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reare seemed to make upp towards the sayd … reare seemed to make upp towards the sayd 2 Englishmen one whereof [?fXXX]<br />
twoards Dover and the other towards ffrance. And further cannot
To the 4. 5. and 6 articles of the sayd alleagtion This deponent saith and deposeth<br />
that upon the night of the Sunday the wind being westerly and contrary the<br />
sayd ffleet made little way so as by the Munday morning the foresayd shipps<br />
in the reare were come up with the ffleet and being as the sayd ffleet were<br />
forced to tack to and fro to make their Course, were sometymes to the [?XXX ?gage]<br />
and sometymes on the wether gage of the sayd ffleet, And saith the sayd [?Munday]<br />
morning there happened to be a small English frigot in the sayd ffleet, which<br />
the sayd e shipps perused, till such tyme as the shipp ''Elizabeth'' came in<br />
sight which was in the forenoone of the sayd Monday. And saith that the wind<br />
was then still and that which blew was westerly and contrary so as the sayd<br />
ffleet was forced to tack to and fro crosse and crosse the Channell to [?make]<br />
their Course, and saith the sayd 2 shipps putting out the Hollands Colour [?moved]<br />
toward the ''Elizabeth'' which from the Westward before the wind, and [?XXXX]<br />
with her exchanged broad sides with her. And saith that when the sayd ffight<br />
happened and before, the sayd ffleet had out their own colours videlicet the<br />
Hamburghers Hamburgher Colours, the Lubeckers Lubeck colours and the rest the<br />
colours of their respective Countryes, howbeit the wind was so slack it would not<br />
beare out the sayd colours, so as this deponent and others were forced with their<br />
hands to stretch out their Colours that the ''Elizabeth'' might see them to be from<br />
and saith that the sayd ffleet had not any thing to doe with the sayd [?XXX]<br />
men of warr, nor did any wayes assist them nor were under their convoy nor<br />
privy to their designe, but struck and willingly submitted themselves to the<br />
''Elizabeth'', and sent their masters aboard who shewed their papers and [?XX]<br />
the truth of their designe, all which notwithstanding the Captaine of the ''Elizabeth''<br />
''frigott'' deteyned the sayd ffleet, and hindred them in their designe and voyage<br />
and otherwise cannot depose.
To the 7 he saith he hath heard att Hamburgh and beleiveth that the arlate John Baptista<br />
Youncker and Mrs Ann Greave were and are Partowners of the shipp [?''XXX'']<br />
aforesayd and that they with others bought the same att Hamborough a little before<br />
this voyage. And further cannot depose.
To the eighth article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith that teh sayd shipp the<br />
''Brewer'' this deponent master was and is of Hamburgh, and the Owner thereof was<br />
and is one Hamburgher borne and there liveth, and was sett out bu him<br />
upon this voyage to Nantes in ffrance for wine uppon the Accompt of [?him]<br />
and to Hamburgh was to have returned with her ladeing and saith<br />
noe dutchman or subiect of the States of the united Provinces had at the<br />
beginning of the sayd voyage or now hath any interest or share in the said<br />
shipp or any part thereof. And further he cannot depose saving that the<br />
arlate shipp david witte witteson master, and ''Saint Anthony'' Zacharie [?MXXX] Master<br />
belong to the Port of Hamburgh, and that it usuall for Hamburghers and<br />
Lubeckers to buy shipps in Holland.
To the nynth article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith that the arlate<br />
Martin who hath laded some goods in the sayd shipp the ''Brewer'' was and is an<br />
Inhabitant and Citizen of Hamburgh and there hath lived of this deponents<br />
knowledge fifteene yeares, and was marryed there, and hath his howse and<br />
family there, and was and is a subiect of the free State of Hamburgh<br />
and so accounted. And this deponent Claes van Roten master of the [?''Brewer'']<br />
doth not know or hath any other reason to conceyve the saud Jurgen [?XXX]<br />
was borne in ffrance but onely becasue he speaketh good ffrench And<br />
further he cannot depose.
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further he cannot depose.
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