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and thereby, and by the foule weather which shee met [?with GUTTER]
(which probably shee might have escaped had shee not bin
carried back,) hee beleeveth the said Owner and
ffreighters were dammifyed in the sume of [?150 GUTTER]
And further doth not depose./.

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true./.

Repeated before doctor Walker

John Clark [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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The same day./. [CENTRE HEADING]

Examined on the said Allegation./:

Rp. (3us.

Richard Taylor of Saintt Katherine
Mariner, aged 20 yeeres or thereabouts
Sworne and Examined./.

Rp. j.us.

The the first article of the said Allegation hee saith that hee
belonged to the arlate Ship the Golden Starr, whereof
Thomas Sprittiman was Master for about two yeeres and
a halfe; and saith that during all the time of this Deponents
service in her (which was from August 1657 untill about six
weekes since) the arlate Seagar Corsellis and Company
were the true and lawfull owners of the said ship tackle
and furniture, as this deponent verily beleeveth, and soe
hee saith they were for that time commonly accounted
And saith that the arlate Christopher Boone and
Company were accounted to be the Owners of the wine
which were in the said Ship when shee was staid as hereafter
is mentioned, and soe this Deponent verily beleeveth they
were, and further doth not depose./.

To the second hee saith that about foure of the clock in the afternoon of
the 27th. day of November last as the said [?ship GUTTER]
was coming from the Canaryes with her lading of wine
in her shee was met with by an English Ship called the
Alexander, whereof as this Deponent hath since heard one
Warcop was Master or Captaine, which said Ship the Alexander
under the English Colors haled the Starr asking whom
shee was and whence she came, and the said Sprittiman
made answer that shee was of Amsterdam, and Came [?from GUTTER]
the Canaryes and the said Sprittiman asking whence [?the GUTTER]
Alexander was, answer was made by her Captaine [?and GUTTER]
one of her Company that she was of [?Whitehall], and
presently after the Captaine of the Alexander sent
his mate onboard the Starr, who had some discourse with [?the GUTTER]
said Sprittiman in the Cabbin, but what discourse this Deponent
Knoweth not and then the mate went onboard the Alexander [?And GUTTER]
saith they fired one Gunne under the English Colors at the [?Starr GUTTER]
and presently after the mate was come on board of the
Alexander the English Colors were pulled downe, and [?Portugese GUTTER]