'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.' [‎15] (970/1024)

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of JAP ON.
which the Emperour had put forth, forbidding all Strangers, except the
Hollanders, to fet footing in Jap on.
After the Portugal Embaffadour was thus barbaroufly fruftrated and
dilmifs’d, he fent News thereof to the General at Batavta , urging him
to execute the deffgn which the Hollanders had upon Macao . telling him
alfo, That though there were a probability of a League between the
Hollander and the Portugal againft the Spaniard, yet that it could be no
harm to feize Macao beforehand, as they had made themfelves Matters
of feveral places , while the Portugals were under the King of Spain,
The General taking the Prefident’s advice, was ready to fet Sail upon
this enterprize, when a Meffenger from Portugal brought him the News
of the Treaty concluded between Portugal and Holland; as alfo of the
Navy which the Hollanders had fent to Lisbon to aid the Portug^ls, At
firft he made as if it had been a falfe Rumour, and put the Meffenger in
Prifon* neverthelefs while he delay’d the departure of the Fleet, he
receiv’d exprefs Orders from his Superiours to Treat the Portugals as
Friends and Allies. So that he was conftrain’d to turn all his Forces
againft the Molucca Iflands, then in thepoffettion of the Spaniards,
The Prefident was very forry for the laftNews, by reafon that the
General and he had great defigns upon the Conqueft of that place, and
had promis’d the Company by that means to make them abfolute Matters
of the Trade of china, and of all the Eaft. True it is, that Macao is
very advantagioufly feated for thofe that defign to be Matters of thofe
Seas, efpeoialiy upon the Coafts of Quantmg and Fockien, which are
the Provinces, whither are brought down all the Merchandizes of this
Empire. It lies at the Mouth of the Gulph of Canton^ , in a fmall
Pemnfrla adjoyning to a larger Ifland, and built upon a kind of a Pro
montory, on three Tides environ'd with the Sea, which no Ship can
come neer by reafon of the Flats, unlefs it be on that fide next the Port,
which is defended by a ftrong Fortrefs. This City drew from the only
Fair of Quanchiu 1300 Chefts of Silks of all forts, every Cheft con
taining 150 pieces, and 25^0 Lingotsof Gold, not reckoning the raw
Silks, the Gold Wire, and other Merchandizes: whence it may be
eafily judg’d what advantage the Portuguefev made of it 5 and wherefore
the Prefident defir’d fo much to expell them from thence.
But his Defigns were disappointed, not only by the revolution in
Portugal , but alfo by the lols which x\\e Hollanders luftain d of the Ifland
of Formofi , which the chinefes took from them, following rhe advice
of a French Souldier, whom the Governour of Tayovan had refus’d to
difmifs after his time was out. For the better underftanding this
accident, you rnuft know that the Hollanders being fetid in fapm, and
having excluded ail other Nations from thence, except the chinefes^
whorn the Emperour permitted to return, after that the Maffacre com-
mitted by the c japonners in a City of China ^ of which they had adettre
to make themfelves Matters, had caus’d a Ceffation of the Commerce
between the two Kingdoms, and conftrain’d the Emperour of cJoam
to fet a price upon the Heads of the fapomers. Neverthelds the Hdan*
ders did all they could to make a new Rupture between the people , or
elfe themfelves to feize upon fome place that lay proper to ruin the Trade
of the Chine fes to Japon.
To this purpofe, not daring to attempt upon the Portuguejes , they
over-ran the Seas which environ’d the neighbouring Iflands, and took
the
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