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the said bill was drawne and the moneyes s … the said bill was drawne and the moneyes soe paid unto them for this and<br />
upon noe other account. And saith that upon the said bringing up of the said shipp<br />
to Tolon, the said Admirall Stokes (as usually in like case) declared to the master<br />
and company, that if they would[?in gexxxxxsh] confesse the truth, then the said<br />
goods belonged to Spaniards, hee woud then deliver the master his shipp<br />
and pay him his freight, then the [?wlh] hee might be enabled to pay his<br />
company their wages, if not, hee upon the proofes and reasons<br />
appearing to him should be necessitated to turne them out of the<br />
shipp, and keep her and her lading in his possession, til the matter<br />
touching her being prize or not, were determined in the Admiraltie<br />
Court of England, and saith the said said two persons freely<br />
offered themselves to come and depose as aforesaid, without any<br />
sollicitation thereto or consideration, and further deposeth not #
[GUTTER] [?being] that the said }<br />
Admirall Stokes put it }<br />
[GUTTER] [?Gucu] }<br />
[GUTTER] whether hee}<br />
[GUTTER] [?knew that] the}<br />
[GUTTER] did not belong}<br />
[GUTTER] Spaniards, but }<br />
[GUTTER] really dutch goods,}<br />
[GUTTER] [the said] van lymen<br />
[GUTTER] saying hee }<br />
[GUTTER] to whome }<br />
[GUTTER][?they] belonged }<br />
RS }
To the seaventh hee saith that this deponent used all the leagl wayes<br />
and meanes he could thinke of to preserve the lading of the said shipp<br />
vizt all such part thereof as came to his possession or knowledge<br />
entire and free from embeazelments, and that he did openly in the<br />
front of her shipps company, cause to be read and afterwards fixed on<br />
the main mast of the said shipp, a written paper (a copie whereof<br />
hee now leaveth) prohibiting and threatening as is therein [xxxxxxxxxx]<br />
and that finding two of his shipps company afterwards, who had<br />
transgressed the purpose the said paper, caused them to receive<br />
the number of stripes therein [?mentioned] upon their bare backs at the<br />
Geer Captstan of the ''ffairfax'' in the front of the shipps company<br />
to the end that others might take example by them. And this [xxxx]<br />
this deponent hath taken from time to time upon all seizures, to<br />
prevent embeazelment of goods and further deposeth not.
To the last hee saith his forgoeing deposition is true.
Upon the last Allegation containing six Articles./..
To the first article of the said Allegation hee referreth himself<br />
to his deposition made upon the fourth article of the Allegation dated<br />
the thirteeth day of Aprill 1659. and further cannot<br />
depose :/:
To the second article hee refereth himselfe to his deposition<br />
made to the Eighth article of the first allegation dated the seventh<br />
of January 1658. and further cannot depose. saving the<br />
said John Van Lymen did alsoe declare to this Deponent that<br />
after the discharge of some part of his Lading into
the foresaid fflute hee was to enter the port of Cadiz with<br />
the ''Santa Maria''. there to discharge the rest of her Lading, and<br />
to have there refitted his said ship for a further Imployment .<br />
or to that effect./:
To the third hee referreth himselfe to his deposition made to the<br />
third article of the third Allegation containing Eight articles and<br />
further cannot depose./.
Tod<br />
further cannot depose./.
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