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shipp to freight to one ffrancis harvey a Merchant of Wexford in Ireland to goe upon a trading Voiage to Saint Sebastians in Spaine or to any other free Port according to the direction of the said ffrancis harvey, this deponent then being and continueing Master and Commander of her for and during all the Voiage in Controversie and saith that the said shipp the ''Charity'' in or about the moneth of March 1652 English style being bound from Saint Sebastians towards Bourdeaux in france and being neere the Coast of ffrance was sett uppon and in a piraticall manner taken by a Zealander Marchant shipp, who brought the said shipp ''Chairty'' and her lading to Bayonne in france, where this deponent and Companie were dispossessed of their said shipp and goods, although there was no Commission or Lawfull authority showne for the said seizure and saith the said shipp and goods were there publiquely sold by sound of trumpett and the moneys by order of Justice deposited in the hands of Mr John Westcombe a Merchant there, The premisses hee well knoweth by sadd experience upon the grounds predeposed, And further cannot depose;/- To the third hee saith, That hee this deponent never saw the said Vessell the ''Charity'' in Controversie since the time shee was seized and brought up to Bayon as aforesaid where this deponent ledt her, And therefore cannot depose otherwise then the arlate [?Grigg] did not buy nor doeth hee deduce and [?XXX] to the said shipp from the Owners aforesaid:-/ To the 4th hee saith hee referreth himselfe to the Acts and proceedings of this Court. To the 5th hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true:- To the Crosse Interrogatories:-/ [CENTRE HEADING] To the first hee saith, That hee this rendent bought the said shippe predeposed wholely for his owne accompt, and disposed of and sold her as aforesaid reserving onely 1/16 part to himselfe as predeposed To the second hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, And otherwise answereth not:-/ To the third hee saith, That hee this examinate did upon necessity consent by a writing under his hand to the sale of the said shipp at bayon provisionally that the moneys or proceed thereof should bee deposited in the hands of the said John Westcombe as the same was done accordingly To the 4th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, saying that hee this examinate was dispossesed of the said shipp at and before the time that shee was sold as aforesaid./ To the 5th hee saith, That the said shipp was sold as aforesaid att [?or GUTTER] about the latter end of the moneth of March or beginning of Aprill 1653. And further saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot depose. To the 6th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition saying hee knoweth not who bought the shipp interrate nor at what price/ To the 7th hee saith hee heard a publique Outcry at Bayon, which was concerning the sale of the said shipp as this rendent was then (and
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