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R E A D E Rj 

He ^monflrance of the 2Ve- 
ther lands Eaji India Company^ 
hecreaftcr in the firft 
place following, was by 
the fame Company prc- 
fented to the Lords States 
Qenerall ofthc Vntted 9ro- 
Vmces in November Anno 1624. for anfwere of 
the Relation of the En^lijh EaH India Comftanit^ 
touching the vniuft, cruell, and barbarous 
proceedings againft the Englijh at Amboyncu^ 
and for juftification of that infamous ProceJJi. 
The Coppie of which ^monflrance being im- 
parted to thefaid EngHfh Qmpany^ they forth- 
with writ the fubfequent (%^, and fcnt the 
fame to be prefented to the faid Lords States 
generally for a Countcrpoyfon againft thefaid 
Q^monjirancc^. 

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To the ^ei 



altogether verifying their fufpition of the 
drift of the Netherlands (mp<my before mentio- 
ned. For the faid Letter of the Lords States be- 
ing by the Engltfh Trejident at laccatra fafcly deli- 
vered to Carpentier, Governour Generall of the 
Dutch in the Mies^ he, when Harman Van Speadt 
the late Governor ofAmhojina^ and head of the 
bloudy treachery againft the En^Hp? there, ar- 
riveciat laccatra^ received him with great ho- 
nour, yea with triumph ; and in ftead offen- 
ding him for Europe to anfwcre the Coplaints 
of the Si^//^3 according to thedircdionand 
comandement of the Lords States by their faid 
Lettcr,made him chiefecomandcr of a Flectc 
of Shippes fent from thence to Suratt^ and o- 
therNortherne parts of the iw^/e^; the Englijh 
Prefident & Councell at laccatra in vaine pro- 
tefting here-againft, and vrging his remiffion 
to Europe in confequence of the Letter of the 
Lords States z^ordzid. Neither hauethe Offi- 
cers of the /aid Netherlands Company in the Indies 
in all this rcfpiteof i8. moneths,madcany re- 
ftitutionor reparation to the Biglijh, as was 
promifed and pretended, nor any preparati- 
on therevnto 5 but rather haue added new 
gricvances.So that it now plaincly appeareth, 

that 



To the Reader. 



that the faid Netherlands Eafi India Ccm^an^, in 
their earncft fuitc to' the Lords States^ to pro- 
cure his Maiejlie to giuc a refpitc for the due 
tryalloftheCaufeofiiwf'qywdf, infcrtcd in the 
latter end of this cnfiiing ^monftrance, inten- 
ded nothing IcfTc then fuch a true tryall, but 
rather a cooling and blunting of the edge and 
zealc of the Englip? Company in purfuing of their 
due remedies j hoping ( as it is in the fable of 
him that vndertooke to teach the AfTe to 
ipeake) that in long delay and refpite of time 
^mthing might happen, vtterly to elude and 
fruftrate the reall performance. In themeanc 
time, befides the goods of the En^lif? that 
they detaine, they enioy the whole trade of 
the MoluccoeSj iBandoy and ^mhoynay the true 
though wretched motiue of their abhomina- 
ble Proceflc againft the innocents j and hauc 
raifed the Nutmeggs, Maces and Clones, be- 
ing by this means folely in their own hands, 
to more then double the price of that they 
were at in thcfc parts when the EngUp? haa 
their (hare in them- Whereby it appearcth, 
how fincercly this following ^monflrxncc^ 
. flighteth this matter as apooreend, though 
it fo much tend to enrich that Dutch Company ; 







A REMONSTRANCE 

of the Bewinthebbcrs or Directors 

of the Netherlands Eafl India Company 

lately exhibited to the Lords States Genc^ 

rail in iudificacion of the proceedings of 

their Officers at j4mhoy»a againft 

thcEnghfii there. 

Tranjlated out of French. 



Highandmighty Lords : 

1 H E Dirciflors of the vnited 
Company and Society of the 
Eafl' Indies did in the moncth of 
luly paft^prefcnt vnio your Ho- 
nours a Dcdudion concerning 
that which was paft in the Pro- 
uince oi^^mhyna, and of the 



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execution there made in March i623 5with a proui- 
fionallanfwcr of the Obicdions which then were 
made and knowne againft it : But where this Caufc 
by that meanes could not be ended^and for as much 
* as daily there arc found & fprcd abroad great Bruits 
againft that which is mentioned in the Dcdu(f^ion 

B afore- 



A Defence of the Proceedings of the Dutch 



aforefaid • therefore the faid Dingers in regard of 
their charge and office, as alfo for the defence of 
their SeruantSjfofarre asrcafonpcrmittechjand not 
to be thought defticute and naked of good defence, 
yea that tbcy may not leauc the matter for condem! 
ncd, as diners hauc fprcd abroad, and gladly would 
makctheworld faeleeue, cannot forbeare to makc^ 
after due rcucrcnce, this more particular Inftruiflion 
in forme of Remonftranccvntoycur Honors. 

[/{. In the firft place then, the Dire^ors doe yet pcrfifl 

in their faid DeduiSionj bccaufe the fanae may fcruc 

to giue light to the whole caufe : And confidering 

the waighty and infallible Inditia and cuidence that 

preceded this difcouery of the Treafon of certainc 

Englifhjyeathe fame being notorious, as alfo the 

proceedings which haac legally and according to 

Law pafTed againft the Confederates, as appcareth 

;bythcludiciall A(5ls (figned aswellbythafe which 

were examined, as by the Councell oi Ambojna 

which is a Colledge admitted and fwornc ; and 

againft which no proofe, much leffe anyvainc and 

friuolous fufpition fhould bee admitted, They the 

'Dirt^ors abfolutely belceuc f fo long as they fee no 

more to the contrary) that the faid Englifli Confpi- 

rators and other Confederates which were in our 

feruicC; were well apprehended, and the fad fin our 

opinions) fo well proucd according to Law^and the 

vie & cuftome in fuch cafe obfcrucd^the proceedings 

hauebecnlegall,&inpurfuir therof the pimiflimcnt 

which they haue fuftained was inflided according; 

to the common Law, with good moderation ot 

iS« the rigour of lufticc & with clemency .Notwithftan- 

ding 



agalnfl the Englif? at Amboyna. 



ding there hauc becnc many Writings and Deduc- 
tions, as the Directors vntill this time pcrceiue and 
difcoucr, fovved and fpred againft this caufe as well 
inErjgla^d;is[n thefe parts: among which (for as 
much as we know) the fiift is a fummary ot Newcs 
out of Letters dated the 19 of lune 1623, written by 
the EngliftiFadorsac ^4/^/^/4, which immediately 
willbciudgcdby cueryone who neucrfo little and 
fuperficially (hall readc the fame, to be full of paffion 
contrary to the Truthjand without any proofe : For 
firft the proceeding by the luftice at Amhojna vpon 
the Confederates there, is blamed therein, and by 
preiudication called an vniuft Murder, wicked and 
barbarous , the fafliion and manner of the rackc 
or torture likewifc defcribcd and exaggerated 
with great vehcmency and paflion : And alfo 
it is not true that therein is laid, that the other //;- 
Mans (befides the EnglifhJ confederates in ihthGt 
were Seruants of the Englifh Company, whereas it 
appearcthotherwife^towit^that the Indian confe- 
derates were Seruants of the Dutch Company^asis 
well knowne co be true ; and yet this writing hath 
taken great place araongft great and fmall, and hath 
becneOiowed as a pattcrne or modell whereupon 
the other griefcs haue beenc formed againft the faid 
luftice oi Amhoyna. Vpon which incontinently r 
followed a more large and ample Writing called 
The true Relation of the crucU and harbarotis torture 
And execution committed hj the Flemings vpon the 
Bngli[}) in Amboyna. 

In the Introdudion whereof procecdeth imperti- 
nently a dcfcription o^Amboyna^^xki of the Garifon 

B2 an4 



;4 J- Defence of the TrtKeedin^ of the Patch 



and force df the Dutch in the fame place, and this 
oncly to thccr d, as appeaicih, to fhow thereby that 
there is noappearance that the Englifh Aiouid con- 
fultof the taking of the faid place as a thing inipof- 
fiblc ; As if, by rcafon of the fmall vndcrflanding 
and fimplc foundation which the Conrpirators had 
to put their dcflgnc in execution and in cffccl f omit- 
ting all other accufationsj ihcy had not in any kind 
riPicrited and deferued any puniflimcnt : the contra- 
ry whereof appcarcth to be pradifed daily in the like 

2). crimes ; And to cite this prefumption vnto the an- 
nihilating of a truth fo notorious andproucd,and 
againft the proper confeffions ofthe executed and 
other Confederates, againft the confciencc and te- 
ftimony of (o many honeft men and of credit, which 
hauebeene imployed in the caufe^and seainft a Col* 
ledge of ludges publickc and fworne, this cannot in 
any manner be admitted, recciued^nor had in confi* 
deration by (uch as hauc vndcrflanding in thefe af- 

E. faircs. But to the contrary and bcfides all therea- 
fbns aforegoing, the Dutch Company hath made it 
to appeire by good proof cs^ that the Engliifb to the 
end to diucrt and get forth ofthe Caflle the forces 
of the Dutch, had in the Coui^tries and Hands ther- 
aboutsftirrcdvp, induced, andcaufedto rcbell, all 
the Tcrnatancs^ Ceranienf, and the Indian nations 
bordering therc,open!y andby publickc violence to 
niakc fuch vnaccuftomed outrages vpon the Sub- 
ieSsof the Caftle, that the Goucrnor might be con- 
ftraincd to goe forth from thence with all his forces 
for to appeafe and quiet the faid Rcbclls,,and to 
bring tbcm to their ancient obedience. And there- 
upon 



a^ainjl the Englijh at Ambovna. 



upon the Englidilliould bauc adnylcd andinuaded 
the Caftlc and the Townc (as being dcftiturc by the 
retiring and departure of the Army j then when the 
Dutch fhould be moft feeble and i;T their grcucft 
nccefTity as well of men as of Dutch lliips, which 
fhould hauc bcene imploycd in this voyage. And 
concerning the force ot the Enghili which were in F, 
t^mlfoy r^a^xh^y 2\onc would not haue enxerprifcd 
the attempt, but would vnto this purpofc haue cal- 
Icdvnto them all the flaucs which they had in great 
number in their Fadaries : Neither would they haue 
begunne the fame before the ariuall of certainc Eng- 
liili Ships HI Amboyna: The people whereof they 
woold alfo haue fct on workc and imploycd to the 
attempt : The retinue alfo, which daily the compli- 
ces did vndcrhand procure ( as Gabriel Torverfo^ 
Cape Merchant of the Englifh had ordered ) ftiould 
haue becne much augmented, the rebcll fubic(9:s of 
the Caftlc fhould hauc weakncd the force of the 
Dutch and augmented the force of the confpirators; 
And further f which is the principall poiiu) the end 
and defigne of the Confpirators was not to force 
and conftraine the C aftlc (onely) by violence, open 
warre, or ficgc,(to which purpofc all thcfc imagined 
fortrcfTcs of the Cafllcjand the power of the Durch^ 
might hauc their confidcration) but the plot w3$,to 
iniiade the Caftle by Trcafon, and with the aid and G* 
aflifJancc of the l^ponian Souldicrs which w^crc then 
t*\n the fcruice of the Duch at Amhoyna aforefaid: 
which fmall number oilaponians were not (lightly to 
hi regarded, in refpeft of the valour and prowefTe of 
that Nation, and their cxtraordinaric rcfolution in 

B3 hazar- 



^Defence of the Trcceedingsofthe Dutch 

hazarding tiicir liucs in any dangerous cntcrprifcs^ 
Infomuch asaccrraine fmall number of the Japom- 
am oncly of thcmfclue* and without any aidcorfup- 
port haue vndertaken and accoinplifhed the moft 
great attempts and dcfignes in places ofthcgrcatcft 
and moft puiffant goucrnment in the Indies, As a- 
mongoihcr things it appcareth by that which paf- 
fed in thekingdomc ofPatany : where certainc lapp. 
nians forced and pillaged the Townc, afterwards 
made their retreat in good order and with good 
compoficion. And in the Kingdomc of Siam in the 
Townc called lodca^ full of thoufands of perfonS;, the 
King whereof himfclfe can in a fhort tinfic bring in* 
to the field about' one hundred thoufand men of 
armcs, and heretofore obtained great vicSorics vpon 
many great Princes his neighbours, who then were 
and as yet arc of great power 5 in that towne (I fay j 
which is the capicall Townc of the Kingdomc, cer- 
tainc /^/^;;/4;7;furprizcdfirft the Caftlc and Royall 
Palace, and being entered thereinto by force, after- 
wards they tookc the King in perfon prifoner, they 
kept him in their cuftody , and being wholly become 
maitcrs of the faid Caftle, they made by mcanesof 
threatnings (as to put the King to death, and other- 
wife j an honourable and aduantagcous corapofiti- 
on : By which the faid fmall number oiUpeniam 
wcntaway & departed without any domage out of 
the Kingdomc of 5'/4w, with great glory and mag- 
nanimity^and very great riches.Which exploits arc^, 
without comparifon much more great and dange- 
rous then the faid attempt oiAmhoym againft dna- 
pcn Townc and a Caftlc empty and naked of forces, 

into 



a^ainfi the Eti^liJJ? at Amboyna, 



into which alfo the lapo/iians might hauc their daily 
acceffc with the Englifh who were held and reputed 
for friends : So that whatlocucr is mentioned in the 
Dcdu(Sion of the Englifti vpon this prefiimptio^ to 
diaw into a doubt all thcadionsof the Confede- 
rates, is altogether without foundation, in a Cnufe 
fo notorious and publikely conuinced. Of the like H. 
force and cfficacie is that which is let downc before 
in the (aid Englifh Dedudlion, as if the Dutch had 
no other defigne by this imputation ofTreafonbuc ' 
to thrufl forth the Englifh out oi Amboyna^ and to 
remainc fole Mafters of the Trade in thofe quarters : 
But if fuch hadbeene the intention of the Dutch 
Company, they might cafier and with more appa- 
ranee and pretext hauc forborne to receiuc and ad- 
mit the Englifh at the beginning in Amboyrja in the 
ycarc 1620, then hauc thruft ihcm forth in fuch a 
manner: and God forbid that any one fhould vnder- 
takc to performe or effed fuch a thing by fuch vniufk 
and maligne proceedings, and with fuch efFufion of 
blood, onely to thruft forth the Englifh from o^/zz- 
hojr3d. And concerning the Dutch Company here J. 

in Europe, neucr any fuch thing came into their 
thoughts, nor did they euer giuc any Commiflioa 
for the putting forth of the EngliQi, by warrant 
v\ hereof the Officers of the faid place in general! 
might hauc had ground to begin any thing to fuch 
an end. And concerning the Officers thcmfclucs, 

'^ they arc by thofe that know themefteemcd and repu- 
ted to be lioneft and worthy men : who in like man- 

- Yi^r would no waycs cmcrtainc a thought of fuch 
an A6lion. 

And 



S A Defence of the Proceeding of the Dutch 

And to fay the Truth, why (liould the Orficcrs 
with fuch feigned wrong accufc and put to death the 
Englifliandihc Confederates being innocent : fee- 
ing that (as aforcfaidj they had no Commiflion, 
and ifthey had any giuen them fwhich cannot bee 
well imagined) yet the Gouernor and Counfcll of 
v^w^.?y;?4 are fuch people as would not haueyeclded 
or giucn obedience thereunto. And the fame Go- 
ucrnour nor other ludges which arc fourtcenc in 
number, coald not hauc drawne any profit or ad- 
uantage by their fo doing. For admit it were fo that 
the Englifli came in this regard for to leaue Amhy- 
aa, this could no waycs aduantigc them in their par- 
ticular- butto thecontrary, returning vnto Europe^ 
they themfcluesfliouldbcCberides the burthen and 
remorfc of their ownc Confcicnccs) charged and 
aggrauatcd with great blame and infamy, hatred 
and malice, and put in great danger of their pcrf ons ; 
Sq that, of (uch a thing they could not cxpcd other- 
wife then detriment, difaduantagc and difgrace, yea 
punifliraent and chaftifcment vpon themfelucs. 
Now if this be not fo, then may not this prcf umpti- 
on of the Englifh be true, nor in any wife admitted 
and rcceiucd, who maintainc and inhumanely fay, 
that this molcftation and deftru«ftion was offered 
and doneto the Englifh, to the end to dcliuer and 
free t^^mboyna of them , and to retainc it oncly 
by the Dutch. For the Datch Company doc de- 
clare the amity of the Englifli Company to be vnto 
them of chief e and fpeciall importance 3 and they 
defirc for to enioy the fame with all CGnfidence\' " 
. And furthermore wee could produce and njleadgc 

many 



a^ainji the EnglijJ? at Amhoyn^i. 



many rcafons why wcyerdefirc that the treaty be- 
ing rcligioiifly and pioufly obferucd from the one 
pare to the other, we conid wilhngly and gladly bee 
content to ^iie way to the rate and porcion in Trade 
permitted to the Englifh Company by the Treaty 
ofthcyeare 16I9. without by exclufion of the Eng- 
lifh f the Treaty being by them obferued j to acknow- 
ledge or thinke of any profit or aduantage in gcne- 
lall or in particular. 

We vndertake further for oiir officers oiAmboyna i^, 
(as aUo it is true) that the beginning and entrance of 
this proceeding bcganne vpon vehement and well 
grounded (ufpitions againft the firft Idponian in our 
leruice, who walking at vndue houres vpon the Bu!- 
warkes of the Caflle, and inquiring very curioufly 
of the force and confticution of the Garifon and fet- 
ting of the watch^ was apprehended, and prefently 
the clew ofthis great and execrable confpiracy was 
opened and difcouered^ as the Englifh Dedudion ic 
fclfeconfeflfcth. 

