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further hee confessed and said, that when … further hee confessed and said, that when the said shipp was in Spaine, the<br />
said Christian Cloppenburgh understanding that there was warrs betwixt<br />
England and holland, hired him the said Trumpeter and the rest of<br />
his men a newe for Ostend, and tould them<br />
that when they came upon the coast and found it cleare of English men<br />
of warr they could goe right for holland, And saith hee the said<br />
Trumpeter made the said confession partly in English and partly in dutch<br />
which this deponent understood, And the said sailemaker speaking apart to<br />
this deponent in English, told him that hee knewe asmuch as the Trumpeter<br />
and that they sailed from Amsterdam and were bound thither againe. And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that<br />
for the space of an houre and halfe before they went to the shipp they<br />
hadf bin in company of the said Trumpeter and sailemaker and some<br />
twelve men of the ''Salvadors'' company at the States armes in the said<br />
towne, and since hee hath severall times seene them, and otherwise hee<br />
never knewe them nor knoweth the name of any of them saving the said<br />
Trumpeter, andsaving as aforesaid hee cannot durther answer.
To the second hee saith the said confession was made in an upper roome<br />
of the said house having the signe of the [?shipp] having a balcone towards the waterside, about midnight<br />
and after supper, And otherwise saving his foregoing deposition hee cannot<br />
depose.
To the third hee saith they came to the signe of the shipp aforesaid about eight of<br />
the clock at night and kept company all that night and parted about<br />
foure of the clock the next morning. And otherwise hee referreth<br />
himselfe to his foregoeing deposition.
To the fourth hee saith hee had bin in company of the Trumpeter and<br />
others as aforesaid at the States armes before they came to the shipp<br />
but hee had noe speech with them about the ''Salvador'' at the States armes,<br />
And otheriwse hee referreth himselfe to his foregoing deposition.
To the 5th hee referreth himselfe as aforesaid and otherwise cannot<br />
answer, not being able as hee saith to remember the very identicall<br />
words after soe long time.
To the 6 hee saith the said Trumpeter is a faire lustie man having the haire of his head light coloured,<br />
tall well built and of about 36 yeares of age in his estimation,<br />
and that the said meeting and supping together was contrived by this<br />
deponent and the said mr Astell and Johnson and one mr Simmonds<br />
of the prize office, to the end to learne som what out of the said<br />
Trumpeter and sailemaker for the States advantage against the said<br />
shipp and lading.
To the 7 hee saith the said confession was made by way of answer<br />
to questions put to him the said Trumpeter by the said Johnson/
To the 8 hee saith hee was borne at Welby in hereford shire<br />
and can speake only English but understandeth dutch prettie well<br />
and could soe doe for 8 or 10 yeares past having bin a waiter aboard<br />
and conversing much with dutch men by that meanes.
To the 9 and 10th negatively./
Repeated before doctors Clerke and Godolphin
William Pembridge [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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