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and was in and aboard her at the time of h … and was in and aboard her at the time of her seizure, And by such his service<br />
aboard her, and by the common and generall report of her Master and<br />
Companie of Mariners aboard her, and also by publique report and fame at<br />
Amsterdam, is well assured, That the said shipp and appurtenances did and<br />
doe belong to the said doone Verategan and ompanie being subjects of<br />
theise United Netherlands. And further hee cannot depose:-/
To the second hee saith, That hee this examinate was an ordinary Mariner aboard<br />
the said shipp att the time of her said setting saile and departing from the Texell<br />
in holland which was about the 20th of Aprill or May in the yeare<br />
<u>1654</u> and saith the said shipp came to and arrived at the Barbadoes<br />
upon or about the moneth of June <u>1654</u>. as this rendent remembreth<br />
And further cannot depose/:-
To the third hee saith, That the said shipp had aboard her a Cargazon<br />
of severall sorts of goods, as shooes, stockins, linnen, silkes and other goods<br />
which hee cannot particularize being proper for the West Indies, and<br />
were sofarr as this deponent heard or understood the proper goods of the<br />
said doone, Verstegan and Companie, and were received and laden<br />
aboard the said shipp at Amsterdam, and that as this deponent heard<br />
from her said Master at Barbadoes, hee the said Master had permission<br />
from the Governor of that place freely to trade and traffique there, and<br />
soe much hee saith was publique and notorious at such time and times<br />
as the said shipp discharged and sent any of her said Lading ashoare into<br />
the Barbadoes and that without such permission they did not nor would<br />
adventure any of their said goods ashoare, as well knowing that by the<br />
Custome of that place it was not free to trade or traffique there without<br />
such permission first obteyned, And further cannot depose./
To the 4th hee saith, the said shipp was seized at or neere the Barbadoes<br />
by some of the English fleet at or upon the 18th day of ffebruary last<br />
past, and that at the time of such her seizure, shee had aboard her<br />
2/3 parts of her lading aboard consisting in sugars shortly before taken in<br />
and aboard her at the Barbadoes aforesaid, and sofarr as this examinate<br />
knoweth the said shipp and goods were soe seized and taken by authoritie<br />
and order from Generall Penn the Commannder of the English fleet<br />
then in those parts, this rendent then being one of the said shipps Companie<br />
And saith the Master of the said shipp was left ashoare at Barbadoes<br />
and some of the said shipps Companie, and others of them have since<br />
been transported in English shipps from thence to London; And saith<br />
the said shipp and goods so farr as this rendent there observed came into<br />
the possession of the English fleet that hath made seizure thereof<br />
And further cannot depose
Repeated before doctor Clerke./
Drrck Cornelis [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 9th day of June <u>1655</u>/ [CENTRE HEADING]
A business of Examination of Wittnesses on the behalf of}<br />
the shipp the ''Swan'' of Modenblick (Simon Peterson Master)}<br />
lately seized in the Barbadoes}
'''dt. ffra[?X] et pro 2. alys/'''
Examined upon Interrogatories<br />
ministred on the behalfe<br />
of the said Versc[?XX] and<br />
Companie/
(SemVersc[?XX] and<br />
Companie/
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