Chap.XIV. Malabar and Goromandel. 
Their third The 1 8fib of February the faid Ambafla- 
Audicnce. tlors had another Audience, wherein they 
defir'd a pofitive Anfvver to their Propo- 
fitions, the time defir'd by the Governor 
to confult with the Great Council being 
ex'pir'd. They urg'd, that fince the 14^/; 
of February fome Yachts were arrived, 
which had brought the Confirmation of 
the News of the Peace lately concluded 
betwixt both Nations, therefore they did 
not queflion but their Excellencies would 
no longer deny them the dellrM Trade. 
The Governour-Geneial gave for An- 
fwer. That the laid Yachrs had toiich'd 
at FernambucOj from whence they had 
brought the Articles of a ten years 
Truce betwixt his Portuguese Majefty 
Don John IV. and the High and Mighty 
the States General of the Vnited Pro- 
vinccs^ in refpedt of their Territories in 
Furore, with Exception however of the 
places and Colonies belonging to the Eaji 
and IVejl'lndia Companies •, that they 
had alfo brought along with them the 
Articles or Conditions agreed upon be- 
twixt their High and MightineHes and 
Trijlan de A'Iendoz.a the Portuguefe Am- 
ballador, concerning the Wejl-India Com- 
pany : whence it appeared, that the fame 
ought to be firfl ratified by his Portuguefe 
Majefty, and fent back to the States Gene- 
ral \ and that the fame after that fliould not 
take cfFeft before notice be given thereof 
inBraz.il: and the fame being agreed upon 
in reference to the Eaft-lndid Company, 
and our Ships which left Holland in Septem- 
ber laft, being expefted every day in thefe 
parts with the Ratifications of the faid 
Treaty, it was thought convenient by 
the Great Council to exped their coming, 
and to regulate themfelves according to 
the Conditions agreed upon betwixt their 
refpedive Mafters, efpecially fince the 
faid Ships would probably arrive before 
the feafon would permit the Amballa- 
dors to depart for Goa, and confequently 
there would be no lofs of time in this re- 
fpeft. 
The AmbaiTadors told them that they 
could not but think it ftrange, that fince 
both Nations liv'd in Amity in Europe^ 
they fliould aft in a hoflile manner againft 
one another in the Indies, The Governor- 
General replyM, that fince their refpec- 
tive Mailers had thought it convenient 
it fliould be fo, till the Ratification of 
the Treaty by his Portuguefe Majefty, and 
that notice had been given thereof to 
them, they were oblig'd to take their 
meafures accordingly. The Ambafia- 
dors anfwer'd, that they had promifed 
themfelves a quite other Anfwer, tho in 
all other refpefts they acknowledg'd the OwA^ 
Honours and obliging Entertainment they Baldcciu. 
had received, defiring that a Copy might ^^yysj 
be given them containing an exad ac- 
count of all ths Tranfadlions during their 
Itay here, betwixt their Excellencies and 
them, by which it might appear that 
they had not been defedtive in their Zeal 
and Indudry to bring this matter to the 
defir'd eft'ect. This was promifed by the 
Governoiir-General, with this addition, 
that to give them all imaginable Satif- 
fadtion concerning the Truce, they v/ould 
alfo give them a faithful Copy of the 
Articles thereof, not queflioning but 
that the Ships would arrive in the mean 
whiles but if they fhould happen to flay 
longer, beyond expectation, they would 
confult all proper means to give them what 
fatisfaftion they could. They thankfully 
receiv'd this Anfvver, extolling once more 
the obliging Entertainment they had met 
with at their hands ^ they din'd with 
moft of the Members of the Great Coun- 
cil at the Governour-General's Houfe, 
and towards the Evening took the Air 
on Horfe-back. 
The 3o?fc of March the faid AmbafTa- 77w> 
dours had another Audience, in vvhich /^"'^^'^ '^^^ 
they delivered a Memorial to the Great 
Council-, which being read, the Gover- 
nour-General told them, that what was 
alledg'd in the faid Memorial was a Matter 
of Fad, and agreeable to what had been 
entcr'd in their Records ^ but that they 
would not have them defjpond concerning 
the arrival of the Ships, which he was 
forry flaid fo long behind ^ but that 
notwithflanding this, he hoped they 
fliould not depart without Satisfadion. 
The Ambafladors reply'd, his Excel- 
lency would be pleafed to remember his 
Promife, of not letting them depart with- 
out Satisfadion, of obtaining the end of 
their Commiflion, in cafe the Ships fliould 
not arrive. 
The Governour-General return'd for 
Anfwer, That by faying fo, he did not 
intend to confent to the Truce, which 
was beyond his Power, at leafl; till the 
arrival of the faid Ships ; but to give 
them all the pdfiible marks of his Good- 
will and Efl:eem, and that they fliould 
be difraifs'd with all the marks of Refped 
they were able to pay them. That fince 
his Mafl:ers had thought fit to limit the 
beginning of the Truce to the time of 
its being ratified by his Majefl:y of Por- 
tugal.^ and being returned into Holland., and 
thence to the Eajl-lndies^ they were ab- 
foiutely oblig'd to wait for the arrival of 
it, left it fljould feem as if they thought 
thein- 
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