A
TRVE
AND
particular
relation
of
the
Newes
sent
from
Amsterdam
,
the
21.
of
February
,
Anno.
1603.
Stilo
nouo
,
concerning
the
fight
of
fiue
Dutche
shippes
,
in
the
East
Indies
,
against
the
Portugall
Fleete
,
consisting
of
eight
great
Gallions
,
and
22.
Galleyes
,
both
great
and
small
:
whereof
was
Admirall
Don
Andreas
Fartado
Mendosa
.
SIr
,
I
haue
hitherto
signified
vnto
you
those
Newes
(
whiche
I
had
heard
of
sundrie
persons
)
brought
by
the
Pinnace
from
the
East
Indies
,
but
now
,
forasmuch
as
the
Maister
of
the
Pinnace
himselfe
(
called
Cornelis
Schontein
)
arriued
here
yesternight
,
certifying
vs
of
all
by
word
of
mouth
,
therfore
I
haue
written
vnto
you
more
certainly
and
particularly
thereof
.
To
wit
.
That
the
fiue
shippes
which
sayled
and
departed
hence
,
in
the
yeare
1601.
on
the
23.
day
of
Aprill
(
whereof
was
Admirall
Wollfert
Hermans
,
)
arriued
in
the
streight
of
Sunda
,
on
Christmas
day
,
in
the
saide
yeare
1601.
where
they
were
aduertised
and
warranted
by
a
small
Chinish
Shippe
,
that
before
Bantam
laie
a
Portingall
Armade
or
Nauie
,
conteining
eight
great
Galleons
,
and
22.
Galleyes
,
great
and
small
,
which
had
laine
before
the
Towne
a
day
or
two
.
The
said
Dutche
Admirall
caused
his
said
fiue
shippes
to
cast
Anker
,
and
tooke
counsell
together
for
their
better
resolution
in
their
businesse
.
And
because
you
may
knowe
what
,
and
how
many
shippes
they
had
in
companie
to
attempt
such
,
and
so
great
an
enterprise
,
I
will
rehearse
and
set
downe
their
names
,
and
burthen
of
the
same
.
-
One
shippe
of
the
burthen
of
520.
tunnes
,
called
Guelderland
.
-
One
shippe
of
the
burthen
of
400.
tunnes
,
called
the
Sealand
.
-
One
shippe
of
the
burthen
of
240.
tunnes
,
called
Vtrecht
.
-
One
shippe
of
the
burthen
of
120.
tunnes
,
called
the
Watchter
.
-
One
shippe
of
the
burthen
of
50.
tunnes
,
called
the
Doue
.
Their
resolution
was
,
that
they
should
assaile
and
fight
with
the
said
Armade
or
Nauie
with
their
Ordinance
:
In
handling
whereof
,
our
men
apter
,
and
farre
better
practised
then
the
Portingalles
,
determining
so
to
chase
them
from
their
siege
:
wherevpon
they
set
sayle
,
and
the
next
day
early
in
the
morning
,
they
beganne
to
fight
with
the
Portingales
shippes
,
and
so
with
great
force
and
resolution
on
both
sides
,
they
maintained
this
maner
of
fight
with
their
Ordinance
,
not
only
the
same
whole
day
,
but
6.
or
7.
dayes
after
,
vntill
the
first
day
of
Ianuary
in
the
yeare
1602.
and
tooke
the
same
time
from
the
said
Portingales
,
two
Galleyes
,
and
thrée
Galleyes
which
were
wonderfully
battered
and
briused
with
the
shot
of
our
fiue
shippes
.
After
that
they
themselues
had
set
them
on
fire
,
suffering
them
to
driue
downe
the
Riuer
vpon
our
shippes
,
meaning
thereby
to
hinder
or
rather
to
burne
our
shippes
,
but
God
be
praised
they
effected
no
hurt
at
all
.
