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Transcription

To the second hee saith hee doth not know the parties interrogated
(being the producents) nor any of them, and otherwise hee cannot answer

To the third hee saith hee hath not knowne the said Peter Pollart
(but only this voyage whereiin hee met him at Rochell. And
other wise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.

To the fourth hee saith hee saw and was often in company with
the said Peter in Rochell, and there made the said Charter partie
with him, and that the said Peter did not come aboard the said
shipp the Saw Mill with the said goods him selfe, but sent them
aboard the wine in barkes and the bacon in a sloop, by persons
that hee imployed therein, as is usuall in such cases, hee himselfe abiding
at Rochell, and giving order for the said lading, after that the Charter
partie was made and when the said wines and bacon were laden this
deponent leaving his [?Mariners] neare Rochell, went himselfe
to Rochell and gave the said Pollart an accompt of the receipt of the
said wines and bacon, and there signed the said bills, and soe retourned
to his shipp and set saile.

To the fifth hee saith that the said goods were bought up in the countrey as
hee was informed, but hee was not present at the buying or paying for the
same or any part thereof. And otherwise hee cannot answer.

To the sixth hee saith hee signed the said three bills of lading upon the
very day (as hee beleeveth) of the date thereof, and that the same
are reall and not colourable, and soe signed them at Rochell as
aforesaid. And saith hee signed alsoe a colourable or fictitioys
bill for the said goods as for account of John da Swart, to be
delivered to him at Amsterdam, which hee saith was donne to avoide
seizure by the Spaniards, fflandrians or other subiects of the king of
Spaine, to which end hee brought the said colourable bill in the shipp,
and the same amongst the other papers that were aboard came to
the hands of the said Captaine Basket upon the seizure.

To the 7th negatively, referring himselfe to his foregoeing deposition.

To the 8th hee cannot answer.

To the 9th hee saith that the weather being soe fowle and darke
as aforesaid; and that hee had overshot his port and knew not well
where hee was with his shipp, hee at last discerned the land and
towne of Ostend, and then knowing where hee was, hee presently
stood off for fflushing, intending there to shelter as aforesaid till
the winde and weather served to goe to Callice, but some English
shipps that lay before Ostend seeing him soe stand off, the said
shipp commanded by Captaine Basket stood after him, as it
afterwards seemed, to take him; this deponent and
company not thinking that hee soe intended, but meant alsoe to
goe to fflushing, and that if they had thought hee would have staid
th[?em], they could have run with ease [?from] and got into fflushing
with their said shipp and goods, before hee could have fetcht them up,
And saith this deponent and company nor any of them had not any thought
or meaning of goeing into Ostend with their said shipp to deliver their
goods there or otherwise.

To the 10th hee saith hee did not see the English co[?u]lours out upon
the said English shipp, but assoone as shee shot a gun, the Saw Mill
struck saile.

To the 11th hee saith that the said shipp Saw Mill was bought of the
interrogated B[?ondwin] van Bo[XXXX] of Ostend about 26 weekes before the
said