Angell, and twelue graines for four elles, and more
he would not giue, and made signes, that if we would
not take that, we should depart, which we did:
but before we did indeede depart, I offered him of
some rotten cloth three elles for his waight of an
Angell and twelue graines, which he would not take,
and then we departed making signes to him that we would
go away, as indeede we would haue done, rather then
haue giuen that measure, although the cloth was ill,
seeing we were so neere to the places, which we iudged
to be better for sale. Then we went aboord our
ships which lay about a league off, and came backe
againe to the shoare for sand and balaste: and
then the Captaine perceiuing that the boats had brought
no marchandize but came onely for water and sand,
and seeing that we would depart, came vnto them, making
signes againe to know whether would we not giue the
foure elles, and they made signes againe, that we
would giue them but three, and when they sawe that
the boates were ready to depart, they came vnto them
and gaue them the weight of our Angell and twelue graines,
which we required before and made signes, that if
we would come againe, they would take three elles.
So when the boates came aboord, we layde wares in them
both, and for the speedier dispatch I and Iohn Sauill
went in one boat, and the Maister Iohn Makeworth,
and Richard Curligin, in the other, and went on shoare,
and that night I tooke for my part fiftie and two ounces,
and in the other boate they tooke eight ounces and
a quarter, all by one weight and measure, and so being
very late, we departed and went aboord, and took in
all this day three pound.
The seuenth day we went a shoare againe, and that
day I tooke in our boate three pound 19 ounces, so
that we dispatched almost all the cloth that we caried
with us before noone, and then many of the people were
departed and those that remained had litle golde,
yet they made vs signes to fetch them some latten
basons which I would not because I purposed not to
trifle out the time, but goe thence with speede to
Don Iohns towne. But Iohn Sauill and Iohn Makeworth
were desirous to goe againe: and I, loth to hinder
them of any profite, consented, but went not my selfe:
so they tooke eighteene ounces of gold and came away,
seeing that the people at a certaine crie made, were
departed.
While they were at the shoare, there came a young
fellow which could speake a little Portuguise, with
three more with him, and to him I solde 39 basons
and two small white sawcers, for three ounces, &c.,
which was the best reckoning that we did make of any
basons: and in the forenoone when I was at the
shoare, the Master solde fiue basons vnto the same
fellow, for halfe an ounce of golde.