5^4- <il M E % I C A Chap. VII. 



fcnt John Coin thither with nine Ships, which fee Sail on the twenty fifth of June± 

 Anno i 6tf. who in the Road Commendo joining with Jjpemj,foon after he was fet down 

 before it, and was preparing to Storm, had it furrendred to him upon Terms no 

 lefs advantageous to the Hollanders, than difhonorable to the Befieged, yet not 

 without the lofs of many Men . for in their March thither they were fiercely fet 

 upon by the Negro* s inhabiting the Village near the Caflle 5 in which Conflict Co- 

 Colonel i*. i one i L a t an amongft others was flain. The Fort might very well have endur'd a 

 longer Siege, it being furrounded with double Moats, each twenty five Foot deep, 

 and high Bulwarks, which could not be undermin'd becaufe of the Rocky Ground 

 on which they were built ^ and to make it yet more ftronger, Coin after he had taken 

 it rais'd a Fort on the Hill,from whence he had fir'd ontheCaftle,in which he found 

 thirty Brafs Demi«Culverins. and leaving Walraeyen Malburg as Governor, he re- 

 turned to fyciffa. 



During thefe Proceedings of the Dutch in Guinee, the Duke of Bagnola ranfack'd 

 the Countrey about Seregippa del <l{ey 5 Maurice not able to go himfclf, having had a 

 Feaver three Moneths, fent Schuppe and Gyfeling with two thoufand three hundred 

 Soldiers, four hundred Brafilians, and two hundred and fifty Seamen, whileft Lich- 

 thart Steer'd to Todos los Santlos, that fo he might draw the Enemy down to the Sca- 

 Coaft. Bagnola flying to Terra Gracia d* jiYtla, Schuppe demolifh'd the Town Sere- 

 gippa, the Sugar-Mills, and all manner of Fruit-Trees, and march'd with incredible 

 ipeed to the Stream Francifco $ where Encamping on the Southern Shore, he drove 

 three thoufand Head of Cattel before him, that fo he might ftarve the Enemy. 

 JwoSdr * n l ^ c i nter ^ m tnc Brafilians in Siara defir'd Aid againft the Tortuguefe, offering, 

 tkwfor That ^ ^ e Hollanders could conquer the Fort there, they would foon deftroy all 

 Fo^ ta Sl bc the fortuguefe ; that the Charges of the Siege might eafily be made good, the Coun- 

 trey producing abundance of Amber.greece, Cryftal, Cotton, Pearls, Salt, and 

 other Merchandife. In confirmation of this their Refolution, the Brafelians left two 

 eminent Perfons Children of Siara in ^eciffa : Whereupon George Garjlman being 

 fent thither, was no fooner Landed, but he madehis Arrival known to the Brafilian 

 Governor Jlgodoi ; who came to meet him with two hundred Men, bearing white 

 Flags in token of Peace : Thus affifted, he fet upon Siara, which is a fquare Fort, 

 built at the foot of a Hill, hath within its Walls fix Houfcs, two Redoubts full of 

 Port-holes, one on the North, and the other on the South, jutting halfway out 

 from the Wall • as alfo two Gates, fecur'd with large Portcullifes : without the Fort 

 appears the Governor's Houfe, about which were feveral Huts for Tortuguefes. 



This Lordfhip, already fpoken of, is reckon'd amongft the Northern parts of 

 < Brafile } and hath onely twelve Leagues in circumference. The Haven before the 

 Caftle, which the River Hacu makes, is of little confequence : The Ground in 

 fome places rifes with high Mountains, in others, efpecially on one fide, it is over- 

 grown with Wood : hath alfo feveral brave Paftures, efpecially along the River. 



Garjtman approaching the Caftlc Siara } found little refiftance, fo that he took it 

 with fmallexpence of Blood, moft of the fortuguefe being taken Prifoners, a few 

 onely efcaping by flight. 



After this Graye Maurice took great care of the Civil Affairs, building a Guild- 

 Hail at his own Coft and Charge • fent all manner of Minerals, digg'd out of the 

 •Brafilian Mines, to the Netherlands 5 laid great Penalties on thofe that ftole the Cu- 

 ftom of Goods, and punifh'd with Death Murders, Robberies, and fuch like Capital 

 Offences, befides feveral wholfom Laws relating both to the Civil and Ecclefia- 

 ftical Government 5 and as foon as he was recover 'd from his tedious Sicknefs, 

 he march'd up into the Countrey to the Rivers Grande and < Parayba } to take care to 



' furnifh 



The Fort ta- 

 ken by Garft- 

 man. 



