History of the State of New York, Vol. I (1609-1691)
But the said factor replyed, that they were the Kinge of Englands subiectes, and that that land was within the dominions of the Kinge of England. And therefore they would trade there. Whereuppon the Dutch pulled downe the said tent, and tooke all the goodes, which were in the said tent, and sente them, together with the factor and the rest of the Englishe, which were on shoare abord the said shippe the William, some in their owne boate and some in a shalloppe, belonginge to the said shippe the William. And then the said Dutch, goinge abord the said shippe, they weighed her anchors and commannded them to departe. And the foresaid carvell and twoe other small sloopes wente downe with them to the lower flTorte, to see that they did not trade by the waye; and further he cannott depose. To the third he sayeth, that by reason the Dutch would not suffer the Companye of the saide shippe to trade, as aforesaid, her voyage was quite overthrowne and that if the said Dutch ;
had sustened them to trade freely there, and that they had trucked awaye all the goodes, which they carried thither, att the rate that they trucked awaye the rest they mighte have had in trucke for the said goodes, which they were inforced to bringe away from thence in beaver skinnes, furrs and other commodities, to the value of foure thousand poundes Sterlinge att the leaste and this hee sayeth is true, of vertue of his oath. ;