They Told Our General, That The Hollanders Belonging To
The Ships In The Road, Had Made Very Slanderous Reports Of Us To The
King Of Bantam, To The Following Purport:
"That we were all thieves and
lawless persons, who came there only to deceive and cheat them, or to
Use violence, as time and opportunity might serve; adding, that we durst
not come into the road among them, but kept two or three leagues from
thence for fear of them." When our general heard this report, he was so
much moved to anger, that he immediately weighed anchor, sending word to
the Hollanders that he was coming to ride close by them, and bade the
proudest of them all that durst be so bold as to put out a piece of
ordnance against him: Adding, if they dared either to brave or disgrace
him or his countrymen, he would either sink them or sink by their sides.
There were five ships of these Hollanders, one of which was seven or
eight hundred tons, but all the rest much smaller. We went and anchored
close beside them, but no notice was taken of our general's message; and
though the Hollanders were wont to swagger and make a great stir on
shore, they were so quiet all the time we lay there, that we hardly ever
saw one of them on land.
We took leave of our countrymen, and departed from Bantam on the 2d of
November, shaping our course for Patane.
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