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and shortly after (as hee sath) this depon … and shortly after (as hee sath) this deponent and John van lynen master of the said<br />
shipp went to the said Admirall Stokes and made suite to him for restitution of the<br />
shipp and goods seeing they (as they said) belonged to free people, to which the said Admirall<br />
answering that they must therein addresse themselves to the Protector of England<br />
and need not come to him thereabouts, or to the same effect, this deponent requested<br />
himthat they might have the papers to copie, which the Admirall granted, and<br />
caused his Secretary to deliver such as concerned the shipp to John van lynen and such as concerned the<br />
goods to this deponent, which the said Secretary did accordingly, upon their promise<br />
to restore the originalls, and for the bills of lading, the said Secretary in regard<br />
there were duplicates of them, gave this deponent one originall of each<br />
sort to keep videlicet foure in number, and the other foure to copie, And<br />
further deposeth not.
To the second and third articles hee saith and deposeth That having received<br />
the said papers this deponent and the said John van lynen copied and caused<br />
there to be copied out being the first eleaven of the schedules annexed to the allegation<br />
And saith that the first eight of the said schedules annexed were and are true<br />
copies of the said originalls thereof, and did agree in all things with them, whicvh hee<br />
knoweth because hee this deponent helped to compare them all from word<br />
to word with the said originalls, this deponent looking on the copies whilest<br />
others reas the originalls, to his best remembrance, And saith the first schedule<br />
is a true copie of the factorie or account of the said shipps outwards lading<br />
from Amsterdam and is of the hand writing of derrick van lynen brother<br />
of the said John van lynen, which derrick was Chirurgeon of the said shipp, the<br />
second hee saith is a copie of an account of the goods sold at Santa domingo, the third a copie<br />
of an account of the Cacoa and charges about the hides, the fourth a copie<br />
of an account of the costs of the hides, laded in the said shipp, the fifth the copie<br />
of an account of the Tobacco, ginger and Brazil wood in the said shipp, the sixth<br />
a copie of an account of the charges about the Cacoa, the seventh a copie<br />
of the account of the charges of the tobaccoe, and the eighth a copie of an<br />
account of this deponents owne particular goods and plate in the said shipp, and<br />
saith the second and eighth schedules are of this deponents writing or copying, the third and<br />
fourth, the hands of John van lynen kinsman of the said master, the fifth<br />
sixth and seaventh the hand writing or copying of John Cordes Purser<br />
of the said shipp, and this depoent alsoe tooke and wrote with his owne<br />
hands copies of the said foure bills of lading, soe delivered him to that end,<br />
And saith that after such copies soe made, this deponent with his owne<br />
hand redelivered the originalls both of the said eight first schedules and of<br />
the said foure originall bills to the said Secretary of Admirall Stokes in<br />
the hall of the house of Peter Gandemard situat on the key at Tolon<br />
the said Admirall Stokes being then in the said hall, and at the [?same]<br />
time this deponents saw the said John van lynen deliver back unto the said Secretary<br />
the originalls of the nineth, tenth and eleaventh schedules annexed, after<br />
the said three schedules were compared with the said originalls, at which comparing this<br />
deponent was (as hee saith) present, the first and second of the said three being<br />
of the said Pursers and the third of the said John van lynens owne hand, and<br />
saith the said ninth schedule is a true copie of the names of the shipps owners<br />
and their parts (saving John van lynens part) the tenth a copie of the dutch<br />
west India Companies Comission arlate, and the eleaventh a copie of the<br />
passe arlate. And further saith that the twelveth is a copie of the originall<br />
Chartercopie of the originall<br />
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