Giles Milton
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They would tie a waxed canvas bag up over their head.
And they would proceed to fill this bag with water until it reached your mouth and nostrils.
And the only way to stop yourself from drowning was to drink the water.
And I'm talking gallons and gallons and gallons of water until these men would become, their bodies would become totally swollen, completely grotesque.
Just when you get out of the water, they light candles underneath your arms and legs and thighs and what have you, and burn the fat and the muscle in your body.
Quite revolting.
Now, I have to say that the point of this, this is not just gratuitous to talk about this violence, the point of it is that this caused an absolute
absolute outrage when it reached England.
And in fact, John Dryden, who obviously famous poet, one of his more famous pieces was a play called The Massacre of Amboina, which really struck a chord with the English public at the time.
And this gave rise to huge anti-Dutch sentiment in England.
Well, the question is, what can they actually do?
Because the Dutch now have complete control of the Bander Islands.
Short of sending an absolutely enormous armada out to the Spiceries, to the Spice Islands, the English can't really get back their beloved run island.
And as Willie will be able to tell the next chapter of the story,
All attentions now begin to turn towards India.
India becomes the great goal of the East India Company.
By default only.
Throughout this whole period, there are endless Anglo-Dutch wars going on.
They're extremely complicated.
There's wars, there are peace treaties, there's wars again.
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