'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.' [‎203] (532/1024)

Book III.
Travels in I n d l a.
twenty of their Attendants, would take no quarter; fo that the Hollanders were
forc'd to fight for’t, and at laft they got the better, with the lofs Of feveil or
eight men. The Englifc VefTel being earn’d into Batavia-, the General very ci
Tilly fent both the Pnfoners and the Veflel home again; withall giving notice
to the King, that he was ready to make an exchange of Prifoners with him
But the King would not fo much as hearken to any fuch propofition; returning
for anfwer, that though the Hollanders had three times as many of his Sub
jeftshe would not releafe fo much as one Hollander. So that the poor Dutch
were kept flaves in Java, and the Javamers dy’d miferable in Batavia
As for tbtjavanners, they are good Sonldiers. And it is reported, that While
Batavia was befieg’d by the King of Bantam in the year iff 59, a Dutch Soul-,
diet lying in Ambufcade in a Marih,a Javanner, little dreaming, that an v bodv
had been there, came to the fame place to difeover the Enemy, and was bv
the Dutch man thruft with his Pike Into his Body. Upon which the Javanner find
ing hitnfelf wounded, did not ftrive to pull the Pike out of the body but thruft
himfelf farther upon it, to the end he might come at his Enemy,’ whom he
ftab’d to the heart, as loon as he got within his reach.
CHAP. XXV.
1
The Author buries his Brother ; and ifi again quarrel'd withaff
by the General and his Council.
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^ "Tt J ® e I foy’d at Batavia, my Brother dy’d \ and it was pretty to cofr*
\ V what the Batch made me pay for his Funerak The firft expence
is for the Fees of thofe that beg. leave for the Corps to be buff’d
ot whom the more there are, the more honourable the Funeral is efteem’d
1 lent fix, and paid them to my wonder for that feventy-two Crowns. The fee
tor the Pall is a right that belongs to the poor,for which I paid two Crowns; There
was a Vefiel of Spamjh Wine drank out, that coft me two hundred Piafters. I
gave twenty-fix more for three Weftphalia Hams, and fome Neats-tbngues, and
twenty-two for Bak’d Meats. To the Bearers I gave twenty Crownsy and fix-
tecn tor a place in the Church-yard, for they ask’d nie a hundred to bury
mm in the Church. And all thefe are Fee’s demanded. So that my Brother^
kuneral coft me twelve hundred and twenty three Livres of French Mo
ney.
Being thus put by the two Voyages which I intended to Japan and Sumatra^
was ad vis d to lay out my Money in Keqmnings or Debentures of the SerV&nts
or mz Holland Company ^ which they that have no mind to return into their
own Country, as being fettled in the Indies, will fell at an eafie ratej infomuch,
tnatlor fixty or feventy you may buy a hundred Paifters ; the Ml and Ac-
e value of about eleven thoufand Guelders, at fourfeore and two for tfre hun^
l C c1 ' After that, I bought by means of the Advocate of the Trcafur^, fix
inouiand Guelders more, at feventy-nine for the hundred. But fome fevii days
er, meeting with the fame Advocate again, he pafs’d a Complement upon
me, and told me, he was very much troubl’d for thofe that had bought De-
eutures, in regard that the General and the Council had commanded him to
ca 1 all Debentures that had been" fold} for they had confider’d, how fad a
fwp H’ ^ or t ^ e P oor men t0 . ^°ofe fo much of their Salaries. I an*
hnvA U t “ at for . ni y P art * was willing to return mine, provided I might
. my Money again. About fix or feven hours after, I was fent for by the
Gounc ^' ^^ en ^ came th(tre,they ask’dime why I had not re
ed rh th€ ^^^Mres. whleft I had bought, to the Advocate, who had demand-
iem their order. I anfwer’d them, that they were at ^^^ wbither
/ I had
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