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28th Septembris 1650. [CENTRE HEADING]

P[?XXX] the Tobias pred.}

Rowe dt.

4.

Matthias Johnson of Lubeck mariner Skipper of the
shipp the Saint Tobias, aged 32 yeeres, or thereabouts, sworne
and examined.

To the first Interrogatory hee saith and deposeth that hee this examinate was master
of the shipp the Tobias interrogated, which was staid by Captaine Penn under
the foreland neare Marget.

To the second hee saith that his said shipp is a newe shipp, and was built
in winter last by Peter Mayer, Hendrick Bremer,
Hendrick and John [?Cratts], and him this deponent who are the owners
and defrayed the charge of her building. and saith that this is her first
voyage.

To the third hee saith that the said shipp was bound for Cadiz and being
come thither this deponent was to seake for a freight for the Streights
and saith shee was laden with about 24 lasts of iron, 1200 deale boards
betwixt 40000 and 50000 pipe staves, about 20 lasts of tarr, about 18 or
20 barrells of [?victreell] being the stuffe that comes of copper, and is used for dyiing, thirtie one beames of timber, 44 baggs of
flax or thereabouts, about 20 shipp pounds of hemp, each shipp pound
conteyning about 280 other pounds, tenn peeces of ordnance that were nott
mounted, about 6 shipp pounds of cordage, and about 200 or 300 cases
of bottles, a greate fatt of fine flax, and a chest of fine [?tape], and about
12 barrells of powder, and a chest of muskets.

To the fourth hee saith that the said shipp is of the burthen of 280
tonnes or thereabouts, and for her provisions shee had aboard her 16 peeces
of ordnance, 28 barrells of powder, 26 musketts or thereabouts besides
the powder and musketts mentioned in his answers to the next precedent
article about 7 or eight shipp pounds of shott greate and small, eight
pikes, and about a dozaine of swords, two pistolls, and three greate swords
alr nescit.

To the 5th hee saith that the said shipp had aboard her noe other guns
armes or ammunition but what hee hath predeposed of either
for her provisions or in hold, nor were any hidd in her or endeavoured
to be concealed, and saith the said tenn peeces of ordnance 12 barrells of powder and chest
of musketts were by this deponent to be sold at Cadiz in case hee
got noe freight thence, but in case he got a freight there then the
said peeces of ordnance and powder were by him to be kept
and sold for the shipps provisions if hee had occasion therefore, to which purpose hee was there to
take more men aboard, alr negative.

To the 6 hee saith the said shipp was bound out upon a merchandizing
and not a man of warrs voyage.

To the 7th hee saith hee had a passeport from the Magistrates of Lubeck
declaring that the said shipp was of Lubeck and that the lading (as the truth
was) was belonging to the said owners of the shipp, that this deponent
was Skipper of her and that hee was bound for Ligorne, which particular
of his being bound for Ligorne was purposely put in, to avoide the
ffrench, whoe would have taken him if they had met with him and
knowne that hee had bin bound for cadiz, as in truth hee was, and
hee had alsoe a letter of recommendations to Cadiz with a bill of
lading therein and some accompts, and writings some of which were in
a chest box in his cabbin and the rest in a little close or studdie that
hee had in the shipp, all which were with his passeport taken away
by the Captaine, or some of the shipps company that seized him, and
hee referreth himselfe thereto for the contents thereof, and saith there
were noe papers or writings hid or endeavoured to be concealed, but [?meerely]
from the ffrench for the reason aforesaid.