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Show N etberland Eafi-India-Company The Chinefe Philofophers of Canton produced likewife to that end an old ftory thereby to demonfirate how that the Hollanders, time out of mind, were neve permitted to Traffick there, being always reputed to_be deceitful in their dealings ; wherefore they found themfelves obliged to acquaint the Governmen therewith, that fo they might take the fame into their ferious confideration clore, W lowery Motwi hitanding ¢h ‘ourtcoudly receiv d by her ' t But both the Vice-Roys by advice of the faid Haitonu, whom Schedel had engaged on his fide, gave this an{wer to their Propofals; that their Majefties ha quite another opinion of this bufinefs, and judged that the Holland Merchant would bring great advantage and profit to the Inhabitants of all China3 in regard that through the mutual Commerce of boththelec People, the defeds of th Country woul be fupplyed, an what was fuperfluous woul b exported which muft neceffarily very much advance the Trade thereof, and encreafe th Revenues of the Country They withal declared, that they could not conceive that the Hollanders wer lound, which myc dednefs for his civi ityintha the \'igc-Roy's Mo icr, h all chis while : When h bed, and taken his Jeave t b # to the houfe of the grea the Coveroment of Canto fuch a fortof people as hitherto they had been defcribed unto themin China but whatfoever Charatter the Hollanders lay ftigmatized under by former reports another Lodging for him| the next day {ent for thei chant might bave bought the fame. It wasalfo agreed that for the better vending of the remainder of the Goods, cne Peter Bolle, an Under-Fa&or, with fou Schedel througha Window ng him the Jeaft civility i its birth the progrels of thi sorx with Prelents and con e w o n C e Emballyt oo Portupeffe e pame of ofir - n sighierbetter Maenniiclbhe,(Tan a t d d a ' ‘fic‘ they were for their parts refolved to think better, and {peak accordingly of them believing now no otherwife but that they were brave Merchants Laft of all they defired that fome tryal might be had of ‘their dealings, and returned however their thanks to the Governours of Marcoz for their good care and Counfel The Vice-roys hereupon publifhed in Writing their confent toa Free Trade and withal gave leave to Schedel to ereCta FaGtory They themfelves likewil bought a good part of his imported Lading, whereof they made no fmall gain which without doubt would have been far greater, if {o be the ordinary Mer Hollanders more, fhould have leave to continue at Canton But after that Schede had taken his leave of the old Vice-Roy, and went to pay his Congees to th young Vice-Roy, there happened a bufinefs whereof he had not the leaf thought, and which did notalittle furprize him A Commilfioner who lately arrived from the Imperial City of Peking at Can ton, did highly diffwade the Vice-Roey from granting a Free Trade to the Hol landers5 alledging that itgwas one thing to grant a Port toa Forreign People and another to allew a conftant Habitation in their Country without informin of the Supream Authority, of which the Emperour ought to have notice, that f This did fo much perplex the thought no blame may light upon his Majefty of the Vice-Roy, that firft of all he advifed Schedel to depart, afterwards to b gone forthwith, and to take all his Company wich him for this time, that fo th King of Bataviz (by whom he underftood the Holland General) might not thin that they were kept Prifoners in Canton ; adding witha Schedel's realons, and for their Good withal his Crew that this was done upo Hercupon two days after Schedel depart and what-ever elle, in the Brown Fith, for Batavia takin ce zPfi"(‘" with €0 Shu with him two Letters from the Vice-Roys, to Nicholas Verburghy Commande in chief at Taiwan 3 bt the Maglf}faz&[ anics, did V1) B : 11;\' !hlfl d of thi In thefe Letters th Vice-Roy offer their Friendfhips t the General, and advifle him, if he defired in China a free Trade, to fend an Embafladour with rich Prefents to the great Cham The Government of Batavia perceiving the good beginning of this deputation thought fit to write to their Prinpicals in Holland about it,and to expe& their anfwer concerning this Embafly to the great Cham: In the mean time,to keep the bufinefs on foot, they likewife thought good to {end fome other perfon to Canton and fo made choice of Zacharias Waggenaar for that Employment, who departe . from Batawia with two laden Veflels, the Shell Fifh, and Brown Filh ; and after month |