And if the Dutch had dcfigned and vndertaken 
(as moft calumnioufly it is fufpe^cd and reported) 
to thruftthc Englifh out of Amboyna by the vniiift 
report and accufacion of their feruants there, with- 
out any appearance of any true confpiracy : why 
^\Aih\s lafonian come vpon the walls and fo curi- 
oufly enquire, and alfo being apprehended and ex- 
amined fo pertinently fpeake of the confpiracy < If 
this lafoman had bin a perlon fuborned for to charge 
* andaccufetheEnghfli, the Dutch would not hauc 
• -executed him; which yet legally followed, whereby 
it appeareth that his declaration and tcflimony was 

C true. 



1 o j{ Defence of the Proceedings of the Dutch 

truCjaswcUinaccufing the other lapomam his fcl- 
lowcs which were in our feruice, as in the charge of 
theorhcrEngUflb, and of himfclfe : why alfo were 
the other Japomans indited and cxccihed , if the 
Datch fought ic but oncly vpon the EngHdi^as is 
without colour pretended 't for the laponians haue 
cucr been in good eftecme with vs, and haue alwaies 
becnc much trufted, and not hauing any occafion of 
nialicc5or rancor, or fcare of them^or againft them . 
where now to the contrary by this tranfgreflion it 
behoucth our nation to be ak'ayes in miftruft of the 
lApnUns, and not fo confidently to vfe or be ferued 
of them as before. And ic ought not to fcem ftrangc 
that during this Examination of thefe laponians 
(which as aforefaid, was begunnc and ended before 
any thing was done to the Englifh) that the Englifb 
J^^ for the fpacc of three or fourcdaycsf although here- 
in they fpare the truth) were fo forward and fo bold 
astogoeinandoutj to and from the Caflle: For 
they thought that it would tend and (crue vnto their 
conferuation^to the end they mightgiuethclefs fuf. 
pitionrfor if they had fled away^Sc hidden or concea- 
led themfclues;in fuehcafethey hadbinpublikelydit 
couered. And if they had thought or would hauc 
attempted to flye, it was impoffible for them fb to 
doe, fortheGoucrnorand Councellhad giuen or- 
der all about for the affurance of the place,and of all 
pcrfons which frequented and had any imcrcourfc 
of Merchandizes in Amhjna, of which the Englifli 
complices could not be ignorant 5 fothac they were 
conftrained to put on a good face^chccrcand coun- 
tenance^ the better to fhunne the pcrill and danger. 



-li 

^gainfithe Englijh at Amboym. 1 1 

But ic further appcarcth that that which the Eng- 2^f 
lifh maintaineis abufiuc and erroneous • that they 
had continued three or fouredayes in going to and 
from the Caftlc after the faid imprifonmcnt^and du- 
ring the cxan^inacion of the Upgnians : For they bc- 
ganne to examine the laf^nians the 24 of February, 
and the 2 5 the Englifli were arcflcd/o that there was 
but one day betweenc them both^and therefore that 
which is mentioned in the Enghfh DeduiJion is not 
true. Alfofbrthcconfcflionofthefirft laf^ian, as 
likcwife of all the reft of the lafontAns vnto the num- 
ber of twelue, they do not onely accufe the Engli(li| 
but themfclues alfo j fo that there cannot be any iuf- 
pition or doubt of fallc accufation, feeing that they 
themfelues could not haue any aduantage in thepre- 
ftruationofthcirowneperfonsj asoihcrwifc there 
canbenofufpition of calumny: which in fuchacafe 
could not be nor happen in any fafliion or manner. 

That which is contained in the Englifti Dedudion, ^. 
to wit, that the Englifh had ncuer kept any conuer- 
fation with the lafonians, appeareih to the contrary 
by the A(fts oftheProccfTcandtheconfeflionsofan, 
and particularly of Towerfon^ made without Tor- 
ture or Fetters, long after his examination. So that 
from thcfe contrarieties and diflimulations are dif 
coucrcd5many other fignes and tokens for to belecuc 
that the EnglilTiDedufiion doth wander and ftray 
very much from the truth, and that all which may 
be conftrued to the contrary is true, in confcqucncc 
of that which the Dutch Company of the Eaft Indies 
doc fuftainc in the iuft defence of their Officers and 
Minifters. 

Ca But 



12 ji Defence of tj?e Proceeding of the Dutch 

0^ But that whereby the fai J Dedudion is enlarged 

and amplified, is to make mention and difcouer ma- 
ny particularities which in time hereafrer fhall be re- 
futed and proiied to be matter meercly fainedinthc 
moft part oF the mod important and fubftantinll 
points : as alfo in that which they fpeake of the rackc 
and torture giiicn to the EnglilTi^ which is defcribed 
in particulars contrary to the truth, thereby to moue 
the Reader to pitty. But when they haue faid alljit is 
but a bare and naked Dfcourfe without proofc^ihat 
the Englifli haue bccne tortured and racked : for 
to giue the torture when the cafe fo requircth, is no 
fault of the ludge , but it is a thing cuftomabic 
throughout Europe,and foin the Low-countries-^ And 
if fuch torture hath been giucn to fomeofthe Eng- 
lilli, it was furely done vpon good and pregnant cui- 
dencc, and weighty proofcs, and confeflfions of o- 
thers, whereof Tome may haue bcenc brought to a 

,y. more rigorous examination, according- to the exi- 
gence of the cafe, without doing or executing any 
iniuftice. 

9. If alfo the Judges of the Dutch would haue wrong- 

fully preflTed and conftrained the Englifh to confef- 
fion by torturcj wherefore did they not preffe and 
conftraineihemalltoconfcfsion : which ncucrthc- 
leflc appearech by the Dedu^f^ion of the Englifh not 
to haue becne done, and that many were let paffc 
without torture ; yea many of them which the Eng- 
lifh Deduifiion abufiuely affirmeth to haue beenc 
tortured : it being not rcafonable to proceed againft 
them as againft others which were charged with 
more great and vehement fufpitions and proofes. 

And 



Agatnjl the Englijh at Amboyna. i ^ 

And ifthcy proceeded herein with iuch cxccfle, Q^^ 
how commeth it then that the Judges pardoned and 
difchargedfome (as faulty as the reft) but oncly to 
giue teftimony oi their proceedings^ and that the 
iuftice thereof might fully appeare ta all whomfe- 
cuer < which otherwife they were not bound to doc 
nor would haue done in alllikelibood. ^nbiir-f:, 

But to winne the Reader by compaffion the mart- %: 
net of the torture is there very finely and proiixely 
fct downc : but who knoweth not that the manner 
and fafliion of the extraordinary queftion is in it felfc 
rough andharfh, and fpecially muft Iceme fo to the 
Englifh in England (where there is no fuch kind of 
torture vfcd, vnlefTeit be in cafe of high Trcafon,) 
how moderate and gentle foeucr it be, as the paine 
of the torture of the watctjwhich is much more ciuill 
and lefTe dangerous then other tortures of ftrctching 
orpreffing^whichisin diuers manners vfcd in Eu- 
rope : for fuch torture and painc of water doth but 
caufe and produce an oppreflion and anxiety of 
breath, and refpiration, and not the fwelling of the 
body of the Patients (as is abufiucly mentioned in 
the Englilli Deduilion) and is without fracftionjbrur- 
fing or mutilation of the members which others arc 
fubicd vnto: So that all which is comprifed and 
contained in the fame defcription is oncly fet downc 
forthcembellifhingand adorning of the faid Wri- 
ting 5 to the end onely to mouc the Reader to 
^GOmpaflion. to make him infenfiblyto draw in and 
fwallow all the other crrours and vntruths vnder 
tfiefcclolcconueighances, and giue them credit to 
the aduantage of the drift of the Aid Dedu(ftion : 

C s But 



;i4 A l)^cetfthe'(Pnc€^^ng^of^he Uutch 

Juthewhichto the contrary will found and fearch 
out the tmth, and whether that which is therein de- 
<clarcd and related bceproucdj and ought to bee ad- 
flitted and receiucdornot, let him bee pleafcd fur- 
ther to obferuc, as folio weth. 
ft That all which is faid therein \s without proofe, 
and if that any proofc be found therein, it is of very 
fcwpcrfons^ycafuch as in a caufe that conccrnerh 
themiclucs, and wherein they were once iudicially 
conuinced, may not bee admitted for wirncffcs a- 
gainftthc ludgc and the proceedings paft againft 
thenafelues, nor againft the legal! confcffion which 
they once and oftener made and confirmed with 
(their owne fublcription, which now by other depo- 
sitions or particular declarations, cannot bee made 
vainc and elufory againft the tcftimony and ccrtifi* 
catcoffourteeneludgesjwho were prefent in and 
at all paflagcsj whofe reputation and wifedome is fb 
M^ell IcnownCj that fuch wicked, vnordcrly and vniuft 
proceedings as the Englifti pretend, may not bee in 
any (ort or manner charged or imputed vpon them. 
S. Laftly, concerning certaine Declarations and 

Writings of the condemned Englifh before their 
death,whcrcby they haue pretefted their innocency, 
and that they were iudged wrongfully, whereupon 
by prcflimption is inferred that it muft be true, be- 
cauleitisnottobecbelecued that any one was fo 
wicked and impious as to dare to faine and diflTem- 
blc at the boure of his death,&c. 

This Argument makerh little in the caufe-for firft 
it ought to appear that there are indeed fuch Declia- 
rations and Writings of the Engli(h : But the truth 

can 



can be tcftificd by them which were prcfent, and a* 
,,^ bout them at all times, that there is no fuch thing- 
much leflc that which is faid concerning certaine 
preccndcd miracles which had happened in wixncffe 
of the innoccncy of the executed , fo thar it 
may wclj fcemc that they had raoucd hcaueufe 
and earth to hide sndconcealc this deteftablcdecd : 
but howfocuer it bc^who would prefume that honeft 
men of reputation and wiPcdeme knowne and pub- 
licke would haue fhowne tlKmfelues fo impious and 
vnhumancjas wrongfully and innocently to accuft. 
the perfons executed : and much Icfle it catm^t bee 
prefumcd vnto the charge of a CoUcdge eftablifced 
and fworne. 

And although that which is af orcfaid appcare and Tl 
be known firft by the truth ofthe thing, as it is caried 
bythcDcdudionaforcgoingjprcfented in lulypaft 
vnto your Honours ; and thatfccondly it is credible 
diat by this writing here were broke and decided all 
obieftions and difficulties inferred by the Enghfh^aa 
alfo feme adisalleadgcd^ which in regard of the 
Englifti might be prodiKcd and allcdged againft that 
which is aforeiaid, and againfl the Legality of thq 
proceedings in Amboyna^in^uchm^nntt iharmorc 
cannot be required in iuftification of thcbchauiors 
of th« Dutch Officers : So it is that the DinSiors not- 
withftandiog find it neccfTary (ikbough fupeiflu^ 
ous) to repeat and make mention here of many par- 
^ ticularities which much more fully and all at a blow 
• doe (how that the reports fprcd and fworn with fuch 
^ehemcncy by the Englifh againft the truth doe con- 
trary the one the othcr^ fo that nothing more can be 

had 



J 6 A Defence of the Proceeding of the Dutch 

had nor reft of fufpidon, whereby the proceedings 
and executions ziAwboyna may bee acciifedj much 
lefTe condemnedjand in confequencc likevvifc^which 
the great hafte and affiduall precipitation v^q6 here- 
in, hath been wholly done in pofte,for to Icarnc and 
ftiow the world the truth ofihedifcoucry in thebu- 
fineflcjas hereafter (hall appeare more clearly and 
cuidently. 

In the fifrft place then, fo it is that the Company 
after the firft Dcdudion of luly, haue further vnder- 
flood by the lafl Ships out of Battauia ariucd here in 
September, and that by Certificate or Atteflation 
depofcd by M'. Frederick Je Houtman, chicfe Coun- 
celler of the Indies, and ancient Gouernour of the 
Ifles oiMulloques 3 that it was firmly and vndoubred- 
ly belecued in AmbejnA thoughout and of eue ry one, 
yeaby himfelfe as he yet doth beleeue.thatthcEng- 
lifh of the faid place, and the lapomans, had truly and 
really confpired to inuade the Caflle oi Amboynd^t 
their beft opportunity 5 fo that none ought in any 
wifeto doubt hereof. 

Secondly /or ftrong proofe of that which is afore* 
faid, the faid Goucrnor de Houtman comming from 
the LMolucqucs to Hitto in Amboyna in the moneth 
of hY>n\,ann0 1625, a certainc Englifhman called 
George Sharock^ AfTiflant, f which before had beenc 
alfo prifoner, and examined vpon the faid confpira- 
cie, and by fauour releafcd and pardoned by theGo* 
iicrnour and Councell of i^mbojna^ notwithftan- 
ding that the faid Sharock was a good while priuy to ' 
the faid Confpiracy^and had promifed his affiflance)^ 
kneeling downc vpon his knees and proftratiug him- 
felfe 



a^ainjl the Englijh at Amboy na. 1 7 

felfc before the feet of the faid Goucrnour de Hour-- 
«;4;i5(who looked for no fuch matter) declared with 
great zcale and good afFc^flicn, that hcc was and 
fhoiild bee all his life tirtie bound and obliged vnto 
the Diirch Company, becaiifc (as hee then againc 
confe(red)thatfauoiir had beene done to him and 
hee was left vnpuniflied for the fault and offence 
which he had committed and perpetrated; and this 
was fpoken by the faid George Sharock to the laid de 
HoutmAn^ about the 20 of April 1^23. when he was 
already abfolued^rclcafcd/recd, and out of all fcare 
to be any more moleftedor queflioned for the faid 
faft and offence committed as aforcfaid 

Thirdly, the faid Goucrnor dt Houtman being at 
^4/4«/4 and being prefent when lehnBeomomEng" 
lifh Merchant, fwhoalfo was a confederate in the 
faid confpiracy at Amhyna, and obtained his par- 
donj being ficke, was brought before the Gouernor 
generally and the faid Beomont being come in the 
prefencc of the faid Goucrnor generall, and of the 
faid M'. Houtman^ confeffed his fault before made 
and committed, and implored and mofl humbly dcfi- 
red mercy and pardon of the faid Generally which 
feauing obtained he humbly thanked them. 

In the fourth place5That many people at Batauid^ 
yea he the Deponent hlmicMc had by good informa- 
tion and knowledge certainly vnderftood that the 
(aid lohn Beomont being afccrwards come before tbc 
Englifh Prcfidcnt and Englifh Merchants refident at 
Batauia^htz the faid ^^(?;w(?^/ recited and confeflcd- 
jhe whole bufinefTc and confpiracy : But when this 
pleafcd not the faid Englifh, the Prcfidcnt of the"" 

D Englifh 



1 8 o4 Defence of the Troceedin^ of the Dutch 

EngUfbaforcfaid for to obfcure the caufc, and to 
fliunne the diflionour of the Trcafon, feeing the free 
confeffion oiBeomont which much aftonifhcd them, 
he caufcd him for this caufe to keepe clofc and not to 
fpeake to any body^bccaiife that the thing by the vo- 
luntary confcflion of the faid Bcomont againft the in- 
tent of the Englifli principalis, (hould not further be 
difcoucred and confirmed. 

Fiftly, concerning the pcrfons which were im- 
ployed as Judges in the caufe of Amboyna \{\ the 
matter oi the condemned, andfpeciallythcGouer- 
nouf'L'^;; Sfeult (bccaufe he is beft knownej they 
are fuch tha^t there cannot be a^y the Icaft fufpition 
or doubt ofthcro 5 that they had wrongfully or with- 
out fufKcient ground caufedtheEnglilhto beaccu- 
ledj or ill handled, or much IcfTe to bee put to d:*ath, 
if they had not bcenc found really in fault worthily 
tohaucdcfcrucdthe punilTiment : the Goocrnour 
van Sfeult being held for an honcfl man, of credit, 
and fearing God) by all thofe that haue conuerled 
with him: and by confequencc, there may not bee 
admitted fuch a contrary fufpition of his impious 
and maligne proceedings. 

