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way over 'Ufiingba, feated'up-
“on the Rivér Dwina,’ from
' .. j whence we continued 0111‘
Journey to Toboisko,‘ the Capital City, of Si:
berirz, being ' goobi‘Vcrfls, '01‘ 600 German/2'
Leagues from the City of 'Mufcow. Before
you have Travell’d the third part of your
irvay,‘ ~ you: come to a" great Ridge of
Mountains, Callicl'bC'tm'zibmz~ R0de', i. 6,1170
Stone Girdle by.fthe Mufcbvitesg it béing
their opinion, that, they extend round the
Teri'efijrial. Globe, I {uppofe thetn to bethc
famé‘wth'e:Ancientétall’d Monte: Siber’ei. This

‘ _‘ _ V.  ,, (2.) ofgieciries,

Siberia has 23‘ Cities, The Capital of
which is Tobolsko, fituat‘e' Upon a Hill
near the River fide, is a Place of no g’rEat
Traflick; the Inhabitants being forthe inoft.
part Bouc/Jar and calmuck Tartrirs, Who
are very Poor; the chiefefl: Place of Trad-
ing being '3’emjfiz}, lying ’a'great‘w'ay be?
yon‘d Tobolsko, which confifis in Sables, Mare
tins and "fuch like Fttrrs. Duariié the

  

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Mountain being 50 Leagues oyer, and iii-
teronen ‘with deep Valleys; ivhich are ge—
nerally, 'bUt' efpecially in Autzimn, over-
flownlwithWater, is itnpaflible in the Sum:
mer, but theie being Wellifrozen' in _ the
Winter, afib’i‘d a fwift and eonvenient Pail” \
iage foi' fleas, {6 that in 24-. hours you may
Travel 1,8 or 7.0 Leagues, and conféquent-
ly perform the whole Jo‘urn'ey from Mufcbw‘i ’/
toTo'bolsko in 6 or 7 'Weeks;_. The firfi
City yOu ‘come to in Siberia, is call’d Mr?
cbaturia ’tfifom the River Tum, upon which
it lies. ‘ ‘

Rivers diid Fertilifj of Siberia. ’

utmoi’c 'frbntier Place of Siberia, on the Ed?
mack fide.‘ Siberia is Watered by many Ri‘?
Vers, ambng which, the RiVer Ob} is ’ the
chiefeftg it Contains many Iflands well fior’cf
with Trees. ‘: This River is in fome Plaéts,
a German League, in other Places abbot
half a League broad, and falls into the Ta}
wan Sod. It produces abundance of Fifii‘,"
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The Cities of S iberia are, Worclmturia, 3’4-
porzfiri, Tumcn, Toboltko, Damiamkj, Sama-
ra, Scrgoug, Berofotr, Nay-in, Tomoko, Kofne:
bra}, K719520347, Kat, ’j’encflg, Nullcn,deurz,'
'fakathaga/‘cy 5 thefe as well as all the o-
t‘hcr Citiesof Siberia, are not very .Populous.
There“ are.~ very good Corn fields here, the

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Soil whereof is 16 good, that it bears very ‘
well without Dun . It has no Sea-ports, the
Tarrarian S ea being covered with lee Sum«
mer and Winter 5 however Filher boats ven-a-
ture as far as the ,Ifle of Malgamfiz}, over an-
gainit the Mouth of the River. Ob}.

(3.) 0f the Inbahitarzt: of Siberia-

H E Ancient Inhabitants were Tartan,
Governid by their own Princes or-
Kzings; jone'of the Family of their left Prine‘e
living not long ago ~‘With the Cgarr Aperrmf-
iiontin Siberia, till his Home was Plunder’d
and he forced to fly the Country, by the
Ru jam: that Trade that way in .Salt, with
the C almuck T art/m, which they brmgthence
in great Barges. This Prince havrng at}.
tcrwards ._ Married among the .Calmuc’lg T”?
I'm-r, makes fbmetimes an Inroad into ‘S 112;»-
ria, and takes a fevere revenge of the Muf-
cwitc: there. The Natives being not very
forward to oppofe him, as living ltill'in.
hopes, that one time or other he may be 1n-

fi’tumental iii-delivering them from the Marco"
‘vz'te Yoak. The Cit/muck and Mogul Tar-
tar:,=_1 border npo’rt' Siberia, (befi’des .d’rr’
Vets Other Tartarian 'Nations) their Co'tl'n?
tr extending from thence to the frontiers
0 China. There are alfi) divers other Hords,

' living on the frontiers of Siberia, as the

Tingorkoy, the I/I/Izquo}, Digs/{0} and Barra-
bamkoy,__ whichghave each their particular
Captains or Leaders; The Natives ef Sibe-
ria {are much addié’éed to Sorcery There
are nOt'many Ruffian: living among-them,
by reafbn of the great diitance of this Coun-
ti‘y fi‘bm Alufcow.

(4.4) How Siberia tries-"hroagbt audit-theDbediertte qf the Nqucofiteg,

i;- 13"ch 1 00 Years age under the Reign-

" of” the Cgar 307?}: Bagilbwitg, a Ger-i

rain Coflmz named for-mac Timm/éfi Leader
afar-certain gang of-Robbers, having taken
fomeVeflbls 1021an with Ammunition belong-
ing to the C(ar 5 heifl'ued his firiCtOrders
to Eize the {aid gorm'dc, Coft ‘ it what it
wou‘d; {b that gar-mac dreading the Ciar’s
Revenge, got with his Gang into the River
Carma, and f0 to Cgotra'va, an lfle about 5'00
or 600%]2‘3 ab'ove C'afan, which at that time
belong’d to a vaflz‘ rich Kaman Merchant nam-
(:61 Daniel Strogirrot, living in a City built
by him, and Cali’d Srrogi‘nat after his name.
Having ‘r'eprefent’ed to ' this Mercflhflnt the
critic Conquclt of Siberia, he obtain d fome
Arms, and Ammunition of" him to accom-
plilh his defign'g accordingly he‘went. up
the; River Tagir,’ till he came' to the River
Tam-a, where is a confiderable Ifla‘nd, in-
habit‘ed' " by Tartar-‘5; thefc he foon chafed
thence, and continuing his March to the
City of Tumm, he fion made himfilf Ma-
iter of it, the famehe did afterwards with

