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The 18th of ffebruary 1658. [CENTRE HEADIN … The 18th of ffebruary 1658. [CENTRE HEADING]
'''Rp. 4'''
'''Captaine Robert Graves''' of Limehouse Mariner,<br />
aged 37 yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined.
To the first and second articles of the said allegation hee saith and<br />
deposeth that hee well knoweth the producents Maurice Thomson<br />
Thomas Canham, Christofer Willoughby John Page and company<br />
and well knoweth that they were the time arlate the freighters and<br />
Imployers of the shipp the ''Jonathan'' arlate, and that they sent her<br />
out on a merchandizing voyage to the parts of East India, and thence<br />
to retourne for England in their service and for their account. And saith that<br />
within the said time the said shipp ''Jonathan'' in a peaceable manner<br />
was trading in the said parts and going from the Coast of Cormandel with<br />
a cargazon of goods and merchandizes there taken in to be landed and<br />
deposed at Bantam (for which place most of the said lading was proper and<br />
purposely provided) for the account of the said Imployers, and<br />
the said goods were at Bantam to be invested in other goods for the<br />
proffit and advantage of the said freighters, The premisses hee<br />
deposeth for that hee was commander of the said vessell and went from<br />
place to place in her the said voyage.
To the third, 4. 5. 6. 7the and 8th aarticles hee saith and deposeth that the said<br />
shipp soe going from the coast of Cormandell, and comming to an anchor<br />
neare the Iland of Pulliapanjam some foure or five leagues distant from<br />
the Roade of Bantam, purposing to goe in the next day to Bantam,<br />
did the next morning weigh to goe in, but the boate of a dutch shipp<br />
that had kept the ''Jonathan'' company from the Straight of Sunda comming<br />
aboard the ''Jonathan'', and the master of the said dutch shipp comming up<br />
unto the ''Jonathan'' and understanding her designe and endeavour to goe into<br />
Bantam, told this deponent and Mr [?dacres] his precontest and others of<br />
the ''Jonathans'' company that theu neither must nor should goe into Bantam<br />
and that his shipp amd the other dutch shipps (being [?XX XXX] in number and<br />
there riding) lay there purposely to himder any shipps from going in<br />
and that they had order from their Generall to that purpose, Howbeit<br />
this deponent and others telling him they were bound in and would endeavour<br />
to goe in upon their trading imployment, and steering on accordingly to goe<br />
in, the said dutch master called out to his company aboard his said shipp to<br />
fire at the ''Jonathan'', which the said dutch shipp did accordingly. And then<br />
the said master commanded them to goe to the Admirall of the said<br />
Squadron of the said dutch shipps (which were ins ervice of the dutch East India<br />
company), which the ''Jonathan'' did accordingly and came to an anchor neere<br />
unto the Admirall, and this deponent not being well, the said Mr dacres<br />
accompanied with Samuel Wright this deponents mate, went aboard the said<br />
Admirall, and after retourning aboard the ''Jonathan'' the said [?such ?persons] told this deponent [?that]<br />
hee had [?perswaded] the said Admirall to let their said shipp goe in, and had<br />
acquainted him with the sickness of her [?XXX], and with their greate want of<br />
refreshment, and how greate a dammage would be to his Imployers<br />
to be kept from going in, and that the said Admirall would not yeeld upon<br />
any termes that they should goe in, but had expressely forbidden them<br />
and told them that if they attempted to goe in, hee would sinck them [?or<br />
take them. And thereupon the said Mr dacres upon a consultation drew up<br />
a Protest against the said dutch for the said wrong, and went and carried [?XXX]<br />
aboardwent and carried [?XXX]<br />
aboard +
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