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arlate the producent Albert Lemmerman hath … arlate the producent Albert Lemmerman hath bin and at presnt ought<br />
to be the true and lawfull owner and proprietor of the said shipp the ''Saint''<br />
''Jacob'' and of her tackle apparrell and furniture and for such commonly<br />
accompted and reputed, which hee knoweth for that hee this deponent to the<br />
time of her late disaster hereafter mentioned was master of her and<br />
was put master of her by the said producent Albert Lemmerman;
To the second article hee saith and deposeth that in the monethes of August<br />
and September last past the said shipp the ''Saint Jacob'' being at Porto<br />
Port in the dominions of the king of Portugall and bound for Amsterdam<br />
was laden at Porto Port aforesaid with 264 bales of Sumack<br />
for the merchants accompt and two and twenty bales of sumack for this<br />
deponent accompt; and alsoe for the merchants accompt five hundred Rolls<br />
or thereabouts of tobaccoe, five and twenty chests of sugar, eighteene<br />
Elephants teeth, five bales of linnen, and foure cases of [?confecture]<br />
or sweet meates, and some other goods, all to be thence transported in the<br />
said shipp for Amsterdam and there to be delivered to and for accompt<br />
of the said Albert Lemmerman and of the arlate Abraham [?Ampen]<br />
and company all merchants of Amsterdam and thereabouts and subiects<br />
of the Lords the States of the United Netherland Provinces, and for such<br />
commonly accompted, saving that two and twenty cases of sumack as<br />
aforesaid belonging to this deponent were to be delivered for his<br />
accompt, and that hee alsoe was and is an Inhabitant of Amsterdam<br />
and a subiect of the said lords the States, the premisses touching the<br />
said lading hee knoweth being master of the said shipp and present<br />
at the same, and signing bills for the same./
To the third hee saith that the said shipp having received the said goods<br />
aboard, set saile and departed from Porto Port aforesaid on the 13th of September last old stile bound for<br />
Amsterdam, and steered her course thitherward, and that in her said<br />
course of proceeding shee sprung a very greate leake, where through<br />
the water came abundantly into her, soe as both shee and her lading<br />
together with this deponent and company were in danger of perishing<br />
and of being swallowed up in the sea
To the fourth article hee saith and deposeth that this deponent and<br />
company seeing them selves and their said shipp and lading in such<br />
distresse and danger, by meanes of the said leake; and being come<br />
to the coast of Sussex in the third of October last old stile, they<br />
endeavoured to run ashore there, and at length on the said third of<br />
October last did run or bring their said shipp (with the said lading in her)<br />
ashore neare little hampton in the said County.
To the fifth hee saith that the same night after such their bringing or<br />
running their said shipp with their said lading ashore, this deponent<br />
with some of his company went out of their said shipp into their boate<br />
and went towards Little hampton aforesaid to seake for help to save the said<br />
shippor help to save the said<br />
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