mber of extracts of
letters from factors of the Royal Company to the company dated from
June to September, 1663. They mention many other conflicts with the
Dutch, including the charge that the Dutch had hired the natives to
attack the fort at Kormentine.

[76] Aitzema, XI, 295, deposition of Andries C. Vertholen, June 9,
1664 (N. S.).

[77] C. O. 1: 18, f. 39, order of the council of war held on board the
Jersey, May 7, 1664.

[78] S. P., Dom., Charles II, 114, ff. 51, 52, Holmes' examination. In
his examination before the Privy Council Holmes asserted that in one
of the ships captured from the Dutch, orders had been found from the
States General commanding the Dutch factors to seize the English fort
at Kormentine. There is no evidence to support this assertion and the
States General afterwards characterized the statement as "an errand
invention & a fowle lye." S. P., Holland, 181, f. 10.

[79] S. P., Dom., Charles II, 114, ff. 150, 151, Holmes' account; C.
O. 1: 18, f. 39, order of the council of war held on board the Jersey,
May 7, 1664.

[80] S. P., Holland, 174, f. 32, Downing to Bennet, January 10, 1664/5
(O. S.). This letter, written over a year later, shows that Downing
was not acquainted with Holmes' instructions.

[81] Lister, Thomas Henry, _Life and Administration of Edward, first
Earl of Clarendon_, III, 259, Downing to Clarendon, November 6, 1663
(O. S.).

[82] S. P., Holland, 168, f. 230, Downing to Bennet, December 18,
1663.

[83] Clar. St. Paps., 107, f. 101, Downing to S. G., February 8,
1663/4 (O. S.).

[84] Add. MSS., 22,920, f. 26, Schested to Downing, February 10, 1664;
S. P., Denmark, 17, f. 150, Frederick III to Schested, December 15,
1663.

[85] Loketkas, Staten Generaal, Engeland, W. I. C. to S. G., read
December 1, 1663 (N. S.); _ibid._, S. G. to Downing, December, 1663.

[86] S. P., Holland, 169, ff. 120, 121, Downing to (Bennet), February
12, 1663/4 (O. S.).

[87] _Ibid._, f. 121.

[88] _Ibid._, ff. 122, 124.

[89] S. P. Holland, 169, f. 132, Downing to S. G., February 16, 1663/4
(O. S.).

[90] _Brieven van de Ambassadors in Engeland aan de Staten van H. en
W. F._, Cunaeus to DeWitt, March 11/21, 1664.

[91] Pepys, _Diary_, IV, 103; Brieven van de Ambassadors in Engeland
aan de Staten van H. en W. F., Cunaeus to DeWitt, (April 8/18, 1664,
N. S.).

[92] Clar. St. Paps., 107, f. 147, Downing to Clarendon, April 1, 1664
(O. S.); Dumont, _Corps Universel Diplomatique_, VI