Chap. VII. U M ET^IC J. 



the Spanijh Seamen : Whereupon Ve Wy fent his Son to the Caftle Ceulen, making 

 folemn Proteftations, that he was ready to lofe his Life and Fortune for the Nether* 

 landers, in helping them to drive the Portuguese out of Brafile. Maurice alfo joyn'd 

 two thoufand Brafilians, and Colonel Garjlman with fixty 2{etberlanders, to the Tapu- 

 yans, that fo he might train them up in Martial Difcipline, whileft the Tapuyans 

 Wives and Children were plac'd on the Ifland Tamarica. 



About the beginning of the Year 1640. Houte-been and Licbtbart brought a 

 confiderable Fleet from the Netherlands to an Anchor at %eciffa, where a Confu- 

 tation was held, whither thefc Ships might be fent to do moft Service : every 

 one had an Eye on St. Salvador, not long fincc Storm'd in vain . but Maurice 

 judg'd that they had not Forces enough to undertake fo grand a Defign,but thought 

 it would be better to Land fome frefli Forces near St. Salvador, that there they might 

 burn the Sugar-Mills, and deftroy all things they could find, in revenge of what 

 the Enemy had done at Parayba. Whereupon Tourlon and Licbtbart fet Sail with 

 twenty Ships, Mann'd with two thoufand five hundred Men, to the Inlet Todos los 

 Santlos, where they burnt all the Portuguese Sugar-Mills, Houfes and Villages . nei- 

 ther did their Swords fpare any alive but Women and Infants : TheCattel which 

 they found they carry 'd aboard of their Ships, and burnt all other Provifions. 



In the mean time Houte-been and Cow fell upon Porto franco, where they ruin'd all 

 things, to no other end, but that the Enemy might call home his Forces out of the 

 1S(etberlanders Srafile, to defend the Province Todos los SanEios. But Captain <Brand 

 going up too far into the Countrey with his Army, was fuddenly fet upon, had a 

 hundred of his Men flain on the Spot, and was himfelf taken Prifoner, together 

 with many more. Alfo the Storming of the Town Spirito SanBo by Coin prov'd un. 

 fuccefsful, becaufehelcdanundifciplin'd Company, and wanted little Veffels to 

 Land in on a fudden ; for the Enemy having had timely notice, immediately rais'd 

 a Sconce about the Town, and with five BrafsGuns fir'd ftotitly on him, who en- 

 deavored to climb up the Hill, but was fore'd to found a Retreat, his Men failing 

 in their Courage 5 yet at laft breaking into the Town, he fet fome of the Houfes on 

 fire, which being built of Stone, refilled the Flame ; fo burning onely four hun- 

 dred and fifty Chefts of Sugar, he left fixty Men kill'd, and brought back eighty 

 wounded, Licbtbart in the mean time made great havock about St. Salvador. 



In this Conjuncture the Weftlndia Company fuffer'd much by Robberies and 

 Spoils committed up and down the Countrey, by the fetting their Woods of Sra- 

 file on fire by a company of Negro's, the chief Ring-leader of whom was one calPd 

 Peter Vijl, who from Caves and almoft inacceflible Ways came forth in the Night, 

 and fet fire on whatfocver places he came to, notwithstanding a hundred Negro's 

 of his crew were foon after caught, which heat feveral times had by force taken 

 out of their Matters Sugars-Mills ; which Grave Maurice prevented as much as pof- 

 fible, by keeping Soldiers up and down in Arms. He alfo us'd the Portuguefe very 

 civilly, who though they promis'd Obedience, becaufe they liv'd under the Ju- 

 rifdiftion of the Weftdndia Company, yet were ready on all occafions to (hew the 

 contrary; wherefore Grave Maurice fending for the chief of them to PUcijfa from 

 Pemambuco, Itamaraca, and Parayba, told them before the Privy Council, that 

 they might eafily fee how vainly they expected that the Spanijh Crown fhould take 

 !Brafile from the Netberlanders ; that formerly they depended on the Spanijh Fleet 

 Commanded by Mafcarenbas, but that being deftroy 'd by a fmall Force, that hope 

 was loft . therefore if henceforward they would Trade on their own Accounts,they 

 might be affur'd they fhould not fufFer in the leaft, cither in their Goods, Religion, 

 or Perfons. 



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