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Caufe to be noe otherwife then yt was, they 

 would not not have fuffered mee to have 

 been foe ufed ; for fome of them offred me, 

 that if I would at any tyme (when they offred 

 me Wronge) but hould upp my Fingar, or 

 fende the leafte Boye to them, they would 

 deliver me from them, and (yt may bee) 

 have cutte the Throats of them all. 

 But knowinge myfelfe to bee foe free from 

 deceavinge the Companye, and allfoe to re- 

 gayne the Goods which Edwards had taken 

 from mee, I came with them moft willinglye, 

 hopinge to purge myfelfe of theire Accufa- 

 tions. But in fyne, I was brought aboard 

 the Shippe to our General, whoe promifed 

 that when Edwards came downe I Ihould 

 have free Speeche to cleare myfelfe, which 

 as yet I could never have. So my Accompts 

 were audited, and I cleared, not to owe the 

 Companye anye thinge, and foe was dif- 

 peeded for England. And at my Arrival at 

 Lyon-Key in London, I was entertayned by 

 fome of the Companye, with whom I went 

 prefentlye to Sir Thomas Smyth ^ of whom I 

 hoped to have Redreffe of all my Wrongs, 

 with Reftitution of my Goods and Wages ? 

 due unto me for the Tyme of my Service, of 

 z whom, 



