And afterwards the Dutch goings abord the said shippe, they weighed her anchors and inforced her companye to depte with the said shippe out of the said river, and went downe the river with them to sea They should not trade there, and the said merchants factor (as he tould this exaidate and others of the said shipps' companye) desired a certificate from ths Dutch of their carriage towards the companye of the said shippe, and that they would not lett the englishe trads theire to shews it to his merchants, when hee came home; which the Dutch refused to give him, and further he cannot deposs. To the third interrye : hee sayeth, that by the injury and wrongs, done by the Dutch, as is

aforesaid, the voyage of the said shippe the William was quite overthrowen, and the merchants that sett her forth, have thereby susteyned losse and dammage (as this deponent beleeveth to the value of foure thousand poundes sterlinge att the least with they meighte there have gott in trade with the natives in those places, if they had bine suffered to trade, and had trucked awaye all theirs godes, accordinge to the rate as they had trucked for some small quantitis of the said goodes, before the Dutch inforced them to depte from thence as aforesaid, and further he cannott depose.

Dicto dis. 2. William fforde of Lyraehouse in the countye of Midd. marriner, aged about 36 yeares, sworne as afore said. Vol. L 10