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laden with Pepper: which he sayth she migh … laden with Pepper: which he sayth she might (having the Queene<br />
of Acheen's leave for the same as aforesaid) and would in all [Probabilitie GUTTER]<br />
have done, had not she been soe hindered by the dutch, and [XXX GUTTER]<br />
she (being of the burthen as aforesaid) could very well have [carr= GUTTER]<br />
ied and brought thence<br />
to EnglXXXX)<br />
would at London (to which XXX XXX Peppers was XXXXX) have yielded and produced) unto the ?said English [XXX GUTTER]<br />
twelve pence per pound weight, amounting to 25088 ''li'' sterling<br />
or thereabouts; out of which summe of twenty five thousand eight hundred<br />
eight pounds,. abating the severall charges XXXXX, namely XXX GUTTER<br />
cost of the said Peppers amounting at three pence per pound XXXX<br />
(the usuall price themn current there as this deponent hath then credibly bib<br />
informed per Pound or thereabouts according to exXXXXXXX a mounting to 5226134 ''lb'', the Custome at two pence<br />
Per Pound (5 per Cent abated) amounting to 3972 ''li'' - 5 ''s'' - X ''d'' and<br />
Algiers Duty being the tenth part of the foresaid Custome, amounting<br />
to 397 ''li'' - 7 ''s'' - 6 ''d'' (which was the whole charges due to have been paid<br />
for the said Pepper so to have been brought thither), amounting<br />
in the whole to fifteen thousand eight hundred sixty eight<br />
pounds sixteen shillings and ?ten pence sterling in /this summe the said English East India<br />
Company are in his estimation damnified, and have losse, by meanes of the<br />
Dutch and their interrupting and hindring the ''Mayflower'' to<br />
lade in her lading of Pepper at Acheen aforesaid. And hee<br />
saith the said Company have suffered further losse by<br />
demurrage of the ''Mayflower'' for twelve moneths at XXX GUTTER<br />
pounds Per Diem (which summe they were and are by Charter partie XXXXX XXXX GUTTER<br />
to her owners) to the summe of two thousand five hundred<br />
fifty five pounds or thereabouts (which [?dammage was [XXX GUTTER]<br />
occasioned by the Interruption aforesaid) so that the [XXX GUTTER]<br />
damage sustained by the said Company by the foresaid [XXXX GUTTER]<br />
amounts to eleven thousand seven hundred seaventy [?foure GUTTER]<br />
pounds sixteen shillings and ten pence sterling or thereabouts besides [XXX GUTTER<br />
pther damages which possibly since have happened and not yet come to the said<br />
Companies knowledge, the said ship being yet ab[?road], and not [XXX GUTTER]<br />
from the said voyage by meanes of her so being interrupted [?in GUTTER]<br />
her intended designe of imployment and besides the [XXXX GUTTER]<br />
affront and dishonor [XXXX] cast not only upon [XXXX XX GUTTER]<br />
of those parts, by the Dutch their domineering [XXX XXX GUTTER<br />
there, and [?curb]ing them at their pleasure. And further deposeth<br />
not./
Repeated before doctor Godolphin.
=Sam: [?Sam]brooke/ [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
=Sam: [?Sam]brooke/ [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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