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as is predeposed, did then and there under … as is predeposed, did then and there understand that there was a peace<br />
concluded betwixt this Commonwealth and the dutch, and read a [?speciall]<br />
proclamation bearing date the 26th day of Aprill last past, importing<br />
so much, wherein this rendent observed that the time limited by the<br />
said Proclamation for the takeing of Prizes from or upon the dutch<br />
in the narrow seas did extend 12. daies afeter publication, within which time the said shipp<br />
the ''dope'' was taken, and so much this deponent upon his returne from<br />
Yarmouth with the Pylott as aforesaid certified to and acquainted<br />
the said Tresaure and Companie, and the said Cornelissen dope<br />
withall, And otherwise negatively:-/
To the 4th hee saith, That according to the relation of the said John<br />
Cornelissen dope, the said shipp ''dope'' was laden with barley, some<br />
barrells of beef and other goods, but what they were or of what valew<br />
this deponent saith hee knoweth not for that hee never saw the same<br />
and saith that two other Collier shipps, and the said mann of warr was<br />
runn aground at or about one and the same time, did in this<br />
deponents sight gett off, and knoweth of noe shipp or Vessell lost at that time<br />
or upon that occasion save the said ''dope''./:
Repeated before Collonel Cock./
Tobias Barnes [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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