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Transcription

and saith the said Walker was the Comander of the
said ketch, who is as this Deponent beleeveth an
Englishman and saith that one of the said ketches
Company the time Interrate was a Swede, and
some of them, of other Nations, but most of them
were English, but where the fforaigners lived
hee knoweth not but saith that Edward Burton
the Gunner of the said ketch liveth in the Minoryes
and others in other places in England, And saith
hee was Chirurgion of the said ketch, And
further cannot Answer./.

To the 2.d hee saith that hee belonged to the said
ketch somewhat above three monethes, and saith
the ffortune was seized betwixt Calais and Dover
and above three Leagues and a halfe from [?the GUTTER]
English shore, but the time hee remembreth not
And saith the ffortune (as her master said) came
from Dunkirke, And saith that the said
Walker nor none of his Company did knowe
or beleeve (as this Deponent beleeveth) that the said
Ship the ffortune was hired by the Ingin[?eeres GUTTER]
or other Officers of Dunkirke in the service of
this Commonwealth to fetch Lyme or other necessar[?ies GUTTER]
for the service of this Comonwealth, from
Dover to Dunkirke, but saith that the said [?VerXXX GUTTER]
at the time of the said Seizure did say hee was
bound to Dover to take in Lyme or Chalke, and
carry the same to Dunkirke, but did not say by
whom hee was Imployed that this Deponent knoweth
of. And further cannot Answer./.

To the 3d hee saith the said Peter did not weare the
English Colours at the time of the seizure [?of ?the GUTTER]
said ship, but wore them before, but not on the
Day the ffortune was taken to the best of this Deponents
knowledge./:

To the 4.th hee saith hee was not present nor did see the said [?Commission GUTTER]
signed or sealed, and saith hee sawe the same aboard
either about an hower before or an hower after [XXX GUTTER]
seizure, and further saving as aforesaid cannot [?answer GUTTER]

To the 5.th hee saith hee knoweth not how much the
said ship ffortune, and her tackle and furniture
were worth the time Interrate. And saith hee beleeveth
that her sailes Rigging and furniture are laid up [??at GUTTER]
Wivenho to be preserved against her goeing to [?sea GUTTER]
And further cannot Answer./:

Repeated before Doctor Sweit./:

John M[XXX GUTTER] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]