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To the 37th he referreth himselfe to his f … To the 37th he referreth himselfe to his foregoeinge<br />
deposition and cannot otherwise anseare/
To the 38th negatively for his parte/
To the 39th he saith he is a seafaringe man And otherwise<br />
negatively:/
Repeated before doctor Clerke and Godolphin.
'''M''' [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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The 12th of October 1653, [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined uppon the foresaid allegation:/
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'''William Astell''' of the parish of Allhallowes<br />
Barkinge London Chirurgeon aged 60 yeares<br />
or thereabouts sworne and examined.
To the nineteenth arlate article of the said allegation he<br />
saith and deposeth That on or about the One and Twentieth<br />
day of January last past he this deponent was in Companie<br />
of Cornelius Peterson, Trumpeter of the shipp the<br />
''Salvador'' arlate att the signe of the shipp in Woolwich, and<br />
fallinge into discourse with him touchinge the said shipp the<br />
''Salvador'' and the shipps the ''Sampson'' and ''Saint George''<br />
arlate, he the said Trumpeter confessed and said that all<br />
the said shipps belonged to holland, and that the shipp<br />
the ''Salvador'' was this voyage bound for Amsterdam there<br />
to discharge, and this discourse he saith happened in the<br />
dutch language which this deponent (as he saith) cann verie<br />
well speake and understand And otherwise he cannot<br />
depose/
Uppon the rest he is not examined by direction of the<br />
producent/
To the crosse Interrogatories/
To the 33th he saith That the said confession of the said<br />
Trumpeter was made in an upper roome of the said howse<br />
knowne by the signe of the shipp haveinge a Balcone before<br />
it, towards the water side, and for the day and hower he saith it<br />
was about two or three of the Clocke in the morning of<br />
Satterday the 22th of January last they haveinge bin there<br />
all the foregoeinge night, And that then and there were<br />
present besides this deponent and the said Trumpeter<br />
Abraham Johnson his precontest, and his Contest William<br />
Pembridge together with one Mr [?Swaines] belonginge to the<br />
Prize Office And otherwise saveinge his foregoeinge<br />
deposition to which he referreth himselfe he cannot depose for<br />
he was not in the voyage in question nor can saye ought thereof<br />
more then by heresaye.
To the 36th he saith that if it were or had bin in his power he<br />
would have longe since condemned the said shipps the<br />
''Sampson'' the ''Salvador'' and the ''Saint George'' with theire<br />
ladinge for Prize because he beleeveth them to be hollands<br />
shippseth them to be hollands<br />
shipps +
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