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Transcription

hee saith that aboput two dayes after the seizure of the sayd shipp the hopewell by
Prince Rupert the Governor of Antego arlate having intelligence of the sayd seizure
did come downe and brought to that Port with him [?of the XXXXX aforesayd] about two or three hundred
men to defende the Port and the sayd shipp the hopewell in case she had not bin
irrevocably lost before his comeing./

To the 14th hee saith that saving his former depositions to the first second third
4th 8th and 9th articles to which hee referreth himselfe hee cannot depose

To the 15th hee cannot depose

To the 16th and 17th hee saith that the arlate henry Powell was and is comonly reputed
to be a subiect of the Commonwealth of England and is as this deponent beleeveth subiect
to the authority of the Court arlate And further hee cannot depose

To the 18th he saith hee cannot depose/

To the 19th hee saith that his former depositions are true and further hee cannot depose

To the Crosse Interrogatories? [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first Interrogatorie hee saith that the Interrate Henry Powell was
in the yeares 1651 and 1652 comonly accomoted Commander of the hopewell and further
hee cannot answere saving hee saith that of this rendents knowledge the sayd henry Powell
brought Negroes in his shipp the hopewell to the Barbados Interrate in July 1652 but for whose
Accompte they were or what number they were of them he knoweth not/

To the second he saith that hee came to testifie in this casue at the request of Valentine
Austin, one of the producents and hath receaved nothing nor is promised ought for his
testimony in this behalfe but expecteth to have his necessary charges borne and noe more
And otherwise negatively./

To the third hee knoweth nothing of the contents thereof

To the 4th hee saith that saving his depositions to the severall articles of the libell given
in this cause to which hee referreth himselfe hee cannot answere/

To the 5th that the vessell the hopewell Interrogate had (to this Rendents last remem=
brance) noe more then sixteene smale gunns belonging to her ad for the number
of her men hee knoweth not what their number was and saith upon
serious consideration he doth thinke and beleeve that it was not possible for
the Company belonging to the hopewell Interrogate (if they had bin all in her when shee
was sett upon to be seized by Prince Rupert to have made such resistance against the sayd
Princes forces as to have avoided the sayd shipp being taken by the sayd Prince
Rupert And saith that after the sayd Prince Rupert had seized the hopewell Interrate
the Interrogant Henry Powell and such of his Company as were in the sayd shipp the hopewell at
the seizure thereof and made a shifte to escape out of it did staye on shoare at
Antego about a fortnight till they could conveniently gett passage for the Barbados, but not to get the
rest of the lading out of the shipp the Recoverie Interrogate which was not delivered
on board the hopewell, as this Rendent beleeveth for that hee this rendent
well knoweth that the sayd Prince Rupert after hee had soe seized the sayd
shipp the hopewell did staye three or foure dayes in or neere the Port where hee tooke
her and in that tyme tooke all the rest of the goods out of the sayd shipp the
Recovery