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Transcription

The same Day./: [CENTRE HEADING]

Examined on the said Allegation./.

Rp. 3us.

Alexander Keir of Borrowstonesse
neere Edenborow in Scotland Mariner
aged about 19 yeeres, sworne and Examined.

To the first article of the said Allegation hee saith hee well
Knoweth the ship the Hope arlate and hath soe done
for above a tyeere last, during all which space shee hathbelonged to Glascoe, in Scotland, and saith that her
owners are generally reported to live in Glascoe and
one Mr Kinnis is Comonly said to be one of them
And further hee cannot depose, saving Henry Hart
was Master of the said Ship./.

To the 2.d hee saith that in or about September last [?there GUTTER]
was at Glascoe, and thereabouts, a Lading of herrings [?Butter GUTTER]
and Salmon put on board the said ship which was to be Carried to Bourdeaux
upon the Account of the Owners of the said ship as
this Deponent hath bin credibly informed, and at Bourdeaux
shee was to receive a Lading of wine, and bring
the same to Glascoe: Which hee Deposeth for that hee
belonged to a ship called the Golden Cock which lay neere
to the Hope when shee received in her said Lading
and the Cock, and the Hope were to goe the same
voyage And further cannot depose.:

To the 3d and 4th hee saith that after the said ship the Hope
had received in her said Lading shee set saile for
Bourdeaux with the same, and in her course thither
on the 6th of October last and on the high seas shee and her
said lading were seized and surprized by a ship
called the Charles whereof one Browne was Captaine
and the said Browne and Company possessed themselfe of the said
ship and Lading, and kept the Master of her Prisoner
onboard the Charles. And saith that hee this Deponent
(who was taken in the Cock which was taken at the same time
that the Hope was ) hath severall times heard the said
Browne and severall of his Company say that if
they (meaning the Masters of the Hope and Cock would not
buy their ships of them, they would carry them to the
Seaven Isles where they Could sell their ffathers
for money or to that effect, And further deposeth not./

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