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moneth of August last past the said shipp … moneth of August last past the said shipp the ''Saint John'' arrived safely<br />
at Crosick aforesaid whence after their arrivall the Master thereof this<br />
deponents precontest went to Nantes expressely (as hee then told this deponent) to<br />
speake with one Mr Rozee a ffactor there, about the lading of the said shipp<br />
with salt for the accompt of the said Owners and about 4. or 5. daies after the<br />
said Master returned with order from the sayd Rozee to one Paul Maillard at<br />
Croisick to putt the present lading of salt aboard the said shipp, which hee<br />
accordingly did, videlicet foure and twenty moyes and a halfe for the accompt<br />
of the said producents, and one moye and a hafle for the said Master<br />
to be transported as aforesaid to Dunquirke in fflanders to which Port she<br />
really and truely belongeth, and not to any Port or place in obedience to<br />
the States generall of the United Netherlands, The premisses hee knoweth<br />
being as aforesaid an inhabitant of Dunquirke, and boateswaine of and<br />
aboard the said shipp during the whole Voyage in question, and being as<br />
aforesaid exoressely hired by his precontest for a voyage to Dunquirke, and<br />
having himselfe a hogshead of brandewine aboard the said shipp, which hee<br />
intended to have sold at Dunquerke for the support of his wife and family<br />
residing there, And otherwise cannot depose/
To the 5. 6. 7. and 8th and schedules therein respectively mentioned and<br />
annexed hee saith, That hee well knoweth the usuall seale of the Port<br />
of Ostend which is imprinted upon the schedule mentioned in the 6th article<br />
of the said Allegation, and beleeveth the said schedule to be the Seabrief granted by the<br />
Magistrates there unto this deponents precontest, who is there a Burgher<br />
And saith That a little before their coming from Crooisick, there being then<br />
a ffrenchman of warr of 6. gunns lyeing thereabouts, this deponents precontest<br />
said to this deponent that he had procured some papers to secure his said ship<br />
and lading from the said ffrench man of warr, and saith hee beleeveth it is usuall in such<br />
Cases for fflandrian shipps to procure colourable letters, they being otherwise liable<br />
to be taken and confiscate by the ffrench, with whom they are at enmity<br />
And otherwise cannot depose:-/
To the 9th hee saith, That the Master of the said shipp at the lading of the said<br />
salt at Crosick told this deponent that the same was so laden and received<br />
aboard for and upon the accompt and adventure of the said producents saving<br />
one moy and a halfe which was for himselfe. And otherwise referring himselfe<br />
to his foregoing deposition. And further cannot depose:-/
To the 10th hee saith, That the said Vessell the ''Saint John'' being in her Course<br />
from Croisick towards Dunquerke was mett withall surprized and taken<br />
by Captaine Henry Greene and Companie, and was by them brought to the port of<br />
Cowes in the Isle of Wight, which hee knoweth being taken in and aboard the<br />
said shipp, and saith that this deponent being kept prisoner aboard the said Greenes<br />
man of warr, saw one hawser a small anchor two peeces of ordnance<br />
with a quantity of gunpowder, three musketts and bandeliers belonging to the<br />
said hsipp the ''Saint John'' brought aboard the said man of warr, and hath since<br />
credibly heard that the said shipp hath been plundered of a great quantity<br />
of her lading her sailes and other things belonging to the Master and Company<br />
thereofthe Master and Company<br />
thereof +
, moneth of August last past the said shipp … moneth of August last past the said shipp the ''Saint John'' arrived safely<br />
at Crosick aforesaid whence after their arrivall the Master thereof this<br />
deponents precontest went to Nantes expressely (as hee then told this deponent) to<br />
speake with one Mr Rozee a ffactor there, about the lading of the said shipp<br />
with salt for the accompt of the said Owners and about 4. or 5. daies after the<br />
said Master returned with order from the sayd Rozee to one Paul Maillard at<br />
Croisick to putt the present lading of salt aboard the said shipp, which hee<br />
accordingly did, videlicet foure and twenty moyes and a halfe for the accompt<br />
of the said producents, and one moye and a hafle for the said Master<br />
to be transported as aforesaid to Dunquirke in fflanders to which Port she<br />
really and truely belongeth, and not to any Port or place in obedience to<br />
the States generall of the United Netherlands, The premisses hee knoweth<br />
being as aforesaid an inhabitant of Dunquirke, and boateswaine of and<br />
aboard the said shipp during the whole Voyage in question, and being as<br />
aforesaid exoressely hired by his precontest for a voyage to Dunquirke, and<br />
having himselfe a hogshead of brandewine aboard the said shipp, which hee<br />
intended to have sold at Dunquerke for the support of his wife and family<br />
residing there, And otherwise cannot depose/
To the 5. 6. 7. and 8th and schedules therein respectively mentioned and<br />
annexed hee saith, That hee well knoweth the usuall seale of the Port<br />
of Ostend which is imprinted upon the schedule mentioned in the 6th article<br />
of the said Allegation, and beleeveth the said schedule to be the Seabrief granted by the<br />
Magistrates there unto this deponents precontest, who is there a Burgher<br />
And saith That a little before their coming from Crooisick, there being then<br />
a ffrenchman of warr of 6. gunns lyeing thereabouts, this deponents precontest<br />
said to this deponent that he had procured some papers to secure his said ship<br />
and lading from the said ffrench man of warr, and saith hee beleeveth it is usuall in such<br />
Cases for fflandrian shipps to procure colourable letters, they being otherwise liable<br />
to be taken and confiscate by the ffrench, with whom they are at enmity<br />
And otherwise cannot depose:-/
To the 9th hee saith, That the Master of the said shipp at the lading of the said<br />
salt at Crosick told this deponent that the same was so laden and received<br />
aboard for and upon the accompt and adventure of the said producents saving<br />
one moy and a halfe which was for himselfe. And otherwise referring himselfe<br />
to his foregoing deposition. And further cannot depose:-/
To the 10th hee saith, That the said Vessell the ''Saint John'' being in her Course<br />
from Croisick towards Dunquerke was mett withall surprized and taken<br />
by Captaine Henry Greene and Companie, and was by them brought to the port of<br />
Cowes in the Isle of Wight, which hee knoweth being taken in and aboard the<br />
said shipp, and saith that this deponent being kept prisoner aboard the said Greenes<br />
man of warr, saw one hawser a small anchor two peeces of ordnance<br />
with a quantity of gunpowder, three musketts and bandeliers belonging to the<br />
said hsipp the ''Saint John'' brought aboard the said man of warr, and hath since<br />
credibly heard that the said shipp hath been plundered of a great quantity<br />
of her lading her sailes and other things belonging to the Master and Company<br />
thereofthe Master and Company<br />
thereof +
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