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Palapanjan to goe into Bantam roade, which … Palapanjan to goe into Bantam roade, which complaint this deponent<br />
heard made to the said Agent who was then retourned from [?shara] in<br />
distaste of the foresaid denials and abuses received from the dutch,<br />
And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the twelveth hee saith that as hee this deponentw as comming<br />
home this voyage in the ''Endymion'', hee met the shipp the ''Jonathan''<br />
arlate in the Straights of Sundra comming from the coast of Cormandell<br />
bound for Bantam, with a cargo of goods, And otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose.
To the 13th hee cannot depose.
To the 14th hee saith hee cannot depose.
To the 15th hee deposeth that in the said yeares 1655 and 1656<br />
hee this deponent in the East India's, heard it frequently reported<br />
and said both by English and dutch that the dutch had destroyed<br />
the Nutmegg trees, blowne up the fort with a mine, and quite<br />
wasted the Island of Poleran arlate because the English were to<br />
have it againe. [?yea] hee saith it was by many said and<br />
reported that the ducth were soe studious to make an absolute<br />
destruction, and render the said Iland wholly unproffittable to the<br />
English, that not content with having soe laid it wast, they<br />
caused the ashes of a certaine tree to be scattered and strewed<br />
up and downe in the places thereof that were most<br />
fertile for the growth of nutmegs, which ashes hee saith are said<br />
to be of such nature and qualitie, that nothing will grow<br />
where they are s[?p]red or strewed, And further saith that<br />
formerly this deponent having speech and discourse with<br />
the Generall of the dutch before Bantam, and this<br />
deponent telling him that hee gheard that they had blowne up<br />
the fort and destroed the trees in the said Iland, the said Generall<br />
seemed to disacknowledge it, but a dutch Skipper being by<br />
said to this effect, yes wee have donne it, at which confession of<br />
his the said Generall (named the H[?aar] S[?chunten]) seemed distressed<br />
and frowned upon the said Skipper. And otherwise hee cannot depose,<br />
saving this deponent th[?en] said, that [?shortly] they would have<br />
sunck the Iland it selfe into the sea if they could.
To the 16 hee saith that this deponent at Jambee in the yeare<br />
1655 heard it reported and spoken by many natives and others<br />
there, that the dutch who had alreadie got the greatest part<br />
of the River of Jambee (on which the pepper trade lies) into their<br />
possession, had proffered the king of Jambee the summe<br />
of thirtie thousand Rialls of eight, to graunt them the whole<br />
trade there, and that the said offer had bin accepted, in c[?ase]<br />
an auncient Counsellor (a friend to the English) had not interposed,<br />
and declared to the king the badd issue that might thereby ensue<br />
by enslaving himselfe to the dutch and debarring all others from trade.<br />
And this hee saith is there publique and notorious, And otherwise<br />
hee cannot depose.
Toherwise<br />
hee cannot depose.
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