In the fift place, concerning the Torture of Wa- 
ter, which the Dutch haue alwayes vfcd in the Iff dies, 
as the nioft afTured andciuill : which is not a torture 
fo rough and dangerous as the rortuies which are 
ordinarily vfed in this Country and throughout Em- 
r0j>e^which are farre more feuere and dangerou s then 
that of W - ter^ whereby the health of the perfon can- 
not any way be ofiBsnded, nor the members lamed ex, 
bruifed^ 

All 



aifunfi the En^lijh at Amboy na, i p 



All which things aforcfaid in rcprcfcntation and 
maintenance of the truth in this cafe, and which fur- 
ther might be in conformity of what is aforefaid, re- 
prcfentedby thccommingand ariuing of many o- 
ther perfons out of the Indies^ who alio haue know- 
ledge of that which paflTed at i^mboyna : May it 
pleafc your Honors to take into confideration, and 
to coniider whether there bee not fufficient matter 
andcaufegiuentothcEngli(hJ?4/? ;W/4;; Compa- 
ny for to Icaue and remit the fault vnto them who 
were the authors and pradifers of this abominable 
confpiricy, & of their ownc misfortune, which they 
thusdrcw vpon themfeluesjand not to defend them, 
and aggrauate againft the Iiidges of the Durch ; to 
which end the Directors in defence and maintenance 
of their Officers and vnblameable Minifters in the 
Bafl Indies aforefaid, c mnot omit to bcfecch your 
Honors that the caufe may not bee precipitated, but 
that conucnient time might beegiucn and granted 
for a more exaS refearch (if need beej of the truth, 
yea in all to grant them fuch protedion as all good 
Subievfls and Patriots of the Vnited Prouinccs arc to 
attend from your Honors in equity and iufticc. For 
how can this bufincflc be fo inucrtcd, that in ftead of 
the dilhonour and blame which ought to dwell vpon 
the Confederates, on the contrary now they will 
blot and fraotherthe truth of the thing, and toac- 
cufe and charge the Dutch OfficcrSjas if they hadhad 
nohoneftyorconfcicnce; which cannot bee p^cfl^ 
med of fubftantiall people of good rcnowne vpon 
any either voluntary Cthough not true) or fuborncd 
and falfe dcpolition^ of fuch as may not be admitted 

Dz to 



2 o [a Defence of the Proceedings of the Dutch 



totcftificin their ownc caufc, againft the iudiciall 
A(5ls of a Collcdgc of ludgcSjiwornCjand in (o great 
a number, which hauc of a longtime becnclo im^ 
ployed 5 when it appearcthnoc othcrwKeby any o. 
thcrlegallproofcs. 

The intention of the Dire&ors neucr was nor yet 
is to maintaine any iniuftice^outrage, or impofturc, 
ifinthcfc proceedings there were any vfedrbut as 
longasitappeareih not clearly fas it ought in this 
cafe, againft a CoUedgc, and agninft a caufe iudged) 
nothing e!fe,Yndcr reuercncc, can be done in the bii- 
fincflfe but to grant time for to make more cxa<5i and 
ferious fearch f if need be,) and that by the authority 
and intei uention df your Honours (as it fhall appcr- 
tai'ne) all mifunderftandings, contrary DeduSions, 
and illexpoficions, griefes, anddcfignes roayccafe 
and bee furpreffcd, vntill fuch time as the contrary 
may (if need be) appearc. The faid Defences arc 
fuch fin our opinion) as vnderrcuercnce this ought 
to be done. And although it were fo^tbat the cauie 
oftheEnglifh againft the luigcis oi K^y^mboyna fec- 
mcd wholly to be cleare and proucd, f which hirher. 
tohath proucd to the contrary) neuerthelclTe the 
proceedings of the faid ludgcsmay not in any wife 
becondemncd fas touching the fubftance thereof) 
without hearing the ludges themfelucs^ whom the 
caufe properly toucheth and concerneth, and not 
the Dire^fers • who oncly mediate, for as much as 
according to the information and knowledge which 
they haue of the caufc it feemeth to them to be in cf- 
fe(aiuft and f aire, and therefore the humble remon- 
ftrance or reprefcntation and prayer of the Adinini- 
( ■ firators 



again/l the Englijh at Atnhoyl^2L. 21 

firators or Dircdors hauc cuer bccnc^ that it would 
plcalc your Honours to giuc and grant conucnienc 
tinfic for the inquiry, information, and rcfcarch of 
the bufinefle vntill fuch time as the fhips of Batauia, 
fhalj be ariucd here ; to the end that the matter may 
more plainly and truly bee difcoucrcd and knowne j 
and without doubt there will come and betranfpor* 
ted therein from thence lome that will neutrally and 
in fuch fort maintaincvnto your Honours the par- 
ticular informations of the proceedings paffcd in 
Amboyna^ that they may be wholly bclceucd and re- 
ceiued: as at this prefent there is come and fallen 
out by the commingand rcturnc of M. Frederick de 
HoHtmdn chiefc Counccllor of the Indies and ancient 
Gouernour of the Ifles of ^JMolucques , who hath 
depofcd and by oath teftificd the points in manner as 
they are recited and related in order as aboue, which 
bringeth not a little light in this caiifcjbut may whol- 
ly tend and turnc to the oucrthrow of all contrary 
cxpofitions and calumnies, which heretofore hauc 
bccne vfed and fet forth, with fuch differences and 
vehemency^whereby wehope that your Honors will 
i'l all poincsj and that with equity ^righr^and rcafon, 
giue and caufe to be giuen fuch content, that all dif. 
content (at Icaft by proiiifionj may ccafe, vntill fuch 
time as the whole truth may more and abundantly 
come to light by aduire trom the Indies ^ to the 
full farisfafiionof thofcwhom it toucheth or con- 

Wrneth. For may it plcafe your Honors to know 
^pjj vnderfland that thebcft and mo(t pertinent and 

"true knowledge of the budncfTc mufl come from the 
Prouince ol^mbajna to Batauia, and from thence 

D 3 hlihcr. 



^^ A Defence of the froceedingofthe Dutch 

hither. Notwithftanding (6 it is that fincc the de- 
parture of the Pinacc called the fJar^ from BatauU^ 
which was in the beginning of January 1624. (by 
which the firft notice of the Execution was brought) 
vmill the departure of the hft (hips which alfo came 
from Bdtauia^thcrc is not nor cannot haue come any 
newes from Amboyna to Bataufa, concerning this 
bufincflfe, becaufc the winde called the Wefternc 
Mouffons blow continually from N"»uembcrvntiU 
April!. And for to come Irom Ambojm to Bata- 
Hiazn Eaftemc Mou(ronisnec-flary;and due be- 
ginncth firft in May: lb thar wrhout that it is a 
thing impoflible to fend or to get any aduice or fliips 
ifrom Amboynato Batauia, 

We hope alfo that your L»ir idi'ps w^ill finde this 
reafonablej and that due and reaionable time requi- 
red (hall be granted and permitted in iuftice for the 
more ample fearch and information of the caufc (if 
need be) and wc cannot conieflurc (being a thing 
incredible) that any one will condemne any caufeor 
perfons without firft hearing the iuftification of the 
parties, which alwaies hath becne held and obfcrued 
inuiolably of all nations which would iudge ^accor- 
ding to right and equity. Therefore wee hope that 
it will be thus granted ; yea it is not reafonabl. that 
any reparation fliouldbec required, before the due 
defences and informations of the bufineflbbe made 
andtaken, and the fame ought to be made and taken 
by and from the perfons whom the caufc conccr- 
neth, appcrtaineth, and is knowne,aBd who alfo per- 
tinently know how to refute the obicdions andcir- 
cumftanccs allcadged and heretofore vrgcd £Q the 

con- 



dgamjl the EngliJJ? at Amboyna. z ^ 

contrary : which vnto vs is impofliblc to doc, not 
hauingbcen prcfcnnbut only for the defence of oar 
Officers, for fo much as is iuft and rcafonablc wee 
can allcadgc that which they hauc written vntovs 
from the Iff dies, and what eltc we banc certainly per- 
cciiied andvnderftood. 

Alfo we cannot in the meanc time concealefrom B?l 
your Honours that the fa^ of this confpiracy is fo 
. notorious in the Indies, and that thence may bee 
drawnc fo flrong and vigorous proofes, that the 
Tn.th (hall fiilly and fufficicntly appcare to the full 
difchargc of the innocents , and the confufion of 
thofc which will defend and maintaine a bad caufc • 
And this may bee pioucd there bc/ides the pointft» 
aboueallcadged. 

Firft, that all the laf^nUns^ complices in the con- 
fpiracy hauc figned each with their owne bands their 
confcffions,ani afterwards ioindy and allrogcther 
hauc perfifted therein after the end of the cxamina- 
tion, wirhout torture or fetters, at many fittings and 
fuUaflemblicsoftheCounccll at ^mb^yna^mxhr 
out reuoking any thing, or dcfiring to diminiflier 
augment any thing from or to their faid confeflions. 

In the fecond place. That the Englifli complices 
at fundry times of their owne accord wr hour painc, 
irons, tortiu:es or menaces, ratified the famc^andre- 
fpe^iuely (igncd their confeflions : vpon which con- 
feflions they were afterwards againe examined three 
orfouretimcs^ and re-examined in a full Counccll 
\^nd Affembly 5 and after their examination hauc 
perfiftcdthereiowithoutreuoking orchauging any 
thing. 

Thirdly 



24 A Defence of the Proceedings of the Dutch 

Thirdly, that the Goncxnowtoi An; b&yna (after 
that all the complices had refpcftiucly fourc or fiuc 
times ratified their canfcffions and perfifled therein 
alirtle before the execution, ferioufly remonftra- 
tcd, exhorted, rcprefentcd, and demanded, of the 
faid comphccs (as before had done vnto them in par- 
ticular j That in cafe any one of them had by ap- 
prchenfionof iufticCjfcaie of menaces, or terrour 
ofpainc3faid5Confcffed, and figned any thing, by 
which he was furprifcd and made guilty, and where- 
by others might cofnc and fall into danger or ha- 
zard, that hee fhould fpeake and manifeft it openly 
that he might difchargc the party thereof. For the 
<}oucrnour protefted that he was not dcfirous of the 
dcftruftion and death of any that was not guilty. 
Vpon which propofition cuery one of them fhmnke 
vp their fliouldcrs and faid, that what he had coHfcf- 
fed and figned particularly was true, and therefore 
he pcrfifted therein. 

In the fourth place. One of the complices called 
William Webber, in his laft examination confefTcd 
thathchadrecieucd a Letter from lohn cUrke, by 
which hee was aduertifed that fomething of great 
watght and confequcnce was handled amongft the 
Englifh 5 but he could not vndcrftand what it might 
be : the which letter containing as aforcfaid, the faid 
C/4r/rr confeffed alfo in the abfence of Webber that 
hehad written it. 

fiftly, that Edrvard Collins being examined and 
making his confeffion without any torment or tor- 
ture (as appcareth by the Ads) offered to confcffe 
allof hisownc frecwiU: yea hee declared the fame 

before 



aiainjl the Englijh at Amboyna* 2 5 

before Gabriel Tower fon and all the other Englifh, 
and that he did not thinkc that thcfaid Towerfon and 
all the reft which were there faulty would dare to 
deny iCjbut would prefcntly confefleit, as alfo the 
faid Towerfort being brought to Collins (and the faid 
O&V^j falling vpon his knees and requiring mercic 
and pardonj he laid, and told it him to his face, ad- 
monifhing the faid Towerfon that he would prefently 
declare and confeflcall as he had done/ayingj mull 
fpeakcand confeflethe truth, and I meanc not to 
fuffcr or endure any painc for the loue of you. 

In the fixt place. That Emanuel Tompfon two 
dayes after the examination finiflied and ended,and 
when he was free and at liberty, being inquired by 
the Commiffioners which had aflifted in the lame 
examination, wherefore he had fo long perfiftcd ia j 
his denials and endured the feuere examination,faid^ 
thereafon was becaufe Captaine Gabriel Totverfo» 
had oftentimes reprehended his drunkenneflc, fay- 
ing, that hee fhould take good heed that thereby the 
matter fhould not be difcouercd* For which cauft 
the laid Tompfon didhy a great oath fwcaretohim- 
felfc, that howfocucr it went hee would not bee the 
third nor the fourth by whom the matter fhould be 
knowne,whatfoeucrpaineCin his opinion) he could 
haue beene put vnto. 

Seuenthly , the faid Emanuel Tompfon ccrtainc 
daies after his examination being vidted by ccrtainc 
Commiffioners faid vnto them that hee was very 
glad that God had caufed the bufinels to be brought 
•^o light, becaufe much innocent blood would banc 
beene fpilt , and although he confefTed that hee 

E had 



., ^p— — -^ — — — — — 

z6 A defence of the Proceedings of the Dutch 

had dcfcmed once, yea twice to dye,he asked mercy 
feeing that he was a raan of about fiftic yeares, &c. 
And fo after fo much fauour was giuen to the (aid 
Tomffon for to draw a lot with Coulfen znd Co/lins 
which ofthem three (hould be releafcdand freed. 

In the eight place, that two or three dayes before 
the execution, Captaine Tetverfon being in the Hall 
with other the conuifl: EngHfli,faidin theprefcncc 
of the GoucrnourandalltheCouncclI, and to the 
refl of the Englifli in gcnerall by reproach, that their 
ill and djfordinate liucs^their whorcdome and drun- 
kcnncflTe was the caufe that it pleafcd God that they 
fhould not keepe fecret the intended enterprife 5 and 
that by rcafon thereof they were now fallen and 
brought to fuch miff ry. 

Ninthly,that GahrielTowerfon author of this con- 
fpiracy, in his laft extrcmitie prayed the reft of his 
complices to pardon him> bccaufe that by himT^- 
werjon they were inftigated and brought vnto the 
faid enterprife, and were reduced to that cafe, and 
thatthebufineflcwascometobe difcoueredby the 
all-feeingGod,andthathe muftof neccflity dyCjand 
therefore hailing brought them into this danger and 
illchancchc prayed them to pardon him, as they 
ilfo did. 

In the tenth place. The laid Towerfm a little be* 
fore bis death writ a Letter to Samuel C oulfon, v^hidi 
letter is yet in the hands of the Gouernor oiAmhojna 
Herman van Speult, by which xhthxATcwerfonid^iA 
and alleadged vnto the faid Coulfen, that he the faid 
Ceulfon was the firft and principall caufe which had 
made the agreement andcondelccnding vnto the aft 

of 



againftthe Englifh at Amboynao zy 

of inuading and making of thcmfeliies maftcrs of the 
Caftlcj buc notwithflanding at the prefent he pardo- 
ned him. 

Elcuenthly^ that the ftip called the Fmcorne fay- 
ling from Ambojna to Batauia^ the two Englifh Mer- 
chants Edrvard Collins and lohn Beomont which were 
pardoned were tranfported therein, vnto the end to 
impetrate and obtainc their full pardon in BafauU 
aforefaid, and they two Englifh Merchants being 
requeftcd by the officers of the Ihip to come fit down 
andeate at the Table of the Commiflioners, during 
the faid voyage • the faid Collins faid, cxcufing of 
himfclfe, that they were not worthy to fit by the faid 
Commiflioners, bccaufe that the faid Englifli had 
hadfuch an ill purpofe and defign againft the Dutch^ 
and yet they were by them in that fafhion entertain 
ned, and were exempted of the punifliment: and 
therefore they could very w cU eate apart : which ex- 
cufcnotwichltanding was not receiucd nor accep- 
ted by the Commiflioncrs of the D utch. 

In the twelfth place are adioyned and annexed the ^r 
report and depoficions of the faid Gouernour de 
Houtman concerning the confeffions of the faid two 
Englifh Merchants made before the Goucrnor him. 
fclfe, and afterwards before thcPrcfidcnt and prin- 
cipall Engliflij and that which further may be decla- 
red at Batanla, whereof diuers perfons there hauc 
notice. 

In the thirteenth place, concerning the torture in 
the proceedings vfed ^t^^mboyna, they can giuc 
''trcrtainc proofe of the trurh it fclfc, that many per- 
fons mentioned in the Englifh Writing to hauebin 

Ea cor- 



:^ 8 A Defence of the Proceeding of the Dutch 

tortured with water and firc^ hauc not one becnc 
once touched. 

In the fourteenth place, concerning the particu- 
larities and perty points of the faid Writing in Eng- 
lifli touching the examination of certainc perfons 
therein mentioned for the difcharge and innocency 
oftheEnglifh, the fame (hall bee proued neiicrto 
haue bcenc done nor heardj by depoficionsof thofc 
which hauebcencprefent at all, and by perfons be- 
fore whom fuch things muft needs haue becne fpo- 
ken and declared. 

In the fifteenth place, it fhall alfo bee found that 
the pretended miracles were deuifed onely for the 
difcharge of the Englifh, and in their faiiour. 
X^ Thefe faid points and many others which arc yec 

further well knowne to the Dire^ors,m^y be clearly 
andbygoodproofefhownein time and place, if due 
andconuenienttimcbegiucnand granted vntothc 
caufe and re-fearch thereof: which in a matter fo 
important and of fuch waightjcomming alfo from fo 
remote parts, cannot (vnder reuerencc) be denied to 
any ; So that your Honours may plcafe to defire the 
fame of his Maicfly of Great Bntaiffe^mthom which 
the Z>/>f^(?rj can very ill propofe any other raeanes 
which would not be mingled either with iniuflice, or 
the great preiudice and difaduantage of the Dutch 
Company. 

We alfb furely hope that his faid Malcfiy accor- 
ding to his great wifedome and iufticc cannot rcfufe 
or deny the faid refpite for the examination of the" 
bufincifemorc exailly and particularly 3 which wee 

be- 



a^^ainjl the Engltjh at Amboyna. 2p 



befccch your Honours in all rcucrcncc to intcrpofc 
and nicdiate,and by all mcanes to cffcift and obtainc; 
that (as rcafon rcquirctb) neither the Company in 
general!, nor the Matters in particular may not du- 
ring this interim be any way grieued or prciudiced 
in their iuft defences. Which doing, &c. 




REPLY TO THE 

REMO NS TRANCE 

of the Bewinthebbers or Diredors 

of the Netherlands EaU-hdia Companic 
lately exhibited to the Lords States Gene- 
rail, in iuftification of the proceedings oFthcir 
Officers ac A m b o y n a, againil 
the En^liP) there. 



HeDiredor s of the Nethcr- 
hvidsEaft-IndU Company, 
finding it needful to defend 
their officers snAmbiynahy 
this Remcnjlrance^ referrc 
themfeluesinthe firft place 
vnto a former dcdiidion 
which they had exhibited 
vnto the Lords States in luly 
laft ; Wherein they profefTc ftiU to infift. And con- 
sidering (fay they ^ the infellibic IndicU that prece- 
ded the difcoucric of this confpiracy , and the hift and 

B Legall 




Lxf. 



