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24 ITTRST vor-'..\cE AnOUND TlrE wOnLD ANTONIO PIGAFET'TA
place it in the sun, and a vinega-r results like [that made from] on their arms and ker-
tris ears,.and the others nrany gold armlets
white urine. N{ilk can also be made from it, for rre made some.
chiefs about their heads. lVe itayed ttrere one wee\ and
during
lYe scraped that. marrowy substance and then mixed' the scrapings and every
that time our captain went ashore daily to visit the sick,
. with its own vrater-whieh rve strained thrcugh a cloth, and so rvhilh-com-
morning g"re th-em coconut water fron his own harid,
obtained rnilk like goat's milk. Thosc palrns resemble date-pahns, who
forted ihim g.eatly. There are people living near that island
but althotrgh not srnooth- they are Iess knotty .tian thrl latter. A their arms
hai e earrings" in tireir ears so tatge ttrat they can Pass
through thJm. Those people are caphri, that- is. to.sa/, n""fll
family of l0 persons can be supported on two trees, by utilizing
one of thenr during cne rveek arrd the other during the other B days iro* the bark of a tree about
ror the wine; for if they did otherwise, the trees would dry up. They They"go :raked, with a^"loih ***
their piivies, excePt some oI the chiefs rvho rvear cotton cloth
ern-
last a century
broidired *ith qiik at the enis by means of-a needle' Thel are
Those people became-very -familiar with and
Us. They told us . dark, fat, and painted. They arrint themselves with coconut
maly'.hings, their names and those of some of :he islauds that u'ith beneseed oil, as a protection against sun and wind' Ihey
have
could be seen from that p,lace. Their own island was calied Zului.n'
and it is not very large. We took $iriat pleasure rvith them, for ";f ir."ti"*ir," t"ril to the taist, and use daggers,javelins' andknives'
spea$ ornamented with gold, larp ,hi"ldr, f"'"iofi'
ancl
they were very pleasant and conversable. In ord.er to show thenr fishing nets that resembil rizali; end their boats are like ours'
Ivlarch
On the uftrrrooo of f,ofy Memday, the day of our Lady'
greater honor, the captain-general took them to his ship and showed
them all his merchandise--cloves; cinnamon, pepper, ginpler, nutrneg,
twenty-five, while rve ,r"ru oo tl* point of *tigl'ing anchor
r]::'
mace, gold and all the things in the ship. He had sonre nrortars fired leadtng J
to the side of the ship to fish and pntti"g my feet uPon a yard
for them, whereat they e:fiibited great fear, and tried to iump out dovrn into the storeroom, they snipped, for it rvas rainy,
ancl con-
of the ship. They mad,: signs to us that the abovesaid aiticles
I A-r,t*t,on term for darts, wirile 6;"k probably stand for rizzagio
or a fine
I An ad.lbining islet thickly rvoven nct used for fishing near the shore'
26 FIRST YOYACE ANOUND THE WORLD ANT1OMO PICA}-EITA 27
sequently I fell into the sea, so that no one saw me. When I rvas the captain-generll to whom he gave three porcelain jars co.,ered
all btrt under, my left hand happened to catch hold of the ciew- with leaves and full of rarv rice, trvo very large dorwlc and other
garnet of tlte mirinsail, rvhich rvas dangling in the rvater. I held things. The captain-general gave the king a garment of red and
on tiglrtly, and began to cry out so lustily tlrat I was rescued by yellow cloth rnade in the Ttrrkish {ashior:, rnd a fine red cap; and
tlrc small borrt. I rvas aided not. I believe, indeed, through my to the othcrs (the king's men), some knives and to others, mirrors.
nrerits but tlrrough the mercy of that font of charity [:he Virgin]. Then the captain-general had a ctllation snread for them, and had
That same day we slraped our course toward the west southwest the king told through thr: slave that he desired to be cosi c,rsi with
behvccn fotrr jslunds, namely Cenalo, [Iitrnanghan, lbrrsson, and him, that is to sar,, brother. 'Ihe king replied that he als,> wished
Abaricn.r to enter tlre same relations with the captain-general. Then the cap-
On Thursday morning, March twenty-eight, as rve had seen a fire tain showed hirn cloth of various colors, linen, coral [ornaments],
on an island the night before, we anchored near it. We saw a and many other articles of mercbandise, and all the artillery some
small boat which the natives call boloto [baroto] with eight men of which he had discharged for him, whereat the natives were greatly
in it, approaching the flagship. A slav,: belonging to the captain- frightened.
general, rvho u'as a native of. Zamatra [Sumatral, wlrich rvas for- Then the captain-general had a man armed as a soldier, and
merly called Taprobana, spoke to them. Tiey immediately under- placed him in the midst of three men armed rvith swords and dag-
stood him, came al-rngside the ship, unwilling to,enter but taking a gen, who struck him on all parts of the body, Thereby was tlre
position at some little distance. The captain, seeing that they would king rendpred almos; speechlesr. The captain-general told him
not trust us, threw them out a red cap and other things lied to a tirough the slave that one of thqe a,rmed men was rvorth one hun-
bit of wood. They received them very gladly, :rn:l went- irvay dred of his orvn men Tte king a'swered that that was a fact- The
quickly to advise their king. About trvo hours later rve saw trvo captain-general said that.he had. two hundred men in each ship u,ho
bolanghai coming. They are large boats and are so caLed [by those were armed in t}at manner.' He showed the king cnirasses, sworcls,
people]. They rvere full of men, and their king was rn the larger of and b'rcklers, and had lr review rnade for hirn. Thea he led the king
them, being seated uirdbr an a*,ring of mats. When the king came to the deck of the ship, that is lerted above at the stern; and had
near the flagship, the slavc spoke to him. The king unCerstood his sea-chart and cumpass bro':ght. He told the king tl.rough tl-re
him, for in those districts the kings lanerv more Ianguages than intelpreter how he had found tlc s&iit'irr order to voyage t}ither
the otircr people. IIe ordered some of his men to enter the ships, anC how many moons he had been without seeing land, wlrereat the
but he always remained ia his balnnglwd, at some little distance kirg was astonisheit, Lastly, he told the king that he rvould like,
fmm the ship until his own men retumed- rnd as soon as they iI itwere pleasing to him, to srd twb oi his men with him so
retumed he departed. The captaln-general showed great honor to that he might show them some of his things. The king replied
the men who entered the ship, and gavo them some presents, for that he was agreeable, and I vent in company with one of the
which the hng wished before his departure to give the captain a large other men.
