Verhael van Saken van Staet en
Oorlogh_.)

[9] See the oath taken by Holmes' men dated March 7, 1660/1, enclosed
in the letter of Nassau and others to the estates of H. and W. F.
(Holland and West Friesland), January 17/27, 1662.

[10] C. O. 1: 16, f. 193, relation of Otto Steele; Diederichs, p. 49.
Holmes afterward admitted that there were but two men and a boy in the
fort when it was taken. C. O. 1: 30, f. 74, Holmes to Sir Edward
Walker, May 20, 1673.

[11] VanGogh and others to S. G., September 6/16, 1661.

[12] Lias, West Indien, 1658 tot 1665, Amsterdam chamber of W. I. C.
to S. G., January 10, 1661 (N. S.).

[13] Resolution of S. G., January 13, 1661 (N. S.).

[14] Lias, West Indien, 1658 tot 1665, Amsterdam chamber of W. I. C.
to S. G., January 31, 1661 (N. S.).

[15] Resolution of S. G., February 5, 1661 (N. S.).

[16] _Ibid._, July 28, 1661 (N. S.).

[17] Clar. St. Paps. (Clarendon State Papers), 104, f. 211, the Dutch
ambassadors to Ruysch, August 5, 1661 (N. S.).

[18] _Ibid._, 104, f. 217, Downing to S. G., August 8, 1661.

[19] Aitzema, X, 78, Charles II to S. G., August 14, 1661.

[20] Clar. St. Paps., 104: 237, Downing to Clarendon, August 19, 1661
(N. S.). In another letter Downing declared, "it would be very well to
accept of the Duke his transferring his interest to his Matie, and for
the Dutch ambrs you will do well to be 6 or 8 moneths in examining the
matter and then let them know his Maties mind." Egerton MSS., 2538, f.
12, Downing to Nicholas, January 27, 1661/2.

[21] He suffered this punishment only because he had taken to Guinea a
number of extra men whose wages the king felt obliged to pay.
Admiralty Papers, Navy Board, In-Letters, 5, James to the Navy Board,
September 10, 1661.

[22] This seems to be a little too much to say of the king's letter.

[23] C. O. 1: 15, f. 168, VanGogh and others to S. G., October 19/29,
1661.

[24] P. C. R., Charles II, 2: 417, October 25, 1661.

[25] _Ibid._, p. 459, November 27, 1661.

[26] _Ibid._, pp. 510, 514, January 8, 10, 1662. He may also have been
before the Council in December, as an order was made on December 21,
1661, rescinding the former order to stop his pay. Admiralty Papers,
Navy Board, In-Letters, 6, James to the Navy Board, December 21, 1661.

[27] Nassau and Hoorn to the estates of H. and W. F., January 17/27,
1662.

[28] Egerton MSS., 2538, f. 12, Downing to Nicholas, January 27,
1661/2.

[29] C. O. 1: 18, ff. 3