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Anchor and stood with her and after a whil … Anchor and stood with her and after a while fetcht her up, and having soe<br />
done shott two gunnes with shott at her, the one ahead and the other a sterne of her, And saith<br />
there were at the same tyme three other dutch shipps lying further off but in<br />
the way the ''Olive Branch'' was to passe in her goeing into Bantam, And<br />
saith the whole five shipps aforesaid (as was there commonly sayd) did<br />
belong to the sayd dutch East India Company./
To the 4th article hee saith that upon such shooteing one of the Captaines<br />
of the sayd dutch shipps came presently aboard the ''Olive Branch'' and asked<br />
the Master whence shee came, and whether shee was bound, whereto<br />
the Master (John Brampton) replyed that shee came from London, and was bound<br />
for Bantam there to take in her ladeing, whereto the Captaine of the sayd<br />
dutch ship answered thus or the like in effecte wee lye here on<br />
purpose to hinder all English shipps from having Commerce with those<br />
of Bantam, and told the sayd Brompton hee must not nor should goe<br />
in with his sayd ship and commanded him to beare up and come<br />
to the Admirall of the sayd dutch ffleete, which the sayd Brampton did<br />
accordingly And further hee cannot depose/
To the 5th hee saith the ''Olive Branch'' being come up to the Admirall of<br />
the dutche ffleete the sayd Brampton the Master of her went aboard the<br />
Admirall with purpose (as after his Coming back aboard the ''Olive''<br />
''Branch'' hee declared in presence of this deponent and others) to get leave<br />
of the sayd Admirall to goe into Bantam and take in his ladeing,<br />
but could not get leave, whereupon<br />
the sayd Brampton came aboard the ''Olive Branch'' againe and fetched a<br />
present and carried it aboard the dutch Admirall to bestowe on him the<br />
better (as hee beleeveth) to induce him to give leave for the ''Olive Branch'' to<br />
goe into Bantam which notwithstanding (as the sayd Brampton<br />
upon his returne aboard the ''Olive Branch'' declared before this deponent<br />
and others) the sayd Admirall expressely denyed to give the sayd Brampton<br />
leave to goe into Bantam though hee told him hee came from London and<br />
was bound thither to take in his ladeing, but forbid him to goe in thither<br />
and told him hee had order from his Imployers the East India Company<br />
of Holland to hinder all English shipps from goeing into Bantam<br />
and having any commerce with the Inhabitants thereof And further<br />
hee cannot depose/
To the 6th hee saith that the dutch Admirall having thus prohibited<br />
and hindered the ''Olive Branch'' from going into Bantam to receave<br />
her lading the foresaid Brampton the Master of her sett sayle with her<br />
for Battavia (a place where the dutch Generall kept his residence)<br />
purposeing to acquainte one Mr ffrederick Skinner an English<br />
Agent who was gone thither before and to whom the ''Olive Branch'' was consigned at Bantam to receave of him her ladeing there with his the sayd Bramptons being<br />
soe hindered from goeing into Bantam, and to desire his assistance<br />
to the Generall to procure leave for her to goe in, And saith that upon the<br />
arrival of the ''Olive Branch'' at Batavia the sayd Brampton there met<br />
with the sayd Skinner, and (as the sayd Brampton afterwards related before<br />
this deponent and others of the Company of the ''Olive Branch'') acquainted the<br />
sayd Skinner with the cause of his comeing thither videlicet to speake with the Generall<br />
ofto speake with the Generall<br />
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