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voluntarily declared that the goods aforesaid were Spanish goods, this deponent sent for the
produced master John van lynen, and told him that the said two men had voluntarily declared
whose the goods were, and that upon the advice of the commanders that were
with him, hee had ordered them their wages, and if hee would be pleased alsoe to
tell this deponent the truth touching the same goods and to whom they belonged,
and that if hee could or would say they belonged to Spaniards, hee this deponent would pay him the same
freight which should have bin paid unto him by those that werer first interessed therein
to which the said van lynen saying hee could not declare that they were Spaniards gods,
this deponent asked him if hee would then take his oath that they were belonging
to dutch, to which hee answered noe, and this deponent then asking him if hee
would take his oath that they did not belong to Spaniards, to which hee alsoe
answered noe, for (as hee said) hee knew not whose they were,
[GUTTER ?XXXX] whose they would hee knew hee could loose [?XXXX], hee having securitie for his shipp before
shee came out of holland. And saith the said two persons have as hee
beleeveth received the money drawne upon mris storey by her husband
as aforesaid. And saith that the same was not paid otherwise than for their
wages, and this hee affirmeth as in the presence of almightie God
but this deponent as in evidence and discharge of his duety, did order that
they should take their oathes in this court of what they had voluntarily
declared to this deponent, before they should receive the said rest of their
wages from mris storey. And further hee cannot answer saving as
aforesaid, and saving that the Commission from this Court was not come to his
hands when hee sent them away, otherwise the had bin there examined without comming hether

To the fourth hee saith there were noe wages paid to any of the Mary's
company save only to the said B[XXrs] and Ev[XX]s, who were sent
[?XXXX] in the Bristol frigot under the command of Captaine ffenn to be
here examined. And otherwise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.

To the 5th hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.

To the 6 hee saith he beleeveth that if the said two persons had run
away and had not come and bin examined here in this Court
they had not received the said remaineder of their
wages from ris sStrey, and yet they were not found to come, And
otherwise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.

To the 7th hee saith it is usuall for Admiralls of fleets to have
in their instructions to pay wages (and soe this deponent had) but
not private Captaines, [?XXXX] this deponent in this Interrogatory
[?be] mentioned in that qualitie. And further answereth not.

Upon the last parcell of Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first hee saith that if noe better reasons were showed to the contrary
then appeared or doe [?soe] appeare to this deponent, hee should condemn not the
said lading for prize and judge it lawfull, and otherwise hee
cannot answer saving as aforesaid.

To the second hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, and otherwise
cannot answer saving that the last time that ever this deponent saw the
said papers was in John Mollers hands, being but three in number,
the said bills being one parcell of the three. And further hee cannot answer.

To the third hee saith that hee had noe moneyes or plate out
of the mary than wh[?en] hee received of Captaine Storey and gave him
a receipt therefore, and otherwise cannot answer saving as aforesaid

To the fourth hee saith that there was an Inventary taken [?XX] ([?XX] of
the said moneys and plate by Co[?mmission] from this Court, which this deponent
is ready to produce.