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Transcription

they had stayed aboard the Postillian soe longe as they thought fitt
departed to their owne shipp the Sea hounde, and the Postillion stood
for Bantam where shee shortly after arrived (being but a few leagues
distant thence) but saith that in her passage thither severall dutch
shipps (to the number of about five) fired severall gunnes with
shott at the Postillian some whereof came neere her, and soe
followed the Postillian some whereof came neere her, and soe
followed the Postillian into the Roade of Bantam soe neere as
they durst goe for feare of coming within Command of
Bantam ffort this hee deposeth of certayne knowledge being Chi=
rurgion and aboard the Postillian and seeing the same./

To the 5th Interrogatorie hee saith that after the Postillian
arrived at Bantam her putward Cargo was there sold and
disposed of to the English Agent at Bantam Mr ffrederick
Skinner and delivered to him into the English howse there, this
deponent seeing the delivery of divers of them, and seeing them
all on shoare in the English house, which being done, the sayd
shipp there receaved her homewards Cargo consisting of
pepper and other Commodities, wherewith as alsoe with a great
quantitie of peeces of eight which shee brought from England
and had not disposed of at Bantam, shee departed thence
peaceably, thios hee the better knoweth for that hee sawe
the sayd peeces of eight aboard her before shee came to
Bantam and after her coming thence and sawe the takeing in of
her sayd homewards ladeing the greatest part whereof was
laden for Accompt of the sayd delboe Middleton Temms Britton Tayler and Syon
and other part thereof was for Accompt of the sayd Kingsman
the Master, and his shipps company whereof this deponent was
one, and saith that there were divers Jarrs of greene Ginger laden
aboard her , but the number of them or for whose Accompt
laden hee knoweth not And further hee cannot depose./

To the 6th Interrogatorie hee saith that soone after the shipp Postillian
with her sayd homewards ladeing came out of the Roade of
Bantam videlicet about eight or tenn howers after certaine shipps
to the number of fower belonging to the dutch East India Company have chase unto her
and shortly after an other dutch shipp of warr belonging alsoe
to the sayd dutch East India Company in a hostile manner
assaulted the Postillian and discharged severall great shott
at her and therewith hee and spoiled hee rigging and sayles
and tooke away a peece of her mayne yards in which tyme the
other shipps who were in chase of her came up and seized
her and her ladeing, and dispossed her Master and Company of
her, and put a dutch master and dutch mariners into her, and
carried her and her ladeing into Batavia and there imprizoned the
sayd