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under the Greate Seale of this Court,a nd … under the Greate Seale of this Court,a nd carryed the same<br />
with him to Plimouth where he had the possession of his sayd shipp<br />
the ''ffortune'' and her lading delivered to him, And saith that<br />
on or about the 21th or 22th day of ffebruary 1653 last past<br />
he sett saile with his sayd shipp and goods from Plymouth and tooke<br />
to sea with him the Exemplification of his Restitution so sealed as<br />
aforesayd,a nd that after he had bene att sea two dayes upon his<br />
Course for Hamburgh all along the English Coast about 6.<br />
leagues from Dover the foresayd Captaien carey and Company<br />
in their shipp being a private man of warr mett with this<br />
deponent and hald him demanding of this deponent whence<br />
he was and whither bound whereto this deponent replyed that<br />
he was of Stralsond and was goeing to Hamburgh, and upon<br />
the neerer approach of the sayd private man of warr and boarding<br />
of the sayd shipp ''ffortune'' (but before actuall boarding) this<br />
deponent did declare to the sayd Captaine carey (who is by common<br />
repute an Irish man) that he this deponent had bene formerly<br />
seized as aforesaid and that the sayd shipp ''ffortune'' and her lading had bene upon legall processe duly<br />
restored by Authority of the Admiralty Court of England, and<br />
then this deponent produced his foresayd Exemplification and<br />
shewed the sayd carey the seale thereof being the great<br />
seale of this Court But the sayd Carey the premisses notwithstanding<br />
would and did board this deponent and sayd he cared not for the<br />
sayd seale nor for any of the Contents of the writing under the<br />
same, And saith that so soone as the sayd Carey and Company<br />
of his sayd man of warr did board the ''fortune'' aforesayd his the<br />
sayd Careyes men without anbt offence to them offered or cause<br />
given did beat this deponents shipps Company with their swords<br />
in the sight of this deponent, And soone after this deponent and<br />
4 of his Company were taken into and carryed on board the sayd<br />
Man of warr and then and there this deponent delivered to the<br />
sayd Carey his bookes papers and writings, and amongst the rest<br />
the forementioned examplification under seale as aforesayd, which the<br />
sayd Carey did read and sayd he mattered it not nor cared for it<br />
and that the sayd decree so exemplifyed notwithstandinge he<br />
would make the sayd shipp ''ffortune'' prize and carry her to Dover<br />
with her lading. And saith att the sayd tyme upon boarding of the<br />
''ffortune'' the sayd Careyes men did with their swords cutt in peices<br />
much of the tackle and ropes of the sayd shipp ''ffortune'', And having<br />
soe done and being become Masters of her did by order of the<br />
sayd Carey carry her to Dover where she now is with her lading being<br />
wynes praens and ginger in the possession of the sayd Carew<br />
or his Agents. And saith that upon the sayd Carrey bringing<br />
this deponent and his Company to Dover he turned all this<br />
deponents people out of the shipp ''ffortune'' and sent and kept them<br />
as Prisoners in private howses in Dover 2 and 2 in an howse<br />
and kept this deponent for five dayes together alone as a<br />
prisoner in a private howse there, and debarred him the use of<br />
pen Inke and paper and all meanes whereby he might make<br />
his case knowne, and in that case had kept this deponent to<br />
this tymeept this deponent to<br />
this tyme +
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