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and other duties which (as hee sayd) hee h … and other duties which (as hee sayd) hee had undertaken to satisfie and [?gratifie GUTTER]<br />
the Grand Signiors officers for cleareing the sayd goods whereto the sayd<br />
harris replied to this effect that his was a stranger and had noe money<br />
where upon the sayd ffowke cause the Person of the sayd harris to bee<br />
seized, and imprisoned him in two the sayd ffowkes house under Command<br />
of Janizaries, and alsoe imprizoned this deponent and the sayd Pembridge<br />
and one Turner the Gunner of the sayd shipp who were all on shoare to see and<br />
endeavour to get their sayd Master cleare and on board, the winds being then<br />
fayre for their departure And hee saith that after a little while the sayd<br />
ffooke released this deponent and the sayd Pembridge and Turner and sent them<br />
a Shippbord but still kept the Master prisoner, and then sent certayne<br />
officers on board the sayd shipp with his the sayd ffowkes brother and they<br />
being come they opened the hatches and by force tooke away three bales of silks part<br />
of the sayd ships Cargoe and carried it ashoare in a boate they brought<br />
with them for that purpose, which they did in presence of this deponent, the<br />
sayd Pembridge Turner and the rest of the sayd shipps Company<br />
who all refused to meddle or lend a hand to the hoisting of it out<br />
of the hold or putting it on board the boate, but durst make noe other<br />
resistance the shipp lying under Command of the Castle there,<br />
And [XXXX] the sayd three Bales being carried on shoare the sayd Master<br />
was released of his imprisonment and the sayd shipp and the rest of<br />
her ladeing discharged, which this deponent beleeveth and is verily<br />
perswaded in this conscience would not have bin done without<br />
payment of the sayd 18 hundred dollers demanded, or seizure of<br />
the sayd silks soe that three bayles were taken away<br />
meerely to discharge and preserve the rest of the sayd shipps<br />
ladeing And further to these Interrogatories hee cannot depose./
Repeated before dr Godolphin/
the marke of the sayd<br />
Symon '''S''' Roe./ [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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The 18th of June 1656/
Tether against Bryan et cetera/
The 18th of June 1656/
Examined upon an allegation on behalfe of the sayd Bryan/
'''Rp EA. 3'''
'''John Moye''' of parish of Saint Katherine neere the Tower of london<br />
Mariner aged twenty yeares thereabouts a wittnes sworene<br />
and examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet./
To the first and second articles of the sayd allegation hee saith that in the<br />
moneth of december 1653 there came certayne lighter man with a lighter<br />
aboard the shipp the ''Julian'' then bound for Roane and lying neere the hermitage stayres in wapping and brought in<br />
their lighter the twelve hogsheads of Copperis in question and desyred that<br />
it might be receaved aboard the sayd shipp for Account of the sayd Tether<br />
to bee transported therein to Roane, and the arlate Richard Bryan the<br />
Master of the sayd shipp then being absent one of the company of the sayd<br />
shipp whose name at present hee remembreth not told the sayd Lighterman<br />
that the sayd shipp had her full ladeing and could take in noe more or<br />
to that effect, and this deponent alsoe then spake words to the same effect [?to the GUTTER]<br />
sayd lighterman which notwithstanding the sayd lighterman<br />
was very importunate to have the same taken aboard and sayd [?hee GUTTER]<br />
had order from the arlate Tether to bring them and shipp them a board<br />
the sayd shipp and showed a noate (which this deponent heard read) expressly<br />
thatent heard read) expressly<br />
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