A discourse vindicating His Royal Master from the insolencies of a scandalous libel printed under the title of (An extract out of the register of the States General of the United Provinces, upon the memorial of Sir George Downing envoye͡e &c.) and delivered by the agent de Heyde for such to several publick ministers, wheras no such resolution was ever communicated to the same envoye͡e, nor any answer at all returned by Their Lordships to the said memorial / written by Sr George Downing.
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             A discourse vindicating His Royal Master from the insolencies of a scandalous libel printed under the title of (An extract out of the register of the States General of the United Provinces, upon the memorial of Sir George Downing envoye͡e &c.) and delivered by the agent de Heyde for such to several publick ministers, wheras no such resolution was ever communicated to the same envoye͡e, nor any answer at all returned by Their Lordships to the said memorial / written by Sr George Downing.
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           A
           DISCOURSE
           WRITTEN
           BY
           Sr
           George
           Downing
           The
           KING
           of
           Britain's
           
             Envoyee
             Extraordinary
          
           to
           the
           States
           of
           the
           Vnited-Provinces
           .
        
         
           VINDICATING
           His
           
             Royal
             Master
          
           from
           the
           Insolencies
           of
           a
           
             Scandalous
             Libel
          
           ,
           Printed
           under
           the
           Title
           of
           
             [
             An
          
           Extract
           
             out
             of
             the
          
           Register
           
             of
             the
          
           States
           General
           
             of
             the
          
           United
           Provinces
           ,
           
             upon
             the
          
           Memorial
           
             of
             Sir
          
           George
           Downing
           Envoyée
           ,
           &c.
           ]
           And
           delivered
           by
           the
           
             Agent
             de
             Heyde
          
           for
           such
           ,
           to
           several
           
             Publick
             Ministers
          
           :
        
         
           WHEREAS
           No
           such
           Resolution
           was
           ever
           Communicated
           to
           the
           same
           Envoyée
           ,
           nor
           any
           Answer
           at
           all
           Returned
           by
           
             Their
             Lordships
          
           to
           the
           said
           Memorial
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           
             Printed
             by
          
           J.
           M.
           Anno
           Domini
           ,
           1664.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           DISCOURSE
           Written
           by
           Sir
           
             George
             Downing
          
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           
             Great
             Britains
             Envoyée
             Extraordinary
          
           to
           the
           States
           of
           the
           
             Vnited
             Provinces
             ,
             &c.
          
           
        
         
           THE
           
             Envoyée
             Extraordinary
          
           of
           His
           most
           Sacred
           Majesty
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
             ,
             &c.
          
           having
           lately
           seen
           a
           certain
           Paper
           intituled
           ,
           [
           
             An
             Extract
             out
             of
             the
             Register
             of
             the
             Resolutions
             of
             the
             High
             and
             Mighty
             Lords
             
               Estates
               General
            
             of
             the
             
               Vnited
               Provinces
            
             ,
             upon
             the
             Memorial
             of
             Sir
             
               George
               Downing
               ,
               Envoy
               Extraordinary
            
             from
             the
             King
             of
             
               Great
               Britain
            
             ,
             ]
          
           did
           not
           at
           all
           think
           it
           fit
           for
           him
           to
           take
           any
           notice
           thereof
           ,
           but
           to
           pass
           it
           by
           as
           a
           Pamphlet
           ,
           (
           of
           which
           sort
           there
           come
           out
           too
           many
           here
           every
           day
           :
           )
           in
           regard
           that
           no
           such
           Resolution
           
           had
           been
           communicated
           to
           Him
           by
           their
           Lordships
           ,
           nor
           any
           one
           word
           given
           him
           in
           Answer
           to
           his
           said
           Memorial
           :
           And
           he
           had
           accordingly
           past
           it
           by
           ,
           without
           taking
           any
           notice
           thereof
           ,
           had
           he
           not
           since
           by
           accident
           been
           informed
           by
           several
           
             Publick
             Ministers
          
           residing
           here
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           pretended
           Resolution
           had
           been
           brought
           to
           them
           by
           the
           
             Agent
             de
             Heyde
          
           ;
           Whereupon
           he
           now
           holds
           Himself
           obliged
           to
           Complain
           in
           most
           serious
           terms
           to
           their
           Lordships
           the
           
             Estates
             General
          
           of
           the
           
             Vnited
             Provinces
          
           ,
           of
           this
           strange
           and
           irregular
           way
           of
           proceeding
           ;
           That
           while
           he
           is
           Residing
           here
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           King
           his
           Master
           :
           Papers
           ,
           in
           form
           of
           Answers
           to
           his
           Memorials
           ,
           should
           be
           given
           to
           
             other
             Publick
             Ministers
             ,
             here
          
           and
           elsewhere
           ,
           and
           sent
           all
           over
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           yet
           concealed
           from
           Him
           ;
           and
           thereby
           neither
           opportunity
           of
           being
           convinced
           ,
           if
           any
           thing
           of
           reason
           should
           have
           been
           said
           therein
           ,
           nor
           on
           the
           contrary
           of
           vindicating
           the
           Honour
           and
           Justice
           of
           the
           King
           his
           Master
           in
           what
           he
           is
           therein
           unjustly
           charged
           and
           defamed
           withall
           .
        
