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To the fourteenth he saith that the sayd 2 … To the fourteenth he saith that the sayd 2 shipps came and arrived att Trapany<br />
as aforesayd about eleven of the Clock in the day tyme upon the 25th day<br />
of June 1653, and about two howres after the sayd Dutch shipps<br />
Commanded by young Van Trump followeing upon the sayd ''harry Bonadventure''<br />
and ''Saint Peter'' made their approaches eere the sayd Port., and this deponent<br />
then saw a boat passe to and fro betwixt Van Trump and Trapanie<br />
and about the same tyme there came to the sayd 2 shipps a Messenger in a<br />
boat from the sayd Governour and warned the sayd Captaine Swanly and his<br />
Company not to show any incivility in the sayd Port by shooting; And saith<br />
that soone after, the premisses notwithstanding, the sayd Van Trump entred<br />
the Port with his shipps and with two of them boarded the ''harry Bonadventure'', and so seized<br />
and tooke boththe sayd shipps and became possessed thereof and their lading they then<br />
lyeing within postoll shott of the fforts of Trapanie as aforesayd, this<br />
deponent being then present and taken in the ''harry Bonadventure'' and<br />
afterwards kept and deteyned prisoner aboard one of the sayd dutch shipps. And<br />
otherwise cannot depose.
To the fifteenth he saith that to colour the matter att such tyme as the sayd<br />
seizure was actually made some gunnes were discharged from the fforts of<br />
Trapanie, but noe manner of execution was done upon any of the sayd dutch<br />
shipps, the sayd shotts being made att random and quite over the shipps<br />
of the sight and observation of this deponent being then and there present<br />
And otherwise cannot depose.
To the 16 and 17th he saith he knoweth nothing thereof.
To the 18th he saith that being prisoner aboard the little ''Saint Marke'' one<br />
of the sayd Dutch shipps lyeing neere to Trapany<br />
he this deponent saw two or three dutch shippes come the next day after the<br />
sayd seizure safe and unmolested out from the road of Trapanie. And otherwise he<br />
cannot depose.
To the 19th he saith he cannot depose.
To the 20th he saith the ''Harry Bonadventure'' was of the burthen of 350 tonnes<br />
and was well provided of all necessaries for a mann of warr of her<br />
burthen and had 41 gunnes, and a good quantity of powder and shott<br />
and had severall goods and necessaries aboard belonging to the sayd Captaine<br />
Swanley and Companie and some tokens. And this deponent for his owne part had<br />
in the sayd shipp att the tyme of seizure by the dutch Clothes bookes and<br />
other goods of the ckeare value of 13 ''l.'' .10 ''s'' sterling for his owne proper Accompt<br />
and moreocer expended in his Journey home from Leghorne by land the<br />
summe of 7 ''l.'' 2 ''s.''. 4 ''d''. sterling, of which sayd goods Cloathes and expenses<br />
he this deponent hath left a Particular in the Registry of this Court<br />
And saith he knoweth not the value of the sayd shipp nor of the losses<br />
of other men in the same. Amd otherwise he cannot depose.
To the 21th he saith that the losse of the sayd two shipps the ''harry Bondaventure''<br />
and ''Saint Peter'' and their lading happened and was occasioned by the [?fraud]<br />
injurious practises and contrivances of the sayd Governours of Messina<br />
and Trapany, which he beleiveth for the reasons predeposed wherto<br />
he referreth himselfe. And otherwise cannot depose.
Repeated before Doctor Clarke/<br />
and Doctor Godolphin./
William Clutterbucke. [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]William Clutterbucke. [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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