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furnifli the Forts with Provifion and Ammunition. Near the Caftle Ceulen he was 

 feceiv'd by the Tapuyan Agents, and Prefented by them with Bowes, Arrows, and 

 brave Oftrich Feathers, us'd by them when they go to the Wars : in return for 

 which they receiv'd Linnen Shirts, Knives, Shells, Bugles, Fifhhooks, and Nails. 

 Maurice caus'd a deeper and wider Moat to be digg'd about the decayed Caftle Qabo 

 Velio, rais'd the Works, and call'd it by the Name of his Sifter Margaret*; he alio 

 pull'd down the Fort Antonio, keeping onely a Tower to defend the High-way. 5(e. 

 firing* was likewife ftrengthned with Pallifado's, and the Cloyftcr near the Town 

 Tarayba fortifi'd againft an AiTault,and Elias Harkmans made Governor of the fame. 



Whileft thefe things were tranfacted on the Land, Captain Schuppe at Sea Enga. 

 ging alone between Todos los Sanclos and Terre Garde d* Avila with three Spanijh Ships, 

 drove one of them aground, and brought another away with him to %eciffa. The 

 Letters found in the taken Veffel made mention, that in the River oi Lisbon lay ten 

 Galleys, and twenty more before Cales, to which were to joyn thirty Pinks } which 

 Fleet fomc fuppos'd was coming for Brajile - y others, that it was onely a Plot of the 

 King of Spain to get Money from his Subjects, according to the Cuftom of feveral 

 other Princes. 



Hereupon Maurice wrote to the WeU»lndia Company, that they would Rig out a 

 Fleet with all poffible fpeed, which might fall upon the fore<mention'd Spanijh Fleet, 

 and fetch thofe Sugars which lay ready in Urafik to be Laden. 



About the fame time a Party of the Tortuguefes eroding the River Francifco, came 

 to the Stream Miguel, whither Pic^n/marching, put them all to flight. 



Grave Maurice having a Defign on St. Salvador, the fortuguefe Metropolis in Bra- **«• au u z 

 file, formerly taken by feter Hein and Jacob WiUehens, and not long after loft by the 2*?i£e 

 faint-heartednefs of William Schouten and Hans Kjf, though in all likelihood nft ati* tf 

 ftrong enough to undertake fo weighty a Defign, yet considering if he fliould ftay s ' ,5WW ' f * 

 longer, the Seafon would not permit him, therefore he went aboard, hoping that 

 he (hould receive fome Aid from the Netherlands ; his Army confided of three thou- 

 fand four hundred Netherlanders , and a thoufand Srafilians. He had the greater hopes 

 of Victory, becaufc he receiv'd information from St. Salvador, that the Soldiers in 

 Garrifon there mutiny'd for want of Pay, and that the Governor and Duke of Bag- 

 nola were at difference concerning the management of the War. But before he fee 

 Sail he had fecur'd all Places againft any Invafion^ and got ready twenty two Sail, 

 furnifli 'd with Ammunition and Provifion, with which on the eighteenth of Ju» 

 guft Anno 1638. he weigh'd Anchor, and met with fix Ships at Sea, which he took, 

 and arrived on the fixth day following before the Mouth of the Inlet Todos losSantlos, 

 which he could not enter by reafon of contrary Winds, but Cruis'd up and down 

 before the River Vermelbo and the Ifle Tapoam 5 whereupon the Governor of St. Sal- 

 vador SLtid&agnola drew the Portuguefe Forces down thither to prevent his Landing : 

 About Noon the Wind coming about fair for the Hollanders, brought Maurice 

 within Shot of the Ships, Forts, Walls and Batteries of the City St. Salvador, Co 

 that he thundrcd with his Cannon againft them, and Landed on a Promontory 

 near the Sconce Bartholomew ^without the lead refiftance, in a convenient place about 

 a League and a half from the City ; where Encamping himfclf, he was inform'd by 

 the Prifoners which he had taken, that about half a League farther was a narrow 

 Bank, border'd with Morafles, fo that none could pafs along the fame but at Low- 

 water, and then onely at a certain time. Tourlon being fent before with three 

 hundred Mufquetteers to difcover the Place, found the Way not onely as the Pri- 

 foners had inform'd, but alfo fortifi'd by the Enemy • againft whom Maurice drew 

 out his Men, ordering Captain John vander Maft in the mean time to run with ten 



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