'lH ‘The V O Y 
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Sentence, again]} Peter Erberfeid, and his Accomplices , pro- 
nounced at Batavia, April 8 th, 1722. 
s Forafmuch as Peter ErberfeU , Burge Is, born at Bata- 
via, of a white Father, and black Mother, of the Age of 
fifty-eight or fifty-nine ; Catadia , otherwise calied Rading 
Javan de Cartafaur a \ Maja Praja de Chi as. Sergeant of 
Javanese ■, Sana Suta C alia Wang fn de Badong ; and the 
4 Pcrfon called Anga Tjitra deBagall , both Javanefe •, Layech 
4 de Sumhowen , a Malayan , heretofore a Slave in the Chine fe 
£ Hofpital, and fome time fince made free ; Jap Kiko 
Cart.anaya die Pacalongan * Anga Sarana de Batong \ Canta 
4 Sinia de Cheribon ; Singa Ira •, Marangie de Bengal ; Sa- 
rap am de Indermajo f Mayai Diaja de Banjermoas ; Warn- 
'd [a Pita de Pamelang Bandy ang ; IVieid Sufa de Banjer- 
m-oas j Cant a JHangfa Bajpa Ivlulut de Saraja ; and Singa 
6 P atria-. (Chief ) of Sikias ; together with the Wives of the 
4 fixteenth, nineteenth, and thirteenth Criminals, all Prifon- 
41 ers at prefent, and in fafe Cuftody ; have confeffed and 
4 acknowledged before the Court of Juflice eftablifhed at 
4 Batavia, .-that they have been engaged in, and, throw- 
ing, afide all Pear of God, and of jfuitice, have managed 
4 a moft execrable Confpiracy againft the. City, Citadel, 
4 and Colony of Batavia, tending to defeat and put an End’ 
oy tiie A ffi fiance of certain Mohammedan Princes, and 
4 many of the , Chiefs of the neighbouring People, fuch as 
4 Javanefe, Baleyans, and Malayans, and others, to the 
P 0 hellion and Government of the Raft India Company : 
Vv e, ai e the more aftonilhed at this horrible Contrivance, 
‘ becaufe this Company has never ceafed to govern with all 
4 poffible Mildnefs and Tendernefs, under the Aufpices of 
4 their High Mightinefies the States General of the United 
6 Provinces, all the People under their Obedience, Mo- 
4 hammedans ns well as Pagans , without Diftincftion of Re- 
4 ligioa ; and protebfed them againft all and every one, who 
4 fought to trouble or moleft them ; fo that there was the 
4 greateft Reafon to believe, that the Eflablifhment of the 
4 Eajl India Company at Batavia ftiould laft long, and not 
4 the leaf! Reafon to apprehend any thing from thofe, who 
V were enjoying the Sweets of Peace and Tranquillity under 
4 its Wings. Neverthelefs the aforefaid Criminals have 
4 acknowledged, that, in order to carry their deteftable 
4 Scheoie into Execution with as much Succefs as they 
4 could .defire, they had agreed upon the following Me - 
4 tnods , that is to fay, . firft, and above all things, to maf- 
4 {acre the Butch, and other Europeans , and consequently 
ail Chnfuans, without f paring lo much as one, in hopes 
4 that, upon this Blow being {truck, all the Nations in the 
4 flat Country, in the Eland of Java, and all Foreigners 
4 redding at Batavia, or living in the Neighbourhood, fuch 
5 as Chinefe , Negroes, Macaffars , &c. would immediately 
4 have joined the Rebels, or at leaft have implored their 
4 Clemency ; and, in cafe any had oppofed them, they 
4 were likewife to have been murdered without Mercy. 
