^54 
A Defcripion of the Coajls of 
Stvtml 
.Minifters 
hheaded 
by the Chi. 
sefcs. 
young, had one of his Arms cutoff. 
" The next day our Ship called the f/ec- 
" for being engag'd with avail Number 
of Chinefe Jones, was blown up, and 
*' in her forae of our belt Soldiers, a- 
*' mong whom was alfo my Father-in- 
" law Thomas Pedel. The Fort of Sacam 
" being, after a defence of a few days, 
** forc'd to furrender for want of frefli 
" Water and other Neceflaries, thcMi- 
" nifters, Officers, Schoolraafters, Sol- 
" diers, and in general all the Inhabi- 
" tantsof the flat Country, were for- 
" ced to make the bell Terms they 
could for themfelves. The Squadron 
" of Ships commanded by Mr. Kauvc, 
" (after it had for a fmall time rejoic'd 
*' our drooping Spirits) being difpers'd 
" by Tempells, and the Ship the Vrk 
forc'd upon the Sands, and taken by 
the Enemy, the fame was neither feen 
" nor heard of in five or fix Weeks af- 
ter. Tobefhort, the whole Country 
^' being over-run by the Chinefes, our 
^' Soldiers every where routed, Kouker- 
** ien laid in Afhes in fight of our Fort : 
" Such of ourContrymen as had not fe- 
" cur'd themfelves by a timely Flight, 
" fell into the Hands of the mercilefsE- 
nemies, who facrific'd the Reverend 
" Mr. fJambrock with his Son, and divers 
" others in Tilocen^ to their Fury : As alfo 
" Mr. Peter Afus Minifler of Favorlang, 
*' and Mr. Arnold Winfheim Minifler of 
" Sinkan, who had their Heads cut off', 
" and their Wives with many others 
" carried into Slavery. By this there 
" being great want of NecelTaries in the 
Fortrefs, the Soldiers died daily of 
" the Bloody Flux, Scurvy and Dropfy ; 
" fo that in nine Months time, having 
" loft above 1600 Men, both by Famine 
" and the Sword, we were forc'd (for 
" thePrefervation of our Lives) to ca. 
" pitulate. Who can without Tears re- 
" member the uncxpefted Deftruftion 
and Ruin of fo many Families, and of 
" near 30 Minifters, partly in their 
" Lives, partly in their Fortunes (a- 
" mong whom I had my (hare, having 
" loil all that I had gather'd in 1 5 Years 
" time) the Lofs and Difhonour of the 
" Company, with the unfpeakable Mi- 
" feries,among which I reckon mine none 
" of the leaft, as the Lofs of three Parts 
" of my Library ? All which we ought to 
" look upon as the effedtsof God's juft 
Indignation, on account of ourmani- 
fold Sins. I have no more to add, 
" than that it is none of the leaft among 
J' myother Affliftions, that Matters are 
" both fo ill reprefented, and worfe ta- 
" ken at Batavia. 
Sublciibed, 
Your affectionate Collegue 
Negap3,tnam 13. to ferve you, 
J'oames Kruyf- 
oftob. 1662'. 
But it is time to leave the miferable 
in the Ifle of Formofa^ and to come to the 
fecond Siege of Cochin, ylnno 1661- in 
September, Jacob Hujlart late Govenour 
of the Afoluques and Jmboyna, and after- 
wards refiding in the fame Quality in 
Ceylon and Malabar, fet fail from Bata- 
via with a good Squadron of Ships, 
Tsbrand Gosh Commodore, for Cochin, 
leaving Mr. Ry\lof ran Cocns at Batavia 
by reafon of his Sicknefs, but follow'd 
foon after. In November we began to 
batter the place moft furioully, being 
willing to reduce it before we could re- 
ceive the News of a "eace concluded be- 
twixt us and the Portuguefes (which we 
ex pefted every day ) and having the laft 
year receiv'd certain Inftrudions from 
the Governours of our Company to allow 
free Commerce, and Liberty of Religion 
to all fuch Portuguefes as would fiibmic to 
us, we propofed to the belieged that 
they fhould be left in full poflefTion of 
their Churches (except one) provided 
they would receive a Dutch Gavifon. 
This was not ill relifh'd by fome, but 
Jgnatio Sermento the Governour refufing 
to comply with it, we refolv'd to 
lofe no time to reduce the place by 
force. 
Accordingly it was refolv'd in a Coun- 
cil of War to alfault it on the River fide 
at low Tide and to render the Paflage 
the lefs difficult, a great number of Sacks 
fill'd with Sand were prepar'd to be 
thrown into the River. But this At- 
tempt prov'd unfuccefsful, our People 
meeting with fo hot a Reception there, 
that they were glad to think of retreat- 
ing. But as we had no time to lofe, fo 
we foon pitch'd upon another, which was 
carried on with better fuccefs : For that 
brave Commander Peter du Pon being or- 
der'd to alfault the Baftion on the Bank 
of the River, he executed his Commiffion 
fo fuccefsfully, that (tho not without 
great Refiftance ) he broke tiirough the 
Enemy, and maintain^ himfelf in fome 
of the adjacent Houfes againft the whole 
Force of the Enemy, till being feconded 
by frefh Troops of his own, they put 
ovt the white Flag, and fent their De- 
puties 
Thefecmi 
Siege of 
Cochin, 
Propsfali 
made tt 
the 8e/je~ 
gid. 
Vnfiiccefs- 
ful At- 
tempt of 
the Dutdi. 
