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fell ashooting small shott at them in such … fell ashooting small shott at them in such furie and abundance that<br />
to hinder them form landing, that they not being able to land without<br />
apparent danger of their lives, were forced to retreate and goe away without<br />
fetching the said [?iron] off, and this the dutch did albeit they knew them<br />
to be English, and saw that they had the English colours in the [?CXXXX GUTTER]<br />
and a flagg of truce on the boates sterne.<br />
And hee moreover saith that<br />
the said fire tooke soe suddanily from the houses where it was first<br />
begun on the English house that there was noe meanes to sabe and<br />
convey away any of the said goods therein, and that by reason of [?The GUTTER]<br />
suddaine catching on the said house, Mr herrick as hee told this deponent<br />
could not have time to take out money of his that was in [?XXXX]. but<br />
was foreced to run out and leave it, although hee became burnt and<br />
scortcht in his leggs by the said endeavour as aforesaid. And lasly [?hee GUTTER<br />
saith that the said English East India and Guiney Company became<br />
very much damnified by the said wilfull and malicious firing by the<br />
dutch, in the burning and losse of their said house and goods<br />
and merchandizes therein, and by destruction of their factorie and<br />
trade there, but the summe of the said dammage hee cannot estimate<br />
and further cannot depose.
Jn [?Duce] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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