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Prize, seeing the said Winter and his Comp … Prize, seeing the said Winter and his Company Carelesse<br />
and negligent tooke out of the said Prize<br />
twenty Thousand Peeces of Eight which were [?laded] in her and brought the<br />
same on shore, and<br />
the same could never be recovered; and saith that<br />
while the said Prize was at Marsellis delivering, the<br />
Dutch Consull came onboard her, to treate<br />
with the said Winter about his abusing the Dutch men<br />
that were in the said ship, and the said Winter did in<br />
a very uncivill manner abuse and strike the said Consull this<br />
Deponent seeing him soe doe, as hee this Deponent<br />
was passing by the said Prize in his Boate, And saith<br />
that some short time after Admirall Stoakes receaved<br />
a letter from the then Authority of England (which this<br />
deponent sawe) wherein the said Admirall Stoakes was ordered<br />
to make inquiry Concerning the abuse and wrongs done to the Dutch<br />
and their Shipping in those Parts the same being complained of by<br />
the Dutch Ambassador then resident here, And the said<br />
Admirall Stoakes being informed [?XXX] the said William<br />
Winter was Guilty of many crimes,. and misdemeanours against<br />
the Dutch and other the freinds of this Nation, caused<br />
him to be secured, untill hee could make further<br />
inquiry into the busines, hee the said Captaine Stoakes being then very sick and<br />
weake, and the said Winter not long after (knowing himselfe<br />
to be Guilty) made his Escape, And further saith that<br />
neare Leghorne the said Captaine Whetstone with the<br />
said ''ffairfaax ffrigot'' of this Deponents Sight Seized a ship<br />
called the ''Warriour''. and carruied her into Leghorne<br />
but this Deponent was then undersaile, being bound for<br />
Tholoone, whether hee went, and therefore cannot depose<br />
of his owne knowledge, what became of the ''Warriour''<br />
or her Lading, but hath bin Credibly Informed that [XXX]<br />
Winter had the possession of the said ship, and that<br />
hee did breake bulke and tooke severall goods out<br />
of her, and by his Carlesseness or underhand dealing let the said ship<br />
''Warriour'' be carried away by a Dutch man of warr which was her<br />
Convoy when shee was taken. And further cannot<br />
depose./
Tond further cannot<br />
depose./
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