bar of gold and a baskedul of ginger. The latter, however, thanked When I reached shore, the ti,rg raised his hands toward tL,e sky
and then turned torvard. us two. \trle &d tle same toward him as
the king heartily b':t woulC rot accept it. In the aftemoon we
w'entTin tle ship; [and anchored] near the dwellings of the king.
did all the others. Thc king .bok me by the hand; one of his
ohiefs took my companion: and ihus they led us under a bamboo
.Alext day, holy Friday, the captain-general sent his slave, whc
aoted as our interpreter, ashore in a small bcat to ask the king covering, where there was a balag;lwi, as'long as eighty of my palm
if he had ann food to have it carried to the ships; anrl to say that Iengths, and resembling a, frxa- Se sat down upon the stem of tirat
drey would be well satistiied with us, for he [and his men] had come balnnghni, constautly couversingrith signs. The kings men stood
to tle island as friends and not as enemies. The king came ili6 about us in a circle with swords, riaggers, spears, and htrcklers. The
sir or eight men in the srrme boat and entered the ship. He embraced krng had a plate of pork brough* ia and a Iarge jar filled with wine.
t ProLably Dinaga! Cabugan, Cibu-.on, and lUanicani. 'A.r obvious exaggeration to impre tlie natives.
28 FINST 1IOYAGE ANOUND THE 1VONLD AI\TONIO PIG-\I'ETTA 29
At every mout}ful, rve drarlk a cup of tvine. TLe wine that was left ships. All thc dishes of thrit king ale of gold ancl trlso some portion
[in the cup] at any timc, although that happened but rarely, r,vas of his house, 1ts we \\/elc tolcl ltv tliat liirrg Irimsc'lf. AccorCing to
put into rr jar by itself. The king's cup rvirs irhvays kcrpt covcred their customs ltc: rvts vcly grandlT- clcckcd orrt, ntrd thc lincst I rok-
and no one else drank from it but he anci I. Bpfore the king took ing man that rve slw rmong thosc pcopl:. IIis h,rir wirs cxceedinglv
thc cup to drink, he raised his cltsped hands towarcl tlte sk1', ano black, anu hung to his shoulders. IIe had :r covering of silk on his
then torvard us; and when he was about to drink, he extended the heari, and rvore two large golclen calrings fastclied in his ears. IJe
fist of his left hand, toward me (at first I thought that he rvas rvore a cotton cloth all embroidered rvith silk, rvhich covered him
about to strike rne) and then drank. I did'.he same toward the king. from the rvaist to the knees. At his sicle lrrrng a daggcr, the ha{t
They all make those signs one toward another wlren they drink. We of rvhich rvas somcrvhrrt long ard all of gcld, and its scabbiird ol
ate with such ceremonjes and r.vith other signs of friendship. I ate carved wood, He had three spots of gold on every tootlr, :nd his
meat on holy Friday, for I muld not help myself. Before tire supper teetlr appcarccl as i[ bound ,"vith gold. IIe was perfumed rvit^r storax
hour I gave the king many things rvhich I had brought. and benzoin. He rvas tarvny and painted all over. That island of his
I wrote down the names of many things in their language. was called Butuan and Calagan.' Wlien those kings n-ished to see
When the king and the others saw me writiug, and when I told them one another, they both r,,ent to hunt in that island where rvc were.
t-heir words, they were all astonisheci. While engaged in that tire The nanre of the first king is Raia Colembt,,,rnd the seconcl Bairr
- supper hour was announced, Two large. porcelain dishes were Siaui.
brought in, one full of rice and the other of pork with its gravy. liarly on the morning o{ Sunday, the last of N{arch and Easter-
We ate with the same signs and ceremonies, after which we went day, the captain-general sent the priest with some men to preparc
to the palace of t.re king which was built like a hayloft and was the place where- Mass 'was to be said; together with the interprcter
thatc}ed rvith fig and palm leaves. It rvas built up high from the to tell tl.e king that we lvere not going to land in order to dine
ground on huge postr of rvood and it was necessary to ascend to it with him, but to say l\{ass. Therefore t}re king sent us trvo srvine
by means of ladders. The king made us sit down there on a bamboo that he had lrad killecl. When the hour for ivlass arrived, rve landr:d
mat with our legs drawn up like tailors. After half an hour a plat- with about filty men. without our body armor, but carrying o.rr
ter of roast fish cut in pieces was bmught i:0, and ginger freshly other arms, and dressed in our best clothes. Befcre rve leached the
gathered, and wine. The king's eklest son, who was the prince, came sbore w-ith our boat, six pieces wert' dischargcd as a sign of peace.
over to us; whereupon the king told him to sit down near us, nnfl. We landed; the hvo kings embiaceJ the captain-general, arrd placed'
he accordingly did so. Then two platters were biought in (one with hirn betrveen them. We r.zent in marching order to the lllace con-
fish and its sauce, and the other rvith rice), so that'we might eat . secrated, which was not far from tlie shore. Before the cornmencc-
with tle prince. My eompanion became intoxicated as a consequence ment of Masr;, the captain sprinlled the entire bodies of the tu'o
of so much drinking and eating. They used tlre gunr of a tree called kings witlr musk water. During the Mass v'e made our o1'ferings.
anime wrupped in palm or fig leaves for lightr'. The king made us The kings went forward to kiss the cross as we tlid, but made no
a sign that he was going to go to sleep. He left the prince with offerings. lVhen the lrodi' of our Lord was elevated, they remainecl
us, and we slept with the latter on a bam5oo mat with pillows made on their knees and worshipped Him with clasped hancls- The ships
of leaves. When day dawned the king came and took me by the fired all tl.eir artillery at once wherr the body of Clrrist rvas elevated,
hand, and in that marnelwe went to where we had had supper, the signal having been given from the shore rvith muskets. After
in order to partake of refreshments, but the boat carne to get us. the conclusion of ivlass, some of our rnen took commr-rnion.
Before we left, the kinl; kissed our hands with great ioy, and lve The captain-general arranged a fencing tournament, at which
Lis. One of his brothen;, the king of ancther island, a:rd three men the kings were greatly pleased. Then he had a cross carried irt and
came w"ith us. T'he captain-general kept him to dine with us, and
the naiis and a crown, to which they made imrnediate reverence.
gave him many things.
He told the kings through the intr,rpreter that they u,ere the stand-
Pieces of gold, of the size of rvalnuts and eggs, are found by
sifting the earth in the island of that king rvhom L led to our l Caraga in the northem part of Mindanao.
