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and the Rocky Organes, Steer'd thither, refolving to venture once more,, but when 

 he came there, the Spaniards were gone . whereupon he fent fome of his Ships to 

 Sraftle, others toCruife before Cuba, whilefthe himfelf went for the Netherlands. 



Whileft this Expedition fell out fo unfortunately, Cameron, General of the Brafu 

 Hans, fent three Agents to Grave Maurice, defiring to enter into League with the Weft- 

 India Company, upon fome Differences that were rifen between him and the Duke 

 o(<Bagnola. Grave Maurice feeming much inclined to his Offer, treated the. Agents 

 very nobly ; who not long after, oblig'd by his Civility, informed him, that Qame* 

 ron, an inconftant Man, had made Peace again with Bagnola. But that which chiefly 

 obftrufted Grave Maurice's Defigns, was the want of Provifions, Ammunition and 

 Men, notwithstanding his continual Complaints to the Company. 



Aboutthe beginning of the Year 1639. the SpaniJJ? Fleet, confiding of twenty 

 eight Sail, moft of them Gallions, appeared in fight ot%eciffa, but Stecr'd South, 

 wardly ; Grave Maurice hereupon fent out the beft Sailers to follow them, and fee 

 whither they were bound, or if they intended to Land, whileft himfelf march'd 

 along to <Porto Calvo ; but informed that they were gone into the Inlet Todos los San. 

 Bos, he return d to <%eciffa, after he had ftor'd the Forts Torto CalVo y Una, Serinhain, 

 and that at the Promontory St. Auguftine, -with all Neceffaries. 



About the fame time Arciffeusky arriving from Holland with a Commiffion to be Afcijrt . 

 General over the Forces there, imparted to fome Friends the Copy of a Letter thajt ***<***• , 

 he intended to fend to the Jmfterdam Burgomafter Albert Coenraedfzpon Vander Burgh, r £J^ h ^ 

 containing many Accufations againft Grave Maurice and his Council ; of which he 

 being inform'd, call'd a general AfTembly,to whom he makes a large Speech,wherein 

 he declar'd how faithful a Servant he had been to the States of the United Netherlands 

 for the fpace of twenty years, complain'd of the malice of Arciffeusky in wrongfully 

 afperfing him, both in theaforefaid Letter and otherwife, anfwer'd particularly to 

 every thing which was laid to his Charge, (as he did afterwards in a Letter alfo 

 from himfelf to Vanderburgh) and laftly made it his peremptory Requeft, that he 

 might return home, and leave Arciffeusky in Power, or that Arciffeusky might be fent 

 home, and he remain undifturb'd in his Government ; and fo withdrew, leaving 

 them to their own Confultations. It exceedingly perplex d them, and took up a 

 long Debate what Judgment te give in this Matter, which before they concluded 

 on, they proposed feveral Expedients of Reconciliation between them ; but feeing 

 it was all in vain, they unanimoufly judg'd it convenient, that Arciffeusky fliould L'l/w. 

 return - who not long after accordingly wcigh'd Anchor from Varayba for Holland. 



Arciffeusky arriving in Holland, appeared unexpectedly before the States of the 

 United Netherlands and Weft.India Company, where feveral Judgments were pafs'd several >i g - 

 upon him j fome faid he defcrv'd fevere punifhment, for his misbehavior to Grave ££LS£; 

 Maurice ; others feem'd to have companion of him, becaufe he had done fo many 

 noble Exploits ; moft laid the blame on the Company, who rafhly fent him 

 with a Commiffion as Chief over the Mtlitia, not without impairing Grave Maurice's 

 Power 1 but thefe Difcourfes fell amongft thole who were not call'd to give their 

 Opinion of this Cafe. 



John Coin was chofen Field*Marflial in Arciffeusky s ftead, whileft the Councilors t^l- 

 Matthias Ceulen, Adrian Vander Duff en, John Guifeling, and SerVaes Carpentier, were ready TJ* ** 

 to come for Holland, and on the twenty ninth of Oiiober 16^0. they fet Sail from 

 Parayba, Vander Duffen bringing with him an cxaft Relation of the Condition of 

 Braftle, fofar as concerns the Weftdndia Company, which being material, we (hall 

 referve it for a more fit place. 



It being fear'd that the SpanijJ) Fleet in the Harbor of Todos los Sanclos might 



undertake 



