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otherwise then as followeth videlicet, the … otherwise then as followeth videlicet, the said shipp in her said voyage comming<br />
neeere the Greate Bay of the Barbada's and her master and company<br />
purposing to goe with her in thither to supplie her with fresh water<br />
whereof they had none, and to trade there if the Governour would give<br />
them leave, there came a boate from land with about five English<br />
man therein aboard her, and the said English asked the master whence<br />
they came and the master answering them from Amsterdam,<br />
asked them if hee might trade there freely, to which they answered and said<br />
yes, as freely as formerly, and the said master and company hearing that<br />
answer, and seeing dutch shipps riding in the Bay with the Prince of<br />
Orange his flagg in their sternes, went a little way into the<br />
roade, and a good distance before they came neare the shipps, that were<br />
there lying, came to an anchor, and then the said English desired to be<br />
[?choffering] for and to buy (as they seemed) some of the horses brought<br />
in the said shipp, which the master refused to sell them telling<br />
them hee would not trade with any without the Governours leave<br />
and thereupon the said master went ashore to the Governour to see<br />
if hee might have freedome to take in fresh water, that soe<br />
hee might carry his horses to the Leeward Islands, and as the said<br />
master after reported, the said Governour gave him leave to take<br />
water, and asked him if hee would not trade there (speaking of the<br />
Barbadas) to which hee said hee answered yes, if the Governour would<br />
give him licence, rather then to [?XXXX] the leeward Islands, and that<br />
the Governour gave him leave, and badd him trade freely, saying hee should<br />
have asmuch freedome to trade as heretofore and as any shipp in the<br />
Roade had, and desired to buy one of the horses, which the master sold<br />
and delivered, and soe having got license the said master sold the rest<br />
of the horses to the English there and delivered them ashore, and<br />
then the master got leave of the Governour to take in water and<br />
to goe to the Iland of kersow [EDITOR: Curacao](being under the dutch) and fetch<br />
more horses, and to bringe and sell them at the Barbada's, and going<br />
and fetching them and retourning with them towards the<br />
said bay, and being about foure dutch miles without the bay there<br />
came the frigot ''Grantham'' and seized the said shipp the ''kinge''<br />
''david'' with nine and twenty horses, and some goates, namely about<br />
36 goates, which horses and goates were alsoe belonging to the said owners<br />
of the said shipp, and soe were the foresaid horses delivered at the<br />
Barbada's, and saith the said horses and goates brought from kersow [EDITOR: Curacao]<br />
were worth about five thousand gilders, and cost soe much there,<br />
and the horses brought from Amsterdam and sold at the Barbada's<br />
alsoe worth about five thousand gilders, and the said shipp tackle and<br />
furniture were worth about eight hundred pounds sterling or eight<br />
thousand gilders, and that shee was under saile when shee was<br />
seized by the English, and was on the open sea, all which hee knoweth<br />
for the reasons aforesaid, and otherwise cannot depose, saving<br />
the said owners dwell all at Amsterdam.
To the 5th hee saith that the said frigot brought the said shipp and lading<br />
upon the said seizure into the said roade to Generall Penn, and after<br />
foure or five daye, the said master of the ''king david'' and company were<br />
turned ashore to shift for themselves, and this was in or about the<br />
14th this was in or about the<br />
14th +
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