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appurtanse and set her out from Ostend and … appurtanse and set her out from Ostend and constituted this deponent<br />
commander of her, who had the Commission or Patent of don [John GUTTER]<br />
of Austria for the said warlike designe, which Commission hee<br />
delivered to the English Captaine that tooke his said frigot, which<br />
taking of this deponent and his frigot and company was done<br />
of or neare lack Nesse the 17th (old stile) of this<br />
moneth by the ''Adventure frigot'' in the service of this Comm[onwealth GUTTER]<br />
after this deponent had taken a small vessell of ffoy laden<br />
with pilchards, fifteene hogsheads of which pilchards this<br />
deponent had aboard his said frigot when hee was soe taken.
To the second hee saith there were six ffrench man aboard<br />
him when hee was seized, five whereof were put ashore by<br />
the English Generall after the seizure, and the sixth (whose name<br />
hee knoweth not) was brought in thether, hee being in the prize<br />
but the other five taken into the English frigot before their<br />
release, and that hee had noe English aboard. And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose
Jan Morratta [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
'''2'''
'''Anthony Colard''' of Ostend Mariner late one<br />
of the company of the said frigot the ''Saint Peter''<br />
aged 36 yeeres or thereabouts, sworne and<br />
examined as aforesaid.
To the first and second Interrogatories hee saith that about eight<br />
weekes since the said frigot the ''Saint Peter'' came from Ostend<br />
in fflanders under the command of his precontest John<br />
Marat to on a warlike designe to take the shipps and goods<br />
of English, ffranch, Portugeses and other Enemyes of the kinge<br />
of Spaine, by vertue of a Commission from don John da Austria<br />
and that about five weekes since they tooke a small vessell<br />
of ffoy laden with pilchards, and set all the company on<br />
shore neere Cauchet, and that on the 27th (new stile) of<br />
this present moneth the said frigot with fifteene hogsheads<br />
of the said pilchards in her was neare Blackknesse taken<br />
by the ''Adventure frigot'' in the immediate service of this<br />
Commonwealth, all which hee knoweth being one of the<br />
''Saint Peters'' Company. And saith there were noe English aboard<br />
at the time of her seizure by the ''Adventure'', but six or fr[anch]<br />
all which were set ashore by the English commander<br />
being first taken into the ''Adventure'', but an old man (one<br />
of the said ffranch) being at worke in the Peter and the [XXXX]<br />
going suddenly away, hee was left in her and brought [up]<br />
hether in her. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
Anthone Colard [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]pose.
Anthone Colard [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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