'1'0/20/5/{0 the Refiden‘CC of their‘Kingi How-”

evcr _ he _i\-larch’d, forward 5'0 Leagues to
the River] Irii/h, in purlmt of the. Enemy,
ivljo ', retreated bcfmje him. Havmg refrelh-

(ed his People hereabqnts for {ix Weeks, he
{cm 4300 of them to" purfile the flying“Tar-
tarr, which they did with f0 much eager-
nefs, that being-"litrrounded by the Enemy,
they were almofl' all kill’d, few efcaping their
hands.- 510mm: havin no' more than zoo
Men'left,’ Intrench’d hrmfeli' in an Ifle, but
being Attack’d in the Night time by the
Tartan, he was kill’d with all his-ibllowers,
except 40‘ who made" a fhift to get [into
Mujéwy 5‘ and having reprefented'. unto the
Cgar all" the Circumiiances of the Matter,
he fint 600 Chofen Men under. the Com-s
man‘d of one of thefe C'Jack: (who had been
yormac’s Lieutenant) who ' retook' the City
of Tobolrka 5 where having F ortify’d hitnfelf’,
and being recruited with frefh TroOps, he
made filCh, frequent excurfions into the
Neighbouring Tartar‘iarz Countries; that...
they. at 1213; grew weary of the War, and flab?
mitted to the anr of Mia/207)}. The fame.
F ortune'attended thngar in his Conqueit of
the Kingdom and City of Aflracban, which
he made himfilf Matter of in one Campaign,

" but- he paid pretty dear for Cafan, having

been forced to mitt": the Siege of that City,
the firlt time, bUt took ' itin the fecond
Siege; ' ' ' ’

. 1(5?) The Rae‘emm 0f ’53; Kingdomof Siberia."

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dom,’ .arilé from the Tribute of the
Sables, Martins, fed and white Foxes skins,

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fifth for his fhare; certain thcers being
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fl Voyage. into

Mr. Fletcher who was Englzflo- Envoy in
Mufcooy in 1588, affirms, that in-one Year
there were brought into the Cgar’s Treafury
out of Siberia, no lefs than 4.66 {immer of
Sables (4.0 Sables to each {immer} and 1 80
Siberian Fox skins.‘ The ordinary Revenue
of Siberia, amounts-now to 7.00000 Roubles.

They have different ways of catching the

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Sables; either by VVoOden Traps, not uni-
lrke our Mice-LTraps, or by Snares, Which
being laid Under the Trees where they feed,
the Trees are cut down, and they entangled
1n the Snares. ’ They alfo go a Sable hunt.
ing in Sleds drawn by Dogs, and kill them
with their BoWs and Arrows.- '

The stoma: of Feodor Iskowitz BaCkhOfi from. Tobolsko, the Cafizai
. City of Siberia, into China, tall’d Kattay hy the Ruffians; V

N the Year 7162'. 3“, in "the Month of
May; I left Tobe/ska, purfuant to his

fland from Cami/b Majelty’s Ordersyand Travell’d to

the begin-

ning o

the World
awarding
to the Ruf-
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1654.

the City Tax upon the River Irti/h, where
I arrived the 27th of Fab", having fpent a
-‘Month and three days in this Jour'nEy. From
Tax I-went up the River,‘th‘e ‘Ifl: of Augufl,
and for want-oi Horiéé,’ {pent four Weeks
of my Journey to the White Lake, where
being furnilhed with 40 Camels and 50
'Horfes from Srzah/ai Tmfiha, or Prince
of the Bouchar Tartan, we left the faid
Lake the 16th of Ofioher, and continued
Our Romney in three Weeks time to Kahalr
gakuna, Inhabited by the Calmuck Tartan,
.who live in Brick Houfes, built after the
Rujfian manner. From Kahalgakuna to the
fi‘iJE'IZ Elms is two days Travelling; and
from thence to the Rivulet of Eelkhflz, which
arifesfrom among the Mountains, and falls
into the Irtiflv, another days journey. From
the River of gelkuflt along the right {ide of
the Irtiflo, to the Refidente of that Calmuck
"Prince (who is a Pr'ielt) Réfidlng ()‘n the
left fide of the laid River, is three days
Journey : Their Fields which produce Wheat,
Barley, and Peale, are Plowed by fume of
the Bouchar Tartan. From hence, all along
the Right-fide of the River Irtzjb to Ahla-
‘wich- (near the Bouchar Corn-fields) is 14.
days Journey, thro’ high Mountains, full 0
Birch-trees. ~ .

We Arrived at Ahlarv‘ich the 22d of No-

member, Where they live in Plaifl'ered Houf'es;

their Fruits are Wheat, Early and Peale 5
and they abound in Fifh. Their Prince
named Ahlai Tmfcha did invite me to his
Houfe, where after he had demanded the

' Gears" Prelents, (which I gave him) he en-

tertain’d me Very. 'handlbmly. The goth
of November I continued my Journey, thro’
the Beuchar Tartan, who are for the molt part
Husbandme’n, among whom Itarried'four
Months and 10 Days. .

J, The 3d of April 7163, I Went from
thence to the Brook Oi‘vBot'lLa, 17. dastour-
ney from the Bouchar Corn-fields; near this
Brook the beforetnentioned Prince Ahlai Ton-
feha, was Building fer himfilf two HoquS of

- Vol. II.

Stone, by Chinefl» Workmen. Here I Pray-'3
ed fiVe Weeks and five days.

The goth of 7am 716 3, having received
my PalTport from Ahlai Ton/Elsa, I eontinu4
etl my Journey from the Brook Barker to Con—
jaja Toucha, 0r Knltafihing: Children in 14
days, and in 5-days more to the {mall City-
of Roma/him, Inhabited by Calmuck Prielis‘.‘
From this Place to the Lake, thro’ which
pafles the River Irtifh, is 14. days Journey.

