Chap. II. between the Inhabitants 
44 fore, although this be no difedt Charge of the Englijh\ 
44 but ufed by the Author to fupply the Want of Proba- 
44 bilities in the Procefs itfelf. 
44 It will not be amifs to examine the feveral Circum- 4 
64 fiances, and how far they may yield any, Sufpicion 
44 againft the faid Englijh. Now,, this Author taketh the 
44 many Grounds of this Sufpicion of fome great Plot 
* c againft the Province of Amboyna, from the unwonted 
64 Boldnefs and Infolence of, the Tarnatanes, firft in the 
44 Moluccas , and then in Amboyna : For thofe in the Mo 4 
u lupcas, he faith, they had lately before the pretended 
44 Conspiracy of the Englijh , gone about, contrary to the 
44 Treaty, Anno 1 6o6, between them and th t Dutch, to 
44 make Peace with the King o f'Tidore, and a Truce with the 
“ Spaniards , without the Confent or Knowledge of them 
44 the . Dutch \ which, how honeftly and confcionably it 
44 is alledged to this Purpofe, may appear by the Journals 
44 of thofe Parts ; which, evidently fhew, that this Treaty 
44 between thofe of Ternate and Tidore, was in November; 
44 1621 ; that is to fay, fifteen Months before this forged 
44 Confpiracy, and that with the Knowledge of Houtman, 
44 the Governour of the Dutch, who, upon the 19th of 
4t - November , the Year aforefaid, acquainted M. Nichols; 
44 the Agent of the Englijh in thofe Parts, with the Pre- 
44 parations of this Treaty, which was adlually holden at 
44 Ternate the 24th of the fame Month. But the Matter 
44 was fo well handled by the Dutch to keep thofe neigh- 
44 hour Xflands in perpetual War, that the Treaty was dif- 
44 folved re inf eft a and the 7 th of December following 
44 an Edidt was publifhed by the King of Ternate , com-' 
44 manding all the Tidorians forthwith to depart the Ifiand 
44 of Ternate , upon Pain to be made Slaves. 
