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and furniture, and for such they were and … and furniture, and for such they were and are Commonly<br />
Accounted and reputed, And this deponent was by the said<br />
Owners constituted Comander of the said ship, which ship<br />
hee saith was taken to ffreight to goe to the East Indias in or about the month<br />
of January 1658 English Stile, by the Honourable the Governour<br />
and Company of English Merchants trading to East India of and from the said Owners of the said<br />
ship, which said Owners heer saith are alsoe of the said<br />
Company, And the said ship being soe ffreighted<br />
shee prceeded on her said voyage to the East Indias<br />
upon the Account of the said Governour and Company<br />
and coming about the midway betweene [?Vingiola]. and<br />
Goa shee was met with and assaulted by seven dutch<br />
ships whereof Peter de Bitter was Vice Admirall, which said<br />
De Bitter and alsoe, many other of the said Dutch ships did<br />
declare and affirme that all the said ships were in<br />
the service of the Dutch East India Company, And<br />
the Company of one of the said ships called the<br />
''Dunburgh'' did in a hostile manner fire two peeces<br />
of Ordinance with shott at the said shipp ''Constantinople''<br />
''Merchant'' which came very neere her, and forced her to come<br />
within their Command. The premisses hee deposeth being<br />
Captaine of the said ship as aforesaid and on board her<br />
the said time and an Eye and Eare witnes thereof<br />
Et alr nescit.
Ad 3um 4um 5um 6um 7um et 8um dicit that soe soone as the said ship<br />
''Constantinople Merchant'' was come within Comand<br />
as aforesaid, this deponent caused his Company to strike the<br />
sailes of the said ship and steered directly with the Vice=<br />
Admirall (being then cheife of that Squadron) to speake with the<br />
Vice Admirall, as was requisite, yet the Captaine of the<br />
said ship ''Dunburgh'' comanded this deponents boate onboard<br />
and in a most insulting manner menaced and threatned<br />
that [?if ?hee] did not come on board him hee would lay the<br />
''Constantinople Merchant'' onboard and fire a broad side into her<br />
shee being then nere to the ''Dunburgh'', and thereupon<br />
this deponent his skiffe on board with his precontest Mr<br />
Solomon Hougham the Purser and one Mr fflyer one<br />
of the said English Companyes ffactors therein, and not<br />
long after the said ship ''Constantinople Merchant'' being come under<br />
the Vice Admiralls sterne, this deponent did in a ffreindly manner<br />
salute the said Vice Admirall with Nine peeces of Ordinance<br />
and went aboard him, and after his coming onboard<br />
the said Vice Admirall demanded this deponents sea Commission<br />
(but deponents sea Commission<br />
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