five ships had halted for supplies in Java, where they remained
fifteen days. Jacome Joan, who is at present factor of this island
of Tidore, has spent five years in Terrenate. The declarant does not
know from what place he came. The merchants of Jelanda of the city of
Millburg--named Joan Comne, another Burriel, and another Muniq, natives
of Amberes--are known to this declarant, and have other associates
in Olanda in the city of Ambstradama, in Cuyssem and in Horrem. [16]
All of these together have a common purse, and it is all one amount;
it is they who have equipped these vessels for this expedition. The
names of the citizens of these cities of Olanda and Gelanda are known
to one of the associates of this declarant, the one named Costre. The
factories of Tidore and of Terrenate are all one, owned by the same
persons. In Ambueno, in Java, in Banda, in Sunda, in Pajani, in Achi,
on the coast of Vengala, [17] and in some regions the names of which
are not known to this declarant the said merchants have factories,
under such an arrangement that the whole affair is all one thing,
owned by the same proprietors. Of these fleets none set sail except
by permission of the prince of Oranje, to whom is given the part
which pertains to him as lord. And this is his answer.

He was asked, "What ship is the one which was met by this fleet? whence
comes it? what arms and artillery, powder and provisions does it
carry? whence are they obtained and provided? and where have they
their factory?" He answered that the ship about which the inquiry
is made is one of the five which came with this witness when they
seized the said forts of Ambueno and Tidore. The captain was a certain
Gertiolfos, a native of Olanda. He set sail from Yncussen with money
and provisions for only two years. He has been cruising about these
islands for ten months, and in the opinion of this declarant the said
ship carries at present forty seamen, more or less; while the exact