V' 



A ^ply to the Defence of the fmeedings 

Legall proceedings vfed againft the Complices^ ap- 
pearing by the iuditiaH aft s fignedafvvcliby the par- 
ties examined, as by the Goner mr andCcumell ofV^- 
b(^na^ who are a Colledge or Court of Iiidges admitted 
and fworne ^againft which no proofe, much leffe any 
vainc and ffiuolousfufpitions ought to be admitted^ 
tl]fy therefore conceivedCvntiH they fee the contrary^ 
that the Confferators {is they call them ) were lawful- 
ly^and righuy apprehend ed^the fad well prooued^ac- 
cordiiigio.the Law and Ctiftome of the low-Coun^ 
tms Jind confequcntly that the puniflimcnt waslaw- 
feilly inflfded^ with moderation of the rigour of lu- 
ftice and with clemency.. 

This dedudionof thqmoneth Qijufyhccvc men- 
tioned, hath hot beene yet impaitcd to the EngUjh 
Ea^'ImifaCompame.OthcvmCcthey would haue exa- 
mined the (ame, as they did the Relation printed in 
the Scheme of a letter Miffive, Which yet they veri- 
ly beleeuetobc the vcrie fame in cfFcd:, and compi^ 
led by the fame pen 5 for that it appear eth by com- 
paringofthe printed Pamphlet, with the A&s of this 
PvoccfCc ax:^whojm^ here mentioned (copie where- 
of was communicated to the faid EngUjh Compank) 
that the body of thefaidPamphelet, f the preamble 
excepted) was wholie taken out of the fame a6J:s5 
onelywithfomefophiftication, of the adi touching 
MafterTt^iy^ry^/^i- pretended voluntarie confeflion, 
noted in the Anfwere to iht fame Pamphlet. Wher^ 
forealthoughitmaybefuppofedthat this dedudion 
here referred vnto, is already fufliciently anfwcrcd in 
thefaidanfweretothe Dntch Relation -yet becaufe^ 
in this very reci tall of the D/Vf^f^r/, there are certainc 
genetall heads, eithcjc recapuiilatcd out of that de- 
"^ dudion 



of the Dutch againfl tk Englijh at Amboyrid^. 

diKaion^orlaidfor new grounds of thejiiftification 
of the Duuh proceedings j it will not be amiffe to ex- 
amine them as they He. 

And firft for the infallible iKdkU pretended to haiie 
preceaded the difcouery , it is fhewcd in the anfvvere 
to the Pamphlet^ that the indicia to torture the firfl 
la^on (which was the beginning of the whole Pro- 
cefFe ) were infiifficient in law : the behauiour that this 
/apm \fcd^ andvpon which he was apprehended^ bet- 
ing none other^then that which is and may be vfed by 
any Souldier in the place where heferueth, without 
blame or fiifpicion. For other Indicia^ there was not 
the leaft 5 neither of prouifions of the BngUfh for fuch 
an exploytCj nor of Letters to ot ixom^ny Complice^ 
nor of fufpitious conferences^ meflages^ or intelligen- 
cies^ nor offlight or clofe keeping of the parties . nor 
any other agreeing with the rules or examples giuen 
by the Law^ or the Authors commenting thereupon. 
But being dcftitute of thefc and the like lawful! IndicUy 
the Dutch Officers were faine to fetch their Indicia out 
of the Racke^ and to make the confe/fion of one tortu- 
red perfon rn^iciumto torture another^contrary to the 
very cxprcflTe direcftionof the Law. Some confeffions 
indeed, were without a^ftuall torture 6f the perfons 
themfclues ; but euen fuch had heard the ctyes and 
fcene the bodies of others tortured and martyred bc-» 
fore them ; which fcare of the Torture is by the Law e- 
Guallcd to the torture it (clfe, as hath beene fhewed in 
tncfaidanfwcre. 

The fecond generall ground here layd, h the juditi- 

'aiII ^&s of the Colledgc of ludgcs at Amhoyf$dy(^\vm^ 

theiijuft and Icgall proceedings. The Ads indeed of 

B 2 any 



A ^ly to the Defence of the froceedir^s 

any Court of luftice being orderly kept, yceld a vcty 
fiimcient proofe in the point of faft in Court : that is^ 
they prooue that fuch and fiich examinations, confef* 
(ions, proofes, and euidences were taken and made; 
and fuch iudgemen t thereupon giuen as is therein en- 
tred. But for the point of /»/?/ref3 that muft be judged 
by the comparing of the proofes with die fentencc 
grounded vpon them. Now as touching the orderly 
keeping ohhck ABs imparted to the E/ighjh Eajl Indi^ 
Company as aforefaid ; the fame are neither agreeable 
to the formes of other Courts, nor vniforme in them- 
felues. For the point of conformitie to other Courts, 
it is not here meant to require, that the Adls of the 
Councell oiAmbcym fhould in euery pc int agree with 
the formes of euery Court in the Low Countryes-^ the 
feuerall Courts whereof haue their feuerall formes and 
ftile, and fomc diflfereaccs in points not fubftantiall. 
But fome general! Requifites of forme there be^which 
are obferued in all Courts 5 yet omitted in thefe ASi 
oiAmho)}7x, As firft the date of euery dayes paflagcs 
ought to be prefixed or annexed vnto them j whicih is 
not obferued in thefe feid Ads. But in thefe Ads the 
examination of all the I^^/z/Jb-, being 18 feuerall pri/b- 
ners, goeth vnder the date of the 2 5 . oHFehrmrie : al- 
though the confeflfions are fo many and fo large, as 
rouid not poffibly be taken m one day ;yea three of the 
fame prifoners, to wit, Povole^ Wether xli^^nA Ladbrovke 
were but apprehended firft vpon the i6.oiFebru.iry^ 
and thatat Cambello the outmoft faftory in Sera^f, and 
arriued not at Amhoym ( where thefe examinations 
were taken) vntill the itcondoi March (lilo nouo. So,, 
thatthey could not be examined at Amhjmthc 2 5 , of 

February 



of the Dutch agmnjl the Btglijh at Ambojn^, 



Febrnary as the Ads import. Next^ it is a folennitic in 
all Courts, to note in the Aifts, the day of the exami- 
nation of the Prifcmr vpon the Tortue^ or m the place 
of the Torture \ and then the ad of \\\s fubfcription to 
his confeiHon vpon another day. Forthefc two may 
not be done vpon the fame day by the Law : but the 
confefllon muft be iterated and confirmed by the Pri- 
foncr being free of bonds and irons^at leafl: a day after 
the fence or fight of the torture; cIs it is not held for 
good^and concluding againft the partie that confefled 
it. But in all thefc Ads oi Amhoyn:i^ theie h but one 
date and one Ad for both thefe ; contrary to die Law 
it felfe, and theCuftome and forme of all Courts, 
Thirdly, the Ads ought to fpecifie whether the Prifo-^ 
ner coiifeffeth vpon Torttire or without.But thefe Ads 
doc not fo : but onely in the general] 3 in the beginning 
of the Ads o£thc 26.oi Felpruaryyitis entred3thatfomc 
confeffed before Torture^ others with little Torture a^ 
followeth, &:c. Whereby it appeareth not, ^ho was 
tortured and who not- nor what was confefTed with, 
and what without torture. Fourthly, the Ads ought to 
fpecifie what finally bccometh of euery prifoncr^ but 
in thefe Ads there is no entry made what became of 
Sherrocke^lVehher^ and two of the lapons^io wit^SoyJimQ 
and Saconhe \ thefe being by the Ads neither condem- 
ned^ nor abfolued, nor repriucd vandyetallfourearc 
defaclo difiniff:dand fet at libcrtie. 

As forthe point of Vniformitie in the Ads them- 
(chs.ts^cMins ^.nd Beimount arc difpofcdofbyfpeciall 
Ad; yet Shcrrcck^H^e!jher^^n(^ the two latfons(^\\mt\\Q 
fame cafe ) arc difch.Trged^ asbeforc,witnout any Ad 
for it. Yea there is an Ad cntrcd fordifpofingofthe 

B i P^r- 



jS A ^pI^ fo f^-^^ Vefmce of the Proceedings 



Ponugatls wife, though fhee were neither accufed nor 
examined : as if ihee had beene a partie to the Proccffe^ 
rather then shcrrock^ Wehber^^nd thcCctvjoUpom^ a^ 
gainft all whom the Fffcal/ craned judgment. Further^ 
iome of the Examinations haue the Gouernour and 
his Councels names fubfcribed to them,and fome not ; 
Ibme of the confeffions haue the prifoners names fub- 
fcribed and fome not^ with diners other defcds and 
difconformities, which eafily and plainely difcouer 
that they are not allowable for orderly and authenticall 
Acis of a Cciurt of lujlitc^. 

Thus hath beene (liewed what credit may be giuen 
to thefe AGts in the point of fad therein recorded. 
Now for the pomtof/afi/ce^ appearing by comparing 
the proofes againft the prifoners wath the fentence, 
it is in the firft place to be noted^that there is no proofe 
norcuidenceof any thing entted in all the laid Ads, 
no not fo much as a witneffe named, much IcfTe depo^ 
fed, of the leaft InMauma^ainOi the prifoners, or any 
of them 5 but onely the meere confeflions of the prifo- 
ners themfelueSjdrawne from them by the paine or juft 
feare of torture.Which meere coteffion of the parties, 
without other/ W/^//7 or proof , is no fufficient ground 
to condemne any by the Law of the Low Cottntryes, 

Secondly, it is a Requiftte of their Law,that the pri- 
foners fubfcribe their confeffions being free of bonds 
and irons. Now neither is there any mention in all the 
Ads of any fuch free confeflion, and all our people 
that efcaped are ready to confirme vpon their o^^the*, 
thatfrom the firdapprehenfion vntill the houreofgo- 
ingto the exeaition, there was no intermiffion of the 
fetters. 

Thirds 



of the Dutch agamjl th Enojif) at Amhoynd^, 



Thirdly^ the fame confcffions are full of contrarie- 
ties'; as one while that the plott fhould be executed 
when fome English fhip or fhippes (hould be there ar- 
riued^ the people whereof fhould affift in the exployt : 
another whilcj that when the Caftlewastaken^ then 
h/[^ii}iCiTowerfcn would firft (end to lacca^ra for afCu 
f tance. Likewife^ one while that it fhould be attempt 
ted when the Dutch Gouernor was abroad vpon fomc 
enterprize : another while that the Gouernor himfelfe 
fhould be killed in the Caftle. Further ^one while that 
all the /ap0/^s were wonne to the plotte before Maifter 
Towerfo^ opened it to the Bnglijh^ and confulted with 
them • another while^ that he fent out fome of the E^- 
g^^fh eight dayes after that confultation^ then to winne 
the lapopfs. Alio one while that the lapom had confulted 
diuers times with Maifter Tor^erfon himfelfe in the En- 
glish hoijfe ^ another while that they neuer treated with 
Maftcr Tmerfon himfelfe^but with others in his name ; 
with other like contradidionSjdiflferenceSjandinccr- 
tainties, Further^the place^perfons and time were fpe- 
cified to Abel Price in his examination,contrary to the 
Law. In the laft place the thing confcfTed to be plot- 
ted, wasnotonelyimpoffibletobe atchieuedbyfuch 
meanesand manner of execution as was confeffed: 
Ixit as impoflfible alfo to come into the imagination of 
any man in his witts ; as is already fufficiently ihewed 
in the anfwere to the Dutch Rclation.By which premif- 
(cs appeareth^ that as well through defcd of other 
proofe^bcfidesthc meere confcffions of the prifoncrs^ 
and that in Irons ; as in refpe(a: of die incertaintie^ in- 
conftancy, and contrarictie of the fame confcffions, 
thcfpeciftcationand leading examinations^ together 

with 



8 A ^ply to the Defence of tk froctedin^s 

with the impoflibiUtic of the truth of ihe thing conief- 
led^thcre is m thefc A6ls no lawful ground for the feii- 
tcncc of condemnation. 

The third gcnerall ground that is laid in this Remon- 
ftranccis, that the Ads were figned by theprifoners 
themfelues^ and by the Councell oiAmbcym^ which is 
a Court or CoUedge of ludges admitted and fvvorne : 
and therefore no proofes^ much lefle any vainc and 
friuolous ihfpitions may be admitted to the contrary.. 

As for the fubfcription of the Prifoners to their con- 
feflions 5 of what value that is without other Indicia 
and proofes hath beene already declared. Now that 
no proofes may be admitted againft Avorne ludges 
is a ftrange Maxime : which being granted muft needs 
inferre either that fuch ludges cannot erre and judge 
vniuftly ; or elfe that how eiier they carry themfelues^ 
their doings muft notbe examined^ much lefle puni- 
flied. So that then the Law hath in vaine prouided 
■puniihmentfor a ludge in cafe of wrong imprifon- 
mentjCaufleflcvnorderly torture^ and of vniuft abfol- 
uing or condemning, and the like ; for which there arc 
fo many and fo diligent prouifions. Itmay be thought 
indeed'that vnder this confidence this whole Procefle 
was begun and followed; asthefafeft and faireftway 
CO be ridd of the English ^ without fuch reckoning a^ 
was formerly made for the courfes of open hoflihtie. 
But if this way goe for currant, though towards a for- 
raigne Nation : how comes it that by the Law and cu- 
ftomeof Nations/o manyRcpriz^Ues and warres hauc 
been made for iniuftice done by the ludges of one Na- 
tion to the people of another, when none other re- 
dreflccould be obtained , yea andmany times in fuch 

foule 



of the Dutch agamjl thz En^Hp? at Anibcyna^, 9 



ibulc caufcs as this, without any demand ofredrcffe > 

Thcfe grounds aforefaid^ being thus L^d, this JRe- B, 
monftrdfjce proceedeth to take notice of two feuerall 
Difcourfes fpread as well in EngUnd^s in xkicLoy^c 
Country es againft the Dutch caufe o iAmboyna : the firft^ 
a briefe CoUedion of the efFe<ft of certaine Letters 
written by the EngUjh Fadors at laccatraydatcd the ip, 
oiiu/^ 1^23. The fecond, a more ample Wnting, 
cntituIedjO^^r^^ Relation of the cruell and barbarous 
Tortures and Execution of the Eng//(h at Amboyna by the' 
Dutch there. The former of thefe this Remon^rance 
chargeth with paffion and great vehemency ; becaufe 
it doth by way of preiudice, cnftile the Proccfle of 
i^Ambojna^ anvniiift and barbarous murder: andag-. 
grauateth the fafiiion and manner of the Tortures, 
So it vouchfafeth this none other anfwere ; but this 
note of paffion • and that it falfely nameth the lafons 
executed to be the feruants of the Eng/sfh ; Whereas in 
truth they were the feruants of the Dutch at L^Ambayna. 
Whatorwhofe this Difcourfe thus excepted againft 
■and thus anfwered is j the Eng/ifh S^mpany knowes not. 
Yet they belecue nor that any of the Englifb partie, 
would (except it were by a flip of the penne) call thefc 
Japons^ feruantsof the Engl/fh : the fame being contra- 
ry to all the reports and aduertifements that came 
from f^mboynaand laccatra ; it is likewife to be prcfu- 
mcd^that if in that Writing diere had beenc any thing 
cIs, which they could haue anfwered ^ they would not 
hauc difniiflcd it as they doe. For, as for the terming 
the execution, An vniujl and barbarous murder :y that 
wqrc no more caufe to rcied the Difcourfe without 
fitfthcr4nfwerCithcathelike{Uk:giwn itia the very 
. ■ "^ C tide 



lo A ^ply ^0 ^^^ Defence of the ^roceedm^s 



title of the fecond and larger Writings which neiier- 
theleffe hath obtained a more particular anfwere, 
C. Hailing giucn the firft Writing this quicke difpatch,^ 

the Remortjirmce proceedeth to the anfwere of the Re- 
lation fet out by the Engli^ Eaji IndU Compare • and in 
the firft place chargeth it with an impertinent defcrip. 
tion ( in the very introduftion) of the Caftle of -^^-. 
hoym^2inA the Dutch Garrifons and Forces there^to the 
end (faith x)[\isRemcnJlrAHce)io fhcw that there was no 
likelihood nor probability that the Ef^^^lijh there would 
vndertake the furprize of the Caftkybeing a thing iin- 
pojlible to be done : as if ( faith the Kemon^rance ) the 
wantofvnderftanding in the Gonfpirators, and the 
foohfh ground of their proied (all other accusations 
ceafing)iliould haue excufed them from punifhment r 
the contrary whereof is euery where obferucd. 

Here in the very firfl fteppc of the Anfwerc^the end 
of the Engii^ Company in letting out the impoffibili- 
tie of the faft^is either miftaken or traduccd.For if the 
confpiracy had bcene fuflSciently prooued according 
to the direftion eucn ofthe Lawes by which the Dat^ 
are gouerned • then the probabilitie or poffibilitic of 
the ta(ft had ncuer bcene allcdgcd. For in fuch cafe it 
is true^ that the foolifhnefle ofthe plott cxcufeth no 
man. Butwhen there is no other proofc oreuidcnce, 
but the meerc confeffion ofthe prifoner, (vvhkh \s the 
prefcn t cafe ) then the very text ofthe Law of trcafoii,, 
enioynctii the ludge to confidcr the perfon ofthe pri- 
fortcr {which is theffefent cafe ) then the very text ofthe 
La^ ofTreAfon^niajneth the ludgt to confider theferfon 
0ftheffifonet\^\i^tx he be able to execute fuch a 
thihg as he is acciifcd'of. whether he cuerpra^ifcd the 

like 



■ ■ ■■- . ■■ - ■ 

of the ThUcb agalnjl the Englip> at Amboyfuu, 

Jike before; what he meant,' and whether he were in 
his wits or no ; and fuch like ; For without thefeconfi- 
derations the flippery confellion of the tongue ought 
not to be the ground of the punifhment. This is their 
Law^accordingtowhichif they had proceeded^ the 
Englijh had neuer needed to alledge thefe impoflibili- 
-ties 5 which the Judges thenifelues ought to haue con- 
-fidered.But not hauing done it^ they haue made them- 
fclues guilcie of vniuft Judgement-, which toprooue, 
the impoflibilitie ofthefai^: is both pertinent and ne- 
ceflary. 

