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Transcription

Vincent Aufrey a Master builder or shipp wright there dwelling,
which hee knoweth because hee this deponent dwelling alsoe at
Saint Malo's sawe her in such building there from the first begining
and when shee was finished this deponent helped to launch her there
and sawe her masts and rigging fitted, and saith the said Vincent
Aufrey is a ffrench ship wright, and built her upon his owne account
(as hee doth many vessells) and then sold her to the producents Peter
and Stephen Garet merchants of Saint Malo's, which hee knoweth being
at the treatie and finishing the bargain betweene them and sawe
part of the money paid for her by the said Peter and Stephen Garet
to the said Aufrey, And saith that ever since such her building shee
hath belonged and doth still belonge to the said port of Saint Malo's
and that shee never made but one voyage before this present voyage
wherein this deponent goeth Commander of her and is assisted with
Company of ffrench Mariners and officers, saving two of his
company are hollanders. And otherwise hee cannot depose, saving that
ever since the said shipps setting out to sea the said producents have
bin and are her owners and for such commonly accompted, and by
them this deponent was put into the command of her, and sailed
her under them as owners, and that a greate part of her present
lading belongeth unto them.

To the third article hee saith and deposeth that the said shipp the
don de dieu in this her present intended voyage was fit
out and imployed on a merchandizing designe to proceed from Saint Malo's
to Morlaix or Rosco, thence for Pharo in Portugall, and thence
for the barr of St Lucar, and thence to followe the directions and
order of Arnold Post a hollander, factor of the said producents living
at Cadiz, which hee knoweth being Commander of her, and well=
acquainted with the designe of the voyage.

To the fourth article hee saith hee hath seene and read in ffrench the
fifteenth article of the Peace arlate, purporting as in this article
is deduced, referring himselfe to the articles made between the
English and ffrench Nations upon concluding the league of Amitie
or Peace betwixt them.

To the fifth hee saith that the said shipp for the better securing of
the present imployment was licensed to proceed therein by the
duke of Vandosme, as may appeare by his passeport taken
amongst the papers seized in the said shipp, and saith the said
Commission or Passeport was and is true and reall. And otherwise
hee cannot depose.

To the sixth hee saith that the certificate from the Magistrate of
Saint Malo's likewise found amongst the said papers, dated the three
and twentieth of November 1656 (or thereabouts) was and is a reall
certificate and containeth the truth without fiction or colour

To the seventh hee saith that hee knoweth not of any Spanish passeport or certificate for the said [?XXX GUTTER]
from holland, but that which was aboard from Majorca, was in the shipp [?first GUTTER]
voyage (being then upon that coast, and desirous to lade oile)
of the vice Roy for a good summe of money, as this deponent was informed by
Stephen Garet himselfe who then went Captaine of her, but for the[?XX GUTTER]
when hee put in the name of Peter hendrickson, a Hollander as her commander, [?XX GUTTER]
truth was his Gunner, as hee is this deponent [?at] present