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To the first 2. and 3. articles of the sai … To the first 2. and 3. articles of the said Allegation this deponent saith and deposeth, That<br />
hee this deponent being an hamburger and of the Eastland, and having used<br />
Navigation for about 33. yeares last past and being thereby well experienced in<br />
the manner forme and fabrique of Eastland shipps, and having severall times<br />
seene and seriously observed the fashion and composure of the shipp the ''Sampson''<br />
in question, both in Spaine and here in the River of Thames since her seizure, hee<br />
well knoweth her to be of the fashion and forme of building usuall at Lubeck<br />
and other Ports in the East Countrey about 10. yeares since, for that the fashion<br />
of the said Countries in building of shipps was generally observed to be more rude<br />
unpolished and of heavy and full timber, and that of the United Netherland of a<br />
lighter handsomer and more polished and neate composure, And so much hee saith<br />
hee beleeveth was and is very obvious and easy to be discerned by experienced<br />
Merchants Mariners and Shipwrights, And further saith, That this deponent hath<br />
ceredibly heard and is fully convinced in Conscience by the relation of the allate<br />
Otto George late Master of the said shipp ''Sampson'', and of Vincent Van Campen<br />
ffrederick Be[?v]ia John de Windt and others Merchants of great worth in Spaine<br />
and part Owners of the said shipp ''Sampson'', That shee was built originally from the<br />
stockes at Lubeck in the yeares 1645. and 1646. last past, by the direction of one<br />
Anthonie Wessell a Lubecker of whom the said Otto George bought the same<br />
for the accompt of the said Owners and others Merchants and inhabitants in<br />
Spaine, And saith That for all the time of this deponents knowledge of the said<br />
shipp ''Sampson'', viderlicet for about 6. or 7. yeares since, shee hath alwaies been<br />
accompted reputed and knowne amongst Merchants and Mariners for and as a<br />
Lubeck shipp. And further hee cannot depose saving his subsequent deposition, not<br />
being present or seeing the Originall building of the said shipp ''Sampson'':-/:-
To the 4th and 5th articles hee saith, That since the said Originall building and buying<br />
of the said shipp ''Sampson'' as aforesaid by the said Otto George, hee the said<br />
Otto George was generally observed to have the Conduct and<br />
Command of the said shipp till the time of her seizure by the English in or<br />
about November <u>1652.</u> last past, and saith the said Otto George for an<br />
Easterling borne, and a Burgher of Lubeck was till his death generally<br />
accompted and esteemed, And that this deponent never heard any credible or<br />
common report during all that time, that the said shipp ''Sampson'' ever belonged<br />
to Amsterdam or to any other part or place of the United Netherlands, And<br />
that the said Otto George about a yeare since being sick and weake departed<br />
from London, and not long after arrived and came to Lubeck where hee dyed and<br />
was buried as a Burgher of that place, as hee henerally was esteemed,<br />
And so much this deponent hath understood by letters from hamborough, and<br />
by the generall relation and report of severall persons of quality amongst whom it is publique and notorious And further<br />
to theise articles hee cannot depose, saving his foregoeing and subsequent deposition.
To the 6th hee saith, That hee this deponent well knoweth the arlate Peter Eleston<br />
who dwelt and kept an inne at the Goulden Posthorne upon the Sea dike in<br />
Amsterdam and saith that the said Peter Eleson in the yeare 1647.<br />
and moneths therein concurring, and at the time of the seizure of the said<br />
shipp ''Sampson'' by some of the shipps of this Commonwealth in November<br />
(1652Commonwealth in November<br />
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