Nicholas Withingtoo. 183 



impriibned, and our Goods confifcatcd for 

 the late Fade of Sir Henry Middle t on y whoe 

 not longe before had robbed divers in thofe 

 Parts, hee therefore durfte not profeede, but 

 retorned our Letters in the Shippe, which 

 arrived at the Bar re of Suratt the 1 3 th of 

 September 161 3,, and was taken by the Por- 

 tungales Armado of Friggotts, notwithftand- 

 inge theire Paffe which they had of the Por- 

 t ungates. This Shippe was verye richly e 

 laden, beeinge worth a hundred thowfand 

 Pounde, yet not contented with the Shippe 

 and Goods, but tooke allfoe 700 Perfons 

 of all Sorts with them to Goa- 7 which Deede 

 of theires is nowe growne foe odious, that 

 it is like to bee the utter undoing of the 

 Portungaks in their Parts, the Kinge takinge 

 yt foe haynofly, that they ftiould doe fuch 

 a Thinge contrarye to theire Paffe j info- 

 much, that noe Portungah palfeth that Wave 

 without a Suertye, neither can anye tPortun* 

 gale palfe in or out. 



Not longe after, there came one to us, 

 whoe had rune awaye from Sir Henry Mtd- 

 dkton to the Partungaks y and with them had 



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