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therefore defirous that no Relicks of Complaint fhould 
remain, and that all Caufe of Wrangling may be re- 
moved, after having duly confidered and weighed all 
46 things, do, by virtue of the full Power and Authority 
“ given and granted unto us by the moil high Prote£tor, 
“ and the high and mighty States of the United Nether- 
u lands, appoint and ordain, that all Complaint, Action, 
£e and Demand of the Englijh whomfoever, whether pub- 
lick or private, on the Score of any Injury or Damage 
“ which they pretend t© have fuffered at Amboyna in the 
.« Year 1622, the Englifh Stile, and 1623, 3 SL S. may be 
“ made void, terminated, and committed to Oblivion ; 
“ and that no Perfon, whomfoever he be, fliall enter any 
u Adlion on that Account, or moleft, difturb, or vex the 
faid Dutch Company, or any Dutchman on that Pretext ; 
ct and on the other hand, we alfo decree and ordain, that 
ce the faid Dutch Company fhall pay here at London before 
44 the firft Day of January next enfuing feven hundred 
® s Pounds Sterling to William Towerfon, Nephew and Ad- 
miniftrator of the Effects of Gabriel Towerfon , late of 
4t Amboyna , deceafed. To William Coulfon , Brother of 
<c Samuel Coulfon, &c. Ad miniftrator in like manner of his 
44 Effedts, four hundred and fifty Pounds. To James 
** Bayles , Adminiftrator of the Effedts of John Dowel, three 
£t hundred and fifty Pounds. To Anthony Ellingham, 
46 Adminiftrator of the Effedts of William Grigg, two hun- 
56 dred Pounds. To the Adminiftrators of the Effedts of 
£€ John Weteral, two hundred Pounds. To JaneWebbor, 
£S Adminiftratrix of the Effedts of George Scharock, 
* ( 1 50 /. To John and Elizabeth Collins, the Children 
and Heirs of Edward Collins , 465 /. To the Admini- 
ss ftrators of John Beamont, 300/. To jane Webber, 
sc Widow, and Adminiftratrix of William Webber, 200 l. 
4e to James Baile , Adminiftrator of the Effedts of Ephraim 
“ Ramfey , 350 /. to the Executors of the Will of Thomas 
6€ Radbrofee, 50/. and to Thomas Billinjby, Adminiftra- 
cc tor of the Effedts of Emanuel Thompfon , 200 1 . all 
“ which Sums added together make the Sum of 3615 l. 
s ‘ Sterling, to be paid here at London, before January 
u next enfuing : And, on this Condition, we infift that 
“ their Adtions, or Suits, be altogether fet afide and can- 
“ celled, fo as never to be revived hereafter, by any Per- 
“ fon whomfoever.” 
This Award, or Arbitration, was ftridtly put in Exe- 
cution as foon as it was made, and ought therefore to be 
confidered as decifive againft the Dutch, who by thele 
fmall and inconfiderable Satisfactions to the Reprefenta- 
tives of thofe that were murdered at Amboyna, clearly ad- 
mitted, and took upon themfelves the Guilt of that whole 
Proceeding. After this Treaty, the Affairs of the Eajl- 
India Company began to recover ; and under the Protec- 
tion of Cromwel , there was a Subfcription of Eight hun- 
dred thoufand Pounds for the carrying on of that Com- 
merce ; but before any great Progrefs could be made in 
the Execution of thefe Projedts, the Conftitution was re- 
ftored by his Majefty’s happy Return. 
11. It was one of the earlieft Adts of King Charles the 
lid’s Government to give that Satisfaction to the Eafi-In- 
dia Company which was requifite, to revive and eftablifh 
its Commerce, This he did, by granting to the Company 
a new Charter, dated the 3d of April, 1661, by which he 
not only confirmed the Privileges which they had before 
received, but likewife added others. He enlarged the 
Quantity of Bullion to 50,000 1 . every Voyage, pro- 
vided fo much as brought into the Kingdom by the Ex- 
portation of Indian Goods. He confirmed their exclufive 
Trade, and gave them Power to licenfe others to trade in 
the Indies , as alfo Authority to fettle Civil and Military 
Government, and to make Peace and War with the Infi- 
dels in the Eajl-Indies : But ftill this Charter had the old 
Condition of being made void, if it fhould be found detri- 
mental to the Nation upon three Years Notice. 
