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to be laden on board her and the said ship … to be laden on board her and the said ship ''Benjamin'', And<br />
this Deponent receaved on board his said ship asmuch of the said<br />
goods and Merchandizes as his said ship could conveniently carry<br />
And there were as much left there (which was provided as aforesaid)<br />
which would have compleated the ''Benjamins'' Lading but by<br />
reason of her being seized and hindered as aforesaid those<br />
goods and Merchandizes were left there, which hee saith amounted to the vallue<br />
of about seaven Thousand pounds, many of which said Goods<br />
and Merchandizes were spoiled by reason of their long<br />
lying there by meanes of the ffloudes and raines<br />
And saith that by reason of the ''Benjamins'' said seisure and<br />
restraint by the Dutch as aforesaid, shee lost her Monsoones<br />
(by reason of which shee was forced to stay in Augustine Bay beyond the<br />
Cape Bon Esperanza, about five or six months longer then<br />
shee needed, or would have donne had shee not bin soe seized and detained<br />
And lastly hee saith that hee doth verily beleeve the Owners<br />
and Imployers of the said ship ''Benjamin'' who are all subjects of this Kingdome of England have (besides<br />
this Dishonor done to the English nation) suffered losse and<br />
Dammage by reason of her being seized and detained by<br />
the Dutch as aforesaid to the summe or vallue of five<br />
thousand pounds sterling or thereabouts And further cannot<br />
depose./.
Repeated coram doctor Master surrogato.
Jn: [?Yar?X] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 4th day of March 1660. [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the foresaid Allegation./.
'''Samuel Leaver''' of London Merchant aged 30<br />
yeares or thereabouts sworne and Examined saith<br />
as followeth./
To the 17th Eighteenth and 19th articles of the said Allegation hee saith and<br />
deposeth that hee this deponent was in January 1656 or thereabouts Imployed by the Adventurers in the<br />
arlate ship the ''Benjamin'' at Raijapore in the East Indias in the<br />
kingdome of Decam, to looke after the providing of severall goods<br />
and Merchandizes, namely Saltpeeter, Pepper, Cardaman[?XX] and<br />
Guinea stuffe, which were there bought for the said Adventurers Account by<br />
two Banian Merchants, and were to have bin Laden onboard the<br />
said ship ''Benjamin'', and the ''Hopefull ffrigott'', namely to the Vallue of six<br />
Thousand Pounds worth onboard the shipp ''Benjamin'', but shee being (as<br />
this deponent hath bin Credibly informed) hindered by some Dutch ships<br />
did not come to Raijapore, whether shee was bound there to take<br />
in the said Goods by which meanes the same (which were provided as aforesaid)<br />
were left in that Country all that Winter and thereby many of them<br />
were spoiled by reason of the Great raines, which then happened therehe Great raines, which then happened there +
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