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Nieuhof, Johannes, 1618-1672 / An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, emperor of China: delivered by their excellencies Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at his imperial city of Peking wherein the cities, towns, villages, ports, rivers, &c. in their passages from Canton to Peking are ingeniously described by John Nieuhoff; also an epistle of Father John Adams, their antagonist, concerning the whole negotiation; with an appendix of several remarks taken out of Father Athanasius Kircher; Englished and set forth with their several sculptures by John Ogilby
(1673)
A narrative of the success of an embassage sent by John Maatzuyker de Badem, general of Batavia unto the emperor of China and Tartary, the 20th of July 1655., pp. 299-317
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f 'A h':iatperirtcd the o and ers t ecome r Rival s in th i r:
pirc, and to Court it for, their lird*ci a Alliance, and Commerce wit
it. This indeed direbatethe Qdge of .oir Mindsad reduccyour]Favor
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thren of the Society of] . toS, a e n olvgat utrefuming our Coura
with blooming Hopes, re tIc hA um Uneffay'd to overthre
thofe Ioianders figns,'arwith all Diligenceand Vigilancy to vacu4a th
U d ra igs. +. . ..
What Succefs thejio1{an'q )ad n theirft Ex pition to Canton man
years paft, J have aircady written to 'yourordfips ;' thereore I fhall on
meddle withteEer, dbyhow muchficr. tat'aswit
an Enemy 'n 4 ital the Habibmen. 0-f Warrto wie,, P ntyofGo
and ,Silver the moi lprevailiiu Weapons for-the conque+rjgof Coptries a:
a ffer; and of a1 oth r 'Rarties p teto boisfieIth Covetou
and Curiofity, as the moft powerful Engines agalrift fuch Soldiers;jby
much Was our Confli& moregrievus, and cnfeuently the Viotoy,
oFriotus : 'fohath~ it man j ipsworthy b~be~uii I Tbd he'tod f
(for it athe iverb b y fa f imay y
make it yours, with your whole truf* in him) that as yourLordfbips and t
fclfallo at a great dien hc+eba held with out A H yes ope ofnmy fccor
Defife fulfll'd kfor we have feen the Defixe of all Nations, our Kingour
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*her) fo you may fee the firft and third part of my Wi..iesio theo
the Honor ofthe Crown of 'otgal, and the increafe of Cbrftianity.
Accefs to Canton being precluded to the Hollandersat their firft Attempta
Trade deny'd them, thofe Peguliwhich Rule that Province, all urwith
hopes of that extraordinary Gain they expe&ed tomake by Commece
the Dutcb, Coattfell'd them to return ora fecond Embaffage, which they a
#ordingly entred upon the 2o' of July t655. and arriv'd in Cantonthef ft
&ptmber the fame Year, where from ;hofc eguli they had a very frienrdly
R
ctption; but becaufe they could obtain no Audience above to their firf* Mc
fage, they were ferful to proffer a fecond, left the King and Council fhou.
fufpe& it to arife only from the hopes of their own Advantage and Self-int
reft; they theref6re fo wrought with the Vice.Roy of Canton, that he fhoul
fend this fecond Memorial of their Defires, which, accompanied withm
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