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whofc Men were all Seamen ; all of them firing their Guns amaz'd the Enemy, 

 whileft two Companies of Brafilians^nd three of Hollanders crept through the over- 

 grown part on the right-hand of the Mountain, and as many more on the left, fell 

 unawares upon him . but Maria's Guard Engaging with a thoufand Portwuefes, 

 ran through the Water up againft the Works with fuch undaunted Courage^ tlrat 

 fBagnola Retreated, leaving four hundred Men flain, befides three Brafs Guns, and 

 a great number of Prifoners . thofe which cfcap'd fled to Porto Caho : But fBagnola 

 fearing to be Befieged there, left PoVacon, which Caftle, built on one fide of Torn 

 Caho, lies twenty five Leagues from %eciffa> on a Plain, partly furrounded with 

 Mountains and Paftures. The River <Porto Caho runs fo crooked, that it almoft 

 furrounds the Caftle and Town. The Countrey hereabouts is full of Pools. Two 

 Forts, each built on a Hill near PoVacon, Bagnola had caus'd to be undermined and 

 fill'd up with Gun-powder ; but they taking fire, were blown up before the 

 Hollanders came thither, who found them fmoaking, and lying like a heap of Rub- 

 bifli. Maurice marching forward, Bcfieg'd PoVacon . and Encamping himfelf be- ?*,»•»- 

 low the Hill where one of the Forts had flood, he rais'd a Redoubt, and with a hIK 

 Trench approach/d the Moat. Whileft Schuppe lay along the Town from the 

 Church, Licbtbart made a Battery to the North, and fomewhat farther Arciffeusky 

 another -then firing from four Batteries on PoVacon, the Befieged anfwer'd them 

 again- from their Walls, and on the thirteenth day the Governor Michael Giberton 

 furrendred the Caftle upon honorable Articles : for thofe in Garrifon being Itali- 

 ans, Portugueses, and Caftiliam, to the number of five hundred, befides the Wounded 

 and Sick, were to be Tranfported to Tercera. Maurice entring the Caftle, took two 

 and twenty Brafs, and five Iron Guns, four Mortar-pieces, a great many Bullets, 

 Matches, Gun-powder, and other Ammunition, this being the King of Spain s Ma- 

 gazine. 



Near Moribeca, and before St. Lauren^, the Enemy receiv'd a fhrew'd Repulfe by 

 the flying Regiment, led by Stackbower . but Lieutenant Hebnich obtain'd fpeciai 

 Honor herein. . , 



Grave Maurice after thefe Exploits took Shipping in Sana Grande, at a great Inlet 

 near Porto Qaho, and Landed again at the Promontory Sergoa, from whence he pur- 

 fu'd the Enemy to the River Franci/co . the Inhabitants about which deAYd, and ob- 

 tain'd free Conduct. (Bagnola lay on the other fide of the River Franctfco, in the 

 Town Openeda ; wherefore Schuppe, who was fent to the Afogados to be near the Ene- 

 my, was afterwards commanded to go to Openeda to fecure Grave Maurice's Paflage 

 over thither ; but he coming thither after him, MiwWcecrofs'd to the Shore on which 

 Openeda lay with Boats, and got great Booty . and the more, becaufe the Natives 

 had not fecur'd any thing, Bagnola afluring them that the Caftle fovacon could en- 

 dure at leaft a Siege of four Moneths. 



Openeda belong'd properly to the Lord Melchior Jibes. Near the Town rofe a ftonie 

 Rock out of the deep River Francifco, eighty Foot high . from which Rock there 

 jutted out like Redoubts five Points,and it was call'd Maurice Qafile. Along the Shore 

 of the fore-mention'd Stream lay feveral very pleafant Ifles. fBagnola efcaping prt- 

 vately from hence, was follow'd by his Men kneeling on floating pieces of Tim- 

 ber, which with Sticlcs they Row'd over to the Northern Shore, notwichftanding 

 the Stream glides fo fwift, and is fo broad, that a fix-pound Bullet cannot be (hot 

 over the fame 5 at the Mouth thereof Maurice built another Caftle. A League from 

 his Camp feven hundred Tapuyans (a great falvage and ftrong People, whofe Lan- 

 guage the Portuguese, fBrafdians, and Tapuyans that belong'd to Jandui, could not un. 

 derftand) had Ambufcado'd themfelves, and with figns and motions of their Bodies 



Fff they 



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