From hence to Mifgamko Tefiha is two
days Journey, and I-h'om thence thro" the
Mountains féven days more". He'reabouts’
live the Princes of the thul Tartan, who
fpeak both the Mogul and Calmuck Lan-
guages; there .is three days Journey from
hence to the Relidence of the Prince named
Dohrzma, Whofe Territories extend I 5 days
Journey to the Frontiers of China. How-'3
ever many Petty Princes have their Terri-'4
tories interfperfird here”, "who are all?) of the:
Race'of the Moguls. \ ' _

From the uttertnoli frontiers of China to"
Cokatana, their firl‘c City, is a Journey of
three Months: the ‘Mountains along the
River Irtifla ant? the Write Lake to the F ton-i
tiers of China, are Inhabited by the Moguls
and Calmuck Tartan; the firll: live very
poorly, and I was often obliged to Pray a-
mong them to furnilh my felf with Water
and Provifions. After ,I had flayed nine
days at Cokat’arza in eXpeé’ration of two
Guides, We continued Our Journey thence
the 12th day of 3mm 7164 to Kpskz', a
Journey of 11 days: hereabouts "alfo live
divers, Petty Princes of Mogul Tartan, who
call themfelves Tiohetgamlg, . but are under
the Chinefl' Jurifdifiion. Kanki is fituate
among the Rocks; here I Law the famous
Chimfl Wall, being three Fathoms high,
and one and a half thick, fill‘dup in the in?»
‘fide with finall fiones; the Stone " Towers
fiand not in the'fame line clofe to the Wall,
but at IO Fathom‘s diliance, and are 1 oo Fa-
thoms d'il’cance from one another, reaChing
as long as the Wall to the Sea fide. The
zoth of February, having received Orders
from the King of China for the continuati«

on of my Journey, ’llwe listo'ut the anti}: front
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i ' (rapid, 7 days Journ‘ey from Comhalu (or
Pckin) having 2,8 Cities lying between them;
furrounded with Stone Walls, upon which
we fliW Ibrne Cannon, but'of a finall fine.
The Soldiers that keep the Guard at theGates,
were Arm’d with a kind of Carabines,’ n0t
above half a Yard long, with threefold Muz-
$2615, but without Firelocks: They have ge-
nerally Stone-bridges built over their Canals
or Rivulets, but have not many Rivers of
Note; the Governours of - the Places are ge-
nerally carried- in Palanko’: or Litters, upon
Mens lhoulders, attended by a Guard on
both fides. . ' . , ‘
W e came to Comhalu the 3d of March
7164., about an Englyh Mile out of Town,
we were met by two Deputies, one where-
of was the Chancellor of the§Priws, or Secre-
ry’s Oflice of the Foreign Affairs, the other
of that of the Chinefe Affairs. They receiv-
ed us in a Spacious Struéture of Stone, In-
habited by ibme Prielts, and built as we
were told, for the Reception of the Dalac
Lanm, 01‘ the Tartar-inn High-Prieli, who
is .Reverenced among them like a God. At
the Entrance of this Houfe they delired me
to alight from my Beth, and to pay my
Refpeéts to their King upon my Knees;
Unto Which I reply’d, that it was not our
Cui’com to Salute even our Career upon our
Knees, but only with a very low bow and
bare-headed; unto which they gave no 0--
ther Anfwer, but that the Dutch never re-
fufed it, and therefore I ought not. They
then prefented me with forne Thee made with
- Cows 'Milk and Butter, in the King’s name,
it beingLentI refufed- to drink it; they told
me that I being flint from one great Czar
to another mighty Prince, I ought at leaf’c
to accept it, Which I did, and f0 returned
back. As we were making our Entry, I
{aw in the Gate "handing three BraféCannon,
and fo we Mareh’d forward for 3 Var/tr, thro’

mofi Markets, before we came to the Court,

prepared "for our Reception, which had two
Houiés of Stone, hung with Tapeliry. Our
daily allowance of Proyiiions was one Sheep
and a fmall Cask of 5mm: Brandy, two
Fillies, amiddle fized 74/}, a certainffluan-
tity of Wheaten-flour, S 2' chay and Rice; and
two Cups of Brandy.The‘4 of March, certain
Pet-fans {ent by the Chinefi: King, came to
my Lodgings to demand the Prelénts I had
brought along with me from the (Igor 5 I
told them that it was not Cuitomary at our
Cent’s Court to deliver the Prefénts, - till we
had been admitted to the Audience of the
King, and delivered our Credentials; unto
which they relpy’d, One King ought not to
pnfcrihe Law: to another; our Cuflom: are
diffirent from your: 5 our Bogda) (King) has
. jhnt us to demand the Pi‘eji’ntt, but zjfjou game

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to’fell them, let us know your Price : lire-
ply’d, That. I was not fint by the Car to-
Merchandife, but to Efiablilh a Friendly
Concurrence betwixt the two Kings, and
to offer him fome Prefents: they then told
me, That fince I own’d I was fént with
Prefents to their King, they would take by
force what our ngr had Em, and as Ed):
my Credentials care Ihould be taken of them
hereafter; and thus aétually took the Pie;
(cuts! by force.

The 6th of March, word Was flint me
to bring my Credentials to the Secretary’s
Oflice, which I refufed to comply with, tel-i
ling theMeITen erthat Iwas firm with thefe
Credentials to t e King and not to his Mi-
niliers.Aug.a I .The firm again upon the {time
Errand, but, I re Ling the fame, they told
me, That {ince lhad difobey’d their King’s
Command, they had Orders to Punilh me ;.
I gaVe them no other Anfwer, but, If they cut.
me Limb by Limb, I would not part with-
them till I had been admit-ted to the King’s
Prelénce. The 31f} of Augufl all the Pre-
fents were brought back by certain Officers,
who told me that it was done by fpecia-l
Command from their King, becaufe I had
refufid to deliver my Credentials into the
Price: or Secretaries Office; and one among
them told me, No Foreign Mini/fer, tell hing
come from what County he will, ti admitted

into the Pro/Ema of our King, but only of his

Great Mini/fen, call’d Inoanol Bayarde. I
can give you no true Account of the big-
nefs of the City of Camhalu, becaufe we had
no liberty to take a view of it, but if we
may Credit the Mogul: and Chine/es, they
told us it was 60 Verfl: ( I 7. German Leagues)?
in Compafé. Vail quantities of Silk Stuffs,
are made and {bid here, but their Pearls and.
Precious Stones they have from Karat/tho,
two Months Journey with Camels from Cam-
lmlu, and then in the PoiTeflion of a Son of
the late King. The Kings Palace fronts a
Spacious Market Place, whither all forts, of
People come to Salute the King, at leafl:
three tintes a Month. Every New Moon
they put out Flags as a fignal to the Peo-
ple to come to make their Submifliong and
the flame is done every 22d and 29th day
of the ,Month, when they appear in rich
Brocado’d‘ Cloths, upon their bended Knees,
and among the reIl: a6 Elephants trainedup
forjthat purpofeThe Bogdaj then Regent, was
a Mogul Term; but the late Chinefl: Empe‘
rour, after thefé Tartar: had made themfelves
Mafters of the Chinefe Em ire (about 30
Years before) kill’d himlél , fecuring only
a Young Son named Young Sic, behind 2. of
the Chinefla Lords carried to Karatfi'ho in
Old China. The Chine-fir: are much l’trong-
er in the City of , gamhalu than the Moguit.

