 Charles was prepared to make some concessions, although he still required the return of the nutmeg island of Pulau Run and certain indemnities.The Dutch were unwilling to concede even his reduced demands, although discussions continued.The extent of Scottish privateering greatly increased in this year with the issue of twenty-five commissions in the three months from April 1666, the start of an intense 17-month period in which 108 Dutch, French and Danish vessels were recorded as captured by twenty or so Scottish privateers.