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hold, and when the shipp was soe seized as … hold, and when the shipp was soe seized as aforesaid there came diverse<br />
persons aboard out of a hoy (sent by Captaine Penn) who tooke a greate<br />
many cases of bottles out of her,<br />
by which meanes hee came to see the said cases, and saving theise<br />
particulars, hee saith hee knoweth nothing of the said shipps lading.
To the fourth hee deposeth that teh said shipp had on board her at the time<br />
of teh said seizure 16 peeces of ordnance, powder, muskets, some pikes<br />
and other armes but howe many of either of the said kindes of armes or<br />
ammunition hee saith hee knoweth not, which were as hee taketh it for<br />
the shipps provisions, alr nescit.
Ad 5 um nescit, saying hee sawe noe such thinge or armes in hold or elsewhere<br />
in any secret place in the said shipp as is interrogated.
To the sixth hee saith that the said shipp was upon a Merchants and not<br />
upo a warlike imployment, which hee knoweth being hired for that voyage<br />
to serve in a merchandizing voyage, and being by the Skipper and<br />
otherwise made acquainted that that was the whole designe and imployment<br />
of the said vessell.
To the seventh hee cannot depose ut dicit, saying hee sawe not any<br />
writing, nor knoweth of the lading of any in the said shipp.
To the eighth hee saith that there was noe sopra Cargo in the shipp, the<br />
Skipper alone having the management of the voyage for transporting the<br />
said shipps lading to Cadiz aforesaid, where a part of the lading (as<br />
hee was informed) was to be delivered to Vincent van Campen a Merchant<br />
there dwelling.
Ad 9um negative pro parte sua quoad alias nescit, saying hee never said to<br />
any person that they were bound or going to any other place but Cadiz.
To the tenth hee saith that hee this deponent said to some of the company of<br />
the shipp of Captaine Penn or Captaine Keiser that their said shipp the<br />
''Tobias'' was bound for and going to Cadiz, and not to any other place, and<br />
saith hee knoweth not the contents of their passeport, nor ever sawe it,<br />
alr nescit.
Ad 11um rendet negative pro parte sua ad singula, quoad alias nescit.
To the 12th hee deposeth that before his coming from Lubeck hee heard that<br />
there was warre betwixt England and Scotland, and saith that for his<br />
part hee affects and wisheth the Nation and armie of England aswell<br />
as hee doth the Scots and their armie, and that hee speaks nothing in<br />
favour of the Scots or their partie; What others heard, or spake or<br />
to which side they were affected hee saith hee knoweth not, alr rendet negativa<br />
ad singula.
Ad 13um rendet negative pro parte sua, quoad alias nescit , and saith hee knoweth<br />
not of any of the Scotch officers interrogated.
Ad 14um negative pro parte sua, quoad alias nescit, saying hee never heard<br />
any such words or discourse from the Skipper or any other person.
To the 15th hee passionately denieth the same for his part, and saith hee<br />
is soe farr from weeping for the Scotch overthrowne, that hee never wept<br />
for the death of his ownne father, neither did hee ever demeane or with<br />
regret resent the said overthrowe, and hee beleeveth asmuch of the master<br />
and the rest of the shipps company, none of whom hee ever sawe lament<br />
or expresse any sorrowe for the same, alr negativa respondet pro parte<br />
sua, qurad alias nescit.
Ad 16 non concernit eum.
Adlias nescit.
Ad 16 non concernit eum.
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