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To the third hee saith the shipp Interroga … To the third hee saith the shipp Interrogate was bound with her ladeing seized in her for Martinico Guardilupa [?Slarijs] and Saint Martins in the West Indies and was there to have discharged her sayd<br />
ladeing videlicet hee was to have discharged parte thereof at Martinica<br />
part at Guardilupa part at [?Slarijs] and the remaynder at Saint Martin And further<br />
to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere/
To the 4th Interrogatorie hee saith the sayd shipp came not to the Barbadoes or<br />
any other English Plantation in America the voyage<br />
Interrogate nor did trade in any of them And further hee cannot answere
To the 5th Interrogatorie hee saith the shipp Interrogate was seized by one<br />
Captaine Pasfeild Commander of a shipp called the ''Barbadoes Merchant''<br />
upon the open seas as the sayd ship the ''Meremayde'' was in her direct course<br />
towards Martinico in this manner the sayd shipp the ''Meremayde'' being<br />
neere the Barbadoes as aforesayd the Master of the sayd shipp the ''Barbadoes''<br />
''Merchant'' (whose name waas likewise Pasfeild, came with three boates well<br />
manned a board the ''Meremayde'' and asked of this deponent whence hee<br />
came and whether hee was bound and what his ladeing was and to what port hee belonged And this<br />
deponent answered that hee belonged to fflushing, and came from the Weild<br />
coast from [?Winnemarie] there and was bound for Martinico and the rest<br />
of the ports in the West Indies before named, and that his ladeing was<br />
Sea Cowes, and with all told the sayd Pasfeild that hee this deponent<br />
wanted fresh water to supllie his shipp with and asked him the sayd Pasfeild<br />
if hee thought hee might safely send his boate to the Barbadoes to get a supplye of fresh water there which<br />
the sayd Pasfeild and all that came with him answered yes and presently<br />
the sayd Pasfeild and his company being a greater company then this<br />
deponent had belonging to the shipp the ''Meremayde'', (which consisted only of<br />
seaven men beside this deponent and two boyes) seized upon the [?steerage]<br />
of the ''Meremayde'' and manned her sayles and by force and contrary to<br />
the will of this deponent and company carried the sayd shipp<br />
the ''Meremayde'' into the harbour of the Barbadoes and to the bridge there<br />
And saith the premisses were soe done by the sayd Pasfeild the tenth day<br />
of June last past new style And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere
To the 6th Interrogatorie hee saith that hee this deponent and all his company<br />
were turned onshoare in the Barbadoes and only their chests<br />
(after they were broken open and a great part of what was in<br />
them taken out) were by the takers restored to this deponent and<br />
Company, by reason of which being soe turned ashoare the Company<br />
is all dispersed, this deponent knoweth not whether
To the 7th hee saith as before the shipp Interrogate was taken upon the<br />
high and open seas,./
[?Xright] Notary Publique Interpreter [SIGNATURE, LH SIDE]<br />
1655
Jacob Van der Ende [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated before doctor Godolphin/H SIDE]
Repeated before doctor Godolphin/ +
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