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Sail directly upon the City, and to dtop his Anchors juft without (hot of it. Ha- 

 ving beaten the Enemy from his Works, he broke through all the Paths, Hedges 

 and Banks, tillatlaft he came and Intrench'd himfelf near the Out-works of the 

 City, by which his Army was fecur'd from any Affaults from the Seaside. Colonel 

 <Brand alfo with little trouble took the Fort Wiliflw, built on the Shore, and fortifi'd 

 with five Guns. The next day Maurice Storming the Caftle <PhtUppo, foon became 

 Matter of it, notwithftanding it was well Garrifon'd, and had thirteen BrafsDemi- 

 Culverins. The taking of this Caftle afforded the Befiegers a free Paffage to their 

 Fleet. They alfo rais'd two Batteries, from one of which they fhot night and day 

 with Veven great Guns, and from the other with the like number of Field-pieces, 

 on the Caftle ^ofario, which the Portuguese forfook • but going about to take a 

 Horn.work on the top of the Qarmelites Cloyftcr, he loft many Men in the Attempt, 

 and amongft the reft the Captains HoT»in, Echbrecht, Vovard, Bollinger, and the En- 

 «,„. u~ gineer Sercbem > and in the end, after many bold and rcfolute Attaques what with 

 *iSS2 the ftrcngth of the Place, both for number of Defendants, and well fortifi dnels 

 2E*.* thereof, and what with the want of his expected Supplies, and laftly the ficklinefs 

 of his Army, by reafon of the extraordinary Rains that fell, to the lofs of many 

 Officers of note as well as common Soldiers, befides what were flain by the Enemy, 

 he made as honorable a Retreat as he could, fo that this Expedition prov'd altoge- 

 ther unfuccefsful. 



Mean while the Provincial States of Holland and Zealand differ'd about allowing 

 of a free Trade to Qrafile, and fending of Colonies thither: Whereupon Grave 

 Maurice writing to them his Opinion, demonstrated with good Reafons, that a 

 free Trade, and frefli Colonies, would be much to the Companies advantage t 

 which was approv'd of by the States of the United Netherlands and Weft -India Com- 

 pany, who onely engrofs'd the Trade of Njgro's and <Braftle Wood } and on the Im- 

 ported and Exported Goods they put a certain Cuftbm. 



The Weft-India Company confidering what Treafure Peter Hein had brought 

 from Matanca to Holland, they refolv'd to venture another Expedition thither ; and 

 to that purpofe fet out fourteen Sail under the Command of Cornelit Haute- been, who 

 weigh'd Anchor out of the Texel on the fourteenth of Auguft Anno 1^38. and ar. 

 riv'd fafe at fyciffa } where Houte-been having fpent fome days in Confulting with 

 Crave Maurice, went aboard again, and at his entring into the Ship, bruis'd his Leg 

 between the Boat and the fides thereof, which fome fuperftitious Perfons look'd 

 upon as very ominous ; but this Wound was not fo great as to keep him back 

 from whatfoever Service came in his way : for difcovering the Sfanifh Fleet from 

 Terra firownear Cuba, before the Rocky Ifle Organes, which confiftedof eight great 

 Gallions, and fix lefler Ships, whofe Lading was valudat two hundred Tun of 

 Eng'ag*"he Gold, and Commanded by Card Dievaro, he clapt the Admiral aboard, threw in 

 *"*.** his Grapling-Irons, and made him felf faft, with a Refolution either to take him or 

 die, whileft theVutcb Vice- Admiral Abraham Michael^oon <Rj>ofendael boarded the Sj>a- 

 nijh Vice-Admiral, and the Rere-Admiral John Vander Matt the Enemy's Rere- 

 Admiral ; and doubtlefs, had not the Vice- Admiral and Rere-Admiral been flain, 

 together with Verdooft, Captain of the Orange-Tree, and other eminent Officers, and 

 thofe that furviv'd fail'd in their Duty to him for want of Courage, he had given 

 them a fignal Overthrow ; but whileft with much ado he had prevail'd with his 

 Captains to renew the Combat (having been fore'd by the coming on of the Sj>a» 

 ni(h Vice and RercAdmirals to quit his hold) and was preparing for a fecond On* 

 fet, the Sea began to be rough, and the Enemy was gotten to the Windward. Some 



few days after being in/orm'd, that the Spanijk Fleet lay before the Flats of Cuba 



and 



