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To the 10th hee saith hee had his seabrief … To the 10th hee saith hee had his seabriefe of Rotterdam, bills of lading<br />
and letters for the said goods and a passeport for the same, and some o[XXX] papers<br />
and [?writings] of his owne aboard the said shipp when shee was taken,<br />
which letters and passeport hee gave to the said Captaine Ledg[?ent], and<br />
in the said letters the bills of lading; and [?for other] writings hee saith hee had none,
To the 11th hee saith that hee this examinate being upon the meeting<br />
with Captaine Ledgent, fetcht in a boate aboard him, and by him the said<br />
Captaine demanded what goods hee had aboard, hee this deponent told<br />
him all [XXXXX] both what hee had as afore for his shipps provision<br />
of powder match bullet and shott and alsoe the said merchants 100 barrells and other goods,<br />
and therewith all delivered the said letters into his hands, and never made<br />
any deniall of the said 100 barrells or any other of his lading.
To the 12th hee saith that the said 100 barrells of powder were not under<br />
the ballast, but there were some deale boards laid over them and fire<br />
wood laid upon the deale boards, the better to keepe them from the<br />
mis[XXXX] and casualti{?a] of fire and candle, and saith the barrells of<br />
shott interrogated were not covered with deale boards.
Repeated before doctor Clerke.
[?Jacob JaXXXX VanXXXX][SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day.
Examined upon the fore said allegation.
'''Rp. 2.'''
'''Gabriel van Campen''' of Rotterdam in holland Gunner of<br />
the said shipp the ''Rat van Aventura'', aged 31 yeares or<br />
thereabouts sworne and examined.
To the first article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that the producents<br />
Abraham Pau[X]son and company all dutchmen were and are owners of the<br />
said shipp the ''Rat van Aventura'' and soe commonly reputed, which they caused<br />
this summer to be built at Rotterdam And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the second hee saith that this deponent and the rest of the said shipps<br />
company were hired to serve in her by the moneth, and that in holland it is<br />
the manner or custome for the company to be acquainted with the designe of the<br />
voyage, but hee was informed when hee was hired to goe gunner of her<br />
that shee was going out on a merchant voyage and that shee was to goe<br />
to Bourdeaux to fetch her merchant aboard, and saith that before her<br />
proceeding in the said voyage there were an hundred barrells of powder<br />
and two casks of other goods laden aboard for the merchants<br />
accompt and noe other marchandizes, this deponent helping to stowe the<br />
said goods soe laden, And otherwise hee cannot depose, saving the said<br />
goods were soe laden aboard about tenn dayes before the shipps departure<br />
from Rotterdam, which was about the 11th of August last newe stil[?a]<br />
And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the third hee saith that about tenn dayes after her said departure, the<br />
said shipp being in her course for Bourdeaux was met with and taken<br />
by one of the Parliaments frigats named the ''Ni[?calamus]''<br />
and after carried into Plimouth, which hee knoweth being aboard her when shee<br />
was [?to] taken and being carried into Plimouth in the said frigot in her company<br />
and saith his precontest the skipper and company suffered their said shipp<br />
to be freely visited by such of the men of warr[?a]s company as came aboard<br />
her, and made noe resistance nor deniall of her lading, which was<br />
stowed publiquely in the said shipp, And otherwise hee cannot depose<br />
saving the said shipp had tenn gunns and thirteene [XXXXs] aboard her<br />
at the time of the said seizure.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith the said Jacobson hath bin master of<br />
the said shipp ever since shee was built and that this is her first voyage,<br />
and that her said owners caused her to be built, and further hee cannot<br />
answer saving as aforesaid.
To the second hee saith that all the said owners are accompted dutchmen<br />
and dwellers in holland.chmen<br />
and dwellers in holland. +
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