Cornelis Then Thought Fit To Enter Into A Negotiation, Which Was
Managed By The Chaplain, Who Remained With Mr. Weybhays,
And after
several comings and goings from one party to the other, a treaty was
concluded upon the following terms-
-Viz., That Mr. Weybhays and his
company should for the future remain undisturbed, provided they
delivered up a little boat, in which one of the sailors had made his
escape from the island in which Cornelis was with his gang, in order
to take shelter on that where Weybhays was with his company. It was
also agreed that the latter should have a part of the stuffs and
silks given them for clothes, of which they stood in great want.
But, while this affair was in agitation, Cornelis took the
opportunity of the correspondence between them being restored, to
write letters to some French soldiers that were in Weybhays's
company, promising them six thousand livres apiece if they would
comply with his demands, not doubting but by this artifice he should
be able to accomplish his end.
His letters, however, had no effect; on the contrary, the soldiers
to whom they were directed carried them immediately to Mr. Weybhays.
Cornelis, not knowing that this piece of treachery was discovered,
went over the next morning, with three or four of his people, to
carry to Mr. Weybhays the clothes that had been promised him. As
soon as they landed, Weybhays attacked them, killed two or three,
and made Cornelis himself prisoner.
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