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still followed her, and her Company fired … still followed her, and her Company fired severall peeces<br />
of Ordinance at the ''Henrietta Maria'', and the Company<br />
of the ''Henrietta Maria'' cut their other Cable and sailed [?to GUTTER]<br />
the Key, above Swanzey Towne, and the said other ffrigot<br />
followed her till shee struck on Ground and<br />
shee followed Till shee fired her Ordinance at the ''Henrietta<br />
Maria'', and the Comander of the said ffrigot seeing her<br />
not get her up, sent upp about ffourty of his men Armed<br />
to seize upon the said ffrigot, and saith that when [?they GUTTER]<br />
were come upp to her, Captaine Mansell (his precontest)<br />
the Masters Mate of the said ffrigot, and the rest of the said<br />
men in the hearing of this Deponent that they had best have a care of what they did [XX GUTTER]<br />
them that the King was Proclaimed, onboard that ffrigot, and<br />
that her Captaine and Company had submitted and<br />
had not interrupted any English ships and that shee [?sailed GUTTER]<br />
with the Duke of Yorks Commission or words to that [?Purpose GUTTER]<br />
whereto the said Masters Mate told the said Captaine<br />
and the Lieutenant of the ''Henrietta Maria'' and the<br />
other officers onboard her in this Deponents hearing, that<br />
none should goe onboard her but himselfe and [XX GUTTER]<br />
man, promising to give free quarter, and that hee [XX GUTTER]<br />
would not meddle with any thing, or to that effect, And<br />
thereupon this Deponent and the rest of the Company<br />
that were in the said ffrigot gave consent that the said [XXX GUTTER]<br />
and another should come onboard, and they being come<br />
onboard all the rest, by force and violence came allsoe<br />
onboard and Imediately disarmed the ''Henrietta Marias''<br />
Company, and stripped this Deponent and most of th[?ose GUTTER]<br />
that were in her, and beate some of them, and ransacked the<br />
said ship, and broke open the Chests and boxes that [?were GUTTER]<br />
in her and turned her Company out of her and<br />
possessed themselves of her and saith that about two<br />
or three howres after hee was at the Major of Swanzeys<br />
house with Captaine Barker Comander of the said frigot which they then understood to be called the [XXX GUTTER] where the Major in this [?Deponents GUTTER]<br />
presence and hearing told him that the King was proclaimed<br />
onboard the said ffrigott ''Henrietta Maria'', and that her<br />
Captaine and Company had submitted, and from that time<br />
they had not committed any Violence or hostile Action against<br />
any ships or vessells, and desired the said barker to leave<br />
the said ffrigot there, but notwithstanding the said<br />
Barker would not but carried her away, and as this DEponent<br />
heard shee is nowe at Plymouth, And further deposeth<br />
not saving what followeth:eth<br />
not saving what followeth: +
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