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Ad 14n deponit et dicit that assoone as ever the Zelandia
came neare the Experience, Captain Quarts caused a [X GUTTER]
to be fired upon the Experience without hayling or speaking to
her Captian or any of her Company and then lay a head of [X GUTTER]
and did much damage unto her masts, rigging, tackle and furniture
until the other two Dutch ships (called the Orange, and [X GUTTER]
Asmes of Zealand) came up also; which two ships assoone [GUTTER]
came neare the Experience, they fired their great and small [GUTTER]
upon her and killed her Captain and one more other Company
and then the Captain of the Orange (called Jousen Le Sage) [GUTTER]
his company boarded and surprized her; and sayeth that
such boarding and surprizall of the Experience and quarter given one of the Oranges Company
notwithstanding in cold blood kill one the the Experiences
company; and further sayeth that they the said Dutch companies plundered the mariners
of the experience of all that belonged to them and tooke all of
their papers and writings, and such as they found which showed the
ship and her lading to be belonging to the English, they tore or threw
overboard, and then carried the said ship and lading first to
Vedea in Gallicia, where they kept her for the space of
twelve dayes, during which time they broke her bulke (X [GUTTER]
any legall tryall) and tooke away about 210 chests of [GUTTER]
and twelve hundred rolles of tobacco, and disposed that
at their pleasures; from there they carries her and the [rest? GUTTER]
her lading to fflushing in Zealand and afterwards to Middleton
and facts then doo still detaine and keep the same from the
producents, who are the true and lawfull owners and proprieters
thereof. The premises he deposeth for the seafairs X
and for that to this deponent was after the seizure put
the Orange and carried in her (in company of the Experience
to Gallicia aforsaid./

Ad 15n dicit that whilst the Experience was at Brazill [GUTTER]
35m: depon did these put and cause to be put on board her [GUTTER]
bills of lading, invoices, letters and other papers and writings that
did signify that the ships lading then on board did belong unto the producents
Thomas Bretton, Symon Delboae, Andrew Middleton and company
All which bills of lading, Invoices, letters and papers he sayeth came to
The hands and possession of the three Dutch Captains and company
As some of them, and they as some of them lose or threw them
Over boards, or caused them to be X as the owne over [GUTTER]
Or otherwise made away with them, so that the producents
Deprived of them, and cannot have them to prove their proprieters
In the said ship and lading./

Ad 16 et 17nd deponit et dicit that all the said ships homewards
Lading from Brazill the said voyage, was laden by the aforesaid
Croxon the ffactor of the producents, and was to have been [GUTTER]
X at Lisbone to one Mr. Abraham Jocobs an English
(who is also their factor and agent those, and so commonly accounts
And for their proprietors use and account. Et alserans ad hos Articles [X GUTTER]

Ad 18nd dicit that he hath heard his precontest (Anthony Beale [GUTTER]
Of the Experience declare to the effect Arlate et arl nescit.