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An hifiorkal Account of the Inter courfe Book I. 
During this Examination, which continued three or four 
Days, feme of the iinglijltmen went to and from the Cafe 
tie, upon their Bufinefs, law the Prifoners, heard of their 
Tortures, and of the Crime laid to their Charge, but all 
this while fufipedted not that this Matter did any whit 
concern themfelves, having never had any Converfation 
"with the Japonefe , nor with the Portuguese aforefaid. 
At the fame Time, there was one Abel Price , Chirur- 
geon to the Englijh, Prifoner in the Cattle, for offering, in 
his Drunkenneis, to let a Dutchmans Houfe on Fire. This 
Fellow the Dutch took, and (hewed him feme of the Ja- 
ponefe , whom they had firft moft grievoufly tortured, and 
told him, they had confeffed the Englijh to have been of 
their Confederacy for the taking of the Caftle, and that if 
he would not confefs the fame, they would ufe him even 
as they had done the Japcnefe, and worfe alfo. Having 
given him the Torture, they foon made him confefs what- 
ever they afked him. This was on the 15th of February 
5622, O. S. Forthwith, about Nine of the Clock the 
fame Morning, they fent for Captain Towerfon , and the 
reil of the Englijh that were in the Town, to come to 
(peak with the Governor in the Caftle. They all went, 
lave one that was left to keep the Houfe. Being come to 
the Governor, he told Captain Towerfon , that himfelf and 
others of his Nation, were accufed of a Confpiracy to 
furprize the Caftle, and therefore, until further Trial, were 
to remain Prifoners. Inftantly alfo they attacked him that 
was left at home in the Houfe, took the Merchandize of 
the Engli/h Company there into their own Cuftody, by an 
Inventory, and feized all the C hefts, Boxes, Books, Wri- 
tings and other things in the Englijh Houfe. , 
Captain Tcwerfon w as committed to his Chamber, with 
a Guard of Dutch Soldiers. Emanuel Thomfon was kept 
Prifoner in the Caftle; the reft, viz. John Beamont , Ed- 
ward Collins , William Webber, Ephraim Ramfey , Timothy 
Johnfon, John Far do, and Robert Brown, were lent aboard 
the Dutch Ships then riding in Harbour ; feme to one 
Ship, and feme to another, and all made fall in Irons. 
The fame Day alfo the Governor fent to the two other 
Fadlories in the fame Ifland, to apprehend the reft of the 
Englijh t here; fo that -Samuel Coif on , John Clark, George 
Sharroch, that were found in the Factory at Hit to, and 
Edward, Collins, William Webber, and John Sadler, at La- 
rica, were- all brought Prifoners to Amboyna , the 1 6th of 
February ; upon which .Day alfo John Pocol, John Wethe- 
r'al, and Thomas Ladbrook, were apprehended at Cambello, 
and John Beamont, William Griggs, and Ephraim Ramfey 
at Loho, and brought in Irons to Amboyna , the 20th of 
the fame Month. In the mean Time, the Governor and 
Fifcai went to work with the Prifoners that were already 
here ; and firft, they fent for John Beamont and Timothy 
John f on, from on Board the Unicorn, who being come 
into the Caftle, Beamont was left with a Guard in the Hall, 
and Johnfon went into another Room, where, by and by, 
Beamont heard him cry out very pitifully, then to be quiet 
a little while, and then loud ao-fin. 
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After Tafte of the Torture, then Abel Price the Chirur- 
geon that firft was examined and tortured, was brought 
in to confront and accufe him : But Johnfon not yet con- 
feffing any thing, Price was quickly carried out, and John- 
fon brought again to the Torture, where Beamont heard him 
fometimes cry aloud, then quiet again, them roar afrefti. 
At laft, after he had been about an Flour in this.fecond 
Examination, he was brought forth wailing and lament- 
ing, all wet, and cruelly burnt in diverfe Parts of his Bo- 
dy, and fo laid afide, in a Bye-place in the Hall, with a 
Soldier to watch him, that he fhould fpeak to nobody. 
Then was Emanuel Thomfon brought to Examination, not 
in the Room where Johnfon had been, but in another fome- 
what farther from the Hall ; yet Beamont being in the Hall, 
heard him roar moft lamentably, and many Times : At 
laft,^ after an Hour an half fpent in torturing him, he was 
carried away into another Room another Way, fo that he 
came not by Beamont thro 9 the Hall. Next was Beamont 
called in, and being demanded many things, all which he 
denied with deep Oaths and Proteftations, was made faft 
to be tortured, a Cloth tied about his Neck, and two Men 
ready with tneir Jars of Water to be poured on his Head ; 
but yet for, this Time the Governor bad loofe him, he 
would (pare him a Day or two, , becaufe he was an old 
Man ; this was all Saturday's Work, the 15th of Februa- 
ry af or ATid. 
