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fucceed their Fathers in the Throne, but their Sifters Sons. Commend aour a told him P 

 That he was impowcr'd by his Uncle to Treat with the Hollanders ; to which pur. 

 pofe coming with forty Men before the Caftle Qeulen, he inform'd them, That 

 jandouy could not come to them with his whole Power, becaufe there was no frefh 

 Water in the Mountains Mitiapa in the Summer 5 Moreover, that he Mourn'd for 

 his deceafed Wife, janduoy was alfo requefted to go to farayba, where he mould 

 get great (lore of Booty, and that the Hollanders would follow them with a consi- 

 derable Power. 



Arcijfeusky being inform'd of the Condition of Conayou by two, who having been UeFort c*> 

 taken Prifoners by the TortngueJ'e, leap'd over-board from a Carvel, bound from VJ7r$mkj 

 thence toPortugal, and fwam afliore, marched from the Fort Qeulen in the Night 

 with two hundred Men, befides forty Tapuyans, who kill'd more Venifon for the 

 Hollanders than they were able to eat 5 and coming within two Cannons.fliot of Co- 

 nayou, he divided his Men into four Parties, that fo they might Storm the four Cor- 

 ners of the Fort at once; which having done by fwimming over the Moat, arid 

 climbing up the Walls, which were a Pikes length, they got into the Fort, in which 

 they found eleven dead Bodies, ten Iron Guns, two Hooks, and fcveral Chefts of 

 Sugar ; and amongft other Prifoners they took the Captain Alvares Fragofo d' A}- 

 buquerque. 



Stackhower alfo fetting Sail when Arcijfeusky left the Caftle Ceulen, intending to 

 meet him again at an appointed time before Conayou, was kept back by contrary 

 Winds. 



After this Arcijfeusky fet Sail to Mongoangape, where Rowing up th* River, he 

 took a Ketch with two hundred Chefts of Sugar, as alfo a Carvel and a Boat, and 

 Landed where the River bends about a Mountain, which fo affrighted the Tortu- 

 vuefe, that they quitted Antonio Marino's Sugar-Mills. Soon after the Fleet took a 

 Barque with Wine, and returned to %ecijfa. 



Mean while Schuppe was not idle,fo* going up the River Camarigibi, he burnt di- 

 vers Houfes, as alfo on each fide of the River Alagoa ; where he alfo took four rich 

 Sugar»Mills, whileft many VciTels from the United Netherlands brought feveral Ships 

 into the Haven of Ternambuco, which they had taken on the Coaft of Brajile* 



About the latter end of November 1634. thirty two Sail, divided into two Squa- 

 drons(the firft carrying in one and twenty Ships,a thoufand nine hundred forty and 

 five Soldiers, the fecond on eleven Ketches,four hundred and nine) under the Com* 

 mand of Schuppe, Arcijfeusky, Carpentier, and Stackhower, weighed Anchor to go to Ta- 

 rayba ; where Schuppe Landing firft with fix hundred Men, fell upon the Enemy in 

 fuch a manner, that he put them to flight, and fore'd them to leave a great part of 

 their Arms, Hats and Coats behind ; and it wanted little but the Governor Antonio 

 d' Albuauerque had been taken in the purfuit : Mean while the reft of the Hollanders 

 Landed, and Cafyer Ley march'd along a Cart*Road with three Companies directly 

 to the Fort Santa Margareta, and Encamp'd himfclf behind a Hill, about a Mufquct- Thc Fort 

 {hot from the Walls of the Fort : Schuppe going along the Shore, found divers for* *£?**- 

 faken Works, and Intrenched along the River on the Eaft-fide of the Caftle. Jr* gjjj^ 

 cijfeusky march'd on the Right-hand along thc Sca-fliore in view of the Portuguefe in 

 Garrifon. In the River lay an Ifle, on which was built the Caftle %ej}inga, which 

 could receive conftant Aid from the Caftle Margareta on the Main. 



Lichthart going in between the Illand and the Caftle Margareta with fix well 

 Mann'd Boats, took two Barques and a Boat behind the Ifiand, and march'd 

 through a Wood to fyjtringa • where he found that the Fort feparated from the 

 Illand was furrounded with Water, wherefore he withdrew into the Wood till 



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