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[?Rotans] some jarrs of greene ginger, som … [?Rotans] some jarrs of greene ginger, some arack and a quantity of<br />
Tobacco of the value of about five pounds. And the deponent further<br />
saith, That forasmuch as he this examinate was steward of the said shipp<br />
the ''fredericke'' at the time of her coming out of Bantam roade towarde<br />
Europe, hee well knoweth that the said shipps Provisions then<br />
on board her were sufficient for 30 men for 12 or 14 moneths<br />
and did consist in and of seaventeene hogsheads of beefe and porke<br />
three hogsheads and one punchion of pease, three hogsheads of flower<br />
three hogsheads of oatemeale, fower hogsheads of stockfishe, seaven hundred<br />
weight of biskett, two Tunns of Arack, six hogsheads of Cider, and <br />
Tunn and a half of rice, Ten firkins of butter, besides other fresh<br />
provisions, and two Quarter caske of sacke, and a quarter caske of<br />
Arack, five hundred weight of doll, All which goods wares and<br />
provisions were in and on board the said shipp ''Frederick'' at the time<br />
of such her setting saile from Bantam roade bound as aforesaid, as<br />
this deponent well and assuredly knoweth for the reasons before expressed<br />
And further to this Interrogatorie he saieth he cannot depose
To the 22th Interrie he saieth, That during such time, at the said<br />
shipp the ''frederick'' remained in Bantam Roade at aforesaid taking<br />
in her said lading, the deponent and the said shipps companie saw and<br />
observed, that severall vessels and boates with goods and Merchandise<br />
and fisher botes did daily in great number passe to and from<br />
Bantam with out any molestation or hindrance by the said Dutch<br />
fleet or any of them soe pretending to beleaguer the said Citie, And <br />
further to this Interrie he deposeth not.
To the 23th and 24th Interrogatories hee saieth, That hee this deponent well knoweth, and<br />
was an Eyewittness of the horrible and violent seizure of the said shipp the ''Frederick''<br />
and all her said lading and provisions at such her coming out of Bantam<br />
roade, by the said Dutch shipps being in the immediate service of the said<br />
Dutch East India Companie, (as their Officer and Companies declared them to<br />
be) and that the same were by the said Dutch shipps carried to<br />
Batavia, where the said shipp andher said lading were confiscated<br />
and the said Captaine Stanton and Companie were there deprived of <br />
the posessions of the same, and the said Captaine and Mr. Robert<br />
Skinner were there imprisoned, to [witt] the said Mr. Skinner from the<br />
said 20th of August or thereabouts until the Dutch fleet sett from <br />
Batavia towards Europe in December following, and the said Captaine<br />
Stanton from the time of the said seizure until such the departure of <br />
the said Dutch fleet, as this deponent well knoweth for that he was sewall<br />
times in the prison with them, and did come along with them in the<br />
same Dutch shipp from Batavia towards Europe; And this deponent<br />
further saieth and deposeth that the manner of the seizure and<br />
(taking of of the seizure and<br />
(taking of +
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