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THe same day/:-
Examined upon the said Al … THe same day/:-
Examined upon the said Allegation:-
'''2us.'''
'''Peter Vkies''' of Lines in the Land of Groningen<br />
in the Dominion of the States Generall Mariner<br />
aged 29. yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined<br />
asith as followeth, videlicet:/
To the first second, third and fourth articles of the said Allegation hee saith<br />
and deposeth, That the arlate Otto Caper a Councellor of Bremen<br />
John Caper hos sonne, John Schomaker and Cordt Engelken, Hendrich [?KXXX]<br />
and ffrans Berentson all Ctizens and inhabitants of Bremen, and Subjects<br />
of that ffree State, have for theise three yeares last past beene and at present<br />
are the true and lawfull Owners each of them of one eighth part of the<br />
shipp the ''Queene Esther'' arlate and of her Tackle apparrell and furniture, and John Harrnausen Snack the<br />
Master thereof is also Owner of 1/4. part of the same, and for all that time the<br />
said Owners have bene in the peaceable posession of the same, and have employed her<br />
upon severall voyages for their accompt, during which time shee hath constantly<br />
belonged to Bremen aforesaid, and to the persons predeposed, who are commonly<br />
accompted and reputed the true Proprietors thereof, And saith That<br />
about 14. or 15. weekes sincem the said shipp under the Conduct of the said Master<br />
by direction from the said Owners went from the Port of Embden upon a<br />
Voyage to Wisbay in Gottland to take in a ladeing of tarr, and to transport the<br />
same to Bremen there to be delivered unto the said producents And accordingly<br />
the said Master being with the said shipp arrived at Wisbay aforesaid hee<br />
there Caused about 50. lasts of Tarre to bee Laden and putt aboard the said shipp<br />
for the Accompt aforesaid. After which departing with her said ladeing towards<br />
Bremen, shee and her lading were mett withall surprized and taken by some<br />
of the shipps of this Commonwealth and brought up into England where they now<br />
remaine/ The premisses hee knoweth being one of the shipps Companie<br />
and having for severall yeares last past frequented the Citie of Bremen [?is]<br />
there growne acquainted with the said Master his shipp and the Proprietor<br />
thereof predeposed, and being imployed and hired about twelve moneths since<br />
by the said Master, to goe upon a voyage with the said shipp from Bremen to<br />
Riga in the East Sea for the service of the said Owners which hee also did, and<br />
since hath been by teh same employed upon the Voyage in question, which [?XXX]<br />
to agreement was to terminate at Bremen aforesaid. And otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose:-/
To the last hee saith, his foregoing deposition is true:-/
To the Crosse Interrogatories:-/
To the first hee saith, hee was belonging to and aboard the shipp interrate at the<br />
time of her late seizure, and first saw her at Bremen about 3. yeares since<br />
John Hannansen Snack then being Master of her, and that by the [?appointment] of(herher, and that by the [?appointment] of(her +
, THe same day/:-
Examined upon the said Al … THe same day/:-
Examined upon the said Allegation:-
'''2us.'''
'''Peter Vkies''' of Lines in the Land of Groningen<br />
in the Dominion of the States Generall Mariner<br />
aged 29. yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined<br />
asith as followeth, videlicet:/
To the first second, third and fourth articles of the said Allegation hee saith<br />
and deposeth, That the arlate Otto Caper a Councellor of Bremen<br />
John Caper hos sonne, John Schomaker and Cordt Engelken, Hendrich [?KXXX]<br />
and ffrans Berentson all Ctizens and inhabitants of Bremen, and Subjects<br />
of that ffree State, have for theise three yeares last past beene and at present<br />
are the true and lawfull Owners each of them of one eighth part of the<br />
shipp the ''Queene Esther'' arlate and of her Tackle apparrell and furniture, and John Harrnausen Snack the<br />
Master thereof is also Owner of 1/4. part of the same, and for all that time the<br />
said Owners have bene in the peaceable posession of the same, and have employed her<br />
upon severall voyages for their accompt, during which time shee hath constantly<br />
belonged to Bremen aforesaid, and to the persons predeposed, who are commonly<br />
accompted and reputed the true Proprietors thereof, And saith That<br />
about 14. or 15. weekes sincem the said shipp under the Conduct of the said Master<br />
by direction from the said Owners went from the Port of Embden upon a<br />
Voyage to Wisbay in Gottland to take in a ladeing of tarr, and to transport the<br />
same to Bremen there to be delivered unto the said producents And accordingly<br />
the said Master being with the said shipp arrived at Wisbay aforesaid hee<br />
there Caused about 50. lasts of Tarre to bee Laden and putt aboard the said shipp<br />
for the Accompt aforesaid. After which departing with her said ladeing towards<br />
Bremen, shee and her lading were mett withall surprized and taken by some<br />
of the shipps of this Commonwealth and brought up into England where they now<br />
remaine/ The premisses hee knoweth being one of the shipps Companie<br />
and having for severall yeares last past frequented the Citie of Bremen [?is]<br />
there growne acquainted with the said Master his shipp and the Proprietor<br />
thereof predeposed, and being imployed and hired about twelve moneths since<br />
by the said Master, to goe upon a voyage with the said shipp from Bremen to<br />
Riga in the East Sea for the service of the said Owners which hee also did, and<br />
since hath been by teh same employed upon the Voyage in question, which [?XXX]<br />
to agreement was to terminate at Bremen aforesaid. And otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose:-/
To the last hee saith, his foregoing deposition is true:-/
To the Crosse Interrogatories:-/
To the first hee saith, hee was belonging to and aboard the shipp interrate at the<br />
time of her late seizure, and first saw her at Bremen about 3. yeares since<br />
John Hannansen Snack then being Master of her, and that by the [?appointment] of(herher, and that by the [?appointment] of(her +
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