         
           Suppose
           that
           he
           the
           said
           
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
          
           ,
           should
           have
           proceeded
           in
           that
           manner
           ,
           and
           have
           given
           the
           Memorial
           (
           to
           which
           the
           said
           Paper
           is
           a
           Reply
           )
           to
           all
           
             Publick
             Ministers
          
           residing
           here
           ;
           and
           have
           sent
           it
           to
           all
           Courts
           abroad
           ,
           and
           should
           have
           Printed
           ,
           and
           exposed
           it
           to
           the
           view
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           without
           giving
           it
           to
           their
           Lordships
           ,
           what
           would
           they
           have
           thought
           thereof
           ?
           and
           what
           might
           have
           been
           expected
           that
           they
           would
           have
           said
           to
           it
           ?
           Can
           their
           Lordships
           imagine
           that
           this
           way
           of
           acting
           doth
           tend
           any
           way
           to
           the
           Justifying
           of
           their
           Cause
           ,
           
           as
           to
           the
           working
           of
           better
           impressions
           concerning
           the
           same
           in
           the
           minds
           of
           those
           
             Publick
             Ministers
          
           ,
           or
           their
           Masters
           ?
           Or
           rather
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           be
           exceedingly
           scandalized
           thereat
           ,
           as
           looking
           more
           like
           a
           Surprize
           of
           them
           and
           their
           Judgments
           ,
           then
           otherwise
           ;
           and
           considering
           that
           they
           may
           to
           morrow
           be
           dealt
           with
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           any
           Paper
           they
           may
           give
           in
           ;
           and
           see
           the
           Affairs
           of
           their
           Masters
           traduced
           and
           defamed
           without
           any
           opportunity
           or
           possibility
           of
           clearing
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           the
           Matter
           of
           the
           said
           Paper
           ;
           Is
           it
           enough
           to
           say
           in
           general
           terms
           ,
           
             That
             the
             said
          
           Memorial
           
             was
             ill
             grounded
             ,
             or
             abusively
             informed
             ,
          
           without
           particularizing
           at
           all
           how
           ,
           or
           wherein
           ;
           or
           so
           much
           as
           excepting
           against
           any
           one
           word
           thereof
           ,
           much
           less
           disproving
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           And
           again
           ;
           If
           the
           things
           wherewith
           they
           are
           charged
           therein
           be
           true
           (
           as
           they
           both
           are
           ,
           and
           must
           now
           be
           taken
           by
           all
           men
           to
           be
           ,
           since
           nothing
           is
           made
           out
           by
           their
           Lordships
           to
           the
           contrary
           )
           To
           what
           purpose
           is
           the
           whole
           sequel
           of
           the
           said
           Paper
           ?
           If
           it
           be
           true
           (
           as
           it
           is
           )
           That
           the
           
             Royal
             Master
          
           of
           the
           said
           Envoy
           was
           no
           sooner
           returned
           to
           His
           Kingdoms
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           was
           immediately
           ,
           and
           from
           day
           to
           day
           troubled
           and
           importuned
           with
           a
           Crowd
           of
           Complaints
           of
           His
           Subjects
           against
           those
           of
           this
           Country
           ;
           all
           which
           notwithstanding
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           did
           not
           grant
           any
           one
           Letter
           of
           Marque
           ,
           nor
           betake
           himself
           to
           any
           way
           of
           force
           for
           the
           obtaining
           of
           their
           reparation
           and
           satisfaction
           ;
           But
           in
           stead
           thereof
           ,
           for
           an
           Everlasting
           memorial
           of
           his
           
           great
           kindness
           and
           good
           will
           towards
           this
           Country
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           facilitating
           of
           the
           bringing
           to
           a
           Conclusion
           the
           late
           Treaty
           with
           them
           ,
           (
           finding
           the
           Complaints
           and
           Pretensions
           of
           his
           Subjects
           to
           be
           so
           numerous
           and
           great
           ,
           )
           was
           pleased
           after
           all
           to
           suffer
           very
           many
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           those
           to
           a
           vast
           value
           ,
           to
           be
           utterly
           mortified
           and
           extinguished
           ;
           and
           the
           rest
           (
           except
           the
           business
           of
           the
           Ships
           Bonadventure
           ,
           and
           Bon-Esperanza
           )
           after
           so
           much
           mony
           and
           time
           had
           been
           already
           expended
           in
           the
           pursuit
           thereof
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           them
           ready
           for
           a
           determination
           ,
           to
           be
           put
           in
           a
           LIST
           ,
           and
           proceeded
           upon
           anew
           according
           to
           the
           fifteenth
           Article
           thereof
           ;
           no
           ways
           doubting
           ,
           but
           that
           all
           possible
           speed
           would
           have
           thereupon
           been
           used
           in
           bringing
           the
           matter
           to
           an
           issue
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           the
           future
           better
           order
           would
           have
           been
           observed
           towards
           His
           Subjects
           :
           But
           having
           waited
           now
           above
           27
           months
           since
           the
           Conclusion
           of
           the
           said
           Treaty
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           time
           their
           Lordships
           being
           continually
           call'd
           upon
           by
           His
           Said
           Majesties
           
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
          
           ,
           yea
           by
           His
           Majesty
           himself
           in
           several
           Audiences
           to
           their
           Embassador
           ;
           Yet
           so
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           those
           matters
           are
           still
           so
           far
           from
           being
           ended
           ,
           that
           in
           truth
           they
           seem
           to
           be
           now
           rather
           further
           from
           it
           then
           at
           the
           day
           of
           the
           signing
           of
           the
           said
           Treaty
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           new
           injuries
           daily
           heaped
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           designs
           of
           the
           East
           and
           West-Indie-Companies
           carried
           on
           for
           the
           utter
           overthrow
           of
           all
           the
           Trade
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Subjects
           in
           those
           parts
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           appeared
           by
           the
           business
           of
           the
           Ships
           
             Hopewell
             ,
             Leopard
          
           ,
           and
           other
           
           Ships
           in
           the
           East-Indies
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           business
           of
           the
           
             Charles
             ,
             James
             ,
             Mary
             ,
             Sampson
             ,
             Hopeful
             Adventurer
             ,
             Speedwell
             ,
          
