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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37544	An answer of the committee of seventeen representing the East-India Company of the Netherlands given into the States General of the United Provinces in answer to two memorials, the one given by Mr. Chudley, envoy of His Majesty of Great Brittain, and the other given by Mr. Chardyn, touching the affairs of Bantham.	Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.	1683 (1683)	Wing E100; ESTC R25570	5,094	2

●n Answer of the Committee of Seventeen Representing the ●AST-INDIA Company of the NEATHERLANDS given into the States ●eneral of the United Provinces In Answer to Two Memorials the one given by Mr. ●hudley Envoy of His Majesty of Great Brittain and the other given in by Mr. Char●yn touching the Affairs of BANTHAM To the High and Mighty Lords the States General of the Vnited Provinces High and Mighty Lords THE Committee of Seventeen Representing the General Dutch East-India Company in Obedience to a Letter from your Lordships dated the 8th of June We have met in the Hague and haveseen read and Examined two Propositions the one by Mr. Cha●●ley Extraordinary Envoy from His Majesty of Great-Brittain which was first given by him by Word of mouth and then in Writing on the 25th of last May Th● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 desivered to the Deputies of your Lordships first by word of mouth and then in Writing on the 〈◊〉 of June last by Mr. Chardyn which agreed with the aforesaid Proposition of Mr. Chudley in which Complains That the Servants of this Company at Bavaria have Outragiously and with force ●ven the English Factors and others of that Nation from Bantam to which there are also other 〈◊〉 And that they desire your Lordships to withdraw your Garrison out of Bantum As also to 〈◊〉 Reparation of what Damages the Subjects of the aforesaid King have sustained in that Attack 〈◊〉 Propositions of Chardin Kt. contain a Relation of several Attacks and particular Crimes 〈◊〉 by our Nation there Upon which your Lordships by your Letters on the aforesaid 2d 〈◊〉 June command Inspection into that Affair by this Committee with due Respects we acquaint your ●●rdships That as we came to compare these Complaints with Letters and other Evidences that 〈◊〉 Company has received out of the Indies it appears by Essential and Notable Evidences That the ●●mplaint of the English Company is Frivilous and that instead of Complaints they ought to own ●●emselves obliged in the highest to our Company for the many Friendships good Offices and Assistance ●●at they have given and shewn in this Juncture of Affairs to them as it is well known to the English Com●●●y in the Indies and they have not failed to acknowledge it And if pretences of Damages be made this ●ompany has also somewhat to say on their part as also no small Pretences to make and to lay all ●ain naked to view and to shew the groundlessness of the aforesaid Complaints and Demands arising ●ence it 's necessary therefore to be brief Be it known 't is not the first time this Company ha● had ●uarrels nay open War with Bantam The Sultan 〈◊〉 of this present King possessed with an ●mbitious Spirit has not only at divers times injured others of his Neighbours but also has used se●eral Outragious Violences and made open War upon our Subjects of Bavaria at several times parti●●larly in the Years 1657 58 59 the which War was ended in 1659 by a Treaty of Peace c. A●ongst which Articles was inserted a Rule to be observed by those two Nations by the aforesaid ●eace was in a short time broke by the aforesaid Prince first by Debauching carrying away and de●●ining of our Slaves to a great number after which they went directly against Treaty by detain●●g Free Inhabitants nay Servants of the Company and further fell in a Hostile manner on our ●illages Burning them anda Plundering them and carryed away Men and Cattle they also ●ell upon them by Water both by Sea and on the Shore they set upon our Sloops and Boats ●nd threw the people over-board into the Sea so Murdering them They also fell upon the ●ompt●ir of the Company at Andrigry upon the Sumatra by Night and did likewise Murder ●ur Factors among which was the head Officer they went so far that the Prince aforesaid the more ●o stir up his Subjects to Murder and Pillage he set a Premium of 20 pieces of Eight for every Head of ● Netherlander and 10 pieces of Eight for the Head of each other Inhabitant of Bavaria and notwithstanding our continual Complaint he deferred to Right us but at last insolently told us If we protected our Neighbours which we were highly oblieg'd to do he would declare War against us and although our General and Counsel thought and wrote in Letters to us expressed that they thought they ought to pay those of Bantam in the same Coin which demonstrating the impossibility of bearing any longer the Injuries Damages and Offences and keep Peace where Ungodly Neighbours sought a War yea sufficiently did exercise it so that they were forced to put themselves to as great a Charge to put themselves into a posture of Defence but they were still dehorted from it not so much out of fear that they could not succed in it against them as so long as there was any hope of an Accomodation the Company could not get any advantage although they got the better As also that the European Nations especially the English might not be damaged and disturbed which Order was punctually observed by our General and Counsel there nay after the War in the Territories of Mattaram in which the Company had brought the Sousouhounany Triumphantly off against his Rebels which were assisted by the Bantamers and by that means were in a good state to Revenge themselves as they would desire The Case standing thus and the old King searing he should be requited for his Outrages it fell unexpectedly out that on the of May 80. two Ambassadors came from Bantam to Bavaria with a Train of 300 Persons and Credentials from the young King in which only his own Name was inserted whereupon some Reflections being made the Ambassadors declared That 7 days before the old Sultan Resigned up his whole Empire to his Eldest Son the aforesaid young King and that according to Custom in those Countries at the change of Governors they were come to renew their old Alliance and to Treat of Peace and although the Resident of the Company at Bantam came with them to Confirm it yet all Scruples arising from such an unexpected Providence not being taken away one 〈◊〉 the aforesaid Ambassadors returned to Bantam from whence he brought more Satisfactory Evidences Upon which the Treaty began although all old Contracts had been violated and broken and all manner of Hostillities both by Water and Land were acted against us for which we demanded Satisfact●on in very moderate Terms that it might appear we sought nothing but a continuation of the 〈◊〉 Friendship Upon which demands the Ambassadors owned they were Convinced of the Injury do●us but declared they had no Orders to Treat about them as being things done in the Reign of th● Old King saying They were come only to Renew the Old League and if there were any other Demands th● must Address themselves to the King their Master at Bantam Our Envoys were thereupon sent to Ba●tam to demand Satisfaction as aforesaid but Excuses were