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Author: Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626.
Title: Purchas his pilgrimes. part 1 In fiue bookes. The first, contayning the voyages and peregrinations made by ancient kings, patriarkes, apostles, philosophers, and others, to and thorow the remoter parts of the knowne world: enquiries also of languages and religions, especially of the moderne diuersified professions of Christianitie. The second, a description of all the circum-nauigations of the globe. The third, nauigations and voyages of English-men, alongst the coasts of Africa ... The fourth, English voyages beyond the East Indies, to the ilands of Iapan, China, Cauchinchina, the Philippinæ with others ... The fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world ... The first part.
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Print source: Purchas his pilgrimes. part 1 In fiue bookes. The first, contayning the voyages and peregrinations made by ancient kings, patriarkes, apostles, philosophers, and others, to and thorow the remoter parts of the knowne world: enquiries also of languages and religions, especially of the moderne diuersified professions of Christianitie. The second, a description of all the circum-nauigations of the globe. The third, nauigations and voyages of English-men, alongst the coasts of Africa ... The fourth, English voyages beyond the East Indies, to the ilands of Iapan, China, Cauchinchina, the Philippinæ with others ... The fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world ... The first part.
Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626.
London: Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Rose, 1625.
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TO THE MOST HIGH AND EX∣CELLENT PRINCE, CHARLES, PRINCE OF WALES.
To the Reader.
A Note touching the Dutch.
THE CONTENTS OF THE CHAPTERS AND PARAGRAPHS IN THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE FIRST PART OF PVRCHAS HIS PILGRIMS.
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Maps and Peeces cut in Brasse or VVood in the former ten Bookes.
THE VOYAGES AND PEREGRINATIONS MADE BY ANTIENT KINGS, PATRIARKES, APOSTLES, PHILOSO∣PHERS, AND OTHERS, TO AND THOROW THE REMOTER PARTS of the knowne World: Enquiries also of Languages and Religions, especially of the moderne diuersified Professions of CHRISTIANITIE. THE FIRST BOOKE.
CHAP. I. A large Treatise of King SALOMONS Nauie sent from Eziongeber to Ophir: Wherein, besides the Typicall Mysteries briefly vnuailed, and many Morall Speculations obserued; the voyage is largely discussed out of Diuine, Ecclesiasticall and Humane Testimonies: Intended as an historicall Preface to the Histories following.
§. I. The Allegoricall and Anagogicall sense or application of SOLOMONS [ 20] Ophirian Nauigation.
§. II. The Tropologicall vse of the Story; and of the lawfulnesse of Discoueries and Negotiation by Sea.
§. III. The Tropologicall or Morall vse enlarged and amplified; and a view taken of Mans diuersified Dominion in Microcosmicall, Cosmopoliticall, and that spirituall or heauenly right, ouer himselfe and all things, which the Christian hath in and by Christ.
§. IIII. The Christian and Philosopher compared in that challenge to be rich, free▪ a King▪ that this hinders not but furthers Politicall subiection: and of the happy combination of wisdome and royaltie in SALOMON, as likewise in our dayes.
§. V. Of the proprietie which Infidels haue in their Lands and Goods: of proprietie in the Sea, and of Salomons proprietie of the Sea and Shoare at Ezion Geber.
§. VI. The commendations of Nauigation, as an Art worthy the care of the most Worthy; the Necessitie, Commoditie, Digni∣tie thereof.
§. VII. Of Ezion Geber, Eloth, and the Red Sea: that of Edom it receiued that name, and communicated it to the Indian Ocean, by the Phoenician Nauigations frequent in those times to India.
§. VIII. Of Ophir, diuers opinions weighed and censured; whether the Compasse was knowne to the old World; that the remote parts were lately inhabi∣ted, the New World but newly, and a great part thereof not yet.
§. IX. IOCTANS Posteritie seated in the East parts of Asia, amongst them, Ophirin India vltra Gangem, where CHRYSE was of old, and now is the Kingdome of Pegu, and the Regions adioyning.
§. X. Of the Gold, Siluer, Gemmes, Iuory, Almug-trees, Apes and Peacockes, which SALOMONS Fleet brought from Ophir, with diuers other profitable obseruations inserted.
§. XI. Probable coniectures of the Course taken in the Ophirian Voyage, and accounts giuen of the three yeeres time spent therein: also of the Course taken in like Voyages by the Romans: and the diuers Ports whereto the Spices and riches of India haue in diuers Ages beene brought, and thence dispersed to the seuerall parts of EVROPE.
§. XII. Of Tharsis or Tharshish, whether it bee the same with Ophir, and bot some in∣definite remoter Countrey; whether it be the Sea, or Tartessus,ny place in Spaine. Of the ancient Nauigations about Africa, and of the Phaenician Antiquities.
CHAP. II. Mans life a Pilgrimage. The Peregrinations of Christ, and the first Encom∣passing the habitable or then inhabited World by the holy Apostles and first planters of the Gospell.
§. I. Man by sinne becomne a Worldly Pilgrime; Christs Pilgrimage in the flesh to recouer him: Mans spirituall Pilgrimage in and from the World.
§. II. How Apostles differed from Bishops: their preaching the Gospell to all Nations.
§. III. The peregrination of Saint PETER.
§. IIII. Of Saint ANDREW, IOHN, the two IACOBI, PHILIP and SIMON ZELOTES.
§. V. Of Saint THOMAS, BARTHOLOMEW, MATTHEW, IVDE, MATTHIAS: and of counterfeit Writings in the Apostles names.
§. VI. Of Saint PAVL: of Apostolicall Assistants: some doubts discussed.
§. VII. Of America, whether it were then peopled.
§. VIII. The glorie of Apostolicall Conquests: the hopes of enlarging the Church in this last Age, by knowledge of Arts and Languages through the benefit of Printing and Nauigation.
CHAP. III. Of diuers other principall Voyages, and Peregrinations mentioned in holy Scripture. Of the trauells and dispersions of the Iewes; and of Nationall transmigrations.
