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The premisses hee well knoweth for the rea … The premisses hee well knoweth for the reasons aforesaid, And further cannot<br />
depose.
To the 8th article of the said Allegation hee saith and deposeth, That after the<br />
seizure of the said shipp and her lading by the said Captaine Barnett<br />
and his shipps Companie the 4th day of december old style or thereabouts<br />
the said shipp of warrs Companie or some of them did in a very inhumane<br />
manner abuse the said Master and Companie of the said shipp ''Saint Peter'', setting<br />
poniards and swords to their brests to make them discover what moneys they had<br />
and saith they plundered the said Master and Companie of all their wearing<br />
apparrell linnen and woollen, and tooke monies from the said Master and<br />
from his Stiersman, but of what value the said goods or moneys so plundered<br />
were this deponent saith hee knoweth not, but saith that this deponents owne<br />
cloathes linnen and wooleen, shooes, stockins, bulsack or shipps bedd and other<br />
things plundered from him were really worth one hundred guilders or ten<br />
pounds sterling. And saith that the said man of warrs Companie or some<br />
of them did also after the said seizure take and plunder out of the said<br />
shipp all the potts kettles dishes Compasses sea Cards leades and lines<br />
and all the moveable utensills of and belonging to the said shipp, and one<br />
foresaile, three bonnets, and a top gallant saile, but what the valew of<br />
such goods materialls tackle and furniture so plundered was, this deponent<br />
saith hee canoot estimate; hee further saith, That the said plunder was<br />
by the said man of warrs Companie disposed of and converted to their use<br />
and the said shipp ''Saint Peter'' was afterwards carried by them to Garnsey<br />
where this deponent and the rest of the said shipps Companie were tirned<br />
ashoare having no friends or moneys to support them in a strange place<br />
and saith the said Master was for some time kept Prisoner aboard the<br />
said friggat or man of warr, that the Steeresman of the said shipp<br />
and this deponent were brought into the Castke if Guernezey and were<br />
there examined, but by what authority, hee knoweth not. The<br />
premisses hee deposeth being an Eye Wittnesse of and fellow sufferer in<br />
the same. And further cannot depose:-/
To the last hee saith, his foregoeing deposition is true-/
To the Crosse Interrogatories:-/:- [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith, hee cometh to be a Wittnesse to testify the trueth<br />
of his knowledge in this Cause by the procurement of Mr Vandeputt a<br />
Merchant of this Citie, and hath no part or share in the shipp interrate<br />
nor expecteth any benefitt by the clearing thereof, saving his wages due<br />
and reparation for his losse sustained by the plunder aforesaid, neither doeth<br />
hee expect any recompense, besides his necessary charges, for his deposition in this<br />
Cause. And otherwise negatively./
To the second hee saith hee hath bin about 30. voiages at severall Ports and<br />
places in ffrance, but remembreth not how long hee remained there at each time, And<br />
otherwise negatively.
To the third hee saith, there were the Master and five other dutch Mariners<br />
aboard the said shipp at the time of the Chase interrate, and saith there [?was GUTTER]<br />
then onely one other Mariner of the said shipps Companie, who was a ffrenchman<br />
as is predeposed, and the said french Pylott, who was not of the said shipps<br />
Companie, and saith the said shipp ''Saint Peter'' was, as hee beleeveth about<br />
2. leagues from the ffrench shoare, when the chase interrate happened, and<br />
that shee was in her right Course for Pontrieux where shee was to<br />
(dischargex where shee was to<br />
(discharge +
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