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A Defcriftion of the Coafif of 
BrildiCiLS. 
Voyage, we have provided againfl; it, 
by diipatching to the Commanders 
thereof a Copy of thefe Orders for 
" their direftion upon occafion ^ which 
" after the return from their Voyage 
" they are Vo deliver fealed up into your 
" cuftody, where the fame is to remain 
" till you fet fail again, which is to be 
" redelivered to them to ferve for a fure 
" direction, in cafe you (hould be fepa- 
" rated at Sea. Silence ought to be your 
" moft peculiar care in this cafe, for fear 
" the Secret coming to the Ears of the 
Moors^ they ihould ftop the departure 
of their Ships. The Larck and the 
Lillo^ and in default of thofe the Po/J, 
after their firft appearance here, fhall 
be fent to Gamrottj whence they (hall 
fail pretty late, as if bound for Bata- 
vta^ but, under pretence of being una- 
ble to profecate their Voyage, come to 
an anchor in the Road before Dabul^ 
from whence they fhall fail Aug. 15. 
" fleering their Courfe directly for the Ri- 
" ver of Suratte •, where they are to ftay 
" till the arrival of the PrefidentMr.7o/j;j 
" vayt Teylingen aboard them and in the 
mean while feize upon all the Moors 
Veflels coming from Mocha yetfo, 
as not to commit any further Outrages 
againft them, except only to keep them 
in fafe cuftody till the Company iliall 
" have received Satisfaftion from the 
" King Chaftinan. So foon as they have 
retaken a Veflel, they fhall take the 
Nachodcvs Merchants and Seamen over 
" in their Ships, and keep them under a 
good Guard, yet without any molefta- 
tion, rather fhewing them all the 
marks of Refped and Civility that 
" can be ^ and fhall put as many Soldi- 
" ers and Seamen of ours aboard fuch a 
" Ship as fhall be thought fufficient to 
" keep her : and Proclamation is to be 
*' made, enjoining every body to abitain 
" from doing the leaft injury to the feized 
^/oow,either in their Perfons or Goods; 
and Officers are to be appointed to fee 
the fame put in execution. After we 
have got all, or moftof the Moorifh 
VefTels into our hands, you fhall take 
care to embark all the Facquiers and 
other loofe People in one Ship, and to 
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" let them fail their ways where they 
" pleafe, they being not worth our keep- 
" ing. This done, you fhall take the 
" firft opportunity of fair Weather to 
tranfport, firft the ready Mony, and 
afterwards the Merchandizes aboard 
" our Veflels ; but fo, as that they be 
" well pack'd and feal'd up firft^ and ex- 
" act Inventory made, with the Names 
" or Marks of the refpeftive Owners: 
Each Parcel is to be mark'd with a pe- 
" culiar Letter a Copy of which is to be 
" given to the Owners, and a written 
" Acknowledgment to be taken from the 
" Nachodas of what is thus taken, and to 
be redelivered, in cafe Matters be ad- 
" jufted hereafter, thatfo every one may 
" know where to look for his own ; the 
" Faftor being to be careful in this Point 
" in the Tranfportation, as well as the 
" Mafter of the Ship in receiving, as 
" they will anfwer for the lots at their 
" peril. The Yacht coming from 
Mocha you are to let pafs unmolefted, 
" for weighty Reafons^ purfuant to the 
Refolution taken in Council the ij^th. 
" The fame is to be done in refpedt of all 
" French^ Danifh^ and all other Ships in 
" amity with the States, provided they 
" don't attempt any thing upon the 
*' Moors in your cuftody ; in which cafe 
" you fhall defend your felves to the lall 
" Extremity. Laftly, If the Matter 
*' could be focontriv'd, that our VefTels 
" coming from Mocha might intercept 
and feize the Ships of Cambaja^ and 
" carry them to the River ot Surat^ 
" tCj it would be a lingular piece of Ser- 
" vice, and much haften the Accommo- 
dation. I conclude , wilhing you 
" Health and Happinefs in your Voyage 
" and Undertaking, for your own Glory, 
and the Intereftof the Company. 
From the Dutch 
Faftory at Su- 
ratte^^hr. 20, 
Signed, 
u4rent Barentfz.. 
John van Teylingen. 
Joofi Dirik. 
Adrian van der Burgh. 
Daniel van der Hagen. 
Gerardo Pelgrim, and 
Mlias Boudaan. 
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