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the account of Robert Carter one of the sa … the account of Robert Carter one of the said shipps owners and<br />
companie the valew of foure hundred pounds sterling, and this deponent<br />
had a chest, clothes and other necessaries aboard to the valew of<br />
sixtie pounds, which said gold and goods to the valew of foure hundred<br />
pounds sterling were also to be carried to the said parts of East<br />
India, and there invested as goods and merchandizes of the parts<br />
to be brought to this port. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the seaventh, 8th and 9th articles hee saith and deposeth that<br />
within the said time namely on or in September last past the<br />
said shipp the ''Lyon and Providence'' having soe received<br />
and having the foresaid said gold and other goods aboard being arived in<br />
her course for the East Indies to or neere unto the said Cape<br />
Lopus, shee was there met withall by two dutch shipps, the one<br />
of them called the ''Mary'' of Amsterdam and the other said to be<br />
of Middlebowre, both under the command of Captaine<br />
John Scrawle, who was said to be of Amsterdam and hee and<br />
most of his company were dutchmen, and commonly accounted<br />
subiects of the States of the United Netherlands, and<br />
some of them this deponent heard acknowledge and say that they<br />
were soe, and that they came with the said shipps from holland<br />
or Zealand, and were belonging thereunto, and that they were<br />
to trade on the said coast [#]
[#] and saith that<br />
one Claes Prince Cape merchant of the said<br />
shipp ''Mary'' in discourse with this deponent aboard<br />
the ''Mary'' (wherein this deponent was kept prisoner) after the said seizure, said and told this deponent that in their<br />
coming outwards from the said United Netherlands riding in the downes, they were held by one of the frigots of<br />
their states and asked whether they were bound, and that they had answered that they were bound for Spaine, and soe they were<br />
suffered to passe, but quoth hee if they had knowne our designe they would scarse have letten us<br />
have passed, or words to that effect. soe that this deponent understood and conceived by his words that they came purposely to<br />
take and spoile the English on these coasts of and further saith; Stephen Webb [SIGNATURE, AT 90 DEGREES IN LH MARGIN]
after both the said dutch shipps had<br />
severall times shott at and violently and hastily assaulted the said shipp the<br />
''Lyon and Providence'', they seized and tooke her together with all<br />
the foresaid gold and goods and carried the same away, dispossessing<br />
and spoiling her master, company and factors of thereof and<br />
utterly depriving the owners of the same. And alsoe tooke away<br />
all the papers, bookes and writings of and belonging to the<br />
said shipp, her factors, commander and others. All which hee<br />
knoweth because hee was in her and sawe the premisses soe donne,<br />
And after such seizure the said Captaine Scrawle kept the master<br />
company and factors of the ''Lyon and Providence'' prisoners, and<br />
after a while sent them away in another vessell with [?or]<br />
very little, and that very badd provision, not being enough (as hee was informed for<br />
longer than five weekes at the most, and if (happening to<br />
arrive at the Iland Saint Thomas) they had not there sold their<br />
vessell and got supplies of victuall they had bin<br />
starved with hunger, and before such their arivall at Saint Thoma<br />
they were soe distressed with lack of victualls, that they were constrained<br />
to put tenn men to two mens allowance. And otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the tenth hee saith hee cannot depose.
To the 11th hee saith that if the said seizure had not happened the<br />
said shipp had and would in all probabilitie have arived at<br />
the East Indies with the said gold and goods, which would there have<br />
bin invested in goods of that country which would in the<br />
like probabilitie have bin brought to this port, And otherwise<br />
hee cannot depose for hee was never at the East Indies.
To the 12th hee cannot depose.
Tondies.
To the 12th hee cannot depose.
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