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To the second hee saith that hee was const … To the second hee saith that hee was constituted Master of the said shipp<br />
at Amsterdam upon the said buying of her by the said owners there<br />
who bought her as aforesaid of Jacob van Eust of Amsterdam, (who to that<br />
time was master of her and had sailed her to Guinney in service of Marchants<br />
of Amsterdam) and of the said van Eust his brother alsoe of Amsterdam,<br />
And otherwise negatively.
To the third hee saith hee is a native of Groningen in ffreezeland, and<br />
liveth in Amsterdam and soe hath donne the most part of his time;<br />
and is a subiect of the States of the United Netherlands, and otherwise<br />
hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition.
To the fourth hee saith the said shipp went directly from Amsterdam to<br />
Tobago without touching at any other port or coast by the way, thense<br />
to the wild coast, thense to Santa Cruse, and thense to the place where<br />
shee was seized as shee was in her course for Amsterdam, And to the<br />
rest hee answereth negatively.
To the fifth hee saith there were about an hundred potizo's of oile<br />
three pipes of Spanish wine, three pipes of brandewine, but<br />
the quantitities or numbers of hats, knives or other commoditiies<br />
hee remembreth not, and that shee was not above a fifth part laden<br />
and the rest made up with ballast, shee being intended besides the<br />
goods shee should get upon truck or the said exported commodities, to<br />
get freight at the said Islands, but comming thether could not finde<br />
any. And saith hee cannot estimate the valew of the said outwards goods.
To the sixth hee saith hee weighed and saw the weighing of the<br />
foresaid tobaccoe soe taken in at the wild coast, and that it was<br />
not marked, there being noe other, but a little for some of his<br />
company, only there were some peeces of wood fastened to the rolls<br />
on which were set the weights of the rolls, and hee remembreth not<br />
whether the reste was marked or not, but upon some of the barrells<br />
there were markes made with wick thus [MARKE] having some an '''8.''' and<br />
some a '''B''' added thereto, And otherwise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.
To the seaventh hee saith hee never knew the said Augustin Rossetti till<br />
such his meetimg him this voyage at Santa Cruse, where hee lodged as<br />
a merchant stranger, And otherwise hee cannot answer.
To the eighth hee answereth negatively to all.
To the 9th hee saith hee had license of the west India Company<br />
in holland to goe to the Caribbe Islands, as the manner is for all<br />
shipps to doe this saile from the United Netherlands, to these part<br />
Islands, but for the wilde coast hee had not nor needed any particular<br />
license, hee goeing thether upon his failing of trade at Tobago.
To the tenth negatively, saying hee had hath noe other manner of<br />
[XXXX] for his freight than the schedule predeposed.
To the last hee saith hee knoweth not of any partners than the said<br />
Scut and da Patter in the ownershipp of the said vessell, and beleeveth<br />
that they have none, but are themselves sole owners of her.<br />
And otherwise hee cannot answer saving his foregoeing deposition.
Claus Willem[?ss] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated with his preconteste before doctor Godolphin.h his preconteste before doctor Godolphin. +
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