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generally observed, fully laden, and after … generally observed, fully laden, and after shee had remained there about [?two]<br />
or three daies shee departed thence for England. Which this deponent well<br />
knoweth being in person at Ciprus at the time aforesaid, and serving as<br />
Boateswaine aboard the shipp the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' of London then<br />
being there, so that this deponent saw and observed both the arrivall and departure<br />
of the said ''dart ffrigatt'' as aforesaid. And further cannot depose./
To the second hee saith, That the shipp the ''Thomas Bonadventure''<br />
arlate, of which this deponent was Boateswaine as aforesaid, was not fully<br />
laden at Cyprus by the arlate Roger and William ffowke Agents and<br />
factors there to and for the arlate Alderman ffrederick [?William] Chowne<br />
and Companie, untill the 26th day of May <u>1652</u>, upon which day the last goods<br />
were taken in there aboard the said shipp, and saith That between the<br />
said 15th day and the 26th day of the said moneth of May, there were so<br />
farr as this deponent now remembreth 200. baggs of cotton wooll or thereabouts<br />
received and laden aboard the said shipp at Cyprus And saith That after the said shipp<br />
''Thomas Bonadventure'' had received in her last ladeing there upon or about<br />
the 26th day of May aforesaid, shee remained at Ciprus about 12. daies longer<br />
to be cleared and take in provisions, and that being done shee departed thence<br />
upon or about the 7th day of June <u>1652</u>. The premisses hee well knoweth<br />
being and serving aboard the said ''Thomas Bonadventure'' during all<br />
that time, and seeing the premisses so had and done as is predeposed. And<br />
further cannot depose./
To the 3. hee saith. That during the time the said shipp ''Thomas Bonad''<br />
''venture'' was and remained at Ciprus as aforesaid, there was then and there<br />
a report of some Tripoly men of warr lyeing not farr from Ciprus to<br />
intercept and seize the shipps and goods of English and other Nations in<br />
hostility with them, as those of England are notoriously knowne to bee. And<br />
further hee cannot depose./
To the 4th hee saith, That whilest the said shipp the ''Thomas Bonadventure''<br />
was and remained at Ciprus as aforesaid, there was there a report that<br />
some hollanders men of warr were abroad in the Straights, and that there<br />
was also some rumor of a disagreement likely to arise betwixt the English and<br />
the hollanders And further cannot depose/
To the 5th hee saith, That it was publique and commonly reported at Ciprus<br />
dureing the time the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' layd there that some<br />
french men of warr of considerable force did lye and plye about that time in and<br />
about the Straights, and in the usuall Course and way from Ciprus to<br />
London, Which hee deposeth being as aforesaid of and belonging to the said<br />
shipp, and thereby understanding the rumors and reports then Currant amongst<br />
the shipps Companie and others. And further cannot depose/
To the 6th hee saith, That the arlate Captaine [?Hadiloe] upon the 16th<br />
day of May <u>1652</u>. as this deponent now remembreth, arrived at Ciprus and<br />
according to the publique report then and there Currant was come<br />
thither to be a Convoy for the English shipps then and there remayning<br />
(And then and there remayning<br />
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, generally observed, fully laden, and after … generally observed, fully laden, and after shee had remained there about [?two]<br />
or three daies shee departed thence for England. Which this deponent well<br />
knoweth being in person at Ciprus at the time aforesaid, and serving as<br />
Boateswaine aboard the shipp the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' of London then<br />
being there, so that this deponent saw and observed both the arrivall and departure<br />
of the said ''dart ffrigatt'' as aforesaid. And further cannot depose./
To the second hee saith, That the shipp the ''Thomas Bonadventure''<br />
arlate, of which this deponent was Boateswaine as aforesaid, was not fully<br />
laden at Cyprus by the arlate Roger and William ffowke Agents and<br />
factors there to and for the arlate Alderman ffrederick [?William] Chowne<br />
and Companie, untill the 26th day of May <u>1652</u>, upon which day the last goods<br />
were taken in there aboard the said shipp, and saith That between the<br />
said 15th day and the 26th day of the said moneth of May, there were so<br />
farr as this deponent now remembreth 200. baggs of cotton wooll or thereabouts<br />
received and laden aboard the said shipp at Cyprus And saith That after the said shipp<br />
''Thomas Bonadventure'' had received in her last ladeing there upon or about<br />
the 26th day of May aforesaid, shee remained at Ciprus about 12. daies longer<br />
to be cleared and take in provisions, and that being done shee departed thence<br />
upon or about the 7th day of June <u>1652</u>. The premisses hee well knoweth<br />
being and serving aboard the said ''Thomas Bonadventure'' during all<br />
that time, and seeing the premisses so had and done as is predeposed. And<br />
further cannot depose./
To the 3. hee saith. That during the time the said shipp ''Thomas Bonad''<br />
''venture'' was and remained at Ciprus as aforesaid, there was then and there<br />
a report of some Tripoly men of warr lyeing not farr from Ciprus to<br />
intercept and seize the shipps and goods of English and other Nations in<br />
hostility with them, as those of England are notoriously knowne to bee. And<br />
further hee cannot depose./
To the 4th hee saith, That whilest the said shipp the ''Thomas Bonadventure''<br />
was and remained at Ciprus as aforesaid, there was there a report that<br />
some hollanders men of warr were abroad in the Straights, and that there<br />
was also some rumor of a disagreement likely to arise betwixt the English and<br />
the hollanders And further cannot depose/
To the 5th hee saith, That it was publique and commonly reported at Ciprus<br />
dureing the time the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' layd there that some<br />
french men of warr of considerable force did lye and plye about that time in and<br />
about the Straights, and in the usuall Course and way from Ciprus to<br />
London, Which hee deposeth being as aforesaid of and belonging to the said<br />
shipp, and thereby understanding the rumors and reports then Currant amongst<br />
the shipps Companie and others. And further cannot depose/
To the 6th hee saith, That the arlate Captaine [?Hadiloe] upon the 16th<br />
day of May <u>1652</u>. as this deponent now remembreth, arrived at Ciprus and<br />
according to the publique report then and there Currant was come<br />
thither to be a Convoy for the English shipps then and there remayning<br />
(And then and there remayning<br />
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