Chap. VII. 



AMERICA 



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Pound, infomuch that the Wefl-lndia Company got above 200000 /. for them all. 

 Soon after they fortifi'd their Caftles and other ftrong Holds, and broke down 

 thofe that were judg'd ufelcfs. The Brafilians obtain'd liberty alfo to inhabit theic 

 Villages and till their Land, that they might make Provifion for themfelves, and 

 not opprefs the Planters that liv'd near them. Trie <Portugue(e that had fubmit- 

 ted themfelves to the Government of the Hollanders, had free leave granted them 

 to exercifethe <%oman-Catbolick Religion, onely they were not to lend for any 

 Priefts from St. Salvador, which if they did, they fliould be dealt with as Plot- 

 ters of Murders and Treafons 5 tjicy had liberty alfo to re-build their Houfes 

 in Olinda, paying Tribute with the Hollanders : Moreover, they were promis'dthat 

 they fliould live free from all Oppreffions of the Hollanders. There was alfo order 

 taken about payingthe tenth part of the Sugar and Farinba. The Income alfo of 

 Fifliingand Fowling, amounted to aconfiderable fum of Money. And to prevent 

 deceit in Trade, Meafures and Weights were made according to thofe of Amflerdam. 

 For the Converting of fagans, Jews, and ^oman Cat hoi icks, able Teachers were fent 

 into the Countrey to promulgate the Gofpcl. 



About this time there went a Report, as if the Weft.lndia Company were in- 

 clin'd to remove their Scat from %eciffa to the Iiland Tamarica ; but Maurice advi- 

 fing them that it would not be fo convenient for them, they chang'd their Refo- 

 lution. 



Whilcft Licbtbart Cruis'd a confidcrable time before the Haven Todos los Sanclos 'M**** 

 he Crain'd his Ship in the Bay of Camaniu ,took the Town IJleos ,with a hundred and 

 fifty Men. In the Town, which is built on a Promontory, he took but little Booty, 

 and fav'd the Houfes, which were built mod of Stone, as alfo the four Churches 

 and Jejuits Cloy Iter, and return'd to %ec\ffa. 



About this time the invincible Caftle Mina, afterwards call'd St.Joris, was taken 

 by the Hollanders, upon the Advice of ' Hjcholas iranYperen, Commander of Guinee, 

 who fent word to Grave Maurice, that the faid Caftle might eafily be copquer'd, if 

 any Forces could be fent him hom^eciffa : Whereupon Maurice immediately fent 



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