v. ante_.]
In this same year, one thousand six hundred and four, the islands of
Holanda and Zelanda, in pursuance of their custom, assembled a fleet
of twelve vessels, large and well equipped, and some smaller ones;
and, as if masters of sea and wind, steered their course toward India
by the known routes. In a short time they reached the cape of Buena
Esperanca. All the captains had gone at other times on that voyage, and
the pilots esteemed themselves of no less experience. Their general was
Estevan Drage, [294] faithless alike to his church and to his king....
[Thence this fleet continues its course along Mosambique, India, and
neighboring shores, Java, Sumatra, etc., taking prizes and trading. In
February, 1605, they capture Amboina, where they receive the submission
of the Portuguese and allow religious freedom. Finally part of the
vessels go to the Moluccas, where, with the aid of the king of Ternate,
the fort of Tidore is captured--although the Portuguese are warned
beforehand of their coming by English vessels (for the Spanish and
English kings were then friends), and the English leave powder and
shot for its defense.
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