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took three Monks Prifoners, who had been the chief Authors of this private Cor- 

 refpondcnce. 



Soon after twenty eight Ships arriving at ^ecijfa, brought frefli Supplies of Men 

 thither from the Maes and Zealand, with Ammunition and Provifions, which was 

 much wanted • alfo two Councellors, Henrick Scbild and Patdus Serooskerken. 



This Fleet was fcarce got in, when in the Evening news was brought, that 

 eight hundred Spaniards were broke in through Toyuca, and had taken John Tae^ 

 !Baretto's Sugar»Mill, and deftroy'd all they came at g but that the Hollanders defend* 

 ing the Church with great Valor, obtained Quarter upon the furrendring of it. 



This raging Army, led by Colonel %ebeUino and Madurera, march'd to Lauren^p 

 and Mapiapi, whither there reforted daily more Men to them, which put the Coun- 

 cil at %ecijfa to a great Dilemma, forefeeing, that if they fhould fend for Scbnppe 

 from Serinbain, the Enemy from Una and Porto Caho would hem him in, neither had 

 they fufficient Forces to withftand %ebellino 5 therefore it was judg'd convenient to 

 fend to Arcifteusky to joyn with Scbuppe's Army, that they might both unawares fall 

 upon the Enemy. In the interim a hundred and twenty Tapuyans, fent by Janduy, 

 came to Q^eciffa, with information that Janduy was coming himfelf, with feve- 

 ral other neighboring Kings, to their Afliftance. Schuppe , according to the 

 Councels Order, march'd in the Night through the Sugar-Mills of <%jo Fowtofo, 

 refted the next day in the Valley Orekinda, and guarded all the Avenues : Whiieft 

 he went about to Storm the Village Una, Man/veld was to Engage with a hundred 

 Spaniards on one fide of llettas Sugar-Mills, and Arcifietuky was to fall upon the 

 Village . whither marching early in the Morning, they law onely a few of the 

 Inhabitants, the Enemy being gone with his Forces over to ManbucaVa, nor could 

 they pafs any farther, finding the River too deep to wade through: But it had 

 like to have gone worfe with Stackbower and Litcbtbart, who with Maulpas making 

 twelve hundred Men, were furpris'dby ^ebellino, rufhing forth of an Ambufcade 

 Iris Sp 7'' near Lauren^o, where Maulpas receiving a Wound dy'd of the fame. This rough En- 

 Rebdimo tertainment at firft much daunted the Hollanders j but regaining their Courage, they 

 stackhomr p re f s 'd upon the Spanifl) Army in fuch a manner, that ^ebellino being wounded in 

 his Shoulder, fled in great diforder through the Sugar-Fields to Potto Caho, and of 

 fifteen hundred Men fav'dnot above four hundred, the reft being either kill'd, or 

 fcatter'd up and down the Countrey $ twelve taken Hollanders were alfo releafed by 

 this means. The Portuguese Defign on Taripuera alfo fucceeded not much better. 



Arcifteusky receiving Letter* of Advice from the Councellor Serooskerken, that 

 Qamaron lay Encamp'd with fifteen hundred Men about the Fortrefs QapaVaribi in 

 Goyana, and that the Befieged could not hold out above four days longer, and that 

 the Enemy had alfo taken two Barques full of Provifions and Ammunition, fent 

 thitherto relieve the Befieged, march'd with exceflive toyl through uncouth and in- 

 tricate Ways, which were rendred unpaifable by the great Rains that had lately 

 camxron put fall'n, and came about an hour after Sun-fet toCapaViribi • from whence Camaronbt- 



to flight by ' • L » 



Arciffimk.1. ing fled two hours before, had left Ammunition in three Carriages, fecur'd from 

 fmall Shot by thick Planks, which were drawn clofe under the Walls ; alfo a ®«r- 

 gundian Flag, two Field*pieces, and two Barques which he had taken with Provi- 

 fions. The Enemy fled to Tapiferica, and from thence to Terra tyva* Whileft Arcif* 

 femky view'd the Works, and his Men flood in good order, great numbers of Brafi- 

 lians Sally 'd out of the Redoubt, took the Provifions which Camaron had left, fpread 

 themfelves up in the Countrey, robb'd the Tortuguefe Houfes, and kill'd the Peo- 

 ple. As foon as ArciJIemky had put all things in good order, he left the ( Brafilians 

 in Goyana under the Command of the Councellor Eyffens, and purfu'd the fled 



Enemy, 