30 FIRST VOYAGE ANOUND TI{E WOruD AMONIO PICAI'ETTA 3I
ards given to }im by the emperu his sovereign, so that wherever brt that Zubu rvas the Iargest and the one rvith most trade. They
he might go lie might set up tlrose tokens, [He saicl I that he rvisl-r- offered of their orvn accord to give us pilots to sltolv trs the rvay.
ed to set it up in that place for their benefit, for whenever any of our The captain-general thanked them, and determiried to go there, for
ships came, they would know that rve had been there by that cross, so did his unhappy fate will, After the cross was erected in positiou,
and would do uothing to displease them or harm their property. each of us repeaterd a Paler Nosler and an Aoe Mario., and ad rred
If any of their men were captured, they would be set free irnme- the cross; and the kings did the "-ame. Then we descended through
diately on that sigu being shown. It was neeessary to set that cro;s their cultivated fieids, and rvent to tlre place where the balanghoi
on the summit of the highest mountain, so that on seeing it every was The kings had some coconuts brought in so that we might re-
morning, they might adore it; and if they did that, neither thunder, fresh ourselves. The captain asked the kirrgs for the pilots, for he
lightning, nor storms would harm them in the least. They thanked intenled to depart the following morning, and [said] that ]re would
him heartily and [said] that they would do everyt]ring willing- treat them as if they were the kings them;elves, and would leave
Iy. The captain-general also had them asked whether they were Mus- one of us as hostage. The kings replied that every hour he wished
Iims or heathen, or what was their belief. They replied that they had the pilots were at his command, but that night the first king
no other worship but raising their clasped hands and their face to .changeJ his mind, and jn the morning rvhen we were about to de-
the sky; and that they called their god "Abba," Theieat the captain part, s€nt word to the captain-general, asking him for love of him
was'very glad, and seeing thag the first king raised his hands to to rvait two days until he should have his rice harvested, and other
the st7 and said that he wished that it were possible for him to billes attended to. He asked the captain-general to send him soine
make the captain see his love ior hiro. The interpreter asked the men to help him, so that it might be done sooner; aad said that.he
king rfhy there was so liftle to eat there. The lattor replied tlrat intended to act as our pilot hirnself. The captain sent him some meo,
he did not live in that placeexcept'when he went hunting'and to but the kings ate and drank s6 much that they slept all tlre rlay-.
' see his brol*rer, t ut that he lived in another island 'where all his Some said to excuse them that tbey were sligbtlv sick. Our men did
family rvere. The captain-geneial had hi-m asked to declare whether' notliing on that day, but they worked the next two days.
he had any enemies so that he might go with his ships to destroy One of those people-brought us aboard a porringfl full of rice
them and to render them obedient to him. The king thanked him and also eight or ten figs fastened together to barter them for a
-"rnd sard thathe did indeed have'iwo islands hostil: to him, but that }nife which at the mcst was rvorth three catrini.r T[re cantain, sce-
it-was not then tLe season to go there. The captain told him that ing that that native cared for nothing but a larife, called him to
if God would again nllow him to retum tc those districts, he would look at other things. He put his hand in his purse and rvished to
bring so many men that he would make the king's enemies subject .grve him one real for those tlrings, but the native refused it, The
to him \l force. IIe said that he was about tc go to dinner, and captain showed him a dut,at but he would not accept that either.
that he would return afterward to have the cross set up on the -Finally the captain tied to grve him a d,tppione wcrth two ducats,
srrmmit of the mountain. They replied that thel' were sailified, and but he would take nothing but a knife; and acc6rdingly the captain
then forrring in battalion anil firing t}e-muskets and the captain had one given to him. When one of our men vreot ashore for water,
hr"iog embra.ced the two kings, we took ou: Ieave. one of those people vranted to give bim a pointed crown of massive
After dinner we all returned clad in cur doublets, ar:d that gdli, of the size of a cobna, for six strings of glass beails, but the
afte.rnoon went together with &e two ldngs to the summit of the captain refused to Iet him barter, so that the natives should leam
highest mountain tbere. When we reached the summit, the captain- at the very beginning that rve prized our rnerchandise more than
general told them &et he esteemed higlrly havirrg sweated for thcm, their gold.
for since the cross was there. it could not but be of geat use to Those people are heathens, and go naked and painted. They
thern On arkiog tlem which port was the best to get food, they wear a piece of cloth woyen from a tree about their privies. They
replied that there were three, namely, Ccylon, Zubu, and Calaghann,'
'e rrAf copper coin. while tlre Coppione was of gold, and the colona ar.'
I other coin of thtJ Lpoch. The "painted' crown of massive gold" was probably
IJ"-el5 Le,vte, Cebu and the Caraga district of Mind;rnarc. one of those piloncitos that the late Dr. Jose P. Bantug wrote about.
32 FIRST VOYACE ANOUNO fi:IE WONLD
are very heavy drinkers. Their \.tomen are clad in tree clotlr from e, €
their waist dorvn, and their hair is black and reaches to the grourd.
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They have holes pierced in their ears rvhich are filled with gold.
lo
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Those people are constantly chewing a fruit which they caTl areca, ;€
,9
and which resembles a pear. They cut that fruit into four parts, *1i; t: u,
q
and then wrap it in the leaves of their tree which they call betre i
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[betel]. Those leaves resemble the leaves of the mulbeuy. Tlrey ;1.
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mix it with a Iittle lime, and when they have chewed it thoroughly,
they qpit it out. It rnakes the mouth exceedingly red. All the people
in those parts of the world use it, for it is very eoolilg to the o
heart, and if they ceased to use it they rvould die. There are dogs, q
cats, swine, fowls, goats, rice, ginger, eoconuts, figs, oranges, lemons,
o
millet, panicum, sorgo, \r,ax, and a quantity of gold in that island. q
It Iies in a latitude of nine and two-thirds degees toward the Aretic O
Pole, and in a longitude of one hundred and sixty-two degrees frorrr otl
o
the line of demarcation. It.is twenty-five leagues from the Acquada, c>
4-.
and is called l4azaua. ?o
.aE
\1'e remained ttrere seven days, after which we laid our course o
oA
toward the northwest, passing amorg five islands; namely, Ceylon, :o
Bohol, Cariglran, Baybai, and'Gatighan.' In Ehe last-named island 1a
=L
witb several ef his chiefs at which they were plea..ed. thus did we €
go to Zubu from Gatighan, the distance t,r Zubu being fifteen x
luagues. f
-rPigafetta-assumed
that T,eyte was composed of two islands: Bavbay to the I
north and Ceylon to the south. Canigan or Canigao is an island a! thi south- o
I
western extemity of Leyte, rvhile Catighan has not been irie:ntified. lvlazaua,
oI course, ls Lmasawa.
megapods known locally as tabon.
