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To the sixth hee deposeth that the said sh … To the sixth hee deposeth that the said shipp was bound out upon a<br />
Merchants and not a man of warr oyage, nor to goe as a man of warr.
To the seaventh hee saith that hee had a passeport a board declareing that<br />
his shipp was built at Lubeck and whoe were her owners and merchants<br />
as aforesaid; which passeport was taken by Captaine Penn, together<br />
with all the papers that were in his chest being letters and accompts<br />
and such like writings, the particulars whereof hee cannot specifie<br />
but referreth himselfe thereto, and saith that neither at the time of<br />
the said seizure, nor before nor since there were not to his knowledge<br />
and as hee verily beleeveth any Commissions, letters, Instructions,<br />
cockets or writings whatsoever hidden or put in any secret place<br />
of the shipp to keep them form being found or seene or for any other end,<br />
neither doth hee knowe of any writings whatsoever that were in <br />
the said shipp at any time, saving those predeposed that were<br />
in his chest as aforesaid, and this hee avoweth for truth and<br />
as spoken in the presence of Almightie god, the Searcher of all<br />
[?harts] and discloser of all secrets, but for the contents of the said writings<br />
hee referreth himselfe to the said writings themselves, not<br />
being able without them to declare the contents thereof.
To the 8th hee saith that hee this deponent was the disposer or<br />
Cape merchant of all the said shipps lading, which was to be sold<br />
at Cadiz, and with the proceede thereof hee was to pay his<br />
companies wages for their further voyage, and if there were any money<br />
then remayning, hee was to retourne the same home to his owners<br />
by bills of exchange.
To the 9th hee saith that hee told Captaine Penn that hee was<br />
bound for Cadiz and was Merchant of the goods and not otherwise<br />
and that hee made noe declaration to nor had any speech with Captaine<br />
Keiser et refert se ad subsequentia.
To the tenth and eleaventh hee saith and deposeth that hee had noe<br />
passeport in writing for Cadiz, but his passeport was made<br />
for Ligorne least hee should meete with ffrench, with whom hee<br />
was not free being bound for Cadiz, but it was agreed betwixt<br />
him and the rest of his owners, that hee should goe for Cales, to<br />
which place and other parts in Spaine hee hath traded theise<br />
twenty yeares last in other vessells, and lost his last shipp in the<br />
West Indies in the kinge of Spaines service; and saith hee<br />
declared to the said Captaine Penn the cause and reason of<br />
having his passeport made for Ligorne, when in truth hee was bound<br />
for Cadiz as aforesaid.
To the 12th hee saith that when hee came into the Sound hee<br />
understood that there was warr betwixt England and Scotland, and<br />
that hee and (as he beleeveth) the rest of his owners beare not any<br />
affection to the Scottish nation, more than to this or any other strange<br />
nation, nor to the Scotts armie or any partie that were or are in opposition<br />
to this commonwealth, nor did hee ever speake in the favour of<br />
the Scotts more than of the English [?nowe] in pvedience to the Parliament<br />
of England, quod cetera respondet negative ad singul<br />
saying hee hath nothinge to doe with the Scotts, nor was hee ever there, and<br />
prayeth God to blesse him from them./>
prayeth God to blesse him from them. +
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