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To the first and second Articles of the sa … To the first and second Articles of the sayd allegation This deponent saith he doth<br />
well know the shipp ''Martha'' whereof John Pibus was master and this<br />
deponent went Pilot in and of her the voyage in question which he saith<br />
was begann in the moneth of May 1653. and was to be to Greenland<br />
upon a fishing designe and to returne to this Port of London. And the<br />
sayd Pibus was master of the sayd vessell that voyage and was in<br />
the ymployment of merchants and had a number of men according<br />
to agreement for the sayd fishing designe, and was not fitted for warr<br />
nor had any Commission of marke or Letters of Reprizeall on board<br />
him so farr as this deponent knoweth beleiveth ever heard. And<br />
saith by common and generall fame there were in the sayd moneth of<br />
May 1653. Ambassafors here from Holland in order to make<br />
a peace of which there was then great hopes. And so much<br />
he beleiveth as notorious. And otherwise he cannot depose.
To the third article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith that the sayd<br />
Pibus and Company whereof this deponent was one upon their<br />
return from Greenland homeward for London and before they<br />
mett with the dutch built vessell in question, did heare of and<br />
from certayne ffishermen whom they mett at sea, that the peace betwixt<br />
England and holland was made and concluded, and this deponent<br />
for the reasons aforesayd did beleive the sayd Report to be true and<br />
so did the sayd Pibus as he conceyveth. And this deponent nor sayd<br />
Pibus did then know any thing to the Contrary, nor any other of<br />
the ''Marthas'' Company so far as he hath heard or beleiveth. And<br />
otherwise he cannot depose.
To the 4th article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith the shipp ''Martha''<br />
mett with the sayd Dutch built vessell off of Sh[?e]ttland two hundred<br />
leagues from England, and the sayd Pibus did not fight with or<br />
against the sayd dutch built vessell but onely hawled her by, shooting some<br />
few gunnes, neither had the sayd Pibus any Commission<br />
to seize the sayd Ducth built shipp, and therefore durst not as this<br />
deponent conceyveth seize the same in regard of the danger<br />
that might ensue videlicet of dammages to be recovered against<br />
him by reason of an unnlawfull seizure in case of Peace or<br />
of being questioned for a Pyrate if he had fallene into<br />
the Hollanders hands for seizing without a Commission in case<br />
of warr, and continuance of the differences betwixt the two states he this deponent making<br />
noe question (as he saith) but that the sayd Pibus this deponent<br />
and Company should have bene hanged as Pirates in case the Hollanders<br />
had taken them after seizure of a shipp of theirs without Commission<br />
And likewise beleiveth that the sayd Pibus had bene lyable to [?repaye GUTTER]<br />
alllyable to [?repaye GUTTER]<br />
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