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As aforesaid The premises he deposeth bein … As aforesaid The premises he deposeth being aboard the<br />
''Experience'' during all the sayd time and seeing the same Et<br />
alr nescit deponere./
Ad 2um deponit et dicit that at the time of the seizure and [?XXXX]<br />
away of the ''Experience'' by the aforsayd three Dutch ships the [?XXXX]<br />
the ''Armes of Zealand'', and the ''Zealandia'' she had on board<br />
all the aforsayd 1200. chests of white sugar 2500 rolles of Tobaccoe and<br />
50. or 60 hides, and near twenty tuns of Wood all for the [?accompt]<br />
of the sayd Bretton, Delboe Middleton and Company. Englishmen<br />
as aforsayd who he sayth and despoiled and dispossessed of<br />
same by the aforesayd Dutch Captains, And sayth the sayd [?Cargazon]<br />
was then well worth in this deponents estimation between forty<br />
five thousand and fifty thousand pounds sterling./
Ad 22. dicit that the ship the ''Experience'' was and is a ship<br />
the burthen of foure hundred tons and upwards, and had [?thirty XXX]<br />
great guns in her when she was seized, and also had [?provision]<br />
of victuall; and tackle and furniture for a voyage of twenty two<br />
moneths, And in this deponents estimation the sayd ship together<br />
with the provisions, tackle, furniture and all things belonging<br />
to her were worth at the time of their seizure at least<br />
five thousand and five hundred pounds sterling Et<br />
alr nescrit deponere./
Ad ult. deponit et dicit the producents Thomas Bretton<br />
Simon Delboe Andrew Middleton and Company by [?meanes]<br />
of the seizure of the ''Experience'' and of her tackle and apparell<br />
furniture, provisions and lading by the forsayd three Dutch<br />
Captains and their Companies in manner as is predeposed<br />
by him this deponent, had suffered loss and damage to the value of<br />
fifty five thousand pounds sterling as neare as this<br />
deponent can estimate the same ./
Robert Ausor [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repetit coram dre Exton Surrogate
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13. die octobis 1660.
Super Allegatione predicta./
'''3.'''
'''Thomas Arrett''' de Stepney in Comd Middlesex nauta<br />
amos agons quadraginta aut eo circiter testis<br />
in hac causa productas Juratus et examinatus.
Ad ium Arlum dicta Allegationis deponit et dicit that this deponent<br />
very well knoweth the producents Thomas Bretton, Simon Delboe<br />
Andrew Middleton and Company, who he sayth have been and were the<br />
true and lawful owners and proprietors of the arlate ship the ''Experience'' and<br />
of her tackle apparrell and furniture during all the [?XXXX]<br />
and time arlate, and so are or ought to be at this present and for<br />
such he sayeth they are commonly accounted and reputed. The<br />
premises he deposeth being second mate of the said ship for the<br />
voyage in question, and seeing the aforesaid producents severall times<br />
on board her to give order for her launching out of the dock where she [?XXXXXX]<br />
and seeing them pay off severall bills for repayring her and<br />
setting her forth to sea./
Ad 2um deponit et dicit that during the time arlate the sayd Thomas Bretton<br />
Simon Delboe, Andrew Middleston and company caused to be<br />
laden and put on board the said ship here in this port<br />
ofsaid ship here in this port<br />
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