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Ballast to take a ffreight she was by tempestuous weather forced back againe to ffrederickstadt where being arrived the Skipper tooke in her now lading of Timber for Holland. There were noe colourable bills of lading signed, nor any of Contrary tenour, And saith the said shipp has but one deck. And saith that when the ''Crowne ffrigott'' that chaced them fired a gunn the Skipper and this deponent presently struck saile and yeilded themselves and denieth that any of the Company deserted the said shipp But saith that the Skipper was taken out of his shipp aboard the man of warr that tooke him, and three Englishmen put on board the sd vessell who brought her and her said lading of Timber with this deponent up into the river of Thames Et alr nescit [?XXXXXXXXXX ?XXXXXXXXXXXX] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] Interpreted by mee John de [?LeLuce] [SIGNATURE, LH SIDE] ************************************* Eadem dia super Interrys predict '''2.''' '''Hanceus Peterson''' da ffrederickstadt natus ibm. annos agens 29 aut eo circiter testis Ad dra Interria deponit that hee hath knowne the ship the ''Death'' Interrate for the said fowre yeers last and hath served in her ever since the last spring as Cooke of her; And saith the said shipp hath belonged to ffrederickstadt ever since her said building at ffrederickstadt which happened about fowre yeares since and to owners there, but knoweth not their names and parts, but they the said owners are said to bee Burgers and inhabitants of ffrederickstadt a ffreecity in the Dominions of the Duke of Holsteyne And when hee is at home he liveth with his parents housekeepers and dwellers in the liberties of the city of ffrederickstadt being a Batchelour And saith the said vessell is but a smale vessell but of how many tonns hee knoweth not having bever seene her lading with corne, and at her said seizure had a lading of Crooked oake wood ffor building shipps and Clapboards on board her laded by merchants of ffrederickstadt but what their names were hee knoweth not nor knoweth to whom the same were consigned but saith they were to have bin delivered at Amsterdam. And saith hee was hired to serve in the said shipp by the yeare being hired as the shipps boy and Cooke And the said shipp hath made three voyages since such this deponents becoming cooke of her the ffirst was from ffrederickstadt to Hamborowe with Corne and thence she returned with beanes to ffrederickstadt the second was from ffrederickstadt to Norway in Ballast, and thence she returned with a lading of Deales, which she delivered at ffrederickstadt, And the voyage in question was the third voyage. And saith that there were not at the said seizure any ffrench, Dutch or Danish ffactor or Coloures aboard, nor any else saveing Swede a passenger who is with the shipper aboard the man of warr and saving the ffrederickstadt flagg being the Nettle leafe was up or [?XX ?XXX] that the Company consisted of three persons with this deponent and noe more, all natives of ffrederickstadt and dwellers there and neere thereto, never lived in any of the territoryes of the dominions of the states of the united neatherlands ffrench King or King of Denmark And saith that in their Course for Holland the said ship was mett with and seized by the ''Crowne'' one of his Majesties ffrigotts off of Emms a river on the Coast of Holland and the papers of the said shipp were delivered to the Captaine of the ffrigott without any concealment or embeazelment thereof or any of them made. And saith that upon the said seizure upon the Captains demand whence they were and whether bound they declared that the ship and lading belonged to ffrederickstadt and that she was bound for Holland and saith hee never saw any colourable bills of lading on board the said shipp which has but one deck and is of a smale burthen
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