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the United Netherlands did permitt or impo … the United Netherlands did permitt or import, or used words and<br />
expressions to that or the like purpose, as neere as the deponent<br />
now remembreth the same, All which offers and presentations<br />
were refused by the said Dutch Commander or Admirall, who<br />
said he must not so doe or to that effect, whereupon the said<br />
Captaine Stanton publiquely protessed [?against] the said Dutch Admirall<br />
to this or the like effect and and purpose, to witt that if the said<br />
Dutch Admirall would not so visit or cause his said shipp ye<br />
''ffrederick'' to be visited as aforesaid, the he did [pXorXeX] against<br />
him and against all [?pretence] whatsoeX, that upon occasion of his<br />
goeing to Bantam roade with the said shipp or any thing<br />
therein might avise or happen And presently after the said Dutch Admirall [cXXXd]<br />
his Admirall shipp called the ''[DrouedaXXe]'' to be cleared from <br />
the said shipp 'ffrederick', which thereuopon went directly for<br />
the said roade of Bantam, all which premisses this deponent sawe and hearde which is all this deponent can<br />
at present remember materially to say to this Interrogatorie
To the 20th Interrogatorie hee saith, That the said Captaine upon<br />
said Dutch Admiralls refusall to receive the said power and<br />
Musketts so presented as aforesaid did Cause the same to be [?thrown/e]<br />
into the sea withe full sight and view of the said Dutch fleet<br />
then being close by them, and before such throwing of the same<br />
overboard, did cause the barrells of powder to be broken up to<br />
ye number of 19 barrells or thereabouts to the end that the said<br />
Dutch Admirall and Command[abv?] might see and take notice thereof<br />
as undoubtedly they must and did. Of the premisses he saieth he<br />
was, as aforesaid, an Eyewittnesse and thereby [knoweth] the [said/same]<br />
to be true. And further deposeth not to this Interrogatorie
To the 21st he saith, That the said shipp the ''ffrederick'' did <br />
(as this deponent now remembreth the time) stay about [six]<br />
weekes in Bantam roade in taking in her lading; consisting<br />
and of 159 Tunns of black pepper of the best sort, three and<br />
thiry batts of white sugar, and three hundred and six hundred<br />
and some odd weight more of the like pepper, fourehteen []<br />
of Cloves, tenn baggs of nuttmegs or thereabouts, all for the [an...]<br />
of the imployers of the said shipp the 'ffrederick' or of the said Captaine<br />
thereof, as this deponent was at the time of the lading there[]<br />
credibly informed, and that there were [XeXeorer] laden and []<br />
on board the said shipp ''Frederick'' at the place aforesaid [?for]<br />
[?pirolls] or thereabouts of white pepper, whereof seaven []<br />
belonged to this deponent, ten piralls to one John Clare [theXX]<br />
of the said shipps Captaine, and seaven Piroll to John<br />
Burdocke the masters mate of the said shipp, and the reste<br />
amongst the said shipps [marin/abv.] and also a great quantity of [marin/abv.] and also a great quantity of +
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