at skirmish, for euery boate had at the least 60. men in it,
and they were so thicke in them, that they could not help themselues, nor
did any thing els but shake their speares, and they shot but one base:
their arrowes hurt vs not, and so the Pinace returned agayne vnto our
shippes, sayling close before the towne, and shooting into it with her
ordinance: They shot out of the towne, but it hit her not, because they
shot with stone pellets, wherewith you cannot shoote so certainly as with
iron bullets.

The 8. 9. and 10. of September we had letters from our men out of Bantam,
by the which they willed vs not to shoot any more, for that the Gouernour
threatned to set them vpon stakes: Houtman wrote they were in good hope
that they shoulde bee put to raunsome, which wee counselled them to doe as
well as they might.

[Sidenote: The contents of the Gouernours letter.] The 11. of September we
had a letter from Houtman, and one from the Gouernour wherein hee wrote
that he would set our men at libertie, so we would be quiet, but if we
desired warre, he would once againe come and visite vs in another sort: wee
aunswered him that there he should find vs, that wordes were but wind, and
that he should set our men at a reasonable ransome, and thereof send us an
answere the next day.

The 12. and 13. of September wee had no answere out of the towne, and we
had want of water, and could get none thereabouts but that which came out
of the towne, for that the Gouernour had taken order that we should get no
water about the towne, so that we hoised ankers to go seeke some.

The 17. of September we came before 3. or 4. Islands which Molenare and
Shellenger sayled betweene, and for that the streame ranne so strong there,
they were forced to goe so nigh the shore, that they might almost leape on
lande, whereby they escaped great danger, but the other shippe and the
Pinace sayled about the Islands, and so met with the other two, and casting
forth their ankers, went on shore, where wee spake with men that saide they
would shew vs where wee shoulde haue water, so we would giue them two
Caliuers.

The 18. 19. 20. 23. and 24. we sayled to lade water, for it was hard to
get, and we were forced to keep good watch, which done hoysing ankers
againe, wee sayled towardes Bantam, holding our course Eastwarde.

The 27. we sayled Northeast towardes the lande of Iaua maior.

The 28. setting sayle agayne, we kept East Northeast along by the coast of
Ia