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Transcription

To the 17th hee cannot depose.

To the 18th hee saith that the said shipps the Endymion and
Marigold and the Olive branch the times aforesaid by him
deposed wore the English Colours, and were well knowne
and taken notice of by the dutch to be English vessells,
and to belong to English, And the shipps from and by which
they received the said Injuries, were all dutch shipps, one
whereof (and that which was the Admirall) was named the
Erasmus, and another the Post, and were somtimes twelve
saile strong, and somtimes fower, and were all in the
service and Imployment of the East India Company of the United Netherlands
And otherwise hee cannot depose saving his foregoeing
deposition to which hee referreth himselfe.

To the 19th hee saith that by the foresaid injurious
proceedings of the dutch besides the dishonour
to the English Nation, the said English East India Company
and Propriety [?interesse [XXXX XXXXX] said shipps will sustaine and have sustained very much wrong, losse and
dammage, which many thousands of pounds will never be
able to repaire and satisffie for, And otherwise hee cannot
depose.

To the last hee saith his foregeoing deposition is true.

Repeated before Collonell Cock.

[?Jn] [?Edwards] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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The 14th of december 1657.

Examined upon the fore said allegation.

4.'

John Connis of Stratford Bow in the County of
Middlesex Mariner, aged 40 yeares or thereabouts
sworne and examined.

To the second article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that
in the yeares 1655 and 1656 arlate the Governour and Company of
English Marchants trading to East India or some of them sent for
East India arlate divers shipps belonging unto them, which arived
there in safetie within the said time, and that in the said yeare
1656 they had at East India and climates and places
thereabouts theis e particular shipps following of this deponents
sight and knowledge, namely the Endymion whereof Gervase
Couchman was Commander, the Marygold whereof Roger
Andrewes was commander, the Olive branch whereof one Brampton was commander, the Jonathan
whereof Robert Graves was commander, and the Assada
Merchant whereof one Newton was commander, and hee
well knoweth that the Marigold whereof this deponent was
then