CHAP. IIII. Fabulous Antiquities of the Peregrinations and Nauigations of BACCHVS, OSIRIS, HERCVLES, the Argonauts, Cadmus, the Graecian Nauie to Troy, MENELAVS, VLYSSES, AENEAS and others.
CHAP. V. A briefe recitall of the famous expeditions mentioned in ancient Histories, of the Assyrians, Aegyptians, Scythians, Aethiopians, Persians, and others.
CHAP. VI. The trauells of the antient Philosophers and learned men briefly mentioned.
CHAP. VII. Phoenician Voyages, and especially that of Hanno, a Carthaginian Captaine.
The Nauigation of HANNO a Carthaginian Captaine on the Coasts of Africa, without HERCVLES Pillers, which he dedicated, written in the Punick tongue in the Temple of Saturne, after translated into the Greeke, and now into the English, with briefe annotations.
CHAP. VIII. IAMBVLVS his Nauigation to Arabia, and Aethiopia, and thence to a strange Iland, from whence hee sailed to Palim∣bothra in India.
CHAP. IX. Great ALEXANDERS Life, Acts, Peregrinations and Con∣quests briefly related.
The Voyage of NEARCHVS and his Fleet set forth by ALEXANDER the Great, from the Riuer Indus to the bottome of the Persian Gulfe.
CHAP. X. The Trauels of MVSaeVS, THEBaeVS and others mentioned by Saint AMBROSE; of others also mentioned in the Ecclesiasticall Hi∣stories of EVSEBIVS, RVF•INVS, SO∣CRATES and SOZOMEN.
CHAP. XI. A briefe and generall consideration of Europe.
§. I. Of Europe compared with the other parts of the World.
§. II. The Names of Europe.
§. III. The Quantitie, and Bounds.
§. IIII. The Qualitie and Excellencies.
§. V. Of the Languages of Europe.
CHAP. XII. Enquiries of Languages by EDW. BREREWOOD, lately professor of Astronomy in Gresham Colledge.
CHAP. XIII. Master BR•REWOODS Enquiries of the Religions professed in the World: of Christians, Mahumetans, Iewes and Idolaters; with other Philosophicall speculations, and diuers Annotations added.
CHAP. XIIII. Relations of diuers Trauellers, touching the diuersities of Christian Rites and Tenents in diuers parts of the World.
§. I. TECLA MARIA an Abassine, his answeres to questions touching the Religion of the Abassines and Cophti.
§. II. Relations of the Iacobites and Armenians, written by LEONARD Bishop of Sidon, Pope GREGORIE the 13. his Nuncio to the Easterne parts.
§. III. Of SIMON SVLAKA a Papall Easterne Patriarke amongst the Chal∣daeans: and of diuers others thither sent. Of A•DESV, AATALLA, DONHA his Successours.
§. IIII. Of the Cophti, their Synod at Cairo, the Iesuites being the Popes Agents, and of STEPHEN COLINZAS message to the Georgians, and two Iesuites sent to the Maronites.
§. V. Of the condition of life in which the Greekes now liue, and of their rites of Fasts, Feasts, and other obseruations, gathered out of the Booke of CHRISTOPHEROS ANGELOS, a Greekish Monke and Priest.
CHAP. XV. Collections out of PETER STROZA, Secretary to Pope PAVL the Fifth, his Treatise of the Opinions of the Chaldaeans, touching the Patriarke of Babylon, and the Nestor∣rians in Asia.
CHAP. XVI. A briefe suruey of the Ecclesiasticall Politie Ancient and Moderne, or of the seuerall Patriarchs, Archbishops and Bishops Sees thorow the Chri∣stian World: also of the Iesuites Colledges and numbers, and of other Monasticall Orders.
CHAP. XVII. A Discourse of the diuersity of Letters vsed by the diuers Nations in the World; the antiquity, manifold vse and variety thereof, with ex∣emplary descriptions of aboue threescore seuerall Alpha∣bets, with other strange Writings.
The Hebrew Letters and Names thereof now in vse are these.
The Alphabets following wee haue distinguished by figures, for the Readers better vnderstanding of the exposition added. Wherein we haue most followed Gramayes.
AN ALPHABETICALL TABLE OF THE PRIN∣CIPALL THINGS CONTAI∣NED IN THE FIRST BOOKE of the first Part of PVRCHAS his Pilgrims.
part A
part B
part C
part D
part E
part F
part G
part H
part I
part K
part L
part M
part N
part O
part P
part Q
part R
part S
part T
part V
part W
part X
part Z
A DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE CIRCVM-NAVIGATIONS OF THE GLOBE. THE SECOND BOOKE.
CHAP. I. Of the improuement of Nauigation in later Times, and the meanes whereby the World in her old Age hath beene more then euer discouered.
§. I. Of Magneticall and Astronomicall Instruments, first applyed to Nauigation.
§. II. Of HENRY, third sonne to IOHN the first King of Portugall by an English Woman, the Prince of later Discoueries: and of the helpes both against the Mores, and in their Discoueries which the Portugals haue receiued of our Nation.
§. III. Of King IOHN the second his Discoueries, and aduancement of the Art of Nauigation.
§. IIII. Of the Coniectures touching a New World by CHRISTOPHER COLON or COLVMBVS, and his manifold Difficulties therein.
§. V. COLVMBVS his first Voyage, and improuement therein of the Mariners Art.
§. VI. Of the Popes Bull made to Castile, touching the New World.
ANIMADVERSIONS ON THE SAID Bull of Pope ALEXANDER.
§. VII. Of the Portugals discontent and compromise with the Spaniard, and their first Discouerie of the East Indies.
§. VIII. Of GAMAS Acts at Calicut, and his returne.
§. IX. The second Fleet sent to the East Indies: Their discouerie of Brasill, and other Acts.
§. X. ALBVQVERQVES Exploits, and the first knowledge of the Molucca's.
CHAP. II. Of FERNANDVS MAGALIANES: The occasion of his Voyage, and the particulars of the same, with the compassing of the World by the Ship called San Victoria; gathered out of ANTONIO PIGA∣FETTA, an Italian of Vicenza, who was one in the said Circum-Nauigation, as also from diuers other Authors.