           &c.
           upon
           the
           Coast
           of
           Africa
           :
           All
           which
           are
           matters
           hapned
           since
           the
           Conclusion
           of
           the
           said
           Treaty
           .
           And
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           notwithstanding
           His
           Parliaments
           application
           to
           Him
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           His
           aggrieved
           Subjects
           ,
           in
           so
           solemn
           and
           extraordinary
           a
           manner
           ;
           His
           Majesty
           was
           yet
           so
           far
           from
           being
           inclined
           to
           any
           other
           then
           ways
           of
           accommodation
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           did
           by
           a
           publick
           Writing
           ,
           or
           Declaration
           declare
           ,
           That
           he
           would
           yet
           try
           what
           could
           be
           done
           by
           amicable
           endeavours
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           before
           he
           would
           make
           use
           of
           any
           other
           means
           ;
           (
           the
           which
           was
           also
           very
           well
           known
           to
           their
           Lordships
           )
           and
           did
           thereupon
           accordingly
           give
           orders
           to
           his
           
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
          
           to
           press
           them
           afresh
           :
           And
           further
           to
           make
           out
           his
           peaceable
           and
           moderate
           intentions
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           off
           all
           umbrage
           from
           their
           Lordships
           ,
           to
           let
           them
           know
           ,
           (
           as
           accordingly
           he
           did
           in
           publick
           Conferences
           with
           their
           Deputies
           )
           That
           His
           Majesty
           would
           not
           in
           any
           kind
           trouble
           their
           Fleets
           which
           they
           then
           expected
           from
           the
           Streights
           ,
           and
           East-Indies
           ,
           nor
           their
           Fisheries
           upon
           His
           Coasts
           ;
           Yea
           ,
           further
           to
           put
           them
           out
           of
           all
           doubt
           ,
           ordered
           a
           far
           less
           equipage
           of
           Shipping
           for
           the
           Summer-guard
           then
           had
           been
           known
           these
           many
           years
           ;
           but
           all
           this
           was
           so
           far
           from
           working
           the
           desired
           and
           intended
           effect
           ,
           as
           that
           on
           the
           contrary
           their
           Lordships
           betook
           themselves
           to
           Arms
           in
           an
           extraordinary
           manner
           ,
           ordering
           the
           fitting
           out
           with
           all
           speed
           a
           great
           Fleet
           ,
           and
           hundreds
           of
           Carpenters
           forthwith
           
           dispatched
           to
           work
           upon
           it
           night
           and
           day
           ,
           (
           holy
           days
           as
           well
           as
           working
           days
           )
           ;
           whereby
           His
           Majesty
           seeing
           himself
           wholly
           defeated
           of
           His
           good
           intentions
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           satisfaction
           for
           His
           Subjects
           ,
           braved
           and
           threatned
           with
           those
           equipages
           ,
           which
           could
           have
           no
           other
           regard
           but
           upon
           Himself
           ,
           was
           at
           last
           inforced
           for
           His
           own
           defense
           ,
           (
           though
           very
           much
           contrary
           to
           His
           inclinations
           and
           intentions
           )
           to
           arm
           also
           .
        
         
           And
           whereas
           it
           may
           be
           pretended
           ,
           as
           if
           their
           Lordships
           having
           fitted
           
             Their
             Fleet
          
           ,
           did
           desire
           that
           His
           Majesty
           would
           be
           pleased
           ,
           (
           for
           avoyding
           of
           all
           inconveniences
           )
           to
           keep
           
             His
             Fleet
          
           within
           His
           Harbours
           ,
           and
           that
           then
           they
           would
           keep
           in
           Theirs
           also
           ;
           It
           is
           to
           be
           Considered
           ,
           that
           
             This
             Proposition
             was
             not
             made
             until
             that
             they
             had
             actually
             put
             to
             Sea
             ,
             a
             Fleet
             near
             as
             numerous
             as
             the
             whole
             that
             His
             Majesty
             was
             equipping
             ,
             and
             which
             was
             actually
             gone
             towards
             His
             Coasts
          
           ;
           so
           that
           this
           could
           not
           but
           be
           construed
           to
           be
           rather
           a
           mocquerie
           ,
           then
           otherwise
           ;
           for
           that
           thereby
           they
           had
           a
           Fleet
           at
           Sea
           to
           do
           what
           they
           pleased
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           mean
           while
           His
           Majesty
           had
           tyed
           His
           own
           hands
           and
           obliged
           Himself
           to
           keep
           within
           doors
           ;
           but
           he
           was
           yet
           pleased
           to
           assure
           them
           ,
           that
           His
           (
           if
           it
           did
           go
           out
           )
           should
           not
           do
           them
           the
           least
           Injury
           ;
           still
           in
           the
           mean
           while
           pressing
           here
           at
           the
           Hague
           by
           His
           Minister
           and
           Himself
           urging
           their
           Ambassador
           at
           London
           ,
           to
           hasten
           the
           dispatch
           of
           the
           matters
           in
           difference
           ;
           And
           as
           a
           further
           testimony
           of
           His
           desires
           of
           living
           in
           good
           Correspondence
           with
           
             This
             Country
          
           ,
           He
           did
           declare
           His
           willingness
           to
           enter
           
           into
           a
           Treaty
           for
           the
           better
           regulating
           of
           the
           Trade
           and
           Navigation
           of
           both
           ,
           and
           the
           prevention
           of
           such
           disorders
           for
           the
           future
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           quicker
           dispatch
           and
           ripening
           of
           so
           good
           a
           work
           ,
           a
           project
           thereof
           was
           in
           His
           Name
           tendred
           to
           them
           long
           ago
           ,
           and
           yet
           to
           this
           day
           not
           one
           word
           of
           answer
           thereupon
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           it
           be
           also
           true
           ,
           (
           as
           it
           is
           )
           that
           their
           Lordships
           began
           the
           seizing
           of
           Ships
           in
           these
           Parts
           ;
           stopping
           the
           Ship
           from
           Gottenburg
           bound
           for
           London
           ,
           and
           though
           pressed
           again
           and
           again
           to
           set
           her
           at
           liberty
           ,
           yet
           still
           retain'd
           her
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           day
           not
           so
           much
           as
           a
           word
           of
           answer
           why
           or
           upon
           what
           account
           .
        
