HCA 13/73 f.669v Annotate
Volume | HCA 13/73 |
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Folio | 669 |
Side | Verso |
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Colin Greenstreet | |
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2014/08/07 |
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Ad 6. 7. et 8. arlos dicit that whilest the said ship soe
lay under the said Castle and fforts at Scilley within his
Majestiies Chamber there to have the Leake or Leakes [?im GUTTER]
the Osama kirke stopped as aforesaid, there came foure
Dutchmen of warr to the Iland of Scilly three of which
besett the said Iland and the other (being called the
Salamander Jacob Wildescutt Comander) did in a [?presumptious GUTTER]
manner come into his said Majesty of Chamber and
with in Comand of the fforts at Scilly (where
the said shipps Michael and Osama kirke lay in peace mot
fearing any Enemy there,) and assaulted the said
ship Michael giving her Master and Company [?XXX GUTTER]
language saying [?XXX XXXXX GUTTER]
[?XXX XXXXX XXXX] and such like names, and Imediately came
up to the Michael and in a hostile and violent manner
without any cause given to them by the said Weaver or any
of his Company fired severall Great Gunnes and [?XXX GUTTER]
shotts at and upon the Michael and killed the said
Weaver and his Boatswaine, and shott the Quarter[?XXX GUTTER]
in the belly soe that hee dyed the next morning and
Gunner leaping over board hoping to escape their [?XXX GUTTER]
was drowned, and this deponent alsoe leaping
over board to save himselfe, and having taken hold
of a Rope called out to some of the Company of the
said Dutchman of warr (their having then boarded the
Michael) for Gods sake to save his life and pulled
him up and one of them hauling him about halfe way
up let him fall downe againe soe that this
deponent was thereby in great danger of drowning. [?XXX GUTTER]
they having boarded her they laid the said Weaver [?and GUTTER]
the Boatswaine (which they had killed upon their back [?XXX GUTTER]
naked on the said ships deck, and in a most inhumane
manner cut or stabbed the said weaver in three places
saying that there was one rogue gone and that hee would
noe more [?XXXX], and other such like language, and the
Captaine of the Salamander sent for this deponent and his
precontest Wm. Browne and two more that were on board the Michael [?XXX GUTTER]
aboard his ship where hee kept them some time [?XXX GUTTER]
and during such time as they were soe aboard the Governour
of Scilley sent a boate with Captaine when [?XXX GUTTER]
controler of the ordinance there with severall others in [?her ?to GUTTER]
goe aboard the Salamander but the Comander of her would not
suffer any of them but the said Handcork to come aboard
And the said handcock after his comming aboard and [?XX GUTTER]
said Captaine that the Governour of Scilley sent to him to [?XXX GUTTER]