Beknopte aantekeningen van een Oost-Indische reys, gedaan uyt Engeland, met 3 scheepen de Samaritaan, de ...

1615

Dutchmen are poorly treated.

On the 30th ditto, 2 Dutch ships arrived here from Masulipatan modern Machilipatnam, India, of which the Admiral was the Witte Leeuw White Lion, aboard which were the Visador Inspector/Overseer and the Ragusa. The Visador found the King a present of heavy artillery, along with other items, but it was not accepted as being of too little value. They requested to have Mr. Isaac, Captain of the Dutch House, as he was indebted to their company, but the King had sent him to Malacca and held him as his slave, saying if the Dutchmen took him away, they would never be permitted to trade in his land. He demanded one of their ships to go with him to Malacca, pretending there was an old promise made by a previous Ambassador 20 years ago to do him that friendship, which they refused, saying that they were an unjust nation and had denied them the freedom to come to land for 7 or 8 days to take in water; but 3 or 4 days later

But better received upon a present.

the Admiral came to land and brought the King a present, showed himself inclined to give him pleasure, and at the same time to avoid that troublesome expedition.

Departure from Achen.

On the 17th of August, we set sail from Achen with the Thomas.

And drifting.

On the 29th of September, we had a water-leak. As we sailed from Achen, we set our course about 60 miles westward to avoid the reefs and shallows; but the current deceived us, so that we drifted 150 miles further away and found ourselves directly before the Bay of Bengal, and in such a current that it had set us very far from our harbor.

Coming to Tecoo.

On the 27th of October, we arrived at anchor in the roadstead of Tecoo.

On the 28th, we delivered the letter of the King of Achen, by which 2 years of factory trading post were granted to us there.