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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.

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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.

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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