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46 their Strength, and the Englijh at the weakeft, but 44 is before ffiewed, in Anfwer to the Preface; when were 
«« would expefl till the Governor fhould be fomewhere “■ they reconciled ? How came this, that in all the Exami- 
44 abroad upon fome Exploit, and fame Englijh Ships or 44 nations of the Englijh , this Point was not lifted, and 
44 Ship, at leaft at Amboyna, the People whereof fe would 44 fomewhat confeffed of it amidft fo many Tortures? 
46 ufe in the Enterprize ; likewife he would fend for the 44 There is no Confeflion thereof in all the Examinations, 
44 Factors, and Slaves of the other Factories, and Ihould 44 and Mr. Towerfon in his exprefsly denied it, and was 
44 have a Supply from the Tarnatanes of Loho of certain 44 preffed no farther. The Truth is, the Governor and 
44 Cttrricurries , &c. 44 Fifcal of Amboyna knew, that whatever had been con- 
44 Here he hath in rolled a goodly Army for this A&ion ; 44 feffed in this Point, would not have been believed by 
44 but let us fee the Manner how they fhould have executed 44 their own People there, who knew well enough, that 
44 their Exploit ; and firft, for the Japonefe in the Gallic, 44 the fir ft Beginning of this Breach with the Butch, and the 
44 we muft believe, if this Author or his Voucher fay true, 44 Tarnatanes of Loho, was about the Slave of the Englijh , 
« that Mafter T owerfon had acquainted thofe, and won them 44 and the Outrages thereupon following were done upon 
44 to his Plot, before he had imparted it to his own Coun- 44 the Englijh, as well as upon the Butch. Yet this Au- 
44 trymen the Englijh ; and yet in the Adts of the Procefs, 44 thor feems to hope, that they may be believed here in 
44 Emanuel Thomfon is recorded to have confeffed, that 44 Europe , which had no Colour at Amboyna. 
44 ei^ht Days after the Confutation, Mafter T owerfon told 44 Concerning the Time of executing this Plot, it was 
44 him, that he had then fent out Johnfon and Price to 44 not, as the Relation faith, yet prefixed, but left to the 
44 treat with the Japonefe, and win their Confent to this 44 next Meeting of the Confpirators, which fhould be 
44 Enterprize ; but what could thefe do, being in all but ten? 44 fhortly holden, when Gabriel Bower Jon had prepared all 
44 Marry, faith the Relation by and by, Mafter Towerfon 44 things, &c. Here was certainly a hot Pradtice of Trea- 
44 had ordained that eight of them fhould have been be- 44 fon, and worthy to be termed by this Author an horri- 
44 flowed by two in a Company upon the four Points of 44 ble Confpiracy. They met together on New-year’s- 
44 the Caftle, to kill all thofe that would refill them, and 44 day, and plotted, as is before related ; and now it was 
44 to take the reft Prifoners. 44 the five and twentieth of February , and not only nothing 
44 It muft be therefore here imagined, that the Butch 44 done all this Interim, no not fo much as a Iriew Conful- 
44 and their Mardikers in the Caftle, being three or four 44 tation •, but this, forfooth, is the Body and Subftance of 
44 hundred, would fcorn to take the Advantage of fending 44 the unanimous Confeflion of all the Englifh by thtm- 
44 forty or fifty, much more of an entire Company, to any 44 felves, feveraliy fubfcribed. 
44 Point of the Caftle, but would combat with the Japonefe 44 In the next place, the Author relateth fomewhat fm- 
44 at even Hand, by two at a Time, and fo give the Ja - 44 gular in M. Towerfon's Confeflion, as that he laid he 
44 ponefe Refpite to kill or take them by two, and by two ; 44 was moved to this Fabt by Hope and Defire of Honour 
44 a fweet Conceit, and fuch a Service as perhaps hath been 44 and Profit; and being demanded for whom he in- 
44 fometimes reprefented upon a Stage, but never adled in 44 tended this Honour and for whom he meant to hold 
44 Surprize of a Caftle in good Earneft. Thus we fee how 44 the Caftle ? his Anfwer was, that if he could have com- 
44 eight of the Japonefe were to be employed, what Ihould 44 palled his Projedts, he would forthwith have given Ad- 
44 the other two have done ? Forfooth, they fhould have 44 vertifement thereof to the reft of his Nation a tjaccatra, 
44 waited in the great Chamber to murder the Governor ; 44 which now they have chriftened Batavia , and have 
14 yea, but this Relation told us, yet while, that this Plot 44 craved their Aid, which, if they had yielded to him, 
44 Ihould have been executed while the Governor was 44 then he would have held the Caftle for the Englijh Cortl- 
44 abroad upon fome Adlion. How then Ihould thefe two 44 pany, and if not then, he would have kept it for him- 
