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Ketcher and Company perceiving such their … Ketcher and Company perceiving such their Comming towards them<br />
as if they would have Taken the said ship the ''Lisbone''<br />
''ffrigott'' hee caused her Anchor to be weighed, and to put his<br />
ship under saile which soe soone as ever they in the<br />
said Spanish Vessells perceived they Imediately altered their<br />
course againe, and made from the ''Lisbone ffrigott'' seeing that<br />
her boate and men were not gone ashore, and therefore<br />
durst not Venture upon the said Ship; which hee knoweth<br />
seeing the Premisses And further hee cannot depose./.
To the 14th hee saith. That had the said Ketcher sent his boate<br />
and foure of his Company, in it on shore at such time as the<br />
said Spanish Vessells came as aforesaid they would in all likelihood<br />
have taken the said Ship the ''Lisbone ffrigot'' for want of men<br />
And further hee cannot depose ./.
To the 15th hee saith that whilest the said Spanish Boate<br />
was by or neere the ''Lisbone ffrigot'' the Company in the<br />
said Spanish Boate told the said Ketcher that Captaine<br />
Neale of Dover was with his said Ship trading in Gaza?chim<br />
Road, and thereupon the same being not farr from Oratavo<br />
the said Ketcher thinking it might be true, and that in case<br />
hee were there they might trade the more secure together<br />
did cause his said Ship to be carryed thither, and upon his<br />
arrivall there; found noe such ship there, nor any others but<br />
foure Spanish Vessells, neither had the said<br />
Neales bin there in many monethes, before And saith that<br />
the said Caroly Tye and all the said Ships Company did<br />
absolutely conclude, and agree that what the said Spaniards,<br />
said, or did was meant onely as a Meanes to betray both<br />
ship and goods, and therefore the said Ships Company<br />
would never be persuaded to goe on shore againe, although<br />
often importuned by the said Ketcher: And further hee cannot<br />
depose ./.
To the 16th hee saith that for all the time the said Ship the<br />
''Lisbone ffrigot'' remained in or neer the Road of Oratavo afore<br />
=said, the said Ketcher did severall times Sollicite and Importune<br />
him the said Carolo Tye to goe on shore to get Practicke for the<br />
said Ship the ''Lisbone ffrigot'', and did never hinder the said<br />
Tye by word or Action from goeing ashore to the foresaid<br />
Purpose, and the said Tye did twice as aforesaid goe on shore<br />
to the said Purpose; and returned againe without efecting<br />
any ?thing therein, And did still say and declare that hee<br />
Could not obtaine Practick in regard the said Ship Came<br />
from Italy, and had (as the said Spaniards on shore said)<br />
goods in her that came from Roone where the Plague<br />
then was, This hee deposeth for the foresaid Reasons, And<br />
further hee cannot depose ./.<br />
To:ther hee cannot depose ./.<br />
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