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1610. tisfaction, with Reference to the Fish-ings- And, indeed, the Dutch dealt sounfairly with Him, in that Matter, thata Prince of more Martial Temperwould have been provok’d to a Rup-ture : But Negociations were KingJames s beloved Way of concludingAffairs, and a long one commenced a-bout this 5 As we shall fee below.

The sixth general Voyage to theEast-Indies.

Purchas, In the Year, 1610. the CompanyVol. I. p. f en t out Sir Henry Middleton, on theHarris 'j Col. sixth Voyage for their Account, withP.I. p- ioo. a more considerable Fleet, than theyivraaw nr ' y ^ad hitherto sent. This Fleet consistedcrt'be’sixtb °f four Ships, the Trade's Encreafe, ofVoyage to the a Thousand Tuns, Admiral, the Pep-lp ieS p er ~ c °m , of two Hundred and fiftypany’/ Ac-' Tuns, Vice-Admiral, the Darling , ofcount. ninety, and a Victualling Bark of oneHundred and eighty Tuns. In PurchasAc count"P an< J Harris, and especially in the former,the °Voyag e . we have very circumstantial Accountsof this Voyage, and particularly of theill Usage the Admiral met with fromthe Turks at Moha, his Imprisonmentand Escape ; The Insolence of the Por-tuguese at Surat, and the Defeat of theirFleet by th e English-, The Taking ofseveral Portuguese and Indian Ships;and the farther Success of the Voyage.

A more par- ^ot to P a ^ s a ^ these Circumstancesticular Ac- by in Silence. At Moha, Sir Henry,count. after he had delivered His Majesty’sLetters and Presents to the Bashaw andAga, was received with all possibleMarks of Kindness and Friendship : Butthis short Sun-fhine was soon followedby a Tempest of Misfortunes. Thiskind Usage was only a Snare to allurethe Admiral, with as many of his Com-pany, and their Effects, on Shoar, asthey could, and it seems they hadHopes too of enticing the Ships intotheir Harbour, which they would havemade a Prey of, with all that was inthem ; But being disappointed, in thistheir Expectation, the tenth of Novem-Treacherous her , thcMahometans fell upon them likeUsage os the f 0 many Furies, killed eight of them,Moha S Ut desperately wounded fourteen, with theAdmiral, and, after they had rifled him,The Admi- threw him, with the P.est of the Com-ral imprifi- pany, who were on Shoar, into a Dun-ned. geon, chained seven together by the

Neck, and seized their Effects.

The y made an Attempt upon one of x 6 1o.

the Ships too, the Darling sj But being ^ il ^ss m T 1bravely repulsed, a good Number oi'ss^ S s e _them blown up into theAir, and theRest seated.all killed but one, they were therebydeterred from any farther Assault. TheAdmiral was frequently threatned withthe Loss of his Head, if he would notdeliver up his Ships; But he chose ra-ther to sacrifice his Life, than his Ho-nour, and bravely bid them Defiance.

After near six Months Imprisonment,the Admiral found Means, about theBeginning of May r6rr. to escape,with most of his Company, to his Ships,which had lain in a safe Harbour on theJlbajsnian Coast. He had now an Op-

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portunity of shewing his Resentment,

and triumphing in his Turn: Hetherefore sent the Aga Word : " That,

" if he did not immediately release the" Remainder of his Company, and" make him Satisfaction for the Dama-" ges he had received, he would fire<e all the Ships in the Road, and batter“ the Town about his Ears.” Thisthreatning Message had its Effect: HisMen and Pinnace were restored, and Js}sJs Seighteen Thousand Rials of Eight paidhim for Damages.

It was the Month of July, i6ri.before they left these Barbarians , topursue their Indian Voyage. The Be-ginning of September they came into theRoad of Delisa, in the Isle of Socotora ;

And holding their Course from thenceto Surat, they arrived, the latterEnd ofthe same Month, in Swally- Road.

Here they had Intelligence, that .

the Portuguese with a Fleet of twenty ra s s tt uefiShips, well provided, as well for Of- against thefence as Defence, lay in Wait to inter-cept them, at the Bar of Surat, or, atleast, to prevent their Trading there,or any where else, in those Parts. SirHenry had no Remedy, but either tofight his Way thro’, at so great aDisproportion of Ships and Force, orelse to lose his Voyage j He resolvedupon the former, and Success crownedhis Resolution. He not only made hisWay thro' and dispersed the Portu-guese Fleet, after having done themconsiderable Damage : But took one oftheir Frigats, and defeated them severalTimes on Shoar. This happened aboutthe latter End of Otlober, or the Be-ginning of November ,

They