         
           These
           things
           being
           so
           ,
           can
           there
           be
           any
           doubt
           who
           is
           the
           Attacquer
           or
           Aggressor
           ,
           unless
           it
           must
           be
           held
           for
           a
           Maxim
           ,
           That
           let
           their
           Lordships
           and
           
             Their
             Subjects
          
           deal
           with
           his
           afore-said
           Majesty
           and
           His
           Subjects
           from
           time
           to
           time
           and
           from
           year
           to
           year
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           not
           Attacquers
           or
           Aggressors
           ;
           but
           if
           His
           Majesty
           or
           
             His
             Subjects
          
           ,
           after
           never
           so
           many
           years
           sufferings
           ,
           and
           all
           amicable
           indeavours
           first
           tryed
           to
           have
           obtained
           their
           satisfaction
           ,
           without
           to
           this
           very
           day
           having
           been
           able
           to
           obtein
           it
           in
           any
           one
           of
           those
           numerous
           cases
           of
           piracy
           and
           violence
           committed
           by
           the
           people
           of
           
             This
             Country
          
           against
           them
           ,
           whereof
           complaint
           hath
           been
           made
           from
           time
           to
           time
           unto
           their
           Lordships
           by
           His
           Majesties
           Minister
           :
           If
           after
           all
           ,
           any
           thing
           be
           ▪
           done
           by
           them
           towards
           the
           righting
           of
           themselves
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           must
           be
           called
           and
           reputed
           the
           Attacquer
           and
           the
           Aggressor
           .
           Let
           
           their
           Lordships
           make
           out
           ,
           That
           the
           complaints
           in
           the
           said
           Memorial
           are
           ungrounded
           ,
           and
           His
           Majesty
           will
           yield
           unto
           them
           :
           but
           if
           otherwise
           ,
           Who
           will
           think
           it
           strange
           if
           at
           last
           something
           be
           done
           towards
           the
           righting
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           the
           Particulars
           mentioned
           in
           the
           said
           Paper
           to
           have
           been
           suffered
           by
           them
           from
           the
           English
           ,
           though
           those
           matters
           have
           not
           been
           treated
           of
           between
           their
           Lordships
           and
           the
           said
           
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
          
           ,
           but
           between
           the
           King
           his
           Master
           and
           their
           Ambassador
           at
           London
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           is
           not
           properly
           his
           business
           to
           reply
           thereunto
           ,
           but
           to
           refer
           them
           to
           that
           answer
           which
           his
           Majesty
           hath
           promised
           to
           give
           concerning
           the
           same
           ;
           yet
           seeing
           their
           Lordships
           have
           been
           pleased
           not
           only
           to
           mention
           and
           insist
           thereupon
           in
           the
           afore-said
           paper
           ,
           but
           indeed
           to
           say
           nothing
           else
           by
           way
           of
           answer
           to
           the
           complaints
           in
           his
           Memorial
           ,
           he
           cannot
           but
           say
           thus
           much
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           
             That
             the
             Places
             and
             Ships
             said
             to
             be
             taken
             from
             them
             ,
             were
             all
             belonging
             to
             the
             West-Indie-Company
             of
             
               this
               Country
            
             and
             nothing
             complain'd
             of
             in
             the
             paper
             to
             have
             been
             taken
             from
             them
             belonging
             to
             any
             else
             of
             
               These
               Countries
            
             And
             when
             it
             shall
             be
             considered
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             LIST
             of
             Damages
             alone
             ,
             there
             appears
             to
             have
             been
             near
             
               twenty
               English
               Ships
            
             successively
             ,
             within
             a
             very
             few
             years
             before
             the
             conclusion
             of
             the
             late
             Treaty
             ,
             taken
             in
             a
             hostile
             manner
             upon
             the
             Coast
             of
             Africa
             ,
             only
             by
             the
             Shipping
             of
             the
             said
             West-Indie-Company
             ,
             with
             their
             whole
             Lading
             ,
             to
             a
             very
             great
             value
             ;
             and
             not
             onely
             so
             ,
             but
             the
             men
             that
             belonged
             to
          
           ;
           ;
           
