786 nieuhoff's brazil. 



fervice of the King of Portugal. The orders given to the admiral by the governor, 

 dated the 20th of July, contained in fubftance, that the great council of the Dutch Brazil 

 having notified to him the infurreftion of the Portuguefe inhabitants of Pernambuko, he 

 had judged it expedient to equip his fleet, in order to put a fpeedy flop to thofe diforders, 

 becaufe he was willing to comply with the faid council's requeft, in refped of the fmcere 

 friendfhip and correfpondency betwixt the crown of Portugal and them, which he had 

 ftrid orders from His Majefly to obferve ; whereas it is evident, that the great council 

 of the Dutch Brazil, in their letter to Salvador Korrea de Saa Benavides, of the 1 3th 

 of Auguft, exprefsly declare, never to have defired any affiflance from the governor of 

 the Bahia, againfl the rebellious Portuguefe inhabitants. 



The farther inflruftions given to the faid Admiral Payva were, that he fhould di- 

 rectly fleer his courfe from the Bahia to Pernambuko, keeping about twenty or thirty 

 leagues diflance at fea, from the fhore ; that coming to the tenth degree he fhould 

 approach to the fhore, and if he found the wind to blow hard from the fouth, before 

 he came to the before-mentioned height, he fhould be very careful not to pafs beyond 

 the land's point in the night-time. After having taken a view of the country, he 

 fhould, with the advice of his befl pilots, endeavour to land his men in the mofl 

 fecure place he could meet with thereabouts, either at Una, Legamar, or Tamandare ; 

 being three leagues to the fouth of the ifle of Alexo. But if they could not make 

 any of thefe harbours, they fhould enter at Porto DofTer, Nambous, or Lagamar of 

 Marakaipe, lying two leagues to the north of Alexo. But if, notwithflanding all their 

 endeavours, they alfo fhould mils their aim in thofe places, to make themfelves 

 maflers of Porto de Gallinhas, and to land their men betwixt that place and Barra 

 Grande. After they had landed their men, with the necefTary ammunition and pro- 

 vifions, he fhould fet fail to the bay of Pernambuko, in order to deliver with his own 

 hands the governor's letter to the lords of the great council. 



Accordingly the faid fleet fet fail towards the latter end of July from the Bahia, 

 and in a few days after arrived in the bay of Tamandare, betwixt the rivers Olna 

 and Formofa, about four or five leagues beyond Alevo and Serinham. They were 

 no fooner come to an anchor there, but the Colonels Martin Soares Moreno and 

 Andrew Vigal deNigreiros landed the 28th of July one thoufand eight hundred or two 

 thoufand landmen, among whom were many reformed ofl^cers well appointed, and 

 great flore of arms, amnmnition, and other necelfaries. 



The ift of Augufl, towards evening, three fhips with five fmall vefTels appeared 

 in fight of the Receif, fleering their courfe to the north, whereupon the council dif- 

 patched their immediate orders to the two fhips, the Zoutlandia and the Zealandia, 

 to make all the fail they could after them, to obferve what courfe they fleered, and 

 to prevent their landing of men. About the fame time an advice- boat arrived from 

 Admiral Lichthart, with letters to the council, intimating, that he had feen the faid 

 ihips, and that he fuppofed their intent to be, to land fome men on the fouth of the 

 cape of St. Auflin, for which reafon he defired them to fend him fome fhips, and grant 

 him leave to take as many of the garrifon of St. Antonio as he fhould judge necefTary 

 to attack the enemy ; of all which immediate notice was given to the northern parts, 

 to be upon their guard againfl any fudden furprife. 



But the next following day thofe fhips being got out of fight, feveral maflers of 

 fmall vefTels, that had been near them at fea, reported, that they were heavily freighted 

 fhips, which by the flrong north winds were forced near the fhore, fo that it was 

 concluded that they had fleered their courfe towards Portugal. 



Immediately 



