The Famous Voyage Of Sir Francis Drake Into The South Sea, And Therehence About The Whole Globe Of The Earth, Begun In The Year Of Our Lord 1577 Narrative By Francis Pretty
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With Whom If He Once Dealt,
We Should Find That If He Went To Tidore Before He Came To Ternate,
The King Would Have Nothing To Do With Us, Because He Held The
Portugal As His Enemy.
Whereupon our General resolved to run with
Ternate.
Where the next morning early we came to anchor; at which time
our General sent a messenger to the king, with a velvet cloak for a
present and token of his coming to lie in peace, and that he required
nothing but traffic and exchange of merchandise, whereof he had good
store, in such things as he wanted.
In the meantime the vice-king had been with the king according to his
promise, signifying unto him what good things he might receive from us
by traffic. Whereby the king was moved with great liking towards us,
and sent to our General, with special message, that he should have
what things he needed and would require, with peace and friendship;
and moreover that he would yield himself and the right of his island
to be at the pleasure and commandment of so famous a prince as we
served. In token whereof he sent to our General a signet; and within
short time after came in his own person, with boats and /canoas/, to
our ship, to bring her into a better and safer road than she was in at
that present. In the meantime, our General's messenger, being come to
the Court, was met by certain noble personages with great solemnity,
and brought to the king, at whose hands he was most friendly and
graciously entertained.
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