But the better to inforce the former aniw'ere, the Re- 
w<>/sj/?r4/ff(ffaith3 that this prefumption of the impoffi^ 
bihtie of the faib ought not to be confidered, againft a 
veritie altogether notorious and prooued, againft the 
confeflions of the prifoncrs themfelues^ and againft 
the confcience & teftimony of fo many men of worth 
and credit, that managed this affayre, and againft a 
^CourtorCoIledgeofIudges,&c. in publique Office 
•and fwome. 

AH this is but a Rhctoricall flourifh, and being exa- 
mincd, will vanifh into the/ayre as a mcere found. 
Torfirftforthe notorioufnqffe of the pretended con- 
^iracie • although now exfoftfa^iOi they cry it out for 
notorious ; yet at the time when the notorietie fhould 
haue beene confidered, which was before the appre- 
henfion, torturing, and execution of our people* 
there was not the leaft breath of fuch a fame. It is now 
too late to ailedge a notorietie, that themfehies haue 
made who alledge it. As for the proofcs here mentio- 
ned ; Why haue they not at any time fpecified diem ? 
Ifchcrc be hone other proofcs bcfidcsthe meerecon- 

C 2 fef- 



II 



IX 



ji ^plj to the Defence of the ^'Proceedings 



fcflions ( as other the Ads doe not fo much as menti- 
on)why then arc proofes and confe/fioiis here diftind-. 
ly acit inula ted ; as if there were any other proofes be- 
fides the faid confefTions ? As for the confcienceand 
teftimony of thofc that managed the Procefle^ beinp a. 
pubhqueand{\^^orneCollcdge ofludgcs^ itis notac 
all to be reckoned of- when k appeareth that they hauc 
not proceeded according to the Law. And if this pica 
might he admitted^ no ludge (hould eucr be found 
guikie of Iniuftice. Further^ if the very quaJitie of the 
ludgcs be confidered^ it will rather hurt then heipe 
them : there were none amongft them that had any 
ordinary knowledge in rhe Law, whereby they vnder- 
take to judge caules ; bcfides thcii- young ycares and 
wicked lines : which if it were pertinent to the cau/c in 
queftion, might be fet forth by many fpeciall in fian- 
ces. But if they were neuer fo learned^ experienced or 
well famed ; yet that would notauayle when they hauc 
proceeded againft the prescript of dieir owne Law (to 
fay nothing here of the treatie ) as tliey are fufficiently 
prooued to haue done, 

^ Biit thjis Re/?^^Jlra/!ce not tnidrngto this Anfu^re 
inilighting the improbability and impofTibility ohh^ 
fa6l,a.s not worth the confidering ; yetforallthat^iti 
rhe next place laboareth and fweateth to make the fa(5fc 
fceme probable andpoflible, the contrary whereof in 
ys'thathold the contrary part, itreiedeth as imperti- 
nent • Is It impertinent for vs to fhew the improbabili- 
tieand impoffibihtieof thefedl; and yet pertinent for 
them to fhew the contrary probabilitie and poflibili- 
.tie ? But let vs fee apd confider their prefumptions^ 
M, Firft (they fay) uhey hauc. already proucd^diat the e^'^ 



oj the Dutch againft the En^Up^ at Amhoyna^, 

g//jh i'or a duierfion of the Dt^uh Forces in the Cafile, 
had imiitcd and induced all the reymPam. Serarjians ^ 
and neighbouring Ind'mm to rebell, and doe vioIeiKc 
to the Dutch ^ that when the 'Dutch Gonernonr fnoiild 
haue drawnc the maine of his Forces of men and n:}ip-' 
ping that way^ then the E/sg///?? might with eafe take 
the Callle {o emptied and denuded of her Forces. 

How vaine this point is,is already manifelted i\\ the 
Anfw'-ere to the Dutch Relation. And as for the proofes 
here mentioned 5 there h in all the Acts not fo muck 
as any offer made of anyproofc of this point. 

But it IS worthy againe to be noted, that here the dc- 
\\\(:q, wind Scene \^ changed. For where in the DfachKc-- 
lation it is fiid, ( though no where prooued ) that the 
7'rr;?\;2^.f/;/of/v^^(;fI:iould haue come with dieir Ctirrt^ 
eurryesio aflilT: Maifter Towerfon at Amhoymx^ and that 
the b///^//Gouernourmuft haue beene killed there in 
the Caflle by the u^ons , now he mud be gone with all 
his Forces out of the Ifland to tame li^o^zTernatms 
and the reftof the i^f^J^/^z-z/vk: neighbouring /;f?^/W;j ; 
thatthe£;;;7//!j7 might furprize the Caftle in their ab- 
fence. As for thciliippes of the Dutch ^\\\q)\ now alfa 
mufthaue becne ablent : it is vvxU knowne, that the; 
feruice here pretended would neither need, nor could 
haue vfl* of their great iTiippcs, but onely of Curry- 
curries and fmall VcfTwls, which alfo the Dutch ^her v^ 
ftdj leaning their great fhipping in the roadc by the 
Caaie. 

Theftrengthof theD//rf/6 thus extenuated, in the 
next place the /^<?/??^-^y?r4/?^^purfuing the argument of 
poflrihjhtie, amplificth the Forces of the Ei^gZ/jh. And 
jg-rll itdehueteth,thatthc£;5??//f][7had a great number. 

C 3 «^ 



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14 A ^ply to tk Defence oftk Proceedings 

offlaues in their Fadories^which great number is aU 
ready trnely confeflTed in the anfwere to the Dutch Re- 
lation^tobeiuftfixeandallboyes. Next it is added 
that they would alfo haiie ftayed their aduall attempt 
of the Caftlc^ vntillfome £;?^///)E? fhippes were arriiied 
there 5 which point is alfo at large refuted in the faid 
Anfwere. Thirdly jhere is alledged^that Maifter Tarvey^ 
/o/thad giuen charge vnto his other f/^^/z/fc, to hauc 
dailv laboured and wonne by vndcr-hand pradize^ Or 
ther fubied^ of the Dutch, thereby to augment their 
owne par tie, and to weaken the ftrength of the Dufch^ 
•Of which pointy as there was no probabilities fo in all 
rhe Ads^ there is no iTiadow of proofe thereof made 
or fomuchas endeuoured : howeuernow the defpe- 
rate caufe requireth the helpe of fo grofle a fidion. 
Fourthly (which is vaunted for the principallargumet) 
it is here ferioufly obferucd^that the Caftlc fliould hauc 
beene furpt ized by treafon and not by fiege : and fo like 
enough the £;?^//^ (though but few) might by this 
meanes doe wonders, A very poore notejas if the £;^- 
gZ/fib Relation had cited impoffibilities by way of fiege, 
and not as well by way of trechery. But befides that, 
this argument beggeth the maine queftioiifto wit^that 
there was indeed fuch a treafcn; was there euerany 
fuch treafon or ftratagem praftized in any Countrey^ 
tofurprizca Caftleby a fmall force^ without a com- 
petency of feconds to makegood and hold thatwhich 
^ was fo entred and poflefled ? Yet this argument is fur- 
ther enforced , not onely by the opportunitie that the 
Japom had to betray the Caftle ; themfelues feruing as 
Souldiers thetein^but alfo by the extraordinary valour 
ane hardinefle of that Nation, fci forth by two feuerall 

Apo- 



of the Dutch a^infl the Englifh at Amboyna^. 15 

Apochriphal Legends of llrange feats of other iapons-, 
without fpecify ing of the number of tliem that perfor- 
med thefewonders^ but leauing a blanke tohelpethe 
tale at their pleafure. Butletitbe granted that the Lu 
pns are all Gyants^and had opportunity being trufted ; 
yet is it likelyj^th at the Dutch Gouernour \n his expedi- 
tion here fuppofed againfttheRebclls of «y^r4/?and the 
other indims^ would haue left fuch Worthies idle in 
their Caftle at home,, and not haue taken them with 
themjaccording to their Cuftome > Would they haue 
withdrawne their Dutch ^ and trufted fuch ftrangcrs 
with their Caftle, being yet fo fufpitious of them, 
that they would torture them for asking an ordinary 
harmekffc queftion ? O miferable prefumptions ! And 
yet here we haue all the particulars that are alledged^ 
or could be inuented. 

In the next place, the Remonftrants retiirne to the « 
anlwereof the Englt^ Relation : finding themfelues 
giieued, that their Councell oiAmbcyna is charged to 
haue forged this crime againft the EngUfhy thereby to 
be ridd of their company, and fo to enioy the trade 
there alone. For their purgation wherein, here are di- 
ucrs arguments alledged. As firft, that if they had not 
liked their company there, it had becnc eafier and fai- 
rer to ha^ue kept them out, when they wereout^ then 
to haue fo caft them out after their admiflion of them 
by thcTrcatie,/^;^/;. 1619, And God forbid ((aiththe 
RemonfhranceJ that any fhould vfc fuch wicked and 
bloudy mcanes for fo poorc an end,as onely to driue 
the Bxglffh out ofAmbgym, 

It is true ordinarily ; Turpius eqcitur ^c. It is more 
difcurtefit to tiimt oiit a gticft, then at firft to deny 

him 



i6 A ^ply to tl:e Vefence of the Proceedings 

him entertainment. But lomctimcs there may be fiich 
^ neceflTitie^ as that a man miifl needs, for avoyding of 
a greater ineonuenience^ entertaine the guell:^ whom 
he is as glad to be ridd or, as lie was vnwi^Ling to re- 
cciiie him. And fomecimcsamanentertainctha gueft. 

. in hope of fome benefit ro be made by him • whereof 
afterwards being h'uflrate, he will gladly be quitof liis 
giieft as foone as he findcth himlelfe defeated of his 
hoped end s. Both thefe confiderations haue had their 
place in this entertaining of the E»gi/fh by tlie D/ach 
at Ambo)'m and other places. For the former, al] that 
;ire acquainted with the occafion, and thepaflages of 
theTreatie of the yeare 1619. know very well, that 
there was then none other or better way or meanefor 
the HoHa/fders Eajl I^id/a ComMny to giue fatisfecftion 
to the Kings Mxiefiy for the blond of many of his peo- 
ple, and the inualuable damage done vnto the Enoii^ 
Comfctny by the faid Hollanders \m\\ik taking of their 
lliippes and goods onely in refped of their lawfull 
trade into the Iflands of the Moluccoes and Bandar but 
the accommodation of the whole matter, by admit- 

. ting of the English Eajl India Company into the parti- 
cipation of the trade in thofe Iflands, and this of Am>> 

. boyna. Which being veelded vnto with great difficult 
tie • yet the laid Dutch with might and maine rcfemed 
the Forts which they were then pofTefTed of, in their 
owne hands : thereby ftill retaining the power and op^ 
portunitie to mafter the Eng//fb^ and weary them of 
their lodging at their pleafure. In the next place, it 
feemeth by their after-courfethat hauing fo affiired 
tlicmfclues of the Forts and Maflring povver^ they ho- 
ped to make benefit by this paimcrfliip j by the orde- 
ring 




of the Dtitcb againft th Btoltfl) at Amhoynd^, 17 

.> I — — ... 

ring of their Accompts in fiich manner, as that the 
English (Tioiild pay their part of the charge as well of 
the Garrifons as of their new buildings, and of the 
warres which they vndertooke for enlarging the Z>///- 
chesDomimoi\ and all this in ready money , while^ 
the Dntch fLirnirtied their pwne (hare in commodities^ 
and at what prizes they lift. Now when the Dutch i| 
the ladies few, that the EngU^ there would not {uflfe| 
themfelucs to be thus bridled and ladled ; but made 
their protefts and complaints againft this dealing.- 
they fought meanes to be quit of them. And finding 
that the blunt way of faft would not be welStaken, 
but giue a new offence to the King, ( efpecia|y after 
the Treaty to the contraiy)they deuife this neM|meanc 
to thruft out their vnwelcome guefts^with lefTelbloud- 
fhed then they before had kept them out wfth, and 
with leftc fearc of accompting for the fame, being 
done vndcr the faire colour of Iuftice5which4>oint be- 
ing clearely enough touched in the very Introdudioii 
of the Bngli^ ReUtion^ thxsRemonftrame prdfefTuigan 
anfwereto the whole, yet paffethouerthis with a dry 
foote, and iJecpe filence : yea, it minccth the very 
matter whcreot it feemes to take^ notice, making the 
charge againft them to be oiTely the driuing of the E/^- 
glifh out oi'^n^oym^yMtic the Engli^ Relatim char- 
ge th them to haue contriued and executed this bloudv 
burineflre,with intention to driuc them (the EngUjh) 
owtohhz Molaccoes andB^W^alfo, aswell as out of 
^^Ambiiyna,\Nh\Q\\ end and drift of the worke how cuer 
it is flighted hereby the Remonftrms, yet it appearcth 
of what value it isin their fecret eftimation, by ;hat 
tvhich they hauc formerly done to kcepg xh^Englifb 



i8 A ^ply to the Defence of the Proceedings 

from the trade of thofe Iflands. . 
/, Yet further to clearc themfeliics of this end and dc- 

figne^they ailed ge that the Netherlands Ea(i iHdiaCom- 
pany here in Europe neuer gaue any Comiffion to their 
Officers at Amboyna;c.o put fuch a thing as this in prac- 
tife, nor could haue any benefit thereby, but rather 
lofferand the Officers themfehies were too honeft and 
wife to haue executed fuch a Commiffion ; efpecially 
fince thcnifelues fhould haue no profit by it, but 'm- 
curre great danger of giuing accompt for the fame. 

For the point of Commiffion, the Enghfh Compame 

doth not charge the Dutch Company^ nor the whole 

CoUedgc o^DtreBors^^nth any fuch proie<a or dire<fti^ 

on. Neither doc they thinke that any one amongd 

them would by his priuate aduice incite the Goucr- 

nor of tomboy m to this or the like fad in partiailar^ 

But they cannot tell whether fome one or few amongft 

them of (peciall place and authoritic ^ and of like re- 

ipciS with their Officers in the l»dsesy may not vpo» 

fome difcontent or diflikc of the Treatie & the eflfeds 

thereof, haue giuen aduice to the principall Officers 

of the Dutch in the /ndiest to lay hands and make vfc 

of any colourable occafion,to weary the Engl/fh of the 

trade eftablifhed by the Treatie 3 and fo the Gouernor 

o(J?ffi;0yna maw haue fallen vpon this particular out 

of fuch general] grounds of aduice. Which fulpition of 

the EngU\b Company jMikxh not onely from the eamcft 

and flrayned defence and iuftification which they now 

obferuc to be made of this execrable fadjbutalfo from 

a pafl&gc that fell out here in London immediately after 

the Treatie^;;. i(^lp. which now this difpute calleth 

10 dicir remon^rancc, An4ibmin Aey leporc them- 

ftlwcs 



-^ ^ 



ofth Dutch agalnft the Englijh at Amloyna^. 19 

fellies to the memorie and conlciencc of thofe of the 
Dutch dk^OiOXs^ that were then employed in the for- 
ming of an explanation of the Articles of the Treatie, 
mtituhd'^The Order of Execution,(^c^ whether one of 
them appearing highly difcontentcdj for that the £/?- 
glijh would notcondefcend to a propofition oftheirs, 
about die order of felling out the Spices here in Eu- 
rope^ did not then in a vehement manner thi'eaten the 
Englijb ( that dealt with them about that point ) that 
they fhould repent them of their diffent herein:which 
the Englijh not vndcrftanding by all the difputes^ how 
it could come to paffe in the courfe of trade^ifthc trca- 
tic were obferued^ ftill perfifted m their former refolu-^ 
tion. Whereupon the faid partic with the reft of the 
Dutch defircd that it might be noted in the loumall of 
the Conference 5 that they had forewarned thcm^ that 
there would a great inconuenience follow by reafon of 
this di(Ient of the Englifhy which was noted in the fame 
lournail accordingly. What this carriage miehtpor- 
tendjOr what diredios might be giucn in confequencc 
of this difcontcntjthc EW//& Company leaue to be iud- 
ged by others : liauing themfclues neuerfincein the 
courfe oftheir faleof the Spices^ without ob(crua tion 
of the order ( then defircd by the Dutch ) found any in- 
conuenience but rather aduantage^ As for the benefit 
of the Dutch by driuing the Engli^ from the trade of 
the Molttccoes^ Band£,and Amboym^ it may be efteemed 
I" as i s before no ted ) by the courfes that the Dutch for- 
merly tooke to kecpe the English out of that trade. 
And for their contrary benefit here alfo pretended by 
hoWingthc£;»^///bin the communion of that trade: 
It tf mxc^ that as long as die Engl^ would pay readie 



