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The 22th of January 1656
The office of th … The 22th of January 1656
The office of the Judges against}<br />
Nathaniel hawes and others.}<br />
Suckly. Smyth.}
Examined upon an allegation given on the behalfe of<br />
Jacob Jacobs and others the 8th of december last.
'''XX'''
'''.j.'''
'''Hance Elers''' of hamborough Mariner, aged 34 yeares<br />
or thereabouts sworne and Examined.
To the first and second articles of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth<br />
that hee well know and knoweth the shipps the ''Winbeck'', the ''katherin''<br />
the ''Bremer'' and the ''king david'' arlate, which hee saith were and are all<br />
of hamborowe, and alsoe well knoweth their respective Masters arlate, and<br />
saith that in or about April last the said foure shipps under the conduct<br />
of their respective Masters arlate were bound and sailing from hamborough<br />
for Portugall, namely the said shipp the ''Bremer'' for Port a Port and the<br />
other three for Lisbone, with severall goods and merchandizes to be dischardged<br />
at the said ports of Portugall, and belonging to hamburgers, and further<br />
that in their course of preceeding they were by contrary windes put into<br />
the Ile of Wight, where they came all foure to an anchor before the<br />
Cowes in or above Aprill last, and after about foure or five dayes that<br />
they had laine there, the winde comming faire and the said masters having<br />
paid the acustomed duties of lights and anchorage, they weighed and<br />
proceeded the westerly way to goe thense on their voyage, and comming<br />
somewhat past Yarmouth Castle, the winde tooke them contrary againe<br />
whereby they were occasioned to tack and come againe to anchor<br />
before the said Castle of Yarmouth, and saith the arlate Captaine Welch<br />
a private man of warr came from the Cowes with them, and turned back<br />
with his shipp and anchored before Yarmouth as they did, and when the<br />
winde served againe, and that the said foure masters had paid the duties and<br />
taken their leave of the castle and had weighed and were going to saile, the<br />
said Captaine Welch from his man of warr shott off a Gunn, and<br />
commanded the said foure masters of the said foure shipps of hamborowe<br />
to come aboard him, and that they went accordingly aboard him, all<br />
which had knoweth to be time, for that hee this deponent went the said<br />
voyage in the said shipp ''king david'' whereof hee was boatswaine and<br />
sawe the premisses soe happen and acted, and upon such going aboard<br />
this deponent sawe Hendrick Brand master of the ''king david'' carry his<br />
seabrief and papers with him, and heard and beleeveth that the said other<br />
three masters did the like and otherwise hee doth not depose.
To the third fourth fifth and 6th articles hee saith and deposeth that upon the said foure<br />
Masters comming aboard they the said Welches shipp, they were<br />
there detained and thense sent ashore to Yarmouth, and there put<br />
and kept as prisoners for the space of a moneth or thereabouts, and upon<br />
their carrying ashore, there came severall men from the said Welch<br />
into the said foure shipps, to looke to and detaine them from going away.<br />
and after some space, the said foure skippers as it was there commonly<br />
said were constrained (to give leave to be gonne and prosecute their voyage)<br />
to yeeld to pay five and twenty pounds sterling apeece, to the said welch<br />
or his setters forth, two of which (as they were said to be) this examinate sawe there, and this the<br />
said Skippers (upon the threats of the said welch and others) were necessitated<br />
unto, although their goods and shipps were belonging to hamburgers and<br />
friends of their Commonwealth, and not having money to satisfie the<br />
said summe, the said two of the said welches Imployers (one whereof this<br />
examinate heard called Captaine Greene) came aboard the said shipps and<br />
tookeoard the said shipps and<br />
tooke +
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