„ ° n r the l6th William Webber , Edward Collins, Ephraim 
Ramfey, and Robert Brown , were fetched from aboard the 
Rotterdam 1 to be examined : At the fame time came Samuel 
Loifon, William Griggs, and John Clark, George Shamrock, 
and John Sadler, from Hitto and Larica, and were imme- 
diately upon their Arrival, brought into the Caftle-Hall 
Robert Brown, Taylor, was firft called in, and beino- tor- 
mented with Water, confeffed all in order as the Fifcai 
aixed him. Then was Edward Collins called in, and told 
that thofe that were formerly examined had confeffed him 
as acceffary to the Plot of taking the Caftle, which, when 
he denied with great Oaths and Execrations they made 
his Hands and his Feet faft to the Rack, bound a Cloth 
about his Throat ready to be put to the Torture of the 
Water. Thus prepared he prayed to be refpited, and he 
would con ids all. Being Jet down, he again vowed 
and protefted his Innocency ; yet faid, that becaufe he 
knew they would, by Torture, make him confefs any thincq 
though never fo falfe, they would do him a great Favour 
to tell him what they would have him fay, and he would 
fpeak it, to avoid the Torture. The Fifcai hereupon faid. 
What, do you mock us? And bad up with him again, 
and fo gave him the Torment of Water, which he not 
able long to endure, defired to be let down again to his 
Con fefti on : Then he devifed with himfelf and told them. 
I hat about two Months and a half ago, himfelf, Thmpfon, 
Johnfon , Brown , and Fardo , had plotted, with the Help 
of the Japonefe, to furprize the Caftle. Flere he was in- 
terrupted by the Fifcai, and afked whether Captain Tow- 
er fon were not of that Confpiracy ? He anfwered, No ; 
you lye, faid the Fifcai, did not he call you all to him, and 
tell you, that thofe daily Abufes of the Dutch had caufed 
11m to think of a Plot, and that he wanted nothing but 
your Confent and Secrecy ? Then faid a Dutch Merchant, 
one John Igoft , that flood by, Did not you all fwear upon 
a Bible to be fecret to him ? Collins anfwered with great 
Oaths, that he knew nothing of any fuch Matter : Then 
they bade made him faft again % whereupon he then faid, 
all was true that they had fpoken. Then the Fifcai afked 
him whether the Englifh in the reft of the F adlories were 
not confenting to this Plot ? He anfwered. No ; the Fife 
cal then afked him whether the Prefident of the Englijh at 
Jaccatra , or Mafter Welden, Agent in Banda , were not 
Plotters, or privy to this Bufinefs ? Again he anfwered 
No : 1 hen the Fifcai afked him by what Means the Ja- 
ponefe fhould have executed their Purpofe ? Whereat, when 
Collins flood daggering and devifing of feme probable Fic- 
tion, the Fifcai helped him, and faid, Should not two Ja- 
ponefe have gone to each Point of the Caftle, and two to 
the Governor’s Chamber-door ; and when the Hurlyburly 
had been without, and the Governor coming to fee what 
was the Matter, the Japonefe to have killed him ? Here 
one that flood by faid to the Fifcai, Do not tell him what 
he fhould fay, but let him fpeak of himfeif ; whereupon 
the Fifcai, without attending the Anfwer to his former 
Queftion, afked what the Japonefe were to have had for 
their Reward ? Collins anfwered 1000 Rials a-piece, 
Laftly, he afked him when this Plot fhould have been ef- 
fedied ? Whereupon, although he anfwered him nothing, 
not knowing what to devife upon the fudden, yet he was 
diftnifted, and very glad to come clear off the Torture, 
though with certain Belief that he fhould die for this his 
Confeffion. 
Next was Samuel Colfon brought in, being newly arrived 
from Hitto, as is before touched, and was the lame Day 
brought to the Torture, who, for fear of the Pain where- 
with he faw Collins come out, in fuch a Cafe, that his Eyes 
were altnoft blown out of his Head with the Torment of 
Water, chofe rather to confefs all they a fixed him, and fo 
was quickly diftniffed, coming out weeping, lamenting, 
protefting his Innocency. Then wa3 John Clark , that 
came with Colfon from Hitto fetched in, and a little after 
was heard to cry out amain. They tortured him with 
Water and with Fire, by the Space of two Hours. The 
Manner of his Torture, which was likewife that of John - 
Jens and Thomfon was as followed! : Firft, they hoifted 
him 
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