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Transcription

shipp to freight to one ffrancis harvey a Merchant of Wexford in
Ireland to goe upon a trading Voiage to Saint Sebastians in Spaine
or to any other free Port according to the direction of the said ffrancis
harvey, this deponent then being and continueing Master and Commander
of her for and during all the Voiage in Controversie and saith that the said
shipp the Charity in or about the moneth of March 1652 English
style being bound from Saint Sebastians towards Bourdeaux in france
and being neere the Coast of ffrance was sett uppon and in a piraticall
manner taken by a Zealander Marchant shipp, who brought the said
shipp Chairty and her lading to Bayonne in france, where this deponent
and Companie were dispossessed of their said shipp and goods, although
there was no Commission or Lawfull authority showne for the said seizure
and saith the said shipp and goods were there publiquely sold by sound of
trumpett and the moneys by order of Justice deposited in the hands of
Mr John Westcombe a Merchant there, The premisses hee well
knoweth by sadd experience upon the grounds predeposed, And further
cannot depose;/-

To the third hee saith, That hee this deponent never saw the said Vessell the
Charity in Controversie since the time shee was seized and brought up
to Bayon as aforesaid where this deponent ledt her, And therefore
cannot depose otherwise then the arlate [?Grigg] did not buy nor doeth hee
deduce and [?XXX] to the said shipp from the Owners aforesaid:-/

To the 4th hee saith hee referreth himselfe to the Acts and proceedings
of this Court.

To the 5th hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true:-

To the Crosse Interrogatories:-/ [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first hee saith, That hee this rendent bought the said shippe
predeposed wholely for his owne accompt, and disposed of and sold
her as aforesaid reserving onely 1/16 part to himselfe as predeposed

To the second hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, And
otherwise answereth not:-/

To the third hee saith, That hee this examinate did upon necessity consent by a writing
under his hand to the sale of the said shipp at bayon provisionally
that the moneys or proceed thereof should bee deposited in the hands
of the said John Westcombe as the same was done accordingly

To the 4th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, saying that
hee this examinate was dispossesed of the said shipp at and before the
time that shee was sold as aforesaid./

To the 5th hee saith, That the said shipp was sold as aforesaid att [?or GUTTER]
about the latter end of the moneth of March or beginning of
Aprill 1653. And further saving his foregoeing deposition hee
cannot depose.

To the 6th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition saying hee
knoweth not who bought the shipp interrate nor at what price/

To the 7th hee saith hee heard a publique Outcry at Bayon, which was
concerning the sale of the said shipp as this rendent was then
(and