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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03450	More excellent obseruations of the estate and affaires of Holland In a discourse, shewing how necessarie and conuenient it is for their neighbouring countries, as well as the Netherland prouinces, to trade into the West Indies. ... Faithfully translated out of the Dutch copie.; Missive daer in kortelijck ende grondigh werdt vertoont, hoe veel de Vereenighde Nederlanden gheleghen is aen de Oost ende West Indische navigatie. English.	Usselincx, Willem, 1567-ca. 1647.	1622 (1622)	STC 13573; ESTC S104122	25,329	40

to no end who for no worldly respect will be moued vnto so hurtfull and dishonorable resolution being assured that at the last thereby will ensue the subuersion of this great state and consequently of all their Allies and adherents But now some men will say that wee ought to keepe in our Countrey without seeking to extend our commaund by Colonies beyond the Seas that wee may keepe and defend that we haue That is but a bad counsell for his power by our Trade in East India as aforesaid is much decayed and if God whom we must pray vnto for that grace will giue vs a good successe in the West Indies hee will without doubt desire Peace with vs which for our security hee will religiously keepe and maintaine onely not to lose a great part of his Indian reuenue whereunto we haue good hope for the reasons before at large by vs set downe Then hauing shewed how these Countries by the trade beyond the Seas by Gods blessing haue euen in the middle of their Wars encreased in Trade people wealth which are the Sinewes of this Common-wealth so wee must confesse that the East Indian Trade hath wrought two notable effects It hath increased the meanes of our natiue Countrey with no small decreasing of the Spanish Trade in East India For the which God is eternally to bee praised and hauing also shewed that yet better successe by the West Indian Trade is by Gods blessing to be expected Then all good Patriots ought to encourage one the other seeing that they cannot better imploy their money for more and greater reputation for the Countrey then so liberally to contribute their money for the setting forth of this Fleet in 3. payments whereof the first shall be payed the last of Nouember which next vnto God will be a soueraigne meanes to holde the Enemy in ballance and keepe vs and all our neighbours and friends in peace without any feare if in mans Iudgement and consideration there be any security to be had Tu conclude I beseech God to be pleased to hold his Holy hand ouer this Fleet and to strengthen it with his ayde and so to direct it that thereby our Enemies may be weakened and ouerthrowne and wee strengthned and made powerfull and yet neuerthelesse not to embolden our selues vpon our owne power but onely to rest vpon God and with humble hearts and bended knees to thanke him for the same and commit our selues to his Fatherly protection Commending the Lords the generall States his Excellency the Prince of Orange and all other Noble personages and valiant Souldiers vnto God Vale. Written in hast the First of September 1621. And to shew our Batauiaens in East India in the beginning haue bin entertained of Kings and Princes notwithstanding the Portugales and Iesuites sought to hinder the same with some of them by scandalous reports You may reade the Coppie of a Letter that Signeur Arenet ten Grotenhuyse a Marchant and partner wrote vnto Mr. N. N. from Amsterdam Anno 1610. the 29. of Iuly as followeth GOod Friend hauing read the Letters that came out of East India and examined the Commissioners I thought good to make you perticipant thereof which is that the Admirall Verhoeff thinking it expedient to send two Ships namely the Lyon with piles and the Grison which hee had left there for the Defence of Ihoor to the Island of Iapan there to obtaine Licence of the Emperour freely to Trade and to make a Contract with him touching the same according to the Letters by the Prince of Orange written vnto the said King and the instructions of the Partners to that end also giuen And assoone as those Ships had receiued those Letters and Commission from the Admirall they hoysed vp their Anchors before Booz and set sayle holding their course to Pataua and taking in some Silke vnwrought Silke stuffes and some Pepper in the beginning of Iune Anno 1609. they sayled to Iapan and vpon the First of Inly anchored before the Towne of Firando lying vnder the height of 33. Degrees and 20. minutes where our men were well and friendly receiued and entertained by the Gouernour and Magistrates of the place and for that the Gouernour of that part of the Countrey was in fewe dayes after to goe vnto the great Emperour to salute him which throughout all the Kingdome once a yeare is to bee done by euery Gouernour they perswaded our Committee that hee should also presently goe thither with him that so the Portugales and Iesuites that reside in Hagesacke about eighteene miles from Furando might not preuent them nor hinder in their sute which our Committees considering of made preparation to goe hauing first gotten