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England. This deponent as then being at C … England. This deponent as then being at Cyprus in the Condition aforesaid<br />
seeing and observing the premisses:-
To the second hee saith, The said shipp the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' was<br />
not fully laden at and discharged from Cyprus till the eighth day<br />
of June <u>1652.</u> and saith that a Considerable quantitie of Cotton woolls was<br />
by Mr. Richard Chewnes direction laden and putt aboard the said<br />
shipp between the 15th day of May and the 8th of June <u>1652.</u><br />
aforesaid, but what quantitie of Tunns hee saith hee knoweth not,<br />
nor can hee depose. And further (referring himselfe to the reasons of his<br />
knowledge predeposed) hee saith hee cannot depose/
To the third, fourth and fifth, That during the aboade as aforesaid<br />
of the said shipp at Cyprus, there was amongst Masters and mariners<br />
there a publique report that there were five saile of Tripoly men of<br />
warr of great force then hovering between that place and the passage<br />
for England readie to surprize English shipps and goods, And that<br />
upon the arrivall of the English Convoy at Cyprus upon or about the 16th<br />
of May 1652 there was a report brought by them that there was a<br />
grat likelihood of a sudden eruption of warr betwixt the dutch and<br />
English, And that diverse ffrench men of warr Enemiesd to the shipps<br />
of this Commonwealth were then also in and about the straights in the<br />
passage from Cyprus for England, Which the premisses hee knoweth<br />
for the reasons before expressed. And further cannot depose./
To the 6th hee saith hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, and<br />
saith the English Convoy under Captaine Bodiloe arlate came<br />
to Cyprus expressely for the Conduct and securitie of English<br />
shipps then in their parts, as was then and there generally knowne<br />
and publiquely reported./
To the 7th hee saith, That the arlate Roger ffowke English Consull<br />
at Cyprus and the said Richard Chewne being in Companie aboard<br />
the said shipp ''Thomas Bonadventure'' after the arrivall of the said<br />
Convoy, and discourse happening whether it would be more expedient<br />
for the said shipp to depart thence alone or in Companie with the<br />
said Convoy, this deponent heard both the said ffowke and Chewne say<br />
to Captaine hughes the said shipps Commannder That by all meanes hee should<br />
keep Company, or it was best and safest to keepe Company with<br />
the said Convoy or words to that or the like effect, And so much this<br />
deponent beleeveth was then the generall sense and opinion of Merchants<br />
and factors there concerned in the disposall of shipps and lading to goe<br />
from thence, so farr as tghis deponent then and there did observe./ And further cannot<br />
depose./
To the 12th article and schedule thereunto mentioned to be annexed, and nowe<br />
seene and read over to this examinate, hee saith hee referreth himselfe to his<br />
deposition to the 8th article of the precedent Allegation, And further cannot depose
To the 13thon, And further cannot depose
To the 13th +
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