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and that the same was alsoe left at Bayon … and that the same was alsoe left at Bayon to be sent over land, and<br />
that there were not any papers torne, burnt, throwne over board or<br />
otherwise made away or concealed.
To the fifth hee saith that it is about two monthes since the said oiles<br />
were laden at Bayon, and that severall of the hogsheads (wherein the same<br />
are) are leakie, and the said oiles and the rest of the lading with longe lying<br />
aboard will be in danger to be spoiled and are in a perishing condition,<br />
and a greate quantitie of the said oiles are alreadie leaked out and spoiled,<br />
And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 6th hee saith there were noe money, plate or Jewells on board at the<br />
time of the said seizure.
To the 7th hee saith that for the said goods soe laden by the ffrench hee<br />
was to receive freight at haver de Grace, according to the bills of lading,<br />
namely 28 gilders and sixteene stivers per fatt of the said traine<br />
oile, accompting foure hogsheads to a fatt, and for the freight of<br />
the said whale bone and box laden by the ffrench amounting together<br />
to twentie fatts or thereabouts, hee was to receive after the rate aforesaid<br />
per fatt, twelve gilders per sack or bagg for ech bagg of the said wooll<br />
and tenn gilders for the freight of the said striped stuffe, and alsoe<br />
averidge according to the custome of the sea, And twenty gilders<br />
per day for each day of demourage, all which hee was to receive as<br />
the said mr Gadin the person to whom hee was to deliver the said goods,<br />
And otherwise saving as aforesaid negatively, and saving<br />
that the said seizure was made in the entrie into the River of<br />
Roane on the sixeth day of October last past newe stile.
[?ofon] noose [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
'''2.'''
'''John Johnson Bleker''' of fflushing Mariner, Stiersman<br />
of the said shipp the ''Elizabeth'', aged 47 yeares or<br />
thereabouts sworne and examined.
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith that the said shipp the ''Elizabeth''<br />
belongeth to the port of fflushing, and that her owners dwell all there<br />
and are all dutchmen and subiects of the States of the United Netherlands<br />
namely Burgomaster G[?au]sling, Burgomaster Van Ack, myn herr van Pere<br />
Captaine Mangler, Captaine Boucker, Cornelius Williamson John Gill,<br />
and the Skipper his precontest, and saith they have bin soe owners three<br />
yeeres and upwards and bought her of Lieve Pantingam a skipper of<br />
the same towne and that shee was built at Amsterdam, all which hee knoweth<br />
being an Inhabitant of fflushing, and Stiersman of her, and acquainted of<br />
the premisses. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the second hee saith that there were aboard the said shipp at the time<br />
of her seizure 201 hogsheads of traine oile, sixtie odd baggs of wooll,<br />
a parcell of whale bone and of box wood, and foure rolls of stuffe,<br />
which were laden at Bayon by ffrenchmaen, and to be carried to haver<br />
de Grace and there to be delivered, and the said goods were and are<br />
accompted to be belonging to ffrench men. And that the shipps owners had<br />
laden aboard for their accompt 30 baggs of feathers, and the master and<br />
companie have 106 cakes of rosin, 6 hogsheads of turpentine, 78 oares, 12<br />
bundlesrpentine, 78 oares, 12<br />
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