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The tenth of September 1657.
A referense … The tenth of September 1657.
A referense from the Counsell to}<br />
the Judges examination touching the}<br />
''Conrard'' ffliboate.}
Exámined upon a paper annexed to an order of the Counsell<br />
of the 29 of September 1657 touching a ffliboate called<br />
the ''Conrard'' taken by a Spanish ffrigot and retaken by<br />
the ''Constant Warwick''.
'''for the State. dt.'''
'''John Gueroult''' of Roane in ffranse clerke of<br />
Jaques Maurice Tabellion a Notary of Roane, aged<br />
22 yeares or thereabouts sworne before the right Worshippfull<br />
John Godolphin doctor of lawes one of the Judges of the<br />
high Court of the Admiraltie and exámined upon the said<br />
paper saith as followeth.
That the first day of June last past (new stile) Monsieur du Quesne<br />
of the yonger of deep departed from the Roade of Conquerardan in<br />
Bretany in a smale fliboate of sixe Gunns and three Murtherers called<br />
the ''Concord'', belonging to his brother Abraham du Quesne of Paris<br />
set forth as a private man of warr to crosse upon the coast of<br />
Galicia,<br />
, and that Stephen du<br />
Quesne was commander of the said fliboate, but the designe of going<br />
thither to crosse, was not declared to this deponent the Purser of the said<br />
ffliboate. And saith that the said ffliboate being come to Belle Isle<br />
was met with two English men of warr belonging to this State, the one called<br />
the ''Constant Warwick'' commanded by Captaine vessey of about 30 peeces<br />
of ordnance; and the other the ''Griffin'' of dartmouth, by whom hee the<br />
said Captaine du Quesne came with his said fliboate to an anchor, and<br />
remained there about a day and halfe, during which time hee had<br />
acquaintance and familiaritie with them, And that having in<br />
that space gotten intelligense of some Biscainers that were said<br />
to be about the Iles of hav[XXX] and hedir, hee went aboard the<br />
said English man of warr, and thereupon they went injustly to take<br />
and seize them, and saith that the places about the said Iles are full<br />
of rocks and dangerous to any that doe and well know them,<br />
and that the Biscainers are accustomed to skulke there with their small<br />
vessells, because greate vessells cannot or but hardly come at them.<br />
And that upon the approach of the said English men of warr and fliboate<br />
(which they made severall waies) a small frigot of the Biscainers<br />
seeing noe hopes of escape, ran ashore on the maine, where her<br />
Spanish company [XXXX]ed out and deserted her, and hide themselves ashore,<br />
and that the English fetcht off the said Biscay frigot (at such time as<br />
the fliboates shallop and company was come to fetch them doe the same) and put<br />
her to sea, having taken therein three peeces of ordinance and some<br />
other armes. And that afterwards the said English Captaines with<br />
their vessells going for the Bay of Morbihan, left the said monsieur du<br />
Quesent and his said vessell, who came to an anchor about the said<br />
Ilands and remained there from the evening of the 5th to the 6th of June<br />
on <u>which sixeth of June</u> about two in the afternoone departing thense to goe<br />
out to sea, hee was <u>about 7 of the clock that evening</u> about three<br />
leagues
the stroakes under the}<br />
lines were made by doctor}<br />
Godolphin.} [LH MARGIN]octor}<br />
Godolphin.} [LH MARGIN] +
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