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'''A.A.A.'''
4 of November 1653.
'''Capt … '''A.A.A.'''
4 of November 1653.
'''Captaine Richard Stainier''' Commannder of the shipp the<br />
''fforesight'' in the service of this Commonwealth, aged 28<br />
yeares or thereabouts sworne in Court before the three Judges<br />
saith and deposeth by vertue of his oath
That hee this deponent the eighth of September last or thereabouts on the<br />
coast of Jutland in the said frigot the ''fforesight'' mett with and tooke a<br />
huoy of Euchusen laden with timber and having aboard alsoe (as the<br />
master of her told him) foure tonnes of potashes and that this deponent<br />
examined the said master and company of the said huoy, and found by their<br />
confession then the said vessell and lading were belonging to Euchusen and to<br />
subiects of the States of the United Netherlands. And further that upon the said<br />
seizure hee gave command to one John Bourne a midshipman to take<br />
command of te said prize and to keepe some of her company aboard<br />
to the end to have them examined, but hee the said Bourne contrary to this<br />
deponents aid order sent all the said company aboard the ''fforesight''<br />
and suddenly after a storme which separated the said frigot and<br />
prize, soe that this deponent had not any oportunitie of sending backe<br />
any of the said company aboard the said prize, which hee hath not<br />
seene since they were soe parted, but hath heard that shee was brought<br />
into harwich.
Rich: Stayne [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The seventh day of November 1653. [CENTRE HEADING]
The Keepers against the 20. shipps in the<br />
Hamburgh ffleet.
Examined uppon the sayd allegation
'''6'''
'''Claes van Roton''' of Hamburgh Mariner master of the<br />
sayd shipp the ''Brewer'' aged six and fifty yeares or<br />
thereabouts a witnes sworne and examined deposeth<br />
and saith as followeth videlicet
To the first Article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith That upon tuesday<br />
the 27th day of September last past the foresayd shipp the ''Brew'' this deponent<br />
master sett sayle at the Elve in Company of the shipps hereafter mentioned<br />
to say, the ''Mercury'' John Detry master the ''Hope'' Hendrick Martins master, the ''ffortune''<br />
Bernard Vandunck master the ''Carpfanger'' Barent Jacobson Carpfanger master the<br />
''Prophet Elias'' Simon Cornelison Prophet master. the ''King David'' Jacob Young Master<br />
the ''Saint Matthias'' Claes Billiet Master. the ''King David'' Witte Wittenson Master. the ''Saint''<br />
''Anthony'' Zacharias Mielde master. the ''fflower'' Boye Peters master. the ''ffortune'' of<br />
Hamburgh Heans Clauson master. the ''Hope'' John Peterson master. the ''ffortune'' Jochim<br />
Dowke master. the ''fortune'' of Stralsondt. the ''Hope'' of Lubeck Hendrick Gove Master<br />
the ''Gideon'' Gerds ffalkers master, And saith the sayd shipps sett sayle without any<br />
Convoy or Men of Warr, and were bound for france for wynes most of them<br />
for Nantes and this deponents shipp amongst the rest, and some for Rochell.<br />
And saith that in their Course for ffrance in the North Sea betwixt the Texall<br />
and the Maze about three dayes before the sayd ffleet was seized the tyme<br />
he otherwise remembreth not, the ''Hope'' of Dantzick Martin [?Man] master. the<br />
''Starr'' of Embden Peter Eggen master. the ''Salvador'' of Lubeck Hendrick Danner master<br />
ioyned themselves with the sayd ffleet, and being as it seemeth bound for<br />
france sayled along in Company with them. And otherwise he cannot depose
To the second and third he saith that upon Sunday morning the 2d of October and not<br />
before he this deponent and others of the sayd ffleet discovered farr in the reare<br />
of the sayd ffleet 2 shipps which afterwards appeared to be men of warr which<br />
all that day stood the same course with the ffleet but att such a sistance that<br />
it could not be discovered what they were, and that in the fateronnone of the<br />
same day two private English men pf warr fell into the sayd ffleet to one<br />
of whom this deponent gave a Cheese, and the sayd shipps in the<br />
[?XXX] the sayd shipps in the<br />
[?XXX] +
, '''A.A.A.'''
