•him up by the Hands with a Cord, on a large Door, where 
they made him fall, upon two Staples of Iron fixed on 
both Sides, at the Top of the Door-Pofts, hailing his 
Hands one from the other as wide as they could ftretch. 
Being thus made fo faft, his .Feet hung two Foot from the 
Ground, which alfo they ftretched afunder as far as they 
could ftretch, and fo made them faft beneath, under the 
Door-Trees on, each Side. Then they bound a Cloth a- 
bout his Neck and Face fo clofe, that little or no Water 
could go by ; that done, they poured the Water foftly up- 
on his Head, until the Cloth was full up to the Mouth 
and Noftrils, and fomewhat higher, fo that he could not 
draw Breath but he muft withal fuck in the Water ; which 
being ftill continued to be poured in foftly, forced all his 
inward Parts to, come out of his Nofe, Ears, and Eyes, 
and often, as it were, ftjfiing or choaking him ; at length 
took away his Breath, and brought him to a Swoon, or 
Fainting : Then they took him quickly down, and made 
him vomit up the Water ; being a little recovered, they 
tied him up again, and poured in the Water as before, 
often taking him down as he feemed to be ftifled. In this 
Manner they handled him three or four ieveral Times 
with Water, till his Body was fwoln twice or thrice as 
big as before ; his Cheeks like great Bladders, and his Eyes 
ftarting and ftrutting out beyond his Forehead ; yet all 
this he bore without confeffmg any thing, infomuch that 
the Fifcal and Tormentors reviled him, laying, that he 
was a Devil, and no Man, or furely he was a Witch, at 
leaft had fome Charm about him, or was inchanted, that 
he could bear fo much ; wherefore they cut off his Hair 
very fhort, as fuppoiing he had fome Witchcaft hid- 
den therein. Afterwards they hoifted him up again, 
as' before, and then burnt him with lighted Candles in 
the Bottom of his Feet until the Fat dropped out on the 
Candles, yet they applied frefh Lights unto him-, they 
burnt him alfo under the Eibows, and in the Palms of his 
Hands, likewife under the Arm-pits, until his Inwards 
might evidently be feen. 
At laft, when they faw he could of himfelf make no 
handfcme Confeffion, then they led him along with Que- 
Itions of particular Circumftances by themfelves framed. 
Being thus wearied and overcome by the Torment, he 
anfwered, Yea, to whatever they afked, whereby they 
drew from him a Body of Confeffion to thisEffedt; to wit. 
That Captain Fowerfon had, upon New-Tear s-Day then 
laft paft, fworn all the Englifo at Amboy na to be fecret and 
affiftant in a Plot that he had projected, with the Help of 
the Japonefe , to furprife the Caftle, and to put the Gover- 
nor and the reft of the Dutch to Death. Flavins; thus 
martyred this poor Man, they fent him out by four Blacks, 
who carried him between them to a Dungeon, where he 
lay five or fix Days, without any Chirurgeon to drefs him, 
until his Flefh being pu trifled, great Maggots dropped and 
crept from it in a moft Ioathfome and noifome Manner. 
Thus they finifiied their Sabbath-day’s Work ; and it 
growing now dark, fent the reft of the Fnglifh that came 
that Day from Hit to, and ’till then attended in the Hall, 
fir ft, to the Smith’s Shop, where they were loaded with 
Irons, and then to the fame Ioathfome Dungeon, where 
Clark and the reft were accompanied with the poor Japo- 
nefe , lying in the Putrefaction of their ‘Tortures. 
The next Morning, being -Monday, the Seventeenth of 
February i Q. S. William Griggs and John Far do, with 
certain Japonefe , were brought into the Place of Exami- 
nation. The Japonefe were firft cruelly tortured to accufe 
Griggy which, at laft,. they did ; and Grigg, to avoid the 
like Torture, confeffed all that the Fifcal demanded. By 
and oy the like was alio done by John Far do and other 
Japonefe ■: But Fardo himfelf endured the Torture of Wa- 
ter, and, at laft confdfed whatfoever the Fifcal afked 
him, and fo was fent back to Prifon. The fame Day al- 
io John: Beamont was brought the fecond Time to the Fif- 
cal’s Chamber, where one Captain Newport , a Dutchman's 
Son, born in England , was u fed as an Interpreter \ William 
Griggs was alfo brought in to accufe him, who faid, That 
when the Confutation was held for taking the Caftle, he 
the faid Beamont was then prefent ; Beamont denied it with 
great Earneftnefs, and deep Oaths ; at laft, being ftretched 
up, and drenched with Water till his Inwards were ready 
to crack, he anfwered affirmatively to all the Fifcal’s In- 
terrogatories. Yet, as foon as he was Jet down,. he clearly 
demonftrated to Captain Newport , and Johnfon , & Dutch 
Merchant, then alfo prefent, that thefe Things could not 
be fo ; neverthelefs, he was forced to put his Hand to the 
Confeffion, or elfe he muft to the Torture again, which, 
to avoid, he fubferibed, and fo had a great Iron-bolt, and 
two Shackles rivited to his Legs, and then was carried 
back to Prifon. 
