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were and are by name Hendrick Neme who is … were and are by name Hendrick Neme who is owner of a 16th part<br />
of the said vessell, tackle and furniture, Hendrick Magers a 16th part<br />
John Buissell, John Sluyter, Hendrick Wessell, Peter Northwisen<br />
Gertrude Weekfef, John Naghel, Eusten Ostrick, Hance<br />
Graffle, Olaf Peirson, Harman Staet, Evers Sluyters, Holwick<br />
Wellinge, Olo Losse and hee this deponent every one a sixteenth<br />
part, and saith they were and are all citizens and<br />
Burghers of Berghen in Norway, and subiects of the King of<br />
Denmarke; and saith the said shipp as hee hath heard was built at<br />
Edam in Holland by Claes Brewn of Neuwerdam and his then owners, but<br />
who those owners were hee knoweth not, And saith that<br />
of the said owners were the originall buyers by their factors about three yeares<br />
since of the said shipp at Amsterdam at an outcrie or publique<br />
vendition thereof, and that the rest of the owners have since bought their<br />
parts from them. And otherwise hee cannot depose, saving this deponent<br />
was alsoe one of the first buyers.
To the second hee saith hee was borne and hath dwelt all his time in<br />
Berghen aforesaid, where hee hath bin maried 11 yeares and kept his wife<br />
and familie there, and saith his shipps company are all<br />
Norwegians, and came first aboard the said shipp at Berghen,<br />
where hee hired them to goe with the said ship this voyage to Amsterdam, and<br />
thence to retourne to Berghen aforesaid, and this deponent was to<br />
pay them. And otherwise saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot depose.
To the third hee saith the said shipps lading at the time of her seizure<br />
consisted in Stoockfish, hasell Nutts namely about 3 or 400 barralls<br />
of nutts, about 300 dirkus of goate skines, about 3 or foure lasts of<br />
tallowe about 10 or 12 barralls of beefe, and about halfe a<br />
last of traine oile and some drie ox hides all which were laden at Berghen and to be<br />
transported to Amsterdam there to be delivered to Matthias Weinckle<br />
Anthony Hendrickson, Elerd Weerd, Hendrick Arbrooke, John Loons,<br />
Laurence Barentson, Peter Peterson and Jarvis Tonover merchants and<br />
factors dwelling in Amsterdam; and that the foresaid Hendrick Magers<br />
aforesaid and other Burghers of Berghen laded the said goods, saving one<br />
John Berkelen a Lubeccker a passenger laded nutts, fish, and skinns<br />
and tallowe for his owne accompt, and a young man amed Hance Ma[?ghel]<br />
of Bergen alsoe a passenger laded fish and tallowe for his accompt, and<br />
this deponent laded and hath aboard for his oweaccompt 110 dickers of<br />
fells. and 6 barrells of tallowe , and 600 [?waghe] of fish, each<br />
[?waghe] contayning 36 pounds, and the rest of the said lading belongeth<br />
to them of Amsterdam
To the fourth hee saith hee wsa freighted by the parcell after 7 stivers<br />
per [?waghe], and 28 stivers the barrell, and 14 stivers the dicker<br />
for goate skinns, and was to be paid (for such goods as were<br />
not laden y owners of the shipp) at Amsterdam, and saith there are<br />
noe bills of lading made or signed for the said goods.
To the 5th hee saith hee was taken at sea before the fflie, steering<br />
for Amsterdam, and that one tresor was Captaine of the shipp that<br />
tooke him; and saith there were some Hollanders that came from the<br />
East India's and were passengers in the said shipp from Berghen for Amsterdam<br />
whofrom Berghen for Amsterdam<br />
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