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of the said parties producent went from Ha … of the said parties producent went from Hamborough to Amsterdam<br />
in Holland to buy a shipp for the said producents, and being arrived<br />
there hee had intelligence that the shipp the ''Mary'' now in question lay<br />
at Rotterdam, and was to be sould, whereupon this deponent went thither to<br />
see the said shipp, and having there seen, and findeing the same to be<br />
a Convenient shipp for the use of the said producents hee returned to<br />
Amsterdam, and there treated with the arlate Evert Garrets Moutmaker<br />
and Wynant Theemenson the then owner of the said shipp and her appurtenances<br />
concerning the buying of the same for the said producents, And in or about the<br />
moneth of September, 1652 this deponent agreed with the said then owner for the<br />
said shipp her tackle and furniture, for the summe of fower Thousand eight<br />
hundred gilders hollands money, and accordingly the said Evert Garrets Moutmaker<br />
and Wynant Theemenson sold the said shipp her tackle and furniture to<br />
this deponent for the use of the said producents for the summe aforementoned,<br />
Which summe, the said producents by bill of Exchange caused to be paid at<br />
Amsterdam to the said Evert Garrett Moutmaker and Wynant Theemenson <br />
by one Abraham Englis their said producents ffactor or Correspondent at Amsterdam,<br />
videlicet 1500. gilders shortly after the bargaine made, and 3300. gilders at such time as<br />
the said with her full tackle apparrell and furniture fitting for a Voyage<br />
to sea was delivered into the actuall possession of this deponent at Rotterdam<br />
aforesaid, The premisses he deposeth being as aforesaid a Burger of Hamborough<br />
and particularly employed by the producents in and about the premisses, And<br />
otherwise saving his following Depositions hee saith hee cannot depose:/
To the 4th and 5th articles of the said Allegation he saith and deposeth. That<br />
in or about the monethe of October or November 1652 this deponent by order of the said<br />
producents took possession of the said shipp then by order of the producents called by the name of the ''Saint''<br />
''Mary'', at Rotterdam aforesaid, and at Master thereof sailed with and brought<br />
the same into the River of the Elbe about a Dutch mile below Hamborough, into<br />
the usual place where the Hamborough shipps doe ride, and there this deponent<br />
delivered the said shipp unto the said producents who made this deponent Master<br />
thereof, And saith That ever since the buying of the said shipp the ''Saint Mary''<br />
aforesaid, the said Lewis Du Bois and Abraham van Luffell were and are the<br />
true and lawfull Owners and Proprietors of the said shipp her tackle and<br />
furniture, and for such the said producents were and are commonly reputed and<br />
knowne. The premisses hee well knoweth for the reasons predeposed. And otherwise<br />
deposeth not.
To the 6th article of the said allegation he saith and deposeth that in or <br />
about the moneth of ffebruary 1653. new style the said producents did lade<br />
and putt on board the said shipp the ''Saint Mary'' then lyeing in the said River of <br />
Elbe nere Hamborow the goods and Merchandizes hereafter mentioned videlicet<br />
the said Abraham van Luffell at or about the time aforesaid Laded aboard the said <br />
shippd Laded aboard the said <br />
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