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Power, and under their Command neither the … Power, and under their Command neither the said Thomas<br />
Newman the Supra Cargoe of the said Ship ''Bantam ffrigot'' nor the<br />
said Isaac Taylor the captaine of the said ship nor any of<br />
the Mariners of her did doe any Injury or Wrong in<br />
any Kinde to the said Dutch or any of them. that this<br />
deponent knoweth of. but did demeane them selves Civilly<br />
and Peaceably toward them and this hee deposeth<br />
being Masters Mate of the said ship the said Voyage And<br />
further cannot depose:
To the 31th hee Cannot depose
To the 32th he saith his foregoeing deposition is true
Repeated before Doctor Godolphin./.
Caleb kyme [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 25th day of March 1659
Examined on the said Allegation
'''2us'''
'''Lewis Walter''' of Deptford Mariner<br />
aged 40 yeeres or thereabouts: sworne and Examined:/:
To the first article of the said Allegation hee saith that ?for and during all the monethes<br />
of September, October, November. December January ffebruary<br />
and March 1656. English Stile and Continually since the<br />
arlate Sir John Dethick Knight [?Edward Bolle?s] John Bancks Richard fford<br />
Edward Mico and William Prithman, and Company, or some<br />
of them, (being all subjects of this Commonwealth) were<br />
and at present are the true and lawfull owners and<br />
Imployers of the arlate ''Bantam ffrigot'' and of her tackle<br />
and furniture as hee verily beleeveth, and soe hee saith<br />
they were and are Commonly accounted: And This hee<br />
deposeth for that hee went all the Voyage in question<br />
Steward of the said ''Bantam ffrigot''. and further cannot depose
To the second hee saith that in the said moneth of October<br />
1656: the foresaid Sir John Dethick, John Banks; Richard<br />
fford Edward Mico and William Prit[?ti]man (who are all of<br />
them well knowne to this Deponent) and alsoe the arlate Edward<br />
Bolle: did set out the said ship from this port of London<br />
upon their owne account to East India there to Lade Pepper<br />
and bring the same to Europe; for their Account, And<br />
saith that the said Setters forth of the said ship did Appoint<br />
the arlate Isaac Tailor to goe Master of the said ship and the<br />
arlate Thomas Newman Supra Cargoe of her the said<br />
voyage, And the said Taylor and Newman did goe the said Voyage<br />
in the said ship. in their said Apointed Place. The premises<br />
he deposeth for the said Sir John Dethick and the rest of the [?men GUTTER]<br />
aforesd did frequently come on board the said Shipp, before and at [XXX XXXX GUTTER]<br />
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