Sheweth that wheras your petitioner having in Newengland at his great charge searched the country and discovered Iron Ore in divers parts of that country, and made a voyage thence in to England on purpose to procure workemen and materialls for setting vp Iron works in the said place, which might be very beneficiall not only for that plantation, but also to this kingdome, and wheras said petitioner on blank of may 1643 did at great costs and charges imbarque himself with many workmen servants and materialls for the said setting vp of Iron workes in the said place, in the good ship the An Cleeve of London and the said ship lien with hir goods and passengers many daies at Gravesend to be cleered, was at length, with other ships in company cleered by the officers there apointed, and was on the next day ready with all hir passengers on board to set saile, for hir intended voyage; the said ship was againe when she was setting saile stopped and hindered by one Robinson an officer at Gravesend and wheras the other ships which were cleered at the same tyme did sett saile, and were in the Downes the next day after, your petitioners ship being so stopped, and hindered, was afterward kept in by an Easterly wind, which blew very fresh and continued so long that it might have carried our said ship, by gods assistance cleere of the coast of England and well into the sea onward of hir voyage, (it being the fairest wind could blow for that voyage) your petitioner, having beene vniustly deprived of this oportunity was afterward in the said ship kept above six weekes vpon the coast of England, and by reason thereof was above 14 weekes before he could attaine the port in Newengland, and forced to be at sea all the heat of summer, to the danger of the lives of your petitioner and all his workmen and servants, being all of vs dangerously sick of feavors in the latter part of our voyage, and so weakened that his said servants and workemen were not fitt for any labor or imployment when they came ashore, and it being neere winter before your petitioner arrived, he is hindered from proceeding in the said Iron workes, and is forced to keepe his workmen and servants at great wages and charge without imployment, and thus by this vniust hinderance of your petitioner in his intended voyage at that tyme at Gravesend your 425petitioner is damnified in the proceed his intended workes and above 1000li and doth therfore pray for redresse of this his great iniury and losse etc.