zo A ^pb to the Defence of the Proceedings 



TX 



money, the Dutch paying in wares, would beare their 
lliare of the charge of Fortifications and Conqiiefts, 
whereof the benefit accaicd wholly to the Dutch ^ as 
long as they would ioyne with the Dutch to finde the 
Enemy worke in one place, while the Dutch might 
thereby theeafierwinne for theniiclues oncly inancu 
ther place : lb long the Dutch might eafily make bene- 
fit of their partnerfhip, and abide their tharing with 
them for one third part of that tn^de. But when the 
£^g///l7 fiiewed themfclues fenfible of this Lemine So- 
cietie,andproteftedagainftit, and refufedto purfue 
the Adion of defence iw fuch a courfe : Then it was 
time to feeke out an occafionto be vtterly freed fronx 
their partnerfhip, now proouing otherwife then was: 
before hoped. As touching the honeftie of their Offi- 
cers at Amkoyna here alledged,there hath been enough 
faid alreadie. And for their benefit alfo by thus ridding., 
themfeluesofthe^^jg///?;, who knowethnptwh)atbe4 
nefit may be cxpefted by being an Inftriunertt of for 
great profit,atchieuing it by fiich a conueyance, wher- 
in who euer giueth Commiffion^ is by ioynt guilt ob- 
liged to gratifieand promote his inftriiraenteuen^ for 
his ownefafetie ?Befides,their Officers had their owne 
priuaice quarrell s aga tnft the E^glifh for their daily cd- 
plaints againft their riotous lining, and the great ex- 
pence thereof, deriued in the greateft part vpon-the 
^nglijh by the arts aboue-mentfoned. Efpecially the 
Gouernour himfclfe had a maine griefe, that the Eng-- 
hfh had often complained to theC(>a(;?^^i/ofDefencc at 
Jaccatrajohhc ^xtraordiiiary & excefliue charge of his 
Tafolc and other cxpences:whieh by the lournal of the 
confiiltauons of the faid C^/y;Wi5fiappearctli to hauc bin 

amiattcr 



- - 1 m I ■ I »■ .1 I — I 11 I I 

of the Dutch again/i the Bigli/h at Amhoyna^. 2i 

a matter of much difpute thcre^ and was at laft promi- 
fed by the Dutch^s^vtic to be refomied. Another qu.ir- 
FcU alfo the fame Gouernour had againft the Eng/tjly 
VitAmboynayiihowtdDtitch-mAn that was executed for 
kiWm^oi^nEfjgl^/hmjtn '^ Which Duuh-ma/^ when the 
Gouernour could notfairely faue (the fad being; too 
foule and manifcft to beare it J he was fo offended with 
the English profecution of the matter^ that he folemn- 
ly vowed, ifeueranyof the £;5f^//Jl7 came withiii his : 
comipafTe^ fuch fhould repent that noiie- of them had 
interceded for the hfe ohhc hid Dutch -ma», Laftly^it 
muftberemembred, that at the time ot this forged ; 
crime^ thcnewes of the Match with 'Spkhe\vksv^iy' 
rife and hott ^tAmboyna 5 wherewith how all xh^jyiit^: 
there were enraged, andwiiat infolent fpeechcs'they 
vfed of the Kings Maieftie, is well enough knownc • 
though thought vnmeete tobe hcrei^cited. - 

Hauing thm lab6ured to cleare the final! ca^rfe of ^ 
thisProceflc^ the Remon^rants retume to charge the 
Engli^ (that are executed) with other ai-gumentsof 
their pretended treafon. As ( fay they ) if it were not a 
uuc treafon, why came tht'/ape/i (that was firft apprcr^'- 
hendcd vpon the walles ) and made fuch tirrious in- ' 
quifition about the fetting of the Watch^ ^nd of the ' 
Duuh Forces in the Caftle ? How came it that being- 
examined^ he forthwith fpake fo pertinently of this 
tieafon?lfhewere fubornedby the Dr4tch, why tlien 
did they execute him? Why did he accufc his owne 
Cduntrymcn as well as the E^^glffb ? Why fhould the 
D^tch thus vfc the /apom^ whom they had.no cauft p- 
,chcrwiietohatc?: ^ ^ ' '" ^br ^.^:^< : -b'^r^ 

D 3 The' 



21 



A ^pb ^^ ^^ 'Defence of the Proceedings 



Thefiiftof thefequcfticns is already anfwered be- 
fore, to wit, that the JApon did nothing herein, but 
what any Souldicr may lawfully, and is wont to^doc^ 
without blame or iuft fufpition. It importeth euery 
Souldier to know tlie ftrength of the place where he 
ferueth,and the order and courfe of the kmicc, as is 
ftid in the anfu'cre to the Dutch Relation. The /econd 
queftion would be as eafily anfwered, if it had feemed 
good to thofe that kept the AdiSyto haue kept faithful! 
Record in them of the Interrogatories miniftred to 
this lapo:^ in his tortures. But the Engltjh Relation in 
the Examinations oicoliinsy Sherroch^ and Beamont 
ha(h difcoucred the Art vfed in all the reft j to wit, the 
leadu^g Interrogatories, or rather Diredories^ fpeci- 
fying to the prifoner what he might fay to comequitt 
ofthe torture; As for the fuborning of this lafon by 
the Dutch here mentioned in the third queftion 5 The 
Englijb eafily grant that hee was not luborncd, but 
( which is worfe ) he was tortured to make him accufc 
both the £;;§///][; and his owne Countrymen^ the /^« 
fons'^ which alfo anfwereth the fourth queftion of this 
Rhetor icallDialogifmc. And for the fift and laft que- 
ftion^ why the Dutch fhould alfo pracflife the lafons 
deftru<aion :it is eafily conceiued, that els the E^tgUJh 
fliouldhauefecmcdto haue had no Complices, nor 
hope of affiftance of other Nations,which would haue 
made their crime appeare more impoflible to be a true 
charge then now it doth 5 although ( as now it is ) it is 
vtterly voyde of all probabilitic and poffibiliticAnd is 
it any wonder they would facrifice the bloud of tennc 
Infidells for that end, for which they (pared not tennc 
Chriftians, and thofc of chat Nation which mofta- 

gtccxh 



of the Dutch againjl the EngUfh at Amhojna^ 



*i 



grecth with themfelues in Religion^and to whom they 
are of all othe r Nations moft beholden ? 

In the next placc^ the Rems^Jlrance proceedcthto l^ 
anfwereacirciimftance related by the E?$g/sfb, that the 
Idpoffs being examined three or foiire dayes before • *' 
them, they yet tied not : whereby they fhewed their 
innoccncy. To the confeqiience of which argument 
the RemonJIrance firft anfwereth, that the EngUjh did 
this to auoyde great fufpition, being fare enough they 
could not flyrthc Gouernour had (euen to their know- 
ledge) taken fuch order to flop all paflages, as well of 
all other Merchants that then frequented /^w^^^^^ as 
of the Engbjh. 

This is a meere fidlion : for the Curricurries and o- 
therVeflells departed as freely from Amboyna while 
the laPom were in examination, as at any time before. 
And if the Gouernor had vfed neuer fo much circum- 
fpedion herein, and the English had knowne of it, yet 
how could fo many guiltie confciences haue contain 
ned themlclues,and not one of them all haue attemp- 
ted to flie or hide or difguife himfelfe in all this time ? 
All men know that a guiltie confciencc prouoketh 
mentoattcmptefcapes aboue andagainft allrcafon. 
And therefore theLaweuer enquirethofthe flight or 
fhrinking of the accufed as a fpeciall indicmm of their 
guilt. VVOiy did not the Dutch then in their examinati- 
ons quefti on and fift out by whatconfiiltation anda- 
greement all the Engli^ came to be of one mindc, ct> 
fhew liich confidence in this cafe ? 
But to make a further and better anfwere to this ar- 
\ gument^ the Remonfirance charjgah die matter of it 
withvntruth: Saying thatthccxaminationofthe/j. 



14 ^ ^pb ^^ ^^^ Defence of the ^rcceedings 

pons began the 24. ofpebruane^ and that the next day 
aftcr^to witjthe I'^.th^EngU^ were feized; S® that 
here wasr but one dayes refpite for the English to {h.& 
for themfelucs, 

^* This impudence is very ftrange •, for^ the Ads of 
the Proceffe record^the beginning ot the examination 
ofthe lapons to be the i 3 . oipebrmrie^ and the refolu- 
tion to feize the Engli^ to be the 2 6. which is the third 
day after inclHJiHc. It is well: wee haue a copie of their 
AdiSj (fuch as they are) els we fee into how many 
formes this ?m^/^ would Uirne, to auoyde the true 
difcouery. 

^. After this the Remonjirants with the like modeftie 

note another vntritth in the E?9g!ijh Relation, where it 
affirmeth that the Englijh had not any conuerfation 
with the lapons i the contrary whereof (^ fay the Remon- 
fir Ants) appeareth as well by the confeffions ofthe Eh- 
glijh as the /apo/^s^znd particularly by M^idcr Torver^ 
fons voluntary confeffion, made long time after his ex- 
amination. 

Whatcredit the Ads and confeflions may deferuc^ 
is alreadie fhewed : and the very perfons themfelues 
therein aligned t<5> this coniierfation with the lApons^ 
had no language to ferue them therein. And for Ma- 
iler Towerfens voluntary confeflion pretended to be 
made fo many dayes after his examination ;befides the 
foulc iphy o(x\\^p^tch vfed inallcdging itfo, alreadie 
difcouer^d in the anfwer ofthe Dutch ReUtion fwhich 
by this very touch appeareth to be the worke ofthe 
fime Penne that wrote this Retmnfirmce ) that preten- 
::ded voluntary corrf(:flion hath not one word or menti- 

H2tfi«fthLC/^/f/?^in.it; Aiidyet ^U Rcmoi^firm^i (^ba- 

V;;,- - '^ "'•'•' ■■ '■'■■ '^''^v- ■^-'-- ■ -^iiirifg 



of the Dutch againft ths EngUp? at Amboyna^. 15 

uing thtts ftoutly prooiicd this point) triumpheth oucr 
the £/g///i& Relation ; faying, that thefe contrarieties 
and diflTimiilations fhew that the fame marucyloiifly 
ftrayeth and wandrcth from the truth; and that the 
contrary thereof in all points may be taken for true. 

After this, the Remonftrmce commeth to the exami- 
nation of the Ej^gl/fh prifoners jfet downe in our Rela ti- O^ 
on : and promifcth that the particulars thereof Hiall 
hereafter in time be refuted5and prooued vtterly coun- 
terfeit in themoftandmoftfubftantialipoints rasfhaU 
likewife that which is there related of the tortures* 
But why haue they not all this while made, or at leaft 
attempted fome difproofe hereof ? Why could not 
Maerschalcke ( whom they haue now depofed in other 
points ) haue (aid fomcthing to thefe ; being himfelfc 
thefecond perfon in the Councell, and acquainted 
with all that pafled ? Well, fince they be prooued here 
by fixe WitncffeSjlet them yet ftand for truc^vntiU this 
promifed Counterproofe arriuc. 

But for the point of torture, the Kemonflrance an- 
fwereth in the Interim^ that if the cafe lawfully re- 
quire, it is no fault in theludgc to examine vpon tha 
torture : being the Cuftome in all Eur of e^ and particu- 
larly in the L^n; 0/!^;?/ry^/. And if any were tortured, 
that was done vpon pregnant and waightie Indicia^ 
proofes and confeflions of others. 

This hath beene fufficiently replyed to in the Engli^y 
An(\verc to the D«/tr^ Relation, where it is prooued^ 
firft that the Engli^ were not lawfully fubieft to the iu- 
rifdidion of the Gouernour oi/^mhoynay and therefore 
vaIawftiIlyionurcd,SQCondIy,thatthckindcoftorturc 

E vfcd. 



2$ A ^l>lyto the Defence of the Proceedings 

vfcd, was not agreeable to the Law and Cuftomeof 
the Low Countryes : and laftly^that there was no fuffici- 
cnt Indicium for the torturing of the firft Jafcn^ nor 
none other proofes or IndiciA againft the EngUjh.^ but 
the forced confefifions of the tortured lapons'^ which 
ground af torture is prohibited by theirpwne Law. 
?, Yet furtfier the Reinonfinnts fetch an argument out 

of this point of the tortures^in iuftificatioh of their of- 
ficers tad at K^mhoym. If f fay they) they would haue 
drawncconfeffions out oftne EngUjhhy tortures^why 
did not they torture all the Englifh ? 

This riddle is plainely vnfolded by the lame Eng/ifb 
Relation : where it appeareth^ that after they had tor- 
tured^ lohnfoH^ CoUinSy and cJarke 5 glad was that Eng-^ 
Jifhmafi that could deuife any thing to confefTe^ to 
pleafe the Fifcdl^ and auoyde the torture. Yea, shev- 
r^f)^ prayed to God to aflift him in thiskinde. Others 
asked thofe that hud beene formerly examined, what 
they had confeffed; faying, they would doe thelike^ 
thereby to fhunne the crueltie of the torture. As for 
thofe that were acqiutted ( as hauing confeffed no- 
thing) the D///^/? plot could not reach them. For ha- 
uing laide the confultation of thjs pretended conlpi- 
racie at <^y^boynay where none of thefe foure were vp- 
on New-yeares day - they had no colour to torture 
them, whom their owne people that ftood by,knew to 
be fo farre abfent ; And no man imagineth that all the 
Di^/r)& that were by at the torture, were priuie to the 
intention of the Gouernour ^who in this cafe was to 
carry himfelfe (o^ ^s that he muft not make the bufincs 
fo groflfe, tliat all that ftood by might vnderftand ir^ 
It fiifficcd him that he caught the chicfe of the Engli\b 

thcre^ 



of the Dutch agatnfl thz Englijl^ at Amhoyna^, tj 

thcrc,and fuch a number by whofe example all would 
afterwards abandon the fa tall places. 

Laftly, the Remonjlrance gathereth that there was Q^ 
no exceffe vfcd, becaufe fome of the Englijh were par- 
doned ; to none other end ( forfooth) but to giuc tefti^ 
itiony of their whole proceedings. 

This indeed is a point wherein the Butch vkdihQ 

Suinteflence of their skill: fo to handle the matter as 
lat they would feeme to mixe clemency with lufticc; 
CO make their Proceffe to paffe the eafier and'fayrer, 
both among their owne people there^ and after when 
it fliould come into Europe. But he that will but a little 
confiderwhat the Dutch Gowtxnowrs end and aymc 
waSjWillfinde, that as he and the J//?^// laboured in 
all the Procefle to reach Captaine Tower fon the chicfe 
of the English there ; neuer fatisfying themfelues with 
any confeflion that made not him guiltie(as appearcth 
in the E/;^///ib Relation: ) fo when they had caught him, 
and fo many other of the chiefc of the £^g///)b there, 
it was a fmall matter for them to fparc arew of the 
meaner fort: being afTured that the execution of the 
reftjwould be a fufficien t warn ing for all other Erjglijb^ 
men cuer after to keepe their diftancc farre enough 
from that place. And this tooke fo right (according to 
the intention ) that all the Engli^ as well at the Moluc^ 
coes and Banda^^s the poorc remnant at Amboym forth- 
with vponthe newes of thisTragedy, quitted thcii; 
Fa<flories in all thofe Iflands : choofing rather to leauc 
the places and their trade there^ then their Hues for it. 
For the Dutch had fpokcn loude enough^ and plaine 
enough in this action, for all the Bn^lijl) to vnderftand 
their meaning; who tfiercfore would not ftay till the 

E 2 chiefc 



zS A ^ply to the Defence of the ^rocetditigs 

chiefeofthemalfowerethiis cutoff, and the reft dif- 
miffed with their life for a prey, and for an argument 
oftheD^rf/> Officers clemencie. Butifthefe few£;g. 
lilh were faucd to this end, in the Dutches intention^ to 
giue teftiraony of all their proceedings, as here is al- 
Icdged : Why then doe not the Dutch rcceiuc and al- 
low of their teftimony ? For thefe all with one mouth 
accufe the D^^^A to haue proceeded by trechery and 
mod execrable iniuftice in this whole aftionzalthough 
indeed fome of them that were abfolued, confefle vp- 
on oath, that they concciue the reafon and end of the 
Dutch in fparing them, to haue been^in hope that for 
that fouour they would haue giuen teftimony on their 
part, when this bufinefle flhould come to be examined 
herein£i;^r<j^^afvctthccaufcfhouId euer come to be 
reuiewcdhere; for fomeoftheD/^/^;&at Amboj/na de- 
clared plainely,that they made accompt the Span/fb 
Match would preuent the accompting for tliis kiifi. 
neffe. 
-5. The next point that the Remonjirafits note in the £^- 
^//fc Relation of the examination of theprifoners, is, 
xhc defcription of the tortures oilVater andjire: wJiich 
(they fay ) is finely and prolixly fet forth and embeli- 
med, to mooue compafnon, and to inueagle tlie Rea- 
der, to fwallow the refl of the errors and vntruths of 
the Relation. But that^ albeit all torture is in it felfe 
icough and harfh ; efpecially feemeth fo to the E?^g/ifh, 
becaufe none is vfed in EnoUndy but in cafes of high 
treafon,yetthc torture of Water is the moflgentte, 
ciuilj, and fafc of all other kindcs of torture :oneTy cau^ 
fing an oppreflion and anxietie of breathing and refpi. 
xation^ but no. rcplcnifhin g and fwcUing of thcbodie^ 
„ ' as' 



of the Vutch agamjl the Englif h at Amhoyruu, 29 

as the E.>ig///i[? Relation fetteth it oiit^&c.Yea that ail 
that the (aid Relation deliiiereth touching thefe Exa- 
minations^ is but a bare narration onely \dthoutany 
proofeioratthemoft is witncflfed but by a very few 
perfonSj andthofefuch^ as the caufe concerneth ; in 
which being theinfelues once iudicially conuided 
they may not now be admitted and allowed as wit- 
neffesagainftthe ludgeand his proceedings^ againft 
3 Court and Councell of foureteene Judges^ perlbns 
wellknownc to be of worth and vertue; and againft 
their ovvnc confeflions legally taken^ and confirmed 
with their ovvne fubfcriptions. 
For reply to all thisrfirft/or the defcriptio of the tor- 
tureSj which is here (fcoffingly) faid to be fo laboured 
& adornedjto mouecompaffion5& make an eafieway 
for vntruthes j it is remitted to the reader to pcrufe & 
iiidg it. It will be found as voyd of this art of painting^ . 
as it is of the vntruths v/hich die Remonfirants mentio 
biitfpecificnot^ leaft they fhould be cleared, as other 
pretended vntruths are already in this reply.The caufe 
of the Englt^ needed no fuch helpes. The truth of the 
things deliuered in the whole Relation fo fhineth iw 
the mcere Series and circumftances of the fadl, that it 
difdained thofe borrowed colours^feathers^and trafh^ 
wherwith the Remonflrants haue trimmed vp this their 
anfwere. But it is a figne of their penury of matter,, 
that they thus carpe at the ftyle of the E»gh(h Relati- 
on. As for the gentleneffe of their torture of Water;, 
that i s alfo left to be iudged ., yea euen by the words of 
\^ rfiis Remon[lrame^ that acknowlcdgeth it to be an Op- 
\ picffion and flopping of the breath : then which what 
ftriiicth more with the very life of a man^ or more for- 



