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call the said commannder of the ''Reformation'' commannded to hall her, which accordingly was donne by the boatswaines mate and when his demannd, answer was in this deponents hearing retourned from the ''Saint Mary'' that shee was of Amsterdam, and [?that] withall the ''Reformation'' shooting or sailing forward, the company of the ''Saint Mary'' being cleare of the ''Reformations'' guns halled downe her Hollands Ensigne and hoisted up the Burgundia flagg having the figure of a ragged staff and being the flagg used by the king of Spaines fflemish men of warr, and fired a volley of small shott and [?a] broad side upon the ''Reformation'', and continued assailing and fighting her till such time as the ''Reformations'' maine mast and misen mas were shott by the board, and that one of the other vessells that were in the ''Saint Mary'' her company and assisted her in the fight came up and boarded the ''Reformation'' while the ''Saint Mary'' lay upon her [?quaarter] and still fired on her till her company called for quarter, and soe the said shipp the ''Reformation'' with all her said lading were taken by the said shipp ''Saint Mary'' and other shipps of her company, and carried away and the said producents utterly dispoiled and deprived thereof, And further that most of the company of the ''Saint Mary'' were Hollanders and Zealanders, and that shee was built, as her men told this deponent (who was out aboard her) at Serdam in holland, and for a holland shipp belonging to Holland the commannder and company of the ''Reformation'' tooke and esteemed her upon her approach, and saith that shee was of the burthen of upwards of three hundred tonnes and had two and thirtie peeces of ordnance. And kastly that the said shipp ''Reformation'' and such her said lading soe seized were in this deponents and the common estimation worth four score thousand pounds sterling, And further hee deposeth not, saving hee knoweth the premisses, being one of the ''Reformations'' company and present at and seeing what hee hath predeposed. George Escope [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] ************************ The 24th of September 1660. [CENTRE HEADING] Touching the ''ffreetrade'' aforesaid} '''Rp. 3.''' '''George Ecopp''' of Limehouse in the County of Middlesex Mariner aged 23 yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined, saith and deposeth by reason of his oath That hee well knoweth the shipp the ''ffree'' ''Trade'' of London (Simon fflew late commander) and that about six monethes since hee came in the ''Reformation'' (to which this deponent belonged) from the Levant in company of the said shipp ''ffree trade'' which at Scanderon and that coast had taken in a cargo of cotton yarne, grogeram yarne, gawles and other merchandizes for account of Merchants of this citie of London to which okace shee was bound to deliver, and that comming into the Straights mouth namely on the fifteenth of May last the said shipp ''ffree trade'' and all her said lading were taken and seized by acertaine shipp called the ''Santa Maria'' Laurance [?XXXsen] commander and other shipps of her company and carried away and soe the owners of her and of her said lading were utterly deprived thereof, which hee knoweth ecause hee saw the same soe donne, this deponent being in the said shipp ''Reformation'' which with her lading was alsoe seized by the said shipps, and this deponent being taken into the ''Saint Mary'' after the seizure, heard her company (which was most of them hollanders and Zealanders) say that shee was built at Serdam in Holland, and had two and thirtie peeces pf ordnance, and saith that before the seizure when shee [?XXXXX] shee put out first the English colours annd then the Hollands flagg p?XX XXXX] the Burgundian being the Ragged staf under which shee assailed and fought the ''Reformation'' and ''ffree Trade'', and helped to take them, but for the valew of her or of her lading, hee saith hee cannot estimate the same nor hath heard any estimate made thereof by others. George Escop [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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