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two hundred Seamen, to fall upon the Enemy's Camp at the Jfogados, where Abu. 

 querque had rais'd feveral Works, partly for the fecuring oiVerga, the: beft Spot of 

 Land in all <Pernambuco, where there are likewife more Sugar-Mill.s than in the 

 whole Countrey, and partly to keep an open Way between Arryal and the Promon. 

 tory St. Augufiine : To which purpofe they march'd by the Fort Almilia along the 

 plain Countrey, to the Stream Capiyaribi, which they had crofs'd before the Tortu- 

 gue/e knew any thing of their approach, who being but a hundred and thirty, for- 

 fook their Works and ran into the Woods ; but affifted with four Companies of 

 Italians, they Sally'd out of $(eal y and fell with great eagernefs on the Seamen, who 

 being guarded by forty Mufquetteers were railing of Works in the Road which 

 leads to<I(eal y and put them to flight - but being rally'd, and feconded by Colonel 

 Jedburgh, they drove the Enemy into a By-way, guarded by 'Byma and (Bongarfon . 

 where being ftopt, and Cytain Cloppenburgb from another fide falling in amongft 

 them with his Mufquetteers, they became encompafs'd, and bad been all (lain, had 

 not he Grande, by making way for Cloppenburgb, given them an opportunity of get- 

 ting away between them. 



The Council at %ec\ffa y to fecurc the footing which they had got on the other 

 fide of the River CapaVaribi, took order about the building of a Fort, which requir'd 

 the greater Labor, becaufe the Earth was very ftonie : not far from whence Cap- 

 tain John Smith walking, was {hot by a Party of fortnguefe lying behind fome Chcfts 

 of Sugar ; the Blow whereof giving notice to his Enfign, he fpcedily march'd thi- 

 ther, and furprifingthc Tortuguefe, kill'd moft part of them. The like fuccefs had 

 ht Grande, Qloppenburgb, and Bongarfon, who marching out upon a Defign, furpris'd 

 unawares in John de Mendo^a's Sugar-Mill, two Companies of Tortuguefe, who ha- 

 ving watch'd there the whole Night, and compofing themfelves in the Morning to 

 deep, were fet upon, and moft of them kill'd, and the old Commander Antonio Or* 

 ti%o de Me?ido%a taken, who not long before came thither with a Regiment of Per- 

 tuguefes ; the Sugar-Mill was alfo fet on fire, 



Thefe fuccefsful Expeditions ftill adding to the Hollanders frefli Courage, they 

 follow'd the career of their Succefles,and placing three Companies in the Works of 

 the Jfogados, drew their Army into three Divifions 5 Colonel <%embacb was to Com- 

 mand the Forlorn 5 Scbuppe, the main Body $ and Byma, the Refcrve ; in which Or- 

 der they waded through the River Capiyaribi, placing fome Mufquetteers in a Houfe 

 built near the High-way, to fecure their Return that way, and came without any 

 refiftance to the Arryal - where they found a long Street, with Shops on each fide 

 full of all forts of Goods, which they pillag'd, notwithftanding the Enemy fir'd 

 furioufly from the Caftle upon them, and wounded Colonel %embacb and Captain 

 Jedburgh. To the Northward before the Caftle lay a Redoubt with two Guns, 

 which Scbuppe mattering, kill'd all that were in the fame • but being too weak to 

 carry away the Guns, he nail'd up the Touch-holes, and march'd off with his Men, 

 butinfuch diforder, that the Tortuguefe Sallying out of their Garrifon, fell in 

 amongft them in that manner, that they were not able to bring away their woun- 

 ded Men, amongft whom was Captain Jedburgh • and it had been worfe, had not 

 %emback (who though he was (hot in at the Shoulder, under the Blade-bone whereof 

 lay the Bullet) kept them off till fuch time as the Hollanders were got over the River 

 Qaplvaribi, near the fore«mcntion'd Houfe, guarded by a Company of Mufquetteers, 

 who kill'd above fifty of the iportuguefes, befides fifty that had been flain in the for- 

 mer Skirmifhes ; the Hollanders themfelves alfo had loft a hundred and thirty Men : 

 yet notwithftanding they ccafed not, but march'd in Parties through all parts of 

 Verga, where they met with no oppofition, but found the Sugar^Mills full of Sugar, 



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