NO. 53. — 1902.] GALLE DUTCH RECORDS. 



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which reason we are afraid that the said Lord President with 

 all the friends in the ship "De Pan" are still in prison at Goa, 

 therefore it has been deemed advisable to send to Goa fifty 

 Portuguese prisoners, to be exchanged for our friends if they 

 should still continue in the enemy's power ; twenty -two of 

 these prisoners having been carried to Malacca in the " Cochin 

 Fust" 1 and the English ship " De Hoop," to wit, ten Jesuits, 

 two Franciscan monks, and ten persons consisting of mer- 

 chants, soldiers, and priests, and twenty-five common persons 

 seized in the fortress of Negumbo. 



But in case the Viceroy at Goa should have sent away 

 from Wingurla and liberated the friends in the said ship 

 " Pau," and the Lord President Geleynsz, then the Commander 

 shall by way of return set free all the Malacca priests and 

 their prisoners, twenty -two in number, but the remaining 

 twenty-eight shall be sent back hither to Negumbo and be 

 carried again to Batavia, so that they be not again sent hither 

 and we hereafter be again troubled with them ; 

 and in case all our men of the " Pau " should have been 

 liberated, and only the said Lord President be kept in duress, 

 then the Commander shall with a view to his liberation 

 reloase five or six, nay if need be all the priests, but in no case 

 any of the others, whether officers or soldiers, for we opine 

 that so many 



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ecclesiastics must be sufficient for his liberation. 



Whereas, furthermore, as a parcel of English lead, cloves, 

 rompen, 2 refined brimstone, sandalwood, and opium has 

 been taken in by our fleet, in order to be exchanged for 

 fresh victuals for the use of our men, in case of our 

 touching at the Coast of India or Malabar, or if we should 

 not touch at the said coasts, to be sent to the Coast of Malabar 

 for strengthening the pepper trade on the said coast, 



1 Literally, Cochin barrel. 



2 This was probably some shell or husk used as an article of commerce. 

 Valentyn does not mention it in the list he furnishes. 



2 p 21-02 



