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vyhileft the Governor WAham Schouten went unconcern'd from one Tavern to ano 

 therra, hng at the Soldier, who thereupon mutinying and depofihg him, chofe 

 Serjeant Hans Ernjl y in b« room, who, as he was calling a Council of War re. 

 ce.v d a Summons from Toledo to deliver up the City , at which /G/.being much 

 lurprisd, lent a Drummer with a Letter to too, deilring him to grant the Be- 

 fieged three Weeks time to repair and make fit their batter'd Veflels to carry them 

 back for Hoi land, and alio that they might, according to Martial Cuftom, Larch 

 out with hghted Matches, flying Colours, Bullets in their Mouths, and with Ba 2 

 and Baggage To wh.ch to, returned Anfwer, That he was now in hi, owf 

 C ° Un " Cy ' a ; d , had f " Cn P r offeffion of four Fortifications about St. Salvador, on 

 which he had planted thirty feven Cannons, and therefore faw no fuch neceffity to 

 grant the Befiegeo (who could not pofllbly expett any frefh Supplies; fuch advan- 

 tageous and bold Demands . and onely promis'd them their Lues fl/ould be at his 

 difcretion. Yet at laft HU Stoop, Hugh Antonfcoon, and Francis du Q-fnc bein, . M 

 kn to the Carmelites Cloyftcr, agreed with Toledo on thefe Condition -That the V? \ 

 Hollanders^/™,. St. Salvador ,„ the CMm u »„,*„ ,„, mafC}Ut £** gg5f 

 but »«h Baggage, a „d have a free fajfage u»th froVifions and all thi„ V Ljfary aUo.'d Tm 

 for thur Tranfportauon for Holland. Whereupon on the firft of May the City was de- 

 liver d up to the Shards in fuch diforder, that fome of them had taken pofleffion 

 or the Gate Sento, before thofe on the other fide of the City knew of any Agree- 

 ment that was made between Toledo and Colonel ty. And thus the Place which 

 had a whole year been under the Jurifdidtion of the Netherlander, fell again under 

 the polTefllon of the Spanif, Crown.onely through the indifcreet management of the 

 Commanders , for otherwife it was fufficiently ftrong, and well ftor'd with Am- 

 munmon and Men, being able to make out two thoufand. Moreover the Ketch 

 3)e Haes, was fee out before from the Holland Fleet, and brought news of 'the Forces 

 that were fent from the Netherland Havens to their affiftance : But the Ships under 

 Admiral Lam, as alfo thofc under <Boudewyn Henric^oon, were ftay'd a confiderable 

 time m the.r Harbors by contrary Winds, and at laft reaching the Line were be- 

 calm d, and through the exceffive heat of the Climate many Men loft by raging and 

 mortal Diftempers,infomuchthat they reach'd not the Bay Todos los Santos before 

 the twenty fixth of May on which they faw the Sfanifh Flag dreaming from the 

 Walls of St. Salvador, and fifty great Ships riding at an Anchor near the Shore. 



TheNetherland Fleet, divided into four Squadrons, confifted of thirty four Sail 

 amongft which Lam carry'd the Flag on the Main-top, the Vke*Admiral Adrian 

 Lhejzpon on the Fore-top, the Rere-Admiral Adries Veron on the Main maft, and the 

 Commander of the fourth Squadron on the Mizne-top : All of them feeing the Spa. 

 mards abfolute Mafters,judg'd it moft convenient to put to Sea } but (landing pretty 

 While to the South, they found that the ftrong Current drove them to the^ Shelves 

 ontheWeft.fide of the Inlet; wherefore Tacking about, they made towards the 

 Enemy, who at firft leem'd to meet them with twenty eight great Ships but re- 

 turning towards the City.the Hollanders alfo ftopd to Sea again, Steering Southerly 

 though without making much advantage in their Way, the Sea goina very hollow' 

 and the ftrong Current letting them towards the Shore, by which means they were 

 Wnolmall danger before the River Francifco, where many of the Men dy'd for 

 Wantoffrefli Provifions, and the number of the Sick increas'd daily, infomnch 

 that fome of the Ships were like to perifli for want of Men to guide them : k 

 Was alfo judg'd dangerous to lie longer with fuch a great Fleet near a Lea-Shore, 

 therefore they put into the Inlet Trayciaon, which lies a League to the Northward of 

 the River Monguapigape , from whence a ridge of Rocks extends toTayciacn, and being 



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