there.
Whereof wee were aduertised by the Sabander and other of our friendes
counselling our men to get them out of the towne, and not to returne
againe, otherwise they would be in daunger to be stayed againe, and we
hauing sent a man into the towne to saue him from being holden prisoner,
our host where we lay being on shore was forced to bring him out couered
with certaine mattes; so that vppon the 26. of the same month all our
trafficke and friendship with them ceased: but our hoast being our friende,
came secretly aborde our ships, and shewed vs that he and his company had
two ships lying before the towne, laden with Nutmegges and Mace that came
from Banda, for the which hee agreed with vs at a price, vpon condition
that we should seeme to take them by force; that thereby he might colour
his dealing with vs: [Sidenote: How they tooke two Iauan ships.] wherevpon
the first of Nouember we sailed close to the towne with all our ships, and
set vpon to two Iauan shippes, wherein we found to the number of 30.
slaues, that knew nothing of their maisters bargaine made with vs, so that
they began to resist vs, wherewith we shot among them, and presently slew
4. or 5. of them, the rest leapt ouer borde, and swamme to land, which done
we tooke the two ships, and put their lading into ours; [Sidenote: They
fought with a Portingall shippe.] The Portingalles shippe that brought
their Ambassadour, lay close vnder the shore, wherevnto we sent two of our
boats, but the Portingals that were in her shot so thicke with their peeces
vppon our men, that our boates were forced to leaue them with losse of one
of our men, but our shippes shot in such sorte with their ordinance vppon
the Portingall shippe, that they spoyled and brake it in peeces, wherein
their Captaine was slaine, and the victuailers that stil brought vs
victuailes to sell, told vs that with our peeces we had slain three or
foure men within the towne, and that the townes men began to make an armie
of ships to set vpon vs.

[Sidenote: They fought with a Iauan shippe.] The 2. of Nouember we espyed a
shippe that came towards Bantam, which we ioyned vnto with our boats, and
being neere vnto it, they spread their fights, which were of thicke mattes,
and began to defend themselues; our men shot among them with stone peeces
and Caliuers, and they defended themselues with great courage, hauing halfe
pikes wherewith they thrust at vs, and that serued likewise to blow arrows
out of them