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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67021	Tyranny of the Dutch against the English wherein is exactly declared the (almost unvaluable) loss which the commonwealth of England hath sustained by their usurpation : and likewise the sufferings and losses of Abraham Woofe, then factor at Lantore, and others in the island of Banda / formerly collected in loose sheets by Mr. Woofe himself ; and now illustrated and extracted out of his papers by John Quarles.	Woofe, Abraham.	1653 (1653)	Wing W3523A; ESTC R10179	37,267	96

discovered 3. or 4. Dutch Shipps standing in for the same Port the sight whereof made him confident that they intended no good to him therefore he immediately gave order to prepare and hasted aboard fully resolving to fight it out to the last man rather then to yield himself Ships and men to the unmerciful hands of his approaching enemies in the mean time the Dutch approaching neerer and neerer at last summoned our Shipps to deliver upon fair Quarter but Captain Iourden having like the Bee Ingens spiculum in angusto corpore a great heart in a little body absolutely refused to yield upon any conditions whatsoever but the Dutch being unwilling as they pretended to shed blood called out to our men and told them that they knew little Captain Iourden was there and withall desired them to perswade their Captain to parley with them that so they might forthwith prevent those dangers that might accrew by the denyall of so civill a courtesie Captain Iourden being informed of their desires being much in fury againe refused which still made the Dutch more importunate to effect their own ends to which purpose they againe desired him that he would but show himselfe upon the Quarter Deck and speak with them that so by a faire complyance they might salve up the difference and stop the effusion of blood which must needs happen if not timely prevented at last Captain Iourden his passion being something abated thought that the speaking with them could not damnifie him therefore went to the Quarter Deck and shewhimself to them and after some words exchanged between them Captain Iourden told them That he knew the justnesse of his Cause and the injustice of theirs and was resolved to fight it out with them to the last man the Hollander urging That alas their strength was far greater then his and it would be ●…steemed rather desperatenesse then true Valour to fight upon such odds and moreover that he would make himself guilty ●…f the blood of those men that should be slaine in the fight All these words and vain perswasions of the Dutch could no way alter the Resolution of Captain Iourden he telling them that he questioned not his strength but was resolved to fight and to leave the Success to God Notwithstanding this the Dutch willing to bring their treacherous design to passe protracted as much time as they could still keeping him in talke upon the Quarter Deck till at length a musket shott from one of the other ships killed Captain Iourden in the place while they were in Parley and at that very instant of time whether by trechery or accedent I know not our ship called the Hound was part of it blown up and many of our men mortally hurt which sudden businesse caused such an amazement amongst our men that they knew not for the present what to imagine First they saw their Captaine treacherously slaine Secondly They saw part of the Hound blown up and thirdly they saw that the Dutch on a sudden were preparing to come aboard and being in this sad condition they were enforced to yeeld to the mercy of their Enemies who having made them their captives caused them according to their former use to be put into Bolts not allowing us so much favour as they did to the Heathen for they permitted them after they had taken them to walk too and fro with a chaine which is far more easy then to lie in heavy Bolts of Iron This is the favour we English have received ●…rom them that we must either be troubled with a guard of Iron hearted men to attend us or else lye in Bolts of Iron or in the Stocks but I must omitt to informe the Reader how the Ship called the Hound was conceived to be blown up During the time that Captain Iourden was in parley with the Hollander our Boats and theirs had free recourse to either of our Ships at which time we had aboord the Hound a Portugall who was in the Hollanders Ships severall times and was known to some of them we therefore supposed that during the time of this Portugals stay with them they inveagled him to set fire to some of our Cartrages which we had laid ready for the fight but that which most of all confirmes our beliefe is this that this Portugall was seen severall times by these Cartrages with a Match in his hand and it is verily thought that he was hired to do it in respect that it hapned so immediately after the death of Captain Iourden Thus we may observe what injury and wrong we have sustained by the Dutch who have been often desired to make satisfaction and many of us that have been wronged and abused by them did from time to time Petition the Lords and many other of the Kings Privy Councel but found no redress but our hopes are that when our Honourable Councel of State shall hear the sad cryes of the poor for Justice against that Nation of blood the Hollander who is not to be satisfied for they will have the kernells let who will take the shells Our Ship called the Charles being about 1000. Tun in burthen came home we forthwith repairing to the East-Indie House and informed the Company of our sufferings and losses who told us they would do what might be done for us not long after we were served with Subpoena's to attend the Lords of the Privie Councel where we onely heard the noise of satisfaction but I for my part could never find the comfort of it At that same time I Abraham Woof being examined told the Privy Councel that the Dutch had taken and possessed the Islands of Banda which are of such concernment as I then related that the Dutch could never give the English satisfaction how the business was smothered up I know not but I am sure if any was done I will venter my life it was not to the value of a pin to a pound and moreover I will make it appear that they got those Islands onely by blood-shed and murthering both the English and their friends and possesses them by treachery and usurpation to this day and the people if they have left any of them alive are but slaves to the Dutch and for the better satisfaction of all I will here insert the Petition of one David Powell to the Lords of the Privy Councel and the Account both of his my own and others now living all of us being aged not under 60 and if the Honorable Counsell of STATE shall think it convenient for us to set out Bills to summon in those that have been Sufferers either them their sons or Grandchildren I am confident we shall discover some hundreds which have been highly wronged by the Dutch and I am very sure that many fatherlesse children may be relieved out of the Profits and satisfaction they ought to make us but I shall leave all to the Grave and serious Judgements of the COUNSELL of this Nation and the World to judge