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And that the Hollanders then mentioned the … And that the Hollanders then mentioned the English that they had expresse Commissions<br />
to the contrary from their Generall in Battavia who had prohibited the same<br />
and that therefore without their said generalls expresse order they would not<br />
permitt them any accesse to Bantam, or to send thether or to receive any<br />
thing or any advise from thense, and thereupon the English were necessitated<br />
to send to Battavia to treate with the dutch generall, and sent mr Page<br />
and Mr Mainst[XXX] two of the said English Companies factors who tooke their<br />
passage thither in a dutch shipp called the ''Zirick Zee'' on or about the 19th<br />
day of October aforesaid, but they retourning noe answer from Batavia<br />
the company in the said shipp ''Advise'' sailed her thether and arived about<br />
the first of November, havving aboard mr Edwards and mr Streete two<br />
others of the said English companies factors, And further that the said shipp<br />
the ''draggon'' being come as is before expressed up to Pullambann point<br />
her company the next morning espied sixe saile of dutch shipps<br />
about five leagues distant, one of which shipps comming within shott<br />
of the ''dragon'', never haled but fired a gun with shott at her<br />
Which the ''draggon'' answeered, and about halfe an howre after shee<br />
fired a second on the ''dragon'' and had the like retourned, and then shee<br />
fired a third, the shott passing betweene the ''draggons'' Maine and<br />
foremast, and was likewise answered with a third gun from the ''dragon''<br />
and then and not before the said dutch shipp left the ''dragon''. And<br />
then being cleare of the said dutch shipp, the ''dragon'' anchored in<br />
Bantam roade, and there received orders from the companies factors<br />
then aboard her to sett saile thence for Jambee, and shee weighed anchor<br />
accordingly, and shortly after namely on or about the last of October<br />
in her course thether ward, shee was mett with and haled by a dutch<br />
shipp, the commander or some of the company whereof told the<br />
Captaine of the ''draggon'' that hee must come and speake with their<br />
Admirall, to which hee answered that hee was bound for Jambee and<br />
knew not their Admirall, and therewith all the m[XXXX] being [??calme]<br />
and the currant against her the ''dragon'' came to an anchor, and<br />
that presently another dutch shipp having 24 or 26 guns came and<br />
anchored a[?head] of the ''dragon'', and about halfe an houre after came<br />
up aboard shipp of the dutch which haled the ''dragon'' and told the Captaine<br />
that hee must come and speake with their Admirall, who replied that<br />
hee could not come, upon which they threatened that they would<br />
force him and therewithall [XXXX?red] close by the ''dragon'', and ordered him [XXXXXX] [#]
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in the other dutch shipp to prepare their guns, and sent the first shipp to acquaint their Admirall, who about eight<br />
at night came in and anchored very neare the ''dragon'', and sent his skiff with two dutch Captaines aboard her<br />
who commanded the Captaine to come and speake with their Admirall, and that the said Captaine answered that<br />
hee could not leave his shipp, but would send aboard to their Admirall, and [?soe] mr ffoulk[?s] Middleton one<br />
of the merchants and mr John Wiltsha[X] his cheife mate went aboard the Admiralll, the mate was<br />
permitted to retourne, but mr Middleton detained aboard, and that the said two dutch captaines comming the<br />
[?second] [?time] aboard the ''dragon'' againe commanded the said Captaine Balliford to come aboard their Admirall, who<br />
thereupon sent another man aboard the Admirall to acquaint him that hee would not leave his shipp in the night<br />
[XXXXXXXXXX] went on time in the morning which would not [XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX]
did indeed about twelve oclock at night force him to<br />
leave his owne shipp and goe aboard their Admirall, who detained<br />
him and mr Middleton and carried them and the said shipp ''dragon'' for Batavia, where the[?y]<br />
arived on or about the first of November, and there the dutch Admirall comming aboard the ''dragon'' with tenn dutch m[?a]n<br />
appointed them to continew there untill further order from the Generall<br />
of Batavia, and then carried the said Captaine, and mr Middleton as<br />
prisoners ashore, where they were kept [?close] in a house till the eigth<br />
day of the same moneth. [ffarther] that from the 22th of October till the 26th<br />
of November the said English cpmpanies factors remaining at Battavia<br />
by severall letters and personall addresses sollicited the Generall and his<br />
counsell for their admittance into Bantam and for libertie for [?the re]lading of their<br />
shipps for England, but could not obtaine it. All which or in words to<br />
the same effect hee saith is manifested in and by the letters and dispatches from<br />
the said Commanders and factors from India, which hee this examinate<br />
hath [?perused]. and with whose hand writing hee is well acquainted.
And hand writing hee is well acquainted.
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