wills in his ships against their Countrey. The loss of ships, besides
the loss of our reputation with them. will add spirit and
number to yours, being manned out with them. One of
them which is sunk, is much lamented by the Admiralty of
Rotterdam, where it was lately built, and never at sea before
now, where it now lyes buryed with more then 40 Gunns:
Our envy and feats are not a little hereby encreased, and as it
often fares in such cases, we believe, nay affirm it, that you
have also seized on our Indian ships, becaus our misgiving
hearts fancy it to be so.
Still we would fain beat you, and are passionatly longing
for the fatall day of Battell betwixt the two fleets; which we
hear are in sight of each other; believing it will cast the scale
for the seas Dominion between the two Republiques. If
Trump (who already is under a cloud) come not off with honor.
he will be cast out of the pack, and Witte Wittenz, being
a surer card, will turn up Trump, and becom Admiral to
save our Game; because all lyes at stake. This the Orange
Gamesters will not like; for, they make it a high accusation
against our best Patriots; de Witte, Keysar, Bicker, pauw,
Stellingwerf, and their adherents: that this would have
Witte Wittenz fetcht out of durance, after the princes death
and made him Vice-Admirall, and endeavour to make him
Admirall, because he is a factor and Brother for them, disobliged
by the Orange-house, whereas Trump hath done that
House many good services, for which he was knighted by the
King of England, being so faithfull a Convoy to the Queen
many times, and her trains. T[unr]is I have out of the mouth
of a princes man, and it is lately printed among twelve Articles
of Impeachment against the fore-named Patriots, in a
scandalous Libell, to make them odious to the people; accusing
them, among other things, for betraying our state to the
Spaniard and English: Very likely! also for making a destructive
(they say) Peace Munster; for selling away our
ships of War to Spaniards, French, and Portugals; for vexing
the young Prince of Orange, and breaking his heart; for
cashiering our Soldattsque, thereby rendring our frontiers