CHAP. III. The second Circum-Nauigation of the Earth: Or the renowmed Voyage of Sir FRANCIS DRAKE, the first Generall which euer sayled about the whole Globe, begun in the yeere of our Lord, 1577. heretofore published by M. R. HACKLVYT, and now reuiewed and corrected.
CHAP. IIII. The third Circum-Nauigation of the Globe: Or the admirable and prosperous voyage of Master THOMAS CANDISH of Trimley in the Countie of Suffolke Esquire, into the South Sea, and from thence round about the circumference of the whole Earth, begun in the yeere of our Lord 1586. and finished 1588. Written by Master FRANCIS PRETTY lately of Ey in Suf∣folke, a Gentleman employed in the same action, pub∣lished by Master HAKLVYT, and now cor∣rected and abbreuiated.
CHAP. V. The Voyage of OLIVER NOORT round about the Globe, beeing the fourth Circum-Nauigation of the same, extracted out of the Latine Diarie.
Of SEBALD DE WERT his Voyage to the South Sea, and miserie in the Straights nine Moneths, wherein WILLIAMADAMS Englishman was chiefe Pilot.
CHAP. VI. The Voyage of GEORGE SPILBERGEN, Generall of a Dutch Fleet of sixe Shippes, which passed by the Magellane straits, and South Sea, vnto the East Indies, and thence (hauing encompassed the whole Circum∣ference of the Earth) home: gathered out of the Latine Iournall, beeing the fift Circum-Nauigation.
A discourse of the present state of the Moluccos, annexed to the former Iournall, extracted out of APOLLONIVS SCHOT of Middleborough.
A briefe description of the Forts, Souldiers, and Militarie prouision, as also of their Trade and Shipping in the East Indies, vnder the seruice of the Generall States of the vnited Prouinces, and his Excellencie, as it was in Iuly 1616. extracted out of the Author of the Iournall.
CHAP. VII. The Sixth Circum-Nauigation, by WILLIAM CORNELISON SENOVTEN of Horne: Who South-wards from the Straights of Magelan in Terra-Del-fuogo, found and discouered a new passage through the great South-Sea, and that way sayled round about the World: Describing what Islands, Countries, People, and strange Aduentures hee found in his said Passage.
NAVIGATIONS AND VOYAGES OF ENGLISH-MEN ALONGST THE COASTS OF AFRICA, to the Cape of GOOD HOPE, and from thence to the RED SEA, the ABASSINE, ARABIAN, PERSIAN, INDIAN, Shoares, Continents, and ILANDS. THE THIRD BOOKE.
CHAP. I. Of the first English Voyages to the East-Indies, before the establishment of the East-Indian Societie.
§. I. Of SIGHELMVS, MAMDEVILE, STEVENS, FITCH, and diuers other English-men, their Indian Voyages.
§. II. The Voyage of Master BENIAMIN WOOD, into the East Indies, and the miserable disastrous successe thereof.
§. III. The Trauailes of IOHN MILDENHALL into the Indies, and in the Countryes of Persia, and of the Great Mogor or Mogull (where he is reported after∣wards to haue died of Poyson) written by himselfe in two Letters following.
The second Letter of IOHN MILDENHALL to M. RICHARD STAPER, written from Casbin in Persia, the third day of October, 1606.
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§. IIII. The Voyage of Captaine IOHN DAVIS, to the Easterne India, Pilot in a Dutch Ship; Written by himselfe.
journal account
A briefe Relation of Master IOHN DAVIS, chiefe Pilot to the Zelanders in their East-India Voyage, departing from Middleborough the fifteenth of March, Anno 1598.
1599.
1600.
§. V. WILLIAM ADAMS his Voyage by the Magellan Straights to Iapon, written in two Letters by himselfe, as followeth.
A Letter of WILLIAM ADAMS to his Wife from Iapan.
§. VI. The second Voyage of IOHN DAVIS with Sir EDWARD MICHELBORNE Knight, into the East-Indies, in the Tigre a ship of two hundred and fortie Tuns, with a Pinnasse called the Tigres Whelpe: which though in time it be later then the first of the East-Indian Societie, yet because it was not set forth by them, I haue heere placed.
CHAP. II. A Priuiledge for fifteene yeeres granted by her Maiestie to certaine Aduenturers, for the discouerie of the Trade for the East-Indies, the one and thirtieth of December, 1600.
CHAP. III. The first Voyage made to East-India by Master IAMES LANCASTER, now Knight, for the Merchants of London, Anno, 1600. With foure tall Shippes, (to wit) the Dragon, the Hector, the Ascension and Susan, and a Victualler called the Guest.
§ I. The preparation to this Voyage, and what befell them in the way till they departed from Saldania.
§. II. Their departure from Saldania, and proceeding in their Voyage to Achen in Sumatra, with their trading at Saint MARIES, Antongill, Nicubar: the strange Plant of Sombrero, and other occurrents.
§. III. Their entertainement and trade at Achen.
§. IIII.Portugall wiles discouered, a Prize taken neere Malacca.
§. V. Their Present to and from the King: His Letters to Queene ELIZABETH: Their departure for Priaman and Bantam, and setling a Trade there.
§ V. Their departure for England, and occurrents in the way.
CHAP. IV. A Discourse of Iaua, and of the first English Factorie there, with diuers Indian, English, and Dutch occurrents, written by Master EDMVND SCOT, contayning a Historie of things done from the eleuenth of Februarie, 1602. till the sixt of October, 1605. abbreuiated.
§. I. The description of Iaua maior, with the manners and fashions of the people, both Iauans and Chynaesses, which doe there inhabite.
§. II. A true and briefe Discourse of many dangers by fire, and other perfidious treacheries of the Iauans.
§. III. Differences betwixt the Hollanders (stiling themselues English) the Iauans, and other things remarkable.
§. IIII. Treacherous vnderminings, with other occurrents.
