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of letters to the foresaid John Roberts, d … of letters to the foresaid John Roberts, desiring him to have<br />
a speciall care of them, and preserve them if hee could<br />
Possible; and all the Company of the said Ship, being gone<br />
a way in their boate, and this deponent staying aboard<br />
as aforesaid, hee went into his Cabbin, and there tooke<br />
some Copyes of Accounts which lay there ready Tyde<br />
up, and put them in his pocket, and there being other<br />
Originall papers, Letters, writings which hee thought were of<br />
more Concernment hee wrapt them up in a paire of Loinings<br />
and a Shirt, the better to keepe them dry, and by that time<br />
hee had soe done the ship was bilging, and hee<br />
perceiving the same Imediately ranne upp, upon the Deck<br />
of the ship, with the said writings. and leaped off as aforesaid.<br />
and after hee had Carried the said writings which were<br />
wrapt upp in his Loinings and Shirt, in his hand<br />
about a Stones through from the said Ship, hee was forced<br />
for safeguard of his life; to let them goe, and with<br />
much difficulty and hazard of his life got to the said Boate<br />
as aforesaid. and soe by the Great Providence of God<br />
got to Shore, where the said papers which hee had in his<br />
pocket were dryed,
at the house where hee arrived and XXXX goeing from ?the house on horse back towards the place<br />
where the ship was cast away hoping to save some of the Lading of ?her hee was by
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ffrench officers carryed<br />
away p[XXXX] to the rest of the<br />
Company of the ship which<br />
were kept Prizoners in a<br />
Court of Guard
and after [?they] were dryed, they,<br />
came to the hands of one John Walker who was Mate<br />
and Pilot of the said ship, who delivered the same to<br />
this deponent herein London and this deponent delivered them<br />
to the foresaid Mr ffrancis ffooke; and the<br />
said Bag of Letters which were preserved by the said Roberts<br />
this deponent Carryed to the said Mr ffookes Lodging<br />
but hee not being then in Towne; (as this deponent was<br />
informed by one Mr Bridges. kinsman of the said<br />
ffrancis ffowke, and at whose house the said Mr ffowkes lay.)<br />
this deponent acquainted the said Bridges. with his Busines<br />
and the said Bridges advised this deponent to delivered<br />
the said Letters to the merchants to whom they were directed<br />
and the said Mr Bridges to that End went along with<br />
this deponent to the Exchange; where hee delivered the<br />
said Letters according to thir Superscriptions; And further<br />
hee cannot answer to this Interrogatorie saving hee saith<br />
that neither hee this deponent nor any of his Company durst<br />
venture into the ships hold to take out the said Box<br />
of writings and Accounts:/.
To the 5th hee saith the said Ship ''Anne'' Came from ffalmouth<br />
next before her Casting away, in Company of about 6 or [?7 GUTTER]<br />
saile, and the winde then was variable; and the weather thick<br />
and ffoggy and saith hee heard that a fflemish Vessell that came from<br />
ffalmouth the same day the ''Anne'' came thence was cast away the same night that the ''Anne'' was, and on<br />
the same Coast And further cannot Answer.
To same Coast And further cannot Answer.
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