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The same day. '''Rp.''' '''William Ginnis''' of Melbrooke neere Plimouth in the County of Devon shipp wright, aged one and twenty yeeres or thereabouts sworne and examined. To the first, second and third Interrogatories hee saith hee well knoweth the shipp the ''Expedition'' (whereof George Mathewes was master) at the time of her last being at the Iland of Zant interrogated where hee saith shee tooke in her lading of currance, and that about eight weekes since departed thence in company of the shipp the ''Welfare'' (William Souden master) both bound for this port of London to dischardge, and that in their right course of proceeding from Zant for this port, comming about 30 or 40 leagues off the rock of Lisbone or Southerne Cape of the Portugall [?shore] teh said two shipps were met withall and set upon by an [?enemie] a man of warr having the hollands colours out, which endeavoured to take him, but they made good resistance and maintained a fight of two houres continuance at leat with the said man of warr, but saith that at length the ''Expedition'' being much battered and burnt with the fight shee and her lading sunck downe in the sea in the sight of this deponent who was Carpenter of the ''Welfare'' and active in the said fight in defense of the said two shipps, and sawe all the premisses soe had and donne as aforesaid, going all the said voyage in companie of the ''Expedition'' to the time of her said perishing in the sea, wherein shee and her lading were and are utterly lost. and saith that the said fight and losse of the ''Expedition'' and lading happened on the seaventeenth day of Mrch last. And otherwise hee cannot depose. ************* The 13th of Aprill 1654 The claime of John Cole for the} ''Saint Joseph'' and lading} ffrancklin. Smith.} Examined upon an allegation on the behalfe of the said Cole '''Rp.''' '''.1''' '''Roger Cole''' of the citie of London Merchant, aged 51 yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined To the seaventh article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that hee hath knowne the producent John Cole from the infancie of him the said John who was borne at [?Colourpton] in the County of Devon and was and is the sonne of John Cole of the same gentleman who was and is the elder brother of him this deponent and for the time of his birth hee saith it was the 15 of [?July] 1622 as by a note thereof many yeeres since sent to this deponent for
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