HCA 13/71 f.528r Annotate

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and seized some, and romaged them, and hindered them in course
of their voyage, and gave carried others dutch shipps alsoe belonging to the
subjects of the sayd states and their ladeing (not being Contrabanda goods)
to dunkirke or Ostend or some other Ports in fflanders belonging to the
King of Spaine, and there kept and deteyned them, And in perticular here
hath board a Common report among Merchants of London (which reporte
hee verily beleeveth to bee true) that the shipp in the third article of
this allegation mentioned whereof the arlate John de Ketts was Master
being a dutch built shipp and belonging to the subjects of the states
of the United Provinces was in the moneths and tyme in the sayd third
article mentioned laden at London with severall goods and mechandises
and bound for Rotterdam in holland, and in or about the moneths
of September of October in the sayd yeare one thousand sixe
hundred fifty sixe was by stormie weather forced with her ladeing
into Ostend, and shee and her ladeing there seized by the Officers
and subjects of the King of Spaine and there kept and deteyned
and the sayd John de Ketts her master put to great charge and trouble
to recover her and her ladeing out of their hands, and that the
sayd de Ketts did there make her appeare to bee a dutch shipp belonging
to subjects of the United Provinces and after great charge and trouble
did obteyne restitution of her and her ladeing And further
saving his subsequent deposition hee cannot depose./

To the 4th hee saith that hee hath heard the arlate Peter de Bart and
John de Thieulieur Merchants of London sayd that they did shipp
them selves in Zealand to goe passengers thence for Roane or some
other port in ffrance in a dutch shipp belonging to subjects of the United
provinces, and that the sayd dutch shipp in her Course for ffrance was
mett with by a man of warr in service of the King of Spaine
or his subjects, and that the Master and Company of the dutch shipp
seeing the man of warr at a distance, were fearfull that hee would
seize or plunder them and to prevent losse as much as they could
did hide and a such things as were easily portable out of the way
as much as they could before the man of warr came up to them, and
that the sayd man of warr being come up did hale the sayd dutch shipp,
and was answered that shee was of Zealand and bound for
ffrance which not withstanding (as the sayd de Bart and Thieulieur
told this deponent) the Commander of the sayd man of warr and
his Company did command the Master of the sayd dutch shipp on board
the man of warr, and there kept him some tyme, and in the meanetime
sent some of the men of warrs company on board, who romaged the sayd
dutch