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archieftoegang 30452, inventarisnummer 883, pagina 27

wignesses’ ship against his will and wish board the captued ship. In this way they stole by force the witnesses' ship, since when this too-k place there were only three or four men on board. Futher, the same witnesses do not doubt that if the said Adriaen Block and Hendrick Catstiaenss and their remaining new had wished it they could have got back the witnesses’ ship and overpowered those who had captued it, as the same should not have taken much trouble. [They acted hoewever] as if oit had been done by their will or Inclination and as if they were notdispleased with it. The witnesses attest further that as soon as they had capturden the ship, the thineves put it in mid-stream by throughing out some ballast and livting the ship from the oonnd. They should their½ hostility, got their naval guns ready and opened the prtholes. After some daye they departed with the same ship, so that they were already eight day may before the supercargo of the witnesses’ ship came back with seventeen States from the same ship, with whom he had gone away to trade. The witnesses also declare that they know very well that after the capture of their ship anotheragement was made among four ships, three of which still lay in the Virginias and [the fourth was] the witnesses' ship. There was still some merchantdise in the witnesses’ sloop. Ench party was to endoy a fourth part of the negotated goods. The witnesses had also understood from the new of Adriaen Block and Hendrick Carstiaenss that two thousand five hundred sins had been traded, which the owners of their ship might to have dividend according to contract. The witnesses present. Done in the before mentioned city of Amsterdam at the name of the notary, in the presence of Sijbrant Corneliss and Jeronimus van de Ketel, asked to be wirnesses. CITY ARCHIV AMSTERDAM NOT. ARCH. 198 P.P. 113V- 115V NOTARY: JAN FRANSZ. BRUYNINGH 83