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overpowered, shee became subued by them, a … overpowered, shee became subued by them, and they made themselves<br />
masters of her and her company, and commanded and received the<br />
said Captaine Browne and his cheife mate and cheife merchant<br />
prisoners aboard their said shipp that soe first came up. And<br />
saith that then the Captaine an company of the ''Beniamin'' fully<br />
found and understood that the said two shipp (being man of warr) were<br />
dutch and were belonging to the East India company of the<br />
United Netherlands, and that shee which soe came first<br />
was named the ''Marrs'', commanded by one Captaine Smart, and<br />
that the other wa named the ''Zierickesea'', and that they were<br />
soe, this deponent hear severall of their companies say and<br />
acknowlege, And saith that after the said shipp ''Beniamin'' had bin<br />
about five dayes under the said seizure by the said dutch, and<br />
was with much adoe released, the said Captaine Browne made<br />
meanes to the Commander to get leave to goe or send into the<br />
port of Goa, to advise the ''Hopefull frigot'' (an English shipp<br />
which was there and was in the service of his principalls) of<br />
his being there with the ''Beniamin'', but it was denied him, and<br />
soe hee and company were faine to goe next wayes to Surat,<br />
and there [?longe] to expect the comming thither of the ''Hopefull frigot'',<br />
which had Pepper and Salt Peter aboard which was to be from her<br />
transhipped into the ''Baniamin'' to be brought for England, and<br />
by this violence and seizure of the ''Baniamin'' by the said dutch<br />
shipps, and their hindering her to speake with or give advise<br />
to the ''Hopefull frigat'', shee was soe long detained and<br />
delayed that shee lost the time of the yeere for retourne,<br />
and was forced to be six monethe longer upon her<br />
voyage than otherwise shee (in all probabilitie) would have bin<br />
to the greate losse and dammage of her owners and imployers<br />
Englishmen, subiects of this Commonwealth, and members of the<br />
English East India company, all which hee knoweth being gunner<br />
of her and going all the voyage in her, and saith that the<br />
''Beniamin'' when the said two dutch ships soe came up and assaulted<br />
her, had the English colours abroad and faire to be seene, and<br />
they well knew and unerstood her to be an English shipp, and<br />
manned with English when they soe came up, and yet<br />
notwithstanding they committed the wrong and violence predeposed.<br />
And further hee deposeth not.
To the nineteenth article hee saith and deposeth that by the said<br />
battering and tearing of the shipp the ''Benjamin'' by the shouting of<br />
the dutch as aforesaid her owners have sustained dammage to the<br />
summe of one hundred pounds sterling in his estimation, and for her<br />
delay and hinderance of time by them being six monethes in his iudgment<br />
hee estimateth their losse and dammage to be one thousand pounds, and<br />
for losse of freight of pepper, Peter, and other goods which shee should<br />
and would have taken in (more than shee did) if shee had not bin soe<br />
hindered shee had not bin soe<br />
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