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      authority to bargaine & sell the same, And it shall & may bee Lawfull Liber B B
      for them the George Walter, Daniel Arthur, John White ffitz Jasper,
      Jacob Direckson Wiliree & Company their & euery of their heyres,
      Exequutots & Admistrators by uertue of this prnt Act & Debt, accord
      ing to the tenor, & true meaning thereof for euer from henceforth [p. 206]
      quietly & peaceably to haue hold possesse & enioy the sd ship, & all other
      the afore bargayned prmises wth the appurtences & euery part & par-
      cell thereof freely discharged of & from all former Bargines sales
      & incumbrances whatsoeuer, wthout the lett trouble hinderance de
      niall or molestaon of us the sd Cornelis Van Kuick & Peter de Backer
      our & euery of our heyres, Exequutors Adrnistrato & assignes or
      any other prson or prsofls whatsoeur, by our or their meanes or pro
      curements, According to the Lawes of OLeron (the danger of the
      Seas, ffire, Enimies, Pyrates, & Restraint of Princes allwayes & only
      excepted) In wittnes whereof they the Cornelis Van Kuick &
      Peter de Backer haue hereunto sett & putt their seuerall & respectiue
      hands and Seales in Amsterdam in the prflce of John Crosse Publick
      Notary & wittnesses this ffowrth day of ffebruary in the yeare of
      our Lord God one Thowsd six hundd ffifty & nine (Stylo nouo) &
      was subscribed Cornelis Van Kuyck, Peter Backer, & under each
      mans name his seale impressed in Red hard wax. Lower stood John
      Crosse N. P. Signed Sealed & deliuered in the pTsence of us witt
      nesses & was subscribed Andrew Creaghe, William Whately. Vnder
      is written.
       Memorandu' tht because the originall Bill of Sale (whereof the
      aboue written is the true & authentick Copie) taken out of the Regis
      ter of mee the John Crosse notary Publick in Amsterdam) is sent
      by sea for England, & that this goeing by the Post may probably
      sooner arryue in England then the other, The Cornelis Van Kuyck
      & Peter Backer (wthout preiudice of the former Act allready made)
      haue Likewise for testimony & confirmaon of the prmises here under
      putt their Seuerall hands & Seales in Amsterdam this Seuenth day
      of ffebruary 1659 (stilo nouo) & I the sd notary haue likewise sett
      my usuall & Customary hand, firme & Seale, Datum ut supra. Sub
      scribed Cornelis Van Kuyck Pieter Backer & Sealed wth Two respec
      tiue Seales printed thereuppon. Vnder is written Quod attestor
      Rogtus Johannes Crosse Not. Pub. 7 ffeb, 1659, & Sealed wth a Seale.
                               ffred. Exem sss Not Pub
                                       1660
      Captaine ffendall                           [p. 207]
       Whereas I writt yow word by my last dispatch tht I had not heard
      of late from Coll George Walters nor Jacob Direckson Wilre about
      the ship St George, wch (itt seemes) was taken in Maryland for a
      prize, & therefore willed yow to proceed therein according to Jus
      tice, I thought fitt hereby to lett yow know, they haue since bene