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To the second article of the said allegati … To the second article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that in or<br />
about the moneth of July last and ere the building of the said vessell was<br />
finished shee was freighted or hired by the arlate Rocas P[XXXXX]<br />
a dutch merchant living in Rotterdam to put thence for Bourdeaux and<br />
there to take in his the said Par[XXX]s sonnr who was there and was thence<br />
to goe factor or supra Cargo in the said shipp which was to goe from Bourdeaux<br />
to Barbary and thence to Cadiz in Spaine on a trading voyage, And<br />
saith that the said Rocas P[XXXXX] after such his freighting of the said<br />
shipp did lade aboard her for his owne accompt the number and quantity<br />
of one hundred barrells of powder and one small pack of thread,<br />
and a small pack of stuffs or linnen cloth to be sold and disposed<br />
of in the said voyage by his factors in Barbary or Spaine to and for his<br />
best advantage, all which hee knoweth hee this<br />
deponent being master of the said vessell and in the name of himselfe<br />
and the rest of his owners, letting the said shipp to freight to the said P[XXXX]<br />
and seeing the said goods laden, and signing bills of lading for the same. And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the third article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that the said<br />
shipp sett saile with the said powder and other goods from Rotterdam on the<br />
said voyage on or about the 11th day of August last past (newe stile)<br />
and about tenn dayes after such her departure shee was in her course for<br />
Bourdeaux to the westward of Plimouth met with and taken by the arlate<br />
Captaine Ledg[?ent] in the shipp the [''XXXX]damms'' arlate, which hee knoweth<br />
because hee this deponent was then aboard his said shipp the ''Rat van [?Adventure''],<br />
and saith that hee this deponent presently without any resistance suffered<br />
his said shipp to be visited, and being demanded wherewith hee was laden<br />
hee gave the said Captaine and company a particular relation of his goods<br />
aboard and of his voyage whither hee was bound and upon what designe<br />
telling them withall that besides the fore said goods laden by his merchant<br />
hee had aboard two and twenty halfe barrells of small shott for the use and store<br />
of his said shipp, And further saith that the said 100 barrells of powder<br />
were stored in the hold of the said shipp with a few deales thereupon, and where merchants<br />
goods are to be stowed, and noe wayes obscured nor endeavoured by this<br />
deponent or any of his company to be concealed, howbeit the said Captaine<br />
Ledge[X]t carried the said shipp the ''Ratt van A[?venture]'' being of the<br />
burthen of 1[?8]0 tonnes or thereabouts together with her goods into Plimouth<br />
on or about the 22th of August last newe stile which hee knoweth<br />
being brought in thither in the said man of warr in her company, and<br />
saith shee is there still deteyned to the greate damage of her owners and<br />
freighter aforesaid, and otherwise hee cannot depose, saving the said<br />
shipp is mounted with tenn gunns and hath 15 men belonging unto her.
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition was and is true.
To the crosse Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee is a part owner of the said shipp the ''Rat''<br />
''van A[?v]enture'', and with the order and assistance of his said partners<br />
the rest of the owners caused the said shipp to be built at Rotterdam at<br />
the proper costs of the said owners and this deponent paid the moneys<br />
for the same, each of the other of the owners supplying his share to<br />
this examinate, And otherwise hee cannot answer saving his foregoeing deposition<br />
and saving that this is her first voyage.
To the second hee saith that the foresaid Claus Claeson, Abraham<br />
Paulson, Paul P[XX]ckson and this deponent together with Lambert Johnson<br />
Bastian Bardorl, Cornelius hase, Tunnis Jaco[?X]sy Captaine [XX]<br />
R[XXX], Cornelius [XXXX], Lieve Simondson and derrick Corneli[?son]<br />
[XXXXX] derrick Corneli[?son]<br />
[XXXXX] +
, To the second article of the said allegati … To the second article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that in or<br />
about the moneth of July last and ere the building of the said vessell was<br />
finished shee was freighted or hired by the arlate Rocas P[XXXXX]<br />
a dutch merchant living in Rotterdam to put thence for Bourdeaux and<br />
there to take in his the said Par[XXX]s sonnr who was there and was thence<br />
to goe factor or supra Cargo in the said shipp which was to goe from Bourdeaux<br />
to Barbary and thence to Cadiz in Spaine on a trading voyage, And<br />
saith that the said Rocas P[XXXXX] after such his freighting of the said<br />
shipp did lade aboard her for his owne accompt the number and quantity<br />
of one hundred barrells of powder and one small pack of thread,<br />
and a small pack of stuffs or linnen cloth to be sold and disposed<br />
of in the said voyage by his factors in Barbary or Spaine to and for his<br />
best advantage, all which hee knoweth hee this<br />
deponent being master of the said vessell and in the name of himselfe<br />
and the rest of his owners, letting the said shipp to freight to the said P[XXXX]<br />
and seeing the said goods laden, and signing bills of lading for the same. And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the third article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that the said<br />
shipp sett saile with the said powder and other goods from Rotterdam on the<br />
said voyage on or about the 11th day of August last past (newe stile)<br />
and about tenn dayes after such her departure shee was in her course for<br />
Bourdeaux to the westward of Plimouth met with and taken by the arlate<br />
Captaine Ledg[?ent] in the shipp the [''XXXX]damms'' arlate, which hee knoweth<br />
because hee this deponent was then aboard his said shipp the ''Rat van [?Adventure''],<br />
and saith that hee this deponent presently without any resistance suffered<br />
his said shipp to be visited, and being demanded wherewith hee was laden<br />
hee gave the said Captaine and company a particular relation of his goods<br />
aboard and of his voyage whither hee was bound and upon what designe<br />
telling them withall that besides the fore said goods laden by his merchant<br />
hee had aboard two and twenty halfe barrells of small shott for the use and store<br />
of his said shipp, And further saith that the said 100 barrells of powder<br />
were stored in the hold of the said shipp with a few deales thereupon, and where merchants<br />
goods are to be stowed, and noe wayes obscured nor endeavoured by this<br />
deponent or any of his company to be concealed, howbeit the said Captaine<br />
Ledge[X]t carried the said shipp the ''Ratt van A[?venture]'' being of the<br />
burthen of 1[?8]0 tonnes or thereabouts together with her goods into Plimouth<br />
on or about the 22th of August last newe stile which hee knoweth<br />
being brought in thither in the said man of warr in her company, and<br />
saith shee is there still deteyned to the greate damage of her owners and<br />
freighter aforesaid, and otherwise hee cannot depose, saving the said<br />
shipp is mounted with tenn gunns and hath 15 men belonging unto her.
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition was and is true.
To the crosse Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee is a part owner of the said shipp the ''Rat''<br />
''van A[?v]enture'', and with the order and assistance of his said partners<br />
the rest of the owners caused the said shipp to be built at Rotterdam at<br />
the proper costs of the said owners and this deponent paid the moneys<br />
for the same, each of the other of the owners supplying his share to<br />
this examinate, And otherwise hee cannot answer saving his foregoeing deposition<br />
and saving that this is her first voyage.
To the second hee saith that the foresaid Claus Claeson, Abraham<br />
Paulson, Paul P[XX]ckson and this deponent together with Lambert Johnson<br />
Bastian Bardorl, Cornelius hase, Tunnis Jaco[?X]sy Captaine [XX]<br />
R[XXX], Cornelius [XXXX], Lieve Simondson and derrick Corneli[?son]<br />
[XXXXX] derrick Corneli[?son]<br />
[XXXXX] +
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