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the Straights of Pincomporas [? Sincompora, Singapore ] they took her under the King of England's Colours, fireing at her three gunns. At the first they struck their topgallant sailes, the next their topsailes, and the third and last halled up all, and the Commander with some merchants or gentlemen came on board, who were detain'd as the Chinees had bin before; manning the boat with themselves went on board the shipp, turn'd the major part of the people into the boat, sent her on board the Ketch. As soon as she came, the rest with the Chinees prisoners were put into the boat and turn'd away, first giveing them a bag of rice, some pieces of beef with a Totch59 to boyle it in, carried the shipp to Pulo Ladure [? Pulo da Ore-Pulo Awar], where, after they had taken out the plate and jewells and sufficiently plunder'd her, they burn'd her and ran away by the light, from whence they went to. Pulu Condore to waite the comming of the shipps from the Moneilas [Manils], also two great Junks that yearly goe to Japan, where they remain'd untill the time of the year serv'd for the comming of shipping from China, Japan and Moneilas, then went out a-cruizing to windward, having first made the Ketch a Pink by putting another mast into her.
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"Riding at the southermost part of the Island they see a shipp, gave her chase, came up with her, fir'd at her without hailing her, who fought them stoutly, killing them one man. The sea was so great they could not board, was forst to lett her goe: after that, below Pulu Ubi they saw a Malaia Prow, mann'd their boat in order to take her. When they came under her sterne commanded them on board the Ketch The Malaiss answer'd the Sun was setting. In the morning they would come, which occasion'd one Richard Webb to fire his Fuzee into the Prow, who return'd a volly that kill'd two men and wounded three, so the Piratts turn'd taile. As soon as the Malaias saw it, they nimbly stepd into their owne boate and persued them untill they were within gunn shott of the Ketch.
"Some time after, to the windward of the Island they gave chase to a Japan Junk, who finding they could not get clear of the Rogues, boare downe upon them and had run them under water had they not imediatly lett flie the maine sheet. Nere a Rogue of them dare to thro' a Granada into her, but follow'd her from the Island Pulu Condore to Pulu [? Tanjang], where they left her, and while anchor'd there saw another Japan Junk, as was by them suppos'd, gave her chase, could not come up with her, fearing they should fall so deep into the Bay of Syam that they could not turne it up again, left of their chase, turn'd up to Pulu [ Tanjang] and Condore againe, of[f] where they oruiz'd a considerable time.
"Provisions growing scarce, they went to some Islands near the Coast of Borneo, at last came to an Island colled Tymbolan,o which is a dayes saile of Suckadana,1 where Eaton had bin before. There I laid a designe to cutt them off, perswaded seven or eight soldiers &c. to assent to the conspiracy. That night it was to be put in execution the Carpenter, a Dutchman, one as deeply engaged by oath as anyone in that enterprize, discover'd it; therefore they putt me on shoare, and as many as was willing to goe with me upon an uninhabited Island, four miles distant. About Sunsett it prov'd much thunder, lightning and rain. Wee had nothing to shelter us but the heavenly Canope, from which droped much moisture. In the morning they sent their canoe to fetch us or board again with whom wee would not goe. Therefore they weighed their anchors
Totch, for totchy dagcht, a saucepan.-ED.
Pulo Timbalan (Balance or Requital Island), a small group of islands lying nearly midway between the E. end of the Straits of Malacca and Borne.-ED.
61 Sukadana, W. Coast of Borneo.-ED.