44 After this, the Correfpondence between the Dutch 
® 4 and T arndlanes in the Moluccas, returned into as firm a 
44 State as ever. The. Tarnatanes, performing daily Ex- 
44 ploits againft the Spaniards, and communicating the> 
44 Triumph with the Dutch ; as the 17th of February 
44 1622, being a full Year before the feigned Treafon of 
44 the Englijh. The King of Ternate , with twenty Cur-- 
44 ricurries, took a Spanijh Gaily, flew forty in Fight, and< 
44 took one hundred and fifty Prifoners, whom they fold 
44 to the Dutch for Cloth and Rice j and coming by the 
44 Hollanders Caftle of Maalaio , the 1 8th of the fame 
« Month, with the Heads of diverfe Spaniards at his 
44 Stern, the Dutch faluted him from their faid Caftle 
44 with nine Shot of great Ordnance. The 25th of April 
44 following, the Admiral of the King of Ternate , took a 
44 Prow of the Spaniards, (lev/ fome, and fold the reft to 
46 the Dutch ', the 28th of the fame Month, both Dutch 
44 and Englijh were feafted by the King of Ternate •, the 
44 28 th of May next enfuingp the King of Ternate went 
44 forth to Machain with fix Currecurries, and at his De- 
44 parture, was honoured with thirty Shot of great Ord- 
44 fiance from the Dutch Caftle ; the 15th of June the 
44 Admiral of the King of Ternate made a Voyage to- 
44 wards Mindanow , carrying diverfe of the Dutch with 
44 him to affift him-, the 3d of July the Tarnatanes took 
44 their Prifoners and fold them to the Dutch } the 24th 
44 of Auguji the King of Ternate made one Vogler , a 
44 Dutch Merchant, his Treafurer, at whofe Inftalment in 
44 jiis new Office, the Dutch gave feven great Shot from 
44 the Caftle. And this good Correfpondence between 
44 the Tarnatanes and the Dutch in the Moluccas , continu- 
44 ed even until, and after the Execution of the Englijh 
44 at Amboyna , which was, as has been ftiewed, in Febru- 
44 ary 1623, N. S. upon the 14th of which Month the 
44 Dutch gave the King of Ternate , and other Blacks, 
44 two hundred Bales of Japan Rice, with other Prefents •, 
4 * at the Delivery whereof there were fhot off from the 
44 Caftle feven Pieces of Ordnance, and three Vollies of 
44 Small-Shot : By all which may appear how fincerely 
“ this Author applieth the Difference between the Dutch 
64 and the King of T ernate , which was none at all to this 
44 Bufinefs at Amboyna. 
44 The next Point is, that the Tarnatanes in the Moluc- 
44 cas went about alfo to make Truce with the Spaniards, 
« 4 without Confent or Knowledge of the Dutch, wherein 
44 this Dealing of the Author is wo rfe than the former j 
44 for this Treaty of Truce appeareth by the Journals to 
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44 have been holden the 19th of July 1623, which was 
44 five Months after the Execution of the Englijh at Am- 
44 boyna, and fo came too late to move Sufpicion againft 
44 them ; and yet this pretended Fear and Jealoufy of tne 
44 Moluccas is further amplified by the Strength of the 
V’.i Spaniard, being then, as this Author affirmetn, Matter 
44 of the Sea there •, and that by default of the Englijh , 
44 who, contrary to the Treaty of the Y ear 1619, had 
44 deferted the Defence, and fent no more Ships, neither 
44 to the Moluccas, nor to the Manillas whence now the 
44 Spaniards had Means to fend Ships, Gallies, and Pin- 
44 naces to the Moluccas . What the Strength of iheSpa-- 
44 niards in the Moluccas by Sea v/as at the 1 ime ot this 
44 pretended Fear, may appear, by the Exploits before- 
44 mentioned, done upon them by the Curricurries ..of the 
44 Tarnatanes, without the Help of the Dutch. 
44 But for the .Default of . the Englijh, which is here 
44 odiouiiy alledged, it will be requisite to fet down the 
44 true Caufes wherefore the Englijh relinquiflied the Adtion 
44 of Defence, as well at the Manillas as elfewhere, being 
44 a Matter much aggravated upon all Occafions by the 
44 Dutch , albeit themfelves have given the Caufe there- 
44 of. Wherefore ihortly, the true Motives of the Eng- 
44 UJh their de fitting from the Addon of Defence is as fol- 
44 loweth ; th t Englifo had, by Agreement of the Council 
44 of Defence, two Years together maintained a fleet of 
4 ^ five tall and warlike Ships to join with the like Strength 
44 of the Dutch for the Action of the Manillas, and the 
44 Profit oftheVoyage, as well as the Charge to be common 
44 to both Companies. The Dutch prepared another fleet of 
44 feven Ships all of their own for Macao , bordering upon 
44 China near the Manillas, without giving Knowledge 
44 thereof to the Englijh at Jaccatra , until their Fleet was 
44 ready to depart thence, well knowing, that upon fuch 
^ Warning, it would be impolfible for the Englijh to pre- 
44 pare a like Force to join with them : To thefe they ap- 
44 pointed eight Pinnaces that were then abroad to join 
44 them, and afterwards fent another Ship with Provifions to 
44 them. This Fleet patting by two of the EngUfis Ships 
44 which were appointed for that Quarter of the Manillas , 
44 the Englijh welcomed them, and offered to join them in 
44 their Exploit, which the Dutch refilled, faying, that 
44 this being an Exploit cf their own, the^ Englijh fhould 
44 neither participate of the Fadt, nor of the Benefit that 
44 might arife thereby. Likewife by Agreement of the 
44 Council of Defence of both Nations, there was another 
44 Fleet of ten Ships fet forth at the Charge of the Englijh 
44 and Dutch, for the Coaft of Mallabar , to feeure the 
44 Trade in that Part. 
44 Of the Dutch Ships, about a Month after they fet 
44 fail, two were found to be fo .weak, and leaky, that they 
44 were fain to return to Jaccatra , the reft being come to 
44 their Quarter : T wo of the beft of the Dutch Ships were 
44 fent away by the Dutch Admiral for the Red-Sea , con- 
44 trary to their Inftrudtions and Commiffion at jaccatra 
44 from the Council of Defence •, and notwithftanding the 
44 Proteftations, Obteftations, and Exclamations of the 
44 Englijh againft this Prevarication j fo that four Carracks 
44 of the Portugueze coming that Way, the reft of the 
44 Fleet of the Englijh and Dutch being thus weakened by 
44 the Default of the four Dutch Ships aforefaid, the firft 
44 Opportunity that happened, either before or fince the 
44 joining of the Englijh and Dutch Companies, or is ever 
44 likely to offer itfelf in the future, was loft, and utterly 
44 defeated : By this it appeareth what Caufe the Dutch 
44 have to complain of the Englifls for deferting the Adtion 
44 of Defence, and what Reafon and Encouragement the 
44 Englifj have to continue the joint Adtion and Charge 
44 with thofe that ufe fo little Sincerity, ever contriving the 
44 common Adtion and Charge to their private Advantage * 
44 that when the joint Forces are employed to give the 
44 Enemy Work in one Part, the Dutch might with Eafe 
44 opprefs them in another, and appropriate the whole Be- 
44 nefit to themfelves . 
44 The next Sufpicion that this Author gathereth is from 
44 the Infolencies of the Tarnatanes of Amboyna d welling at 
44 Loho and Cambello, and thereabout, who, as this Au- 