4 of November 1653.
'''Capt … '''A.A.A.'''
4 of November 1653.
'''Captaine Richard Stainier''' Commannder of the shipp the<br />
''fforesight'' in the service of this Commonwealth, aged 28<br />
yeares or thereabouts sworne in Court before the three Judges<br />
saith and deposeth by vertue of his oath
That hee this deponent the eighth of September last or thereabouts on the<br />
coast of Jutland in the said frigot the ''fforesight'' mett with and tooke a<br />
huoy of Euchusen laden with timber and having aboard alsoe (as the<br />
master of her told him) foure tonnes of potashes and that this deponent<br />
examined the said master and company of the said huoy, and found by their<br />
confession then the said vessell and lading were belonging to Euchusen and to<br />
subiects of the States of the United Netherlands. And further that upon the said<br />
seizure hee gave command to one John Bourne a midshipman to take<br />
command of te said prize and to keepe some of her company aboard<br />
to the end to have them examined, but hee the said Bourne contrary to this<br />
deponents aid order sent all the said company aboard the ''fforesight''<br />
and suddenly after a storme which separated the said frigot and<br />
prize, soe that this deponent had not any oportunitie of sending backe<br />
any of the said company aboard the said prize, which hee hath not<br />
seene since they were soe parted, but hath heard that shee was brought<br />
into harwich.
Rich: Stayne [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The seventh day of November 1653. [CENTRE HEADING]
The Keepers against the 20. shipps in the<br />
Hamburgh ffleet.
Examined uppon the sayd allegation
'''6'''
'''Claes van Roton''' of Hamburgh Mariner master of the<br />
sayd shipp the ''Brewer'' aged six and fifty yeares or<br />
thereabouts a witnes sworne and examined deposeth<br />
and saith as followeth videlicet
To the first Article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith That upon tuesday<br />
the 27th day of September last past the foresayd shipp the ''Brew'' this deponent<br />
master sett sayle at the Elve in Company of the shipps hereafter mentioned<br />
to say, the ''Mercury'' John Detry master the ''Hope'' Hendrick Martins master, the ''ffortune''<br />
Bernard Vandunck master the ''Carpfanger'' Barent Jacobson Carpfanger master the<br />
''Prophet Elias'' Simon Cornelison Prophet master. the ''King David'' Jacob Young Master<br />
the ''Saint Matthias'' Claes Billiet Master. the ''King David'' Witte Wittenson Master. the ''Saint''<br />
''Anthony'' Zacharias Mielde master. the ''fflower'' Boye Peters master. the ''ffortune'' of<br />
Hamburgh Heans Clauson master. the ''Hope'' John Peterson master. the ''ffortune'' Jochim<br />
Dowke master. the ''fortune'' of Stralsondt. the ''Hope'' of Lubeck Hendrick Gove Master<br />
the ''Gideon'' Gerds ffalkers master, And saith the sayd shipps sett sayle without any<br />
Convoy or Men of Warr, and were bound for france for wynes most of them<br />
for Nantes and this deponents shipp amongst the rest, and some for Rochell.<br />
And saith that in their Course for ffrance in the North Sea betwixt the Texall<br />
and the Maze about three dayes before the sayd ffleet was seized the tyme<br />
he otherwise remembreth not, the ''Hope'' of Dantzick Martin [?Man] master. the<br />
''Starr'' of Embden Peter Eggen master. the ''Salvador'' of Lubeck Hendrick Danner master<br />
ioyned themselves with the sayd ffleet, and being as it seemeth bound for<br />
france sayled along in Company with them. And otherwise he cannot depose
To the second and third he saith that upon Sunday morning the 2d of October and not<br />
before he this deponent and others of the sayd ffleet discovered farr in the reare<br />
of the sayd ffleet 2 shipps which afterwards appeared to be men of warr which<br />
all that day stood the same course with the ffleet but att such a sistance that<br />
it could not be discovered what they were, and that in the fateronnone of the<br />
same day two private English men pf warr fell into the sayd ffleet to one<br />
of whom this deponent gave a Cheese, and the sayd shipps in the<br />
[?XXX] the sayd shipps in the<br />
[?XXX] +
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