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''Phenix'', Captaine Wadsworth Commander. … ''Phenix'', Captaine Wadsworth Commander. And further saving his<br />
foregoeing deposition, to which hee referreth, hee cannot depose./
To the 4th hee saith the English Convoy interrate arrived at Cyprus<br />
upon the 16th day of May <u>1652.</u> as this deponent hath observed out of his<br />
Journall concerning the Voiage in Controversie, and saith that at such<br />
their arrivall the shipp ''Thomas Bonadventure'' was not fully laden in<br />
her hold, and that after about two daies stay of the said Convoy at Cyprus, they<br />
went to Scanderoon to take in fireing, and in the meane time, as this deponent<br />
remembreth, the interrate Richard Chewne in the ''dart friggat'' interrate<br />
Captaine Maplesden Commander, together with the ''African frigat''<br />
Captaine Woodgreene Commander arrived at Cyprus, and saith that<br />
upon such their arrivall some bailes of fine goods by the said Chewnes<br />
direction were taken out of the ''dart'' and laden aboard the said shipp<br />
''Thomas Bonadventure'', and that the ''dart'' brought the said Chewne to<br />
Cyprus and left him there, but remembreth not exactly the number<br />
of daies between the arrivalls interrate.
To the fifth hee saith That the Order or words to the effect of an Order<br />
by him predeposed to be given or spoken by the said Richard Chewne to the<br />
interrate George hughes, were so spoken upon the quarterdeck of the<br />
said shipp ''Thomas Bonadventure'' then at Cyprus in the moneth of May<br />
<u>1652.</u> this deponent being then present, and the two Masters Mates and Boateswaine<br />
and Carpenter of the said shipp, and knoweth of no such Order as is<br />
interrate to be given in writing, And further saving his foregoeing<br />
deposition hee cannot depose./
To the 6th hee saith, That the English Convoy and ''Thomas Bonad-<br />
venture'' interrate sett saile from Cyprus upon the 9th day of June<br />
<u>1652</u> old style./
To the 7th hee saith hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, And<br />
further cannot depose./
To the 8th hee saith hee this rendent did not take any notice in what<br />
quantity of paper the letter interrate was written, And otherwise referring<br />
himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, And the said letter remaining in the<br />
Registry of this Court hee saith hee cannot depose./
To the 9th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, And further<br />
cannot depose./
To the 10th hee saith, the interrate dutchmen of warr mett with the<br />
English shipps interrate about 20. leagues (in this rendents Judgement)<br />
from Corsica interrate,/
To the 11th he saith the said English Convoy and ''Thomas Bonadventure''<br />
came into Porto Longoone interrate upon the 31th day of August <u>1652</u><br />
and saith, That the said English shipps forced in thither did all remaine<br />
there till the [?21th] of January next ensueing, before which time the<br />
''Thomas Bonadventure'' could not with safety depart thence./re'' could not with safety depart thence./ +
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