Nicholas Withington. 3x9 



Bee inge nowe in dgra there came to 

 mee Mr. Rogers, a Preacher, T'homas Mitford, 

 Phillip Baker, and Charles Clarke, and 

 brought mee Newes of the Arrival of 4 

 Englifh Shipps at Suratt, under the Com- 

 mande of Captayne William Kedtnge, and 

 withall tould mee they were fente upp to 

 apprehende mee by Order from Mr. Ed- 

 wards, whoe heard that I had much Goods 

 of my owne in the Howfe, and he not 

 knowinge howe I came by them, and there- 

 fore caufed mee to bee taken and put in 

 Irons, and withall ga/ve Order I fhould bee 

 fente foe unto him to jlgtmere. This was a 

 ftrange Alteration to mee, and a Wonder 

 that this Thunder-clapp ihould fall fo fud- 

 denlye and noe Lightninge before. For my 

 owne Parte I tould them yt were a greate 

 Follye in mee if I could not give fufficient 

 Reafons howe I came by my Goods. I 

 tould them I had fourFardells of Indico, two 

 Chefts of Semiames, Cheetes, and fuch like, 

 and they might well bee allured that if I had 

 not come honeftlye by them, but by Knave- 

 rye deceaved the Companye, I flioud doubt- 

 lefle have had foe much Cimninge in mee as 



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