§. V. Generall Middletons arriuall, the sickenesse and death of many. Quarrells twixt Ours and the Hollanders, begunne by Captaine Severson, a Dutch∣man, and the King of Bantams circumcision, and pompous Triumphes.
§. VI. Further quarrels betwixt the English and Dutch, with other accidents.
CHAP. V. The second Voyage set forth by the Company into the East-Indies, Sir Henry Middleton be∣ing Generall: wherein were employed foure ships; the Red Dragon, Admirall; the Hector, Vice-Admirall; the Ascension with the Susan: written by Thomas Clayborne in a larger Discourse, a briefe extract where∣of is heere deliuered.
CHAP. VI. A Iournall of the third Voyage to the East India, set out by the Company of the Merchants, trading in those parts: in which Voyage were imployed three Ships, viz the Dragon, the Hector, and the Consent, and in them the number of three hundred and ten persons, or thereabouts: written by WILLIAM KEELING, chiefe Commander thereof.
§ I. Their diasters and putting backe for Sierra Leona, and what happened till they departed from Saldania.
§. II. Their departure from Saldania, and what happened after till the shippes parted company.
§. III. Instructions learned at Delisa of the Moores and Guserates touching the Monsons, and while they rode there. Their comming to Priaman and Bantam.
§ IIII. Their Voyage to Banda, Obseruations by the way, Actions there.
CHAP. VII. Captaine WILLIAM HAVVKINS, his Relations of the Occurrents which happened in the time of his residence in India, in the County of the Great MOGOLL, and of his departure from thence; written to the Company.
§. I. His barbarous vsage at Surat by Mocrebchan: The Portugals and Iesuits treacheries against him.
§. II. His Iourney to the Mogoll at Agra, and entertayment at Court.
§. III. The MOGOLS inconstancie, and Captaine HAVVKINS departure with Sr HENRIE MIDDLETON to the Red-Sea: Thence to Bantam, and after for England.
§ IIII. A briefe Discourse of the strength, wealth, and Gouernment, with some Cu∣stomes of the great Mogol: which I haue both seene and gathe∣red by his chiefe Officers, and Ouer-seers of all his Estate.
The Kings yeerely Income of his Crowne Land, is fiftie Crou of Rupias, euery Crou is an hundred Leckes, and euery Leck is an hundred thousand Rupiae.
His Treasure is as followeth, The first, is his seuerall Coine of Gold.
Of Siluer, as followeth.
Here followeth of his Iewells of all sorts.
Here followeth of the Iewels wrought in Gold.
Here followeth of all sorts of Beasts.
CHAP. VIII. The Voyage of Mr DAVID MIDDLETON in the Consent, a Ship of one hundred and fifteene Tuns, which fel forth from Tilburie Hope, on the twelfth of March, 1606.
CHAP. IX. A briefe Narration of the fourth Voyage to the East-Indies, with the two good Shippes, the Ascention being Admirall, and the Vnion Vice-Admirall, vn∣der the commaund of ALEXANDER SHARPEY Generall, and RICHARD ROVVLES Lieutenant Generall, with the discouery of the Redde-Sea in the Ascention.
§. I. Relations of the said Voyage, written by THOMAS IONES.
§. II. The report of WILLIAM NICOLS a Mariner in the Ascention which trauelled from Bramport by Land to Masulipatan, written from his mouth at Bantam by HENRY MORIS, Sept. 12. 1612. The former and greater part is the same in substance with that of T. IONES, and therefore omitted.
§. III. The vnhappie Voyage of the Vice-Admirall, the Vnion outward bound, till shee arriued at Priaman, reporeed by a Letter which Master SAMVE• BRAD∣SHAW sent from Priaman, by HVMPHRY BIDVLPHE, the eleuenth day of March, 1609. written by the said HENRY MORIS at Bantam, Sept. the fourteenth, 1610.
§ IIII. The Voyage of M. Ioseph Salbancke through India, Persia, part of Turkie, the Persian-Gulfe, and Arabia, 1609. Written vnto Sir Thomas Smith.
CHAP. X. The Voyage of M. DAVID MIDLETON to Iaua, and Banda, extracted out of a Letter written by himselfe to the Company, this being the fifth Voyage set forth by them.
§. I. Their affaires at Bantam, Botun, Bengaia.
§. II. Occurrents at Banna; Contesting with the Dutch: Trade at Puloway, and many perils.
§ III. His departure for Bantam, escape from the Hollanders, and returne home.
CHAP. XI. The sixth Voyage, set forth by the East-Indian Company in three Shippes; the Trades Increase, of one thousand Tunnes, and in her the Generall Sir HENRY MIDDLETON, Admirall; the Pepper-Corne of two hundred and fiftie, Vice-Admirall, the Captaine NICHOLAS DOVNTON: and the Darling of ninetie. The Barke Samuel followed as a Victualler of burthen one hundred and eightie: written by Sir H. MIDDLETON.
§. I. The proceeding of his Voyage till hee came to Moha in the Redde Sea.
§. II. Turkish treacherie at Moha and Aden with the English.
§. III. Sir Henrie Midleton, and foure and thirtie others, sent to the Basha at Zenan. Description of the Countrey, and Occur∣rents till their returne.
§. IIII. Indian shipping at Moha; Sir Henry Middletons escape from the Turkes, and enforcing satisfaction.
§ V. Their departure from Surat, and what happened there with the Cambayans and Portugals.
§. VI. His going to Dabul•nd thence to the Red Sea, and enforced trade with the Guzerates.
CHAP. XII. NICHOLAS DOVNTON Captaine of the Pepper-Corne, a Ship of two hundred and fiftie Tunnes, and Lieutenant in the sixth Voyage to the East-Indies, set forth by the said Company, his Iournall, or certaine Extracts thereof.
§. I. Their comming to Saldania and thence to Socatora.
§. II. Of Abba del Curia, Arabia Foelix, Aden and Moha, and the treacherous dealing of both places.
§. III. Their departure from Moha to Assab, and after that, higher into the Red-sea, thence to the Socatora, and after to Surat.
