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Show 2 T Em b assy of th relate what happene firm land of China to us Upo I will giv nent City, a draught whereof thus here reprefented inthe a This Cit fituate Batavia { ou Voyage, after w you an account in br tef o took before my departur joyning Print calle fro in the Ifland of great Fava, an th Netherland came in fight of th this Famous and Emifrom thence, ‘and Anc 1en name i fo fruicful in all manner of Catte and Corn, that the Learned S aliger extolled this Ifle for of the mof fruicful and comprehenfive pla es in the whole World from henc comes not only Pepper, Ginger Cinamon, and other Spices in gre t abundance; but alfo all manne of tame and wild Cattel, whic are Tranfported from thence to other ares This Ifand likewile produces al mange of Gems, Gold-Mines, Precious Stone , and Rich Silks in great quantiti s; bu allo is fo very much fubje& to Storm and Tempeftuous Weéather, that hey ar feldof free from Commotioned Skies The Ancient Natives of this Ifland re originally fprung from the Chinef who for the moft part fearing the in s urfions of the Tartar, fled out o their ow Country, and fettled themfelves he e jn Java and other adjacent If es, whic they chofe for their {ecurity againft heir Enemies. The Natives of thi who call themfelves by the nam of Javaners, are generally of ami dle ftature and round vifaged ; moft of the go naked, Having a cloth onl about thei middle to cover their fecrets. Th y ar lized people o all the Indians, but yet they ar great Gluttons, Proud, Deceitful Impudent and not to be truffed when the have paffed their words, For wh n a Kin of Fawahad falfifyed his word an bis promife, and was hand{omly r buked fo ity he gave for anfwer, that the ongue of @ Man was not wad, o Bone; as i he had faid, it ought to be mor plyant to the flexibilities of the ird and various refolutions. They are alf reprefented to be Cruel, Blood t irfly, an hardly appeafed when once offend d: As alfo that they were won to cat th dead bodies of their Friends As to t eir Religion, they are all of t emy Mahuymetans, or Idolaters, accordin to the feveral perfwafions. o their Kings, wh are many in this Ile, where Paga i{m as the moft Ancient wa {pread Univetfally, and moft of them were Idola ers. But wichin thefe 140y ars, Mahumirif feems to outfirip the other,havin more Profelytes The chief Cities of this Ifland are ery famous for Trade Choribon, and Fapara, from whenc ders fetch their Pepper in great quantities. Ther lace where the City o Batavia is buile (which the Hol anders took b y farce of Arm from the Natives a City called Caloppa,and in th time of Cornelins Houtman (th chiefelt Promote and Contriver of the Ea§t-Ind; Navigation) was replenifhed ‘ ith more the three thoufand Houfes, fevera Forts and Bulwarks. ~ Bue th Eanglifb, who en deavoured to make themfelve abfolute and fole mafters o the Trade in thi Iland, fuborned feveral of th Inhabitants thereof o gan t em on their fide and by this means caufed the hole City to be totally defi landers on the other fide, t fruftrate this their defign, uilr two ftrong Forts whereof one is called Mauri ins, fituated upon the Ri er, and the other Naffan 11 memory of that great Capt in. Both the(e Places wer always well provide againft the continual affanle of thofe of Faza, who wer drive the Hollanders one t f this their Plantatjon At laft after fome years, t Hol!a;zf!erf, the better to wit ftand the violent incurfiori of the Natives, built new City far ftronger the the othery where former] theold Calappa, or Facatr was {ituated, and called i atagis ch lies in theheight of fi €grees and ten Minutes, four-fquare, a River runnin throngh the Town whic | ith/f"‘l Emw gu‘rfkd) l Ciiys 3 n jnthe £a fas his 'Cfi merl}' [he_ who livest Honour a SPlcndoll BuLWi[h t to be tak tf}') and feveral A all the ref ible. been ofte Maftere The H parts, a roufly, though narrow Fears, a aftea rB tinued Avboy fion ma laydcl the mea Hands (l;«ofintr rong Ge;egz - n0tdo bimfclf and co the Be Trenc Tow mercy dre velled them( Concly " enc Out f; flfimy |