934 d jucmB Hi ft dry of the Rife , Pro® refs, and Book I. 
baffadors quitted Chinn , without being able to make any 
Progrefs in the Execution of their Commiffion ; fo ftrong 
were the Prejudices railed againft: them, and fo great the 
Apprehenfions the Chinefe had of their Danger, in cafe 
thefe Strangers were admitted , to trade in the Ports of 
their Empire. 
ijut if they were difappoin ted in their Hopes on this 
Side, they had better Succefs in Japon , to which Country 
they fent Zachary, IVaghenaer , with the Title of Embaf- 
fador to the Emperor, with Orders to ufe his utmoft En- 
deavours ta gain a perfed Knowledge of the Policy of 
chat great Empire, and to make himfelf likewife as agree- 
able as poffible to the Emperor and his Minifters, which 
Commiffion he was very capable of performing, being a 
Man of deep Reach, very great Experience, and extremely 
courteous and -affable in his Deportment; He had not 
been long however at ledo, before a fudden Fire reduced 
that City to Aihes, which occafioned fuch Confufion at 
the Court of Japon as induced the Dutch Embaffador to 
return home. 
He was fca rce arrived at Batavia before News came 
that great Difputes had arifen between the Japonefe at Nan- 
gafaqui and the Dutch , who were fettled in their Fadory 
there, which alarmed the General and Council fo much 
that they obliged Mr. Waghanaer , much againft his Will, 
to make a fecond Voyage to Japon, where he did not ar- 
rive till the Beginning of the Month of March , 1659. 
He found Ways and Means to ingratiate himfelf with the 
Emperor and his chief Minifters, and by promifing two 
Things on the Part of the Dutch , obtained all that he 
could reafonably afk in their Favour. The ftrft of thefe 
was, that they ftiould give early Intelligence of any De- 
figns that might be formed in the Philippines to the Pre- 
judice of the Japonefe Empire : The other, that they 
fhouid forbear’ taking Chinefe Ships upon the Coaft of 
Japon, . becaufe the Emperor allowing them to trade in his 
Dominions, it was but reafonabie that he ftiould be able 
to proted them. 
While thefe Negotiations were carrying on in the moft 
diftant Parts of the Eaft, there arofe a new War in Java , 
which threatened Ruin to the Dutch Affairs. We have 
touched upon this more than once, but, for the better un- 
derftanding this Hiftory, it will be neceffary to give a con- 
cife View of the whole Matter from the Dutch Hiftories. 
The Hand of Java had been under the Power of a Tingle 
Monarch, fometimes ftiled by the Dutch fimply the Em- 
peror, and at other Times called King of Japara , from 
whom the Governor of Bantam revolted, affumed the 
Title of King, and was fupported in the Quality of au 
independent Prince by the Dutch. It was by the adroit 
Management of thefe Divifions that they maintained and 
fupported their own Power ; for, whenever the Emperor 
of Java attempted any thing to the Prejudice of Batavia, 
the King of Bantam, was fure to take Arms in their Favour •, 
as, on the other Hand, whenever the King of Bantam 
took up Arms againft them they never failed to have Re- 
courfe to the Protection of the Emperor of Jew. Butin 
the Year 1659, theEmperor being very much embarraffed 
at home, the King of Bantam laid hold of this favoura- 
ble Opportunity to raife a great Army, and to attack the 
Dutch , fuppofing that for want of the Emperor’s Affift- 
ance, he ftiould loon be able to make himfelf Matter of 
Batavia , to which he immediately laid Siege. He found 
himfelf however extremely miftaken, for the Company was 
by this time become fo potent, that they were able to de- 
fend themfelves by their own Strength, which they did fo 
effedually, that after the Lofs of a great Part of his For- 
ces, the King of Bantam found himfelf obliged to raife 
the Siege, and to retire precipitately into his own Do- 
minions. 
The Emperor of Japara had ftill worfe Succefs ; for 
though he inherited from his Father an invincible Hatred 
to the Company, yet they made him feel the Effeds of 
their Power, and made him fuffer feverely for his Obftfo 
nacy, though they were never able to conquer it, or to 
bring him either by fair Means or foul, to have any Corre- 
fpondence with them. Thefe Difturbances at home did 
not hinder the Governor and Council from engaging in a- 
foreign War, for the Support of one of their Allies, which 
was the King of Bengal, ' who was in great Danger of be- 
fog dethroned by his Brother. At firft the Dutch only 
furnifhecl him with Provisions and Artillery, and offered 
him, in cafe he was expelled, a Sanduary at Batavia. 
