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exclude the English totally from the said, … exclude the English totally from the said, and not to beleaguer or<br />
take the said Town of Bantam, as this Deponent is in judgement<br />
and [?cousneure] fully convinced by all the passages translations<br />
and circumstances of their said pretended siege, that this Deponent did<br />
or could observe during his abode in those parts in the quality<br />
aforesaid. And further hee saith he cannot Depose to the [?fXXXX]
To the 10th Interrogarie hee saithe, That he hath sevrall times<br />
seene and beene in the said Citie of Bantam, and well knoweth<br />
That it is of a very large [?Circuit], strong and very populated<br />
to the number of above twenty thousand fighting men at [?home],<br />
Veryly beleeveth, and hath observved them to be men of<br />
a [?arXiXe] and valiant condition, well ordered and [exXerred]<br />
in armes, and generally to be so accompted, and that the said Citie<br />
is extraordinarily well fortified especially towards the sea with strong walls,<br />
and very faire Ordinance in great number and very <br />
dextrous people to manage them. And further to this<br />
interrogarie he answereth not./
To the 11th Interrogarie hee saith, That the said Dutch shipps [?who]<br />
pretended to beleaguer Bantam at aforesaid were in number<br />
sometimes five, sometimes six, as this Deponent saw and observed, and<br />
that their usuall station was to the Northward of the said Island<br />
of Polipanjan about 15 miles distant from Bantam, as the<br />
Deponent judgeth and beleeveth it to be, and to the best of this Deponent's<br />
judgement he verily beleeveth That the [?mariners] Souldiers and <br />
companies of the said Dutch shipps, as sure true as the said <br />
shipp ''Frederick'' was compelled to abide amongst them, did not<br />
exceed the number of fower hundred persons. And further to<br />
this Interrogarie hee saith he cannot answereth./ /
To the 12th hee saith, That it is publique and [Xotorious] That<br />
the said Citie of Bantam is situate in the Island of great<br />
Java interrate which is generally accompted an Island of a very great<br />
extent and Circuit and that he knoweth not the true extent of [?the]<br />
circuit thereof, but hath seene the Cards or mapps thereof<br />
in Sevrall Indian places, and particularly this Deponent saith that<br />
the mapp in this Interrogarie mentioned and now produced and <br />
showed unto him, expressing the situation of the said City of Bantam<br />
and diverse other maritime parts and places thereunto [?apaXX]<br />
and [?arrangement], Doeth to the best of this Deponent's judgements [XXXX]<br />
agree with and represent the position of the said City, and other<br />
maritime parts thereabouts, as are therein expressed to will for the<br />
many of them hee this [?expaiate] hath seene and observed. And <br />
farther satisfaction referring himselfe to the said [XXXXX]
(saithrring himselfe to the said [XXXXX]
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