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Transcription

The 2d day of August. 1658:

A businesse of Examination of Wittnesses for the}
perpetuall memorie of the matter, on the part and}
behalf of William Ustick Owner of a certaine}
shipp called the Hope of London (whereof Robert}
Whitting is Master) and of Thomas Hopkins.}
Richard Hopkins, John Izard, Richard Barker}
and Thomas Smith, upon certaine Interrogatories on}
their behalf Ministred. ffrancklin}

Examined upon Interrogatories
ministred on the part
and behalf of
the said William Ustick
and others before mentioned.

Rp. 1us.

Jacob de Keysar of fflushing in Zeeland
Mariner aged 31. yeares or thereabouts, a
wittnesse produced, and duely sworne before
the right worshippfull Charles George Cock Esquire one
of the Judges of the high Court of Admiraltie of
England the say and yeare abovesaid by vertue
of his oath saieth and deposeth as followeth, to witt

To the first Interrogatorie hee saieth That hee this examinate very
well knoweth the shipp the Hope interrate (whereof Robert
Whitting interrate was (and is, as he beleeveth) Master) and that
the said shipp was and is of the burthen of thirty or forty
tunns or thereabouts to the best of this deponents judgement and doeth
as hee this examinate hath credibly heard and assuredly beleeveth,
belong to this Port of London, and that William Ustick aforesaid
an English Merchant was and is the Owner thereof, and hath
soe beene ever since this deponent by especiall order of the said William Ustick
did buy the said shipp at fflushing aforesaid at a publique outcrye there about twelve
moneths since (as neere as he now remembreth the time) for the sole
accompt of him the said William Ustick who then and ever since was and still
is generally reputed a Subject of this Commonwealth of England
And further to this Interrogatorie he deposeth not/

To the second Interrogatorie hee saieth, That hee doeth not know any
thing of or concerning the fraighting or ffraighters of the shipp
interrate at or upon the voiage interrate, Nor can any thing
materially depose to this Interrogatorie.

To the third Interrogatorie hee saieth, That he cannot depose, being
altogether unacquainted with the designe, outwards lading or
relading of the said shipp, in this Interrogatorie questioned./

To the 4th 5th and 6th Interrogatories hee saieth he cannot depose

Repeated before doctor Godolphin./

Jacob de keyser [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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