jˌʊɹɹəpˈiən tɹˈeɪdɚz ænd mˈɪʃənˌɛɹiz sˈɔː ðə nˈuː mˈɑːnɚk æz, ɪnðə wˈɜːdz ʌv bˈæptɪst mˈɪʃənˌɛɹi tˈɑːməs kɑːmɚ, "ɐ kwˈaɪət, wˈɛlmˈiːnɪŋ, jˈʌŋ mˈæn" ænd dˈʌbd hˌɪm jˈʌŋ kˈɪŋ wˈɪljəm.
European traders and missionaries saw the new monarch as, in the words of Baptist missionary Thomas Comber, "a quiet, well-meaning, young man" and dubbed him young King William.