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Transcription

To the second Interrogatory he answereth that the interrate shipp
was safely moord at the time of the disaster, at which time there
were sixe aboard her of the sayd shipps Company (as he hath
predeposed) besides the Custome=house wayters, and that he
beleiveth they were sufficient to looke unto the said shipp, had
not the disaster of fire happened in her, And he answereth
that the said Mariners did in the sayd voyage doe their
dutyes honestly and carefully. And further he cannot answere

To the third Interrogatory he answereth that the Master interrate did give
leave to John Turner to goe ashoare, And to the rest he
answereth negatively.

To the fourth Interrogatory he answereth that he is a servant of the
producent but that he hath not in the least point bin taught
or intrusted what to say or depose in this cause.

To the fifth he referreth himselfe to his former deposition
And further he knoweth not to answeare.

Repeated before doctor Clarke:/.

Thomas knight [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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On the 24th of ffebruary 1654. [CENTRE HEADING]

Philipp Richaut and Company for}
the shipp the ffortune of the Sea}
otherwise called the Post}

Upon the Libell

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John Baptista Vanderhoven of the
Precinct of the Tower London Merchant, where
he hath lived these 2 yeares past, aged 32
yeares and upwards, borne at Antwerpe in Brabant
a wittnes produced, sworne and being examined
deposeth as followeth.

To the first article of the Libell given in and admitted on the
behalfe of the articulate Philip Richaut and Company he
deposeth and saith That he hath knowne the arlate shipp
the ffortune of the Sea now called the Post for allmost
two yeares since, and that within that time videlicet about a
yeare and a quarter since he went over as a passenger in
her from this Port of London to Dunkirke, and that
the sayd shipp was sett out upon that voyage upon the
accompt of the Libellate Philipp Richaut and Company
they being the Owners and Proprietors of her
and her tackle, apparrell and furniture, And he further
deposeth that he knoweth that the said shipp doth appertaine
and belong unto the said Philip Richaut and Company
for that Abraham Vanderhoven this deponents brother
did buy the said shipp at Ostend for them the sayd
Owners, and for that he the deponent hath been [?XXXX]
when his precontest Peter Powles the [?sometime] Master of the aarlate
shipp the ffortune of the Sea now called the Post [?did]
accompt unto the said Mr Philip Richaut for the
freight of the said shipp And further he cannot depose

To the second and third articles he cannot depose.

To the fourth and fifth articles he deposeth and saith that he hath [?XXX]
the arlate shipp the ffortune now called the Post within
six weekes, since her comming into this River of Thames and
since her being arrested at the suite of the arlate Philip Richaut
and Company, and that therefore he very well knoweth
it