The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10: Asia, Part IIIHakluyt, Richard
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10: Asia, Part III
Hakluyt, Richard
Discoveries in geography -- English; Voyages and travels
Hony and Ryce: There we trafiqued with them, and had sufficient of euery
thing, but euery night we went aborde our shippes.
The third of February we had so great a storme, that most of our ankers
were lost, and we ran vpon the land in great daunger to cast our ships
away, but God holpe vs, for the storme ceased, and then we went to hoyse vp
our lost ankers, and so againe went to anker vnder the Island, glad that we
had so well escaped that daunger. The fift of February we went to seeke for
our boats, but the wild men had smitten them in peeces, and taken out the
nailes, thinking likewise that our shippes woulde haue beene cast away vpon
the shore, which they still expected: and when we came thither, they stood
vpon the shore with their weapons in hand and threw stones at vs, and we
perceyuing them in that minde, made towardes our shippes, for we desired
not to reuenge our selues, nor once to fight with them without commission
from our Generall, whom we certified thereof. The eyght of February we
rowed into the Riuer to buy cattle, and other things, but they were become
our enemies, threatning and casting stones at vs, wherevpbn we put out two
shalops to run a shore close to the land, and made our Caliuers and other
weapons ready.
Wherewith we shut at them, but they feared not our shot, for they knew not
what they ment, they thought likewise that the peeces coulde carrie no
further then they were long: but when they sawe eight or nine of their
fellowes dead, they fled into the woodes, and wee entering vpon the lande
set fire on their houses, whereof we burnt about twentie or thirtie. The 9.
of Februarie we sailed on the other side to buy cattle, and other
necessaries, but they seemed vnwilling to deale with vs, but we threatning
to burne their houses, they brought vs Cattle and fruites inough, with all
things else to our desires.
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