Tyranny of the Dutch against the English wherein is exactly declared the (almost unvaluable) loss which the commonwealth of England hath sustained by their usurpation : and likewise the sufferings and losses of Abraham Woofe, then factor at Lantore, and others in the island of Banda / formerly collected in loose sheets by Mr. Woofe himself ; and now illustrated and extracted out of his papers by John Quarles.
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Tyranny of the Dutch against the English wherein is exactly declared the (almost unvaluable) loss which the commonwealth of England hath sustained by their usurpation : and likewise the sufferings and losses of Abraham Woofe, then factor at Lantore, and others in the island of Banda / formerly collected in loose sheets by Mr. Woofe himself ; and now illustrated and extracted out of his papers by John Quarles.
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Woofe, Abraham.
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London :: Printed by John Crowch, and Tho. Wilson ...,
1653.
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Quarles, John, 1624-1665.
Pirates -- Netherlands -- 17th century.
Spice trade -- Great Britain -- 17th century.
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"Tyranny of the Dutch against the English wherein is exactly declared the (almost unvaluable) loss which the commonwealth of England hath sustained by their usurpation : and likewise the sufferings and losses of Abraham Woofe, then factor at Lantore, and others in the island of Banda / formerly collected in loose sheets by Mr. Woofe himself ; and now illustrated and extracted out of his papers by John Quarles." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A67021.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.
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To the Right Honourable the Lords and others of the King Majesties most Honourable Privy Councel.
The Humble Petition of David Powell.
Most humbly shewing,
THat whereas Roger Powel his brother about 9. years since betook himself to travell into the East-Indies, and returned about three years after with some convenient fruit of his Voyage, and about one year after that (being still a single man) ha∣ving a stock of neer about 100. l. betook himself to a second Voyago with such entertainment and ac∣ceptation of the Adventurers, through his former expence and honest behaviour, that he was in good place, and gathered an estate to the value of better then 300. l. sterling in Accompt in those parts, and being slain (among divers others) in a Ship called the Hound, taken by certain Hollanders at Mes•…•…potain, wherein was the Petitioners said whole Estate lost, with his owne life: Of all
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which the Company of Merchants have been credi∣bly certified; And your Lordships poore Peti∣tioner hath hand-writings, and (if occasion re∣quires) can have the persons of divers eye-witnesses ready to prove the truth thereof upon their Oathes, and, being sole Brother to the said Roger Powel, and by Letters of Administration lawfully intituled to such Estate as he left behind him,
Most humbly beseecheth your Honours reliefe at the hands of the Company, as it doth or shall please your good Honours to vouchsafe to others in the like case.
And your Honours poor Petitioner (according to his bounden duty) shall pray for your, &c.
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