Finally
,
the
Portingalles
séeing
no
good
issue
like
to
fall
on
their
side
,
left
their
siege
of
Bantam
,
and
departed
to
the
I
le
of
Ambona
,
on
the
one
side
whereof
,
they
haue
a
Castle
,
which
they
strongly
fortified
,
and
haue
cut
downe
all
the
Cloues
Trées
,
and
pulled
them
vp
by
the
rootes
,
or
at
the
leastwise
destroied
as
many
of
the
trees
as
they
could
,
committing
likewise
a
most
great
,
wicked
,
terrible
,
and
cruell
murther
vpon
the
poore
inhabitants
of
the
same
I
le
,
the
right
nature
and
condition
of
Tyrants
,
which
are
accustomed
to
vse
crueltie
vpon
poore
disarmed
men
and
naked
creatures
,
when
they
dare
not
defend
,
nor
reuenge
themselues
vpon
their
enemies
.
This
is
the
great
credit
which
this
victorious
Don
Andreas
Fartado
Mendosa
with
his
Armade
or
Nauie
hath
gotten
.
Truly
,
it
is
onely
the
Lorde
God
which
gaue
so
great
courage
and
magnanimitie
to
the
hearts
of
our
people
,
with
so
small
a
power
of
weake
men
to
assaile
and
ouerthrow
so
great
and
mightie
a
Fléete
in
comparison
of
ours
,
to
which
mercifull
,
louing
,
and
omnipotent
God
,
be
all
laude
,
praise
and
glorie
.
Amen
.
Our
shippes
remained
nine
dayes
at
Bantam
,
prouiding
themselues
of
all
necessaries
,
where
they
were
welcome
,
and
with
great
ioy
and
gladnesse
,
receiued
both
great
and
small
,
the
reason
thereof
was
,
because
they
thought
that
the
Portingalles
were
determined
to
come
vpon
them
,
or
at
least
to
build
a
Castle
vpon
an
I
le
,
hard
by
Bantam
,
but
the
Lord
hath
confounded
their
desseignes
.
Our
saide
shippes
being
appointed
to
make
their
voyage
to
Banda
and
Terrenata
,
for
the
remainder
of
the
old
account
,
furthered
their
voiage
towards
the
same
Iles
,
where
they
found
and
sawe
the
cruell
actions
of
the
Portingalles
,
as
committed
by
the
saide
Portingall
Fléete
in
the
I
le
of
Aubona
,
and
were
departed
thence
to
Intidor
,
where
they
also
haue
a
Castle
.
And
howbeit
the
I
le
of
Aubona
is
scituate
betwéene
Terrenata
and
Banda
,
yet
notwithstanding
our
shippes
seperated
themselues
,
the
better
to
furnish
their
lading
,
whereof
two
directed
their
course
for
Banda
,
and
thrée
for
Terreneta
,
where
they
found
our
Factor
or
Commissioner
Francis
Verdoes
in
good
health
,
being
in
great
fauour
with
the
King
there
,
who
shewed
him
all
curtesie
and
kindnesse
,
but
he
had
not
any
great
store
of
Cloues
,
by
reason
that
the
yeare
had
bene
verie
vnseasonable
and
vnfruitfull
,
and
yéelded
but
small
increase
,
as
the
like
had
not
bene
séene
in
many
yeares
before
.
They
laded
such
smal
store
of
cloues
as
they
found
there
,
and
sayled
with
the
thrée
shippes
from
thence
towards
Banda
,
to
the
other
two
,
where
they
also
found
our
Factor
or
Commissioner
Adriaen
Veen
,
in
good
health
,
where
one
of
the
two
shippes
was
alreadie
fully
laden
with
Nutmegges
and
Maces
,
also
they
laded
there
the
ship
called
Guelderland
,
(
which
had
bene
in
Terrenata
)
and
the
small
Pinnace
the
Doue
,
with
which
thrée
shippes
the
Admirall
Wollfert
Hermans
is
now
comming
home
.
The
Pinnace
(
being
a
little
on
the
other
side
of
Capo
de
buona
Speranza
)
straied
,
hauing
lost
the
company
of
the
other
two
shippes
,
the
Guelderland
and
Zealand
,
which
we
also
daily
do
expect
:
They
sayled
with
these
thrée
ships
from
Bantam
,
on
the
25.
day
of
August
.
