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acknowledged, And further saith that the premisses being soe done
the said dutch Captaine of the said shipp that came first up, namely
Captaine Swart, sent away his boate to Vingerla to advise the
Vice Admirall or commander of the fleete, of the said seizure
kept the said shipp Beniamin under the [?same] from the said thirteenth to
the eighteenth of the said moneth of November 1656, in which time this deponent
often treating with the said Captaine Swart, and instigating him to cleare [?him GUTTER]
with his shipp, goods and company, and not prevailing, did by word
of mouth protest to and against him of demanding satisfaction for
all dammages that [?had] or should happen for and upon the said [?former GUTTER]
assault and seizure, whereof hee made slight, and told this deponent
expressely and plainly, that had his grapnell held, hee
would have prevented him from telling of tales, by cutting him
and his company all off. And further saith that on monday the
seaventeenth (old stile) of the said moneth of November, the commander
in cheif of the said dutch fleet comming in the shipp Gousa with [?seaven GUTTER]
shipps from Vingarla (which is about twenty leagues to the Northward[X ?of GUTTER]
Goa) f[or] Goa, and comming before the barr of Goa where the said two
shipps then were, came to an anchor, and the next morning
commanded this deponent and his said cheife merchant aboard
to give him an account of their busines, and they goeing aboard
gave him an account (as they had donee the said dutch Captaine [?alsoe GUTTER]
before) that they were English and that they came from fort Saint [XXXX GUTTER]
with the Beniamin belonging to English members of the East India company,
bound for Surat, and told him withall how they were set upon by
the said two shipps and declaring unto him all the passages of the
busines, and desired him to consider what
hee would with them, and to resolve shortly, for the longer
they were detained, the greater would be the dammage of
which they did and would protest, To which the said commander
made answer that hee had received a relation of a contrary
tenor from the dutch that were in the action, howbeit hee
was very [XXXXXXX] had passed, and desired that they might
part friendly, only hee insisted that this deponent should give
satisfaction for the dammage which as hee said the Mars received from [?some GUTTER]
guns which this deponent had shott from the Beniamin,
but this deponent making answer (as hee saith the truth was
that hee made noe shott at all but
in the necessarie defence of himselfe company and shipp, and
after the said dutch shipp had poured the said broad side into [?her GUTTER]
and therefore hee could not be liable to any satisfaction, but
should looke for satisfaction for the wrong donne to him and
his principalls, the said commander at length desired hee
might part friends upon an even account, only hee
demanded of this deponent that hee would give under his hand
that they had donne him noe wrong, which this deponent
scrupling, but perceiving, and being plausibly told that
otherwise hee should not be cleared, nor his shipp, hee to get[?t GUTTER]
the libertie of him selfe, shipp and companie, subscribed
some writing which they drew and tendred him tending to that
propos[?al], though the truth of the storie was alltogether
according to the foregoeing relation. And saith the dutch
tooke