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hindred them from getting farther 5 but being inform'd by certain Tortuguefe Pri- 

 foners, that abundance of Sugar lay in Porto Francifco, they marching thither, found 

 under a Straw Roof in a Wood^feventy four Chefts of Sugar, and a great deal more 

 in feveral Store*houfes. They alfo pillag'd the whole Countrey towards Magoa 

 del Noort, St- Miguel, and Alagoa del Zur. Not far from which Scbuppe falling upon 

 the Village Sennora de Conception, burnt the fame, as alfo a Ship upon the Stocks, 

 the Houfes at the Mouth of the Stream Alagoa, and the Tackling belonging to the 

 two Ships, and carry 'd away with them a very great Booty. 



Tourlon alfo march'd with four Companies from Tamarica to Mangianguape ,whcrc 

 theGarrifbn nom Garafu± and fome Jefuits lay, to diflwade the People from fub- 

 mitting themfelvesto the JVeft-lndia Company, to which they were much inclined. 

 BuiTourlon march'd not fo privately, but that the Enemy had notice thereof, and 

 fled • wherefore he finding Mangianguape empty, offer'd the fame to the Flames, as 

 alfo feveral Sugar-Mills, butfpar'd the Lives of all thofe who begg'd Quarter. 



$yma about the fame time with a hundred and forty Mufquettcers, befides two 

 Companies of Seamen, leaving the Afogados in the Night, march'd to Amaro by Day- 

 break, which he fet on fire, with a Sugar-Mill and a Store-houfe full of Sugar, 

 after every Soldier had taken as much as he could carry : upon which the Enemy 

 taking Alarm, plac'd their Ambufcades fo cunningly, and fell upon them fo furi- 

 otffly, that they had undoubtedly kill'd every Man of them, had not a Party come 

 in timely to their afliftance, and fore'd the Portuguese to fly to a neighboring Sugar- 

 Mill built on a Hill, from whence they fir'd with great eagernefs, and made a 

 mighty noife, blowing their Trumpets and beating their Drums, ftyma being for- ft*^ * *** 

 ced to pafs by the Mill within the reach of the Enemy's Guns, refolv'd upon a bold 

 Attempt, and commanding his Men to throw away their Sugar, and other Booty 

 with which they burthen'd themfclves, on a fudden ran up to the top of the Hill ; 

 which A&ion fo amaz'd the <P or tuguefe, that they fled without offering the leaft refi- 

 nance. $yma thereupon proceeded on his Way to the Afogados, leaving behind him 

 <$bove feventy (lain, and divers wounded. 



During thefc Exploits on Shore, the Commander Smient Cruis'd with fix Sail ^^.^ 

 before Paraiba ; two Ships belonging to his Fleet fleering towards the Haven of *>* *»***•"• 

 Formofa, difcover'd five Carvels, a Pink carrying twenty fix, and a great Fly-boat 

 eighteen Guns, both Dunkirkers ; one of the Carvels ran aground, and wasftav'd to 

 pieces, two of them got into ^{io Grande, and the other two were taken. 



About the fame time Licbtbart with two Sloops pafs'd into the KivcrQmayou, fet 

 upon feven Barques of the Portuguese, Mann'd with feventy Seamen, and ply'd 

 them with his Brafs Guns after fuch a manner, that few efcap'd with their Lives : 

 he took what he thought fit out out of the Barques, and afterwards fet them on r 



fire. 



The Treafurer Mattbias van Ceulen weighed Anchor with four Ships and feven £"**jj£ s 

 Ketches, Mann'd with eight hundred Men, with which he fet Sail to %io Grande , 

 with intention to fall upon the Fort Tres <l(eyes. In the River he took two Carvels, 

 though they lay clofe under the Cattle, Landed a Company of Soldiers, and a hun- 

 dred and fifty Seamen on the Southern Shore, guarded the frefli River with Boats, 

 march'd dire&ly to Tres %eyes, ancf Encamp'd himfelf near the Redoubt which lay 

 before the Cattle, being follow'dby <Byma, Garfiman, and Qoppenburgb, who in their 

 Way took a Houfe built on a Hill, and confiderable Booty in it. Byma getting 

 about Noon to the Village Natall, left fome of his Men there, whileft he march'di 

 With the reft to the Cattle Tres <%eyes. Ceulen fending to demand the Cattle, receiv'd 

 at firft a refolute denyal from the Governor Peter Mende^ de Govea ; but when the 



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