But afterwards, finding that a conftderable Part of his Sub- 
jeds adhered to him firmly, they fent over Troops to his 
Affiftance, and thereby not only delivered him from the 
immediate Danger he was in, but reftored him to his 
former Dignity: In Gratitude for this Teafon able Affift- 
ance, he gave them Leave to ered, not only a Fadory, 
but a Fort at Hughly, well fortified with twelve Pieces of 
large Cannon mounted, and a good Ditch. It was by this 
Means that they ruined the Englijh Trade there* and fe- 
cured ali the Commerce of thofe Parts to themfelves. 
Yet thefe remarkable Inftances of good Fortune could 
not make them forget the Mifcarriage of their Affairs in 
China, much lefs incline them to forgive the Jefaits, to 
whom they attributed the Defeat of that Ambaffy, which 
coft them an immenfe Sum of Money, and which, as we 
have fhewn before, ended in an abfolute Difappointment. 
To be revenged on the Authors of this Difgrace, they 
fitted out a Fleet of thirty Sail, with Orders to fail to the 
Hand of Macajfar, and to attack the City of the 
fame Name, in the Port of which they knew there was a 
Portugueze Fleet, richly laden, and in which the Jefuits 
were deeply concerned. On the 7th of June 1660, the 
Dutch attacked Macajfar by Land and Sea, and tho’ the In- 
dian Monarch of that Place defended his Allies with his 
whole Force, yet the Dutch obtained a compleatViftory ; for 
they burnt three of the Portugueze Ships, funk two, and 
took one, fo richly laden, that it fufficiently reimburfed 
the Expence both of the Chinefe Ambaffy, and of this 
Expedition. What was ftill more honourable for the 
Dutch, the unfortunate King of Macajfar was obliged to 
fend a folemn Ambaffy to Batavia , and to fubmit to fuch 
Terms as the Dutch Governor-General thought fit to pre- 
feribe, which were hard enough, fince he was obliged, not 
only to expel all the Portugueze in his Dominions, but al- 
ia to promife, that he would never admit them, or any 
other . Europeans, to fettle in his Territories; fo that we 
may juftly affirm, that never any Expedition was more 
compleatly executed, or turned more to the Reputation of the 
Dutch Company than this, which not only humbled their 
Enemies, but brought vaft Advantages to themfelves. 
But as the greateft Fortune is feldom the moft fecure, 
fo immediately after this mighty Succefs, the Dutch Com- 
pany received one of the fevered Checks they had ever 
met with fince their Eftablifhment in the Indies. They 
had at this Time a very fine Settlement on the Hand of 
Formofa , one of the faireft and moft fruitful Countries in 
the Eaft, abounding with all the Neceffaries of Life, pro- 
ducing various rich Commodities, and affording them the 
Opportunity of carrying on a vaft Commerce from thence. 
They had built for the Protection of their Colony, a fquare 
Fort, with large Baftions, and below thefe, towards the 
Sea, they had another Fortification, which covered the 
Palace of their Governor, confifting of two regular Baf- 
tions, an excellent Covered- way, and four Ffalf- moons, 
the whole united to the Fort by very ftrong Walls defend- 
ed by a great Number of Cannon, and the whole protect- 
ed by a numerous Garrifon. The Town was long and 
large, extreamly well peopled, and the Inhabitants, from 
feven Years old and upwards, being charged with a Poll- 
tax, at the Rate of half a Guilder a Head, produced a 
Revenue more than fufficient to difeharge the ExpenGes 
neceffary for the Maintenance of this important Colony. 
Such indeed it might be well ftiled, fince by its Situation, 
at the Diftance only of twenty-four Leagues from the Coaft 
of China, and one hundred and fifty from Japon, it af- 
forded them the Means of carrying on, with the greateft 
Eafe, a Trade to both that was exceflively beneficial. 
The Chinefe, in the Year 1653, had laid a very deep 
Defign for the Deftrubiion of the Dutch, by an univerfa! 
Confpiracy amongft the Natives, which however had not 
the defigned Effebt ; for being luckily difeovered in Time, 
it was abfolutely defeated. This Piece of good Fortune 
made thofe who were entrufted with the Care of this Set- 
tlement, more remifs than is ufual with the Dutch, in- 
fomuch, that they negledled the Fortifications, and fuf- 
fered 
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