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voyage wholly by ffrenchmen, and that thre … voyage wholly by ffrenchmen, and that three horses brought downe the<br />
said lading from Roane to haver de Grace, except one fatt of goods<br />
which was put aboard at haver de Grace by one Monsieur de Pappe<br />
a ffrenchman upon his owne accompt: and that the two yonge men<br />
(speaking of the said harman Goris and of one Garcia Gonzalez<br />
who was likewise taken in the said shipp) that pretended themselves<br />
merchants of the said shipp, were only ffactors for ffrench men, or to<br />
the same effect. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the twentieth hee saith that shortly after the seizure of the said<br />
shipp the ''hare in the feild'', shee was brought with her lading<br />
into Portsmouth, where the said John kein and harman Goris being<br />
examined upon their oathes before the major of that place and their<br />
depositions put into writing, the said John kein (though [?charged] and<br />
required) refused to declare and confesse who were freighters and<br />
laders of his said shipp, and said hee would not confesse or acknowledge<br />
them but referred himselfe to his bills of lading which hee had<br />
delivered to this deponent. And that the sad harman Goris being<br />
iudicially demannded upon his oath before the said Major of<br />
whom hee bought the goods that hee said were his owne, and what<br />
hee paid for the same, said hee would not declare of whom hee bought<br />
them, nor would hee subscribe his name to his examination, [?nor]<br />
though hee might have (as hee said) a thousand pounds, nor did<br />
or would hee declare of whom hee bought them, nor subscribe<br />
his examination before the said Maior, At all which passages before<br />
the major this deponent was present. And otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose.
To the 21th hee saith that the said William [?Leme] being then likewise<br />
examined before the said Major, made noe confession or acknowledgement<br />
of what hee had as aforesaid declared before this deponent, and after such<br />
his examination before the major, being by this deponent demmannded<br />
whie hee concealed and did not declare before the Maior as hee had<br />
before declared to this deponent, hee the said [?Lemo] answered that the<br />
Merchants or factors and the Skipper of the ''hare'', chardged him<br />
upon his life before hee was examined that hee should not<br />
say any thinge, And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 22th hee saith that after such seizure of the said shipp the<br />
''hare in the ffeild'', and lading, namely on the 29th of May last, hee<br />
this deponent in the ''Tyger frigot'' met at sea with five dutch<br />
shipps the name of the master of one whereof was Martin Nastian,<br />
Cornelius drunckard mmaster of another, John Mosse of another,<br />
Cornelius Johnson of another, and William Johnson of the other, which<br />
said shipps came out of haver de Grace that day where they had bin<br />
to carry salt for the Grand Partie as the said masters confessed to this<br />
deponent, and were going to fetch more salt for the said Partie.<br />
And saith the said masters being all aboard the ''Tyger frigot'', did <u>all</u><br />
and each of them relate and declare that the day before their said comming<br />
from haver de Grace there was newes come thither by letter that the<br />
shipp the ''hare in the ffeild'' was with all her lading taken by the<br />
English, and that the ffrench merchants were all like mad men upon<br />
hearing all like mad men upon<br />
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