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[102] P. C. R., Charles II, 4: 122; S.P., Dom., Charles II, 99, f.
170, pet.i.tion of the Royal Company for a convoy for its ships. It was also reported that the duke of York was fitting out a frigate at his own expense to send to Guinea. C. S. P., Dom., 1663-1664, p. 264, newsletter, September 2, 1663.
[103] S. P., Holland, 171, f. 238, W. I. C. to S. G., July 21, 1664 (N. S.).
[104] Clar. St. Paps., 108, ff. 39-41, Downing to Clarendon, July 22, 1664 (O. S.).
[105] Pepys, _Diary_, IV, 202.
[106] _Ibid._, 42, 143.
[107] Clar. St. Paps., 108, ff. 48, 49, Downing to Clarendon, July 29, 1664 (O. S.).
[108] Brandt, Gerard, _La Vie de Michel de Ruiter_, pp. 212-213.
[109] Brandt, _Vie de Ruiter_, pp. 213, 214, 217.
[110] S. P., Holland, 171, ff. 23, 24, Downing to Bennet, August 4, 1664 (O. S.); _ibid._, ff. 124, 125, Downing to Bennet, August 26, 1664 (O. S.).
[111] S. P., Holland, 171, ff. 119, 120, Downing to S. G., August 25, 1664 (O. S.).
[112] _Ibid._, f. 25, Downing to Bennet, August 4, 1664 (O. S.).
[113] _Ibid._, f. 56, Downing to Bennet, August 12, 1664 (O. S.).
[114] Clar. St. Paps., 108, ff. 75, 76, Downing to Clarendon, August 26, 1664 (O. S.).
[115] Lister, _Life of Clarendon_, III, 344, Downing to Clarendon, September 9, 1664 (O. S.).
[116] S. P., Holland, 172, f. 171, Downing to Bennet, September 9, 1664 (O. S.).
[117] Clar. St. Paps., 108, f. 82, Downing to Clarendon, September 16, 1664 (O. S.).
[118] S. P., Holland, 172, f. 241, Downing to Bennet, September 23, 1664 (O. S.).
[119] _Brieven van de Amba.s.sadors in Engeland aan de Staten Generaal_, VanGogh to S. G., September 23/October 3, 1664.
[120] Pepys, _Diary_, IV, 254; _Brieven van de Amba.s.sadors in Engeland aan de Staten Generaal_, VanGogh to S. G., September 30/October 10, 1664.
[121] Pepys, _Diary_, IV, 254.
[122] S. P., Holland, 172, f. 35, Downing to Bennet, October 7, 1664 (O. S.).
[123] _Brieven van de Amba.s.sadors in Engeland aan de Staten van H. en W. F._, VanGogh to DeWitt, October 3/13, 1664. A few days after this VanGogh very much annoyed the king by bringing up the Cape Verde incident again. The king burst out, "And pray, what is Cape Verde? A stinking place (using these very words): Is this of such importance to make so much adoe about! As much as I could ever yet learne of it, it is of noe use at all." S. P., Holland, 172, f. 158, VanGogh to Ruysch, October 24, 1664 (N. S.).
[124] _Brieven van de Amba.s.sadors in Engeland aan de Staten van H. en W. F._, VanGogh to DeWitt, October 3/13, 1664.
[125] S. P., Holland, 173, f. 178, VanGogh to Ruysch, November 7, 1664 (N. S.); DeWitt, _Brieven_, IV, 387, 390, VanGogh to DeWitt, October 28/November 7, October 31/November 10, 1664.
[126] DeWitt, _Brieven_, IV, 390, DeWitt to VanGogh, November 14, 1664 (N. S.).
[127] Clar. St. Paps., 108, f. 126, Downing to Clarendon, November 11, 1664 (O. S.).
[128] _Ibid._, f. 100, Downing to Clarendon, October 14, 1664 (O. S.); Brieven van de Amba.s.sadors in Engeland aan de Staten Generaal, October 14/24, 1664.
[129] Clar. St. Paps., 108, f. 108, Downing to Clarendon, October 28, 1664 (O. S.); _ibid._, f. 120, Downing to Clarendon, November 4, 1664 (O. S.).
[130] _Ibid._, f. 117, Downing to Clarendon, November 4, 1664 (O. S.).
[131] _Brieven van de Amba.s.sadors in Engeland aan der Raadpensionaris_, VanGogh to DeWitt, October 17/27, 1664.
[132] S. P., Holland, 173, f. 19, VanGogh to Ruysch, December 5, 1654 (N. S.). The duke of York was known to be very favorable to Holmes at the same time. S. P., Dom., Charles II, 105, f. 176, Coventry to Bennet, November 27, 1664.
[133] Pepys, _Diary_, IV, 312.
[134] He arrived at Cape Verde October 22, 1664, and left the Gold Coast February 27, 1665.
[135] In this account it seems unnecessary to give the details of the capture of these places. They may be found at length in Brandt, _Vie 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 Amba.s.sadors 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 Amba.s.sadors 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.