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(\M In the Year 7164., the 7th of 3141}, 2.5
Backbofi Hollander: (a) the remainders of the 3 Ships,

r .y _ _ w a," a a
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to this, That our Ancient HifiOrians of CM?
mt have call’d it Kym), the fame name . that

(who had each of them 100 Men aboard,
two whereof were 109:) Arrived at Gumbalu,
but for want of an Interpreter could nOt
converfe with them 5 ; they agaveigiefwo Let:
ters for MLJcow. ' Haying obtairfil tiny Pal2
fport in 7164. in S cjitemlier, Ile '
and returned thro’ the fame way I came to

Mufcow, having had but ill Succefs it1.my-

Negotiation, becauié Iwould not Reverence

their Idols (11)}
And here is to be obfirved that Camlulu

is the Capital ng of Claim, otherwife j; is ‘
call’d’ Peking, the firfl: being the name given '

them by the Tartan, whence fome Geogra-
phers have been miflead, who have placed
Cambalu in their Maps, in the great Tartar}.
Tamcrlaz'n a Tartar, by birth having COB‘
quered China , "is the Reafon that fre-
quent mention has been made of Cdmlmlu
in his Hii’tory, which has introduced this
Error of placing Cambala in Tartar]; add

, (a) Niezebof p. 181. We underfland by the {aid
FatherAdam, that there was there a Mufiovite Em-
bafl}, with an Attendance of 100 Perfons (among,
Whom were fome :Moor ) to treat about certain

Pointsrelatingm Ira ck; flatware not as yet .

admitted to Audience, becaufe the Emperor Re-
fided at that time fometimes in the City, fome
times at fome diflance thence. ‘

(b) Introcetra p. 3J3. Spealgingpf’this {Email
CV: In qua: (rc.<nua) {Immidm Mufia‘viie ante
biennium legatione funfii con/Entire noIIem, cum
dcdecore muneribm, ua’z‘ attulerum redditz‘s rejeéli
fum. And Nieubo , p. 187, the 14th of Septem.
our Envoys underlined-that the‘mufcwite Am—

C‘amlmlu',

is given to it by. the Rufiam to this giddy 5
Kathi} being 'a Tartarz'an Word, ii Tying
as much as an Inclofed or Wall’ 5 Place,
(fuel) as China is) given by the 5‘ to China,
whili’t they were in Pbfléiiibn _, it, And be-
eaufie China was know or fifl’t 'defc'ribed by
the. Ancient Hii’torians at the flame time,
the Tartar: were Mai’ters of it, they were
eafily led into that Miitake, by taking the
Grand Tami) for China, and to put itdown
accordingly in their Maps, placing Cantu
in Tawny whereas it is the fame with" Pe—

 

king the apital City of‘the Chinqfi: Empire.

For the fime reaflm it is, that they have de-3
(cribed Tartar} as a rich Plentiful Country;
whereas it is very mean, and above one '
half of it not fit for-Tillage. Kama, is in-_
deed a Tartarian word, but not a name of
their own Country, but given by them to
China.

' bafladour was upon his Departure, without be;

ing” admitted to Audience, becaufe he refufed to
bend his Knees before the Imperial Seat, as
looking upon it as a degrading to his Mafier’s
Hanour. About Noun, M 3309*“ Envosswcre
at Dinner, one ofrhe' faid Ambaii'gdor’s Dome-
fiicks came to take leave of us, defiring in be—
half pf ,all the red, that we would be pleal‘ed
{agile am a .chtificatc its tsftifv that they
ha hiet with ‘us hEre,"Wh‘ich was readily grann-~
ed. Afterwards we heard, that the faid Amball'
fador was ftoped in the Country, becaufe he
was not-provided with a fufiicientPafl‘porgi

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A C C O U N '1:

Mr. ZACH/IR r WAG ENE R,
I Perform’d in 35 Years,

A CTHROUGH
Enrope, Afln, Africa and   Amman,

Taken out of his own I 0 U R N A L.

NTNO 163g,the 3d of: 3am, I
A left .Drcfden (my Native City)

with e'onfént of Parents, and Em-
barked in a finall Veilels upon the River
Ellze in Company of Mr. Frederick Lelagel-
tcr, one of the Grooms of the Chamber
to his Ele€toral Highnefs of Saxony, for
Hambur b, where we Arrived fifely fome
time afier; but not meeting with any op-
portunity of Preferment there, I Embark’d
for Amflerdnm, where I was entertamd for
a whole Year by Mr. WE'llz'nm gobnfin
Blnwe, one of the molt Noted Bookfellers
of that City; and after that, being refolv’d
upon Travelling further, engaged my felf
in the Service of the Wig/i India Company,
in the Quality of a Private Sentinel, and in
r 6 34, the I 8th of 71d}, Embark’d aboard
a {tout two Deck"d Ship bound for Bmfil,
where we ArriVed after a molt troublefome
Voyage of 16 Weeks, and came to an An-
chor before the Receif. Not long after our
Arrival, I was advanced to a Muller Ma-
iter’s Place in Major annrt’s Company,
then in Garrilon in the Fort Ernq/ius, and
l‘ometime after was made Clerk of the Kit-
chin of his Excellency Count 30]»: Maurice
of Mufcow, General of Bra/27.,

