55 tf <a M E <KI C A. Chap. VII. 



that there lay generally a hundred and fifty Men in Garrifon there - that about 

 a Mile farther was the Fort Pirange - 7 that Peter de Acunha bore the chief Command 

 next to Albuquerque over the Mthtta, whous'dfew Mufqucts but what had Firc-locks ; 

 and that they wanted no Ammunition, for fix great Carvels loaden with the fame 

 had not long fince ftor'd them with great plenty thereof. The Netherlander* alfo 

 underftanding by Letters which they had taken, that the Tapuyans were very much 

 incens'd againft the Portuguese, who ftood in great fear of thefe falvage People, it 

 was judg'd convenient by the Council at OUnda, to invite the Tapuyans to be their 

 Friends. 

 5? xSZT" On the eleventh of September Anno 1 6 J i. Admiral Pater and Vice*Admiral Mar- 

 ™*V*»fi tm TbyfzQM^ whofe joint Forces were fifteen Men of War and three Ketches, carry- 

 ing nine Companies of Foot, Commanded by Captain Engelbert Schutte, defcrying 

 the Spanift? Fleet about an hour before Sun-fe«j animated all the Officers and Cap- 

 tains to regard their Honor and Oath which they had taken ; telling them, That 

 on this Engagement would depend the Welfare or Ruine of the Weft-India Com- 

 pany. But his Men were not fo much heartned by his Speech, as daunted atthe 

 fight of the Spanift? Fleet, which confiftcd of twelve Cajltlian and five Portuguefe Gal- 

 lions, and twenty fix other VelTels, as Pinks, Fly*boats and Carvels, all well 

 Mann'd and full of Guns, the Gallions carrying whole and Demi-Cannons 5 the 

 'Admiral, call'd Antonio de Oquendo, carrying forty eight great Guns in his Gallion^ 

 call'd St. Jago . whereas they had receiv'd Information but of four Gallions and 

 eighteen lefler VelTels 5 neverthclcfs Pater no whit difcourag'd, boarded him about 

 ten a Clock the next Morning, whileft Captain JobnMaft boarded him on the other 

 fide, which occafion'd a bloody Engagement ; and it would have prov'd fatal to 

 the Spaniard, had not Pater's Stern taken fire, which he endeavoring in vain to put 

 Admin) i>4- out, and none coming to his affiftance, after he had hung a good while by a Rope at 

 the Spanift? Admiral's Bowe, he was fore'd through faintnefs to let go and fall into 

 the Water, whileft his Ship was blown up, a few of his Men onely being fav'd by 

 Oquendo. In the mean time Martin Tlyfzoon boarded the Gallion Antonio de Padua, 

 Commanded by the Vice* Admiral Francifco de Vallezjlla on one fide, and the Utrecht 

 Frigatoa the other, which after half an hours Engagement loft her Main-maft, and 

 after a f£arp Fight of four hours the Fire took hold of her Sails 5 which the Nether* 

 landers not being able to quench, leap'd defperately over into the Spanift? Vice* 

 Admiral 5 but he having two hundred and fixty Men aboard, beat them off, forcing 

 them to leap into the Water, or fell their Lives at a dear rate. But Captain Thyf- 

 %pon had better fuccefs, for he not onely funk the Vice-Admiral, but took the fiona- 

 ventura Gallion, and likewife gave the Gallion John&aptifta fomany (hot under Wa- 

 ter, that fhe funk likewife. The Night approaching ended this bloody Engage- 

 ment 5 and the Netherlanders Fleet much damnified ftood Northwards, with inten- 

 tion to return to %ecijfa. The next Morning Oauendohzd loft fight of them, but de* 

 fcry'd them again on the fifteenth of September, and kept in view of them the fix fol- 

 lowing days, five Leagues from him to the Eaft, or Eaft South*Eaft, Martin TbyJ- 

 Zpon coming to an Anchor before %eciffa on the twenty fecond of September. 



About the fame time the Amfterdam Frigat let Sail from thence for St. Salvador, 

 with intention to joyn with Pater's Fleet there, but not finding the Admiral, re- 

 turned, and near Cape St. Auguftine difcover'd the Spanijh Fleet • wherefore running 

 clofe behind them (he receiv'd four Guns from Oquendo, which fhe anfwer'd, and 

 kept at a diftance from them the whole Night, in hopes to meet with one fingle 

 VelTel or other belonging to the Fleet ; but the Spa)iift? Vice-Admiral bearing lit- 

 tle Sail, guarded the Rcre, and fir'd continually at the Amfterdam Frigat, who fear* 



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