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same for Europe; The promisses he so thoug … same for Europe; The promisses he so thought to be true, for that he<br />
this deponent was in and upon the said Voiage imployed by the said<br />
freighte as Steward of the said shipp. And further to this [?he saieth] <br />
he deposeth not
To the third he saieth, That in the said moneth of ffebruary 1656<br />
English style the said shipp the ''Frederick'' sett saile from the [?poss. Countrie]<br />
under the Command and Conduct of the said Captaine Stanton and<br />
Companies, being bound for Bantam, and in July next following the<br />
said shipp came within sight of the land of Java in the East Indies, which hee<br />
knoweth, for that he this deponent was as aforesaid steward of this said<br />
shipp in the said voiage, And further cannot depose to this Interrogatorie.
To the fouerth and fifth Interrogatorie he saieth, That upon the<br />
coming of the said shipp the ''ffrederick'' nere Java aforesaid, and<br />
whilst she was in her intended Course for Bantam in the <br />
straight of [?Sunsa] about fiftie Leagues from Bantam two Dutch<br />
shipps of warre being in the service of the Dutch East Indian<br />
Company, did hale the said shipp ''ffrederick'' and demanded where<br />
the same was bound, whereunto answer was made by the said<br />
Captaine Stanton, that she was bound for Bantam, and was an<br />
English shipp belonging unto Englishmen Subjects of this Common-<br />
wealth, or to that effect, as this deponent heard and [??]<br />
As also this deponent and afterwards was credibly informed by<br />
the said Dutch shipps companies or some of them, that these said shipps<br />
were imployed by and in the immediate service of the said dutch<br />
East India Companie, and that expressely, as they saidd, to<br />
hinder the English fro trading to or at Bantam; and to [?take]<br />
such English shipps as should there trade, which he declareth, to<br />
be a trueth publique and notorious, and for and as such path<br />
affirmed and declared by the Commander and Companie of the<br />
said Dutch shipps in the hearing and conversation of this<br />
and others the Office and Companies of the [smudged - same?] shipp the<br />
''ffrederick''. And further he saieth not to these Interrogatories <br />
saving that one of the said Dutch shipps was called the ''Cony''<br />
and commanded by one Captaine [?Sciame], and the other shipp was<br />
called the ''Soutland'' commanded by one Captaine Afose, as this deponent<br />
likewise heard and understood by the like credible relation.
To the 6th and 7th Interrogatories he saieth; that immediately upon<br />
said Captaine Stanton's predeposed answer, th eCommander of ye<br />
said Dutch shipps or some of them did audibly and intelligibly [?in]<br />
this deponents hearing, tell the said Captaine, That he must not goe<br />
into Bantam, and recommended him to come on board them to [blurred]<br />
he answerede that he could not come out of or leave his said shipp<br />
or to that effect, whereupon the said Dutch Captaine did<br />
[seXally] manne their severall sipps boates and did come on <br />
board the said shipp ''frederick'', and being so come on board ''frederick'', and being so come on board +
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