His letters, which were without
effect, were shown to Weybehays, and Cornelis, who was ignorant of
their disclosure, having arrived the next day with three or four
others to find Weybehays and bring him the apparel, the latter caused
him to be attacked, killed two or three of the company, and took
Cornelis himself prisoner. One of them, by name Wouterlos, who
escaped from this rout, returned the following day to renew the
attack, but with little success.
"Pelsart arrived during these occurrences in the frigate Sardam. As
he approached the wreck he observed smoke from a distance, a
circumstance that afforded him great consolation, since he perceived
by it that his people were not all dead. He cast anchor, and threw
himself immediately into a skiff with bread and wine, and proceeded
to land on one of the islands. Nearly at the same time a boat came
alongside with four armed men. Weybehays, who was one of the four,
informed him of the massacre, and advised him to return as speedily
as possible to his vessel, for that the conspirators designed to
surprise him, having already murdered twenty-five persons, and to
attack him with two shallops, adding that he himself had that morning
been at close quarters with them.
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