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“...all were forced to comply; nay, so great had the
hardships been which the inhabitants were forced to undergo,
that governor Meijnell who died, was supposed to have fallen
a victim to the hardships he had endured............The poor
lews at the island were treated in a worse manner if possible
than all the other inhabitants; they were stripped of all their
money. One of them in particular, Mr. Hobeb, a venerable old
gentleman, near seventy years of age, had even his cloths
searched, and from this bit of linnen (holding it up) which was
sewed in the poor mans coat, were taken 36 shillings which
he had the consumate audacity to endeavor to conceal for the
purpose of buying victuals; here is the linen, and I can produce
at your bar the coat from which it was taken, and the man
who wore it,
Na daarna nog gewezen te hebben op het nadeel, dat
Engeland geleden had door de in bezit neming van St. Eustatius
daar daaraan, eerstens indirect de nederlaag te Cheasapeak te
wijten was en daardoor tweedens...”
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