I'The
Tle Camotes west of Leyte; namely Poro, Pasiian and i'ans6n.
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The facatle of the Pigafetta family residence in ii""rrru, Italy, believed to have beerr btiilt aborrt the time of Antonio,s
hirth in 1481. (Courtesy Agostino Cacciavillan)
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at the entrence of tirc pigatetta mansi;n in Vicerrza.
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printed in 1523' severai secms r,ewer thm thc preceding trvo copies. (Courtesy Bibliothcque Nationalc)
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in 1524, about a year and a half after it first appeared iIi Cologne. (Corrrlesy Carlos fornrer ownrr, Jean Cognate, whose anagram "Neagecito" appears ai thi lowet half o[
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vent to Zubu. The ki;-";;"*i"niti after the rleath of the king, he wa; answered that the king hacl no
men sit donn near him' He asked
open square where he ti^d ou' sons but only daughters, the eldest of wltom was the urife of that
than one eaptain in that com-
ii""rra'- *hether there were more pay trib'rte to the nephew of lris, who therefore was the prince. [They said that] rvhen
whether that captain wished,hT.to
;;"# master' Ihe iotary reptied in the
negative'- but ttrat the fathers and mothers grew old they received no further honor,
cmDersr his but thei:: children commanded them.
;X"%il#;'lJ"'rv t" t'"dJ *itir' him and with no others' The
that i[- the captain-wished'to The captain told them that God made the sky, the earth, the-
kine said that he *',' **i'ti"a, and from lris sea and everything else, and that He had comrnanded us to honor
ffi#,iis;#, r'.''should slnd him a drop-of !'1"'i lrim] as a sign our fathers and mothers, and that whoever diil othenvise rr as corl*
n"i "rrn. and he hirnself would do the same [to that the cap- demned to eternal fire; that we are all descended from Adam and
;i;"-;;J;;;;" friendship' rhe notary-answere<l
told him that all the captains Eve, our Iirst parents; that we have an immortal spirit; and many
a- *"rfa a9 it. Thereyponl the king
to-gi'"pt"t"nts one to the otber
'other things
p€rtaining to the faith. Atl ioyfully entreated the cap-
*il4 i;"-,"tah", plo"" *iere'wont fhe in' tain to leavi them two men, or at least one, to instruct them in
.rd ;il *hethei o"r c'pt"in o' huiught to co-rnmence'
',ii."*i"fd the
theking that^s'nce he dcsircd to maintain
custom' the faith, and [said] that :hey rvould shorv them great honor. The
captain replied to them that he could not leave them any men then,
Iie^Shoiltl -co-mmene--e,-and sd hb did' but that if they wished to become Christians, our priest would bap-
came to the ships with
Tuesday morning the king of lvlazaua tize them,.and that he vrould next time bring priests and frjars whs
irr behalf of the king
the Muslim. He salutJ the iaptain-general would instmct them irr our faith. T'hey aruwered that the.; would
il t"btf; "ndlsaidg;i" tf'tt *" ftiig- o!?ubu *" ccllecting as'rruch
that after dinner he would send firsr speak to their lcing, and that then they would become Clrris-
food as possible ,o "t, ""e tians, [whereat] we all wept with great ioy. The captain-general
of his chie'f to make peace'
,"L ,f ils n.ph"*s intl two others 'mert
told them that they should not become Christians for fear or to
armed with his own arms'
Til;;il+neral had one of his menfought please us, but of their own free wills; and that he would not cause
and had the Muslini iofa U" we all
in tlmt manner' The
any diqpleasure to those who wished to iive according to their o,nrn
ffi* ;:-;-*r, t*ttened, but the captain told him not to be
law, but tlrat the Christians ryoulil be better regarded and treated
ilgfn"*a foi orr'"*'"*e'e soft toward our friei'rds antl hatsh to-
handkerchiefs wipe off the sweat so
<lid than tlre o.hers. AII cried out with one voice that they were rot
wantl our enemies; aJ's becoming Christians tluough fear or to please us, but cf their ow.n
,oa aonoy all our adversaries' and those who
our arms overthrow free will. Then the captain told tlem that il they became Chris-
so that tt'e Muslim' 'vho seemed
ffit"t; ttil;; ""p*in-a'a"hat tians, he would leave a suit of armor, for so had his king com-
;;;;;llig;* .r,* il" otht", might 'tell it to the king'
prince' came to
was the manded him; that we could not have intercorrrse with theirwotrlen
After dinner the king]s neohelr" who without committing a yery great sin, since they [the women] re-
the govemor' tl'e
the ffi u'ith the H;;i IvI;Aua' the Muslim'
mained pagans; arrrl ttrat he assured them that if they became
peace rvith us' The cap-
&ief constable, and Jg'nt "t'itft, to make rncn orr ChrisUans, the devil woulil no longer appear to them except in the
chair' the principal
tain-general was seated"on a red velvet Iast noment at their death. They said that they could rot answer
the flcor' The captain-
teather chai$, and the others on mats upon
whether. it were their the beautiful words of the captain, but that they placed thems elves
S;*"f ark"i th"* through the interpreter
in public, ind whether that prince and in his hands, and that lre should treat them as his most faithful
custom to speak to ,.ott
'"t to make peace' They answered servants. The captain embraced tlrem weeping, and clasping one of
the king of Maraua"ilJ the prince's hands and orr€ 0f tle king,s boftyo0n hil Own, Jaid t0
""th"rity were empo*ered to make
that they spoke in P;lit,;"d i# they
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t.rem that by his faith in God and to his sovereign, the emPeror, ments]
- one, on a.drum like rve do, but resting on the ground;
the second was striking trvo suspenclecl metallic discs alte"rnatelv
and by the irnbit u'hich he rvore, he promised them thtrt he rvould
give tirem perpetual peace wirh the king of Spain' They ansrvered rvilh a. stick rvraytpcd somervhat thictty at tlre end ,ritl, p.l,;
the.third, ong
;i;ii,
that they promised tbe same. Jlge gong in the same manner; and thl last, two
After ihe conclusion of the peace, the captain hacl refreshments srnall gongs held in her hand, by striking one against
the other,
which gave forth a srveet sound. They plaieclo l.,",,rmorriorrlf
served to them. Then the prirrce and the king lof Mar;raua] Present- iili
ed some baskets of ri,:€, swine, goats, and fowts to the captain- one would believe they possessed good musical ,"or".
flrosJ giri,
general on behalf of their king, and asked him to pardon them, for were very beautiful aud almost ,,, *hit" as our girls
and as large.