           
             them
             ,
             very
             many
             of
             them
             most
             barbarously
             and
             inhumanly
             treated
             ;
             put
             into
             stinking
             nasty
             dungeons
             ,
             and
             holes
             at
             Casteldelmina
             ,
             there
             to
             lie
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             their
             own
             excrements
             ,
             nothing
             but
             bread
             and
             water
             given
             them
             ,
             and
             thereof
             not
             enough
             to
             sustein
             Nature
             ,
             their
             Bodies
             tortured
             with
             exquisite
             and
             horrid
             tortures
             ;
             and
             when
             any
             of
             them
             dyed
             ,
             the
             living
             and
             the
             dead
             left
             together
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             escaped
             ,
             turned
             out
             to
             perish
             by
             hunger
             ,
             or
             wild
             beasts
             in
             those
             miserable
             Countries
             ,
             or
             to
             be
             carry'd
             away
             Captives
             by
             the
             Natives
             ;
             by
             which
             means
             ,
             several
             hundreds
             of
             his
             Majesties
             good
             Subjects
             have
             perished
             and
             been
             destroyed
             :
             And
             to
             this
             hour
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             sollicitations
             and
             endeavours
             ,
             not
             one
             penny
             of
             satisfaction
             given
             to
             the
             persons
             concerned
             in
             any
             of
             the
             said
             Ships
             ;
             And
             ever
             since
             the
             Conclusion
             of
             the
             said
             Treaty
             ,
             Ships
             of
             Warr
             have
             been
             kept
             by
             the
             said
             Company
             upon
             the
             said
             Coasts
             ;
             which
             though
             they
             have
             not
             proceeded
             so
             far
             as
             to
             take
             more
             of
             the
             Shipping
             of
             his
             Majestie
             's
             Subjects
             ,
             yet
             they
             have
             done
             that
             which
             is
             equivalent
             ,
             and
             as
             ruinous
             to
             that
             Trade
             ;
             stopping
             and
             hindring
             every
             one
             that
             they
             met
             withall
             from
             all
             Commerce
             ,
             and
             to
             that
             effect
             pursuing
             them
             in
             an
             hostile
             manner
             from
             place
             to
             place
             :
             And
             where-ever
             any
             English
             anchored
             by
             them
             ,
             hindring
             and
             shooting
             at
             ,
             and
             taking
             by
             force
             ,
             with
             their
             Ladings
             ,
             all
             Boats
             of
             the
             Natives
             that
             indeavoured
             to
             come
             aboard
             them
             ,
             and
             their
             Boats
             that
             would
             go
             on
             shoare
             ;
             yea
             ,
             depriving
             them
             of
             so
             much
             as
             any
             provision
             or
             refreshment
             of
             fresh
             water
             (
             as
             appears
             by
             the
             Complaints
          
           
           
             made
             by
             the
             said
             
               Envoy
               Extraordinary
            
             from
             time
             to
             time
             to
             their
             Lordships
             concerning
             the
             same
             )
             :
             And
             publishing
             a
             Declaration
             in
             the
             name
             as
             well
             of
             the
             
               States
               General
            
             ,
             as
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             ,
             wherein
             they
             deduce
             their
             right
             to
             that
             
               whole
               Coast
            
             ,
             to
             the
             exclusion
             of
             all
             other
             Nations
             ;
             And
             notwithstanding
             all
             Complaints
             to
             their
             Lordships
             ,
             neither
             the
             said
             Declaration
             disavowed
             ,
             nor
             any
             thing
             of
             Satisfaction
             given
             ,
             but
             still
             new
             Complaints
             coming
             ,
             and
             among
             others
             ,
             that
             of
             their
             having
             stirr'd
             up
             the
             King
             of
             Fantine
             by
             rewards
             and
             sums
             of
             mony
             given
             him
             to
             that
             end
             ;
             and
             supplying
             him
             with
             all
             sorts
             of
             Armes
             and
             Amunition
             for
             the
             surprize
             of
             his
             Majestie
             's
             Castle
             at
             Cormantine
             in
             those
             parts
             ;
             concerning
             which
             also
             Proofs
             have
             been
             since
             given
             to
             their
             Lordships
             by
             the
             said
             
               Envoy
               Extraordinary
            
             ,
             so
             that
             there
             was
             an
             absolute
             necessity
             impos'd
             upon
             his
             Majesty
             and
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             either
             of
             loosing
             all
             that
             had
             been
             actually
             taken
             from
             them
             ,
             and
             withall
             abandoning
             for
             ever
             that
             Trade
             it self
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             of
             betaking
             themselves
             to
             some
             other
             wayes
             for
             their
             relief
             .
             And
             it
             will
             rather
             be
             thought
             strange
             that
             their
             patience
             did
             hold
             out
             so
             long
             ,
             then
             that
             now
             at
             last
             something
             should
             be
             done
             ,
             towards
             the
             righting
             of
             themselves
             .
          
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           business
           of
           
             Capo
             Corco
          
           ,
           did
           not
           the
           said
           
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
          
           long
           agoe
           complain
           in
           the
           name
           ,
           and
           by
           Order
           of
           the
           King
           his
           Master
           ,
           in
           
             Publick
             Conferences
          
           both
           with
           the
           Deputies
           of
           their
           Lordships
           the
           
             Estates
             General
          
           ,
           and
           also
           with
           those
           of
           Holland
           in
           particular
           ,
           of
           the
           injurious
           possessing
           and
           keeping
           of
           that
           place
           by
           those
           of
           the
           
           said
           West-Indie-Company
           ,
           deducing
           and
           remonstrating
           at
           large
           his
           Masters
           Right
           thereunto
           ,
           the
           ground
           having
           been
           bought
           by
           
             His
             Subjects
          
           ,
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
             That
             Country
          
           for
           a
           valuable
           consideration
           ,
           and
           a
           Lodge
           or
           Factory
           built
           thereupon
           ;
           and
           those
           of
           the
           West-Indie-Company
           of
           
             this
             Country
          
           being
           got
           into
           the
           possession
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           meerly
           by
           fraud
           and
           treachery
           ;
           but
           no
           reflection
           made
           thereupon
           by
           their
           Lordships
           ,
           much
           less
           any
           hopes
           given
           of
           ever
           obtaining
           any
           restitution
           thereof
           from
           them
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           if
           His
           Majesty
           had
           not
           been
           able
           to
           rescue
           out
           of
           their
           hands
           the
           least
           Boat
           ,
           or
           penyworth
           of
           Goods
           since
           His
           return
           to
           His
           Kingdoms
           ,
           (
           concerning
           which
           )
           complaint
           had
           been
           made
           by
           His
           
