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of the East India Company.

Introduction.

SECT. I. First Voyage of the English East India Company, in 1601, under
the Command of Captain James Lancaster.

Introduction.

Sec. 1. Preparation for the Voyage, and its Incidents till the Departure of
the Fleet from Saldanha Bay.

Sec. 2. Continuation of the Voyage, to the Nicobar and Sombrero Islands.

Sec. 3. Their Reception and Trade at Acheen.

Sec. 4. Portuguese Wiles discovered, and a Prize taken near Malacca.

Sec. 5. Presents to and from the King of Acheen, and his Letters to Queen
Elizabeth. Their Departure to Priaman and Bantam, and Settlement of
Trade at these Places.

Sec. 6. Departure for England, and Occurrences in the Voyage.

SECT. II. Account of Java, and of the first Factory of the English at
Bantam; with Occurrences there from the 11th February, 1603, to the 6th
October, 1605.

Introduction.

Sec. 1. Description of Java, with the Manners and Customs of its
Inhabitants, both Javanese and Chinese.

Sec. 2. Brief Discourse of many Dangers by Fire, and other Treacheries of
the Javanese.

Sec. 3. Differences between the Hollanders, styling themselves English, and
the Javans, and of other memorable Things.

Sec. 4. Treacherous Underminings, and other Occurrences.

Sec. 5. Arrival of General Middleton, and other Events.

Sec. 6. Account of Quarrels between the English and Dutch at Bantam, and
other Occurrences.

Sec. 7. Observations by Mr John Saris of Occurrences during his Abode at
Bantam, from October, 1605, to October, 1609

Sec. 8. Rules for the Choice of sundry Drugs, with an Account of the Places
where they are procured.

Sec. 9. Of the principal Places of Trade in India, and the Commodities they
afford.

SECT. III. Second Voyage of the English East India Company, in 1604,
under the Command of Captain Henry Middleton.

Introduction.

Sec. 1. Voyage of General Henry Middleton, afterwards Sir Henry, to Bantam
and the Moluccas, in 1604.

Sec. 2. Voyage of Captain Colthurst, in the Ascension, to Banda.

SECT. IV. Third Voyage of the English East India Company, in 1607, by
Captain William Keeling.

Introduction.

Sec. 1. Disasters in the Outset of the Voyage, with Occurrences till
leaving Saldanha Bay.

Sec. 2. Departure from Saldanha Bay, and Occurrences till the Ships parted
Company.

Sec. 3. Instruction learnt at Delisa respecting the Monsoon; with the
Arrival of the Dragon at Bantam.

Sec. 4. Voyage of the Hector