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and fecQnded the Game by a general Af- 
General ^ault. For early in the Morning three 
AjpiHlt of their ftoutefl Ships appearing in fight 
given upon of the City, one of them called the 
Columbo. Enchuyjin enter'd the Harbour, carry- 
ing the red Flag in her Stern and com- 
ing to an Anchor within Mufquet-fhoc of 
the Baftion of St. Cfus^ gave us feveral 
warm Salutes, under the found of Drums 
and Trumpets bat Manoel d' Abreu. Go- 
dinhodiwdi Anthonio de Silva^ the Command- 
ing Officers on the Baftion of St. Laurence^ 
did ply them thick with their Cannon, 
that having firll brought by the Board all 
her Mafts, they made foon after fo many 
Holes in her (ides, that flie was ready to 
link, and a few of her Crew made hard 
fhift toefcape in the long Boat. Tlieo- 
ther two Ships feeing the other fo ill trea- 
ted, did not think fit to follow her Foot- 
ftepsjbut made the belt of their way to the 
Road,alledging in their behalf, that they 
were not able to come up with the other. 
At the fame time they attempted the 
Aflault on the Land fide. Mr. John van 
der Lctan aflaulted with 7 Companies the 
Gate of Acouras^ advancing boldly with 
Sword in hand to the very Faces of our 
People, the foremoll of which began to 
give way, and in all likelihood the rell 
would have followed their Example, had 
not Y2it\\zv Antonio Nunes a Jefuic, with his 
drawn Sword threatn'd fuch as were 
ready to fly with prefent Death ; nay his 
Comrade John Cordeiro wounded one of 
the Soldiers as he was flying with his long 
Rapier. Soon after Cafpar Figueira de Ser- 
coming with frefh Supplies, this fo a- 
nimated our Soldiers, that they not only 
ftoppd the Enemies Fury, but alfo made 
them give way in a little while after. In 
this Adion an Enfign and Serjeant acqui- 
red Immortal Honour, and Manoel d"* Al- 
meyda^ thoa very old Soldier, yet did 
not leave his Pofl: till he had received 1 1 
Wounds. Felicio dc Seixas and Contrero 
de Seixas loft their Lives with their 
Swords in their Hands ^ Manoel Guerreiro^ 
i. e. the Warrior^ did great Service with 
his Cannon from his Redoubt, he being 
an expert Cannoneer. 
Dutch Major ^'aw der Laan feeing there was 
yepuifed. no likelihood of fucceeding, founded a 
Retreat, leaving the Ground covered 
with the dead Carcafesof the Hollanders. 
The Enemy receiv'd alfo confiderablc Da- 
mage from the Tower, where Biego dc 
, Souz^a de Cajlro commanded, and no quef- 
tion much more might have been expected 
had we been provided with good Gunners : 
for it muft be confelTed, that we wanted 
not Officers of Courage and Experience, 
Baldam 
but only fuch as underftood the Mathe- 
maticks and the Art of Gunnery ; an 
Inftance of which might be given in one 
of our Gunners, who having double char- 
ged a Cannon, did wound one of our 
Captains and two others, viz.. Thomcvs 
Fereira Leite^ and Pedro Gonfalves Salgado^ 
tho for the reit their Fidelity ought not Not one 
to be pafs'd by in filence ^ it having been 
obferv'd, that not one of our Cannoneers ff,^^,^,^^ 
deferted to the Enemy, but raoifcofthem dejat^d. 
loft their Lives in the Service. 
The Gate of Rajuhawas attacked with 
800 choice Men by General H^//^ in Per- 
lon, who endeavoured to mount the 
Walls with fcaling Ladders: As they 
palled the Bridg, they were forelygalfd 
from the Baftions of St. Stephen^ St. Se- 
bajiiany and that of Madre de Deos^ the 
Defence whereof being committed to 
Rodrigo Boralho^ Antonio de Mota d'' OUvei- 
ra^ and Minoel Cabreira de Ponte^ they 
gave fuch a hotfalute with their Firelocks 
from behind their Pallifado Works to the 
Hollanders^ that many of them were 
laid dead upon the Ground. A cer- 
tain Cannon of Stone did them confidera- 
ble Damage, and would have done more, 
had it not burft in pieces. Three times 
they renewed the Aflault with incredible 
Fury, and as often were they repulled 
with an unfpeakable Bravery. Ac ia!t 
General to encourage his Men> cri- 
ed out aloud, Soldiers., the Princes Stan- 
dard is fet upon the Baftion of St. John 
(which in effed was not fo) and fo vvidi 
a Carfe (SanteDiabo^ i.e. Holy Devil) 
he fnatch'd a Ladder out of a Fellow's 
Hand ^ but finding no body ready to fol- 
low him, whilft he was encouraging his 
Men, and fixing his Ladder to the very 
Gate, he was wounded in the Thigh, 
and fo forc'd to retreat. On the lide of ctie 
Lake or Fens (called L^Oiiby the Portu- 
guefes) 24.3 Men were erabark'd in 8 
Cfeme/e Boats brought from Batavi.t tot 
that purpofe. They were met by Do- 
mingos Coelbo d' A'la in 5 Manchous or Bar- 
ges, who fought with them courageoiifly 
for fome time, but was forced at iaft to 
fuffer them to land, but retir'd into a 
Pallifado-Work near MmaTelles, from 
whence he with Sebaftian Caldctra^ and 
S or 5 more (the reft being run away) 
fir'd briskly upon the Hollanders who at 
laft finding a Hole or Gate near the Houfe 
of Sebafiian Caldeira^ they forc'd their 
way, notwithftanding the brave RelUt- 
ance made by Manoel Rodrtgues Franco^ 
Guardian de Faro, and Francifco Rebdlo de 
Palfares^ who feat a good quanLiiy of 
Hand-granadoes and Fire-ball^ aaiang 
them. 