letters of commendation from the Gouemour of Furando and taking some presents with them set forward on their iourney accompanied with a Netherlander called Melchior van Sandtuoore that had dwelt tenne or twelue yeares in that Countrey and was left of Mahews Fleet with about ten persons more and could speake Spanish very well and also ten or twelue persons of good quality that were appointed to goe with them that no hurt might be done vnto them by the way and so trauailed for the space of 14. dayes by water and eight dayes on horsebacke by land about 300. miles passing through many faire built and well inhabited Townes where in euery place they were well and honourably entertained till at last they came to a great faire Towne wherein the great King or Emperour of Iapan holds his Court where they presently addressed themselues vnto and had audience of two great Lords neere attending vpon the King who forthwith brought them into the Kings presence and got audience for them where they were most friendly welcommed and entertained both by the said two Lords and the King and hauing shewed the cause of their comming and businesse with the King and deliuered the Presents and Letters of Prince Maurice vnto him the Emperour shewed them a most friendly countenance telling them that hee liked well of their comming with their Shippes and of themselues asking after the manner and cituation of our Countrey and what manner of man our Prince was of whom by the men that were of Machiens Ships he had formerly-heard much speaking and also had heard of the valour of our men in the battailes fought by our Ships in India against the Portugales specially of those of Malucco saying that he was sorrie that our Ships arriued not in some Hauen neerer vnto his Court that he might shew vs greater courtesie and so graunted vs our request for free trading and commerse in his Country and whole Kingdome and for that he vnderstood that no agreement could be made betweene vs and the Portugales hee graunted vs therefore as free licence to traffique and negotiate in his Countrey as any of his owne people and subiects haue Three dayes before the arriuall of our Committees there some Portugales and Iesuites were come to the Court vsing all the meanes they could to make vs distastfull to the King and to hinder vs from hauing accesse vnto the Emperour but all in vaine for that be-before we came they could get no audience of the great personages nor yet of the Emperour and after that our men had beene 10. dayes at the Court and there seene great magnificence riches and glorious shewes they obtayned lycence of the Emperour to depart who gaue them an open Letter written vnto the Prince of Orange in Iapan language brauely sealed vp and to the end that wee should know the contents of the said Letter it was by one of the Iapeners read vnto vs and put into Dutch by foure or fiue of our Nation the contents thereof being as followeth I Emperour and King c. our men cannot sufficiently set downe the firtillity and fruitfulnesse of the Countrey abounding in Rice Wheat Goats a great number of dried and fresh Fish all kindes of trees and fruits of the earth as Apples Oranges Lemonds and many other fruits which are common with vs. They haue good policy and lawes in their Countrey they are a kinde of witty and courteous people amongst them hauing many rich men which are Heathens onely about Hagesar where the Portugales dwell there are some Christians This land buyeth many kinde of Manufactures of our Countrey and hath good store of gold and siluer many rich Mynes of Copper and still more and more are found the Emperours reuenew of Gold and Rice is innumerable our men vnderstood by those of Iapan and also by the Netherlands that the Tower in the Castle was full of Plate Gold and Siluer in such great pieces that ten men could hardly lift them They also said that the Countrey lyes much more Northerly then it is set downe in our Cards and that it reacheth about 23. degrees and 48. minutes more Northerly it is full of diuers Townes so that as you trauell through the Countrey euery three or foure miles you shall finde a Towne besides the Villages that lie betweene them It is full of hills which from the bottome to the top are fruitfull as also faire flat valleyes many riuers ponds and pooles The Emperour hath 66. Kings vnder him hee is a man of about 60. yeares old and two yeares agoe hee caused his sonne to be crowned which hath his Court at Eden lying vpon a faire riuer about three miles broad And so hauing beene tenne dayes in the Court they went againe to their Ship lying at Firando and after they had there hired a house for our men vpon the 1. of October Anno 1609. they departed from thence leauing one Iaques Phillips there for their chiefe Marchant one vnder Factor and three more in all fiue persons with an indifferent stocke and from thence set sayle for Pataua where they tooke in more Pepper raw Silke and Silke Clothes and with it returned home into the Netherlands arriuing heere with all their men whole and sound vpon the 20. of Iuly hauing lost but three men that were sicke and dyed in the voyage from Iapan hether c. FINIS