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Ballast to take a ffreight she was by temp … Ballast to take a ffreight she was by tempestuous weather forced back againe to ffrederickstadt<br />
where being arrived the Skipper tooke in her now lading of Timber for Holland.<br />
There were noe colourable bills of lading signed, nor any of Contrary<br />
tenour, And saith the said shipp has but one deck. And saith that when<br />
the ''Crowne ffrigott'' that chaced them fired a gunn the Skipper and this deponent<br />
presently struck saile and yeilded themselves and denieth that any of<br />
the Company deserted the said shipp But saith that the Skipper was<br />
taken out of his shipp aboard the man of warr that tooke him, and<br />
three Englishmen put on board the sd vessell who brought her and<br />
her said lading of Timber with this deponent up into the river of Thames
Et alr nescit
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Interpreted by mee<br />
John de [?LeLuce] [SIGNATURE, LH SIDE]
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Eadem dia super Interrys predict
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'''Hanceus Peterson''' da ffrederickstadt natus ibm. annos agens<br />
29 aut eo circiter testis
Ad dra Interria deponit that hee hath knowne the ship the ''Death''<br />
Interrate for the said fowre yeers last and hath served in her ever since the<br />
last spring as Cooke of her; And saith the said shipp hath belonged<br />
to ffrederickstadt ever since her said building at ffrederickstadt which happened<br />
about fowre yeares since and to owners there, but knoweth not their<br />
names and parts, but they the said owners are said to bee Burgers and<br />
inhabitants of ffrederickstadt a ffreecity in the Dominions of the Duke of<br />
Holsteyne And when hee is at home he liveth with his parents housekeepers<br />
and dwellers in the liberties of the city of ffrederickstadt being a Batchelour<br />
And saith the said vessell is but a smale vessell but of how many tonns hee<br />
knoweth not having bever seene her lading with corne, and at her<br />
said seizure had a lading of Crooked oake wood ffor building shipps and Clapboards on board her laded by merchants<br />
of ffrederickstadt but what their names were hee knoweth not nor<br />
knoweth to whom the same were consigned but saith they were to have<br />
bin delivered at Amsterdam. And saith hee was hired to serve in the said shipp<br />
by the yeare being hired as the shipps boy and Cooke And the said shipp hath<br />
made three voyages since such this deponents becoming cooke of her the ffirst<br />
was from ffrederickstadt to Hamborowe with Corne and thence she returned with beanes to ffrederickstadt<br />
the second was from ffrederickstadt to Norway in Ballast, and thence she returned<br />
with a lading of Deales, which she delivered at ffrederickstadt, And the<br />
voyage in question was the third voyage. And saith that there were not<br />
at the said seizure any ffrench, Dutch or Danish ffactor or Coloures<br />
aboard, nor any else saveing Swede a passenger who is with the shipper aboard the man of warr and saving the ffrederickstadt<br />
flagg being the Nettle leafe was up or [?XX ?XXX] that the Company consisted of three persons<br />
with this deponent and noe more, all natives of ffrederickstadt and dwellers there<br />
and neere thereto, never lived in any of the territoryes of the dominions of the<br />
states of the united neatherlands ffrench King or King of Denmark And saith that<br />
in their Course for Holland the said ship was mett with and seized by the ''Crowne''<br />
one of his Majesties ffrigotts off of Emms a river on the Coast of Holland<br />
and the papers of the said shipp were delivered to the Captaine of the<br />
ffrigott without any concealment or embeazelment thereof or any of them<br />
made. And saith that upon the said seizure upon the Captains demand<br />
whence they were and whether bound they declared that the ship<br />
and lading belonged to ffrederickstadt and that she was bound for<br />
Holland and saith hee never saw any colourable bills of lading<br />
on board the said shipp which has but one deck and is of a smale<br />
burthendeck and is of a smale<br />
burthen +
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