Note 159 — INLEIDING.
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Nagasaki 2 October 1642. “.... Over 5 à 6 jaren geleden is wel ernstelijck bij de Gouverneurs van Nangasacqij aen de Presidenten Couckebacker ende Caron gerecommaudeert sulcx bij der handt te nemen, opdat daerdoor den loff bij de hooge overicheijt van Japan mocht becomen” (Missive Jan van Elseracq aan Paulus Traudenius).—“.... the reason why the Dutch have made so great efforts to capture Hermosa Island, going to attack it year after year, was that they had promised the Japanese that they would do so, and would expel the Spaniards from it” (The Philippine Islands, ed. Blair and Robertson, XXXV, bl. 150. Bericht uit Macasar, Maart 1643).