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20 ^ ^pb ^^ ^^^ Vefence of the Proceedings 



ceth the nobleft and tendereft parts ? It is no maruailc 
that fome of their ownc/4^^'^;^^//r^r/ tell thefe Direc- 
tors in Print, that they can cut of another mans earc^ 
with as little feeling as of an old fhoe. But our people 
that haue tafted of this WAter-tcrtureoiAmboym^ and 
haue heard thofe that fuffted both there make the co- 
parifonjlay^thatthis is more terrible & infupportable 
foT the time, then the torture of fire: howeuerthe 
wound of the latter refteth longer in theflefh. The 
fame men alfo tell vs, ( and that vpon their oath ) that 
it is not onely a ftiffling and opprefllon of the breath ; 
but alfo a replenifhing of the body till it befwollcn 
and ftretcht, as mCUrks examination is fctdowne i 
contrary to that, thefe Remonftrants here affinne. Yea, 
but (fay they) thefe witnefles are but a very few, and 
thefamealfo parties in this caufe,and ought notto be 
heard againft a CoUedge of Judges, honeft and fub- 
ftantiallmen, nor againft their owne former confeffi- 
ons. That they are To few, wee may thanke the Batch 
that left vs no more. But all that they haue fpared vs^ 
agree in one vnanimous and conftantteftimony. Nei- 
ther can therein this cafe be any other proofe required. 
What > Would the Remofjflrants haue vs prooue thefe 
things by the teftimony of the Dutch that were em- 
ployed in thisProcefle, and are thcmfelues guiltie of 
this mafqued murther ? Should wc haue brought a 
Certificate hereof vnder the feale oiAmbcyna^ with the 
Gouernour and his Councels hands to it?AVhat other 
proofe is the nature of the caufe capeable of, but fuch 
as wee bring ? And whereas the RemonfflrAnts fay here 
that our witnefles are parties, and formerly conuid in 
the caufe 5 rfieyfcemc to forget, that their owne Ads 

(hew. 



of tJ?e Viitch agairfjl ths Englifl) at Amhoyna^, 2 1 



flievv^thatfome of them were abfoluedexprcflely^ o- 
thers nciier condemned. As for the Credit of the Col 
ledge of Iiidges^fo often repeated^ it is already exami- 
ned in the beginning of this Reply, as alfo in the an- 
fvvere to the D/^rri^ Relation, 

Finally, for the Declarations and Writings of Ma- 
tter Torverfon^ Coulfon^ Qrtggs^znA others^ fetdovvne in 
tlie £/;^///i(>Relation^thefe Kemon(lrdntskQmc to doubt 
whether any fiich be extant. And for the ftrange figncs 
of the ftorme, the fodaine madnefle and death of D//;?- 
kyn^ and die new ficknefle at Amboyna^ following the 
execution of the E'ngli^yV^hxch they tearme pretended 
miracles^ they fay^ that the truth can be vvitneffedby 
thofe that were prefent and about them at the executi- 
oUj thatnofuch thing happened. And here they adde^ 
that the Englijh ftirre heauen & earth to conceale and 
couerthis deteftable fad. But who will fuppofef fay 
they) that fubftantial! peoplc5(men of approucd worth 
and vertuc) would fhew thcmfelues fo impious and in- 
humane to torture and execute innocent pcrfons> 
Much leflfe muft diis be prcfumed of a Court of ludgcs 
fworncand eftablifhcd. 

As for the Writings of Maifter Toyverfon^ Coulfon^ 
Griggs^ and others^ mentioned in the Engl/jh Relation 
(now doubted of by the Remonftrants ) wee report vs 
vnto the Lords of his Maiefties priuie Councell, that 
haucfcene them^ and to the friends of the parties that 
know their feuerall hands ^and laftIy3.to the fame Wri* 
tings thcmfelues (till extant and kept to be Hiewed vp- 
onanyoccafion. As for the fignes related^ they arc 
] Rvofnc by out men that came thencc^and further to be 
proouedby Letters written^ from fomc that thcnfcr- 

tied, 




2Z A ^pb ^^ ^^ Defence of the Proceedings 



ued 5 and (wee fuppofe) doe yet feme the Dutch at Am-^ 
i^^jr/j^jiftheybe not fince dead, whercoino newesis 
yet come. But what Witnefle doe the Remonftrants 
bring, that thofe thii?gs fo fet downe with their cir- 
cnmllances, and fo the eafier examined^ were not fo > 
The truth (lay they ) may be witneffed by thofe that 
wereprefent and about die prifcncrs at the execution. 
But who be thofe? Why doth not Maerschalckemhis 
defperate oath (anon to be examined ) atteft that there 
was no fuch matter as the Engli^ pretend?Or why (hall 
wcereieft our peoples tedimony, and beleeue thefe 
Kemonftrmts without any witnefle ? But wee fhall haue 
witnefles hereafter. Inthcl/^ter/mthcn^ let the thing 
fo already witnefled remainc for true, till it be con- 
tradicled by more and better witnefles. As for the E/fg-^ 
Iffh ftirringheauen and earthy nottoconcealeorco- 
ueradeteftable fad of their owne people (asthci?^- 
monjirmce fpeaketh^ but to difcouer a moft damned 
praiStife of the Dutch^ and to procure lufticc vpon 
it, they conceiue they are not to be blamed herdn : 
yea that it is their dutie tomooueheauen and earth 
againft them, that haue mooued hell againft Inno- 
cents. 

Now for the honeftie and credit of their Goucrnour 
and Councell at Amboym.^^nn^ often harped vpdn : 
although it be cuident that there is a great difference 
of the ftuffe betweene the Judges oiAmboym^ani all o- 
ther ludges in the parts of Chriftendome : yet thcho- 
nefty and credit euen of the beft ludges is no fufficicn t 
defence for them againft fuch apoarantproofes of In- 
iuftice, as are extant in this caiife, euen in the ads of 
the proccfle it felfc,as is before dcclarcd.For the Judge 

that 



of the Dutch againfi the En^HJh at Amhoyna^. 5J 

that m his ProcefTe obferueth not the order prefcribed 
by the Law, is reputed as a priiiate perfon. O thervvife 
indeed^theliidge is not without proofe to be prefu- 
med to haue done vniuftly ; but this will not feme thcfe 
Judges. Neither is any partie accufed^ to be prefumed 
giiiltie^ without Indicia or euidence:but euery man to 
be prefumed good vntill the contrary be prooued. 
Which (Tiould haue mooued thole ludges oiAmboynA 
to haue beene tender andcarefull in the Indkijs that 
were made the pretexts to torture the firft Japon : and 
not to torture a poore man for asking an vfuali and 
harmeleffequeftionjyea^andneedfiill in the place of 
his feruiccj as is fhcwed in the anfwere to the Dutch 
Relation, Much more ought they in this refped to 
haue bcenc tender of taking the extorted confeffions 
ofthe/^/?^/;.f,for ^^vxSicitnt Indicium againft Maifter 
Towerfon ; not onely in regard of his qualitie, as being 
the Agent and Cape Merchant for the Engiifh there • 
but alio of his innocent and harmeleflej (yea godly) 
hthmiowr at Amboyna^ and all his life before. For as 
he was a man of no te^ and knowne to moft men of his 
qualitie here in EngUnd-^io all that knew him ( efpeci- 
ally that were wellacquainted with him^whereofthere 
is no fmall number ) ioyne and iumpe in this one opi- 
nion & commendations of him^ that he was of a moft 
faire condition and fweetdifpofition^harmelefle^and 
without fpleene or gall , and (in a word) the vnlikclieft 
Eng/ifhman that euer went into the Ea/l Indies^ to be 
a plotter or praftifer of fuch a fad^as he was condem- 
ned of. 

The Remonflrmts hauiiig thus finifhed their anfwere 7; 
to the Englijh Rclation,afi5rme that by their dedu6lion 

F of 



^4 ^ '^ly td the Defence ofth ^froceedings 

ollnly^ and this anfwere^ they haue fiifficiently iuftifi- 
ed the proceedings, of their Officers at -.^mboym 5 ne- 
uerthelefle ey: ahundanti they produce further euidence 
out of an atteftation of Signeur HeutmAn their laic 
Gouernour in the Moluccoes. Which becaufe it is af- 
terwards againe repeated in feucrall Articles^ fhall be 
there with the reft anfwcrcd. 
y^ In the nieane time^ they appeale to the Lords States 
generally whether they haue not by all this giuen f uffi- 
cient latisfevSion and caufe to the E^g//fh Company ^ to 
abate and let fall their fuit^leauing the blame vpon the 
Authors of this abhominable confpiracie(as they call 
it) and of their owne misfortune. NeuerthelefTe^not 
daring to goe to tryall of the maine caufe vponthefe 
their allegations and proofes^they pray that there may 
be no precipitation vfed^but a fit refpitc granted them 
for the exai^ enquiry of the taith in the /W/Vi;and that 
inthemeanc time^ they may haue the protection of 
the Lords States, and all mifiinderftanding and con- 
trary deductions may ceafe ; at leaft prouifionally. 
For put cafe (^iay they) that their Officers be truely 
guiltie ( as the E^g//fh pretend j yet they muft be heard 
before they can be condemned. And in their opinion 
{Taythey) the ground of the Co^jufance of this caufe 
iiuift come from '^mboyna to Battmia^ and thence he- 
ther : and time conuenient being giuen, there will 
doubtleffe come daily more and more cleare proofes 
^nd light in the caufe. As for themfelues, theyatlaft 
plainly confefle_j that they cannot anfwere the obic(51:i- 
ons and circumftances alledged and propofed 3 but 
that this mnft and cstn be done by them onely^ whom 
the caufe toiKheth andconcerueth ; to wit, their Offi. 
^tx$atA??^o^/i''9 Here 



of the Dutch againji the Englifh at Amboyna^^ }5 



Here they renounce all tlie defence and iuftification 
which they hauc alreadie made- as impertinent and 
infiiSicient. They might haue done well then to haue 
fparedall thislaboiirj andatfirftto haueleftthecaufe 
to them whom it concernes^as the Englijh Comfmy by 
theirLettersreqiiefted them. As for precipitation in 
i^^z^\\{^^^tEnglt^ Company require none. But be- 
caufe the Ads of the Councell at Ambeym thcmfehies 
containe all that can be legally pleaded in iuftification 
of the Officers 3 (for, if in them there be no iuft ground 
of the condemnation and execution of the Engltjhj 
allfuperucnient proofes come too late to excufe the 
ludgeSj euen by their owne Lawes j therefore the Eng-^ 
//JhCompa;typvdumc^nd maintaine, that there is al- 
ready ground fufficient, out of the fame Ads, and out 
of the Trea tie^whereof this Procefle is a plaine breach^ 
for the Lords States generall by an Ad of State pub- 
liqucly to declare the NuHity and Iniuftice of the Pro- 
cefle. But for the iudiciall proceedings againft the 
p-articularpeifons that haue comitted this vnparareld 
Iniuftice; there may be fuch order and courfe taken, 
ashis Maieftie and the Lords States fhall finde the na- 
ture of the caufe to require. Wherein alfo the greateft 
care and expedition that can be vfed for the apprehcn- 
fion ofthc parties^ will be no precipitation y confidc- 
ring the manifeft proofes of their Iniuftice, appearing 
in their owne Ads, as is before declared. 

Hauing finifhed their prayer to the Lords States ^ 
generall, to the cfFed aforefaid, the fcope and drift of 
all, being onely for Dilat/o ft and reffitein the caufe; 
yet as it were repenting them of their former feare and 
declination of aprdcnttryall, they come on afrefh 

F 2 with 



:}<$ A ^ply to th Defence of the ^froceedings . 

with new proofes^ which they affirme to be fo ftrong 
and vigorous^ that they are of power^ more then fiiffi- 
ciently to giiie their Oflficers an entire difcharge^ and 
to confound their Adiierfaries : and that without helpe 
of the points before allecjged. And to make good thefe 
great words^they produce eleucn feucrall Articles ta- 
ken by depofition of Laurence Maerschalck their late 
Cape Merchant at Amboym^ and now returned into 
Holiand^Pini fworne to the fame Articles before the Se- 
nate oiDelfe the 4. oi Not^emberhi\.(li^U mm-y^ho^Q , 
name in this Rermnffirmce they conceale. Next they 
annexe the report and depofition of Signeur Hcutmm 
their late Gouernour at the Moluccoes^ before mentio- 
ned. And in the kft place, they repeatc fome points 
already by thcmalledged in ^isRemon^rmce^^wii Co 
fhut vp their whole Worke. 

FortheteftimonyofiV/^^r^«'/&^/(f/&3 it is to be confi- 
dered in the generally that he isapartie, being thefe- 
cond man of the Councell of Amboyna. : and therefore 
what is before faid againft the whole Councell^ falleth 
vpon him in his particular with more enforcement. 
NeuertheleflTc, this proteftation againft his incompe- 
tency to bea Witnefle in this caufe being thus premi- 
fed 5 wee will perule and examine the particulars of his 
Atteftation; yet with this Icaue, a little to inuert the 
order of the Articles^ (but without preiudice of the 
fubftance of them ) thereby to take all the matter of 
one nature together, to auoyd prolixitic and needlefle 
repetition of the fame thing indiuerspartsoftheanr 
Svere. 

The firft^fecond, and third Articles afSrme^that as 
well the /4!^(?;?/ as thQ E^^I/jby not onely figned their 

feucratt 



of the Dutch agawfl the Englijh at Amboyna^, 27 

feiicraJI confeffions with euery of their hands rdpec- 

tiiiely^ but ioyntly and feiierally confirmed and perfif- 

ted in the fame^euen out of the fetters and irons^atfe- 

ucral] feffions of the CounceU ^yea the E;7g//[]j three or 

foiirefcuerall times^ without retracing or reuoking 

or changing of any thing; aJBeit the Gouernoiir fen- 

oufly admonillied them to alter orreuokeany thihg 

which tliey had feWy confefled through painc or feare 

&c.But that all the E^jg/rfb Hirinking vp their flioulders 

confirmed allthey had confefled to be true^and craned 

mercy and not luftice. 

Thefe impudent fidions areanfwercd by that which 
is already noted concerning the Rcquifites and Solea* 
nities of the Ads of all Courts of luftice : which by 
prefcript of the Law it felfe record the pajflages of eue- 
ry Scilion, with the date thereof. But in all the Ads 
of the Court oi Amboymy ( vnleffe they haue giuena 
falfc Copic^which yet were to be takenfor true againft 
themfeluesthatfofalfifiedit) there is no mention of 
any more confeflion then one of euery prifoncr, nor of 
any frcedome from fctters,norofanyfuch admonition 
by the Gouernour as is here pretended. Befidesthe 
E/tg/ffb that are efcaped^ as well thofe that were abfok 
lied, as the rcfl^ vtterly deny thefe feuerall points to he 
true. Yea the gefturc here added of the contrading or 
fhrinkingvpthcflioulders^ being no Ef^gisfb gefture^^ 
fufficiently rcfuteth this fidion. 

The fourth Article faith, that IVillkm Webber one of 
the Complices confefled he had recciued a Letter 
^lom John Clarke^ intimating that there was fome ex- 
[ traordinary matter and of great importance in hand by 
tlic E^gUjh at Amboym : and that lohn Clarke contefled 
to hauc written fuch a Letter.. The 



28 A ^pb ^^ ^'^^ defence of the Proceedings 



The confeflion oi Webber touching this Letter^ is ac- 
knowledged in the EngU^ Relation : hut whereas this 
depofition laith^ that Clarke aifo confcfled the writing 
of iiich a Letter, the A6ts themfeliies wherein c/<«?iy 
confeflTion is fet downe by the Dutch Aaiiary, refiiteth 
it, not making mention o|any fiich thing^ nor of any 
qiieiHon miniftred to C/^r/C'^ touching this Letter, or 
his meaning hy that intimation • Which would not 
haue beene omitted, if the F//^^flhadnot perceiued 
thcit IVebber had faigned this matter onelytoauoydc 
torture. ' 

The fifth Article being of the (a me nature with the 
eighth and ninth, fhall be anon with them anfwered. 

