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to goe into Bantam roade, although they ha … to goe into Bantam roade, although they had a greate quantitie<br />
of goods that were there to have bin dischardged, and saith there came<br />
a dutch shipp along with her from the dutch fleete lying at<br />
Pullapanjam, to watch and looke to her as hee conceiveth.<br />
And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 15th hee cannot depose.
To the 16th and 17 hee saith hee hath heard to the effect arlate, and<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 18. hee saith that the respective times aroresaid of the siad<br />
injuries donne by the dutch to the English, the foresaid English shipps<br />
wore the English colours, and were well knowne to the dutch to be<br />
English vessells, and belonging to the English; and that the said<br />
shipps that did the said Injuries were all dutch shipps and in the dutch their service namely<br />
the ''Erasmus'', the ''Post'', the ''Capa da A[?rcus]'' (sor some such name)<br />
the ''ffalcon'' and diverse others, And were all belonging to the<br />
Netherland Companie of Marchants (subiects of the States of<br />
the United Netherlands) trading to East India and places thereabouts,<br />
and the said fleete of dutch shipps were commanded somtimes<br />
by the Heer Schouten and somtimes by the Herr lilly arlate<br />
both dutch men, in the Imployment and service of the said<br />
Netherlands East India Company. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 19th hee saith that the said English East India companie and<br />
persons in whose imployment the said English shipps were, have<br />
by the said injuries and actions donne unto them by the dutch<br />
suffered losse and dammage to the summe of fourtie thousand pounds at least in his estimation besides<br />
the dishonour thereby put upon the English nation, And otherwise<br />
hee cannot depose.
Repeated before doctor Godolphin.
John Connis [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 19 of August 1658.
Examined upon the foresaid allegation.
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'''Captaine Arnold Browne''' of the parish<br />
of Stepney in the County of Middlesex Mariner<br />
aged 33 yeares or thereabouts sworne and<br />
examined.
To the first and second articles of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that<br />
hee hath made two voyages to the East India's as a Mariner, and<br />
the last thereof was in the yeares 1655, 1656 and 1657, at which<br />
time hee went Commander of the shipp the ''Beniamin'' in the<br />
service of severall members of the English East India company,<br />
and saith hee hath bin at Bantam and well knoweth that the said Company<br />
had and have a factory there setled and at other parts and places in the East<br />
Indias whereunto they have used to send their shipps and goods, and there to<br />
maintaine and imploy servants and officers about their commerce, about receiving<br />
their goods from England and making retournes thereof, and that the said company<br />
or some of them had there severall shipps in their service and imployment in the<br />
said yeares 1655, 1656, and 1657 of this deponents sight and knowledge, namely<br />
the ''Marigold'', the ''Eagle'', the ''Three Brothers'' and others and the said<br />
shipp and others and the said<br />
shipp +
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