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and lawfull owners and proprietors of the … and lawfull owners and proprietors of the said shipp and of her<br />
tackle, apparell and furniture, and for such commonly accompted,<br />
which hee knoweth for that hee this deponent being at Amsterdam<br />
did in or about September last [?XXXth] them to buy her there, and<br />
shee being soe bought, this deponent was by them and their order<br />
constituted Master of her, and had and tooke the said mastershipp<br />
upon him.
To the second and third articles hee saith that the said shipp being<br />
soe bought, the said owners there fitted her and in or about the<br />
end of November last set her out under the conduct of this<br />
deponent with a cargo of goods, to goe and saile from Amsterdam<br />
for their account for the Barbada's there to trade or thereabouts<br />
with the said outward cargo, and to make retourne thereof for the<br />
account aforesaid. And saith that the cargo for the most part<br />
belonged to the said owners, and the rest to Jewes or other merchants<br />
living in Amsterdam, and hee beleeveth that noe owners of<br />
this Commonwealth had any interest in the said lading.<br />
And further that the said goods being soe laded the said shipp departed<br />
from Amsterdam therewith, and in or about the beginning of<br />
ffebruary last arived at the Barbadas, with her said<br />
lading, and that in or about the fourth day after sich her<br />
arivall, shee was by Captain Mynns and company in the<br />
''Marston Moore frigot'' belonging to this Commonwealth there<br />
seized with her said lading, and this deponent and company<br />
dispossesed of her and her said owners deprived thereof.
To the fourth article hee saith that the said Robert Stiles,<br />
William kiffen, William Peacock, ffrancis Prince and Seagar<br />
Corsellis owners of the said shipp, were and are all English men<br />
and subiects of this Commonwealth and for such commonly reputed<br />
and likewise commonly esteemed to be persons very well affected<br />
to the present government thereof.
To the fifth hee saith that at the time of the said seizure this<br />
deponent had the exemplification of the affidavit annexed and<br />
now showed unto him aboard under the greate seale of this<br />
Court, which hee saith hee showed unto the said Captain Mynns<br />
desiring him by vertue thereof to forbeare the said seizure, the<br />
said shipp and most of her lading (as hee affirmed) belonging to Englishmen and<br />
therest to other friends of this Nation, howbeit hee not only<br />
[?proceeded] in the said seizure, but alsoe tooke away the said<br />
Exemplification from this deponent with the rest of his writings<br />
and bookes, and still keepes the same.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee had belonged to and bin master of<br />
the said shipp from the said time of her said buying to the time<br />
of the said seizure, And saith hee was borne at East<br />
[S?hefford] was borne at East<br />
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