Anna 163 8,: the‘ moth of April, the be:
forem’ention’d Earl Embark’d with 8060'
European Soldiers, and 3000 Brig/”1.4723 a-‘-
board 47 Ships, fieering their Courfe from
the Receif, to the Bay of all Saints, in Or-
der to Beiiege the City of St. Salemr 5. I
went along‘with his Excellency in that Ex~=
pedition, which proved unfuecefsful, for '
the City_being impoffible to be begirt on all
fides, we return ’d after two Months to the
Receif. Anna 1639, I went along with the
laid Earl to Anthony Vang, by the way of
the Cape of St. Auflz'n and S exinbdin, and

do further by Land to Portm Calrvo : In our

Return, we pafi’d thro’ the middle of the
Dutch Bra/fl, by the way of Btyiooegid, to
the City of Paraibn, and as we paiTed along,-
took a View of all the Garifons and For-
trefles, {0 that this Progrefs took up above}
Months. After I had {pent this feven Years
in Brtfll, wig. three Years-in the, Service,
and four in his Excellency’s Family, I de-
fired leave to return home, which being
granted, and a Pailport given me, IEm~
bark’d’ in 164.1, in flprz'l, aboard a Vellel
call’d the Tyger, bound with two other V ef-
1e13, Freighted with Sugar, Tobacco, and

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fl Voyage into C H I N A. g‘ 553 ,

(W3 Brafil Wood, Mr. William Honten Commo- underl’tand. All the Comfort I. had Was to
VVagener. dore for Holland. We arrived the 17th of take this opportunity to go to Frans/{e23 an

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Eanuary in the Texel,’ when a Man of War
being, then jult ready to fail for Enk/mifl'n,
I went aboard her, and lodged that Night
in the faid City. The 18th, early in the
Morning, I went by Land over Horn to
Burmcrcnt, and from thence thro’ the Beam-

‘fie: by Water to Amfieldam. The 20th,

early in the. Morning, I went in the Track-
jkm't over Harlem. to Lcjden, and from thence
to the Hague and Delft,'\vhere I delivered
the Letters and Prefents wherewith IwasLIn-
trul‘ted byhis Excellency the Earl of Nat/Jaw.

But having a longing defire to fee my
Native Country, Ifet out from Amfleldam,
Anna 1641, the 14th day of Augufl, and tak-
ing my way over Harlem, thro’ Frifelantl,
arrived Iafely at I—Ilnnburgla the 13d. but the
Roads being then much infeited by {tragling
Parties I went up the River Elbe as far as
Magdeburg, where taking Coach for Lelpgz'ele,
I continued my Journey afterwards from
thence to Drcfrlen, the Place of my Nativi-
ty, where I arrived the nthof Otilolzer, and
to our mutual Joy, found my Parents in
good Health. I flayed with them about t4
Months, but not being able to comply with
their manner of living, it) dilierent from
wl’rat I had been uléd to of late Years 5 I

took a refolution (with their confént) to re-

turn into Holland, and to take a Voyage
thence into the Eafl India‘s. .

Accordingly in 1642, the 10th of Fe—
bruary, I took Shipping upon the River Elbe
in company of the Young Mr. Dillz'eln'm,
and the Son of the Count Marlhal, Mr.
Henry {van Taulzen, and” paiiing down the
River Elbe, where my fellow Travellers
left me, intending to continue their Journey
thro’ Holland for France, and the River be-
ginning to be full of Ice by this time, our
Vellel could not get further than Tanger-
nnmden, where we were forced to flay till
the 2d of Marc/J and then went forward,
(tho not Without great danger of the Ice)
for Hamburgb, where I arrived the 6th, and
Ioon after agreed with a Dutch Mailer of a
Veflel to carry me to Amflcldam. The 1 1th,
we fét flail, and pafling by-Gluckfiadt, came
to an Anchor near (all, where going alhoar,
Idiverted my félf for a fhor’t time with
one of my Relations, and fo went aboard a.
gain, and continued our Voyage towards the
Date]; Coali. Our Matter it leems was
born in a certain Village on the Frrfeland
Coai’c, call°d Maccbn,‘ and being feiz’d with
a curiofity to ice his. Birth-place, " took this
Opportunity to come to an Anchor near it,
which proved lb unprolperous, that in ai‘ew
days after, being ’lhrpril‘ed by a Storm, with
a [violent Frol’t, I was obliged to {pend 13
days at IIICII‘IOLIIES of a rugged Friefeland
Cmmtry Fellow, Whofe Languagc'l did not
I.“ VUl. II.

‘UniVErfity in thol‘e Parts: and attEr my re-
turn, the Tempef’c being laid, we let Fail
again the 26th, and arrived the 28th at
Enklmz‘fen, Where changing my V did for
another, I came the 29th early in the Morni
ing to Amflelcla‘nz , here I received the un-
welcome News that the Ships wherewith I
intended to have failed to the Eafi Indies;
Were already gone lbme days before, and
that the next were not to fail till Augu/Z 5 be-
ingafraid that my Money would lEarce hold
out till that time, I was forced to take ajour-i
ney into Nor-rb-bollanrl,to expect the coming of
their Eafl India Ships, ‘wherewith I returned
afterwards. Anna 164.1, the 10th of Mar,
we came to an Anchor with ‘9 Ships before
the Texel, where in 2. Months after, we law
I 0 Ships richly freighted, Mr. Francis C arm
Commodore, and canie along with them in
Augufi into Holland.

Having in vain endeavoured, by the Inte-
relt of Mr. Beirmrbellern to get an Allili'ants
Place in the Chamber offing/Eelrlam, I Was
forced to take up with a cadee’s Place, at 1;; name
the rate of IO Guilder: per Month; and he- quality 1
ing furnilhed with recommendatory L‘et-fi’fil we”?
ters to the Regency of Batam’a, I failki out as; E afi‘
of the Texel the 29th of September, in a °
new VelIe'l call’d the Swan, in Company of
two others; and having refrelhed our lelves
at the Ifle‘ of Wig/3r, (belonging to England)
and in the Ifle of St. Vintenr, We came in
1643, the 17th of April, lately to an An-
chor in the Road of Batam‘a, having out-'-
Iirip’d the two others, that were no fuch
Sailers as ours. After I had flayed here for
tome time, the then Governour General An-
than} van Dicmen removed me“ from the Mi-'
litary Service to an Afiiitant’s Place worth
7.0 Guilder: per Month; Anna 164.7, the
20th of May, Mr. Cornelius wand-cf Lyn, his
SuCCCII‘OI‘, befriow’d upon me one of the
Head Clerk’s Places worth 2.8 Guilder: per
Month, befides fix --»,Reals.. board W ages:
Anna 1648, 1 being then in the gym-year
of my Age, Married at, Baram‘a a certain
Widow, born in the City of VI/efel, named
Mary, the. reliét of Mr. Aux-Breeze; who
then lived with the HeadFa&or, Manama
Schwerne Anna I649, the 29th cheefnmn
bar, the {aid Governour General Mr. van
Lyn, Was pleafed to bellow upon me the
Employment of a Factor (befides my Clerk’s“
Place) for 5' Years,- with a Monthly Sallary
Of 56 Guilder: 1797' lVlontha; and 13 Real:
board W ages. , . '

Anna 1650, I was {cut in an open Chet-4
loop from Batam’a to the Streights of Sunder,“
T13}5,Crazb Commander, to fetch" certain In-
Itruétions, which Mr. Maximilian le Maire
(who was lately arrived there with the Ship’
the War-[fife]; from Holland) had" brought along?

