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againft her, who took her, with thirty-five men, and good flore of gun-powder and 

 bullets, all which will prove very ferviceable to us. 



" I kindly defire Your Lordfhip, that in cafe you fend a meffenger with this news 

 to His Majelly, Captain Damian de Lankois may be employed upon that errand, it 

 being very probable that the King, befides a good prefent, will reward him with fome 

 honourable employment. 



" Laft night we received advice, that the fleet under Jeronymo-de Payva was entered 

 the bay of Tamandare ; I am forely afraid they will be attacked by the fhips fent 

 thither from the Receif, notwithilanding we have defired him feveral times to come 

 into our road. 



*' Kapivara is gone from that place by land to the Bahia, perhaps he has given him 

 notice that we are mafters of the cape ; if he thinks fit to bring his fleet to this place, 

 he is fafe, if not, it lies at his door. It is difcourfed here, that the fliip the Bifhop is 

 mifling, perhaps he has a fancy to convoy Salvador Korrea fome part of the way. 



" I cannot forbear to let Your Lordfliip know how much you fl:and indebted to 

 Major Dieterick Hoogftraten, and the refl: of the commanders of the fort. We have 

 promifed to the firfl a commandery of Chrifl:. I beg of Your Lordfhip to make my 

 promife good to him in His Majefly's name, as foon as poflible may be, he being a 

 perfon who will be ready to do us all the further fervice he can. We have, for the 

 prefent, engaged him with fome prefents of lefs moment, of which we fhall give aa 

 account to you hereafter. Captain Vander Ley has likewife defer ved well of us, and 

 fo have all the refl: that had married Portuguefe women : it is reported here that he is 

 a perfon of note in his country : we have likewife promifed to him a commandery of 

 Chrifl:, and a yearly penfion for one of his fons : we hope Your Lordfliip will not 

 refufe to make good our promife, becaufe his fons are born of a Portuguefe v/oman : 

 the name of the eldefl: being John, and the youngefl: Cafpar Vander Ley. The refl: are 

 at prefent at their habitations, as foon as they return we mufl: engage them with fome 

 promifes, of which we will give an account to Your Lordfliip. They are all of con- 

 fequence to us, having married Portuguefe women. I hope Your Lordfliip will be 

 well fatisfiied with this piece of fervice, for John Fernandes Vieira fometimes brings us 

 more money in an hour than the conquefl: of the cape cofts us. He is at prefent in 

 the Vergea among the barbarians, and we in the fort in the cape, till we have got 

 every thing in readinefs. Kapivara is about three days ago gone by land, pofllbly he 

 may be with you before the bark which carries this letter ; I wifli it may arrive in fafety, 

 and to Your Lordfliip a long life for the defence of this fl:ate. 



" (Signed) Martin Scares Moreno.*' 



Martin Soares Moreno and Andrew Vidal de Negreiros had in the meanwhile fent 

 feven or eight letters from the cape of St. Auftin, dated the 23d, 30th, and 3ifl: of 

 Auguft, and the 2d and 6th of September, in which they advertifed the Admiral Payva, 

 that they were in pofl~eflion of that cape, defiring him by all means to come with his 

 fleet into that harbour. The firfl: of the two lafl: letters was thus written : 



Letter from the Portuguefe Commanders to Admiral Payva, 



^* My Lord, 

 " We are got now into the pofleflion of the harbour of Nazareth, and that, as the 

 faying is, without cafting an arrchor j which is the reafon we intreat you likewife to 



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