'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.' [‎16] (971/1024)

the VelTels of the Chine[es which were bound for Macao, exercihng
if range Cruelties upon the people that had efcap’d into thofe Ifiands,
after the irruption of*the Tartars into China. Coxinga, the Son of
chinchilunge, that famous Pirate, who fav’d the remainders of that
ruin’d Empire, then commanded thofe people, and was become formi
dable to the Tartars themfelves. Who to revenge himfelf upon the
Pirates, undertook the Siege of Tayovan, where they ufually
retir’d, and by gaining that place drave them wholly out of Formofa.
This is a large Ifland plac’d at the poynt of the Phillip fines , ff retch
ing out in length from North to South, and to the Weft lying oppofite
to the Provinces of Fockien , and Quantung. The Chinefes call it ‘lali-
eukieu. Since which time,’tis very probable that the Spaniards gave it
the name of Formosa, from its beauty and fertility. They being the
firft people of Europe that difeover’d it, and inhabited it 5 and upon one
of its Promontories to the North built the Fort of Kiting. The natu
ral Inhabitants live almoft all in the Woods and Mountains, where they
maintain themfelves by hunting the Hart, and wild Boar, whofe dry’d
Flelh, Skins, and Horns they fell to the Sangleys, who in exchange
bring them other neceftaries. The little Ifland of Tayovan lent its Name
to the little Fort which the Engtijhbmh , over againft the great Ifland 5
it was very convenient for the Hollanders, who made great advantage
of theCattel, Hides, and Horns, both of Harts and Bufalo’s, which
they carry ? d from thence,and fold to the chinefes and japonners,who make
great ufe thereof infeveralof their Trades and Manufa&ures. But the
ehiefeft advantage which the made of this Ifland confided in
this , that it lay in the middle way between Batavia and Japop, and
ferv’d as a place of fecurity for their Ships in bad Seafons, and to take
in refrefhments. There alfo they laded off feveral of the Goods of the
Chinefes, which they took by way of Piracy from the chinefes, or .which
were broughifthem by the Sangleys, who are the Original Merchantsof
the chinefes, fetled at the Philippines, butwhodrive the greateft Trade
of that Country, independent from the Spaniards.
Coxinga* though an Idolater and a Pirate, baniftfd out of his Country,
and provok’d by the Hollanders, had fo much humanity as to fend to the
General at Batavia to fend away Veffeis to fetch away his Men, and de
liver’d them all without fuffering them to receive the lead injury, He
had his Friends and Favourers in the Emperour of Court , as
being a declar’d Enemy to the Tartars , whole neer Neighbourhood the
Japonners cannot endure. For fo quick a Conqueft of fo many Lands
and Provinces in fewrn years, as it were only upon fight of the Enemy,
had very much alarum’d them. He by his Friends acquainted the Em
perour of the ads of Hoftility, committed by the Hollanders againft
the chinefe Merchants: Adding moreover , that they had made private
propofitions to league themfelves with the common Enemy-, and that
it was one of the Nations of the North, born for the defolation of other
Countries , and to invade the Peace of Empires. That they had fetled
themfelves- in the Iflands of the Eaft only by treachery and violence.
That for fome years fince, they had made it their bufinefs to cruife the
Seaslbefween china and Japon : , on purpofe to make themfelves abfolute
Mafters of the Trade , and that if he did not take a fpeedy courfe, they
would do the fame mifehief in his Dominions which the Tartars had
done mchjna.
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