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and furniture, and for such they were and are Commonly Accounted and reputed, And this deponent was by the said Owners constituted Comander of the said ship, which ship hee saith was taken to ffreight to goe to the East Indias in or about the month of January 1658 English Stile, by the Honourable the Governour and Company of English Merchants trading to East India of and from the said Owners of the said ship, which said Owners heer saith are alsoe of the said Company, And the said ship being soe ffreighted shee prceeded on her said voyage to the East Indias upon the Account of the said Governour and Company and coming about the midway betweene [?Vingiola]. and Goa shee was met with and assaulted by seven dutch ships whereof Peter de Bitter was Vice Admirall, which said De Bitter and alsoe, many other of the said Dutch ships did declare and affirme that all the said ships were in the service of the Dutch East India Company, And the Company of one of the said ships called the ''Dunburgh'' did in a hostile manner fire two peeces of Ordinance with shott at the said shipp ''Constantinople'' ''Merchant'' which came very neere her, and forced her to come within their Command. The premisses hee deposeth being Captaine of the said ship as aforesaid and on board her the said time and an Eye and Eare witnes thereof Et alr nescit. Ad 3um 4um 5um 6um 7um et 8um dicit that soe soone as the said ship ''Constantinople Merchant'' was come within Comand as aforesaid, this deponent caused his Company to strike the sailes of the said ship and steered directly with the Vice= Admirall (being then cheife of that Squadron) to speake with the Vice Admirall, as was requisite, yet the Captaine of the said ship ''Dunburgh'' comanded this deponents boate onboard and in a most insulting manner menaced and threatned that [?if ?hee] did not come on board him hee would lay the ''Constantinople Merchant'' onboard and fire a broad side into her shee being then nere to the ''Dunburgh'', and thereupon this deponent his skiffe on board with his precontest Mr Solomon Hougham the Purser and one Mr fflyer one of the said English Companyes ffactors therein, and not long after the said ship ''Constantinople Merchant'' being come under the Vice Admiralls sterne, this deponent did in a ffreindly manner salute the said Vice Admirall with Nine peeces of Ordinance and went aboard him, and after his coming onboard the said Vice Admirall demanded this deponents sea Commission (but
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