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A46402	A justification of the directors of the Netherlands East Indie Company As it was delivered over unto the high and mightly lords the States General of the United Provinces, the 22th of July, 1686. Upon the subject and complaint of Mr. Skelton, Envoye Extraordinary from the King of Great Brittain, touching the affair of Bantam, and other controversies at Macassar, and on the coast of Mallabar and at Gamron, in the Gulf of Persia. Likewise a justification in anwser to the several memorials lately given unto the States General by the Marques of Albeville, touching Meslepatam and other places in the Indies. Translated out of Dutch by a good friend, for the satisfaction of all such as are impartial judges of the matters now in dispute between the two companies.		1687 (1687)	Wing J1258A; ESTC R217123	63,452	144

A JUSTIFICATION OF The Directors of the Netherlands East Indie Company As it was delivered over unto the High and Mighty Lords the States General of the UNITED PROVINCES the 22th of July 1686. Upon the Subject and Complaint of Mr. SKELTON Envoye Extraordinary from the King of Great Brittain touching the affair of Bantam and other Controversies at Macassar and on the Coast of Mallabar and at Gamron in the Gulf of Persia Likewise a Justification in Answer to the seveveral Memorials lately given unto the States General by the Marques of Albeville touching Meslepatam and other Places in the Indies Translated out of Dutch by a good Friend for the Satisfaction of all such as are Impartial Judges of the matters now in dispute between the two Companies Printed at London in the Year 1687. To the High and Mightie Lords The STATES GENERAL Of the United Netherlands High and Mightie Lords IN obedience to your Highnesses Letter addressed the 30. May 1686. unto the Praesidial Chamber of the East-Indie Companie at Amsterdam being pleased to Command the sayd Companie in relation to your Highnesses Resolution of the same dato to transmit with the verie first an Information unto a certain Memorial presented by Mr. Skelton Envoy Extraordinarie of his Royal Majestie of Great Brittain unto your Highnesses the second of the said Month touching the Businesse of Bantam and moreover contayning complaints of what passed in the East-Indies at Gamron Mallabar and Macassar with demand of reparation hereupon the Regents or Directors of the sayd Companie of this Nation have with all due respect this to say First Concerning the first Point specifying the businesse of Bantam that although your Puissant Highnesses may verie well remember al what hath hapned and passed since the Month of May 1683 when first those Clamors and heavie complaints were made by Mr. Chudlie extraordinarie Envoy in the Assemblie of your Puissant Highnesses and thereupon soon after more fully dilated and deduced by Sr. John Chardin both viva voce and in writing Neverthelesse assuring our selves that it will not be unacceptable to your Pu. Highnesses that the sayd Memorial be again som what afresh reiterated the foresaid Regents of the East-Indie Netherlands Companie wil with permission of your Puis Highnesses make a short recital first of what in the beginning was don here in Holland by Conference and treatises and also afterward continued and further Progresse thereof made in England by the L. Ambassador Citters according to the order given him by your Puis Highnesses and consequentlie of the proceedings held in England by Committies on both sides and what further was acted in the same and so com to the Principal Matter to demonstrate as briefly as possiblie may be how unreasonable and wholie ungrounded those complaints are which in the beginning were so clamorous and then will fullie justifie the Goverment of Batavia in their management and proceedings in those affaires What Concerns the first Mr. Chudlie extraordinary Envoy by his Memorial of the 25. May of the fore-said year 1683 complained to your Puis Highnesses that the Government of Batavia had in a manner altogether extraordinarie outragiouslie delt with the English East-Indie Companie and by main force driven them out of their ancient place of residence at Bantham and that in so strange a manner that not any one Example a thing rather to be buried in silence then related of the like nature can be produced and therefore requiring that the said Netherlandish Companie should be obliged to draw back their Troupes out of Bantam reestablish the English there again and to make reparation of the losses by them sustayned But Sr. John Chardin before mentioned who by the foresaid English East-Indie Companie was sent hither in Commission did somwhat mitigate these complaints apparently because they were so horriblie extravagant and in stead of accusing the Government of Batavia as if they had driven the English out of Bantam did content himself to say that it happened through the suggestion and Counsel of Major St. Martin who commanded the Netherlandish Troups at Bantam in Chef and that it was he that disposed the King to put forth the English out of Bantam and although all he affirmed was without any proof but only grounded on a Conjecture yet that which is to be wondred at is that he would form a publick Memorial on so slight and weak grounds And although the Bewinthebbers were at that time unfurnished with such Elucidation of matters as is requisite not yet having then any of their Ships returned out of India and what they knew in the business was by Letters only sent in English Ships from England where the said Letters were held up some time the seals broken and opened and then afterward handed to the Correspondent of the Netherlandish Company at London notwithstanding they omitted not according to the knowledge they had attained to give your Highnesses Informations and Answers to their Complaints Whereupon your Pu. Highnesses having given an Answer to the said Chudlie and Chardin unto which the English Company in some passages of their Writing do appeal soon after with the good liking of your Pu. Highnesses a treatie began with the forenamed Chardin and the Netherlandish Companie and the business was so far avanced that on both sides a final agreement was assuredly expected whereas on a suddaine Mr. Chudlie and Sr. John Chardin pretending to have command and order from their King to put a stop to the business the foresaid Treatise here was unexpectedly broken of however was with consent of your Pu. Highnesses who desired nothing more then to compose and conclude if possible this matter in a friendly way continued in England whereunto the Lord Ambassador Citters was furnished with full Order and Power both from your Pu. Highnesses as also from the Companie here but hereupon the English Hightning their Demands and as appeared afterward even in their reply of which shall be spoken hereafter they avoued to have other designes intending to reestablish themselves at Bantam unto which end in the latter part of the year 1683. they prepared a great Fleet well manned to effect the same but this their design as themselves affirm complain that they might not put it in execution as being hindred by the now deceased King of happy Memorie hereupon this Treatise was stopt and no further progress made therein until at length it pleased his said Majesty to make way for the prosecuting of the agreement prescribed Anno 1674. between his Majesty and this State to wit that the differences should be determined and composed by Committies on both sides who to that end according to the foresaid Convention were to assemble together at London the which being also approved by your Pu. Highnesses there was erected a Tribunal Court consistng of eight Committies four on each part before whom after that the Parties on both sides had divers times appeared about the Praeliminaries and cases incident it was thought