The
other
two
ships
,
Vtrecht
and
the
Wachster
,
vnder
the
commaund
of
the
Viceadmirall
Hans
Bauwell
,
sayled
from
Bantam
towards
Terrenata
,
to
the
ende
to
staie
there
for
the
new
increase
of
cloues
,
meaning
therewith
to
lade
the
said
shippes
.
Iacob
van
Neck
,
with
his
two
ships
,
to
wéete
the
Amsterdam
,
and
Der
Goude
,
who
we
thought
should
haue
had
their
lading
of
Cloues
in
Terrenata
,
and
had
bin
there
long
before
the
other
ships
,
hath
effected
nothing
,
by
reason
of
the
great
scarcitie
of
commodities
.
And
whereas
right
ouer
against
,
or
hard
by
the
Castle
Tydoro
,
there
laie
two
Portingalles
ships
,
and
one
Magelane
ship
called
the
Fayth
,
which
they
had
taken
before
,
the
said
Van
Neck
purposed
to
driue
the
saide
two
Portingall
ships
from
thence
(
I
thinke
at
the
request
and
instance
of
the
King
of
Terrenata
,
)
but
his
enterprise
succéeded
not
very
well
,
for
he
lost
8.
or
9.
of
his
men
,
whereof
Nicholas
Cornelison
Maister
of
the
ship
Ter
Goude
,
was
one
,
and
he
himselfe
lost
thrée
of
his
fingers
of
his
right
hand
:
he
sayled
from
thence
towards
a
place
called
Patana
,
scituate
after
Cuda
or
Malaua
,
where
he
procured
halfe
lading
for
one
of
his
ships
with
Pepper
,
and
was
purposed
to
returne
to
Terrenata
,
or
at
leastwise
send
thither
the
shippe
Ter
Goude
,
to
the
ende
to
lade
her
with
the
great
encrease
of
the
new
Cloues
.
The
Admirall
Iacob
Van
Heemskercke
,
who
likewise
sayled
out
of
these
Countries
on
the
23.
of
Aprill
,
1601.
is
arriued
at
Bantam
with
sixe
ships
,
and
the
seuenth
(
being
the
Viceadmirall
,
loosing
the
company
of
the
other
ships
about
the
lyne
)
hath
bene
in
Achein
,
and
hath
laden
there
some
small
store
of
Pepper
,
wherewith
he
sayled
towards
Bantam
,
where
he
found
his
company
of
these
seuen
ships
,
(
fiue
being
fully
laden
)
departed
from
Bantam
homewardes
,
the
11.
of
May
,
in
the
yeare
1602.
which
was
long
before
these
thrée
came
thence
,
they
must
be
as
we
thinke
in
the
I
le
of
S.
Helena
,
because
they
would
not
willingly
fall
vpon
those
coastes
in
the
winter
season
:
the
Lorde
graunt
them
a
prosperous
voyage
and
safe
arriuall
.
The
Admirall
Iacob
Van
Heemskerke
,
is
sayled
further
off
with
the
two
other
ships
towards
the
Iles
,
to
the
end
to
séeke
out
Negotiation
.
Of
the
two
shippes
which
went
towards
China
,
there
is
no
newes
,
but
only
that
at
Bantam
was
a
spéech
which
is
not
good
:
to
wit
,
That
those
of
China
should
haue
hanged
15.
or
16.
of
our
people
which
went
there
a
shoare
,
but
thereof
is
small
certaintie
,
we
hope
that
the
matter
shall
not
be
so
badde
.
Of
the
shippes
of
Zealand
is
no
certaintie
,
but
only
that
there
was
a
flying
spéech
of
two
shippes
which
were
séene
in
the
Iles
,
and
therefore
it
is
supposed
that
the
two
shippes
of
Zealand
were
there
.
Of
the
English
and
French
shippes
we
haue
no
newes
at
all
.
The
fiue
shippes
which
sayled
and
departed
from
Bantam
towards
these
countries
,
on
the
11.
of
May
,
1602.
are
these
following
.
Amsterdam
,
Horne
,
Enckhuysen
,
the
blacke
Lyon
,
the
gréene
Lyon
.
FINIS
.