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of the producents, and upon their account … of the producents, and upon their account caused to be laden on<br />
board the said ship about eleaven hundred chests of white sugar<br />
and about five and twenty hundred Rolls of Tobaccoe and a<br />
quantity of hides, all or most of which were bought with<br />
and were the proceed of their goods sent out from Lisbone<br />
to Brazill as aforesaid. Et ulterius ad hoc Arlos (salvis prde.
Ad 10. et 11us Arlos deponit et dicit that after the lading the<br />
said sugars and other goods on board the ''Experience'' at Brazeele<br />
she departed therewith towards Lisbone there to discharge the<br />
same according to the security given; And further sayth that<br />
in her passage thither being come in sight of the Rocke of<br />
Lisbone, her Captain and Company did on or about the<br />
seaven and twentyeth day of may last (being Sunday) in<br />
the morning about breake of day espy three sayle of ships makeing towards<br />
the ''Experience'', which said three ships he sayth that when<br />
the Captain and Company of the ''Experience'' first discovered them<br />
it was so early in the morning that they could not discerne<br />
whether they were enemies or friends. Et alr nescit.
Ad 12um deponit et dicit that the Rere Admirall of the said<br />
three Dutch ships (called the ''Zelandia'' (whereof one Captaine<br />
Tysen [?Quarls] was Commander) came sayling to the weather<br />
side of the ''Experience'' without ever hayling or speaking<br />
to her Captaine or Company, which he sayth is contrary to the custome<br />
of friends at sea; whereupon Captaine Kingsman from on<br />
board the ''Experience'' hayled the ''Zelandia'', and wished her<br />
Captaine the said Quarls to fall to the Leeward of the ''Experience''<br />
but he made no answer thereunto, but continued his course<br />
to windward still. And then the said Captaine Kingsman according to the custome of the sea in that case caused<br />
a shot to be made from his ship the ''Experience'' athwart the<br />
''Zelandia's'' fore foot, which shot he sayth did not touch the<br />
''Zelandia'' nor was intended so to doe, but was only to give<br />
the said Quarls warning to fall to Leeward; notwithstanding<br />
all which meanes used the said Quarls kept on still to windward<br />
and would not nor did he come to the Leeward at all. The<br />
premisses he deposeth seeing, hearing, and taking notice<br />
of the same./
Ad 13um dicit that during all the said time, the ''Experience''<br />
had up and sayled with the English Colours; and the Captaine<br />
and Company of the ''Zelandia'', and the Captains and Companies<br />
of the other two Dutch ships (which were not farr off) might<br />
and did see the same; and this deponent verily beleeveth they<br />
all knew the ''Experience'' to be an English ship, and so much<br />
he sayth, he heard severall of them afterwards confesse,/
Ad 14um dicit that so soone as the said Quarls came up with<br />
his ship the ''Zelandia'' neare the ''Experience'', he never hayled<br />
her at all but presently fired a broadside upon her and<br />
did thereby much dammage to her Masts tackle and rigging<br />
and then went and lay ahead of her, untill the other two ships<br />
called the ''Orange'' and the ''Armes of Zealand'' were come<br />
up also; which being come fired also their great and small shot<br />
uponheir great and small shot<br />
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