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To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
T … To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee had aboard the said shipp at the time of her<br />
seizure three hundred prints of pictures, and eight baggs of pepper,<br />
for his owne accompt, and hopeth to have them againe, but hath noe<br />
share in the vessell, And otherwise cannot depose.
To the second hee saith hee was spoken to by his precontest the<br />
master to come and testifie the truth in this cause, wherein hee<br />
saith hee hath bin noewayes taught or instructed.
To the third hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition and cannot<br />
otherwise depose.
To the fourth hee hath not soe deposed.
David brulois [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated with his two next precontests before doctor Godolphin.
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The 6th of November 1655/ [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the foresayd allegation/
'''5'''
'''Harman Gooris''' of London Merchant aged 27 yeares or there<br />
abouts a wittnesse sworne and examined saith and deposeth as<br />
followeth videlicet./
To the first and second articles of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee this deponent<br />
was on board the shipp the ''hare in the feild'' during the voyage wherein shee<br />
was taken and saith that hee heard the arlate<br />
Keene saye after the sayd shipp had receaved her ladeing on board<br />
that hee neede not bee afraid of the English (they being freinds) or to that<br />
effect And further to these articles hee cannot depose./
To the 3 hee saith hee heard the Master John Keene at his comming from haverdegrace<br />
with the ladeing in question on board her saye that hee intended to steere over for the Coast of England (not feareing<br />
to be taken by any English shipps whatsoever they being freinds) and for that hee might thereby have the better<br />
sea roome to sayle out of the English channell,<br />
and well knoweth for that hee was on<br />
board that the sayd Master and Company did not sett up any more sayle then<br />
shee had at her first comming out thence And further to this article hee cannot<br />
depose being noe seaman nor knowing or understanding the compasse or what quarter<br />
the winde was in./
To the 4th article of the sayd allegation hee saith that for that hee came in her<br />
and was aboard at her seizure hee well knoweth that the arlate shipp the ''hare in the''<br />
''ffeild'' came out from New haven arlate upon the fifth day of May last (English<br />
style) and saith that the ''drake ffrigott'' arlate did first come up with the sayd<br />
shipp the ''hare in the ffeild'' about an hower before the ''Tiger ffrigott'' arlate came<br />
up with her, and that the sayd shipp the ''hare in the feild'' being haled by the ''drake''<br />
''ffrigott'' did presently upon her hawleing lower their sales before the ''Tyger ffrigott''<br />
came up to them and the Master of the ''Hare of the ffeild'' did before the ''Tyger ffrigott'' came up, at the first hayleing<br />
ofe up, at the first hayleing<br />
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