And further he cannott depose, savinge he sayeth, that the Governors name of the upper forte, belonginge to the Dutch, was one Master Huntum.^ To the third he sayeth, that by reason of the wrongs and injuries, donne by the Dutch unto the conipanye of the said shippe the William, the voyage of the said shippe was quite overthrowne, and the merchants which sett her forth and freighted her, have thereby susleyned dammage to the somme of foure thousand poundes sterlinge att the leaste (as bee verily beleeveth) for that theire was a greate quantitie of beaver skinnes and other furrs to be trade for there. And the natives of those places were a greate deale more willinge to trade with the English then with the Dutch, and sayeth, that if they had bine suffered to staye and trade there, and had trucked awaye all the goodes abord the said shippe, att the rate as they had for the goodes which they had trucked awaye before, the Dutch inforced them to depart from thence. They could not have made lesse of the said goodes in beaver skinnes and other furrs, then to the value of four thousand poundes. And this he affirmeth uppon his oath to be true.

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3'^ Richard Barnard of Hull, in the countye of Yorke, marriner, aged about 24 yeares sworne as aforesaid. Tho the ffirst interrye : bee sayeth, that the shippe the William of London ( whereof William Trevore was master) was victualled and sett forth by master Cloberye, master Morehead and master Delabarr, of London merchants, and they laded diverse goods abord her for a voyage, to be made by her to Hutsons river in America, betweene Virginia and New England, within the dominions of the King of England, to trucke awaye such goodes, as shee carryed with the natives of those places for beaver skinnes, furrs and other commodities.