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Examined on the sayd allegation '''Rp 2''' '''George Whales''' of the parish of Saint Mary Magdalen Ber mondsey shipwright aged thirty yeeres or thereabouts a witnesse sworne and examined saith and deposeth as followeth To the first article of the sayd allegation hee saith that in the moneths of of Aprill and May one thousand six hundred fifty nine the arlate Edmund Lemmon and one Captaine Harman and one Mr Ashkettle and others all English men and subjects of this Commonwealth of England now commonly reputed and were (as hee verily beleeveth) the true and lawfull Owners and proprietor of this arlate shipp the ''Redd Rose'' and of her tackle apparell and furniture And further hee cannot depose./ To the 2nd article of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee being the Carpenter of the shipp ''Redd Rose'' arlate and serving in her during the whole voyage in question knowing that the sayd shipp in the moneth of May 1659 laye peaceably trading in the River of Eames about a league from Embden arlate and that Edward Lemmon her master and company where then hee taking in a lading of salt aboard the sayd shipp to be carried therein to some port in the East sea in amity with the Commonwealth of England and that for Accompt (as hee verily beleeveth) of English merchants subiects of this Commonwealth and further to this article hee cannot depose./ To the 3 article of the sayd allegation hee saith that while the sayd shipp ''Redd Rose'' soe layd in the month of May 1659 in the sayd River of Eames neere Embden taking in her lading, the arlate Edward Lemon and this deponent and some others of the sayd shippes company being gone ashoare about the shippes business the arlateWigart wygarts and John drewes (who are commonly accompt subiects of the states of the united provinces) did with about thirty souldiers and seamen seize, upon the ship ''Redd Rose'' and her company the on board her and her lading of salt and brake open the trunks boxes chests and Cupboards of the sayd ship and tooke away all the bonds bills and shipp papers and evidence, and bills of lading and also a great number of letters which were sent from England and were to be carried to the English ffleete in the sound this hee the better better knoweth for that when hee this deponent and others of the sayd shipps company who were on shoare were permitted to come again on board the sayd shipp they found the trunks chests boxes and Cupboards of the sayd shipp broken open and all papers what [/Xener] taken out of them And further to this article hee cannot depose/ To the 4 and 5 article of the sayd allegation hee saith that by reason hee was on shoard with the said Lemmon and others of the Company when the things arlate were acted and done hee cannot depose of certayne knowledge to them but saith hee hath Credibly heard from such of the company of the ''Redd Rose'' who were aboard her that the sayd drewes and wigarts and their conferderates a [?flor] they had seized the sayd shipp and taken away her papers bills of lading bills of Exchange and other writings did command those of her Company who were aboard to weigh anchor which they refused to do and after the sayd wigarts and drewes and their associates what was the reason they did use that violent and hostile proceedings and whether there were any warrs betwixt England and
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