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To the .16th he saith he cannot depose.
T … To the .16th he saith he cannot depose.
To the 17th he saith that att such tyme as the Governour of Trapanies ffelensa<br />
or boat arrived att van Tramps shipp about an howre before the seizure aforesayd<br />
hee this deponent observed that the sayd van Tramp struck his flagg and<br />
shott .4. or .5. gunnes and ymmediately made upp into the Port to make the<br />
seizure as aforesayd. And saith that after the seizure when he departed from<br />
the sayd Port, hee the sayd van Tr[?u]mp saluted the Governour and Towne of<br />
Trapany with severall gunnes and further he cannot depose.
To the 18th he saith he cannot depose
To the .19th he saith and deposeth that being taken prisoner att Trapany as<br />
aforesayd, he this deponent was first putt and deteyned aboard the ''little''<br />
''Saint Marke'' one of the sayd Dutch men of warr, and being there aboard and<br />
in Companye with the Purser thereof he heard him the sayd Purser say in<br />
the English tonhue, that himselfe the sayd Purser in the behalfe of and<br />
by order from the sayd Van Trump had payd and delivered to the Governour<br />
of Trapanie fifteene hundred duckatts as a gift or present for leave<br />
and permission for the sayd dutch shipps to enter the sayd Port and there<br />
to surprize and take the sayd 2 shipps the ''Harry Bonadventure'' and<br />
''Saint Peter'' with their lading from the English. And further saith that not<br />
long after he this deponent was removed out of the ''Little Saint Marke'' into<br />
the Admirall commannded by the sayd Van Trump, and there heard severall<br />
scotchmen Irishme, and dutchmen speaking the English tongue say and<br />
affirme that the sayd Van Trump did send the sayd Governour of Trapany<br />
fifteene or sixteene hundred duckatts by the hands of the Purser of the ''little''<br />
''Saint Marke'' for liberty to make the seizure aforesayd. And otherwise he cannot<br />
depose.
To the 20th he saith The sayd shipp the ''Harry Bonadventure'' was of the burthen<br />
of 350 tonnes or thereabouts and was an able strong shipp and compleatly<br />
in all respects fitted for a Mann of warr with 42 gunnes and 6 monethes<br />
provisions for 100 men, and great store of powder and bullet and<br />
weapons and munition of all sorts requisit and had in her about 63 baggs<br />
of anniseeds which had bene taken out of the gunn deck of the ''Saint Peter''<br />
and allso severall goods and necessaries belonging to the sayd Captaine<br />
Swanly and Companie of good value. And this deponent for his owne<br />
part and upon his owne Accompt had goods and Clothes in the sayd shipp att the<br />
tyme of seizure of the cleare value of twenty pounds sixteene shillings<br />
sterling; and expended in his Journey from Leghorne to England the<br />
summe of .5''li'' 14 ''s'' sterling according to a schedule of the sayd goods and<br />
expences annexed to the sayd allegation, over and besides his losse of tyme<br />
amounting to 4 ''li''. 10 ''s'' sterling. And saith he knoweth not the value of the<br />
sayd shipp, nor the losses that others sustayned by the sayd seizure. And<br />
othrwise cannot depose.
To the 21th he saith that the losse of the sayd shipps the ''Harry Bonadventure''<br />
and ''Saint Peter'' and their lading was occasioned by the fraud and injurious<br />
practises of the sayd Governour of Trapany, as this deponent beleiveth<br />
for the reasons aforesayd. And otherwise cannot depose.
Repeated before Doctor Clarke/<br />
and Doctor Godolphin./.
Richard '''R''' Claton<br />
his marke [MARKE, RH SIDE]ton<br />
his marke [MARKE, RH SIDE] +
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