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And saith that the said Collard and compan … And saith that the said Collard and company (while the said shipp the<br />
''Saint Mary de Guarda lupe'' was under their power) only tooke out of her<br />
some chests of sugar and some other pettie matters which hee knoweth being<br />
all the while aboard her to the time of her seizure by the ''Saphire'' the<br />
English frigot. And otherwise hee cannot depose saving the said Collard<br />
and company never carried the ''Saint Mary'' into any port in ffrance, nor under the<br />
commannd of any fort or castle in ffrance.
To the seaventh hee cannot depose.
To the 8th hee saith that assoone as the said shipp the ''Saint Mary'' was<br />
brought into Plimouth by the ''Saphire'', the Captaine of the ''Saphire''<br />
turned all such of the said Callards company as hee put aboard<br />
her (consiting in soldiers and marriners of about 19 persons)<br />
ashore, but kept this deponent and the other six of the ''Saint Mary''<br />
her company aboard, telling them that they must serve the<br />
Parliament, and soe after the said vessell had bin about five dayes<br />
brought into Plimouth, this deponent and his said six companions<br />
belonging to the ''Saint Mary'', without being carried before any Magistrates<br />
or any wayes examined, were sent out to<br />
sea in the said frogot the ''Saphire'' in the service of this State<br />
and after that they had bin about 29 dayes at sea, the said frigot<br />
met at sea with eight shipps of holland or of other places<br />
of the Netherlands, and then this deponent and his said six companions<br />
made request to the Captaine of the said frigot ther ''Saphirre''<br />
(being the same Captaine that tooke them) that hee would suffer them<br />
to goe into the said dutch shipps, that soe they might goe ashore<br />
in ffrance or the lowe Countries and soe dispose themselves for<br />
their homes and occasions, or to that effect, whereunto the said<br />
Captaine condiscended, and put them into shipps namely<br />
each man into a severall shiipp, by which meanes this deponent<br />
got ashore at Saint Martins in ffrance, and thence hee went to<br />
Rochell, where hee met with his precontest Lucas hendrickson<br />
Sinck master of the ''Mary'', who was before carried into ffrance<br />
by the said Collard, and thence the said master came afterwards for<br />
England, and this deponent went for Amsterdam. And saith that<br />
such their bringing into Plimouth was on or about the 11th of<br />
October last newe stile. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 9th article hee saith that after the said seizure by the ''Saphire'', and before<br />
the bringing of the ''Saint Mary'' into Plimouth the Captaine<br />
of the ''Saphire'' caused this deponent and his six companions to be<br />
brought aboard the frigot, and that hee the said Captaine and<br />
company fetched amd caused to be fetched about 33 or 34 chests of<br />
sugar out of the ''Mary'' into the said frigot, two boates lading<br />
of Campecha wood, three or foure bales of Cochenille,<br />
some ginger, and about 540 hides, which hee knoweth being then<br />
aboard the frigot, and after their<br />
comming into Plimouth this deponent sawe the said goodss there sent<br />
ashore out of the said frigot, but what they tooke out of the said ''Mary'' at Plimouth<br />
heee saith hee cannot depose. And further hee cannot depose,
Todepose. And further hee cannot depose,
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