1'hey u'ere naked except for tree cloth hanging fr"om
such things were but lir:tle [to give] to one such as lre'' The captain the rvaist aid
gave the prince a whil:e cloth of the finest linen, a red cap, some leachlng t1i the knees. Sorne we_re quite naied"and had
tn.g" hol.,
Jtrings of glass bead:;, and a gilded glass drinking 1up' Those
in their eqrs with a small round piece of wood in the hole] which
keeps thel}cle round. and )arge.^Th;y i";; long
glasses are greatty appreciated in tlrose districts' He did not give black hair, and
Iny present io the king of Mazaua, for- he hacl 3[6'ady gi'en him lvear a short cloth about tlre lread, ancl ar" al*i
s barefoot. The
.ob" of Cambaya, b'esides other articles. To the ctthers he gave prince had three quite naked girls clarrce for u:;. lVe took
refresh-
"
now one thing and norv another. Then he sent to the king of Zubu rnents arrd then went to the ships. Thosc gongs
are made of brass
r:ther a yellow and violet silk robe made in and are manufactured in the regions about itreiignio
through me and one lvlagno which
of glass beads, all in a is called China. 'fhey are used in those regions as
TurKsh style, a fine rcd caP, some strings we use bells and
in our are called aglwn.
silver dish, and two gilt drinking cups hands'
lVhen u'e reached the city u'e found the king in his palace 9n
W9a-uesdlf moining, as one of our men harl died during
the
previoul-1ght, the int.-rpreter and I rvent to ask the king
surrounded by many peopte' ile was seated on a paim rnat on the Jhere
rw: could bury him. We found the king surrounded
ground with only t .cotton cloth before his privies and a scarf em- fy ,ri.,y ,"."
o[ whom, after the due-rev,:rence was riade, I asked it.
f,roiilered u'ith tire needle about his hea4 a necklace of great value U" .lpfiJ,
hanging from his neck, and two large gold earrbgs fastened in his
"If I and my vassals all belong to your sovereign, how much iore
.It round with precious gems. He was fat and short, anC ought the land." I told the king that *. l"orrld like
to consecrate
"rrr-
tattooed with fire irr various designs. From another mat r'rn the
the place and to set rrp a crcss there. He i.eplied that he was
\luite satisfied and tr\at he wished to adore the cross as
grourd he was eating turtle eggs w-hich were in-two po:celain dis^res, did we. The
ind he had four iarsfull of palm wine in front of him covered dcceased was buried in the srluare l*ith as much pomp as possible,
witl sweet-smelling herbs and arranged witl four small reeds in in crder-to furnish a good example. Then we .ooi"".it"d
ti.," ptn."
each jar by means of wbich he drank. Having duly made reverenee
and in t11 eveyng anorher man. lye carried a quantiiy of
\ried
merchandise ashore whieh we stored in a house.
to him, the interpreter told the hng that his master thanked him The king toot it
very warmly for his presen! and drat he sent this present not in 'ruder his care as well as four rnen who were left to ^uade the
goods by rvholesale. Those people live ir, accordance
return for his present but for the inirinsic love which he bore him' u,ith justice,
We dressed him in tle robg placed the caP on his head, and gare hlve weights and measurer. fn.y love peace, ease and quiet.
11d
him the other things; then kissing the beads and putting them upon They have wooden balances, the bar of which has a cond ii
tle
his head, I presented them to him' IIe doing the same [i'e', kissing middle b1 which it is held. At orre end is a bit of lead,
anrl
thcm] accepted them. Then the king had us eat some of those eggs at the other marks Iike quarter-pcun&s, third_pounds, and pounds.
and drink ilrough those slender reeds. The others, his men, told When they wish to weigh they taie the scales which
has threl ;,vires
him in that plai the words of tlre captain concerning Peace ano Iike ours, and place it above tte marks, aurl so
weigh aco:rirtely.
his exhortation to them to becorne Christjans. The king wished to They.have vey-- I-a1ge, measures-without any bottom.
T[e yo,rtt, pliy
have us stay to supper with him, but we told him that rve could on pipes made Iike ours which they call subrn, Their houses are
not stay thu". Having taken our leave of Lim, tle prince took us constructed of wood and are built of planks ancl
bamboo, raised high
with him to his house, rvhere iour young Sirls were playing [instru- from the grorrnd on large logs, and one
must enter them
t;,d;
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house they called, and told them that unless they obeyed the king as their king,
have rooms like ours; and under the
of hdders. They fo*ft- lalge s.ea snails' beauti-ful
to he would hirve tlrem killed, and rvould give their possessions to
keep their s*ine,
goat''"tna swallows the king. They replied that they would obey him. The captain told
tf't'" *f i"t' kill whales; for the whale
the sight, are found *t'ottt bodv' tlrev come out the l<ing tlrat lrc was going to Spain, but that he would return again
in it.'"
themilive, and when t;;^;;; Those people afterward with so many forces that he wotrld make him the greatest king of
of their shells and ""t"if"
*iJ't-t'*"' those regions, as he had been the first to express a deterrrination to
<:reatrrres have
whale's he-art' Those
find them alive near tn" at"a are g,rrd to eat and become a Christian. The king, Iifting his hands to the sky, thanked
the flesh
teeth, black skin, a ';["t";;";; the captain and requested him to let some of his men remain [with
thev aFe called lugharr'' full ol our merchan- him], so that he and lris people might be better instructed in the
' dnt;a^yve shovred those people
a, th'ry
faith. The captain replied that he rvould leave two men to satisfy
For mtr'tals' iron' and
diseYat which they;fi;";'il-i"2ryia'^ the other smaller him, but tlrat he would like to take two of the children of the ehiefs
other large '"'"r"'oill
;Jv;;;; l' t'9 other peo' with him, so that they might learn otr language, rvho afterward on
articles they gave
tti*?' goatsl"and ^For [ood' Those their relurn would be able to tell the others the wonders of Spain.