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
          
           ,
           of
           its
           being
           forceably
           taken
           by
           them
           from
           His
           Subjects
           ,
           )
           what
           hopes
           of
           their
           quitting
           to
           him
           any
           such
           place
           ,
           especially
           remembring
           that
           business
           of
           the
           Island
           of
           Poleroon
           in
           the
           East-Indies
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           a
           restoring
           by
           them
           ever
           since
           the
           year
           1622.
           at
           which
           time
           it
           was
           by
           solemn
           and
           
             particular
             Treaty
          
           promised
           to
           be
           done
           ;
           and
           again
           ,
           by
           
             another
             Treaty
          
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           1654.
           and
           by
           Orders
           of
           the
           
             Estates
             General
          
           and
           East-Indie-Company
           of
           this
           Country
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           1661.
           and
           again
           ,
           by
           Treaty
           in
           the
           year
           1662.
           and
           yet
           to
           this
           day
           we
           know
           nothing
           of
           its
           being
           delivered
           ;
           and
           can
           it
           be
           thought
           strange
           ,
           if
           invited
           thereunto
           by
           the
           King
           of
           the
           said
           Country
           ,
           that
           His
           Majesty
           should
           after
           so
           fair
           warning
           condescend
           to
           suffer
           His
           Subjects
           to
           endeavour
           to
           repossess
           themselves
           thereof
           ?
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           the
           business
           of
           New-Netherland
           (
           so
           called
           )
           this
           is
           very
           far
           from
           being
           a
           surprize
           ,
           or
           any
           
           thing
           of
           that
           nature
           ,
           it
           being
           notoriously
           known
           ,
           that
           
             That
             spot
             of
             Land
          
           lyes
           within
           the
           limits
           ,
           and
           is
           part
           of
           the
           possession
           of
           His
           Subjects
           of
           
             New
             England
          
           ,
           (
           as
           appears
           most
           evidently
           by
           their
           Charter
           )
           and
           that
           those
           few
           Dutch
           that
           have
           lived
           there
           ,
           have
           lived
           there
           meerly
           upon
           connivence
           and
           sufferance
           ,
           and
           not
           as
           having
           any
           right
           thereunto
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           hath
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           and
           from
           year
           to
           year
           been
           declared
           unto
           them
           ,
           but
           yet
           so
           as
           that
           the
           English
           were
           contented
           to
           suffer
           them
           to
           remain
           there
           ,
           provided
           they
           would
           demean
           themselves
           peaceably
           and
           quietly
           ;
           but
           that
           the
           said
           Dutch
           ,
           not
           contenting
           themselves
           therewith
           ,
           did
           still
           endeavour
           to
           incroach
           further
           and
           further
           upon
           the
           English
           ,
           imposing
           their
           Laws
           and
           Customs
           ,
           and
           endeavouring
           to
           raise
           Contributions
           and
           Excises
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           in
           places
           where
           no
           Dutch
           were
           or
           had
           ever
           been
           ;
           Whereupon
           they
           have
           formerly
           been
           necessitated
           several
           times
           to
           send
           Souldiers
           for
           the
           repelling
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           what
           is
           said
           in
           the
           said
           Paper
           ,
           as
           if
           though
           the
           English
           should
           formerly
           have
           had
           any
           pretence
           to
           the
           said
           place
           ,
           that
           yet
           the
           said
           pretence
           is
           cut
           off
           by
           the
           fifteenth
           Article
           of
           the
           late
           Treaty
           ;
           To
           this
           he
           doth
           Reply
           ,
           That
           
             That
             Article
          
           doth
           only
           cut
           off
           matters
           of
           
             Pyracies
             ,
             Robberies
          
           ,
           and
           Violence
           ,
           but
           as
           to
           the
           Rights
           and
           Inheritances
           of
           Lands
           and
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           that
           it
           doth
           not
           at
           all
           concern
           or
           intermeddle
           with
           the
           same
           .
           And
           that
           this
           is
           so
           ,
           there
           needs
           no
           other
           Argument
           but
           the
           producing
           of
           several
           Examples
           out
           of
           their
           own
           
           
             Courts
             of
             Justice
          
           ,
           whereby
           it
           will
           appear
           that
           indeed
           as
           to
           the
           Plundering
           and
           Taking
           of
           Ships
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           that
           all
           such
           causes
           (
           if
           hapned
           before
           the
           time
           limitted
           in
           the
           said
           Treaty
           )
           did
           cease
           upon
           the
           Conclusion
           thereof
           ;
           but
           as
           to
           such
           as
           were
           then
           depending
           concerning
           the
           Inheritances
           of
           Lands
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           still
           continued
           to
           be
           pursued
           :
           As
           for
           Example
           ,
           the
           Case
           of
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Lower
          
           ,
           an
           
             English
             Man
          
           ,
           for
           certain
           Lands
           claimed
           by
           him
           in
           Zealand
           .
           Besides
           ,
           those
           of
           
             New
             Neather-Lands
          
           ,
           had
           since
           the
           Conclusion
           of
           the
           Late
           Treaty
           ,
           made
           new
           Incursions
           upon
           the
           English
           ,
           and
           given
           them
           many
           new
           Provocations
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           Charters
           they
           have
           
             Jura
             Belli
          
           within
           Themselves
           ,
           without
           Appealing
           first
           into
           Europe
           ;
           And
           if
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           hath
           suffered
           them
           according
           thereunto
           to
           rescue
           themselves
           from
           such
           continued
           Vexations
           and
           Mischiefs
           ;
           Can
           
             Any
             Prince
          
           think
           it
           strange
           ,
           or
           be
           surprized
           thereat
           ,
           much
           lesse
           
             the
             most
             Christian
             King
          
           ?
           (
           For
           whose
           Satisfaction
           this
           Paper
           seems
           to
           be
           more
           particularly
           Calculated
           :
           )
           Whereas
           
             He
             hath
             been
             pleased
             this
             very
             same
             year
             ,
             to
             Order
             or
             Suffer
          
