBoil, p. 157 
 
 Sealons in the Moluccos, p. 59 
 
 S'eballian King of Portugal, p. 69 
 
 Serrano caft on the Lucopine Ijlcs, p. 5 
 Settles at Amboyna, p. 6 
 
 Slaughter o/Ternates, p- 149 
 
 Of Portuguefes, p*. 42 
 
 Snakes in the Moluccos, - P- 59 
 Snow of feveral Colours, p. 78 
 
 Soldiers of Borneo, p* 15 
 
 South Coflft of Magellan Str eights, p. 85 
 Spaniards kill the Ufurper of Camboxa, 
 
 P- MS 
 
 Retire before 14000 Indians, ibid. 
 Firjl at Borneo, p. 15 
 
 Fir ft at Tydore, p« M. 
 
 Take the Ijland Moutil p. ui 
 
 Speech of the King of Tydore, p. 41 
 
 State of Affairs in Europe, p. 115 
 
 Stews of Sodomites, p> 49 
 
 Sticks of aft range Nature, * p« 40 
 Strange Tree in Ceylon, p- 12.5 
 
 Streights o/Sincajura and Sabao, p. .95 
 
 Sumatra Ijland defer ib'd, Hid 
 
 Sujerllitiori of Moluccos, p. 240 
 
 Tabarija (Sultan) King o/Te mate, p. 25 
 Hated by the People, p. 27 
 
 Sent Pr if oner to India, p. 28 
 
 Tabona Town plunder'd 'kills many Portu- 
 guefes, p. 20 
 
 Taes of Gold, their Value, p. 152 
 
 Tar of Banda, p. 162 
 
 Tea, p. 5 
 
 Tellez Viceroy of India, p. 91 
 
 Tello (Don Francis) Governour of the 
 Philippines, p. 147 
 
 Ternate, its People, Religion, Manners , 
 8 cc . p. 8 
 
 Its Strength, and h-ow to be attack'd 
 
 P- M 4 
 
 Taken by the Spaniards, p. 245 
 
 Thornback movftrous, p. 158 
 
 Tortoifes, p. 1:58 
 
 . Tractable Indians, p. 81 
 
 T rade at T uban,. p. * 164 
 
 Of the Philippines^ p. no 
 
 Treaty with the King of Temate, p. 249 
 Tree of Butt er fie s, p. 40 
 
 Triumph of Ternates, . p. 172- 
 
 Tu ac Liquor, P* 7 
 
 Tuban Capital of Java, p. 164 
 
 Tulo (Cachil) his Letter, p. 119 
 
 Tutan, a Viceroy in China, p. 106 
 
 Tydore City Burnt, . p. 48 
 
 Tydore Ijland Defcril'd, p. 64 
 
 V. 
 
 Vanity of the King of Ternate, p. 174 
 Vafco de Gama difeovers India, p. 4 
 
 Venetian Ships at the Philippines, p. 60 
 Veranuia City defer i¥d, p- 190 
 
 Plundered and burnt , P- 191 
 
 Victory Ship, the firft that fail'd round 
 theJVorld, p« *6 
 
 Villauy of the King of Ternate, p. 178 
 
 Virtues of Nutmeg, p. 160 
 
 Vifit of the Kings of Ternate and Tydore, 
 
 F* 2 47 
 
 Uproars in Ternate, p* 22 
 
 W. 
 
w. 
 
 * ' • V: 4 
 
 Want in Tydore For/, F 54 
 
 War between Spaniards $nd Portuguefes 
 in the Moluccos, F* l 7 
 
 Water clear in the Sea , p. 158 
 
 Wax found with GreekCharaSert , p. 158 
 
 Weapons 0/ Banda, P* 
 
 Of Madura, P* l6 7 
 
 Will 0/ */;<? of Ternate, pretended 
 by the Portuguefes, f. 2-8 
 
 Women Till the Land at Banda, p. *6$ 
 
 Y. 
 
 Yloilo Port, 
 
 Z. 
 
 Zebu IJland, 
 
 Zacatal, What it is, 
 
 Zamoii fignifies Caefar, 
 
 Zumbaya Ceremony , 
 
 p. 
 
 p. it 
 
 r- 
 
 p. i?* 
 P- *47 
 
 DireSiont for placing of the CZJT S. 
 
 P Lace the Map before Page i. The Cut of the Champan 
 and Junk before Page 5. The Melancholly Tree, and 
 Molucca Habit, before Page 8. ''The Carcoa and Al- 
 madia before Page 61. 
 
 ERRATA. 
 
 Ue 4, Line 7, for 1404, rend 1494. p. 4 J- f°\ Nagalhaen?, r. 
 
 Magalhaens. r. 8, 1 . at, for deferves f. deierve. p. 10, l V, for roving 
 r. rowing, f • 11, 1 . 4, f or Caeiz, r. Caeiz. p. 17,1.8, /?> inlguez, r. 
 
 »nd elte*lm,/«r Miviavos *. mmaai p. >4, j. 
 
 ibid. 1 . 44, /or Lire, r. Bitv. p. 49 » L $ 5 . falcage^ > . Foliage p. 60 1 . I( <, 
 for Kepatai ions r. Prepaiations. }'• < 5 i, 1 * <7 J or did ^ f ’ ¥ d th . e F 
 
 - 4* r- ; A d XT3iV, S.i d,, r& •- ZTl 
 
 Marginal Note, /br 8zo, and 20.