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To the Interrogatories.
To th … [ADD DATA]
To the Interrogatories.
To the first hee saith that hee this rendent is an Englishman, borne at<br />
Higate and hath lived at Dover for theise 11 yeares last, and otherwise<br />
negatively.
To the second hee saith hee hath knowne the said William Maurin for theise [?XXX]<br />
yeares last, and otherwise hee refrreth himselfe to his foregoing deposition saving<br />
that the said Maurin hath dwelt and kept his familie at Dunquirke<br />
severrall yeares last
To the third 4 and 5th hee saith hee hath knowne the said shipp the ''James'' about 7 monethes<br />
last, but this deponent was not present nor knoweth ought<br />
of her buying, but is convinced in his conscience that shee really belongeth<br />
to the said maurin, and that noe Hollander or ffrenchman or subiect of the<br />
kinge of ffrance or of the States of the United Netherlands have or hath<br />
any interest therein, for hee saith the said Maurin having speech with this<br />
deponent (being lately at Dunquirke) about the said shipp and her sending<br />
for ffrance and this deponent giving the maser assistance at Dover, this<br />
deponent earnestly urged and conjured him the said Maurin that if hee<br />
were any wayes unfree in respect of England hee should not use this deponents<br />
assistance or to that effect, whereupon the said Maurin seriously averred and<br />
protested with an oath that shee was his and his freiends and that noe subiect of the States aforesaid<br />
or kinge of ffrance had any interest therein.
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The 17th of ffebruary 1653.
Keeling and company against the}<br />
''Beehive'', John Saunderson master.}
'''John Saunderson''' of Berghen in Norway<br />
Mariner, master of the said shipp the<br />
''Beehive'', aged 33 yeares or thereabouts<br />
sworne as in the Acts of Court and examined<br />
upon certaine Interrogatories ministredon the<br />
behalfe of the said Keeling and company<br />
saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet.
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belonge to the port of Berghen in Norway where this deponent <br />
and all the owners of the said shipp dwell, and that the said owners<br />
[?were]d that the said owners<br />
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