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dollars a month, which allowance was soe m … dollars a month, which allowance was soe meane and<br />
provisions there soe deare that they were forced to feed upon radishes<br />
and radish topps with a little viniger to them and make many meeles<br />
of them and not suffered to send for beere into the towne, or when<br />
they have, their bottles have often tymes bin stayed by the souldiers, and<br />
the beere dranke up and the bottles broken soe that this deponent<br />
and the sayd other prisoners have bin forced to drinke water And<br />
farther hee cannot depose
To the 7th Interrogatorie hee saith that hee hath seene a noate in writing<br />
which hee (having seene the Generalls hand writing to severall noates<br />
touching the allowance for mayntenance of the ''Postillians'' company<br />
beleeveth to bee subscribed with the dutch Generall at Battavia his hand, expressing that hee<br />
did give leave that the sayd Kingsman should be allowed to [?make]<br />
[?the ?use] of an Attorney or Councell to advise with touching the<br />
sayd shipp ''Postillian'' and her lading, And hee hath credibly heard<br />
that the sayd Kingsman did thereupon make XXXX of the InterXXX<br />
?Vernalte for his Counsell, and having soe done was not<br />
permitted to have his assistance therein And further hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the 8th hee saith that by reason hee attended upon the sayd<br />
Kingsman and went abroad with him severall tymes hee knoweth<br />
that the sayd Kingsman had constantly one souldier at least attending<br />
upon him when hee went abroad and was not permitted to speake<br />
anything but in the souldiers presence at such tymes as this deponent<br />
went with him And saith for that hee this deponent sawe the sayd<br />
Kingsman come aboard the ''Crowne Lyon'' (a dutch shipp wherein hee<br />
and this deponent and his precontest Jasper Williams came from Batavia<br />
to Saint Hellina) hee knoweth hee was brought aboard her under guard of<br />
two souldiers, in which shipp the sayd Kingsman this dept and the sayd Williams were carried to Saint Hellena a<br />
barraine Island and there left by the dutch to get passage as they<br />
could for England And farther hee cannot depose
To the 9th hee saith hee referreth him selfe to his answeres to<br />
the 5th and 6th Interrogatories and further cannot answere
To the last hee saith the ''Postillian'' was the tyme Interrogate of<br />
about two hundred tonne burthen and had then nyne gunnes<br />
and was worth with her tackle and furniture in this deponents<br />
Judgment sixteene hundred pounds sterling and better And<br />
saith the greatest part of her lading was pepper, and some<br />
Cloves, nutmeggs, greene ginger, [?canes], and other merchandizes<br />
the greatest part whereof belonged to the Interrogate Delboe<br />
Middleton and the said Temms Britton taylor and Syon freighters and Owners of the sayd shipp<br />
andd Owners of the sayd shipp<br />
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