de Ruiter_, pp. 223 to 265.

[136] S. P., Dom., Charles II, 110, f. 19; Condition of Co., Jan. 2
(1664/5).

[137] P. C. R., Charles II, 5: 4.

[138] _The Case of the Royal African Company of England and their
Creditors_, p. 6.

[139] Add. MSS., 22,920, f. 46, Lord Hollis to (Downing), September
2/12, 1664.

[140] On October 30, 1664 (N. S.), d'Estrades declared to the king of
France that the real cause of the war then about to begin was the
desire of the king of England to become master of Guinea. _Memoires
d'Estrades_, II, 517.

[141] See the paper of Sir Richard Ford, one of the prominent members
of the Royal Company. Clar. St. Paps., 83, f. 374.

[142] C. S. P., Dom., 1664-5, p. 154, warrant to Holmes, January 7,
1654.

[143] S. P., Holland, 174, f. 138, VanGogh to Ruysch, January 9/19,
1665.

[144] S. P., Holland, 174, f. 138, VanGogh to Ruysch, January 13/23,
1665.

[145] _Brieven van de Ambassadors in Engeland aan den Raadpensionaris,
VanGogh to Ruysch_, January 27/February 6, 1665.

[146] _Ibid._, VanGogh to Ruysch, January 30/February 9, 1665.

[147] _Ibid._, Cunaeus to ----, February 24/March 6, 1665.

[148] P. C. R., Charles II, 5:69.

[149] _Brieven van de Ambassadors in Engeland aan den
Raadpensionaris_, (VanGogh) to Ruysch, February 27/March 9, 1665.

[150] C. S. P., Dom., 1664-5, p. 268, order to release Holmes, March
23, 1664/5.

[151] The account of DeRuyter's voyage given here is a digest of what
appears at much greater length in Brandt, _Vie de Ruiter_, pp.
223-265. A short contemporary English account may be found in C.O. 1:
19, ff. 88, 89.

[152] S. P., Holland, 182, ff. 246, 247. The Dutch had entertained
some hopes of inducing the English to surrender Cape Corse, as is
evident from negotiations which they carried on with the Swedes and
the Danes. In March, 1665, a treaty was drawn up between Sweden and
the United Provinces in which the former country agreed to renounce
her claims of damage against the West India Company and all her rights
to any places on the African coast, for which renunciation the States
General was to pay 140,000 rix dollars. The treaty failed of
approbation on account of the reluctance of the king of Sweden to
withdraw his interests from the coast of Africa. Aitzema, XI, 1102,
1103; S. P., Holland, 174, f. 148, Downing to Bennet, February 17,
1664/5 (O.S.); S. P., Holland, 179, f. 86, Downing to Bennet, March
10, 1665 (March 10, 1664/5. O. S.).

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