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wards the Sea-fide they have a fecond Structure, much ftatelier than the Francifcan 

 Cloyfter. Near the Prifon (lands the Armory, and ibmewhat farther the great 

 Church, which .Anno 1624. was not quite finifh'd. The Church dedicated to the 

 Virgin Mary appears with a high Spire near the Gate 'Bento, without which the great 

 Cloyfter Bento is built; but the chief Church is St. Salvador. On the utmoft Point 

 towards the South- Weft of the City lies the Fort jiutonio, between which and the 

 City ftands a very neat Pleafure*houfe, belonging to the Bifhop. Befides Antonio 

 there Are four other confiderable Forts, Vi^. Diego, St. Maria, De Gratia, and Vittoria, 

 About halfway between Vtttoria and the Cloyfter fiento, ftands the Caftle with four 

 Bulwarks ; but on the North*fide the City is guarded by the Forts St. Peter, Philippo, 

 and Tapecipe. 

 fctlufbr xhl The tyrfmyfc King Teeming exceedingly concern'd attheloTsof To eminent a Place, 

 fcrlh /^ fitted out a great Fleet for the recovery of what had been taken from him ; but the 

 JS(etherland Weft- India Company having notice of it, put themlelves into a pofture of 

 Defence, and in a fliort time made ready eighteen Men of War and feven Ketches, 

 Mann'd with a thouiand fix hundred and ninety Seamen, and athouTand three hun* 

 dred and fifty Land*Soldicrs, John Dirkfcoon Lam being Admiral : But news coming 

 day after day of the extraordinary Preparations in Spain, it was judged convenient 

 to ftrengthen the Fleet with fourteen Ships and two Ketches more, carrying a thou» 

 fand four hundred and thirty Seamen, and five hundred eighty Soldiers, under the 

 Command of General Boudewyn Henrickfzpon, and Admiral Andries Veron. Moreover, 

 the Weft-India Company fitted out a third Fleet, confiding of four Frigats and three 

 Ketches, Commanded by Henry I\at, with Orders to Cruife along the Spanifb Coaft. 

 In the beginning of the Year 1625. Frederick de To ledo weighed Anchor from 

 Cales with one and thirty Gallions, four Pinnaces, three Tartans, and a Carvel, 

 all carrying Teventy five hundred Men. The Soldiers were divided into three 

 Regiments, Commanded by the Colonels Pedro Oforio, Juan Orellana, and the Mar- 

 queTs De Torredufa. 



Kc3.vSt.jag0 at the African Cape Verde, Toledo joyn'd with the Portuguefe Fleet, 

 confiding of twenty one Gallions and fourteen Carvels and Barques, Mann'd with 

 four thoufand Seamen, two Regiments of Soldiers, Commanded by Jntonio Kunne^ 

 Barreio, and Francifco de Almeida j but the chief Commander of this Fleet was Emanuel 

 Menefes. Which great Fleet being arriv'd at St. Salvador, Toledo himfelf Landed at 

 the Fort Antonio, leaving the Command of the Fleet to JuanFajardo : The firft thing 

 he did, was to Tet upon the Cloyfter Bento-, which having gain'd, he left Serjeant 

 Troppani with two Regiments in the fame, whileft he went and Storm'd the Carme- 

 lites Minfter, and at laft took it • but in the mean time four hundred Hollanders Sal- 

 lying out, made a furious Onfet upon the two Regiments, who had poiTeffion of 

 the Cloyfter Bento, where the Spaniards fuftain'd confiderable damage^for befides the 

 wounding of three Captains, and the lofs of a great number of Soldiers,there were 

 flain the Commanders Emanuel Aquitara, Alonfo de Gana, Pedro San SteVan, Diego EJpi* 

 7/0/4, and Colonel Pedro Oforio. But Toledo no whitdifmay'd hereat, but taking frcfli 

 courage, brought twenty nine Demi-Culverins afliore, which nYd To vehemently 

 out of the Carmelites and <Bentos Cloyfters, on the feventeen Dutch Ships that lay 

 near the Shore, that feveral of them were funk, and others fliatter'd beyond hopes 

 of ever being repair'd. After this the Spanijh Army was divided into three feveral 

 Parties, which continually fir'd on the City from three new rais'd W T orks ; the 

 chiefeft Party, which was in the Qarmelttes Minfter, had twenty three BraTs Guns ; 

 the Tecon'd, plac'd on the great Wall of the Cloyfter Bento, fir'd Night and Day 

 with eight Demy-Cannons on the City, in which all things were in a confufion, 



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