nieuhoff's brazil. - 799 



General. But it was not long before they began to lord it over the country, by 

 taking fuch as were in the lead fufpe£ted to them into cuftody, and taking an account 

 of thofe of the Dutch that had married Portuguefe women ; nay, they erefted a court 

 of juftice of their own, and forced Moucheron to fell his flaves for the fourth part of 

 what they were worth. They had fo little regard to the late articles, that they caufed 

 thirty Brazilians, part of that garrifon, to be tied to the palifadoes, where they were 

 ftrangied ; the Portuguefe alledged in their behalf, that they had fufFered death for 

 certain crimes they had confeffed themfelves, though it is more probable they were 

 made facrifices to the difcontented Portuguefe inhabitants, that had made heavy com- 

 plaints at the Brazilians. However, about thirty of them were fpared, and bellowed 

 upon the officers to carry their baggage, and their wives given to the inhabitants. 

 The Portuguefe made Alvaro Fregofo d' Albuquerque governor of the city and fort, 

 and made one Francis de la Tour, a French deferter, captain over forty deferters, who 

 had taken fervice among them. 



They alfo raifed three companies out of the Portuguefe boors or inhabitants, com- 

 manded by Pedro Fregofo, Ignatius Ferrere, and Immanuel de Mello, which were 

 put into Serinham for the defence of that place, where they alfo caufed two Jews to 

 be baptized, called Jacquo Franco and Ifaac Navare. Moft of the Dutch who had 

 any pofleffions or fugar-mills thereabouts had fafe-guards allowed them, fo that none, 

 except two, who came to the Receif, left that captainfhip, of which they had fufficient 

 reafon to repent afterwards, being very ill-treated by the Portuguefe, as fhall be fhewn 

 more at large hereafter. 



The/ 1 5 th of Auguft in the afternoon, the garrifon of Serinham, confilling only of 

 thirty-two men (the reft having ftaid behind), arrived in a bark at the Receif; and 

 their commander-in-chief appeared the fame day before the council, where he gave an 

 account of the reafons that moved him to furrender the place, notwithftanding which- 

 he was ordered to be examined by a court-martial, to anfwer the fame. The enfign 

 who had conduced the garrifon to the Receif, delivered the fame day a letter to the 

 faid ^council, from Martin Soares Moreno and Andrew Vidal, dated the 8th of Au- 

 guft, intimating that they were come into the Dutch Brazil, by fpecial command from 

 the governor of the Bahia, and exafperating the outrages, they faid were committed 

 by the Hollanders againft the Portuguefe. This letter had another enclofed from the 

 faid governor, dated the 30th of July, with a proclamation, to be publiftied in the 

 captainfliip of Pernambuko, whereby all the inhabitants w^ere fummoned to appear 

 peremptorily before them, within the fpace of eight days, to receive their directions 

 for reftoring tranquillity among them. The letter from Martin Soares Moreno, and 

 Andrew Vidal was as follows : 



A Letter from the Portuguefe Commanders to the Council, 



" When Your Lordftiips found yourfelves entangled by a dangerous confpiracy among 

 the Portuguefe inhabitants of this captainftiip, you made your applications to Antonio 

 Telles de Sylva, governor-general of Brazil, defiring him to make ufe of themoft effeftual 

 means he could to appeafe this rebellion. About the fame time the inhabitants of this coun- 

 try by one unanimous voice implored his aid and proteftion againft thofe many affronts, 

 plunderings, murders, and raviftiments of women they groaned under ; being refolved 

 with joint confent to arm themfelves with fticks (the ufe of arms being taken away from 

 them by their tyrannical governors) againft thofe oppreflions, and to defend their 

 honour to the laft gafp j not queftioning but that God Almighty would take vengeance 



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