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To the second and third hee referreth hims … To the second and third hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, and<br />
cannot otherwise depose.
To the fourth hee saith [XXX XXXXXX] hath<br />
John dala villette who was his correspondent at dunquirke being<br />
now gone to swell at Middle[?borowe] and Anthony Dom[?enson]<br />
who was his correspondent at Ostend, not having bin imployed by<br />
him any time this twelvemoneth, but nowe hee now dwelleth with<br />
Balthazar Curteis of Antwerp, to or from whom hee hath [?not]<br />
written or received ought concerning the said shipp [?the]<br />
''Saint John Baptist'' or her lading.
To the fifth hee saith that by the premisses and by the said [?mr ?Lucies]<br />
bookes of account which this deponent hath perused, hee is [?sure ?and]<br />
certain[?e] that the said Mr Lucie and is the sole and reall owner<br />
of the said shipp, and without having partnershipp [?therein]<br />
with any others, and otherwise negatively, saving the lading also<br />
mentioned in the bill of lading taken in the said shipp, doth soly<br />
belonge alsoe unto him.
To the 6th hee saith hee heard of the warrs betwixt England and<br />
Spaine at the hapening thereof, at which time there was alsoe [?and]<br />
before warrs betwixt ffrance and Spaine./
To the seventh hee saith the said [?Broeder Baxan] being a dutchman<br />
hath a holland Seabrief for his better securitie of sailing, by<br />
vertue whereof hee should be freed from the Ostenders and dunkirkers<br />
besides the goods being laden in the name of the said Backer [?a subiect]<br />
of Sweden, the Ostender and dunkerkers have noe pretence [?therein]<br />
and saith the said papers were coloured only to avoide dunkirkers<br />
and Ostenders, and not English, the shipp being really bound [?hence]<br />
to discharge for Mr Lucies account.
To the eighth hee referreth himselfe to his foregoing deposition, and<br />
saith the said Mr Lucie having soe brought the said shipp, [?presently]<br />
put the said Broeder Baxen master of her.
To the last hee cannot answer.
Repeated before doctor Godolphin with his Precontest/
[?Ahaham] Gaultier [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 14th of July 1656
On the behalf of the State}
'''Henry Harling''' Wharfinger of Ralphs key<br />
London, aged 27 yeares or thereabouts sworne before<br />
the right Worshipfull John Godolphin doctor of lawe one<br />
of the Judges of the high Court of Admiralty<br />
saith and deposeth by vertue of his oath.
'''Rowe dt.'''
That a lighter belonging to this deponent named the ''William''<br />
is of the burthen of five and twenty tonnes or thereabouts and [?rather more]<br />
then lesse, and another lighter belonging him named the [?hXXXX]<br />
is of the same burthen, and that they are both to be imployed in [XXX]<br />
service of this Commonwealth.
Hen: Harlingey [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]alth.
Hen: Harlingey [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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