On the 23d I was sent for by the prince, and rode to his court on an elephant.  He used me extremely well, our entertainment consisting in excessive eating and drinking.  While I was on shore, I met with a very sensible merchant of China, who spoke Spanish, and of whom I learnt some things which I hope will give your lordship good contentment hereafter.  There are many people here from China who follow trade, and who have their separate town.  So have the Portuguese, the Guzurates, the Arabs, Bengalese, and Peguers.  As our baas disliked that I should so much frequent the company of the Chinese, he ordered me on board, and came off himself next day in a very dull humour, having had some sour looks from the king.

The 1st of September the king gave out that we were to receive ordnance on board for battering Johor, and to take in soldiers for that service.  Many gallies were manned and brought out of the river, and rode at anchor about half a mile from our ships.  The sea was all full of paraws and boats.  There came that day on board our ship the secretary, named Corcoun, and the chief sabander, named Abdala, accompanied by many soldiers armed with cutlasses, darts, crisses, and targets.  They brought with them many kinds of meats, and a great jar of aquavitae, making a great shew of friendship and banqueting.  Suspecting some treachery, we filled our tops with stones, made fast and prepared our gratings, all without orders from our baas, who was exceedingly angry, and ordered us to discontinue, but we would not.

There is a kind of seed in this country, by eating a little of which a man becomes quite foolish, all things seeming to be metamorphosed; but, above a certain quantity, it is deadly poison.  With this all the meat and drink they brought on board was infected.  While banqueting, the sabandar sent for me and Mr Tomkins, who kept me company, and said some words to one of their attendants, which I did not understand.  In a short time we were foolishly frolicsome, gaping one upon another in a most ridiculous manner, our captain, or baas, being at that time a prisoner in their hands, yet knew it not.  A signal was made from the other ship, where the like treachery was going on under the direction of the secretary, who went there from our ship for that purpose.  They immediately set upon us, murdered our baas, and slew several others.  Mr Tomkins and I, with the assistance of a Frenchman, defended the poop, which, if they had gained, our ship had been lost, for they already had the cabin, and some of their fellows were below among our guns, having crept in at the port-holes.  The master of our ship, whom the Dutch call captain, leapt into the sea, with several others, but came on board again when all was over.  In the end, we put them to flight, for our people in the tops annoyed them sore; and, when I saw them run, I leapt from the poop to pursue them, Mr Tomkins following my example.  At this time a Turk came out of the cabin, who wounded him grievously, and they lay tumbling over each other on the deck.  On seeing this, I ran the Turk through the body with my rapier, and our skipper thrust him down the throat into the body with a half pike.