The Consent, Hector, and Dragon, sailed from Tilbury Hope on the 12th of March.

In May the Dragon and Hector touched at the Island of Maio. The vessels next touched at Sierra Leone, from whence they sailed on the 15th of September. While there “one Oliphante's tooth waighing 68li” was bought for 5 yards of blue calico and 7 or 8 iron bars.

On the 17th of December the fleet entered Saldanha Bay, where they “watered and had good refreshing of sheepe and cattells”.

On the 19th of February the two ships put into the Bay of St. Augustine, where they had “some small refreshing”.

On the 25th of April the Island of “Abderacaria” was sighted, and the vessels anchored to the northward of the Island : from thence they sailed to Samarine Bay, in which they anchored on the 14th of May.

“Pryaman yeldeth yearely not above 500 bahars of peper, but with the partes neare adjoining, as Bassaine, Teckoo, the mountaines, and other like places, yt yealdeth 2,500 bahars yearly : which may be bought very cheape, if a factory weare settelled to buy all the yeare, for theire harvest is only in August and September, and is fetched away by them of Achene and Java; but the Guyzerattes have noe trade heare, for the King of Achene hath given expresse commaund to the contrary.”

The Dragon anchored in Bantam Eoad in October, where she was joined by the Hector on the 11th of November.