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time of the said seizure, and none between … time of the said seizure, and none betweene decks, which hee knoweth being<br />
one of her company and helping to stowe the said linnens, and being soe<br />
on board at the time of the said seizure, but being only a Common man<br />
hee tooke noe notice of the markes of the said bales, or of their numbers,<br />
And otherwise hee cannot depose saving the said goods were stowed in good<br />
order and condition.
To the second hee cannot depose, sayingh hee can neither write nor reade
To the third hee saith there were severall fats of hatts really laden aboard<br />
the said shipp the ''Crosse of Jerusalem'' at Saint Malo's, and were soe laden<br />
in and were remayning aboard the said shipp at the time of the said seizure<br />
in her hold and none betwixt decks, and were laden in good order and<br />
well conditioned, which hee knoweth for the reasons aforesaid. But for the number of fats or cases therin or<br />
markes thereof hee saith hee cannot depose.
To the fourth hee saith that soone after the said seizure the said Captaine<br />
of the ''Three Sisters'' (that made the seizure) and severall of his company<br />
came aboard the ''Crosse of Jerusalem'' and brake open her hold and<br />
tooke out diverse bales of goods, and cases of hatts and other things<br />
and shutt up the master and company of the ''Crosse of Jerusalem''<br />
to the end they should not see what they tooke and carried away, howbeit<br />
this deponent looking through the windowe of the cabbin wherein hee<br />
was shutt, sawe such their taking and carrying away the said goods,<br />
and saith tha they came thrice in one night and twice another<br />
night aboard to purloine and carry away goods as aforesaid. And<br />
saith this deponent afterwards sawe some of the hatts which were<br />
taken away by the said man of warrs company in the custodie of<br />
some of them, and sawe the masters mate of the man of warr weare one<br />
of them upon his head. And otherwise hee cannot depose, not knowing<br />
further the particularities or quantities of the goods soe by them<br />
taken away.
To the fifth hee cannot depose.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee referreth himselfe to his foregoing deposition, and saith hee<br />
hath noe interest in the shipp or goods, nor expecteth any proffit by the<br />
recovery of the goods in question.
To the second hee saith the said goods were laden at Saint Malo's, and were<br />
taken aboard by the master and company, and otherwise hee referreth<br />
himselfe to his foregoeing deposition.
To the third negatively, saving as aforesaid.
To the fourth hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.
To the fifth hee saith that the said shipp was under saile in the Channell off<br />
Roscow when the said goods were soe taken out, and [?otherwise] saving his<br />
foregoing deposition hee cannot depose.
To the last negatively.
'''+''' The marke of Peter<br />
Baly [MARKE, RH SIDE]of Peter<br />
Baly [MARKE, RH SIDE] +
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