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of her about a yeare last past, and that s … of her about a yeare last past, and that shee belongeth to<br />
the port of Amsterdam, and that her owners are hendrick<br />
Steffelson, John Rowlofson, Claes Everson, and hee this deponent<br />
all Amsterdammers, and there borne and dwelling and subiects<br />
of the States of the United Netherlands. And saith the said shipp<br />
at the time of her seizure by the ''hopewell'' was laden with<br />
98 hogsheads of traine oile, and a parcell of whalebone the<br />
quantitie whereof hee knoweth not, and saith the same were<br />
laden at Amsterdam and consigned to be carried to and delivered<br />
at Callice in the Realme of ffrance to a ffrenchman a subiect<br />
of the ffrench kinge and for the accompt of such ffrenchman<br />
and subiect, and hee was to pay him this deponent the freight<br />
of and for the said goods, and saith that the merchant at<br />
Amsterdam that laded the said goods told this deponent that<br />
the same were for the accompt of the said ffrenchman of<br />
Calice, and therefore admonished this deponent to take heed<br />
of comming on the coast of England leasr hee should be<br />
taken and the said goods made prize, and this deponent meant<br />
not to come on this coast, but came thereon meerely by<br />
mistake of his course through the thicknesse and<br />
murkinesse of the weather, and soe was met with and<br />
seized off deale by the said shipp the ''hopewell''/ And<br />
otherwise chee cannot depose.
Pieter [?Isaackes] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
'''See the second in f[?ine] B.2.'''IDE]
'''See the second in f[?ine] B.2.''' +
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