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28th Septembris 1650. [CENTRE HEADING]
P[ … 28th Septembris 1650. [CENTRE HEADING]
P[?XXX] the ''Tobias'' pred.}
'''Rowe dt.'''
'''4.'''
'''Matthias Johnson''' of Lubeck mariner Skipper of the<br />
shipp the ''Saint Tobias'', aged 32 yeeres, or thereabouts, sworne<br />
and examined.
To the first Interrogatory hee saith and deposeth that hee this examinate was master<br />
of the shipp the ''Tobias'' interrogated, which was staid by Captaine Penn under<br />
the foreland neare Marget.
To the second hee saith that his said shipp is a newe shipp, and was built<br />
in winter last by Peter Mayer, Hendrick Bremer,<br />
Hendrick and John [?Cratts], and him this deponent who are the owners<br />
and defrayed the charge of her building. and saith that this is her first<br />
voyage.
To the third hee saith that the said shipp was bound for Cadiz and being<br />
come thither this deponent was to seake for a freight for the Streights<br />
and saith shee was laden with about 24 lasts of iron, 1200 deale boards<br />
betwixt 40000 and 50000 pipe staves, about 20 lasts of tarr, about 18 or<br />
20 barrells of [?victreell] being the stuffe that comes of copper, and is used for dyiing, thirtie one beames of timber, 44 baggs of<br />
flax or thereabouts, about 20 shipp pounds of hemp, each shipp pound<br />
conteyning about 280 other pounds, tenn peeces of ordnance that were nott<br />
mounted, about 6 shipp pounds of cordage, and about 200 or 300 cases<br />
of bottles, a greate fatt of fine flax, and a chest of fine [?tape], and about<br />
12 barrells of powder, and a chest of muskets.
To the fourth hee saith that the said shipp is of the burthen of 280<br />
tonnes or thereabouts, and for her provisions shee had aboard her 16 peeces<br />
of ordnance, 28 barrells of powder, 26 musketts or thereabouts besides<br />
the powder and musketts mentioned in his answers to the next precedent<br />
article about 7 or eight shipp pounds of shott greate and small, eight<br />
pikes, and about a dozaine of swords, two pistolls, and three greate swords<br />
alr nescit.
To the 5th hee saith that the said shipp had aboard her noe other guns<br />
armes or ammunition but what hee hath predeposed of either<br />
for her provisions or in hold, nor were any hidd in her or endeavoured<br />
to be concealed, and saith the said tenn peeces of ordnance 12 barrells of powder and chest<br />
of musketts were by this deponent to be sold at Cadiz in case hee<br />
got noe freight thence, but in case he got a freight there then the<br />
said peeces of ordnance and powder were by him to be kept<br />
and sold for the shipps provisions if hee had occasion therefore, to which purpose hee was there to<br />
take more men aboard, alr negative.
To the 6 hee saith the said shipp was bound out upon a merchandizing<br />
and not a man of warrs voyage.
To the 7th hee saith hee had a passeport from the Magistrates of Lubeck<br />
declaring that the said shipp was of Lubeck and that the lading (as the truth<br />
was) was belonging to the said owners of the shipp, that this deponent<br />
was Skipper of her and that hee was bound for Ligorne, which particular<br />
of his being bound for Ligorne was purposely put in, to avoide the<br />
ffrench, whoe would have taken him if they had met with him and<br />
knowne that hee had bin bound for cadiz, as in truth hee was, and<br />
hee had alsoe a letter of recommendations to Cadiz with a bill of<br />
lading therein and some accompts, and writings some of which were in<br />
a chest box in his cabbin and the rest in a little close or studdie that<br />
hee had in the shipp, all which were with his passeport taken away <br />
by the Captaine, or some of the shipps company that seized him, and<br />
hee referreth himselfe thereto for the contents thereof, and saith there<br />
were noe papers or writings hid or endeavoured to be concealed, but [?meerely]<br />
from the ffrench for the reason aforesaid.from the ffrench for the reason aforesaid. +
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