HCA 13/71 f.326v Annotate
Volume | HCA 13/71 |
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Folio | 326 |
Side | Verso |
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Alexis Truax | |
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2012/11/12 | |
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Edited on 15/05/2014 by Colin Greenstreet |
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Commander hee being a frenchman and Subject of the ffrench king, the said shipp [?the GUTTER]
Endeavour then being betwixt the Islands of the Teneriffe and the Palma, and the [?said GUTTER]
french shipps being, at their Companies affirmed, bound upon a Merchant voiage
to the East Indies. Of the premisses hee saith hee was an eye wittnesse, and is
thereby well assured of the trueth thereof: And further cannot depose
To the 4th hee saith That it was about two of the clorcke in the night when the said
french shipps first mett with and haled the said shipp. Endeavour and [XXX GUTTER]
the Master and Companie of the said shipp to stryke their sailes and to hoiste out
their boat and goe on board the said ffrench Commanderwhich by reason of the
unseasonable time of the night they refused to doe and the next morning the [XXX GUTTER]
de La Roch and Companie commanded them againe to come on board her, [?whereupon GUTTER]
the said William Jope the Master sent some of his companie on board the
said De La Roche the french Admirall his shipp but the said De La Roche
being not satisfied therewith sent the boate back againe to fetch the said [?Master GUTTER]
on board him, which was accordingly done and thereupon about 24 of the
said shipp the Endeavours Companie were by the said frenchmen fetcht out of
her and distributed with the said ffrench shipps, thirtie men or thereabouts of
the french being putt on board her, and only fower of her owne Companie
remaining in her, And this deponent saith that the said shipp Endeavour
was by the said surprizers brought to the coast of Guiney where they
landed this deponent and the said Master and twelve other Englishmen
at a place called Trevierro amongst the barbarous Negroes leaving them
onely one pipe of wyne and about one hundred weight of biskett for
their sustenance, at which place this deponent and the other English soe sett on
shoare continued for about 15. weekes in quiet danger of their lives
and at last by Gods good providence mett with an opportunity of transporta=
tion for England in a flemmish vessell, The premisses hee saith hee knoweth
by sadd experience being participant in the said suffering and danger and seeing and well observing the passages predeposed And
further he cannot depose:/
To the fifth Article of the said Allegation hee saith That at the time of the
surprizall of the shipp Endeavour there were three other shipps Laden with wynes
and there coming from the Canaries bound alsoe for the Port of London which [?were GUTTER]
within a league or thereabouts and in sight of the said shipp the Endeavour and of the
said de La Roche and the other french shipps, And that this deponents precontest [?John GUTTER]
Bowers Boateswaine of the said shipp Endeavour at the time of the said shipps
surprizall asked the french Pilott and others that came on board with him [?why GUTTER]
they did not aswell surprize and take the said three other shipps as the said [XXXX GUTTER]
to which hee and they answered they could take them if they were soe minded
and this Deponent with others of the said Endeavours
Companie being afterwards disposed of aboard the french Vice Admiralls
of the said french flete heard severall of the said Vice Admirall
Companie confesse and affirme that the said french shipps had noe
Commission at all to surprize or take any English shipps or goods of
premissis hee saith hee this deponent was an eye wittnesse and
heard the words predeposed or the like in effort spoken as aforesaid And
further cannot Depose:-/
To the 6th and 7th Articles of the said Allegation hee saith That hee this deponent
(being