           (
           with
           his
           Privity
           )
           His
           Subjects
           
             to
             Repossesse
             themselves
             in
             like
             manner
             by
             Force
             and
             Armes
             ,
             of
             a
             certain
             Place
             called
          
           Cayenne
           ,
           
             which
             they
             pretend
             to
             have
             been
             wrongfully
             possessed
             and
             kept
             from
             them
             by
             the
             same
          
           West
           Indie
           Company
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           the
           business
           of
           
             Cabo
             Verde
          
           ,
           and
           the
           taking
           of
           their
           Ships
           ,
           and
           what
           else
           is
           alleadged
           to
           have
           been
           done
           in
           those
           parts
           (
           except
           that
           of
           Cabo-Corco
           :
           )
           'T
           was
           but
           in
           the
           month
           of
           
             June
             last
          
           ,
           that
           the
           first
           Complaint
           was
           made
           thereof
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           did
           he
           not
           immediately
           return
           for
           Answer
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           
           given
           no
           Order
           or
           Direction
           to
           
             Captain
             Holmes
          
           ,
           the
           Person
           complained
           of
           ,
           for
           the
           doing
           thereof
           ;
           That
           he
           did
           expect
           him
           Home
           very
           speedily
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           his
           Return
           ,
           he
           would
           cause
           those
           matters
           to
           be
           Examined
           ,
           and
           Right
           to
           be
           done
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Offendours
           punished
           ?
           And
           did
           not
           the
           said
           
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
          
           upon
           the
           
             Twenty
             Seventh
             day
          
           of
           
             July
             last
          
           deliver
           a
           Memoriall
           to
           them
           to
           the
           like
           Effect
           ?
           And
           could
           more
           be
           said
           or
           done
           for
           their
           Satisfaction
           ?
           Yea
           could
           their
           
             Lordships
             ▪
          
           Themselves
           within
           their
           own
           Countries
           demand
           more
           of
           any
           of
           their
           Schepens
           ,
           or
           most
           
             Inferiour
             Court
             of
             Justice
          
           ?
           And
           doth
           not
           the
           
             Fourteenth
             Article
          
           of
           the
           
             Late
             Treaty
          
           say
           in
           express
           Termes
           ,
           that
           
             In
             case
             any
             thing
             should
             happen
             upon
             the
             Coast
             of
          
           Africa
           ,
           
             either
             by
             Sea
             or
             Land
             ,
             that
          
           Twelve
           Months
           time
           
             shall
             be
             given
             after
             Complaint
             ,
             for
             the
             doing
             of
             Justice
          
           ;
           Yet
           did
           they
           not
           within
           about
           Six
           or
           Seven
           weeks
           after
           ;
           Resolve
           to
           send
           a
           Considerable
           Fleet
           of
           Theirs
           into
           those
           Parts
           ,
           to
           the
           Number
           of
           
             Ten
             Men
             of
             War
          
           (
           besides
           the
           Ships
           of
           the
           said
           
             West-Indie
             Company
             ,
          
           )
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           one
           
             Van
             Campen
          
           ,
           and
           strengthened
           with
           a
           Considerable
           Body
           of
           their
           Milice
           ,
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           one
           Hertsberg
           ?
           And
           did
           they
           not
           within
           about
           Six
           or
           
             Seven
             Weeks
          
           after
           that
           ▪
           put
           a
           Resolution
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           said
           
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
          
           by
           their
           
             Agent
             de
             Heyde
          
           ,
           and
           about
           the
           same
           time
           give
           it
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           his
           Master
           by
           their
           Ambassadour
           at
           London
           ,
           Denoting
           and
           Containing
           the
           Instruction
           given
           to
           the
           said
           
             Van
             Campen
          
           ?
        
         
           And
           whereas
           they
           are
           pleased
           to
           Complement
           His
           most
           
             Christian
             Majesty
          
           in
           the
           said
           Paper
           ,
           as
           if
           upon
           his
           score
           in
           hopes
           of
           the
           good
           Effects
           of
           his
           good
           Offices
           
           for
           the
           Accommodating
           of
           Matters
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           making
           their
           Cause
           the
           more
           clear
           ,
           they
           had
           hitherto
           forborn
           the
           Proceeding
           against
           his
           
             Majesties
             Subjects
          
           as
           they
           might
           have
           done
           :
           Is
           it
           not
           therein
           expresly
           Declared
           and
           set
           Down
           ,
           that
           
             That
             Force
             was
             not
             sent
             thither
             barely
             to
             Defend
             what
             they
             had
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             Care
             that
             nothing
             more
             should
             be
             Attempted
             upon
             them
             ;
             but
             in
             down
             right
             Termes
             ,
          
           to
           Attacque
           and
           Fall
           upon
           
             His
             Majesties
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             to
             Carve
             out
             their
             own
             Satisfaction
             and
             Reparation
             ;
             and
             to
             pass
             by
             his
             door
             's
             for
             the
             doing
             thereof
             ?
          
           And
           that
           ,
           Seconded
           and
           Backed
           with
           
             another
             Great
             Fleet
          
           under
           their
           
             Chief
             Sea
             Officers
          
           ;
           An
           Affront
           and
           Indignity
           too
           great
           for
           the
           Name
           of
           King
           to
           Suffer
           ,
           and
           Digest
           without
           Just
           Resentment
           .
        
