The guy indexed in his letter to the Amsterdam VOC directors you to definitely the newest populace off Selamon (into the High Banda) have been attempting to sell their mace in the Castle Nassau once more. This new VOC’s Contractboeken contain a binding agreement compared to that perception, closed by the Reael plus the village’s ‘orangkayas and you may magistrates’. The fresh new Governor-Standard made use of the possible opportunity to reinforce VOC states the Banda Countries, and you may impose far more limitations into indigenous routing than ever. For example, Bandanese fishermen just weren’t allowed to seashore their proas towards the area regarding Nera. Obviously, the latest Governor-Standard considered that, as with any almost every other sovereigns, the brand new VOC are entitled to regulate the means to access the region. As well, the brand new Bandanese was in fact expected to comply with Eu laws to possess siege warfare. Whether your Selamonese desired to cruise to many other places to the island of good Banda, they would need certainly to travel a light flag, for-instance. Is always to Bandanese ships encounter Dutch vessels, these were requisite, ‘if test at’, experience its sails 
and allow a search. When they was in fact in fingers regarding valid passports, they will receive free passage, obviously. The fresh new Governor-General in addition to Councillors of your Indies may have had couples illusions that this truce treaty with the people regarding Selamon manage history any further compared to the earlier agreements. Additional towns for the High Banda remained defiant, and allied which have Pulo Work at-yet , Reael needed to continue their trip so you’re able to Ambon and the Moluccas, where in actuality the VOC’s native partners was basically to get disturbed too. 80
It was hardly a happenstance that an English interloper, brand new Thomas, managed to get a shipping of cloves throughout the leader of Tidore that june
Reael’s tenure just like the Governor-Standard are visiting a finish. The latest Gentlemen XVII got decided during the Oct 1617 provide this new most readily useful occupations to Coen as an alternative. Their conference letter shows that it wanted the fresh new Governor-General to reside in Bantam to oversee the new delivery away from steeped cargoes to your Dutch Republic, in the place of struggle pricey wars contrary to the Spanish and you will Portuguese in the fresh Moluccas. They still asked Coen to spend a visit to brand new Liven Countries basic-‘to get all things in order’-and you will expected to get reports of your conquest from Pulo Work on before long. Ominously, these were all-in go for out of peopling the latest isle with Chinese settlers, given that Coen had recommended in one of their emails. Van der Haghen and you will Reael obtained honourable discharges, and you will was indeed remembered to the Dutch Republic. The directors stipulated one to each other guys manage are still Councillors from the fresh new Indies until its departure to own Amsterdam, voting second and you will third in any meeting entitled from the governor-general. 81
Defeated during the a ‘merely war’-or more the Dutch thought-Jakarta are renamed Batavia, and turned into the new nucleus of the VOC’s territorial sovereignty on area out of Java
Coen acquired the headlines of his conference within the later April 1618, and immediately composed so you can Reael and you will Van der Haghen. It grabbed a bit towards directors’ choices as then followed, but not. Both van der Haghen and you will Reael was basically too sick to go back to Bantam you to fall. Coen popular in which to stay Jakarta to help you manage the development of good Dutch fortress there-an incredibly debatable building endeavor, as you would expect. Growing opposition regarding both English and also the rulers out-of Jakarta and you will Bantam built over into discover warfare when you look at the December 1618. In the event that English gained temporary maritime popularity, thanks to the fleets out-of , Coen in the long run place cruise to have Ambon in order to assemble significantly more boats, troops and you will ammunition. Inside March 1619, the guy took their oath away from office at the Palace Victoria, from the exposure off each other Van der Haghen and you may Reael. Both boys came back which have him in order to Jakarta. When you look at the later Will get, Coen was able to alleviate the Dutch fortress here and you will entirely wreck the newest local town. Coen wasn’t finished yet. He already been an effective , and you will delivered individuals vessels in pursuit of this new English. From inside the July, John Jourdain was stuck and you will killed at Patani, a port for the eastern shore of the Malay Peninsula. 82