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HCA 13/70 f.220v Annotate
First transcribed 25 November 2014  +
First transcriber Colin Greenstreet  +
Folio 220  +
Parent volume HCA 13/70  +
Side Verso  +
Status Uploaded image; transcribed on 25/11/2014  +
Transcription To the 6th hee saith, That the Master and To the 6th hee saith, That the Master and Companie belonging to the said<br /> shipp ''Saint John Baptist'' at the time of her said seizure were all<br /> fforeigners and strangers saving one English boy, and saith hee beleeveth<br /> they were all, the said boy excepted, Netherlanders and Subjects of the<br /> States of the United Netherlands, Which hee deposeth being as<br /> aforesaid present at the said seizure and [?examinated] And further cannot depose./ To the 4th hee saith this deponent hath heard and beleeveth, That it is<br /> usuall and requisite by Law, that Englishmen subjects of this Commonwealth<br /> before they sett any their Vessell or Vessells to Sea enter into bond that<br /> the Gunns thereto belonging shall not be sold or disposed of to strangers<br /> And otherwise referring himselfe to the Law iin that case provided<br /> hee saith hee cannot further depose./ To the 8th hee saith, it is unusuall, so farr as this deponent hath ever observed<br /> for any English man or men that are Subjects of this Commonwealth<br /> when generall Reprizalls are granted, and open warr at Sea is made<br /> between this Nation, and any other fforeigne State, to committ the trust<br /> charge or possession of English shipps or goods to a forreigner of such<br /> a State then in hostility with this Commonwealth, And otherwise<br /> referring himselfe to the Lawes and Customes of this Commonwealth<br /> in that particular made and observed, hee saith hee cannot depose To the last hee saith his foregoeingd eposition is true./ To the Crosse Interrogatories:-/ [CENTRE HEADING] To the first Interrogatorie hee saith, that hee this rendent was Captaine and<br /> Commander of the shipp the ''hope'', which was one of the fleet present,<br /> at the seizure in question, and expecteth in case the shipp the ''Saint''<br /> ''John Baptist'' and lading be adjudged Prize, and saith hee can well under-<br /> stand most of the low Countrey language, and speake and understandeth<br /> his native English, and a little Spanish./ To the 2d hee saith hee cometh to be a Wittnes in this Cause by the<br /> procurement of Major Robert Sedgwicke in the behalfe of his highness<br /> the Lord Protector and saith hee doeth not otherwise endeavour to make<br /> Prize of the shipp and goods in question, then by declaring the trueth of<br /> his knowledge, and would if it were in his power judge therein according to<br /> his Conscience, and saith hee was one of the Councill of Warr interrate<br /> there being then alsoe assistant in the said Councill Captaine John Leverett<br /> Captaine Robert ffenn, Captaine Marke harrison and the said Major<br /> Sedwicke, who joyntly concluded the said shipp and lading to be a lawfull<br /> Prize. To the 3. hee saith, hee did not heare what language was used by those of<br /> the shipp ''Black Raven'', at the first haling of the said shipp the ''Saint John''<br /> ''Baptist'', and that the said ''Black Raven'' was and is a dutch built shipp, And<br /> further referring himself to his foregoeing deposition hee cannot depose./ To the 4th hee saith, hee knoweth not what quantity of goods was in the said<br /> shipp the ''Saint John Baptist'' at the time of her said seizure, but saith they were<br /> sould at Boston in New England, but that hee this rendent bought no<br /> part thereof, nor knoweth or hath heard for how much they were sould<br /> nor who bought them, And further knoweth not nor can hee depose To the 5thknoweth not nor can hee depose To the 5th  +
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