"' "L'
;#*
diil iot wish to
li;r*il,s':1"*d
t't"
:xiilT {; aq:ruryi
gofa' fcr there would have
too -:o"f'
been some
A Iarge cross was set up in the middle of the square. The captain
told them that if they rvished to become Christians as they hrrd
declarecl on the previous days, they must burn all their idcls
t't'H r;J""ffi*i:' diTlli'ffi ::: and set up a cross in their plae. They were to adore that cross
#ul*ml"Tffi
tf'" Lp"*
on Sunday'
to become a Christim
daili' with clasped hands, and wery moming alter their custorn,
tliey were to make the sign of tle cross (rvhich the captain shorved
the king had promisei adorned
a olatform was built ""'if'"
i""'"ctated sqtrare' u'hich was them how to make); and they ought to came hourly, at least iu tlre
-*t
ror his iaotisrn' rhe captai'-gen-
Lffi;;;; d;;;;;;; ie af'aid of the pieces morning, to that cross, an,l adore it kneeling. The intenticn that they
eral sent men to t'J'i' #1;;* :" had already declared, drey were to confirrr with good rvorla. The
tf'Z morning for it was
our custom
that would U. ao"o*gJ-in them king and all the others wished to confirm it thoroughly. The captai:n-
feasf, *ithout loading
to disc-harge .h"- It";"il;;i general told the king that he was clad all in rvhite te demonstrate
rvithstones. his sincere love toward them. They replied that they corrld not res-
fortv men o[ tts vent
On Sunday morning' April lourteen' 'a'rd
preceded the pord to his srveet words. The captain led the king b;.' the hand tt,
ashore, two of *n"" tit"- Io"pt"t"ly armed
the platform while speaking th"u" good 'vords in order to baptize
the artillery was fired'
{l
roval banner. Wr'"n'lo"''"""f'"i1""1 tl]lber' The captain and him. He told the king tnat he rvmld call him Dou Carlo, after his
Those peopl" tou*"i"';;;th*
ang sov,reign t}e emperor; the prince, Don Femando, after the ern-
the king embraced' *" *,iJt
t:I th",-kt:g that tle royal banner
perot's brother; the king of Maua, Johanni; a chief, Femand.o,
fiftf m311ned as were tbose two' after our chief, that !s to say tirc captain; the Muslim, Christoforo;
was not taken ashore
"l"pi*tn
aud with fiftv rnosteiee'i'
t"t 'o-F u"t was his love for him that
and then the otlrers, rrow ol)e name, and now another. Five hundred
Tf,"o *t all approached the plat-
he had tho' b'ot'gnt"i;;i"tt"'' men were baptized before Mass- After the conclusion of Mass, the
rorm joytuly. *" dY':.t
'L:L:-t'*f";: h*:';"":::l captain invited the king and some of the other chiefs to tiinner,
niot"t velvet, the chiefs
on cushrons' but they refused, aecornpanying us, however, to the shore. Tire
"oa captain t"ld til;;-th'o"gt' the intemreter that he thanked ships discharged all the mortars; acrd embracing the ting and chiefs
The
;;;;" a christian; and that [now]
Gotl for inspiring ;#t The king
and the captain took leave of one another.
his enemies than before' After dinner the pricst and me of the others went ashore to
he would rno'" o[ his
""itr'tooqot' Ch1'stian' but that some
replied that he *"liluif,b'.com; " were baptize the queen, who came wirh forty wome,n. \Ye conducted her
*i't'"tl iUtf' U""-t9 tlt" said
that they as
c-hiefs did not to the pladorm, and she 'vas made to sit down upon a cushion,
good men h"' ;h::;;';'* i''a iu the chiefs or the )sin; aad the other women near her, nntil the priest should be 'eady.
", Ishou,ed her an ima6e o^t our Lad7, a yer,l beautiful wggdgl
--[--tt"Utrsh resemblin g the nautilus'
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Bcforc \{ass one dar,, thc captuin-generll had tlrc king come
'fhereupon' th: *".t overcolne with
con-
cirild lesus, and a cross' clad in his silk robe and the chief men of tlie city, [to wit], thc
f"''U"piit*'amid her tears' We named her king's ltrother and prirrce's father, lvhose narne rvas Bendara; an-
trrtion, ancl asked
her daughter' the lr'ife oi the other of the king s brothers, Cadaio; and certain ones called Simiut,
Iohanna, after the "'"p"'"';l-*o*er;
lvlazaua' Lisabetn: rnd the
others'
l1i#"%;;;'"t, *'t'o"t* "r ";"";;
Counting men' women' and
Sibuaia, Sisacai, lvlaghalibe. and many others whom I shall not
name in order not to be tedious. The captain made them all swear
lach with their [clisti]t;f queen was young
;;.;;: *" h'rptized eisht hundrcd souls' The -white to be obedient to tlreir king and they kissed the latter's lrand. Then
with a anil black
and beautifut, ,.na *'l'1t#;;;";;J
thc captain had the king declare that he would always be obedient
were very red' while on her
head
and faitlrful to the king of Spain, and the king so swore.' There-
cloth. FIer mouth and nails a para-
she wore a larg'. h"t
;;d'^it -leales in !'e rritnnerlikeo[the tiara
upon, the captain drew his swortl before the image of our Lady,
sol. with a crown about
of the same leav':s'
a one'
and told the king that when anyone so swore, he should prefer to
wilhout such die rather than to break such an oath; so that he swore by that
ll"*"'u*,-"'a 'r'l-it""'
go"1
"Y..ll":" to keep in place irnage, by the life of the emperor his sovereign, and by his habit
She asked us to givei;;;;iitttt "i'la -the afternoon' tne king
Jesus
of her idols; *'"o ;*"y' In to be ever {aithful. After the conclusion of that the captain gave the
"ta
accompenied
'i'";;t;
by numerrus Persons crrrne
to the shore' king a red velvet chair, telling him that wherever he went he
anC queen mortars
Thereupon, the capr:ain
h"i m"y trornbs of fire rmd large should always have it carried before him by one of his nearest re-
highly delighted' The captain latives; and he showed him how it ought to be carried. The hng
discharged, by which;;;";;;ost
That kingls name was respondrd that he would do that rvillingly for love of him, and he
;';;:Gg'callec[ one'anothe' brothers' had gone' all the persons of
that told the captain that he rvas making a jewel to give to him; namely,
Raia Humabon' Befc;;"i-**t bumed
other islands' were baptized: Y" two larg,: earrings of gold to fasten in his ea.rs, two annlets to put
islaud, and ,o*" fo* the
one hamlet *t'i"t' lua'-lo-"""a
in t otighboAog island' because it on his arms, above the elbows, and two other rings for the feet
up the cross there for t]rose above tle ankles, besides other precious gems to adorn the ,:ars.
refused to obey tf'" ft';of o' us' We set -vluslims' we wculd have Thcse are the most beautiful omanents which the kings of those
people were h""th;:"Ii;-
u"y b""o
to't"n 1f grcater harooess' for disnicts can wJar. They alwap go barefoog and wear a cloth gar-
the
erected a column ;;* ; "- ment that hangs frorr the v,,aist to Se knees.
the heathen'
Muslims are much #;";
to'coo'"'t
daily during thosc days to
"han One day the captain-general asked the king and the other peo-
The captain-genelJ-*i't "'t'o'e ple why they did not burn their idols as they had promised when
r,"* vr"rr,'"ra tira a" u't''""v
day the queen came with great
"tlt:
PomP, t?
