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were all English save one Irishman, and sa … were all English save one Irishman, and saith shee had about<br />
43. men, and 24. gunns./
To the 12th hee saith, That hee<br />
doeth not<br />
remember nor hath heard of any such deviation or alteration of designs<br />
as is interrate upon the grounds interrate, and beleeveth it no dishonorable<br />
thing for a shipp of equall force to the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' to alter<br />
their designe of there bee a visible apparence or strong probabilitie<br />
of a much more potent enemy to encounter her/
To the 13. hee saith, hee knoweth not nor hath heard in what moneth in the yeare <u>1652</u> the<br />
shipp ''Imployment'' interrate came from Cyprus, but beleeveth that<br />
there was then a great danger of the Tripoly and french men of warr<br />
as when the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' with the Convoy aforesaid<br />
departed thence, or in the moneths of May or June <u>1652</u> interrate.
To the 14th hee saith the Currance taken in at Zant as aforesaid<br />
were delivered with the rest of the said shipps lading at Porta fferrara<br />
but to whom they were consigned, or by what Order unladen hee saith<br />
hee knoweth not, but saith that the said shipp ''Thomas Bonadventure''<br />
brought in her for London a quantity of Currance to whom belonging<br />
hee knoweth not, nor by whose direction, nor for what reason the other<br />
Currance interrate were left behind.
To the 15th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition. And further<br />
cannot depose./
To the 16th hee saith hee hath not so deposed, And further knoweth not/
To the 17th hee saith hee knoweth nothing thereof
To the 18th hee saith hee knoweth not nor ever heard of any such<br />
Protest as is interrate, but beleeveth it was possible for the said<br />
ffowke and Chewne to make what protest they pleased without<br />
this deponents privity for that hee was never in Company with<br />
them ashoare at Cyprus./
To the 19th hee saith hee this rendent hath made three Voiages into<br />
Turkey in two whereof hee bore no office, and in the last was Master Gunner<br />
And as to the rest of the Contents of this Interrogatorie hee saith<br />
hee knoweth nothing thereof./
To the 20th hee saith hee knoweth nothing thereof./
To the 21th hee saith, That hee this rendent did not take notice<br />
of any particularly Merchants goods unladen out of the said shipp<br />
the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' at Porta fferrara interrate, nor<br />
knoweth of any freight payd for the same. And further cannot<br />
depose,/
William Jeffery [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]se,/
William Jeffery [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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