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to the Price they were bought for, and that 
they fhould avoid giving any juft reafon 
of complaint to the Dutch. But thefe 
Promifes had not the defired EfFeft, as 
will appear out of the next following 
Letter of Mr. John van Teylingen Prefi- 
ient and Governor of the Dutch Fadto- 
ies in Gufuratte, Indojlan^ and Mochd, 
^TxHereas by the manifold ExaQions 
and Injuries, the robbing of the 
Faftory of our Company, the Detenti- 
on of Daniel Majfouw Barber's Mate, 
and divers other enormous Proceedings ; 
the Perfons in the Service of the Com- 
pany, in the Empire of the Great Mo- 
gul^ have received confiderable Detri- 
ment from divers of the Great A/o^m/'s 
Officers ( contrary to the intent of his 
Firman, or Letters Patents) which muft 
needs tend to the great damage of the 
Company in general : It has, after ma- 
ture deliberation, been thought expe- 
dient,by Mr.Cornel. van der Lijn Gover- 
nor-General, and the reft of the Mem- 
bers of the Council of the Indies, to 
redrefs the faid Affronts and Injuries 
by Force of Arms. The Yachts, the 
Larck, the Sluice, the Lillo, and the 
Eight-Churches, being equipped lately 
for that purpofe, and to be join'd by 
divers other Ships from Batavia, we 
give the Command thereof, during my 
abfence from the Fleet, to the Head 
Faftor Gerard Pclgnm, which how- 
ever lhall ceafe that Minute, when I 
come aboard any one of thefe Ships in 
Perfon. To prevent all Diforders, Ra- 
pine, and other Enormities, I do by 
rhefe Prefents give a ftrid Charge to 
all the Officers, of what degree foever, 
and to all the Soldiers and Seamen a- 
board thefe Veflels, not to hurt the 
Moors either in their Lives or Eflates 
( this being contrary to the Intention of 
the Council ) but only to feize upon 
their Ships, Mony, and Goods, and to 
fecure them, till Satisfaction be <|btain'd 
by the Company upon their juft Preten- 
lions. We therefore once more com- 
mand all the Officers, Soldiers and Sea- 
men, v/ithouc exception, not to injure 
or rob (after the feizing of any of thefe 
Ships) the Moors in their Perfons or 
Goods, uuder the penalty of corporal 
punifhment, and (according to the na- 
ture of the Crime) of the lofsof their 
Lives, as they will anfwer the fame to 
the contrary at their peril. 
Given at the Dutch Factory at Surat- 
te, Feb. 10. 1649. 
John van Teylingen. 
The following Order was likewife di- Bald^us, 
refted to the Head Faftor Gerard Pelgrim, Vy-\ro 
and the Fadlor Peter Ruttens. 
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" It being firmly refolv'd in Council, ^f^-^^^y- 
the 2^tb oioaob. to profecute ^^^^ q^I^Z' 
" the utmoft vigour the Delign ai^i 
" formerly by the Governour General tens. 
" and the Council of the Indies ( which 
" was delay'd by our long ftay) with the 
" firft opportunity ; the Yachts the Sluice, 
*' Larck,LiUo, and Eight-Churches, arc cho- 
fen for that purpofe : But two of them 
" being now at Mocha, and the other two 
" ordered to ftay there the Winter at 
" Dahul, we conftitute the Head Faftor 
" Mr. Gerard Pelgrim Commodore over 
" the faid Ships, as foon as they are re- 
" join'd aboard the Larck, or any other 
" of thefe Ships he fhall be pleafed to 
*' chufe, where he fliall carry the Flag, 
" with Authority to call on board the 
" Council of War, when Occafion re- 
" quires. In his abfence, or feparation 
" of the Ships, the Fadtor, Petter Rut- 
" tens, fhall exercife the fame Autho- 
" rity as Gerard Pelgrim, both which 
" however fliall ceafe, with the arrival 
of the Prelident Mr. John van Tey- 
" lingen. Whether the two beforemen- 
" tioned Yachts fhall leave Mocha toge - 
" ther or not, is not yet determined 
but in the mean while we ftridly 
charge you, that fo foon as you have 
" notice that the Chafirovan (a Ship of 
a vaft bulk ) or any of the other Ships 
belonging to Suratte, are preparing to 
" depart, you fet fail fome days before 
" them, under pretence of being bound 
" (according as we ufed to do) for Gam- 
" ran. All which is to be underftood, 
" provided Matters be not brought to a 
" happy conclufion before that time ; for 
" if that were, you have nothing to do 
" but to profecute your Voyage in good 
" earneft thither, unlefs you had a fure 
profped of gaining confiderably by 
" your ftay, and increafing the price of 
" your Cargo. For the reft, it is to be 
" your main concern,to take efFeclual care 
" that none of the Great Mogul's Ships, 
nay even fuch as trade thither from* 
^* efcape your hands ^ and efpecially 
" to keep a watchful Eye over the Cha/i- 
" rovan, which commonly fails fooner 
" than the reft, and has more ready Mo- 
ny aboard. In cafe it fhould happen 
" (which we hope it will not) that the 
" Yacht the Eight Churches, which is to 
return from Gamron, fliould, by fome 
" Accident or other, be detain'd in her 
Voyage, 
