and put a stop to so great abominations and
tyrannies as he ordinarily practices, since he is in the path of all
the vessels going to those coasts--where he has seized a large quantity
of artillery and arms from those lost there. All that he has said,
this witness has heard from persons who had been captives there, and
he affirms it to be true and the extent of his knowledge, according
to the oath which he has sworn. He has no other information. His age
is thirty-four.

Signed, _Diego Veloso_

Before me:

_Jhoan de Cuellar_

_Testimony_: On this said day was received an oath in due legal form,
concerning the aforesaid, from Pantaleon Carnero, under which charge he
promised to tell the truth, concerning anything asked of him regarding
the subject aforementioned. This witness said that, when he was in
Macan in the former year of ninety-two, he heard it said there by
many persons that the king of Chanpan robbed Sebastian de Araujo of
a junk which he had built there, and a culverin which he had mounted
on it; and that he ordered the murder of two Spaniards aboard the
junk, and the captivity of the others. He afterward ransomed them
for gold and other things which they gave him. He subjected them to
great annoyances and ill-treatment, until one night, when they had an
opportunity, they fled, without finishing their ship, and left their
property behind them. This witness has also heard it said that about
ten years ago, he seized a junk, belonging to Don Juan de Gama, who
went ashore there in a storm. He captured the crew, and robbed them
of all their belongings. Another junk from Canboja bound for Malaca,
while Captain Roque de Melo was there, was captured by the said king
of Chanpan, with all its crew, and the merchandise that they had
with them seized. The said Rroque de Melo sent the king an embassy,
asking him to ransom the men whom he had taken prisoners on the said
junk. Half the crew was ransomed, but the others were kept by the
king. This witness has heard it said that some of the prisoners who
remained there escaped, but were caught again. The king ordered their
toes to be cut off because they had escaped. The said king of Chanpan
is a very great pirate, and usually goes about with a large fleet,
robbing and assaulting all the ships possible, making prisoners of
all their crews, along all those coasts, which he can do because he
is on the regular route. This witness has heard it said that the
said king has a la