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85: Guilder: per Month; I was fion after’as
Commiffary or Envoy of the Company fént
with two Yachts the Shel-fiflo and the

(\J\/\ with him, but before we reach’d the (Said
I’Wgcncr. Vellel, we met the Ship the Najfaw, coming
W from thevvel’tern Coal’t of Sumatra, loaden

with Pepper, and being willing to. fpeak
with them, by the careleflhefs of our Ma-
l’ter the Chaloop run fo violently againf’t the
Poop of the Ship, that it was ready to fink, I
did endeavour to lay hold of the Lyon’s head
of the great Ship, but milling m aim, fell
into the Water, where I narrow y efcap’d
being drowning; for the Ship being under
fail, I got under her, and With much ado got
upon'the other fide (yet not Without being
lorely cut by the Mullel {hells that Huck to
the bottom) from whence, with much ado,
they dragged me up with a Rope, into the
Ship. Afterwards it being relolved to fend
me along with Mr. wax/1.2m Veiflegen, EX-
traordinary Councellor of the Indies, and
Commillary of the Northern Qparter, from
Tengnz‘n to Tnbwnn, my Sallary was raifed
to 66 Guilder: per Month.

Anna 1671, the 20th of April, we Em-
bark’d aboard the Delft lmoen Yacht at Ben
tnoin, in order to prolécute » this intendgd
Voyage, which having been” accomplilh d
with good Succeis, we fi'opd in our Re-
turn near the Kingdom of Quinnm, and after
having fettled a firm Peace With that King,
and obtained the Relealément of our PIIIO-
ners, we came to an Anchor again in the
Road of Batewz'n, the lalI day Of December,
wherein a few days after my Arrival, I was
conltituted a Member of the Council of Ju-
‘ilice by Mr. Rei'merfim, then Governour Ge-
neral in the abfence of Mr. Lyn. .

Anna 1653, the 14th of {72:1}, :The time
of my former Contra& being expired, Ifien-
gagcd my {elf again in the Companies Ser-
vice for three Years longer, at the Rate of

Brown-fifb’ to Kenton in China (4) to endea-
vour the El’tablifhment of free a Commerce
for ‘ our Company there, with the Tarta-
rz'tm Viceroy; but the Tartarian Com—
manders aiming at nothing but our Money,
and little to be relied upon, I left thefe Co-
vctous Wretches, and made the bell of my
way with my two Yachts towards Tunguin,
where, having left the Brown-fifl: to refit, I
returned, not Withllandingl was very dange-
roully Ill, with the Sbel-fijlo alone, the 29th
of December, to Bataoin. Having immedi~
ately after my recovery, given an Account
of my Negotiation, I had foon aftera Place
aflign’d me in the Council ofJultice.

Anna 1656, the 12th of 3M}, 1- was fent
in the Quality ofDireétor in the Ship call’d
the Calf to 3412477, (12) to relieve according
to Cultom, Mr. 301m Bricblz‘nur, his Year
being expired; where I arrived the I 8th of
Augufi, and immediately delivered the Pre-
lents fent by the Company to the Emperor,
but had fear-cc been here three days
when on the North lide of the Capital City
of gene, a fudden fire broke out, which be.
ing inCi'eaIed by a violent Wind, laid not
only the whole City, (which might for its
bigner, be compared to a whole Province)
in Alhes in 4.8 Hours, but alfo confumed-
the Royal Palace, and near I6oooo Souls;
however we had the fortune to eicape the
fury of the flames thro’ God’s Mercy, tho’
not without a great. deal of danger.

Anna I657, the 27th of Oflobcr, I re-
turn’d out- of 34pm (c) in the Ship the
Flower Valley, in Company of the head Fa~
élor, Mr. S‘o/m Betgem, Who had received.

 

(4) Of this Voyage, Nieubeff, p. 29. gereup-
. on it was refolved to fend as Commiflioners
Mr. Sebedel and Mr. Wagener, the Eric m the
BrownE/ifli, the other in a Vellel call’d the Shel-fifb.
They et fail together from Barnum, and after a
Voyage of four Weeks, came to the Weftern
Point of Hangman. From whence they went
up the River Kenton, as far as Wnngfoe, three
Leagues diftant from Kenton, where having
{laid for Ifome time, but in vain, in expeflation
of the Mandarin: to Conduét them to KentonMr.
Sebedel without leave from the RegencyofKnmcn
and againi‘tthe Advice of the Interpreters went
to fee his old Friend Hnimu, in whom he mucn
confided ; being direfted by him to go to fee
Tdutmir, he did accordingly, but finding/nei-
ther him nor his Secretary at Home, was forced
to come aboard again immediately, as not
knowing where (to lodge all that Night.

T he fame Nieuhaff, p. 32. Mr. Wagener find-
ing all his Courtlhips to the mandarin: of no
efi-‘efi , he returned with both the Yachts to
3mm. he having not with all his Cunning,
been able to fertle a Commerce therefor his
Country men: What vexed him niol‘t,‘ was,
that thefe avaricious wretches had the impu-
dence to demand To vaft a Summ of Money,
only to procure the Reteption of his Letters,~
by the Vic: 1803'. without the leaft Promife or

entring afterwards into a Conference upon the
pr0pofed Commerce. . _

(b) Concerning this Commiflion, Arnold mono
tan fays, p. 356. Next to this the Embaffy
performed by Mr. Zachary of Wifnia, is no leis
remarkable; and p. 369. Speaking of this Con-
flagration: Mr. Wagener returning early in
the Morning into the City, found the whole
Southern part of it in a flame: About Noon
the fire got into the Imperial Palace, with
fuch violence, that in an inftant the ftrong
Towersand Stone-Watch-houies were [con tumb.
ling into the Ditch, where the fire ftop’d on
that tide; but continuing on the other hand,
the Emperour’s- Lodgings were confirmed be-
fore Night, he having fcarce time given him
to retire with his chief Councellors to their
Summer-Homes, built on the North fide at fome
diftance from the Palace: in (hurt, in two days
time above loooeo houfes were laid in Allies
inhabited before the fire by roooooo of Souls, to-
gether with a vaft number of moft Stately Pa-
laces, and Pagodes or Pagan Temples.

