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The same day Examined upon the said Allega … The same day Examined upon the said Allegation./
'''6us./'''
'''Henry Slucker''' of hamborough Mariner aged 23<br />
yeares or thereabouts, sworne and examined saith as followeth
To the 4th article of the said Allegation hee saith, That hee this deponent in the<br />
yeare <u>1652.</u> arlate being at Cadiz in Spaine and then serving as an ordinary<br />
Sailer in and aboard the shipp the ''Salvador'' of hamborough (Christian Cloppen=<br />
burgh Master) did then and there for severall moneths together, (in which the shipp<br />
the ''Saimnt George'' arlate togeather with the said shipp ''Salvador'' and the ''Sampson'' of<br />
Lubeck roade there one to another in the Bay of Cadiz aforesaid) heare<br />
observe and take notice then and there, That the common and generall report<br />
then currant amongst Merchants, and the Mariners of the said respective<br />
shipps was, that the said shipp the ''Saint George'', (whereof John Martens<br />
dorpe then was Commannder) was designed with the ladeing shee then tooke in<br />
to sayle inCompany with the said shipps ''Sampson'' and ''Salvadore'' to the Port<br />
of Ostend or dunquirke in fflanders and there to discharge, And saith<br />
that hee this deponent dureing the time of the said shipp ''Saint George'' her aboade<br />
at Cadiz in the yeare aforesaid nor at any time before or since hath ever<br />
heard any common or credible report or rumour either at Cadiz or elswhere That the said shipp the ''Saint George'' and<br />
her lading were bound for or belonged to Amsterdam or any other port or<br />
place of the United Netherlands, or to any person or persons there inhabiting<br />
or residing. And further saith, That this deponent being a Native of hamburgh<br />
and having from his infancie had his constant relation to the said Citie of<br />
hamburgh, and his friends and kindred there residing, hath constantly and<br />
credibly bin informed and thereupon is fully assured That the said shipp<br />
the ''Saint George'' was there first built from the stockes, and hath ever since her<br />
originall building belonged to that Port, and to Burghers and inhabitants there<br />
The premisses hee deposeth upon the reasons expressed in this his deposition And<br />
further hee cannot depose/
To the rest of the articles hee deposeth not, bu direction of the producents.
To the Crosse Interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee was and is as aforesaid a native of hamborough<br />
where he had his education, and had and hath his constant relation to that<br />
Citie and State during the time interrate And otherwise negatively/:/
To the second hee saith hee is by profession a Sailer, and that hee first<br />
came to Amsterdam about Whitsuntide in the yeare 1651. last past<br />
where hee remained about 10. or 11 daies, and was then hired to serve aboard<br />
the shipp ''Salvador'' to Cadiz in Spaine, and saith hee did not then<br />
or at any time before or since see the ''Saint George'' interrate at<br />
Amsterdam, but saith hee saw the said shipp the ''Saint George'' in Hamborough<br />
calked and repaired there about 7. or 8. yeares since, the time hee doeth not<br />
now otherwise exactly remember, and saith that after such the said shipps reparatures<br />
and calkeing this deponent about that time saw and observed her rideing upon the<br />
(Rivered her rideing upon the<br />
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