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the sayd Scott and Van houlton claymed by … the sayd Scott and Van houlton claymed by this deponent in the high Court of<br />
Admiralty (being aboard at such her seizure) and upon proofe of the propriety of [XXX GUTTER]<br />
restored) and by this deponent afterwards ordered to bee transported to Cadiz in pre[XXXXX GUTTER]<br />
of her former intended voyage before such her seizure And further to this<br />
Interrogatorie hee cannot depose/
To the 3 hee cannot depose/
To the 4th hee cannot depose/
To the 5th hee cannot depose/
To the 6th 7th and 8th Interrogatories hee saith that before the departure of<br />
the sayd shipp ''hare in the ffeild'' from England on her voyage for Cadiz, after<br />
such her being cleered as aforesayd, and while shee lay at Gravesend bound<br />
for Cadiz, the sayd John Kein sent the Interrogate John Van Lathum his<br />
Purser to this deponents house at London with a Colourable bill of sale<br />
made of the sayd shipp to this deponent, but withall then presented unto this deponent a<br />
noate in writing expressing that the sayd bill of sale soe made to this deponent<br />
was only colourable, and pro forma, and that the same shipp did still belong<br />
to the Interrogate Clement, Bulstrode, and Company, and desyred this deponent<br />
to signe the sayd noate, Whereupon this deponent having perused the sayd<br />
bill of sale and the sayd noate, returned answere that hee would not [XXXX GUTTER]<br />
or have to doe with the sayd bill of sale nor have any hand in colo{uring}<br />
any foreigners goods or words to that effect, and then tore the sayd noate<br />
soe tendered to him to subscribe, and refused to accept of the sayd Colour[?able GUTTER]<br />
bill of sale and delivered the same, back to the sayd Van Lathum to bee by him<br />
carried back to the sayd Kein, and this deponent doth by virtue of his oath declare that hee never had nor hath right or tytle to the sayd shipp or<br />
part thereof And these premisses were soe done by this<br />
deponent in his house in Saint Martins Lane London in the presense of the<br />
precontests harman Goris, ffrancis Nevile, and this deponents wife, and<br />
further to this Interrogatorie Xhee cannot depose./<br />
Repeated before doctor Godolphin with his precontests./.
[:-:] Gillis Vandeput [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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13th October 1656.
Page against Basse}<br />
Clements Smith}
'''Rp. 3:'''
'''Philipp Ewers''' of Rederith in the County<br />
of Surry Mariner, aged about 44 yeares<br />
a wittnes, produced, sworne and examined<br />
deposeth as followeth.
To the eighth and ninth articles of the allegation given<br />
and admitted on the behalfe of the sayd Page and<br />
Company the producent did come unto this deponent and [XXX GUTTER]<br />
John Perryman (being both Masters of shipps) and<br />
requested them to come aboard the arlate shipp the [XXXXX GUTTER]<br />
of London (she then riding nigh Rederith) and to s[XXX GUTTER]<br />
the damage that had happened unto the goods a board the<br />
shipp, and how such damage did come and happen<br />
Anddamage did come and happen<br />
And +
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