pigafetta’s voyage round the world.
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in which manner we repaired to a fort of Ihed formed of reeds, under which was ttbalanghay about fifty feet long refembling a galley. We feated ourfelves on the poop,and endeavoured by geftures to render ourfelves underftood, as we had no interpreterwith us. Thofg in the fuite of the King encircled him round, Handing, and armed withfpears and bucklers.
They now ferved up a dilh of pork, with a large pitcher of wine. At every mouth-ful of meat we took a fpoonful of wine; and when we did not wholly empty the fpoon,which feldom was the cafe, the refidue was poured into another pitcher. The fpoonfrom which the King drank, was always covered, and no one but himfelf was fufferedto touch it. Previous to drinking, the King conllantly raifed his hands to heaven be-fore he took the fpoon, afterwards turning them towards us; and on taking it withthe right hand, extended his left clofed towards me, in fuch a manner that, on his firftufing this ceremony, I thought he was about to give me a blow with his fill; in thisattitude he remained the whole time he was drinking ; perceiving that all the othersimitated him in this I did the fame. In this manner we finilhed our repaft, and I wasunable to difpenfe with eating meat notwithftanding it happened to be on a Good-Friday.
Before fupper I prefented feveral articles to the King, which I had brought with mefor the purpofe ; and at the fame time enquired of him the names of feveral things inhis language, which he was furprized to fee me write down.
For fupper two large difhes of porcelain were fet before us, one containing rice, theother pork in the liquor in which it was boiled. At fupper the fame ceremony wasobferved as at the collation. After fupper we repaired to the King’s palace, whichrefembled in form a hay-ftack. It was covered with the leaves of the bananier, andwas fupported at fome height in the air by four large polls. So that we'were obligedto ufe a ladder on afcending to it.
When we had entered the palace the King caufed us to be feated on mats of reeds,with our legs acrofs like tailors. Half an hour afterwards a dilh of broiled filh wasbrought in cut in dices, fome ginger frelh gathered, and wine. The King’s eldeft fonnow coming in, he was directed to feat himfelf befide us. Two other dilhes were thenferved up, one of boiled filh fwimming in its liquor, the other of rice, that we mighteat with the heir apparent. My companion drank to excefs, and was intoxicated.
Their candles are made of a kind of gum *, which they call anime, and which isenveloped in the leaves of the palm or fig-tree.
The King, after fignifying he was about to retire to reft, went away and left us withhis fon, with whom we llept on a matting of reeds, our heads being fupported onpillows of leaves.
The next day the King came to fee me in the morning, and taking me by the handled me to the fpot where we flipped the preceding evening, that we might breakfaltthere together; but as our boat had come for us, I excufed myfelf, and departed withmy.companion. The King was extremely good humoured ; he killed our hands, andwe kilfed his in turn.
His brother, who was King of another illand f, accompanied us, together with three
* Rather a reftn. _ '
f We fhall prefently fee that the Kings in queftion ruled over two countries on the eaftern coaft ofMindanao, one of which was called Butuan , the other Calayan. The hrlt has retained its name, thefecond is now called Caragua. The King of Butuan was at the fame time King of MalTana, orMazzana,probably the Limaffava of Beilin.
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