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To the third hee saith that the said shipp the ''hope'' in prosecution of her<br />
voyage for haver da Grace, was met with and seized by Captaine Johnson<br />
and company off Cap[X] da [?hXXXX] [?on ?or about] the tenth of July last<br />
newe stile, and with her said lading brought [?hence] by her to<br />
Portsmouth, which hee knoweth being Skipper of and [?then] on board<br />
the said shipp the ''hope'', when shee was soe seized, And otherwise<br />
hee cannot depose.
To the fourth hee saith and deposeth that at the time of the said<br />
seizure there was a Charter parti[?a] aboard the said shipp wherein it was<br />
said that the said shipp was freighted to carry the corne to Amsterdam<br />
from [XXXX] for the accompt of the arlate Jacob C[?opp], and a bill of<br />
lading for the receipt thereof and for delivering the same accordingly, which<br />
this deponent delivered with his other papers and pass[?engers] to the<br />
said Captaine Johnson with his owne hand, but hee saith that the<br />
said [XXX] Charter parti{?a] and bill were meerly colourably made<br />
and were not reall and true. And saith the said Captaine<br />
John [?SXXX[ [XXXXXX] after and upon the said seizure had and tooke from this deponent<br />
in ffrench, English and Portuguese money to the summe and valewe of<br />
35 li sterlinge, accompting tenn livers ffrench to a pound sterling [?English]<br />
and having seized and taken away the same out of this deponents<br />
cabbin in his shipp the said Lieutenant went aboard the said Interrogated<br />
man of warr and carried this deponent with him, and [?at] this deponents<br />
[XXXXX] shpwed the bagg wherein the said money was to the said<br />
Captaine Johnson, and said here I have found money, and then [XXX]<br />
went ashore at Portsmouth to share it, And hee sasaith that his<br />
Steersman told him that the said Johnsons company upon the said<br />
seizure took [?above] [?10X] gilders from him, and other moneys from the<br />
company and divers of their clothes, which the said Johnson and<br />
company still detaine, And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the fifth hee saith hee [XXXX] that hee knoweth Jacob [?CopX] of Amsterdam by<br />
sight, and that hee the said Cop[X] was and is a subiect of the Lords<br />
the States of the United Netherland Provinces, betweene whom and<br />
this [XXX XXXXX] there was and is peace and amitie.
To the last hee saith theat his foregoeing deposition was and is true.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee cometh to testifie the truth, and was [?willed] by mr<br />
G[XXXt] to come and testifie in this [XXXXX], and saith hee gave noe order<br />
for this claime, and otherwise hee cannot answer.
To the second hee saith hee expecteth noe benefit through the goods [XXX] [XXX]<br />
prize, and otherwise answereth negatively.
To the third hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition and otherwise hee<br />
cannot answer.
To the 4th hee answeareth negatively.
To the fifth hee saith that the said ffrenchman that laded the said corne<br />
for his owne accompt as aforesaid was and is a subiect of the ffrench<br />
kinge by being an Inhabitant of Nantes as aforesaid, and otherwise hee<br />
cannot answer saveing his foregoeing deposition.
To the sixth hee saith hee intended to goe with the said lading of corne<br />
to haver da Grace and there deliver the same for the said producents accompt<br />
in case hee had not bin met with and seized by the said Johnson.
To the seaventh hee saith hee alsoe signed a Charter partie[?a] for the said<br />
corne to be delivered at haver da Grace for the said<br />
Merchants accompt, which was and is the true Charter partia[?a]. and was and<br />
and is put aboard the said shipp together with the said merchant laders<br />
letter[?s], and otherwise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.ise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid. +
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