         
           And
           moreover
           ,
           whereas
           their
           Lordships
           had
           lately
           invited
           his
           Majesty
           of
           
             Great
             Brittain
          
           ,
           and
           other
           
             Christian
             Princes
          
           to
           send
           Fleets
           into
           the
           Mid-land-Sea
           to
           Act
           Joyntly
           against
           those
           Barbarians
           ;
           And
           that
           he
           did
           accordingly
           Declare
           unto
           them
           (
           in
           Writing
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
             ,
          
           )
           his
           Intentions
           of
           Sending
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Fleet
           should
           Act
           
             Junctis
             Consiliis
          
           with
           theirs
           ;
           Yet
           so
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           while
           it
           was
           Acting
           there
           ,
           Pursuant
           thereunto
           ,
           and
           in
           Expectation
           of
           being
           Seconded
           and
           Appuyed
           by
           theirs
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           Promise
           ,
           
             De
             Ruyther
          
           was
           on
           a
           suddain
           Commanded
           thence
           .
        
         
           And
           whereas
           their
           Lordships
           would
           make
           the
           World
           believe
           that
           they
           had
           Proceeded
           with
           such
           Singular
           and
           Extraordinary
           Franchise
           ,
           and
           Clearnesse
           towards
           his
           said
           Majesty
           ,
           in
           Communicating
           their
           Intentions
           and
           Designs
           (
           as
           abovesaid
           ;
           )
           Yet
           ,
           
             Is
             it
             
             not
             evident
             that
             the
             said
             Orders
             must
             have
             been
             given
             to
          
           De
           Ruyther
           
             much
             about
             the
             same
             time
          
           ?
        
         
           And
           though
           Sir
           
             John
             Lawson
          
           ,
           and
           his
           
             Majesties
             Fleet
          
           hapned
           to
           be
           in
           the
           
             same
             Port
          
           with
           
             De
             Ruyther
          
           ,
           when
           he
           quitted
           those
           Parts
           ;
           yet
           neither
           did
           he
           in
           the
           least
           impart
           unto
           him
           his
           Intentions
           of
           quitting
           the
           same
           ,
           or
           whither
           he
           was
           going
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           King
           of
           
             Great
             Brittain
          
           hath
           since
           ,
           several
           times
           pressed
           their
           Ambassadour
           at
           London
           to
           be
           Informed
           whither
           he
           was
           gone
           ,
           and
           upon
           what
           account
           ,
           yet
           to
           this
           day
           his
           Majesty
           hath
           not
           been
           able
           to
           obtain
           any
           Satisfaction
           or
           Assurance
           concerning
           that
           matter
           ;
           Whereupon
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Circumstances
           being
           laid
           together
           ,
           He
           hath
           Just
           Reason
           to
           suppose
           and
           believe
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           sent
           ,
           and
           imployed
           against
           Him
           ;
           And
           that
           while
           his
           Majesty
           was
           continuing
           (
           according
           to
           common
           Consert
           and
           Agreement
           between
           them
           ,
           )
           his
           Fleet
           against
           the
           
             Common
             Enemies
          
           of
           the
           very
           Name
           of
           CHRISTIAN
           ,
           and
           at
           a
           season
           ,
           when
           it
           more
           then
           ordinarily
           becomed
           every
           one
           to
           shew
           something
           of
           their
           Zeal
           against
           them
           ;
           Theirs
           is
           call'd
           off
           and
           turn'd
           against
           him
           :
           Nor
           is
           it
           to
           be
           imagined
           that
           
             De
             Ruythers
             Instructions
          
           ,
           which
           are
           Concealed
           ,
           should
           be
           more
           Favourable
           then
           those
           which
           were
           Avowed
           to
           be
           given
           to
           
             Van
             Campen
          
           .
        
         
           And
           is
           it
           then
           to
           be
           wondered
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           shews
           himself
           a
           little
           Concerned
           ?
           Or
           is
           it
           now
           to
           be
           doubted
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           Attacquer
           ,
           or
           Aggressor
           ?
           And
           if
           
             De
             Ruyther
          
           is
           in
           one
           part
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           making
           War
           against
           him
           ,
           what
           is
           to
           be
           said
           against
           it
           ,
           if
           his
           Majesty
           not
           having
           at
           this
           time
           in
           those
           Parts
           a
           suitable
           Force
           to
           Resist
           him
           ,
           doth
           make
           use
           of
           what
           he
           hath
           
           nearer
           home
           to
           endeavour
           to
           secure
           himself
           ,
           or
           to
           get
           something
           of
           theirs
           into
           his
           hands
           ?
           Doth
           either
           
             Common
             Right
          
           ,
           or
           His
           
             Majesties
             Treaty
          
           with
           
             This
             Country
          
           oblige
           to
           seek
           Satisfaction
           only
           in
           that
           part
           of
           the
           World
           where
           the
           Injury
           is
           done
           ;
           and
           so
           doth
           that
           at
           all
           alter
           the
           Case
           ,
           because
           that
           their
           Forces
           acting
           against
           
             Him
             out
          
           of
           
             Europe
             ,
             His
          
           do
           something
           against
           
             Them
             ,
             in
             Europe
          
           ?
        
         
           
             His
             Majesty
          
           hath
           been
           very
           far
           from
           beginning
           with
           them
           in
           any
           Part
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           but
           if
           at
           this
           time
           they
           are
           Actually
           with
           a
           Considerable
           Fleet
           of
           the
           Estates
           falling
           upon
           Him
           ,
           and
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           and
           He
           hath
           thereupon
           given
           Order
           to
           the
           stopping
           of
           some
           of
           their
           Ships
           in
           These
           Parts
           ;
           Will
           not
           all
           the
           World
           Justifie
           His
           Majesty
           herein
           ?
           And
           when
           withall
           ,
           Themselves
           also
           
             began
             the
             stopping
             of
             Ships
             in
             These
             Parts
             ,
          
           and
           that
           he
           hath
           all
           those
           reasons
           of
           Complaint
           against
           them
           above
           mentioned
           .
        
         
           
             Given
             at
             the
             Hague
             ,
             
               this
               16.
               of
               December
               ,
               1664.
               
            
          
           
             G.
             Downing
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .