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Transcription

They did in this Deponents hearing and in the audience of the said shipp
ffrederick's Coumpanie tell the said Captaine Stauton, That they
had order or were commanded to Bring all English shipps that
they should meet with to their Admirall rideing neare the Island
of Polipanjan interrate; And further to these Interrates he
saith he cannot depose/
To the eighth Interrogerie he saith, That the said two Dutch shipps
did continually attend upon and sail with the said shipp ffrederick
under their command untill they had brought the said under the
command of the said Dutch Admirall at the place aforesaid
if being a Dutch shipp then accompanied some other Dutch shipps,
to the number of fower [?four] in all or thereabouts besides the said two [?first]
mentioned Dutch shipps, who did compell the said Captain Stauton
there to rowe to and anchor with his said shipp under their ([?onXXXXXXX])
and there to continue from the 27th Day of July 1657 untill the 20th
Day of August kept ensuing, during which time they did not, nor
would suffer him to goe in with his said shipp to the said Port of
Bantam, The premifses he well [?knoweth], for that he [?Xoudent]
was the eye-wittnesse of the said, in the quality aforesaid, And saith
that the said Island of Polipanjan was and is in this Deponent's
estimate about 15. English miles distant from the said Citie of
Bantam. /And further to this interrogate hee Deposeth not/.-

To the 9th Interrogorie hee saith, That [?Xohilest] the said shipp the
ffrederick was so detained at aforesaid, this Deponent Did see and

observe that [?sevrall] [?fXXcXs] barques and fishing boates Did goe in and

out to and from Bantam importing or exporting goods ward [?market]
[Xdises] and provisiond without any hindrance or obstruction received
from or offered by the said Dutch shipps, And that it then was
publique and [?natoXXout] at and neere Bantam aforesaid, and acknowledged
by the said Dutch themselves, That they had not any men at all on
shoare in [?arms] against Bantam nor did or durst they adventure
to land any men thereabouts out of their said shipps, nor had any [?the]
least hopes or apparence in [?hXXXane] reason of taking the said
City, being themselves, a this deponent well observed, in a continuall
apprehension of being surprised by the Bantam[?ers] or Javas, and
were therefore necessitated keep and extraordinary strict and
strong watch by day and by night on purpose to secure them-
selves from sure surprisall, And this deponent further saith, That
it is a plain and palpable truth, That the designe of the
said Dutch shipps so hideing and lyeing at aforesaid was and
is only to [?engrosse] the heade of Bantam to that Nation, and to

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