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Transcription

1. French king, ye same being bound for the East Indies. The premisses hee knoweth
2. to be true for the reasons predeposed being in the quality of Master as aforesaid
3. present at and in the same ˹and sitrim of the day of the said seizure into his memoriall whilest hee TO DO: this day˺
4. And first her cannot depose was on board the said French TO DO: boat GUTTER

5. To the 4th Article of the said allegation this Deponent saith that the said
6. La Voche meeting as aforesaid with the said shipp the Endeavor and her lading TO DO: GUTTER
7. commanded him this deponent and companie to stry be their sailor and to hoyst TO DO: GUTTER
8. their boate came on board him the said De la Voche being the Admirall of
9. the said french fleete, which this deponent in regard it was then night
10. refused to doe and the next morning the said La Voche aganie commanded this
11. Deponent and some of his companie to come on bord him, whereupon this Deponent
12. sent some of his companie on bord the said French Admirall, wherewith the said
13. De La Voche not being satisfied commanded and sent for this Deponent in person to
14. come on bord him and to bring his shipp papers with him, which this Deponent
15. accordingly did, and being soo came on bord the said La Voche told him that his the
16. Deponent said shipp and lading were his prize, And thereupon the said De La
17. Voche caused about 24. men of the said shipp the Endeavor companie to be
18. fetcht from on bord her and to be disposed of and distributed into the said
19. fower French shipps, leaving onely fower of her owne companye on bord
20. her and putting into her about thirty of the French men belonging to the
21. said French shipps, and then commanded and carryed away the said shipp
22. Endeavour and her lading for Guiney, whose this Deponent and thirteen others
23. of his companie were by the said De La Voche his command sett on
24. shoare at a place called Triviesto upon or about the first day of December
25. 1655. The French men leaving and allowing them onely one pipe of wyne
26. and about one hundred weight of biskett for their sustenance at or neere
27. which place of Triviesto this deponent and companie stayed about fifteene
28. weekes ˹in great danger of their lives˺ before they could meet with any opportunity of transportation for
29. England, and the said De La Voche and companie carryed away the said
30. shipp Endeavour and her lading and the rest of her companie to or towards
31. the East Indies at aforesaid: Of the premisses hee saith hee hath full
32. assurance and sadd experience being as aforesaid Master of the said shipp
33. Endeavour and suffering as above it declared: And otherwise hee cannot depose

34. To the 5th hee saith that at the time when the said shipp Endeavor
35. and her lading were surprized and taken by the said De La Voche and
36. companie at it predeposed, there were three other merchant shipps laden
37. with wynes bound alsoe from the Canaries for this port of London which
38. shipps were in sight of this Deponent and companie and alsoe of the said
39. De La Voche and companie at the time aforesaid, And saith that hee the
40. Deponent being at aforesaid brought on bord the said De La Voche his shipp
41. did aske and demand of him the said De La Voche why hee and his companie
42. did surprize and take the said shipp Endeavor and her lading and lett the
43. the said other three shipps without any molestation to which the said De
44. La Voche answered, that hee had noe Comission to doe what hee did in
45. the said shipp Endeavor or any other English shipp, but that they meete ˹hee and companie˺
46. his Commanned were necessitated soe to doe, for that they were destitute of
47. shipps lading of wynes for their necessary provisions, they being at hee TO DO: said GUTTER
48. bound upon and along and cedurnt voyage videlicet: for Mallegasctra or the red
49. seas ˹or regards to that of the like effect˺ that the said De La Voche being then alsoe asked by this deponent who
50. should written on right hand margin

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