Dutch. In 1632, they gave a proof of their refpedt by having a
noble medal ftruck in honor o f the governor, "James Speks. On
one fide is the plan o f Batavia ; on the reverfe a Chinefe infcrip-
tion, and beneath the following Latin tranflation ;
In perpetuam graiitudinis memoriam
hoc munufculum, nos dues Chynen
Tes Batauiæ L. Mq. obtulimus inii
gni heroi Jacobo Spexio India
ram Orientalium Generali Pa
trono noftro obferuando. ♦
Anno Î632 Ady 25 No*
uembris, Batuiæ, '
Don Loan preferves this mark o f gratitude by a figure *.
In all inftances o f real rebellions, and o f the punifhment of
the ilaves, a fpirit o f cruelty pervades the Batavians beyond the
inhabitants o f any other feulements ; penetrate but into a grove
near Batavia, and hundreds o f naked corpfes will be feen hanging
on the trees, by their legs, arms, pr necks, all lacerated by
the rapacious birds, and emitting the moft peftilential ftench ;
no notice is taken o f the death o f a Have : the Dutchman fcarcely
ever fuffers for any crime. Sir Thomas Herbert is perhaps too
fevère on this city, when he calls it “ a fécond Sodom"
B e s i d e s Batavia, the Dutch have numbers o f fmaller feulements
on the coaft, to coiled! the rich productions o f the ifland.
At fjîérobon is one, which country is governed by a dependent
fultan. He furniihes them with the productions o f his
# Hill. Métallique, Vol. 11. p. 204,
dominions ;
dominions; an immenfe quantity o f rice, coffee, fugar, pepper,
cotton, and Areca; all thefe are bought at the price the confidences
of the company fix,-which is certainly not at the higheft
rate. Falfe weights are .in general ufe with the company’s fer-
vants, jlor are they in any danger o f being called to account, as
it tends to the ferviee of their congenial matters. Pepper is the
great commodity o f the ifland; Bantam furniihes the Dutch
with three millions o f pounds annually.
L e t us now pafs on to the ifland o f Madura, in Lat. 7° fouth.
T h e Dutch picked a quarrel with its prince in the year 1747,
who, after feeing his country invaded, his fubjedts maffacred, and
his own ruin to be certain, colledted all his treafures, and with
his young fon, wives, concubines, and a few feledt friends, fled
to Borneo in hopes o f an afylum. lie was clofely purfued, but
by putting into creeks and inlets, for a ihort time efcaped; the
unhappy fugitives fet fail in the night, and retreated into their
hiding places in the day. At length, to their great joy, they faw
a ihip with Englijh colors. They flung themfelves on the. pro-
tedfion of the commander, who received the prince and his trea-
fure. The Dutch Guarda cojia came up with h im ; as he knew
force could not prevale, he by treachery feized on the Englijh
captain, put him into irons, nor would he fet him at liberty, till
the unhappy prince was delivered into the power o f his enemies.
Grown defperate, he barricaded the cabin ; it was forced'
open; jealous o f the honor of his women, he ftabbed two to the
heart; others equally delicate flung themfelves over board.
Opprefled with numbers, and greatly wounded, the aged fultan
was feized, and conveyed to Batavia, and from thence to the
a wretched
P e p p e r .
P r in c e o f
M a d u r a , h is
T r a g i c a l
S t o R * .