4 During the firft Attack of the Confpirators, Peter 
■ Erberfeid was to have commanded, and given Orders in 
4 Quality of Chief ; and the other, named Catadia , as his 
1 Lieutenant, or Peifon next to him in Power ; and, in order 
4 to acquire the greater Authority and Refpeft, the former 
6 was immediately to have ailum.ed the Title of Bhowang- 
4 Gujli, which is as much as to fay, great Lord, orfupreme 
V Governor ; and the latter the Name of Rading , which im- 
4 plies as much as Prince. This dangerous Confpiracy was 
4 concerted in the Houfe of Erberfeid, fituated without the 
4 City, at one Corner of the Road which leads to Jacatra, 
4 where one turns off to go to the Porluguefe Church ; and 
4 their Affemblies ulually held in a Room on the Ground- 
4 floor. The Confpirators likewife met often at a Country- 
4 hpufe of his, fituated on the Sunder , from whence they 
4 carried on a Correfpondence with feveral Mohammedan 
4 princes, and many Chiefs of the Indian Nations, whom 
f they had. found Ways and Means to draw over to their 
4 Party. The Letters upon this Subject were written by 
4 the feeond, third, fourth, and fifth, of thele Criminals ; 
C who alio read tjiofe they received in Anfwer, becaufe the 
4 firft- mentioned Peter Erberfeid was not able either to write 
4 or read the Languages they made ufe of : And it was like- 
4 wife the fame Criminals that were charged with the Care 
4 of. delivering thole Letters, or caufing them to be deli- 
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vered, to thofe to whom they were addrefled, and of re- 
6 ceiving their Anfwers. ? 6 
i he Accufed have likewife acknowledged, that fome 
of them difperfed themfelves through different Quarters 
4 of the fiat Country, in order there" to fell or diftribute 
amongft the Inhabitants a kind ol Diemats, or little Stamps* 
^ marked with certain Characters, which were to feeure 
thofe, who carried them about them, from Mulquet-fhots* 
t or Wounds from Swords or other Weapons ; and that 
tne faid Stamps were fabricated by the fecond, third* 
4 fourth, and fifth, of the faid Prifoners. The Confpira- 
t had agreed, tnat the firft Attack ftiould be made o ft 
the Houfe of die Governor-General, and on the Reft-, 
dences of the Council, and other Magistrates, in the Ci- 
4 tadel, and in the City, fo as to maffaere all the principal 
Persons of the Government •, which, had it been effefted s 
would certainly have contributed very much to the Suc- 
4 cefs of their Enterprize. The firft, fecond, and third, of 
the Criminals were to have had the Command in the 
Attack of the Citadel ; and the fourth, fifth, and fixth, 
4 that of the Town. The Attack was to be made on NeviA 
4 year s-day, as foon as ever the Gates were open. The laft 
Rendcfvous ol: the Confpirators was fixed for the Even™ 
4 ing, that ftiould have preceded the Attack, at an Houfe 
of the principal Confpirator Erberfeid , fituate, as is be- 
4 fore-mentioned, in the Road to Jacatra, in order for them 
4 to confer together, and to Aide away from thence, fome 
4 into the Citadel, and fome into the Town. 
To prevent all Mifintelligence among themfelves, and 
4 that the Affair might be conducted with the greateft Order 
poffible, they agreed beforehand on this Regulation ; viz. 
4 that Peter Erberfeid , as foon as the Maffaere was over, 
4 mould affume the Title of Gujli, or King, as well in the 
4 City, as in the Citadel ; and that the fecond Criminal Ca- 
4 tadia fhould have the Title of Rading, or Prince, in the 
low Country without the City, quite to the Mountains. 
4 As to the reft, they were to have the Title of Paingerans , 
4 or Princes, and were to be eftablifhed Mantries , or Chiefs’ 
4 and Counfellors to the King : They were alfo to execute’ 
4 in their feveral Diftricts, the Function of Bummagums. 
that is. Generals, in Conjunction with Singa P atria, who 
: had been actually, eftablifhed, by the Company’s Autho- 
4 rity, Chief of Sikias. The Confpirators had moreover 
4 agreed, that, after the Execution of their Defigns, their 
4 Chief Peter Erberfeid was to take into his Service a Col- 
4 lege or Board of twelve young Men, each of the Age of 
4 twenty, or thereabouts, to be drawn out of the Families 
of the principal Confpirators ; which twelve Perfons were 
4 to have been font to the Princes and Chiefs of the Moham- 
4 medans, in order to have fettled the Duties and Cuftoms 
4 they were, for the future, to pay at Batavia all which ap- 
4 pears clearly from the intercepted Letters, to which the 
4 Confeffion and Depofition of the five principal Crimi- 
4 nals are agreeable in every relpect. 
4 Conformable to this deteftable Plan, the Confpirators 
4 had taken fufficient Precaution for fecuring to themfelves 
the Means necellary to affift and fupport them after the 
Maffacie was begun, by a Body of 17,000 Men, drawn 
4 from feveral Places in the Neighbourhood of Batavia, 
and, ror the moft part, named by the Prifoners. Accord- 
4 ing to their Scheme, this Body was to have been divided 
4 into feveral Detachments, all of which were to have been 
ready to march at a certain Time. The Signal being 
4 given, each of thefe Detachments was to have put itfelf 
4 in Motion, and, by the high Roads, as well as by private 
Ways, to have advanced, and taken PoffeiTion of all the 
4 Gates, to hinder fo much as a fingle Perfon’s efcaping, 
4 that the News of this bloody ACtion might be the longer 
4 before it reached Holland. With this View, and for the 
4 better Execution of their Project, the Confpirators had 
already fecured, by the Diftribution of th tBiemates before- 
4 mentioned, 1000 Men. May a Praja had undertaken to 
4 fend as many j and 2000 had Orders to defeend from the 
4 Mountains or the South, and to join thofe, who were hid 
4 in the Neighbourhood, in order to the Perpetration of 
4 this horrible Defign, on January 2. 1722, 
4 The whole Scheme was intirely fettled three Days be- 
4 fore the intended Maffaere, Peter Erberfeid having dif- 
4 pofed all things, and given his Orders for the Execution 
4 4 of 
