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Capers, who as hee beleeveth, have induced the said Corneluis by rewards and promises to sweare what hee hath sworne on this behalfe, And otherwise hee cannot answer To the fiffth hee saith the owners of the said shipp and goods have suffered much losse and dammage in the longe lying of the same under the said seizure, in victualls and wages and losse of market and otherwise hee cannot depose. Repeated before Doctors Clarke and Godolphin '''X''' [MARKE, RH SIDE] **************************** The 13th of ffebruary 1653. The claime of the said Maurin and} others for the ''Saint Jacob'' and goods.} Examined upon the foresaid alleagtion. '''3.''' '''Thomas de la Val''' of Dover Merchant aged 32 yeares or therabouts sworne and examined. To the first article of the said allegation hee saith that before the seizure in question of the shipp the ''Saint Jacob'', the arlate William Maurin noth wrote and afterwards told unto this deponent that the said shipp was his, and that noe Hollander or ffrenchman s ubiect of the States of Holland or ffrench king had any interest therein, and saith shee is reputed to be belonging to the port of Dunquirke. And otherwise hee cannot depose. To the second hee saith hee well knoweth the arlate Jacon ffranson master of the said shipp, and saith hee is commonly reputed an Englishman, borne in London. And otherwise hee cannot depose. To the seaventh and 8th article hee saith and deposeth that the said William Maurin by his letter bearing date in July lastand by other letters sent shortly after to this deponent, wrote unto and advised this deponent that hee expected the said shipp from Nantes laden with salt and wines for Dunquirke for the accompt of him the said Maurin and of other merchants of fflanders and desired this deponent to give the said master (touching therewith at Dover) assistance and supplie for Convoy and otherwise for Dunquirke, which this deponent assisted him accordingly in, paying his light money and other chardges for the said master and shipp and dispatched her away for Dunquirke, and drew the money upon the said Maurin who hath paid him, And upon a later voyage in or about the moneth of October last the said meurin wrote alsoe to this deponent to dover to assist the said master both outwards and homewards touching at dover, the said voyage being for Nantes for salt and wines to be thence transported to dunquike for the said [?Mauerius] and freinds accompt as hee wrote unto this deponent, And otherwise hee cannot depose To the 9th hee saith hee well knoweth the arlate Basserode and Coppins and saith they are commonly accoptd fflandrians by birth, and the said Coppins lived severall yeares in Dover and was there constantly reputed a fflandrian borne, and about two monethes since this deponent being at Dunquirke, heard that the said Coppins lay sick there And saith the said Vadderode and Coppins are in Company as partners in factorie, and (as is usuall) hee of either of them that writes letters to their correspondents from Nantes write both their names though the other be not present this hee knoweth corresponding with them. And otherwise hee cannot depose. To the tenth hee saith the said Maurin is a fflandrian borne (as this deponent hath heard) at Saint Omer, and liveth in Duimquirke and is a subiect of the Kinge of Spaine, and this deponent hath had correspondence with [?ThXXXX] [?longest]
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