1*.1'ltlr*"rt"'fi1* ;J; tley beeame Christiam; and why @ sacrificed so much flesh to
in their hands' She was dressed them. They replied that what they were doing was not for Crem-
orecedetl her with;i hoe' h"t'
selves, but for a sick mzrn who had not spoken now for four days,
'bt* silk scarf' with gold skipes
crossed
'#il"?#;h';;il;ild her shouiders; and s\e had so that the idols might gi're him heafih- I{e was the prince's brother,
thmwn over her #;:;;'""ered rrho' we1 and the bravcst and wisest man in the island. The captain trld
on her bat. A great numbcr
of women accompanied f'er'
covering of them to burn their idols and to befieve in Christ, and that i{ t}e
all naked ,,a u"u#tl;;""4t ;i;
th"v' hai a small
small scar{ upon the sick man were baptized, he rvould quickly recover; and if that did
palm-bee cloth befo"'e'tl"it'itr"i*' 1ld " the not so happen they could behead hin [tho captain] then and there.
free'.The.oueen' having made
head, and all with ilffi;g Thereupon, the kingl repJied that he would do it, for he kuly be-
herself on a silk embroidered
due reverence to ;;n;;;"e spray- Iieved in Christ. We made a processfoin frorn the square to tJre house
orshion. Before tf" *""*ement. of the Mass' the captain of the sick man with as much pory as possibie. There we found
g'ith musk ro'e*"ter' for theT de-
ed her and some of-i"' *o'"n him in such conilition that he couJd neither speak nor move. We
The- captain' k,orving that't}e
Iighted rr"."di'glyi;';;J f"'f'*t'' gave it to her' baptized him and his hvo rvives, and l0 girls. Then the captain had
queen was *.)'*';;r"tia *itu the child Jesus'
for it was in memorv of
him asked how he felt. He s'poke iurmediately and said tbat by the
telling her to keep;;"?;:t
i:1,*:11 grace of our Lord he felt very well That was a most manifest
acceptetl it'
,h.;" of Eoil. ti'"'*i'g him heartily she
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oyl"lr[',;r:n:ffi blows on lrer tmmpet. Tlrey-dance and call out thus for a little space,
miracle [thrt
haPlener]l in otrr times' }"fi'r;1'il saying many things betu'een themselves to the sun. She u'ith the
II:l', *;'d" i;; IriInof yellow
Ar'ler. kerchief takes the other standard, and lets the kerchief drop, and
::#,H:**:fl,Ti,j;1'Jll;
;il;''; pair of :l*it' a coverlct
both blowing on their truinpets for a long time, dance about the
ward he sent him " bound hog. She with the horns always speaks covertly to the sun
ffi;, ;;i a pi,,ow y*l***n'fJ':mlll Ii:X"T,G: and the other answer-* lrer. A cup of rvine is presented to her of the
b"s* io *ark' IIe had homs, and she is dancing and repeating cer tain words, wlrile the
::T,."J:l*il",lfi'i"":il,'il','J',,o'
Jd?;; hud ton""ol"i i" hit lrouse burned other answers her, anJ makiug pretense four or five times of drink-
^an idol that certain-
;;'p."*'*, *'r' i' g ;:: -* ing lhe rvine, sprinkles it upon the heart of the hog. Then she im-
l,'
;:x
"
J;;;
**"t 1[l#:tilT
.H
o"i. " c""i sri" t ca ti sri a " and
s !
t mediately begins to dance again. A danct is given to the same woman.
She, shahng it and repeating certair words while both of them con-
i"J"f . H";l'jrl'i "i"l'that if Gorl iould lend them life' tinue to dance and making nrotions four or five times of thrusting
desuoved tt'o'" 't"i""l:;;;t;td if they were the lance through.the heart of the hog, u,ith a sudden and quick
thev would burn all
;;; ilol,s *"t tt'"' could find' everrarr'd are hollow' stroke thrusts it through from oue side to the other. The wound
made of wood'
in ihe kiu(s r'o''"' ri"l";;l';; anC their feet turnqd is quickly stopped with grass. The one who has killed the hog,
ancl lack the back
parts' Their arms are open face'vith in her mouth a lighted torch, which has been iighted
*itrt'i;;ie.js"p"1.' 3r'"f have a pninted
tar:ge taking
un under tt"nr boai; and are all over' throughout that ceremony, extinguishes it. The other one, dipping
fJur hrge tusks like
tr't" "i"tr"^*il<I and those tle end of her trumpet in ttre blood of the hog, goes around mark-
There are l" tu" island' Their nanres
'"'y;;;; ciogr'opo1"' and its chiefs' Cilaton' ing rvith blood with her finger lirst the fo;eheads of their hus-
of their chiefs are Ji;'?;;;'' and- one' a'Iandaui'
Ci"'nb'l; bands, and then the others; but they never came to us. Then they
' Cieuibucan,
chief' Thr:teu; one' La- diyest themselves and go to eat 'h ccntents of those dishes, and
it, chief,"*"'gn'"'iirn""i"?'
epanJ;il;';;;"*'-and.its All
"oi aad it, Ai'r,Tap* *tCilumai-ant1 one' f'ubucun'' they invito only women [to eat wi& them]. The hair is removed
lutan, from the hog by meaus of fire. Ttus no one but olil women con-
those villages rendered
obudito"u to us' aod $t'1'o:'::1 :'1"I'l-
an isbnj cailed lv{atan' which secrate the flesh of the hog, an<i they do not eat it trnless it is killed
ute' Nea: tl"t i'uii"t;;;;;" The name of its village in this way.
forrned the port J;"";-;;re 1"1horcdt Cilapulapu' That vil- - Those people go naked, wearing but one piece o[ palm-hee
was Matan' *a it"""ii"fl
*"'" Zula -and
lage which *" U**i"t"t'"
tf"i island and-rvas e'rllecl Bulaia' cloth about their privieu. The males, large and small, have their
ky* penis pierced from one side to the other near the head with a gol,l
In order .0" l,o"'m"" illustrious Lordstup the
T^ysrvine' ^ih"
they or tin bolt as large as a goose qui[. In both ends of thc sarne bolt
tt',t tr'J'l p*r* in consecrating
;;;;il
ceremonies
"-"
;ili'ft *:; $':::':li tiq, "Fi.["fl!
