Chap. Vil. *A M EX^IC.A. m 



to (hew that ic was not quitted upon difadvantageous terms, they produced the 

 Articles of Agreement upon which it was furrendrcd to Franafco, Governor of 

 Pernambuco. In conclufion, the Council of War pafs'd their Sentence on Schufpe *** -- 

 *<fc That he fhould lofe all the Sallary that was due to him from the WeftJnd/a &3 V 

 Company fince the twenty fixth of January 1 654. when heSign'd the Agreement Sf 

 with Baretto for the delivering up oiP(ecijfa. 



Thus the Portuguefe recovered full andabfolute pofTeffion ofBrafile, yec notwith- 

 out fear of an afterclap of War . wherefore the Portuguefe Agent, upon condition of 

 an abfolute Peace to be concluded, proffer'd the States General in the Hague, Satisfa- 

 ction for the Damages which the Weft-India Company had fuftain'd in Brafile, 

 eighty Tun of Gold, a free Trade to Brafile, and payment of the Debts due to them 

 from feveral Portuguefes in Brafile 5 but told them, that to lurrender them any Places 

 there, was not in the power of the Portuguefe Crown. On the other-fide, the 8&* 

 niard proffer'd to affift them in the total Conqueft of Brafile, and to reftore them 

 thofe Places they formerly poflefs'd, as foon as they had fubdu'd the Portuguefe . to 

 which the Zealanders began to hearken, who being great Lofers by the Portuguefes 

 Treachery, wifh'd for nothing more than Revenge . but Holland having a great 

 Trade to Portugal, was more inclin dto Peace : Whereupon His Majefty of great 

 Britain proffer'd himfelf to be Mediator between the Portuguefe Crown and the 

 United Netherlands . and accordingly on the fixch oijuguft, Anno 1 661 . a Peace was 

 concluded with Portugal on thefe Terms : 



I. That Portugal ft* to fay to the United Netherlands eighty Tun of Gold, either in *««*. of 

 ready Money, Sugar, Tobacco, or Salt, or dedutl the fame out of the Cu/loms payable in the™™*™., 

 Portuguefe Harbors. vLu/n^ 



II. That the Guns on RecirTa were to be reftord to the Weft-India Company. tMandt ' 



III. That the Salt-Trade at St. Uves and other Places under the Portuguefe Jurifdtclion 

 whether in Africa or Braille, fimld be granted to the Netherlands, paying the Cuftoms as the 

 Portuguefe do tbemfehes. • 



IV. That the conquer' d Places gotten on both fides, jhould remain in the hands of the pre- 

 fent Poffeffors. 



V. That the %ing of Portugal jhould not lay an Embargo on any Ncthcrland Veffel, on 

 any pretence TtbatJ'oeVer ; though they fhould carry all manner of Ammunition to his Enemies, pro- 

 vided it were not out of any of the Portuguefe Havens. 



VI. That no Netherlander jhould eyer be calU before any Judge about any Difference in 

 (Religion, but Jhould have freedom thereof granted him y either in his Houfe or Ship, and alfo 

 a convenient Burying-place. 



VII. That if any Difference fhould chance to arife between Portugal and the Netherlands, 

 theyftwuld not extend it to prejudice the Trade , but every Merchant fhould be free to call in his 

 Debts , and fend Ships without hinderance. 



VIII. That this [refent Agreement ftwuld not be broken by any Mif demeanors afted by any 

 Subjects, either in the Eaft or Weft.Indies, W;o Vere to be punifb'd by their lawful Judges. 



IX. That the Havens belonging to both Parties "toere to be free for either Men of War or 

 Merchant-Men. 



X. That the Netherlander Trading in Portugal, might gojrmd, take Houfes and 

 Store-boufes. 



XI. Tliat the Goods laden in an Enemy s Ship might be declared free Pri%e. 



XII. That the Portuguefe in Brafile ftould pay their Debts vhicb they owd to the Weft- 

 India Company, or any other P erf on or Perjons . to which purpofe three appointed Commiftioners 

 were to Sit at Lisbon, to hear and determine the Qaufes that fliould be brought before tbem, and 



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