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taken away, but for all and singular the goods, materialls and shipps provisions
mentioned in the schedule annexed (now read unto him) hee the
saith they were in the said shipp when shee went into the power of the said Welch and
company, but upon this deponents comming aboard hee found them all wanting
being embeazeld, spent and made away while shee was under the said seizure
soe that this deponent never did or could recover them againe, and saith they
were the time aforesaid worth the severall summes and prices mentioned
in the said schedule. And otherwise hee cannot depose, saving that hee
heard the said welches Commission read, and understood it to be
a Commission of Reprizall graunted to one Riley, and
saving that the arlate Christen, Quint[?eer] and Gr[?XX]ne were said to be the
said welches setters out and lastly saving that whereas in the beginning of the
said schedule, mentioned is made of one barrell of pitch, hee saith it was
a barrell [?sXXX]ed in two.

Smith dt.

To the interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first hee saith that this deponent in the whole parsell of clap boards
had only two hundred belonging to him selfe, and that of the flax and tallow
belonged to him and ships company ioyntly, and saith that Peter Olde
was the company of the said wilkin wade in the said
cargo of clap boards saving the said 200 belonging to this deponent, and that
they the said wilkin and peter being the freighters of her and that they
the said wilkin and Peter and Albert Schult all of hambowre were them
her owners, and of her said tackle, furniture victualls and
provisions, and this deponent and shipps company of the clothes and
other necesaries and for the flax and tallow, hee saith they belonged to
him, and his boatswaine hans schult, his Cooke Martin [?Look] fish
the Carpenter, Cornelius, and the Steward Gaspar Brum
and Simon Peters his Purser, and saith hee is to have his part of
the said goods being so receaved, and otherwise saving this foregoing
deposition hee cannot answer, saving hee was a master of the said vessell.

To the second hee saith hee sawe all the said goods counted and weighed in
Riga upon the said shipps proceeding thense, either by himselfe, purser
or stiersman, and firmed the bills and accounts for the same, but from
the time of her seizure, till shee was restored, hee was not aboard her,
being about three monethes absent, and saith hee sawe the clapboards
told that were recovered at hull, and the flax there receaved was there
weighed, and in ffrance afterwards hee sawe the same weighed, and found
it to be as aforesayd. and otherwise hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition.

To the third negatively, beleeveth that not any of this company too be
out of any of the said goods.

To the fourthe hee saith hee made entrie in his booke at hull of
the said losses and defects, out of which booke the contents of the said
schedule were taken for the most part, and this deponent had before.
the seizure an Inventary of the shipp goods, tackle and furniture,
and an account of his lading, which hee all left at home, and there
they are at present, And otherwise hee cannot answer, saving as
aforesaid.

To the last hee can write and reade and well knew and noted the said
goods and materialls, both what was in the said shipp when hee was
seized and what was wanting; and otherwise hee referreth him selfe
to his foregoeing deposition.

Repeated before doctor Godolphin.

Christofer Peterson [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]