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Travels in India. 



Part. il. 



CHAP. XXIV. 

 Of the War of the Hollanders with the Emperor, of Java. 



HAving taken my leave of the Englijh Prefident, I return'd to Batavia j 

 where having little to do, I refblv'd to give a vifit to the King of fapar % 

 otherwile call'd the Emperor of fava. This King was formerly King of all the 

 Ifland, till the King of Bantam, who was only Governour of a Province, rebell'd 

 againft hfm -, the Hollanders being made by the divifions of thofe two Princes. 

 For when the King of fapar befieg'd Batavia, the King of Bantam reliev'd the 

 Hollanders -, and when they were attack'd by the King of Bantam, the King of 

 fapar came to their affiftance. And when thofe two Kings were together by 

 the ears, the Hollanders always aided the weakeft. 



The King of fapar keeps his Court in a City of the fame name, diftant from 

 Batavia fome thirty Leagues. You may coaft along the more to it by Sea i 

 but the City ftands above eight Leagues up in the Land. From the City there 

 is a fine Walk to the Sea, where there is a handfome Port, and fairer Houfès 

 than any in the City. And the King would live there if he thought it fafe. 



The day before I departed, I went to take my leave of one of the Indian 

 Counfellors, and telling him that I was going to wait upon the King of fapar, he 

 ftood amaz'd, in regard the King and the Hollanders were mortal Enemies $ of 

 which he gave me this account : The deceas'd King, Father to the King that 

 now reigns, fince the Hollanders built their Fort of Batavia would never have 

 any peace with them. And though that during the war the Hollanders took 

 ten of his Subjects, for one of theirs, and otfer'd ten for one in exchange, yet 

 he would never exchange one upon any condition whatfoever, and charg'd his 

 Son upon his death-bed never to releafe one. This obftinacy very much trou- ° 

 bl'd the Dutch General, and all the reft in Batavia, and oblig'd them to con- 

 fult upon ways how to right themfelves Now it is the cuftom when a Ma- 

 hometan King dyes, that his Succeffor fends certain great Lords of his Court 

 to Mecca with Prefents, as well to engage them to pray for the Soul of the 

 deceas'd ; as^alfo to give thanks to God and Mahomet for the coming of a new 

 King to the Throne without any impediment ; and to pray for the bleffing of 

 Victory over all his Enemies. But the new King and his Council were at a 

 lofs how to accomplim this Voyage ; for firft the King had none but little 

 VefTels, that were wont only to fail along by the fhore, by reafon of the in- 

 experience of his Seamen j and in the fécond place the Dutch were always ply- 

 ing to and fro about the mouths of his Havens^ to furprize his Subjects if they 

 itirr'd forth. For the fàfety therefore of his'^Pilgrims, the King at laft con- 

 cludes upon making an agreement with the Englijh. 'For which reafon he dif- 

 patches away an Envoy to Bantam, to the Englijh Prefident and his Council, who 

 promis'd to lend him the biggeft VelTel and the beft mounted which the Com- 

 pany had in the Indies. In lieu whereof the Englijh were to pay but half Cuftoms 

 for ever, for all Commodities exported or imported out of his Country. Which 

 Treaty being ratifi'd, the Englijh . furnifh'd him with three (tout VefTels, Mann'd 

 and Gunn'd beyond an ordinary rate. Thereupon nine of the principal Lords 

 of the Court, and moft of the Blood Royal, with a Train of a hundred perfons, 

 embark'd themfelves in the great VefTel. But all thefè preparations could not 

 be earn d fo privately, but that the Dutch had intelligence of it by their Spies. 

 Thereupon the General of the Dutch makes ready three Ships, and lying ;uft 

 in the ftreight of Bantams mouth ; fo foon as the Englijh cane up, ( for they had' 

 no other way ) let fly at them To roundly, that the Englifh fearing left their 

 VefTels would be funk, ftruck Sail ; which the fava Lords feeing, call'd the Eng- 

 lijh Traytors, and drawing their poyfon'd Daggers, cry'd a Mocca upon the Eng- 

 UJh, killing a great number of them before they had time to put themfelves 

 into a pofture of defence. And perhaps there would not one of them have efcap'd, 

 had not the Hollanders come aboard as they did. Some of the'^^ Lords,and about 



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