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1. leagues off Bell Ile met with by a Spanish frigot of 16 Guns, and a greate
2. number of men, who presently boarded and tooke the said fliboate and killed
3. the said monsieur du Quesne and severall of of his men, and wounded many others
4. in a sharp fight and stout resistanse with the ffrench made against them, and
5. that having mastered her, the Spaniards put many men aboard her to carry
6. her away. And saith that the next morning about foure of the
7. clock the Constant Warwick (having in all probabilitie heard the report
8. of the ordnance in the fight) came and retooke the said monsieur du Quesnes
9. said vessell, and all the Spaniards that were put thereinto, and soe came to
10. anchor in the Roade of Bel Ile, where the Constant warwicks said Captaine
11. caused all the said monsieur du Quesnes company (both wounded and whole) to be landed.
12. All which hee knoweth being Purser of the said ffliboate and seeing all the
13. premisses soe had and donne.
14.
15. To the Interrogatories ministred on behalfe of his highnes
16. the lord Protector. CENTRE HEADING
17. To the first hee saith the said fliboate belonged to the port of deep, and that monsieur
18. Abraham du Quesne and company (as hee taketh is but doth not certainly know) monsieur du Quesnes
19. were owners of her, and that the said Abraham is Subiect of the king of ffrance,
20. And otherwise hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition.
21. To the second hee saith hee referreth after the New Stile, and that they arived the
22. morrow or next day (to his best remembranse) after such their departure from the
23. Roade of ConquerXXXXX, and there presently met with the Constant Warwick
24. supon such arivall, the Constant Warwick being there before the ffliboates arivall.
25. And saith they continued there together about a day and halfe before such their
26. departure for the Islands of honar and hadir as aforesaid, and otherwise hee referreth
27. himselfe to his forefoing deposition.
28. To the third hee saith the said Spaniards had rendred them or made themselves masters
29. of the Conrard before the comming in and retaking by the Constant warwick, and
30. had stowed her company in hold, and hee beleeveth that the Biscainers or
31. Spainiards were removing her away to carry her into some Spanish port, for hee
32. could heare their oares worke, but being shut up, could not see what they did
33. and had not the Constant Warwick come and rescued her, hee beleeveth the said
34. vessell thae Conrard had bin carried into some of the Spanish ports ˹or˺ and places
35. and her owners and company bin deprived of her. And otherwise hee cannot
36. answer.
37. To the fourth hee referreth him selfe to his foregoing deposition.
38. To the last negatively.
39. Jean Gueroule SIGNATURE, RH SIDE
40. Repeated before doctor Godolphin.
41.
42. The 18th of Septenber 1657. CENTRE HEADING
43. <margin value="Left">david Younge and Company against}
44. david Bonnell. Smith. Suckley}</margin>
45. Examined on an allegation on the behalfe of the sayd
46. david Younge and Company./
47. <margin value="Left">dt Smith jus</margin>
48. William Smith of Wapping Mariner Masters Mate
49. of the shipp the Catherine of London aged thirty nyne yeares
50. or thereabouts a wittnesse sworne and examined saith and
51. deposeth as followeth videlicet./
52. To the first article hee saith hee well knoweth that the arlate david Younge during
53. the moneths and tyme arlate and before was Master and Comander of the arlate
54. shipp the Katherine and had the care and Charge of her as Master and that the sayd
55. Younge in the moneths and tymes arlate did remayne with the sayd shipp in and neere
56. Genoa videlicet hee was with the sayd shipp in the moneth of May last in the Port of
57. <margin value="Bottom right, under main body of text, as lead to next page">Genoa</margin>
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