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and comeing from the River of Bourdeaux designed for Ponterdeaux in ffrance, one Monsieur Pananel or Panane, (as this deponent remembreth his name) being the freighter who laded the said ship at or neere Bourdeaux aforesaid caused and procured a french Pylott to come aboard the shipp ''Saint Peter'' aforesaid expressely to Conduct her thence to Pontereaux, and to take a Care of her pyloting to Pontereaux aforesaid, And saith the said french Pylott was not at all hyrred by this deponent then Master of the said shipp, and that hee was and remained on board the said shipp at such time as shee lay at an anchor and fastned to the rocks as aforesaid, The premisses are well knowne to this deponent being Master of and aboard the said shipp during the whole Voiage in Controversie And further cannot depose./ To the third article hee saith and deposeth , That the said ffrench Pylott perceiving the approach of the said man of warr, endeavouring the preservation of the said shipps ladeing, called a ffrenchman ashoare, who came with two shallops aboard the said shipp aand towed the same to the Land, and afterwards there came aboard to the number of 20. or 30. men or thereabouts with musketts ginns and small shott which they brought with them from land, and made resistance and shott against the said man of warr, all which was done contrarie to the expresse order and direction of this deponent then Master of the said shipp, and contrarie to the likeing and without approbation or assistance of or from this deponent or his said shipps Companie or of any of them, The premisses hee well knoweth and deposeth for and upon the reasons herein expressed. And further, saving his subsequent depositions hee saith hee cannot depose./ To the 4th hee saith, That the said shipps Companie consisted of this deponent the Master, and of five men more and one boy, And that when the frenchmen aforesaid came aboard the said shipp in manner predeposed, the said shipp then being within the reach of small shott from the shoare of france (from whence more force of men might easily have been sent and by force habve come aboard his said ship) this deponent and Companie were not at all in a Capacitie to make resistance against the violent intrusion of the said ffrenchmen at such their entring, Which hee well knoweth for the reasons before expressed, And further, saving his orecedent and subsequent depositions, cannot depose./ To the 5th and 6th articles hee saith, That after the said ffrenchmen or about the number aforesaid had by violence entred the said shipp contrary to the likeing and approvbation of this deponent and Companie, this deponent above 20. times, before any opposition made against the said man of warr, perswaded commanded abd earnestly entreated the frenchmen aforesaid not to shoot at or agiants the said man of warr, but they not regarding such his commaunds or entreaties and so much over-powring his Companie did make resistance against the said friggot or man of warr, this deponent and Companie not being able to hinder or prevent the same, And hee further saith that this deponent and Companie did not at all contribute to the opposition and resistance made as aforeaid, but that the same was totally made by frenchmen who had intruded into the said shipp and by others from shoare, and saith that in the said opposition onely three shotts were made with the Ordnance aboard the said shipp ''Saint Peter'', two whereof were with bulletts, and one with powder onely, all made by the said frenchmen directly contrary to the good will and likeing of this deponent and Companie and contrarie to this deponents expresse Commaund as aforesaid, And further (saith
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