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And hee moreover deposeth that the said shipps the Advice and the dragon
in case they had not bin soe XXXXXverd by the dutch and hindred and
stopped from their trade at Bantam and other parts or those
parts the said voyage, they might and in all probabilities would have brought
home their respective ladings of Pepper, and that the Advice being of
burthen as aforesaid, they were capable and might and would have taken
in at Bantam (had not the said interruption happened) 11110?40 lb of Pepper
which (as this deponent hath bin credibly informed) would there have bin
bought and laded at three pence sterling per pound, the expence
two pence per pound (making five per pound) and alsoe one tenth part of the
[XXX?m]e for Algier duty makes the prime cost with charges of
11110?40 lb of Pepper amount to about 33979 li - 6 s - 1 d sterling, which
Pepper hee saith would here have yeelded and bin worth twelve pence
sterling per pound, which for the said quantitie amounting to about
55552 li sterling, hee saith that the said Prime cost and the
said charges deducted, there remaineth about 21573 li - 13 s - 11 d
sterling, in which summe the said English East India company is
damnified, and further that by demourage of the said shipps
a twelve moneth longer than otherwise they had needed or should have staid (had
not the said abuse and hinderance bin donne by the dutch) at seaven
pounds sterling per diem (according to Charterpartie) for the
dragon amounteth to about 2555 li and for the Advice at eight
pounds sterling per diem amounteth to about 2920 li sterling,
makes the ?arlate dammage of the said English East India
Company by the Premisses in his estimation amount unto the
summe of 27048 li - 13 s - 11 d, sterling, besides the dishonour
redounding to the said company, and the whole English nation in the
est[?eeme] of that part of the [?wor]ld seeing the dominion there exercised by
the dutch over the English and their disappointing and disturbting ther
trade at their pleasure, And further hee deposeth not

Repeated before doctor Godolphin.

Jo: XrangXX [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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The 24th of September 1659

Touching the Mayflower aforesaid

Examined upon the foresaid allegation.

3

Samuel Sambrooke of London Marchant aged 44
yeeres or therabouts and examined.

To the first second, and the rest of the Articles of the said Allegation
hee saith and deposeth, that he well knoweth the Arlate
William Curtis who was master of the arlate shipp
in question the XXXX and XXXXX, And also saith that in or About ffebruary or March
the yeare of our Lord (according to the account used in England)
one thousand six hundred fifty and seven, the honourable the Governour
and Company of English Merchants trading to East India, [XXXX GUTTER]
and Imployed the said shipp Mayflower upon a trading voyage from this
Port of London to goe unto Acheen, in the Island of Sumatra
(in the East Indias aforesaid) and there to lade in a lading
of