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Transcription

To the first article of the said Allegation hee saith that hee this Deponent
hath heard the Arlate Thomas Sprettyman say and declare that the
arlate Seager Corsellis Nicholas Corsellis and companie were
the Owners of the arlate ship, the Golden Starr, when shee was
seized as hereafter is mentioned or to that effect, And saith
mr. Boone and company were Owners of the wines shee [?had GUTTER]
then onboard her, And further hee saith hee cannot depose

To the second hee saith that on or about the 27th day of
November 1659 as the said ship the Golden Starr was
coming from the Canaryes to this Port, shee was not [?wxxx GUTTER]
by the ship the Alexander arlate (but the name of the Captain
this Deponent knoweth not) And the said ship Alexander
had the English Colours up when shee first met the Golden
Starr, and under those Colours haled the Golden Starr
and the said Sprettyman saying they were of Amsterdam
one of the Mates of the Alexander came aboard the
Golden Starr, and went into the Cabbin with the said Sprettyman
and presently came out of the Cabbin, and went onboard the
Alexander, and soe soone as hee was come on board the
Alexander her Company pulled downe the English Colours
and put up the portugalls Colours and then fired about
fifteene or sixteene Gunns at the Golden Starr, which did
tare and doe much prejudice to her sailes, and Rigging
and a small Ketch which was in Company and belonging to the Alexander
fired two or three Gunns at the Golden Starr which struck
her in the Hull, and saith that the said shooting at
and upon the said ship did much endanger the [?Killing GUTTER]
or wounding of some of the Company of the Golden Starr
and the same was done without any occasion given by the Company of the Starr, they not firing a Gunn at them and saith that hee this Deponent and some others of the
Golden Starrs Company went upon the Starrs fore=
castle, and called to the Company of the Alexander
to forbeare their shooting telling them they would come
onboard them, and Imediately this Deponent and the rest
of the Company of the Starr hoysted out their Slifte and
the said Sprittiman and about foure or five more of the
Company went onboard the Alexander and just before hee went onboard her he told [xxxxxx] [xx] [xxxx] in this Deponents hearing that the said Golden Starr belonged to England, and that hee said shee belonged to Amsterdam because hee knewe not [? GUTTER] was or to that effect. This
hee knoweth being an Eye and eare witnes thereof, hee this Deponent coming [?as GUTTER]
a passenger in the Starr from the Canaryes for London
And further cannot depose./.

To the third hee saith that hee doth not Know what discourse
or words passed betweene the said Sprittiman and the [? GUTTER]
and Company of the Alexander after the said Sprittiman
went onboard her as aforesaid, but saith that hee well knoweth
that about halfe an hower after the said Sprittiman went
onboard the Alexander, the Captaine of her sent his boate
with