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his owne shipp where this deponent remaine … his owne shipp where this deponent remained. And saith that since his comming to<br />
London, meeting with the said Daniel Straetman, the said Daniel among other<br />
discourse told him that hee showed his papers to the said Captaine Harrington, and<br />
that the said Captaine refused to keepe and returned unto him three of them being his<br />
Charter partie and a certificate from Captaine Watts commannder of the<br />
''Hopewell'', and another from the Madera's, and this deponent seeing the said<br />
Charterpartie annexed, saith it is the same that was aboard, where this<br />
deponent severall times sawe it, and saith the contents thereof and of the<br />
other two schedules annexed (being nowe made knowne unto him) were and are<br />
true and soe had and donne as therein is conteyned, which hee knoweth being<br />
aboard and foing the whole voyage and seeing the same soe donne.<br />
And hee beleeveth that all the said three papers were aboard the ''Peter'' at the<br />
time of the said seizure, and were amongest the rest carried by the said<br />
Daniel Straetman aboard the said man of warr. And otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose.
[?hindrich] straetman [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated before the three Judges.
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The 24th day of November 1653. [CENTRE HEADING]
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'''Joachim Warner''' of Hamburgh Mariner<br />
Master of the sayd shipp the ''Saint John Baptist''<br />
aged 43 yeares or thereabouts a witnes<br />
sworne and examined deposeth and saith as<br />
followeth. videlicet.
To the .1. Interrogatorie This deponent saith he was in the sayd shipp the ''Saint''<br />
''John Baptist'' att the tyme of the seizure interrate and was master of her<br />
and so hath bene about two yeares and an halfe and was and is an Hamburgher<br />
borne under the Jurisdiction of the free State of Hamburgh, and hath<br />
lived there all his tyme and hath his wife Children howse and family<br />
there att present. and otherwise cannot depose.
To the .2. Interrogatory he saith the sayd shipp att the tyme of her seizure was bound<br />
to the port of Hamburgh, from whence she began her outward voyage<br />
in the month of July last .1653. which was as he saith for the Accompt of<br />
Hamburgh merchants to whom she was lett to fraight by Charter part[?ie]<br />
videlicet Eggert Bussleman and others mentioned in the sayd Charter party<br />
remaining in the Registry of this Court whereto he referreth himselfe<br />
and otherwise cannot depose.
To the fourth Interrogatory. this deponent saith the sayd shipp lay att Hamburgh<br />
before she began her sayd outward voyage eleven or twelve monethes<br />
or thereabouts, and the last voyage she made next before this was<br />
from hamburgh to Malaga and back againe to Hamburgh with her<br />
lading of wine and fruit for the Accompt of merchants Inhabitants<br />
of Hamburgh and otherwise cannot depose.
To the fifth and sixth Interrogatories he saith<br />
he this deponent by name Jochim Warner is Master of the sayd shipp and<br />
was appoynted master of her att Hamburgh about 2 yeares and an<br />
halfe now past by his Owners whose names are hereafter specifyed. and<br />
the last Master before him this deponent was Peter Bock an Hamburgher<br />
who was in his life tyme a Partowner of the sayd shipp but of how much<br />
knoweth not, and he is since dead, and so dyed about three yeares agoe<br />
[?And]about three yeares agoe<br />
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