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Myo and 

 Tyfory. 



SPICY ISLANDS. 



ropean was the fame, they took to arms, and had a long and 

 fevere conteft for independency. At length the invaders effeded 

 by fraud, what might have coft too dear to obtain by violence. In 

 1638 they wifely entered into a league with the king of Ternate, 

 and the leffer princes, as we have before mentioned. This treaty 

 has been twice renewed ; but in order to enforce the obfervancc, 

 three ftrong forts, with fuitable garrifoiis, are eftabliflied in 

 Ternate, and others in the neighboring ifles. 



The fultan refides at 'Ternate in great ftate, but neither he 

 nor the prince of Tidor are better than fettered monarchs. The 

 Dutch pay to him all external refpedt, but at the fame time curb 

 him in every commercial attempt. If he fits out Vi proa of any 

 fize, the Dutch muft know the place of its deftination ; if bound 

 to any diftant parts, for cloth or other fpecies of merchandize, 

 they immediately fay they are happy that they can fupply him 

 with better from their own magazines, and all is at his fervice; 

 if his Majefty continues obftinate, they fend him a prefent of 

 the fineft callicoes, fuch as they know will be acceptable to his 

 ladies, and add bribes to his favorite females, who generally di- 

 vert him from his defign ; if that fails, they always obtain leave 

 to fend a trufty officer with the veffel, for the Dutch are fludious 

 to avoid an open rupture. 



Myo and Tyfory are two fmall ifles to the north-eaft: of Ternate, 

 and fubjedt to its fultan ; the firft is in Lat. 1' 33'. Myo was 

 once inhabited v;hen the Spaniards were poffeffed of the Mo- 

 luccas-, but the Dutch, to prevent the fmuggling of fpices, re- 

 moved the inhabitants. It has on it many goats, is productive of 

 doves, and poffcfles a good harbor. In old times thefe ifles fur- 



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