ry some have what resembles a spur, with points upon the en&; others
are like the head of a cart nail. i rry often asked many, both old
would never tell us the reason for it) our nuskets rvere discharged,
the natives *o.rfa o.r".
irT:l
On Friday, April twenty-six, Zula, a chief of the island of Matan, stand still, but
sent one of his sous to p^'esent two goats to the captain-general. and
Ieaped hittrer and thithd
They shot so many arrows
;;";il';J;rr", ,iti,
their shields.
at us and hurled so many
to say that he would send him all that he had promised, but that bamboo spears
he had not been able to send it to him because of the other chief, 1::T,rlstakes
thul upped.wirh iron) ,a;; .lpt"ir-g"or.ar, besjdes
pointed hardened w^ith- fir", ,tor*,""riJ
Cilapulapu, who refused to ohey the hng of Spaln. He requested scarcely defend ourselvr ,rd, that we could
the captain to send hirn only one boatload of men on the next th't' the captain-general
men to burn their t ourli feeing
night so that they might help him fight against the other chief. ,h";;;;;;'ffi "'t 'o'n'
;:ffi H:.:J:i1T'J,.fih,.X'til.r,:;
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i ANTONIO PIGAFETTA
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tuenty or thirty this was the truth was seeil openly, for n6 other lrad had so much
men \vere killed near
the houses' while we burned
natural talent nor tlre lroldness to lcirln horv to circumnavigate the
houses'
uPol that they shot the world, ns I:e hacl almost done. That l;attle .,vas fought on Saturclay,
many of them charged dorvn ^poisoned on that Apri! twr:nty-seven, I52I . The captain desired to fight o:r Saturdav,
cantain through tr'" 'iir'i
[g with a -o' arrow' becatrsc it rvas tlre day especially lioly to hirn. Eigirt of our rnen
ti"*5'' but'the men took to flight'
account, he ordered "t";'t;iit" The na- wcre killed with lrim in tlut battle, .ancl four Intlians, rvho had
ffiilH;"itr,i * t.'"*io t"*"inea witt' the captain'
llter hare; anil so many become Clrristius lnd '.vho had courc :rftcru,irrtl to irid us, rvere
tives shot only at o*"Lg'' lot lh: 1;re we could offer no killed by the mortars of the boats. Of the enemy, only fiftoen rvere
t"'t'a at us that
were tbe spears and 'ioi"'
resistance. fhe mo't"s i'
tt'" to"tt could not aid us as they were killed, wlrile many of us were wounded.
to retire for more than a good cross- In the afternoon the Christian king sent a mcssage rvith our
too far away. So *" "ootiot'"a
from the tf'"t", fighting up to cur knees in the consent to the people of lvlatan to the effect that if thel'u'ould give
bow flight "f*"ys us and picking :P :h' us the captain and the other men who had been killed, we would
water. The natives continued to pursue us again and again' Re- .'
same sPear four or ti* time'
hurlei it at give them as much merchandise as they wished. They ansr,r,ered that
t.ognizing the captain, s""t"'y
i'*"a,upon Lid that they knocked they would not give up such a man, as rve imagined [tlrey rvould
he always stood firmly like a
good
his helmet off his h""d;l;;fut do], and tlrat they rvould not give him for all the riches in the
Thus did we fight for more than world, but that they intended to keep him as a memorial.
ildq ,;;;,h"r *ith ]ome-*l'""'
one .hour, refusing t" t"if* fanher'-: An Indian hurled '' bamboo t)n Saturday, the day on which the captain was killed, the
sDear into tn"
b* the latter immediately kill- four men who had remained in ti:e city to trade had our meichandisc
""ptui'{--L;
lf;#.itil-h;'l;;, "r'*r' he left.in the lindian's bodv' carried to the ships. Then we chose trvo commanders; namell', -
he could draw it out but half-
Ihen, trying t' Ly ;;J'on sword' a bamboo spear'
Duarte Barboza, a Portuguese and a relative of the captain, and
;;H;# rc #a h*" *o"od"d in the-arm with Johan Serrano, a Spauiard. As our interpreter, Henrich by name, was
all- hurled themselves upon him'
When 'rhe natrves -*'-it ",, they a cutiass'
woiih-ded slightly, he would not go ashore any more to atten,:[ to
with
One of them n ot'ndetf i* oo
th" left leg large
the cap- our nee()ssary affairs, but always kept his bcd. On that actount.
being larger' that caused
whidr rcsenbfo 'J'i*' only Duarte Barboza, the commander of the flagship, cried ,rrrt to hirn
" they nrs\ed upon
tain to fall face d;;;;d' nJh"o
ii'tto"diatelv
and told him that although his master, tire captain, was Cead, he
and with their cutlasses' uiltil
him with iron and ;ffi;; sptrars
was not tlierefore free; on the conitrary he [Barboza] would see
and rur true guide'''
rhev kiled *, -*",,'";;E;i'
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lmfort' to it that when we should reach Spain, he should still be the slave
ilfl"Jil; ;il;;;'
rvhether
i" i"-"a back manv times to seedead' we' of Dofia Beatrice, the wile of the captain-generai.' And threatening
lrim
lve rvere all in the i;il- m"t""p'", be-holdins
were already the slave that if he did not go ashore, he would be flogged, the
t'"- boats wfiich
wounded, retreatcd
"''ili'*' """ia 'r'" aided us' but the cap-
Hog:'"."td
latter arose and feigning to take no hged to those words went ashore
;;;;'rf. rh" d*i'tianwe Iinded notli]" to leave his bol^tnghai but to tell the Christian king that we were about to leave very soon,
I"il-"i"rg"d hi* b;i; the captain but that if he v.,ould follow his advice, he corrld gain the ships and
the king learned that
to stay to see how *" io'gt't' When all our merchandise. Accordingly they arenged a plot, and the slave
ff"iit not been for that unfortunate captain'
was dead, he rvept' returned to the sirip, wher,; he shov.red that he was more cunning
been sa'red in the bolts' for while
not a single one o[ t" tn'oolit hu'e lhan before.
;;;* fiSn*g,the others retired to the boats'
- ihop"" th[ogU ithe efiottt -9f] Lott
illustrious Lordship that On Wednesday morniug, the first of May, the Christian king