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The tenth of September 1657. A referense from the Counsell to} the Judges examination touching the} ''Conrard'' ffliboate.} Exámined upon a paper annexed to an order of the Counsell of the 29 of September 1657 touching a ffliboate called the ''Conrard'' taken by a Spanish ffrigot and retaken by the ''Constant Warwick''. '''for the State. dt.''' '''John Gueroult''' of Roane in ffranse clerke of Jaques Maurice Tabellion a Notary of Roane, aged 22 yeares or thereabouts sworne before the right Worshippfull John Godolphin doctor of lawes one of the Judges of the high Court of the Admiraltie and exámined upon the said paper saith as followeth. That the first day of June last past (new stile) Monsieur du Quesne of the yonger of deep departed from the Roade of Conquerardan in Bretany in a smale fliboate of sixe Gunns and three Murtherers called the ''Concord'', belonging to his brother Abraham du Quesne of Paris set forth as a private man of warr to crosse upon the coast of Galicia, , and that Stephen du Quesne was commander of the said fliboate, but the designe of going thither to crosse, was not declared to this deponent the Purser of the said ffliboate. And saith that the said ffliboate being come to Belle Isle was met with two English men of warr belonging to this State, the one called the ''Constant Warwick'' commanded by Captaine vessey of about 30 peeces of ordnance; and the other the ''Griffin'' of dartmouth, by whom hee the said Captaine du Quesne came with his said fliboate to an anchor, and remained there about a day and halfe, during which time hee had acquaintance and familiaritie with them, And that having in that space gotten intelligense of some Biscainers that were said to be about the Iles of hav[XXX] and hedir, hee went aboard the said English man of warr, and thereupon they went injustly to take and seize them, and saith that the places about the said Iles are full of rocks and dangerous to any that doe and well know them, and that the Biscainers are accustomed to skulke there with their small vessells, because greate vessells cannot or but hardly come at them. And that upon the approach of the said English men of warr and fliboate (which they made severall waies) a small frigot of the Biscainers seeing noe hopes of escape, ran ashore on the maine, where her Spanish company [XXXX]ed out and deserted her, and hide themselves ashore, and that the English fetcht off the said Biscay frigot (at such time as the fliboates shallop and company was come to fetch them doe the same) and put her to sea, having taken therein three peeces of ordinance and some other armes. And that afterwards the said English Captaines with their vessells going for the Bay of Morbihan, left the said monsieur du Quesent and his said vessell, who came to an anchor about the said Ilands and remained there from the evening of the 5th to the 6th of June on which sixeth of June about two in the afternoone departing thense to goe out to sea, hee was about 7 of the clock that evening about three leagues the stroakes under the} lines were made by doctor} Godolphin.} [LH MARGIN]
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