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But the said Generall said that hee would … But the said Generall said that hee would speake with<br />
?the Counsell there that they might be Provided with a Lading<br />
at Battavia, And Promised soe to doe, But Notwithstandinge<br />
hee put on board the ''Bantam ffrigot'' two or three wayters<br />
who Comtinued on board the said Ship ''Bantam'', untill her<br />
departure from Battavia, which were soe put onboard by<br />
him to hinder and XXXXX the Lading there of any goods on board<br />
the said ship; And saith that while the said ship lay at Battavia<br />
this deponent did Provide about Twelve Tonns of Ebonie Wood<br />
and had given Earnest for the same, and this Deponent caused<br />
the same to be put into boates at Battavia to be Carried<br />
aboard the said ''Bantam ffrigot'' for the Account of the ffreighters, And the<br />
said generall of Battavia, knowing the same, caused<br />
the said Boates to be stopped, and caused the Ebonie wood<br />
to be laden out thereof, and would not suffer the same<br />
or any part thereof to be laden on board<br />
the said ship, which hee deposeth for the reasons aforesaid
To the 16th article and Dutch schedule annexed hee saith that this Deponent and the said Captaine<br />
Isaac Taylor for the reasons aforesaid did make and subscribe<br />
a Protest against the said Generall of Battavia, and all the<br />
Dutch East India Company, And that the said Generall<br />
received the said Protest, and gave this deponent an Answer<br />
thereof in writing wrote in the Dutch Language, And having<br />
now seene and perused the second schedule annexed to<br />
the said Allegation beginning '''In Vergaderingh Van Raade van India<br />
etcetera''', and ending '''JX't-Xastoos Batavia den 10 Decemb: 1657:<br />
signed Joan MaetsXyker:''' hee saith that the same was<br />
and is the Originall Answer given by the said Generall<br />
of Batavia to this Deponent And the said Generall told this<br />
deponent that the same time of such his giving of it to<br />
this deponent that hee had subscribed the same. with with his<br />
owne hand, And therefore this deponent Verily beleeveth<br />
that the said Words '''Joan MaetsXyker''', were on or about<br />
the Day of the Date of the said Schedule really and<br />
truely subscribed thereto by the said Generall of Battavia the said time<br />
the said Matsayker told this Deponent that the said schedule<br />
was the Act and deed of him, and the Council of<br />
Battavia, or to that effect. And further deposeth not
To the 17th hee saith that the said ''Bantam ffrigot'' was by<br />
the said Van Voorst and Company, and the said Generall and<br />
Councill at Battavia hindred for the space of about two<br />
monethes, namely from about the 11th of<br />
October 1657 English stile Untill the 15th of December 1657: XXX XXXXX XXXXX<br />
(ormber 1657: XXX XXXXX XXXXX<br />
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