As foon as a Negotiation was commenced for the King’s 
Marriage with the Infanta of Portugal, it was refolved to 
procure a Ceffion of fome convenient Colony in the Eajl- 
Indies, as Part of her Portion ; and by this Means the 
Ifiand of Bombay , which has been fo often mentioned, 
came into the Hands of the Englifh. It muft be owned 
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that the Soil pf this Ifiand is but barren, and the Air far 
enough from being wholfome. But, however, the Situa- 
tion was extremely convenient; and as it was not in the 
Power of the King, or any of ’his Minifters, to alter the 
Nature of Things, they were forced to take up with .what 
they could get ; and it muft be owned that, notwithftand- 
ing fome Inconveniencies, the obtaining this Ifiand was 
both a convenient, and an important Acquifition, as by the 
Confequences attending it; and the prefent Condition of 
that Place did, and doth manifeftly and unqueftionably 
appear. 
Very foon after the Marriage, Kipg Charles fent. the 
Lord Marleburgh , with four or five Ships, of War, to . take 
Poffefiion of it ; and the King of Portugal fent a Viceroy 
to deliver it and all its Royalties, to the faid Lord » and 
Sir Abraham Shipman was ordered to be Governor for 
King Charles. They arrived at Bombay in September 1663 ; 
but the Clergy withftood the Crown, and difobeyed the 
Order ; nor would they acknowledge the Viceroy, unlefs 
he would come intp their Meafures, which, rather than 
lofe his new Dignity, he did, and the Englfh Fleet was 
forced to go to Sw ally to land their Men, and get Re- 
frefhments. The Governor of Surat, in whofe Diftrid: 
Swally is, grew jealous of the Numbers and Bravery of 
the Englifh, threatned the Fadory eftablifhcd at Surat, if 
they did not fpeedily re-imbark, which, to avoid, they 
did ; and the Governor allowed them the free life of the 
Markets ; fo that they had no Want of Provifions and 
Merchandize while they ftayed there. In Jan. 1664 his 
Lordfhip went back to England, carrying two Ships with 
him, and left Sir Abraham with the reft to pals the wefterly 
Monfoons in fome Port on the Coaft ; but he being unac- 
quainted, chofe a defolate Ifiand, called Anjadiva, to win- 
ter at. It is fo far from an Harbour, that it is even but a 
bad Road for Shipping in thofe boifterous fouth-weft 
Winds- and turbulent Seas : However, he landed all the 
Land-Forces, and built Huts to defend them from the 
Weather. The Ifiand is barren, but has fome Springs of 
good Water. It is about a Mile long, and three hundred 
Paces broad. Here they ftayed from April till Qdlober , 
in which Time they buried above two hundred of their 
Men. 
When the Monfoons were over, the Squadron put to 
Sea, and put into Bombay, to try if the Church had con- 
fidered on the Obedience due to the King of Portugal's 
Orders, or if they had a Mind to draw the Arms ef Eng- 
land, as well as their Sovereign, on them, Some of them, 
who had not forgot what Damages Spain and Portugal 
had fuftained by the Englifh Fleet in Cromwel' s Time, 
advifed the Church to obey the King, fettipg forth the 
Miferies they fhould be brought into in cafe of Noncom- 
pliance. At length their holy Zeal abated, and they were 
content to admit of a Treaty ; but before the Treaty was 
concluded, Sir Abraham died, and one Mr. Humphry Cooke, 
who was .next in Commifiion, continued the Treaty, and 
articled, that the Inhabitants fhould enjoy their Lands and 
Religion under the King of England , but forgot to infert 
the Royalties appending on Bombay, which reached gs far 
as Verfua, or Salfet ; which Omiffion has been a Bone of 
Contention for both Parties ever finee. Mr. Cooke, ac- 
cording to the Treaty, took Poffefiion of the Ifiand in the 
King’s Name, and forthwith began to fortify regularly, 
and, to fave Charges of building a Houfe for the Gover- 
nor, built a Fort round an old fquare Houfe, which ferv- 
ed the Portugueze for a Place of Retreat, when they were 
difturbed by their Enemies, till Forces could be fent from 
other Places to relieve them. 
After the Fort was traced and the Foundation laid. Sir 
George Lucas arrived from England with two Ships ; but 
Affairs-being fettled before he came, did not ftay at Bom- 
bay longer than January, 1666, and left the Government 
of the Ifiand in the Hands of Mr. Cooke and his Council, 
the Prefidency for the then Company refiding at Surat. 
TheirTradeflourifhed and encreafed wonderfully : But after 
the Fort was finifhed, the King finding that the Charge of 
of keeping Bombay in His own Hands, would not turn to 
Account, the Revenues being fo inconfiderable, he made 
it over to the Eafi-hidia Company in Fee- Tail, which 
continues ito this Day. In building the Fort where it is, 
