Chap. VII. *A M E%_1 C A. 6os 



Henrkk hath two hundred and thirty, in &«<fi M , two hundred and eighty . in 

 ft*, two hundred and feventy feven, in the CaftleiW,a hundred and twenty 

 five, .tfly, a hundred and ninety three . in 7^^, ninety three, in Ora J 



a hundred and one, m the Fort Mar.areta, three hundred and fi«y ; in the Caftl 

 fefe oghtyaght, m^o r,a lies G^e M^'s Guard ; 57, -„ is defended 

 by forty 5 lo that the whole Power confifts of fix thoufand one hundred and eighty 

 Men too weak a numberto refift the Enemy both by Land and Sea j nay, had lie 

 had Courage, the M#& Companies Concerns in \rafile would long fi h 3 e 

 been in a low Condition, for the Sptijk Fleet which came lately frorrfrl car 

 xyd three thoufand Men, befides feven hundred which they brought from &£ 

 I 7 the Duke of Sa g „oU was alfo ready with two thoufand !**„,/„ and * 

 thoufand S ^ w , to JO yn with the Seamen, and expend alfo as greft a numt 

 from farayba, fernanbuco, Serena, Itamarica, ^ Grande, and ^'contrary to the ■ 



Oath taken ,n ^eaffa , But the Sfam/b Fleet keeping clofe to the Bay Todos losSantlos, 

 hath huherto done nothing, except the fending of feveral Companies into the 

 Countrey, to rob and pillage thefi,^,, Villages. Moreover, the Mulatto's and 

 Negro s do great mifchief up and down, and fo much the more, becaufe they £ o 

 and come along private Ways, through which none can follow them. Moft of the 

 Sh.ps bemg badly fitted are fcarce able to keep the Sea, and the Soldiers want 



A am" C XC l / Y \ r C f* & " ^^ ^ ^ C °^^ in a co «tinual 

 Alarm, fo that five thoufand Men are lc <juh*d to conquer it: Eighteen oreat 



Ship. =nd as many Ketches, befides letter Veffels, ought to be fent thither, thf Sea 

 bemg full of Pyrats. The common Treafury is fo much behind-hand, that none 

 can reccrve any Pay. The Owners of the Sugar-Mills will not deliver any Sugar 

 without ready Money, becaufe of the %kW WI emoval from thence. 



This Relation of theAfTairs of the Nether land Wejl -lnd,a Company in Brsfik, was 

 deliver d to them in Writing by Vander Dujfen. 



A Defection. of theTalaceVvtyhnrgh, mo 'Bridges, and a Ban. 

 quemng-houfe, all built by Grave Maurice. 



G^e Maurice before his coming away from (Brafile, built a pleafant'palace 

 along the River Z.beribi, before the Fort Erneftus on Jntonio Vacs . the out. 

 moft Work whereof was (haded by a double Row of CWTrees, and had 

 a Pond full of all forts of Filh , and not far from thence, on one Gdc, a fecond en. 

 compafs'd a Coney. Warren, which refpetted a Pell-mell , near it a Garden, curi- 

 oufly divided into round Parterres, which led into a long Park of BakkoVen-Trc es 

 and at the end a great Dovc-houfe. Next the River flood a large Stable, on one 

 fide whereof was a Field to whiten Linnen in, and a Kitchin- Garden, wherein was 

 a large Spot full of Orange-Trees, a row of Vines, which bore Grapes every three 

 Moneths, and a delightful Walk, befet on each fide with Lime-Trees. On the 

 other fide of this Palace flood a Banquetting-houfe, near a row of Pomegranate. 

 Trees, and another of Fig and Cittron-Trees. Behind the Palace was a Filh= pon d 

 with two lies, for the Swans. A Dove-houfe alfo appear'd near the Fort Erneft l(f 

 where the N^ro'r watch 'd the Horfes, and led them to Water in a Fifhpond in a 

 large Wood. Before the Palace appear'd a Stone Paltifado, which like a Half- 

 Moon ran into the River. The Palace it felf rofe with two Towers one of 

 which ferv'd for a Sea-mark, 



Moreover, 





