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voluntarily declared that the goods afores … voluntarily declared that the goods aforesaid were Spanish goods, this deponent sent for the<br />
produced master John van lynen, and told him that the said two men had voluntarily declared<br />
whose the goods were, and that upon the advice of the commanders that were<br />
with him, hee had ordered them their wages, and if hee would be pleased alsoe to<br />
tell this deponent the truth touching the same goods and to whom they belonged,<br />
and that if hee could or would say they belonged to Spaniards, hee this deponent would pay him the same<br />
freight which should have bin paid unto him by those that werer first interessed therein<br />
to which the said van lynen saying hee could not declare that they were Spaniards gods,<br />
this deponent asked him if hee would then take his oath that they were belonging<br />
to dutch, to which hee answered noe, and this deponent then asking him if hee<br />
would take his oath that they did not belong to Spaniards, to which hee alsoe<br />
answered noe, for (as hee said) hee knew not whose they were,<br />
[GUTTER ?XXXX] whose they would hee knew hee could loose [?XXXX], hee having securitie for his shipp before<br />
shee came out of holland. And saith the said two persons have as hee<br />
beleeveth received the money drawne upon mris storey by her husband<br />
as aforesaid. And saith that the same was not paid otherwise than for their<br />
wages, and this hee affirmeth as in the presence of almightie God<br />
but this deponent as in evidence and discharge of his duety, did order that<br />
they should take their oathes in this court of what they had voluntarily<br />
declared to this deponent, before they should receive the said rest of their<br />
wages from mris storey. And further hee cannot answer saving as<br />
aforesaid, and saving that the Commission from this Court was not come to his<br />
hands when hee sent them away, otherwise the had bin there examined without comming hether
To the fourth hee saith there were noe wages paid to any of the ''Mary's''<br />
company save only to the said B[XXrs] and Ev[XX]s, who were sent<br />
[?XXXX] in the ''Bristol frigot'' under the command of Captaine ffenn to be<br />
here examined. And otherwise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.
To the 5th hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.
To the 6 hee saith he beleeveth that if the said two persons had run<br />
away and had not come and bin examined here in this Court<br />
they had not received the said remaineder of their<br />
wages from ris sStrey, and yet they were not found to come, And<br />
otherwise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.
To the 7th hee saith it is usuall for Admiralls of fleets to have<br />
in their instructions to pay wages (and soe this deponent had) but<br />
not private Captaines, [?XXXX] this deponent in this Interrogatory<br />
[?be] mentioned in that qualitie. And further answereth not.
Upon the last parcell of Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith that if noe better reasons were showed to the contrary<br />
then appeared or doe [?soe] appeare to this deponent, hee should condemn not the<br />
said lading for prize and judge it lawfull, and otherwise hee<br />
cannot answer saving as aforesaid.
To the second hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, and otherwise<br />
cannot answer saving that the last time that ever this deponent saw the<br />
said papers was in John Mollers hands, being but three in number,<br />
the said bills being one parcell of the three. And further hee cannot answer.
To the third hee saith that hee had noe moneyes or plate out<br />
of the ''mary'' than wh[?en] hee received of Captaine Storey and gave him<br />
a receipt therefore, and otherwise cannot answer saving as aforesaid
To the fourth hee saith that there was an Inventary taken [?XX] ([?XX] of<br />
the said moneys and plate by Co[?mmission] from this Court, which this deponent<br />
is ready to produce. deponent<br />
is ready to produce. +
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