Which certificate was denyed him ; and the Governor caused a writinge, to be sett uppon the gate of that forte, thereby forbiddinge all his people uppon payne of death, to give any certificate to him or any of the Englishe, howe and in what manner they were used by the Dutch. And he also sayeth, that the names of some of the Dutch, which were principal! actors in doinge of the wronges and iniuries aforesaid were as followeth, viz' Walter Vertrill,i Governor of Amsterdam ffort, ;

John van Remont,his Secretaiyr, Martyn Garetson, Courade Noteman^ Ahuddus,^ and Captaine Jacob Johnson Hesse, Counsellors of the said (Governor, and Hance Jorison Houten, Governor of the ft'ort of Orange and further hee cannott depose. ;

To the third interreye: hee sayeth, that the voyage of the said shippe the William was overthrowne by the parties before mentioned, in not sufFeringe her companye to trade there, as aforesaid. And that there were soe nianye goodes, remayninge abord the said shippe, of her outwards ladinge ; when they were putt from theire trade, as would have purchased in trucke with the said Salvages (:att the rate as the rest of her goodes, which were trucked awaye, were alone awaye ) five thousand beaver skinnes. And that hee is certeyne, hee should :

have had trucke for all the remainder of the said goodes, if the Dutch had suffered them to trade there; for that there are in the said river usually fifteene or sixteene thousand beaver skinnes yearly traded lor; and for that the Salvages would not trade with the Dutch, as longe as this deponente was there. But did all resorte unto him ; and for the reasons aforesaid, hee sayeth that the said master Clobery, master Morehead and master Delabarr, the merchants that sett forth the said shippe, have bine dampnified by the wronges and injuries, done by the Dutch, as is aforesaid, to the value of ffive thousand pounds sterlinge att the least.