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500 of bread one barrell of butter about h … 500 of bread one barrell of butter about halfe a barrell of stinking beef<br />
and some beare, but there was not sufficient provisions aboard for any voyage<br />
att sea and saith tere was then two men in her which were putt in<br />
by the Governor aforesayd. And otherwise he cannot depose
To the .9.th he saith that the sayd Captaine Williams hath with the sayd shipp<br />
by vertue of severall Commissions obteyned by the sayd James Taswell<br />
taken four or five prizes.
To the .10.th he saith he never saw the peice of paper annexed to the sayd bill<br />
of sale before this tyme, but by the handwriting of the sayd Thomas<br />
Symons who wrote the same as this deponent beleiveth being well acquainted<br />
with his manner of writing, and by the name of the sayd Thomas<br />
Syoms putt aswell att the foot of the sayd paper as of the Bill of sale<br />
it selfe, this deponent beleiveth the sayd paper and writing thereon<br />
to be the very paper and writing cutt off from the Bill of sale as aforesayd<br />
And otherwise cannot depose
John Lysele [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated with his precontest before<br />
the three Judges.
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The fourth day of October [BLANK IN MANUSCRIPT]
The Clayme of Lewis du Boyes, Adrian Yonker,}<br />
and other merchants of Hamburgh for}<br />
the ship the ''Neptune'' whereof Martin Holst}<br />
is Captaine, and of George Scrothering}<br />
John Scrothering and others merchants of}<br />
Hamburgh for their goods in the sayd shipp}<br />
taken by Captaine [Trenchfeild]. Smith.}
Examined upon an allegation on the behalfe of<br />
the sayd Claymers
'''.1.'''
'''Martin Holst''' of Hamburgh Mariner<br />
Master of the sayd shipp the ''Neptune'', aged<br />
three and thirty yeares or thereabouts a witnes<br />
sworne and examined deposeth and saith<br />
as followeth. videlicet.
To the first article of the sayd Allegation This deponent saith and deposeth that in<br />
the monethes of March Aprill May June July and August last past [?165X]<br />
and for severall yeares before the arlate Lewis du Boyes, Adrian<br />
Yonker and other merchants of Hamburrow were and att this present are<br />
and ought to be the true and Lawfull Owners of the sayd shipp the ''Neptune''<br />
and of her tackle furniture and apparrell, and for and as such were<br />
and are Commonly accounted reputed and taken, the premisses he knoweth<br />
being master of the sayd shipp, and otherwise saving his following<br />
depositions he cannot depose.
To the second article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith and deposeth that in the<br />
sayd monethes of March Aprill May June July and August 1653 the<br />
arlate John Scrothering, and George Scrothering and other Merchants<br />
all Hamburghers were and att this present are and ought to be the [?true]<br />
Owners and Proprietors of the oyles Almons and all and singular<br />
other the goods and lading of the sayd shipp the ''Neptune'' and [?soemuch]<br />
which he knoweth being master of the sayd shipp, and signed bills of<br />
lading for the sayd goods all for the Accompt of the sayd Hamburghers<br />
and otherwise saving his subsequent depositions he cannot depose
To the 3d. he saith that in or about the monethes of March and Aprill<br />
aforesayd, the arlate Joachim Lawrence and David Zollicoffer, and Thomas<br />
vanid Zollicoffer, and Thomas<br />
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