乾卦爻辞原文　　CHAPTER III - FIGHT WITH CANNIBALS

ut begin to entertain a notion of goingmyself with him, and so to set sail from the Philippine Islandsaway to the South Seas; accordingly, I asked the Japanese merchantif he would not hire us to the Philippine Islands and discharge usthere. He said No, he could not do that, for then he could nothave the return of his cargo; but he would discharge us in Japan,at the ship's return. Well, still I was for taking him at thatproposal, and going myself; but my partner, wiser than myself,persuaded me from it, representing the dangers, as well of the seasas of the Japanese, who are a false, cruel, and treacherous people;likewise those of the Spaniards at the Philippines, more false,cruel, and treacherous than they.

乾卦爻辞原文 

　　The poor men were now in great perplexity whether they should standand keep their posture or fly; but after a very short debate withthemselves, they considered that if the savages ranged the countrythus before help came, they might perhaps find their retreat in thewoods, and then all would be lost; so they resolved to stand themthere, and if they were too many to deal with, then they would getup to the top of the tree, from whence they doubted not to defendthemselves, fire excepted, as long as their ammunition lasted,though all the savages that were landed, which was near fifty, wereto attack them.
　　Two of those boats (which by our glasses we could see were English)outsailed the rest, were near two leagues ahead of them, and gainedupon us considerably, so that we found they would come up with us;upon which we fired a gun without ball, to intimate that theyshould bring to: and we put out a flag of truce, as a signal forparley: but they came crowding after us till within shot, when wetook in our white flag, they having made no answer to it, and hungout a red flag, and fired at them with a shot. Notwithstandingthis, they came on till they were near enough to call to them witha speaking-trumpet, bidding them keep off at their peril.