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 PLIGHT OF THE ENGLISH IN JAVA 111 thus accomplished both his objects. For, although the English soon withdrew, they had compromised them- selves with the Bantam prince, and the Dutch fleet was strong enough to continue the blockade without them. COURT OP DIRECTORS, BA8T INDIA HOUSE. In Batavia Coen made our position so miserable that in July, 1620, we had to keep a ship there as a floating warehouse, " having no place on shore/ ' In 1621 the English almost gave up Java in despair, and part of them again sought a refuge on the Indian coast. In August, 1622, Thomas Drockedon, our agent at Ba- tavia, asked leave from the directors in London to