A. D. 1654. 4^ J 



during feventeen years ; the Englifli company's half of the expenfe of 

 defending Fort Geldres in Palecat, and at the fiege of Bantam ; their 

 one third of the fums laid out in the Molucco';, Amboyna, and Banda, 

 after February 1622, when the En.'lifh left off paying their quota in. 

 thofe parts * ; for the Dutch comp:my's lofs by the feizure and deten- 

 tion of three of their fhips at Portfmouth, bound to Surat ; for their 

 half fhare of the lofs of the pepper trade to Bantam for iix years, com- 

 puted to be as great as that of the Englifh demanded in their before- 

 named articles, viz. L6oo,ooo flerling ; for the extra charges of the 

 Dutch company for convoys for the merchant fliips returning from In- 

 dia by the north feas for twenty years, and for wages extraordinary for 

 the failors ; for provifions lent to the Englilh company ; for wages of 

 the company's fundry lliips and pinnaces, and the coft of others em- 

 ployed in the fervice of the joint trade, &c. 



And, in fine, the Dutch company determining to outdo the demands 

 of the Englifh company firft exhibited, they made the whole amount to 

 no lefs than L2,9i8,6i i : 3 : 6 flerling. 



Thus the two companies made demands on each other, more like 

 mighty potentates than focieties of merchants : yet we are not to be 

 furprized thereat, when we confider their immenfe trade to and from 

 India and Perfia, and that the feveral fpices of thofe days were in much 

 greater requeft than they are in our time. Ic is, however, more than 

 probable that the pretentions of both were exaggerated, although, by 

 the iffue, the Dutch much more than the Englifli. So their vouchers 

 and documents were referred to four commiflioners appointed by each 

 company, who doubtlefs found it difficult enough to adjuft Inch intri- 

 cate accounts and demands to the mutual fatisfadion of their conflitu- 

 ents. Their award is dated 30th Augufl 1654, as in the third volume 

 of the Colledion of treaties, not only by virtue of powers from their 

 refpedive companies, but likewife by the authority of the protedor and 

 of the ftates-general : being in fubflance. 



That, being defirous to reconcile and re-eflablifli a perpetual agree- 

 ment between the two companies, they have decided and determined as 

 follows, viz. 



I) We hereby make void, extinguifh, obliterate, and altogether wipe 

 out, and commit to oblivion, fo as never to be revived at any time, and 

 upon any pretence, by any perfon whatever, all the complaints, pre- 

 tenfions, and controverfies, above mentioned, and all others whacfoever 

 which either company may have made on each other, of what kind lo- 

 ever they may be. 



II) We decree, that the Dutch Eafl-India company fliall reftore to 



* This was a mod impudent dcMiancI, it being known that in the > e^r 1622 he ^intch company 

 had completely expelled the Englilh from thofe iflands. Tlie demand was for no iefa tuan L5io,cco 

 ilerling. A. 



