often to and from another shippe that lay not
farre from vs, we took our Pinace and made towardes it, and being harde by
it, the Portingals left it and set it on fire: This ship had the richest
wares in it as the Portingalles slaues tolde vs, for it was laden with
fiftie tunnes of Cloues, which were burnt in it.

The sixt and seuenth of September we hearde no newes, so that wee went
close to the Towne agayne, shooting with our great Peeces into it, slaying
diuers of the people (as after we were informed:) They likewise shot with
their Peeces agaynst vs, which the Portingalles did, for that the Iauars
haue little or no skill at all therein, and are very fearefull of them, and
although they had many peeces in the towne, yet they did vs no other hurt
then onely shot one of Molenares halfe masts in peeces.

[Sidenote: A skirmish betweene the Pinace and 24. boats.] The seuenth of
September wee had a skirmish, which was in this manner, we perceyuing a
Iauan ship vnder sayle, sent our Pinace with sixe and twentie men in her to
fetch it in, which the Iauan shippe perceyuing fledde behinde an Islande,
where our Pinace followed him so fast that shee fell a grounde, which the
townes men perceyuing, made them readie with foure and twentie boates full
of men, all armed after their manner, and set forwarde in good order, being
diuided in two companies, seuen on starre bord, and 17. on lardde bord of
the Pinace, in order like a halfe Moone, threatning vs with great speares,
they thought by reason of their great number of men that they had already
taken it, but it fell out otherwise, for they in the Pinace, perceyuing
them comming, shotte among them: and when they were harde by the Pinace,
shee gotte a flote, as they thought to take her, hauing cast out an anker
in good time, and thereby wounde themselues off the grounde, but for haste
they were forced to cutte their Cable, because they had not time enough to
winde it vppe, and with all they shotte one of their boates vnder water.
The Pinace drawing her boate after her, the Iauans presently leapt into it,
and cutte a sunder the roape that helde it, which they immediately stole
from vs, thrusting with their Speares in at the loope holes. Seuen of their
Boates being round about vs were so sharpely paide with the iron peeces,
stone peeces, and Caliuers, that the 17. others durst not come so neere vs:
I thinke there were at the least 100. of them that neuer carryed newes how
they sped in th