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A Defcripion of the Coafts of 
rv^/V-/-> " Jytdia, on one fide, and their High and 
Baldaiis. " Mighcinefles the States General of the 
^yy^ United Provinces on the other fide, in- 
"■ eluding all the before-mentioned King- 
doms, Countries, Provinces, Hlands, 
" and other places on both fides of the 
" Equinodtial Line ( without exception ) 
" all fnch as now adually are, or for the 
future may be under the jurifdidion 
" of the faid King and the States-Gene- 
" ral i during which fpace of ten years 
fuccefTively all Hollilities betwixt their 
" refpeftive Subjeds Ihall ceafe both by 
Sea and Land, withoiit limitation or 
" exception ot any Places, Perfons or 
" Gircumftances, as by the Articles of 
the faid Truce does more amply and 
fully appear. It is therefore that we 
are commanded to furceafe all manner 
" of Hoftilities from this day for the 
next fucceeding ten years, according 
to which all our Subjefts fhall regulate 
" themfelves ^ and to take elFedual care 
" that nothing may be tranfafted any 
" wife contrary to the true intent of the 
" Articles of the faid Alliance and 
Truce, but to maintain the fame in- 
violably. And that nobody may plead 
" ignorance in this cafe, we have or- 
der'd thefe Prefents to be publifh'd, 
" enjoyning every body under fevere Pe- 
" nalties, not to infringe any of the 
before-mentioned Articles,as they will 
anfvver the fame at their peril. Dated 
" in the Caftle of Batavla^ Oitob. 4. 1 642. 
" and lirft publifh'd the ^th of the fame 
" Month, under tke Great Seal of the 
Company in red Wax. 
Anthony njan Diemen. 
By Order of his Excellency, 
Peter Alcfdach^ Secretary. 
The Pro- However this Truce was btit ill ob- 
tej} fentto ferv'd by the Viceroy of Goa^ efpecially 
the Count in the Territories of Gale in the Ifle of 
d'Aveiras. ^^^Jq^^ which inducM the D«?c^ General 
and Great Council to fend him this fol- 
lowing Protelt. 
Y Letters from our Commiflary 
Peter Boreel, whom (after the 
Ratification of the Truce betwixt 
his Portuguefe Majefty and the States 
General of the Vnited Provinces') we 
difpatch'd to Goa^ to give notice there- 
of to your Excellency, we have been 
inform'd beyond all expedtation, that 
upon his arrival there, and his earneft 
requeft to your Excellency (purfuant 
to our Orders ) to withdraw the 
Army under the Command of Don 
cc 
Philip of Mafcarenha/s, from the Ter- 
ritories of Pmtegale md&v our jurif- 
" didion, your Excellency has been plea- 
fed to Ihew fo much averfion to com- 
" ply with his Demands, tho founded 
" upon undeniable and juft grounds re- 
" prefcnted to your CommiOioners in the 
" feveral Conferences held upon that 
" Subjed ^, that he finding his Prefence ^The Por- 
" ufelefs at Goa^ he was forced to return cwguefes 
" from thence without being able to en- P^l^^^"<^f- 
" compafs his juft Defigns, and (pur-cy'^fL 
" fuantto his Orders receiv'd from iis} rifdi^fmi 
to denounce before his departure, the did not ex~ 
Continuation of the War to your Ex- '^'''^^ 
" cellency, till Satisfadion might be ob- y/^jj^.- 
" tainM upon this fcore. And fince the g^y, 
unjuft detention of the Territories of 
" Gale tends to our confiderable Detri- 
ment, we declare, that upon perufal 
" of the Writings fent to us by your 
" Excellency by the hands of our Com- 
" mifliry, we can make no better Con- 
" ftrudion of the whole matter, than 
" that your Excellency's Intention is, 
under this framed Pretext, to render 
" the Truce concluded betwixt our re- 
" fpedive Mailers, invalid and of no 
" worth. It is therefore that we think 
" our felves oblig'd to approve every 
" thing that has been tranfaded upon 
" this Head by our Commifiary, and 
" to make ufe of fuch means for the 
Jultiucation of our Rights, as God 
" has put into our hands, and are al- 
" together futable to the Laws of Na- 
" tions. And as upon thefe Confidera- 
" tions, we have fent back this Fleet, 
" by which your Excellency will at once 
" receive this Froteft^ and be made fen- 
" fible at the fame time of our Refa- 
lution of maintaining our juft Caufe, 
which v/ill queftionlefs prove the oc- 
cafion of new Differences betwixt 
his Portuguefe Majefty and the States 
General of the Vnited Frovi}lces, as 
alfo of much EfFufion of Blood, of 
" vaft Expences, and many other In- 
conveniences ; we call God to wit- 
" nefs, and declare and proteft by thefe 
" Prefents, that we are innocent, and 
" are not anfwerable for the direful 
" Gonfequences of this breach of the 
" Truce, which we were ready to have 
" pundually obferv'd on our fide, pur- 
" fuanc to the Intention of our Mafters, 
" had not your Excellency bereav'd 
us of all hopes of adjiifting matters 
by an amicable Compofition, for the 
recovery of our Rights in the Country 
" of 
