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faithful_o state_v for_o satisfaction_n of_o all_o person_n concern_v george_n carew_n of_o richmond_n in_o the_o county_n of_o surrey_n esq_n administrator_n of_o the_o good_n and_o chattel_n of_o sir_n william_n courten_n knight_n decease_v with_o his_o will_n annex_v have_v contest_v at_o the_o hague_n and_o amsterdam_n after_o the_o king_n restoration_n for_o the_o space_n of_o fifteen_o month_n concern_v the_o spoil_n and_o depredation_n upon_o sir_n william_n courten_n ship_n and_o factory_n a_o proviso_n be_v make_v in_o the_o fifteen_o article_n of_o the_o treaty_n conclude_v at_o london_n between_o the_o king_n and_o the_o state_n general_n the_o four_o of_o september_n 1662._o that_o satisfaction_n and_o reparation_n shall_v be_v make_v by_o the_o east-india_n company_n of_o the_o netherlands_o for_o the_o two_o ship_n name_v the_o bona_n esperanza_n and_o henry_n bona_fw-la adventura_fw-la with_o their_o freight_n and_o lade_n in_o pursuance_n of_o the_o say_a treaty_n 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