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52 himself for punishment, and in return for the service rendered to him by the Dutch, he begged their acceptance, as a proof of his gratitude, of certain lands on the confines of Matarram.

This conspiracy took place in the year 1722, exactly a century after the one in 1622, mentioned by Commodore Roggewein, who, on his arrival in the country a few months after the event, was informed at the same time of the plot, of the means by which it had been discovered, and of the punishment inflicted on all who had taken part in it.