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ti3ok Springapple a little on one fide ; and in the meanwhile, Soufa told Hoogflraten 

 with a loud voice, that he was furprifed to hear that his uncle Philip Fays had not 

 fided with the reft : unto which Hoogftraten anfwered, " That he thought he did 

 very wdfely to keep himfeif quiet, becaufe it was likely to turn to no good account." 

 " That is your opinion," replied Soufa, " but have a little patience ; and becaufe I 

 know you to have always been a friend to the Portuguefe, I can aflure you it vdll turn 

 to a confiderable account. And it is upon this fcore, I advife you, hke a friend, to 

 provide for your own fafety and your family. You may reft afTured, that if you will 

 engage to do a piece of good fervice to the King my mailer, and to the governor, you 

 iliali want neither money, fugar-mills, places, nor preferments." Mr. Hoogftraten, 

 appearing fomewhat difcompofed at this difcourfe, told him, " That though he was not 

 unwilling to do the King and governor what fervice he could, he did not know what 

 fort of fervice he meant." Unto which Soufa replied, "I am fure you are able to do 

 good fervice to the King." " But then," fays Hoogftraten, " you muft tell me how. 

 '' That I will," anfwered Soufa; " are you not governor on the cape of St.Auftin?" 

 Unto which Mr. Hoogftraten faid, " Yes, I am." " Then," replied Soufa, " all that is 

 required of you, is, to furrender the faid fort, with all its works, into the King's 

 hands, that we may land our men thereabouts : if you will promife to do it, you fhall 

 have a very ample reward, and be made commander-in-chief of our forces.** Mr. Hoog- 

 ilraten gave for anfwer, " that thefe were things of fuch a nature, as were not con- 

 fift^nt with his oath and honour." Their difcourfe being interrupted at that time by 

 the coming of another perfen into the gallery, John Soufa and Paulo Kunha w^ent out 

 another way. Mr. Hoogftraten told his fecretary, Mr. Springapple, with a difcom- 

 pofed look, " What is the meaning of thefe dogs, do they take me for a traitor ?" 

 He was going on to fay more, when Soufa and Kunha returning into the gallery, took 

 him afide, and told him, " That he might be fure every thing ftiould be performed 

 that had been promifed him ; that if he wanted any money, he fliould have it imme- 

 diately ; and for the reft, they would introduce him alone to the governor, to receive 

 the confirmation of it from his own mouth." Mr. Hoogftraten replied, " What you 

 defire is not in my power to perform, if I would never fo fain ; becaufe I am promifed 

 to have a commiflion of major immediately after my return, and then I fhall certainly 

 be employed in another place." During this parley, Mr. Vander Voerde entered the 

 gallery in company with Mr. Andrew Vidal, who entertained him all the while the 

 others were talking together, till Hoogftraten, taking his opportunity as they were 

 walking together, whifpered Mr. Vander Voerde in the ear, " I wifh I was w^ell rid 

 of thenij to talk a little with you in private, for I know not what their defign is ; I 

 am afraid they will either kill or detain me here." Mr. Vander Voerde would willing- 

 ly have made a reply, but could not, by reafon Soufa and Kunha, and Pedro Korea 

 de Gama (the laft of which underftood Dutch), were fo near them ; fo that he thought 

 it the fafeft way to diffemble, and to pretend as if they had been talking about fome 

 indifferent matter. Mr. Hoogftraten then told Soufa, that he had a great mind to pay 

 a vifit to Donna Catherine de Melo, mother-in-law of Philip Pays Soufa ; he anfwered 

 him, that he would afk the governor, who having given his confent, Hoogftraten went 

 thitherward with Soufa, and at his going out of the gallery, whifpered Vander Voerde 

 again in the ear, " They have catched a mackerel, for I intend to a<Sb the hypocrite to 

 the life." As they were walking along the ftreet to Madam de Melons houfe,' Soufa 

 ^nd Kunha repeated their former difcourfe, endeavouring to encourage Mr. Hoog- 

 ftraten, by hopes and promifes of great reward, both from the King and governor, with 

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