44 Japonefe have killed him in the Caftle at the fame 44 felf, and have ufed Means to have agreed with the In- 
44 time ? 44 dians , and fo by one Means or other would have com- 
44 But we fee how all the Japonefe , that is, all the pre- 44 paffcd the Enterprize. 
(C tended Party of the Engliflo within the Caftle* Ihould 44 Here firft is to be obferved, that he would not, as 
, tt have been occupied, who Ihould have opened the Gates 44 the Author makes him fpeak, have fent for Aid to jac- 
44 to the Englifh , and their other Aids ? who ftiould have 44 catra , until he were firft Mafter of the Caftle ; and yet 
44 killed the Court of Guard at the Gate? Thefe Parts 44 in the general Confeflion before, it is faid, he would at- 
44 were left for them that were without, therefore let us 44 tend the Coming of fome Englijh Ships before lie would 
44 take a Review of them what they were. The Relation 44 adventure upon the Caftle. Next, let the ambitious 
44 muftereth them to be fourteen Englifh , whereof eleven 44 and alternative Refolution here faid to be confeffed by 
44 were Merchants, one Steward of the Houfe, one Tay- 44 Mafter Towerfon be confidered in both the Parts thereof, 
44 lor, and one Barber to drefs the Wounds ; befides, God 44 and it will appear, that no Man in his Wits would have 
44 knows how many Skippers, Slaves, and Tarnatanes. 44 any fuch Conceit as is here pretended. What H#pe 
44 Firft, for the Englijh Merchants, of what Dexterity they 44 could Mafter Towerfon have, that the Prefident and 
44 are to take Forts, is eafily judged ; and in all the Eng- 44 Englifh Council at Jaccatra, living under Command of 
44 lijh Houfe, when it was feized by the Butch upon this 44 th eButcb Fort there,and altogether fubjedl to them,durft 
44 pretended Treafon, the whole Provifion was but three 44 join any fuch Adrian, thereby to give Occafion to the 
44 Swords, two Hand-Guns, and about half a Pound of 44 Hollanders to arreft, torture, and condemn them of 
44 Powder ; yea, but the Englifo Ships would have brought 4,4 Treafon? 
44 both fitter Men, and better Proviflon : But how knew 44 Mafter Towerfon knew well enough, t;hat about fix 
44 Mafter L owerfon, that thofe of the Englifo Ships, when 44 Months before the General of the Butch at jaccatra 
44 they came, would join with him in this Work, being 44 had caught a very fly Occafion to entrap the Englijh 
44 fo contrary to the Treaty, and itfelf fo dangerous ? or 44 Prefident there, who, having fent out two of his People 
44 why did he not ftay the opening of the Plot, till his 44 in the Night to the Englijh Cow-houfe, to fee what 
44 Ship or Ships were come, that he might sfwear the 44 Watch the Blacks in their Service kept over their Cat- 
44 Skippers alfo, at leaft the chief Officers amongft them, 44 tie, the faid two Englijh were apprehended by the 
44 and take their Advice? Is it poffible, that Mafter 44 Butch Soldiers, kept in Prifon feven Days, and charged 
44 Towerfon was fo flight to open this Plot to all the 44 that they had faid that they went the round ; and one 
« Englijh at , Amboyna ; yea, to the Taylor and Barber, fo 44 of them being laft examined, was told by the BalietT, 
44 long, feefe it was to- be .-put in Execution, and before 44 the Officer of the Butch in criminal Catifes, that his 
44 he knew the Minds of the chief eft Affiftants, of whole 44 Fello-w had confeffed, that they had faid, they went 
44 Arrival Re was fo uncertain ?Yea, but he was Pure of the 44 their Round, and that by the Englijh. Preftdenfs Com- 
44 Slaves of the Englijh, and of the Tarnatanes oi Loho, 44 million ; and if he would not confefs the fame, he 
44 with their. Currimrm in .qwemlibM- Eventum. 44 Ihould Joe tortured ; but the Fellow being conftant in 
44 This, indeed, is the Remainder of the Army ; let 44 the Yruth, came off at laft Without Torture : Yet this 
44 us view them ; the Slaves were in all the Englijh 'Fa£to-' 44 was Item enough to the Englifo Prefident and Council, 
44 ries, juft fix in Number, and all Boys ; the Tarnatmit 44 how the Intent of the Butch' was to entrap them upon 
44 were Enemies as wed to die EngLjb z s io th& Mstich^ *$: 44 the, leaft Gccafion ; and this, and other daily captious 
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