After this George Sharrock , Affiftant at HU to , was 
called in Queftion, who feeing how grievoufiy. others were 
martyr’d, made his earneft Prayer to God, as fince upon 
his Oath he hath acknowledged, that he would fuffer 
him to make fome fuch probable Lies againft himfelf, as 
the Dutch might believe, and fo he might efcape the Tor- 
ment. Being brought to the Rack, the Water provided, 
and the Candles lighted, he was by the Governor and Fif- 
cal examined, and charged with the Confpiracy. He Fell 
upon his Knees, and protefted his Innocence ; then they 
commanded him to the Rack,, and told him, unlefs he 
would confefs he fhould be tormented with Fire and -Wa- 
ter to Death, and then fhould be drawn by the Knees to 
the Gallows, and there hanged up. He ftill perfifting in 
his Innocence, the Fifcal bid him be hoifted up; then he 
craved Refp'ite a while, and told them, that lie was at 
Hitto , and not in Amboyna upon New-I 'ear' s-Day, when 
the Confukation was pretended, neither had he been there 
fince November before, as was well known to fundry of 
the Dutchmen themfelves that refided there alfo with 
him. 
Hereupon they commanded him again to the Rack ; 
but he craving Refpite, as before, now told them that he 
had many Times heard John Clark fay, that the Dutch 
had done them many unfufferable Wrongs, and that he 
would be revenged on them ; to which End he had once 
broken with Captain Fowerfon a brave Plot; at which 
Word the Fifcal and the reft were attentive, encouraging 
him to proceed ; fo he went on, faying, that John Clark 
had entreated Captain Fowerfon, that he might go to Ma- 
caffar , there to confult and advife with the Spaniards to 
come with Gallies, and rob the fmall Factories of Am- 
boyna and Secan , when no Ships were there. Here they 
afked him what Captain Fowerfon faid to this ? To which 
he anfwered, that Captain Fowerfon was very much offend- 
ed with Clark for the Motion, and from thenceforth could 
never abide him. Hereupon the Fifcal called him Rogue, 
and faid he prated all from the Matter, and fhould go to 
the Torture : He craved Favour again, and began another 
Tale, to wit,- That upon Fwelfth-Day, then laft paft, John 
Clark told him at Hitto , that there was a Practice to take 
the Caftle of Amboyna , and afked him whether he would 
confent thereto ; whereupon he demanded of Clark whe- 
ther Captain Fozverfon knew of any fuch Matter, which 
Clark affirming ; then the faid Sharrock faid, he would 
do as the reft did. Then the Fifcal afked him what Time 
the Confukation was held ? He anfwered in November laft : 
The Fifcal faid that could not be, for the Confukation was 
on New-Tear' s-Day . The Prifoner faid as before in the 
Beginning, that he had not been in Amboyna fince the 
Firft of December till now, that he was brought thither ; 
why then, quoth the Fifcal, have you belied yourfelf? 
Whereto the Prifoner refolutely anfwered, that all that he 
had fpoken touching Treafon was falfe, and feigned only 
to avoid Torment. Then went the Fifcal out into another 
Room to the Governour, and anon returned and fent 
Sharrock unto the Prifon again. 
The next Day he was called again, and a Writing pre- 
fented him, wherein was framed a formal Confeffion of 
his laft Conference with Clark at Hitto, touching the Plot 
to take the Caftle of Amboyna , which being read over to 
him, the Fifcal afked him, whether it was true or no ? 
He anfwered no : Why then, faid the Fifcal, did you con- 
fefs it ? He anfwered, for fear of Torment. The Fifcal 
and the reft, in a great Rage, told him he lyed, his 
Mouth had fpoken it; and it was true, and therefore he 
fhould fubferibe it, which, as foon as he had done, he 
fell preiently into a great Paffion, charging them bitterly 
to be guilty of the innocent Blood of himfelf and the reft, 
which they Ihould look to anfwer for at the Day of Judg- 
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