The fixth and feauenth Articles recite certaine pre- 
tended voluntary confeflions oiThompfon made be- 
fore feme of the Councell apart : to wit, that he had 
endured fo much torture without confellion, becaufe 
he was often vpbraided by Mafter Torverfan with drun- 
kenneffe, and warned that he {hould not in hiscupps 
difcouer the pretended plott. Whereupon he had vow- 
ed and fworne to himfelfe, that he would not be the 
third nor yet the fourth man that confefled ; what cucr 
torture he fuffered. But afterwards he confefled ( faith 
the feuenth Article ) that he was glad that God had re- 
iiealedthefaft, forthefauing of innocent bloud, and 
that he had doubly deferued death : yet craued mercy. 
Here let thecourfe of the D/^/^A in making AffU^uit 
of the pretended voluntary confeflio of Maifter Tovper-^ 
fmbdoic fix of the Councell apart (andentrcd into 
the Ads ) be confidered, as it is trucly fet downe in 
the anlwerc to the D»rf A Relation : and it willmani- 
feftly appeare^ that this confeffion oiThomfons ( if any 

fuch 



oftk T>utc h agmft tk Biglijh at Amboyruu. jp 
f^id^beene) was of much rao^iiportance to the 
c e r ng of Ac Dutch proceedings then thofe obicurc 
clearing ^ -n ^ ^^/i^.. and fo would the rather 

r?'betf bfo 5rb/--y of Atteftadon mto the 
S.stheotherwere.ButlntheAasthereisnoen. 
ttoSV»chconfe(rionofT/..;«^«:whoaIfog^^^^ 
ithe eiecution,andbeingrcproched to be a 5.W.;« 
to tne exetu , anfwered, that he was as 

^nSS?— l-W^^byandbytoo^^^ 

^'""':^ hTcoSfo Jnd pirfwaded him to doe the 
fi ll^hSaiftcrf.n^^'^beinganothernmebe- 
hke,alforf.a Maut ^^, ^^^ ^^^^^ EnghMo- 

forctheCounceii w drunkenneffe and 

ners reproached ^J J' ^ the difcouery of the 
difordered ^-^'^X'^^l,^,,,, vpon their wicked- 
confpiracic to^Gods^> g J^^ ^o^f^'^ed him- 

?eSTthei;ro?^.du.ftigato{ofthe 

'^SSf matfsbeing fore n.ore pregnant (.f 

Otalltaeic ■ ^ j, „round of the len- 

theyweretrue) u^aue bee ^^g^^ ^^^^.^ .^^^^ 

tcnce tben any th^ng e ^^^^ ^^^ ^ ,^, ,^ 

one word or "l^^^^^^^^^d to haucpaffcd before the 
theft thmparehc^^cam™ 

bodie of the Co ""''•£ , s is (^cwed the defeds of 
(fincehisamimllm^^^^^^^^ 

^^^•^'""^'.icormhnowtoolatetornakenew 



40 A ^pb ^0 the Defence of the Proceedings 



E^gliJhJn parciciilar,C(>///>j was tortured mthwaurin 
fiich fort, as the view of him afterward s made Coulfo;^ 
confefTc without torture^as is fet downe in the Engli]ly 
Relation^ and yet auerred by thofe alfo that law him 
come out as Cculfo/f did, Funiher, ho w fenceleffe had 
the fpeech of Maifler i&rverfon beene, to impute the 
difcouerieof theplott^totjods iuftice vponthcbad 
life of his pretended Complices, and not rather vpon 
himfclfe for being the inuenter and Author of the con- 
fpiracie^in it felte more hay nous, then any thing he 
could charge the reft withall ? Laftly, it is aU'eady fufli- 
ciently prooued by more competent witneffes then 
Maerschalk^xh^i Maifter lower fon and the reft were 
ncucr together before the Councell, from the firft ap- 
prehenfion vntill the laft fentence : and that in all that 
time, he fpake with none o{ the E^glifh. huicoulfo^j 
Griggs, and Fardo ; fo impudent is this atteftation of 
Maerschdck^xh^thcvicd the fpeeches here pretended 
vnto Cohns and the reft; and that before the Councell! 
The tenth Article faith, there was a Letter written 
by Maifter Tower fon to Coulfon^ charging him to be 
the prime and fole caufe that mooued him to this en- 
terprife of making himfelfe Maifter of the Caftle ; and 
that the fame Letter was in the hands of the Gouernor 
idiAmhoynx, 

Ifthisbetrue, how could Maifter Towerfon make 
himfelfe the firft author of this confpiracy,as the Ads 
and MAerschdcks owne relation in the former Articles 
prefent him ? How Cometh it,that there is no mention 
of this Letter in the Ads, nor the fameLetter or any 
authenticall Copie thereof fent ouer for iuftification 
of thecaufe^beingfo pregnant andpertinent a proofe ? 

The 



of the Dutch againjl the Englijh at Amboytta^, 41 



The II. Article telleth a tale oiCoUins his lefiifing to 
fit and eate with the D///^A Merchants in their paflae,c 
from Amhoym to laccatra in the fhippe^ when he and 
Beamont were fent thither: vpon fcriiple (forfooth) 
to eate with fiich honeft men, being himfelfe a tray- 
tor. 

This as it is friuoloiis and of no value in it felfc, Cel- 
lins being then as a condemned man to fland to the: 
mercy oftheZ)«^r/>GeneralI at lAcca.tr a: fo the truth 
of it {% vtterly denied by Beamont that pafled with him 
in the fame fiiippe^ and together with Collins did eate 
atthcfame Table with the D«^^/? Merchants without 
ftiayning of any ciirtefie for the matter. 

But to helpe the teftimony o{ Meier schdh that fwea- 
reth all the former points in his owne caiife^ and a- 
gainft the very Adls themfeliies^ and all other proba- 
bilities : the Remonftrants in the next Article, fupply 
him with a Conteftis^ beyond exception as they pre- 
tend; to wit^ Signcm Houtman their late Goiiernour 
iti the Moluccoes. VVhocomming thence to Amhoyna, 
after the execution, heard and faw fome things pertai- 
ning to this bufinefle ; whereof, ( being now returned 
into Holland) he maketh report and depofition, in fixe 
fcucrall points^ v/z. : Firft^that it was firmely and with- 
out qucftion or doubt beleeued at Amboyna generally^ 
and by euery man in particular -, yea by himfelfe alfo ; 
that the Engltfh and lapons there had trucly and in effcit 
confpired the taking of the Caftle. Secondly , that the 
faid Signeur Houtman comming through Hitto, George 
Sherrock(pwQ of the Englifh Compliccs)fcll at his fecte, 
and acknowledged the great fauourthat Gouernour 
5/r»//andthe CounccU at Amhcyna had done him in 

G par-- 



— ' — ■' ■ I 

4^ A !%?/y to the Defence of the ^Troceedings 

pardoning his delift. Thirdly^ that he was afterwards 
prelcntat /^r^i^r.^ when /()/;;* B(f^;;5?^»^ (another of the 
lEng'ijh Complices)confe{red his faultbefore thcDiach 
GcncvaWCATpentJere, and <;raued mercy for the fame. 
Fourthly J that himfelfe and diners others at Jaccatra^ 
had good and fiire information and notice, that Bea^ 
7nont freely confefled the confpiracie alfo to the Englt^ 
Prefident there 5 but that the Engii^ Prefident there- 
upon lockt him vp clofc from fpeaking with any man • 
thereby to preuent the difhonor of the treafon. Fiftly, 
that the Gouernour .y/^f^/r is reputed for a man of 
worthj honorable and godly , by all that haue comier- 
fed with him rand the reft of the Councell alfo, fuch 
as cannot any way be doubted or fufpefted guiltie of 
fo foule a fad, as to accufe or mifvfe the Engltp^ much 
leffe to put them to death, if they had not beene guil- 
tie. Laftly, that the torture of Water is alwayesvled 
by the Dutch in the Indies^ and is not fo cruell nor dan- 
gerous, as other kindes of torture vfed in the Low 
Countryes^ and in all Europe^, 

Firft, the English that were faued from the butchery 
of Jml^oym ydoc not yet beleeue,that Signeur HotitmA» 
hath depofed, as is here inferred. For when he wasat 
Amhoyna^^Xidi laboured to be brought in expoflfaSiOy 
forthefaluingof thebufineffej he openly profefTed t 
that he would walTi his hands of it, and thatHarmafr 
va^ Spet^lt had begim it, and HArmm van Sfeult 
fhould end it. And this prcfumption of theirs i^ 
further confirmed by the manner of citing this Sig' 
neur Hmtmany euen in this Article, where his dc- 
pofition is not fimply and clearely ^Hedged ; but with 
this doubtfiill variation : Us dire^ et depojifms du S/g^ . 
neurC0»ern€HrHQHtmany(^c, Neither is it fpccified^ 

whcj:a 



of the Dutch a^ainfi the Englijh at Amboyruu, 45 



where or before whom or when he tooke his oath : 
which yet is according to the Cuftomc fet downc 
touching the depofition o£ Maerschalck : to wit^that 
he tooke his oath before the Senate of De/ ft the 4, of 
Notiember i ^ 2 4. But admit he be fworne to thefe Ar- 
ticles : let vs examine their particular import. The firft 
is onely of a common opinion and fame that he found 
at Amboyna^th:^ it was a true treafon.Is it any maruaile 
that the Vutch^ that had made the people beleeue that 
the Englijhmc^nt to haue ript vp the bellies of the wo- 
men with childe (euenof theNatiues) and to make 
choice by the beautie and feature of the feuerall in- 
fants, which to fane and which to flay , had prepared a 
fufficient rumor againft the coming of Signcur Hout- 
«;4^3 to winne his opinion to their caufe > Next, it is 
not likely that he fpake with any, but thofe of the Ca- 
ttle : who were moft of them parties in this butcherie : 
and therefore would make no rcportto him, but what 
ferued their owneturnes. Further, theiudgcmentbe- 
ing paffed againft our people, their fa6i (though neuer 
done)might be prefumed notorious in Law : and there- 
fore no mamaile he and others gaue credit to it. Yet 
who knowcth not, that much faife iudgement happe- 
neth, notwithftanding the notorietie induced by the 
A(Ss and fentence > It were an eafie matter for a ludge 
to anfwercany Iniuftice thus,But when the iudgcment 
and the Judges are queftionedof Iniuftice,the notorie- 
tie that thcmfelues haue made is no pica for them. 
Yet iftheAftscontaine fufficient prootes for ground 
of the fentence, then fuch notorietie may hclpe them. 
But in this cafe, tlic Aits fhewing that they haue pro- 
ceeded contrary to LaWjiiiferre their Iniufticeto be 

Q 2 no^ 



44 A ^ply to the pefeme of the Proceedings 

notorious^ as is before ftiewed. For the fecond and 
third Articles ^ cortQ^rning sherrack and Beamonts 
confeflloa of their faults eictvA iiidicially^ and while 
they were yet in danger : they are of no moment^ to 
prooiie their guilty much lefle the guilt of thofe that 
were executed^ of whom thefe confeffions make no 
mention; nor efpecially can they giue any fuccourto 
the caufe of the Gouernouv and Cpuncell for theif 
proceedings ; who ought to ha^ie had the grounds of 
their fentence in the A6ts of the Proceflc^ before they 
condemned and executed our people. More particu- 
larly, 5/?^;T(J^' indeed confejETeth^ that with humble o- 
beyfance he complained to Signeur Houtmm of the 
Dti^tchas daily reproachinghim with treafon, and pray^ 
cid hini that he would deale with the Gouernor Sfeult^^ 
to take order with them for their inciuilitie.For(faid 
he) although I had beene guiltie^ yet being now par- 
doned, why fbould they thus reproach me ? Other. 
confeffion then tliis, he vttcrly dcnieth to hauemade 
to Signeur HoutmAn,^ Beamont alfo confefleth^ that 
whcnhecameto/4^f;4/r^3 being fent thither to (land 
to the niercy of the Generall ; who then told him^that- 
be came thither to die-^he was much amafed.But whea 
fodainly the Generall in better carneft told him, he 
fbrgauehim -then he gaue him humble, and open 
thanks; but made no confcflfion of his fault, nor was 
by the Generall vrged in the leaft thereunto.. For the 
fourth point, that Signeur Houtmm and otliers had 
ftich notice, as is here pretended of Belmont s confefli- 
pn to the E/^^/z/fc Prefident ; who alfo clapt hiii) vp for 
it :.it were, here requifit-e that Signeur Hmtman(i{hc- 
hm^ ^bus attefted ) did nanip his Anchors if he will be 

belceucdo 



of the 'Dutch agmjl the En^fh at Amhymu, a^ 



beleciied. For himfclfe is but tefiis ex audit Ur. In the 
mcane time^ not onely 'Beamont^zw^^^ thefe things^ 

but CQ\)Jns thatlodgcd m the i^mt chamber ^ulaccaHra 
with himjauerrcrh^thathis reftraintandciofe cijfiody 
h vtteily feigned ; neither did he euer hearc any word 
or inckhng of fuch his confeffion to the Prefident. 
Maifler Augtifline Spalding alfo then one of the Englijy 
CounceJI a t laccatra, (but now returned into Englano^) 
giueth the hke report. For the fifth point, being the. 
faire tcilimony of SigneurH^^^/J^^^/i? touching theper- 
fon of his brother Gouernor,r^;2 i'^^////sand his Corni- 
ce]]; It Ts a point of ciuilitie 'm him^ to helpe them 
with a good word in the general] ; but it \s rarre too 
lighttolayinthefcoaleagainft the feuerall and preg- 
nant proofcs of their foulc Iniuflice, before in this re- 
pJy at large fpecified, by the vvitnefic of all our Ep^g/if^-. 
that were (aued (as well thofe that were abfohied as the 
reft) byclearc circumftances of the whole bufinefTe 
and by the Ads tl-iemfeluesof theCounccll ofo/w- 
l^oym. Laftly/or the Water torture^it appeareth with- 
out S'lOfiZuv Houtmans teftimony^ to be vfed by the- 
Dutch in the Indies, The poore Vokroms and the I.ng^ 
li^o VvitncfTe it with a mifchiefe. Burto make itiawfull • 
it fliould be prooucd to be vfed in the Low Countryes r 
as hath beene alreadie (hewed. But why doth Sig- 
neur Houtman^novthc RemonJlrants^meM thisdifcourfe- 
/^ly nothing for the Fire-torture^ which was alfb vfed^ 
andthatinmoft barbarous manner and degree vpon 
the poore laponSy^nA diners of the English ? 

The RemonJtrAnce hauing thus preflTed the teftimony 
o? Mxerschafck and Signeur Houtm w^in the nextplacc 
(being the 1 3 . Articlc)tclleth vs without any witneile :• 

G 3 ' thati 



Ill I I I .J , III . 1 1 I . I 

46 A ^pb ^^ ^^^ defence of the Proceedings 



^ that diuersperfoni( which the E;;^///]^ Relation mcn- 
.V "* tioneth) to be tortiir^ with Fire and Water, were ne- 
iier once touched. 

If this were true and certa ine, it had beene eafie for 
the RemonflranPs to haiie named the peifons touching 
whom fijch error is committed. The £;^p^///j[; Relation 
nameth none but lohnfon^ Thomfcn^ ^ni Clarke to be 
tortured with Fire. Which of thcfe will the Remon^ 
fir Ants denic to be fo handled : againft fiich cleare eui- 
denceofourpart? 

The foureteenth Article promifeth, that the parti- 
culars and pettie matters (as they are here tewarmed) 
ftiallbe difprooued by the depofitions of thofe that 
were in prefence, and fliould haue knowne them if any 
had beene. Therefore vntill they be thus difprooued 
( which will neucr be) let them remaine for true ; efpc- 
cially being alrcadie prooued by the oath of credible 
perfons3and carrying truth in the very circumftances. 
Laftly, for the extraordinary fignes that happened 
at the time of the execution, which are here (fcofling- 
ly) tearmed miracles, theiameare alfo prooued by 
oath, and further by Letters written from fomeofthe 
feruantsofthcD/i^/t^ themfelues at ^^mhoym^ readic 
to be exhibited vponoccafion. And as it had beene a 
fillie part of the E^glifh to haue feigned fuch matter 
(b is it no lefle impudence to deny that which fo many 
aswQllDHUhand/^Mam as E^gtijh fav; ^and knew to 
be notorious. 
Y^ After all this new charge fo confidently giucn,yer 

the Rcmonfirmts fall oflf againe,and not defiring to put 
the triall of the caufe vpon thefc,nor all the reft of their 
allegations 5 they returne by way of conclufion to pray 

the 



of the Dutch againfi the Englifli at AmhoyncLj. ^j 



the Lords States Generally thatthere may beaconue- 
niehtrefpitcgiuenforthe better examination of the 
whole matter ; and to that end that they will mediate 
with his Maieftie^ to content himfelfe alfo therewith. 
But the Englijh Eaji India Compmie vpon the grounds 
before at large deduced, doubt not but that the caufe 
will appeare rs well to his Maiefly as the Lords States^ 
toberipeandreadieforfuchan AdofStatc as isdc- 
fired, and for the apprehenfion of the Authors of this 
odious and execrable Procefle, as foone as they^ 
or any of them can be gotten. And then the 
iudiciall ProcefTe againft them may 
follow, as fhall appertains 
to fo foule and infer- 
nail a Fad. 



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