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the said Captaine and company would be civ … the said Captaine and company would be civile, but they still persuing<br />
and thretening with greate violence and fiercenesse, and hearing noe<br />
reason, this deponent taking up his sword as if hee meant to stand<br />
upon his iust defense, the said headmost shipp fired a<br />
volley of small shott at this deponent as hee soe stood upon the poope<br />
and forthwith clapt the ''Beniamin'' aboard and fired into her a whole<br />
broad side as hee conceived, most of the guns double shotted<br />
which tore the ''Beniamin'' and rigging exceedingly and wounded seaven<br />
of her men, some of them very desperately, and this hee<br />
saith was at least two leagues (in his iudgement) from any fort or<br />
castle, yet notwithstanding the said shipp that soe first assaulted the<br />
''Beniamin'', endeavoured to grapple and make fat to her, but<br />
the graplings slipping, the said shipp spooned away from<br />
the ''Beniamin'', which by that time clearly perceiving them to be<br />
Hollanders, this deponent called out, and desired them to forbeare<br />
and told them hee would presently come to an anchor, but<br />
immediately the sternemost shipp being come up and upon the<br />
''Beniamins'' [?weather] quarter, commanded her to beare off to<br />
sea, and by this time the other shipps boate being come aboard<br />
and endeavouring to cutt the ''Beniamins'' anchors fron the Bouyes, and<br />
to cutt and mangle her rigging, somwhat distracted this<br />
deponent and company, who yet (assoone as they could) hald up<br />
their sailes and let drop their anchor, But the company<br />
that was in the said boate, not being herewith content,<br />
forced this deponents companie to strike the ''Beniamins'' flagg,<br />
and proceeded further to abuse them by words and actions, and taking<br />
things out of the shipp. Whereupon (they commannding this<br />
deponent to come aboard to their Captaine) this deponent<br />
to satisfie them, and praying them in the meane while to be quiet<br />
went aboard with them in their boate not having his owne<br />
readie, And being come aboard the said shipp that<br />
soe came first up, the Captaine entertained him soe coursly<br />
that in stead either of hearing this deponent, or giving him<br />
any account of the said violence (which this deponent desired) seized him<br />
presently prisoner and would not suffer him to retourne, although<br />
this deponent entreated him to take what account hee should<br />
demand of him, and cleare him if hee had nothing to say against<br />
him, which hee denied, and in stead thereof sent and fetcht aboard<br />
this deponents cheife marchant, cheife mate, and severall others of<br />
his men, and put his owne men aboard this deponents said<br />
shipp, commanding her and keeping her as a prize. And<br />
this deponent being aboard and soe used, and desiring to know the name<br />
of the said shipp that soe came first and upon which this deponent was soe<br />
commanded aboard and kept prisoner, said that his name was Jacob<br />
Swart, and that his shipp was named the ''Mars'' of Middleborow<br />
and that the said other shipp was named the ''Zierickesea'' of fflushing,<br />
and that her commander was named daniel da Prieza, and that<br />
they were both belonging to the dutch or Netherland East India Company, and<br />
soe much the companie of the said shipp likewise frequently said and<br />
acknowledgedequently said and<br />
acknowledged +
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