Treaty made and agreed
upon; from the one side, by His Highness the LORD
TEIBINGH TSIANTE TEYSIANCON
KOXIN, who has besieged Castle Zeelandia on Formosa
since 1st May 1661 up till this 1st day of February 1662; and from the
other side, as representing the Dutch Government, by the Governor of the
said Castle, FREDERIK COYETT,
and his Council, consisting of the undernoted eighteen Articles:
Article 1
All hostilities committed
on either side to be forgotten.
Article 2
Castle Zeelandia, with
its outworks, artillery, remaining war materiel, merchandise, money, and
other properties belonging to the Honourable Company, to be surrendered
to LORD KOXINGA.
Article 3
Rice, bread, wine, arack,
meat, pork, oil, vinegar, ropes, canvas, pitch, tar, anchors, gunpowder,
bullets, and linen, with such other articles as may be required by the
besieged during their voyage to Batavia, to be taken aboard the Company's
ships in keeping with instructions from the before-mentioned Governor and
Council.
Article 4
All private movable
property inside the Castle or elsewhere belonging to officers of the Dutch
Government, shall first be inspected by LORD KOXINGA's
delegates, and then placed on board the said ships.
Article 5
In addition to these
goods, each of the twenty-eight Councillors shall be permitted to take
with them two hundred rijksdaalders, and twenty chosen civilians
an aggregate sum of one thousand rijksdaalders.
Article 6
After inspection, the
Dutch soldiers may come forth with flying banners, burning fusees, loaded
rifles, and beating drums, marching thus for embarkation under command
of the Governor.
Article 7
The names of all Chinese
debtors or lease-holder in Formosa, with particulars of claims against
them, shall be copied out of the company's books, and handed to LORD
KOXINGA.
Article 8
All the Government archives
may be taken to Batavia.
Article 9
Every servant of the
Company, now imprisoned by the Chinese in Formosa, shall be liberated within
eight or ten days, and those who are in China, as soon as possible. Servants
of the Company who are not imprisoned in Formosa shall be granted a free
pass to reach the Company's ships in safety.
Article 10
The said LORD
KOXINGA shall now return to the Company the four captured
boats, with all their accessories.
Article 11
He shall also provide
a sufficient number of vessels to take the Honourable Company's people
and goods to their ships.
Article 12
Vegetables, flesh-meat,
and whatever else may be necessary to sustain the Company's people during
their stay, shall daily be provided by His Highness's subjects at a reasonable
price.
Article 13
So long as the Honourable
Company's people remain on land before embarkation, no soldier or other
subject of LORD KOXINGA shall
be permitted to enter the Castle (unless...on service for the Company),
to approach the outworks nearer than the gabions, or to proceed further
than the palisades erected by order of His Highness.
Article 14
No other than a white
flag shall float from the Castle until the Honourable Company's people
have marched out.
Article 15
Those who guard the
stores shall remain in the Castle two or three days after the other people
and goods have been taken on board, and thereafter they shall proceed themselves
to the vessels.
Article 16
As soon as this agreement
is signed, sealed, and sworn to on both sides, each according to his country's
customs, LORD KOXINGA shall deliver
to one of the Dutch ships two hostages, viz. the Mandarin or Captain Moor
Ongkun and Pimpan Jamoosje of the political Council. On the other side,
and as representing the Company, LORD KOXINGA
shall receive custody of Mr. Jan Oetgens van Waveren, an official
second in rank to the Governor, and Mr. David Harthouwer, also a member
of the Formosan Council. Each of these hostages shall remain in a previously
fixed place until everything has been carried out in accordance with the
terms of this contract.
Article 17
Chinese prisoners at
present in the Castle or on the Company's ships shall be exchanged for
any of our people who have been seized by the subjects of LORD
KOXINGA.
Article 18
All misunderstandings,
and every important matter overlooked in this Agreement, shall immediately
be dealt with to the satisfaction of both parties, upon notice having been
given on either side.
LORD CHENG
CHEN-KUNG,
[L.S.]
FREDERIK COYETT,
[L.S.]
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