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To the third hee saith that while the said … To the third hee saith that while the said shipp with the said Negro's<br />
and Elephants teeth aboard her, were neare the said Cape as aforesaid,<br />
Captaine Albert Cox in a frigot called the ''Cat'' or some such<br />
name, and Captaine Japoon in his frigot called ''Kater'' (or some<br />
such like name) with their respective companies, were there alsoe<br />
present and remaining; and that the said Captaine Cox was then<br />
commonly said and reputed to be a dutch man of Amsterdam, and his<br />
said vessell to be belonging to and to set forth from that cittie, and<br />
soe himselfe and company confessed in this deponents hearing, and<br />
the said Japoon was commonly said to be belonging with his said<br />
frigot to Holland, and saith that their officers and most of their company<br />
were dutchmen, and commonly accounted to be with their said<br />
Commanders subiects of the high and Mightie lords the States of the<br />
United Netherlands,<br />
and<br />
the owners of the said frigot were and are alsoe commonly accounted<br />
to be of holland or other dominions of the said States in the Netherlands,<br />
and to be their subiects, and those of the Cat to be of Amsterdam,<br />
the premisses hee deposeth being masters mate of the ''Brotherhood''<br />
as aforesaid.
To the fourth hee saith that notwithstanding the premisses, the boate<br />
of the said Captaine Cox manned with his and the said Captaine<br />
Japoons men armed came within the said time, namely on a day happening<br />
about this time twelve moneth aboard the said shipp the ''Brotherhood''<br />
(then going to [?saile]) and in a hostile and terrible manner entred her,<br />
and dispossessing her master and company, possessed them selves of<br />
the said shipp and ladeing, and having turned the said master and company<br />
of the ''Brotherhood'' out of her into the boate wherein they came aboard<br />
her, they carried them aboard the said frigot of the said Captaine<br />
Cox, and brought the said shipp the ''Brotherhood'' to an anchor<br />
betweene and neare the said two frigots, which being donne<br />
the said Japoon came alsoe aboard Captaine Coxes said frigot, and<br />
there deriding the said master and company of the ''Brotherhood'', told<br />
them they had bin better have given him a peece of money, and that<br />
nowe they had lost all, and soe hee and Captaine Cox going into<br />
the greate cabbin, made themselves very merry at what they had<br />
donne and caused many guns to be fired. And the next day<br />
hee saith they went the said master of the ''Brotherhood'' and<br />
company (all save the said Frenchman) ashore and there<br />
left and exposed them on Cape Lopus to misery and distresse having<br />
stript and deprived them of all necessaries, and soe hee saith the<br />
said shipp the ''Brotherhood'' and lading were and are utterly lost<br />
to their said owners, being carried away by the said frigots, which set<br />
saile about two houres after such turning ashoare of the ''Brotherhoods''<br />
master and company, and carried her and her lading away with them<br />
in the sight of this deponent, and of his producent John Jourdan, andnt, and of his producent John Jourdan, and +
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