(e) The fame Women, p. 377., In the mean
while Mr. Wagener, taking a lhort Voyage to Be-
mw‘n, foon returned to prepare for his fecond
intended Embally to yepm. Anna 1659 he
had made rallthe neceifary preparations for it.

Orders

 

C ”I N A. . * . f I a:

ing without Employment, I thought fit to '
accept of the Surveyorihip over the Build4 . ‘
ings, vacant by the Death of Mr. 701m Li-F

A Voyage into

 

I Orders to go and Refide at Tafomz in- the
mgmer. Quality of Deputy Governour to Mr. Cajat: 5
W we were put to no {mall trouble to get into

the Road of that Place, where having ftay’d
{ix days, I fet {ail again thence, in COmpa-
ny of the Hercules and the Watchman, and
came fafely before Bahrain the 18th of De-
cember, where we found feveral Dutch Ships
(which on the grit returned for Holland,
under the Command of Mr. 301m Camus)

Riding at Anchor. . .
Anna 1658, being ready to go a fecond
time as Director to 34pm, to take care of
the Companies Intereit there, Mr. 301m Ma-
etquckcr, who fucceeded Mr. Kejmer: as
Governour General, was pleafed to ap-
point me 100 Guilder: pcr’ Month, without
any limited time, I Embark’d immediately
after, aboard the'Ship. Call’d the Vancnburg/a
at Bamm'a, and (it forward with a Profpe—
rous Gale till Augufl, when being among
the ‘Maccaufcbe lilands, upon ‘the Chine/e
Coai’t, we were overtaken by Io violent a
Tempeit, that we expetled every Moment
to be dafhed againi’t the Rocks 5 but thro’
God’s Mercy this Storm laf’ted not above
17. hours; after which, the Wind proving
‘pretty favourable,- we continued our V o -
age, and the 17th of September arrivedfa e-
iy in the Bay of Nangafickz‘. OurCommerce
in 34pm: being eltablifh’d upon a good foot,
and all other matters fettled to our fatisfa-
6tion, I began to prepare for my return to
Bahrain, and in 1659, fét fail in the Ship
Call’d the Haaerfcn, from the Bay of Nangn-
fnckjg but the Mafier of our Veffel being
not well acquainted in thofe Seas, we got
one Night among the Rocks de Partial/e: (a
branch of the Sea, formerly part of the Cone-
tinent, but fwallow’d up by the Waves) I
was no fooner awake the next Morning,
but {eeing our felves among thefe Rocks,
and that we had miffed the Entrance of the
Streight of Baum, I gave my felf over for
loit, and certainly had been f0, if by the
indefatigable Labour of the Seamen, and
a favourable Gale, we had not made fhift
to get the 20 of December, into the Harbour
Cttil"'d Paula/ingcn, Where we were forCed to
ilay four days before we could get out to
make the faid Streight, from whence We fail-
ed without any finii’ter accident, to Bata'virt.
Anna 1660, the 22d of Augufi, Mr. 74-
ml: Camck, and I were flint asCommiilion-
ers to I‘Aacajfar in the Prfli/lion radar, to
treat with the King concerning. a Peace,
Purfuant to the Itllrué’tions given us for

that purpofe. _
The 11th of Ncocmlzcr I returned alone in
the fame V effel, in order to give an Ac-
count of my Ne rotiation there, Mr. Camel;
being obliged to {fay behind about tome bufi-
nefs of Moment in our FOrtreis of Panncbal/a.
In the beginning of the Year 1661’, be-

flz‘ngen, Whereby I a third time obtained a
Place in the Council of Juftice 5 but finding
this Oifice too burthenfome for my. Goury
Carcals, which was not able to endure Iuch
continual going from Place to Place, I quit-
ted that Employment, and in lieu thereof
was order’d to relieve the Commander in’

- Chief on the Cape of good Hope, Mr. 70bit

oan Ricbertk, who was to have been fucceed4
ed by Mi‘. Gent rban Haom, but he dying iti
his Voyage thither, I was. pitch’d u n to‘
fupply his Place. Accordingly I let Barn-’-
oz'a Anna 1662., the goth of 347211477, with
all my Family, and with 2. Ships in 1.6 days

time, with a Profperous Gale, came infight '

of the (hpe, or ut'rnoit Point of Africa: As
I was entring the Bay, we heard the un-
welcome News, that of the féven Ships we
faw at Author before Britannia, and parted
thence about a Month before us, four were
loft in aSto'rm near the Ifland ofSt.Maurice.’

Anna I663, in Februarjl received Leté.
ters out of Holland from the Governourscf
the Company, Wherein they not only con-
firm’d me in my Governours Plaee here,‘
but alfo appointed me... the fame Allowance
my Predechfor had enjoy’d. ‘. ,

Anna 1664., being Advet-tifid by feveral.
Letters fent; to me over Land from the Bay
of St. Helms, by Captain Henry van Wallen,
intimating that a Conipiracy had been difco-
vered in the Ship call’d the Arm: Qf Horn;
and that he had been obliged to take in-
to Cufiody the Maiter of the Ship and am
other Oflicer 5 I Embark’d the hem day,

with three Horiés aboard, the Ship call’d

the Watercack, bur not being able to go
beyond ”the Cape (f Satan/aid, I landed there,“
and with two Servants on Horfe back, con-i
tinued my Journey thither by Land; but
were no fooner — arrived there, when being,
inform’d by the Hottentot: (Inhabitants of
the Cape) that the {aid Ship was failed
thence the day" before, towards the Cape;
We Were forced to make, the belt of out;
way back to the Bay of Satanbia, where;
we arrived the 3d day, but to our great re
gret, found that the Captain had again quit-i
ted his firft Station there, and was gone up"
two Leagues farther into the Bay, n that
we law our {elves under an abfilute necef:
fity to take up our reiting Place all. that
Night upon the Ground near the Sea {bear
but were not a little furpriféd,‘ when the
next Morning we difcovered in the Land
the foot-Reps of a great Lyon that had pal:
iéd but a few Paces from us,‘ without doing:
us any harm. -