§. IIII. Many proud affronts of the Portugals. Disgusts from the Indians.
§ V. Their departure to Dabull, Socatora, the Red-sea, and Acts there.
§. VI. Their barter with the Indian ships, and departure to Sumatra.
CHAP. XIII. The seuenth Voyage; made in the Globe into East-India, set out vnder the Com∣mand of Captaine ANTHONY HIPPON, obserued and written by NATHANIEL MARTEN, Masters Mate in the said Shippe.
CHAP. XIIII. Extracts of PETER WILLIAMSON FLORIS his Iournall, for the seuenth Voyage, (in which he went Cape Merchant) translated out of Dutch. He arriued in England 1615. and died two Moneths after in London.
§. I. The Voyage to Paleacatte, Petapoli, Masulipatan, Bantam, Patania, and Siam.
§. II. Relations of strange Occurrents in Pegu, Siam, Ioor, Patane, and the Kingdomes adiacent.
§. III. Their Voyage to Masulipatan; accidents during their long stay there, and their returne.
CHAP. XV. A Iournall of a Voyage made by the Pearle to the East-India, wherein went as Captaine Master SAMVEL CASTELTON of London, and Captaine GEORGE BATHVRST as Lieutenant: written by IOHN TATTON, Master.
ENGLISH VOYAGES BE∣YOND THE EAST-INDIES, TO THE ILANDS OF IAPAN, CHINA, CAVCHIN∣CHINA, THE PHILIPINAE WITH OTHERS, AND THE INDIAN NAVIGATIONS FVRTHER PROSECVTED: Their iust Commerce, nobly vindicated against Turkish Treachery; victoriously defended against Portugall Hostility, gloriously aduanced against Moorish and Ethnike Perfidie; hopefully recouering from Dutch Malignitie; iustly maintayned against ignorant and ma∣licious Calumnie. THE FOVRTH BOOKE.
CHAP. I. The eighth Voyage set forth by the East-Indian Societie, wherein were imployed three Ships, the Cloue, the Hector, and the Thomas, vnder the Command of Captaine IOHN SARIS: His Course and Acts to and in the Red Sea, Iaua, Molucca's, and Iapan (by the Inhabitants called Neffoon, where also he first began and setled an English Trade and Factorie) with other remarkable Rari∣ties, collected out of his owne Iournall.
§. I. Their sayling about Africa, visiting diuers Ilands thereof, and comming to Socatora.
§. II. Occurrents at Socatora and in the Red-sea.
§. III. Their Aduentures with Sir HENRY MIDDLETON, with other Obser∣uations of those parts, and arriuall at Bantam.
§. IIII. The Voyage of Captaine SARIS in the Cloaue, to the Ile of Iapan, what befell in the way: Obseruations of the Dutch and Spaniards in the Molucca's.
§. V. Further obseruations touching the Molucca Ilands, and their proceeding on their Voyage to Iapan.
§. VI. Their arriuall at Firando: the Habite, Rites, and Customes of the Iaponians.
§. VII. Captaine Saris his Iourney to the Court of the Iaponian Emperour, and obseruations there, and by the way.
§. VIII. Accidents after his returne to Firando, the setling of a Factory there, departure for Bantam, and thence for England.
§. IX. Intelligence concerning Yedzo, deliuered in the Citie of Edoo in Iapan, by a Iapanner, who had beene there twice.
CHAP. II. Obseruations of the said Captaine IOHN SARIS, of occurrents which happened in the East-Indies during his abode at Bantam, from October 1605. till Octob. 1609. As likewise touching the Marts and Merchandizes of those parts; obserued by his owne experience, or relation of others, extracted out of his larger Booke, and heere added as an Appendix to his former greater Voyage; and may serue as a continuation of Master SCOTS premised Relations. To which are added certaine Obseruation of the said Author, touching the Townes and Merchandize of principall Trade in those parts of the World.
Certaine Rules for the choise of sundry Drugges, as also from whence they may be had, as followeth.
Of all the chiefe and principall Townes for Trade in these parts, with their seuerall names and situations, and also what commodities they doe affoord, and what is there desired.
A note of requestable Commodities vendible in Iapan, together with their prices there Current, being Masses, and Canderines, each Can∣derine contayning the 1/1•▪ of a Masse: viz.
A Memoriall of such Merchandize as are to be bought in Iapan, and the prices as they are there worth.
CHAP. III. Relation of Master RICHARD COCKES Cape Merchant, Of what past in the Generals absence going to the Emperours Court. Whereunto are added diuers Letters of his and others for the better knowledge of Iaponian Affaires, and later Occurents in those parts.
§. I. The Kings care, vnreadinesse of ours, Iaponian Saperstitions, strange tempest.
§. II. Lies of or on the Deuill, and vproares about fire. Deceit of Nangasack. Suspitions, Feasts, Spanish Occurrents.
§. III. A strange Comoedie acted by Kings and Nobles: Preuentions for Night-cries and fires; Returne of the Generall from Court.
CHAP. IIII. Obseruations of WILLIAM FINCH, Merchant, taken out of his large Iournall.
§. I. Remembrances touching Sierra Leona, in August 1607. the Bay, Countrey, Inha∣bitants, Rites, Fruits and Commodities.
§. II. Of Saint AVGVSTINE and SOCOTORA, like Obseruations, with other notes taken out of his Iournall.
§. III. Occurents in India touching the English, Dutch, Portugals, and the Mogols dealing with the English.
§. IIII. His Iourney to Agra: Obseruations by the way, and there; and of the Decan warres there.
§. V. Descriptions of Fetipore, Byana; the way thither; of the Nill or Indico, and of diuers Mogoll affaires, Cities, and Castles.
§. VI. Description of Lahor, and of the Kings house there: how the Mogolls entred India: Of diuers strong holds, strange Beasts, and Plants; fnd Supersti∣tions: Of the Wayes, Theeues, Outlawes, Cities, Buildings, adioy∣ned and intermixed: Princes not subiect: Agra and Echebars Sepulchre described.
Of diuers wayes in the Mogols Kingdome, to and from Lahor and Agra, and places of note in them.
Lands lying Easterly from Lahor with their Lords.
CHAP. V. The ninth Voyage of the Indian Companie to the East Indies, in the Iames, whereof was Captaine M. EDMVND MARLOWE of Bristoll, and the Master IOHN DAVY, which wrote this Iournall.
CHAP. VI. A Ruter, or briefe direction for readie sayling into the East-India, digested into a plaine method by Master IOHN DAVIS of Lime-house, vpon experience of his fiue Voyages thither, and home againe.
§. I. Nauticall Obseruation of places betwixt the Lizard and Saint Augustine in the Ile of Saint Laurence.
§. II. A note for finding out of the Riuer of Saint Augustine in Saint Laurence; of diuers small Iles in the way thence to Achen, and of many Ports and passages in and about Sumatra.
§. III. The way from Bantam to the Straight of Palimbon, vpon the East-side of Su∣matra, of Banca, Bintam, Straights of Sincapura, and Sunda, with other places.
Certaine principall Notes, gathered by mine owne experience, in my three Voyages into these parts: wherein the true course, and distances, with shoalds and rockes is shewed: and on which side you may leaue them: as hereafter followeth.
Certaine Notes from Bantam Roade to the Ilands of the Maluccaes, with the course and distances: as hereafter followeth.
Notes of Botun.
CHAP. VII. A Iournall of the tenth Voyage to the East-India, with two shippes, the Dra∣gon, and the Hosiander (accompanied with the Iames and Salomon, but those for other Voyages) and in them three hundred and eightie persons, or there-about: Written by Master THOMAS BEST, chiefe Comman∣der thereof.
§. I. Obseruations in their way to Surat.
§. II. Their Acts with the Mogols Subiects, and fights against the Portugals: setling a Factorie, and departure to Achen.
Captaine Best his entertainement at Achen.
§. III. Trade at Tecoo and Passaman: their going to Bantam, and thence home.
CHAP. VIII. Certaine Obseruations written by others employed in the same Voyage, Master COPLAND Minister, ROBERT BONER Master, NICHOLAS WITHING∣TON Merchant.
§. I. Remembrances taken out of a Tractate written by Master PATRIKE COPLAND Minister in the former Voyage.
§. II. Notes taken out of M. Robert Boners Iournall, who was then Master in the Dragon.
§. III. Extracts of a Tractate, written by NICHOLAS WHITHINGTON, which was left in the Mogols Countrey by Captaine BEST, a Factor, his Aduentures and Trauels therein.
CHAP. IX. The eleuenth Voyage to the East-India in the Salomon, begunne in the yeere of our Lord 1611. after the account of the Church of England, and ended in the yeere 1613. Written by RALPH WILSON, one of the Mates in the said ship.
CHAP. X. A Iournall of all principall matters passed in the twelfth Voyage to the East-India, obserued by me WALTER PAYTON, in the good ship the Expedition: the Captaine whereof was M. CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT, being set out, Anno 1612. Written by WALTER PAYTON.
§. I. Their comming to Saint Augustine, Mohelia, and diuers parts of Arabia.
§. II. Their comming on the Persian Coast: the treacherie of the Baluches.
§. III. Their comming to Divulginde landing the Embassadour, seeking Trade, and crossed by the slanderous Portugals, going to Sumatra and Ban∣tam; and returne.
The Commodities we now haue brought are these, viz.
Commodities to be had there.
CHAP. XI. Extracts of the Iournall of Captaine NICHOLAS DOVVNTON, who was employed chiefe Commander in the second Voyage set forth for the ioyned Stockes in the East-Indies, by the Gouernour, Deputie, and Com∣mittees of that Societie. Wherein is related their happie successe against the Vice-Roy, and all the Indian sea forces of the Portugalls, by force and cunning attempting their destruction.
§. I. Their comming to Soldania, Socatora, Swally: Disagreements betweene the Mogoll and Portugalls, and the Nabob and vs.
§. II. The Portugals Forces, Acts, Attempts, Fight with the English, and disgracefull Repulse.
§. III. Portugall supplyes, Fire-boates frustrated, seeke peace and refused, their departure: Enterview of the Nabob and Generall: de∣parture of the English.
CHAP. XII. Relations of Master ELKINGTON and Master DODSWORTH, touching the former Voyage.
§. I. Collections taken out of the Iournall of Captaine THOMAS ELKINGTON, Successour to Captaine NICHOLAS DOWNTON in the Voyage aforesaid, written by himselfe.
§. II. A Briefe of Memorialls obserued and written by M. EDVVARD DODSVVORTH, Merchant in the former Voyage, which returned in the Hope.
The Examination of Domingo Francisco, taken in Swally Roade, aboord the Gift. February 20. 1614.
CHAP. XIII. A Iournall of the Iourney of RICHARD STEEL and IOHN CROVVTHER, from Azmere in India, the place of the Great Mogols residence, to Spahan the Royall Seat of the King of Persia, in the affaires of the East-Indian Society. Ann. 1615. 1616.
CHAP. XIIII. Memorials of a Voyage, wherein were employed three shippes, the Samaritan, Thomas and Thomasine 1614. written by IOHN MILWARD Merchant, who went in the Thomas.
CHAP. XV. The second Voyage of Captaine WALTER PEYTON into the East-Indies, in the Expedition, which was set forth by the East-India Company, together with the Dragon, Lyon, and Pepper-Corne, in Ianuary 1614. gathered out of his large Iournall.
§. I. Occurents at Soldania, Mohelia, Socotora, Surat, with diuers other Intelligences.
§. II. Prizes taken, Factorie at Callicut, Obseruations of diuers places of Suma∣tra: the English shippes miscarrie. Dutch Abuses, Factories in India.
§. III. A briefe Declaration of the Ports, Cities and Townes, inhabited and traded vnto by the Portugall, betwixt the Cape of Good Hope and Iapan, as I could learne by diligent enquiry.
CHAP. XVI. Obseruations collected out of the Iournall of Sir THOMAS ROE, Knight, Lord Embassadour from His MAIESTIE of Great Britaine, to the Great Mogol: Of matters occurring worthy memory in the way, and in the Mogols Court. His Customes, Cities, Countryes, Subiects, and other Indian Affaires.
§. I. Occurrents and obseruations, in, and touching the Voyage to Surat.
§. II. His iourney to the Court, and entertainment there, and Customes thereof.
§. III. Occurrents happening in Iune, Iuly, August 1616. and diuers passages of speech and action, whence the Nature, Arts, and disposition of the King and his Subiects may bee obserued.
§. IIII. The Kings birth day, and manner of the obseruation, with other accidents in September.
§. V. The broiles about Abdala Chan, and Chan Channa; Sultan Caroones ambi∣tion, his policies to subuert his elder Brother: fight with a Portugall Car∣ricke: distast about the Prince: Persian Embassage, Presents and entertainement.
§. VI. The Princes brauerie; the Persian Ambassadours behauiour, the manner and effects of Drinking, of the King and his Nobles; the Kings remoue, his super-exceeding pompe, wealth, magnificence therein: Portu∣gall fray: relations of Sultan Corsoroone: Persian newes.
§. VII. Sir Thomas Roes following the Court in this Progresse, description of the Kings Leskar, and some places which they passed: the Kings Superstition, drinke, and dealing about the Present.
§. VIII The New-yeares Feast: Suspicions of the English: Trade of Dabul, distaste of the Persian, English-men of Warre in the Indian Seas.
§. IX. ASAPH CHAN seeketh to further vs for hope of gaine, so also NORMA•AL: Master STEELES arriuall: Danger to the publike, by priuate trade: Stirres about a Fort.
§. X. The seuerall Kingdomes and Prouinces subiect to the Great Mogoll SHA SELIM GEHANGIER, with the Principall Cities and Riuers, the scituation and borders, and extent in length and breadth, as neere as by description I could gather them. The names I tooke out of the Kings Register: I begin at the North-west.
CHAP. XVII. A Letter of Mr. THOMAS CORYAT, which trauailed by Land from Ierusalem to the Court of the Great Mogol, written to Mr. L. WHITAKER. To which are added pieces of two other, to entertayne you with a little Indian-Odcombian mirth.
Certaine Obseruations written by THOMAS CORYAT.
NAVIGATIONS, VOY∣AGES, TRAFFIQVES, DISCO∣VERIES, OF THE ENGLISH NA∣TION IN THE EASTERNE PARTS OF THE WORLD: Continuing the English-Indian Occurrents, and contay∣ning the English Affaires with the Great SAMORINE, in the Persian and Arabian Gulfes, and in other places of the Continent, and Ilands of and beyond the Indies: the Portugall Attempts, and Dutch Disasters, diuers Sea-fights with both; and many other remarkable RELATIONS. THE FIFTH BOOKE.
CHAP. I. Memorialls taken out of the Iournall of ROGER HAWES, touching the pro∣ceedings of the Factory at Cranganor vnder the Great Samorine.
CHAP. II. Notes taken out of the Iournall of ALEXANDER CHILDE, from England to Surat, and thence to Iasques in Persia, and of the fight by the way with the Portugals, in which Generall IOSEPH was slaine.
The Voyage to Iasques.
CHAP. III. A Letter of Master THOMAS SPVRWAY Merchant, touching the wrongs done at Banda to the English by the Hollanders (the former vnkind disgusts and brabling quarrels breaking now out into a furious, vnexpected, iniurious warre) Written in a Letter to the Companie.
CHAP. IIII. Relations and Remembrances, taken out of a large Iournall of a Voyage, set forth by the East Indian Societie, wherein were employed, the Iames, the Anne, the New-yeeres Gift, the Bull, and the Bee; written by IOHN HATCH, Ma∣ster of the Bee, and after in the New-yeeres Gift; and lastly, came home in the Iames.
CHAP. V. The Voyage of the Anne Royall from Surat to Moha, in the Red Sea, for setling an English Trade in those parts: Anno Dom. 1618. extracted out of Ma∣ster EDWARD HEYNES his Iournall, writ∣ten thereof.
CHAP. VI. Briefe Notes of two Voyages of Master MARTIN PRING into the East Indies; the first with Captaine NICHOL•S DOWNTON, Generall of foure ships, in which he went Master in the New-yeeres Gift Admirall.
CHAP. VII. The second Voyage of Captaine PRING into the East-Indies. Or a Rela∣tion of the fifth Voyage for the Ioynt Stocke, set forth by the Honorable and Worshipfull of the East-Indie Societie: consisting of fiue Ships, viz. the Iames Royall, of burthen a thousand tunnes, ROWLAND COYT∣MORE Master: the Anne Royall, nine hundred tunnes; ANDREW SHILLING Master: the Gift, eight hundred tunnes; NATHA∣NIEL SALMON Master: the Bull, foure hundred tunnes; ROBERT ADAMS Master: the Bee, one hundred and fiftie tunnes; IONH HATCH Master. All vnder the Gouernment of MAR∣TIN PRING.
§. I. Occurrents in the way, at Surat, Bantam, and Iacatra.
§. II. Dutch wrongs, and the Fights betwixt Sir THOMAS DALE and them.
§. III. Their departure for Coromandell: Occurrents there: Sir THOMAS DALES death. English ships taken by the Dutch. Consultation and prouisions at Teco, and departure thence.
§. IIII. Newes of the peace betwixt English and Dutch: the mutuall congratulation: Voyage to Iapan, returne thence and home.
§. V. The Voyage from Bantam to Patania, and thence to Iapan, with his returne to Iacatra; set by it selfe for the vse of Mariners.
THEIR RETNE.
CHAP. VIII. WILLIAM HORES Discourse of his Voyage in the Dragon and Expedition, from Surat to Achen, Teco and Bantam; and of the surprising the Dragon, Beare, Expedition, &c. in a Letter to the Companie.
CHAP. IX. The Iournall of Master NATHANIEL COVRTHOP, his Voyage from Bantam to the Ilands of Banda, being chiefe Commander of the two Ships, the Swanne, Admirall; Master DAVIS, Master: and the Defence, Vice-Admirall; Master HINCHLEY, Master: together with his residence in Banda, and occurrents there; contayning the differences in those parts betwixt the English and Hollanders contracted.
§. I. English kindnesses to the Dutch: the surrender of Poolaroone to His Maiestie, and the fortifying there by the English: Dutch Hostilitie, their taking the Swanne, Salomon and Attendance, and keeping the De∣fence betrayed by Fugitiues, with o∣ther wrongs.
§, II. The manner of taking the Salomon and Attendance, in diuers Letters described, Dutch abusiue deuises by lyes to delude and dis-hearten our men: diuers Extracts of Letters of Master CORTHOP, with other Occurrents.
§ III. Other Acts of the Hollanders in diuers places of the Indies: Encouragements from Sir THOMAS DALE, Master IORDAN and others, and various euents in those parts till his death.
CHAP. X. The continuation of the former Iournall by Master ROBERT HAYES, contayning the death of Captaine COVRTHOP, succession of ROBERT HAYES, surrender of Lantore to His Maiestie, newes of the peace, and after the peace Lantore and Poolaroone seized by the Dutch, with abominable wrongs to the English.
CHAP. XI. A Letter written to the East India Company in England, from their Factours.
CHAP. XII. The Hollanders Declaration of the affaires of the East Indies: faithfully tran∣slated according to the Dutch Copy, Printed at Amsterdam, 1622. Written in answere to the former reports, touching wrongs done to the English. And an answere written by certaine Mariners lately published: with Depositions further ope∣ning the iniquity and crueltie of the Dutch.
§. I. A true Relation of that which passed in the Ilands of Banda, in the East Indies, in the yeere of our Lord God 1621. And before printed at Amsterdam 1622.
§, II. An Answere to the Hollanders Declaration concerning the occurrents of the East India, contracted somwhat briefer then in the former Impression.
§. III. Relations and Depositions touching the Hollanders brutish and cruell vsage of the English.
The Examination of Thomas Hackwell, the fiue and twentieth of Ianuary, 1621.
The Deposition of Bartholomew Churchman.
Articles of abuses done by the Hollanders at the Iland of Moluccas, and other places of the East Indies, aswell against our Soueraigne Lord the Kings Maiestie; as also against vs, and other Englishmen, since the yeare of our Lord 1616. not only before the Peace, but also since, vntill the moneth of March 1620. that we came out of the Indies, in the good Ship called the Iames.
CHAP. XIII. A pithie Description of the chiefe Ilands of Banda and Moluccas, by Captaine HVMPHREY FITZ-HERBERT in a Letter to the Companie.
CHAP. XIIII. Three seuerall Surrenders of certaine of the Banda Ilands made to the Kings Maiestie of England, faithfully translated out of Malahan into Eng∣lish; with a Voyage also annexed of Sir HENRY MIDDLETON.
The Voyage of Master Henry Middleton to the Moluccas, (hauing sent Captaine Colthurst in the Ascension to Banda) with letters of the Kings of those parts to his Maiestie.
CHAP. XV. The Dutch Nauigations to the East Indies, out of their owne Iour∣nals and other Histories.
The second Voyage.
The gaines which the Hollanders had gotten by the East India trade, taken out of a Booke Translated out of the Dutch, perswading to a West Indie Trade.
The Relation of the Priest of Poolaroone, touching the beginnings and occasions of quarrells betwixt the Dutch and Bandaneses, written in the Malayan language with his owne hand, in a very faire Arabecke letter, and the sense rendred to me in English by M. Rob. Haies.
CHAP. XVI. Extracts of a Iournall of a Voyage to Surat and to Iasques in the Persian Gulfe, set forth by the East India Societie of Merchants: wherein were imployed foure new ships; the London, of eight hundred Tunnes, and therein ANDREW SHIL∣LING chiefe Commander of the whole Fleet; WILLIAM BAF∣FIN Master; the Hart, of fiue hundred Tunnes, RICHARD [ 40] BLITHE Master; the Roe Bucke, of three hundred, RICHARD SWAN Master; the Eagle, of two hundred and eightie, CHRISTOPHER BROWNE Master. Written by RI∣CHARD SWAN.
CHAP. XVII. A Discourse of Trade from England vnto the East Indies: Answering to diuers Obiections which are vsually made against the same.
The first Obiection. It were a happie thing for Christendome (say many men) that the Nauigation to the East Indies, by way of the Cape of Good Hope, had neuer been found out; For in the fleets of shippes, which are sent thither yeerely out of England, Portugall, and the Low-coun∣treyes; The Gold, Siluer, and Coyne of Christendome, and particularly of this King∣dome, is exhausted, to buy vnnecessary wares.
The Answere.
At ALEPPO,
In the East INDIES,
In the East INDIES.
In ENGLAND.
The second Obiection. The Timber, Planke, and other materials, for making of shipping, is exceedingly wasted, and made dearer,, by the building of so many great Ships, as are yeerely sent to Trade in the East Indies; and yet the State hath no vse of any of them vpon occasion. For either they are not here; or else they come home very weake and vnseruiceable.
The Answere.
The third Obiection. The Voyages to the East Indies doe greatly consume our victuals, and our Mariners: lea∣uing many poore Widdowes and Children vnrelieued; Besides, that many Shippes are yeerely sent forth to the East Indies, and few we see as yet returned; Also, this Trade hath greatly decayed the Traffique and shipping, which were woont to be imployed into the Streights: And yet the said Trade to the East Indies, is found very vnprofitable to the Aduenturers: Neither doth the Common-wealth find any benefit by the cheape∣nesse of Spice and Indico, more then in times past.
The Answere.
The fourth Obiection. It is generally obserued, that his Maiesties Mint hath had but little imployment euer since the East India Trade began; wherefore it is manifest, that the onely remedy for this, and so many euils besides, is to put downe this Trade: For what other remedie can there be for the good of the Common-wealth?
The Answere.
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