Travels in India. 



Part. II. 



provided on purpofe, immediately cut off the member ; but for all that, the 

 poyfon had difpers'd it felf fo fpeedily, that the EngUJh man dy'd at the fame 

 time. All the Kings and Princes of the Eaft are very diligent in their enquiry 

 after ftrong poyfons. And I remember that the chief of the Batch Factory and 

 I try'd feveral poyfon'd Arrows, with which the King of Achen had prefented 

 him, by mooting, at Squirrels, who fell down dead, as foon as ever they were 

 touch'd. 



The King of Macaffar is a Mahometan, and will not fufFer his Subjects to 

 embrace Chriftianity. Yet in the year i6j6,the Chriftians found a way to get leave 

 to build a fair Church in Macaffar. But the next year the King caus'd. it to be 

 pulPd down, as alfo that of the Dominican Friars, which the Portugais made 

 ufe of. The Parifh Church, which was under the Government of the fecular 

 Priefts, ftood ftill, till the Hollanders attack'd Macaffar, and compell'd him ro 

 turn all the Portugais out of his Dominions. The ill conduct of that Prince 

 was in part the occafion of that war ; to which the Hollanders were mov'd, 

 to revenge themfelves upon the Portugal fefuites, who had crofs'd their Em- 

 balfy to China. Befides, that they offer'd great affronts to the Hollanders at 

 Macaffar, efpecially when they trod under foot the Hat of one of the Dutch 

 Envoys, who was fent to treat with the King in behalf of the Company. There- 

 upon the Hollanders refolv'd to unite their forces with the Bouqmfes, that were 

 in rebellion againft their Soveraign, and to revenge themfelves at any rate. 



Now as to the bufinefs of China, it happen'd thus : Toward the end of the 

 year i6j8, the General of Batavia and his Council, fent one of the chief of 

 the Holland Company with Prefènts to the King of China; who arriving at 

 Court, labour'd to gain the friendfhip of the Mandarins, who are the Nobility 

 of the Kingdom. But the fefuites, who by reafoh of their long abode in the 

 Country, underftood the language, and were acquainted with the Lords of the 

 the Court, left the Holland Company mould get footing to the prejudice of 

 the Portugais, reprefented feveral things to the Kings Council to the prejudice 

 of the Hollanders ; more efpecially charging them with breach of Faith in all 

 the places where they came. Upon this the Holland Agent was difinifs'd., and 

 departed out of China without doing any feats. Afterwards coming to under- 

 ftand what a trick the Portugal fefuites had put upon him, he made report 

 thereof to the General and his Council at Batavia ; which fp incens'd thern, 

 that they refolv'd to be reveng'd. For by the Deputies accounts, the Em- 

 balfy had coft them above fifty thoufand Crowns ; for which they confulted 

 how to make the Portugais pay double. Underftanding therefore the trade 

 which the fefuifs drove in the Ifland of Macao, and to the Kingdom of Ma- 

 caffar, whither upon their own account they fent feven Veffels, laden with all forts 

 of Commodities, as well of India as China ; they took their opportunity, 

 and the feventh of fune 1660, appear'd with a Fleet of thirty Sail before the 

 Port of Macaffar, The King thinking himfelf oblig'd to make defence againft 

 fo potent an Enemy, endeavour'd to fuftain the brunt of the Hollander with 

 the Portugal Ships in the Road ; but the Hollander dividing their Fleet, part 

 of them fought the Portugal, the other half batter'd the Royal Fortrefs fo, 

 furioufly, that they carry 'd it in a fhort time. Which fo terrifi'd the King,' 

 that he commanded the Portugais not to fire any more for fear of farther pro- 

 voking his Enemies. The Prince Patinfaloa was flain in the fight, which was 

 a great lofs to the King of Macaffar, who was.become formidable to his neigh- 

 bours by the good Conduct of that Minifter. As for the Hollanders, they took, 

 burnt, and funk all the Portugal Veffels, and fufficiently re-imburs'd themfelves 

 for their China Expences. 



The thirteenth of fune the King of Macaffar , whofe name was Sumbaco s 

 hung out a white Flag from another Tower, whence he beheld the fight en- 

 viron'd by his Wives. During the truce, he fent one of the Grandees of his 

 Court to the Dutch Admiral, to defire peace, which was granted, upon con- 

 dition he mould fend an Embalfador to Batavia, expel the Portugais out of the 

 Ifland, and not permit his Subjects to have any more to do with them. 



Thereupon the King of Macaffar fent eleven of the greateft Lords of his 

 Court, with a train of fèven hundred menj the Chief of the Embaffy being 



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