After my return to the" Cape, off. Anna
i6 6 6, my VVife', after a Months fieknefi;
departed this Life, after I had lived with

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j-Voyage into C HI N A.-

 

ffiM her in‘ Marriage 18 Years and 4. Months,

dewcr- but had no Children by her, I ordered a
W fmall Chappel to- bebuilt on the Cape,

wherein {he was interredNot many Months
after, wig. the 26th of September, Mr. Cor-
nelius nan Qualbergcmwho was fem in the Ship
the Dora’recht to {iicceed me in my Command,
arrived at lalt on the Cape, after 2111110“:
tedious and troublefome Voyage of ’ 8
Months, in which they had loft 190 Men

‘ by the Scurvy and other Dil’tempers. Hav-

ing purfiiant to the Orders lent gme by the
Council of 17. given the faid Mr. gualberé
gen, all the neceflary lnl’truetiOns, and fur-
rendertd the Government into his hands,
I-Embark’d with all my Moveables the 1ft
ef- O‘Hober, in the beforementioned Ship the
\Dcrelrecht, together with, my Daughter-in-
:Law, whofe name was Mary Bucguoi, the
reliét of Cornelius Vorbmgh, one of the head
~FaétOi-s of the Company, and with a Very

ioderate and profperous Wind, arrived~
lately at Bata’via, where being lodged at

Mr. 701m Bolan’sd-Iouf‘e, {he and I {hated
the: Inheritance of her Mother, according to
the Determination of two Arbitrators ehofen
for that purpofe. . ‘

E Anno I667, the tit of September, IEm—
:bark’d at Batam‘a in the Ship call’d the Eraf-
mur, being fent as an Envoy of the "Companys
to the Emperour of great 3am, or of Marc-
ran, with two very fine Per/inn horfis, befides
other Prefénts to renew the Ancient Friend-
lhip, and good Neighbourly Correfpon-

dency betwixt them; we came toan An-

, chor- near the River Samaran, where leav-

ing our Ship, we Travell’d in 6 or '7 days
to the Capital City Matcran, where hav-
ing ditcharged my Commiilion, I return’d
from thence by Land, with a numerous 'At-
tendance to Samaran, and from thence list
«an towards. yap/m, where having flayed a
few days to difpatch tome Bufinels of Mo-
ment, we Embarlt’d, and arrived the lalt

'day Of November, With the fame Yacht, We

came in from Bararoz'a, in that Road, where
I gave an ample Accountof my Tranlaéti-
ons, to the Great Council of the Indies.

Having by this time fpent 25' Years in the
Eafl India Companies Service, I took a full
refolution to return to my Native Country,
for which reafon having defired my dill
charge from the jult now mentioned Council,
the Governour General, Mr. Maetgucker,
would. fain have prevail’d upon me to con-
tinue there for fome time longer, oliering
me his Garden Houfie without the Gate of
Bataez'a for my Habitation.

But being relblved to return to my Native
Country, lwas forced to refute his kind
Voti’er, and having obtain’d my Paliport, I

left Batania in 1667, the 8th of December,

with a Squadron of 6 Ships, whereof 70hr:

wander Lahn‘ was Admiral, and my felf carry-

ing the- Vice-Admiral’s Flag, aboard the

Ship call’d the Arms, bound for Middleburgh

on Account of the Chamber oE‘Km/and.

Havinghappily pafs’d the Streights of Sunela,

We arriv’d Anna 1668, the 21d of Febru-

air}, with fair Wind and Weather, in the

Table Bay Of the Cape of Good Hope, where,

to our great fatisfaétion, we received the"

News of the late concluded Peace betwixt

his Britannick Majef’ty, and the States Ge-

n-eral at Brcda. ‘ -

W hillt We lay atAnchor here,4. more Ships
that were left behind at Bata'via to take in their
Cargo, arrived likewile in the {aid Bay the
10th of March; as alfo not long after, the
Ship call’d Thuy: ale Tel/en, being lent from.
the Chamber of Amfl'elclam, having aboard,
14. Conlpirators, (for the mofl: part North-
ern Country Men) who had laid a Plot to
kill the Captain and the other Officers of
their Ship whillt they were at Dinner, and
afterwards to féize the Veflel; five of '
the Ringleaders of them Were Sentenced to
,be hanged on a Gibbit near the Fort; IE:-
‘ven others to be whip’d, and burn’d with a
Red-hot Iron, and the reft to be kept in
Irons for their life time, and to work in
fuch Places as lhould be appointed by the
Company, which was put in Execution ac-
-cordingly..Anno 1668, the 26th of March,
we fet fail from Table Bay with the whole
Fleet, eonfiltihg of“ to Ships richly laden,..
viz. the Holland Hayn, the Arm: of Middle‘
burgh, the Dordreeht, Liberty, Amerongen,
'Cattenburgh, the Sprecaw, Out/horn, the Tiger,
and the Toung Prince, and taking our Courfe
betwixr the Continent and the Red Ifland,
palled the Green Sea, and to with a Profpe-
rous Gale, continued our Voyage till the
.Month of Slut}, when we arrived happily
in Holland. '

N. B. Mr. Zachary Wagener, being in the
Month chuly, arrived with ID Ship: 4.}?
Vice-Admiral in Zealandg found himfi’lf
fl) much ineli/j'zofid, that after fome fla}
at Middleburgh, he thought fit to go
to Ami’teldam to take the advice of the
th/ician: of- that Cit}, and having at:-
~ cordinglj take up his Quarter: at the Sign
of the City (9‘ Prague, in the Warmer‘
fireet, nothing war left unattempted to re-
move the indifptfition If his Bod}; which
notwitl’fianding, all the endeavours of the
beft Plpfician: not availing, he died, the
Ijt of Oétober 1668, and was inter’d the
6th following, in the Cld Church of Am-
fieldam. He was then 5'4. Thar: olel and 4.
Months, the greate/t part cf which he had
.jjrent in Travelling , by Sea and Land;
having fpent 7 Thar: in Brafil, and/Era:-
ed. the Dutch Eaft India Company no

,. left than 25' TE'a-rs. ' ' .

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