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the shipp called the ''Dromedarie'' then l … the shipp called the ''Dromedarie'' then lyeing with the rest of the said <br />
Dutch shipps neere unto the ''ffrederick'' and having the ''ffrederick''<br />
under there Command, and that the interrate ''Mr Robert Skinner''<br />
who went Supra Cargo of the said shipp the ''ffrederick'' and of<br />
another English shipp called the ''Francis and John'' then in Company<br />
of the said shipp ''Frederick'' and Did then goe from the said shipp the<br />
''ffrederick'' to the said Dutch Admirall or Generall of the said Dutch <br />
shipps, and carried with him a certificate which was drawne<br />
up by order of this Deponent and was signed by him<br />
and by all his companies and by the said Robert Skinner, wherein<br />
and whereby it was certified that they had putt all the said<br />
powder and musketts<br />
into the said boate, and that they had noe more powder or musketts [?arms]<br />
or ammunition on board the said shipp (saving the said shipps<br />
proper and necessarie store) then such at they had putt into the said<br />
boate, and that the said Mr Skinner was then to acquaint the said<br />
Dutch Admirall, That it was by this Deponent and Companies desired<br />
that he would pleas to receive the said into his Custody untill<br />
such time at the said shipp ''Frederick'' should return from Bantan<br />
and accordingly the said Mr Skinner went on board the said <br />
Dutch Admirall, and as this Deponent verily believeth )did present<br />
the said Certificate, and desire at abovesaid, but that the said <br />
Dutch Admirall did refuse to accept of the said offer forbidding<br />
the said to come neere unto his said shipp, whereupon according<br />
to this Deponent's order, the said musketts and powder were by some of<br />
this deponent companie throwne into the Sea And further to this<br />
Interrogatory he deposeth not/
To the 16th [XuteXXX] hee saithe, That after the said Robert <br />
Skinner had gone aboard the said Dutch Admirall to the intent <br />
aforesaid, he did in this Deponents sight offer to goe into his boate and<br />
therewith to returne on board the said shipp ''Frederick'', but was by<br />
the said Admirall and Companies' refused and not permitted to goe out<br />
of the said shipp, and was there seized upon by force and detained<br />
and kept a prisoner and was carried a prisoner upon the shipp <br />
''Malaga'' to Batavia, shee being on of the shipps of the said fleet<br />
commannded by Captains John de Witt, and was there imprisoned<br />
in the Castle of Batavia, where he was detained and imprisoned from<br />
the said time untill the seventh of December kept ensuing, at<br />
which time he was sent on board the said shipp Malaga with<br />
a Musketeer to guard him and deliver him on board the said<br />
shipp to be therein carried a prisoner to Amsterdam, in which <br />
shipp he remained a prisoner untill the Last of Aprill 1657. When<br />
he was dismissed and sett as libertie by the Dutch Commander John<br />
[?Cunaeus] at the Island of Saint Helena; And this examinate further<br />
saithe, That at this Deponent has credibly heard and verily beleeveth<br />
the said Robert Skinner during such his imprisonment was very
(hardlyng such his imprisonment was very
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