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and service of the said religious persons, … and service of the said religious persons, and their Attendants being all or most of them natives of Savoy, or of Burgundy under the dominion of the King of Spaine some of<br />
which this deponent saw packed up at Roane, namely 5. or 6. bailes or bundles<br />
of quilts, a Case of white earthen ware, a trunck with bookes and Cloathes<br />
belonging to the said director and another baile of bookes, linnen, artificall<br />
flowers and other inventions, which from thence were transported to<br />
Diepe aforesaid, and there imbarques in the said shipp the ''Saint george'', and<br />
the rest of the said bailes and trunkes were brought from Paris thither<br />
for the use above specified, but what was contained therein; this deponent<br />
knoweth not; saving as hereafter declared And saith that the said shipp was and is commonly<br />
accompted a Hamborough shipp and the Master thereof John Peterson<br />
Griep was and is accompted a Hamburgher And the King and<br />
Queen of Poland and the religious persons aforesaid were and are persons<br />
in amity with this Commonwealth, And beleeveth That the said Relligious<br />
persons according to the Civill Customs of fforraigne Countries are priviledged and<br />
ought to passe freely withiout searching or interruption in their travells<br />
Yet notwithstanding such their freedoms the said persons were by them<br />
said seizors treated in a most uncivill and violent manner, notwithstanding that the said<br />
Master and others Gentlemen and passengers showed unto them the letters<br />
of safe conduct of his said Majestie of Poland and gave them a full<br />
accompt of the designe, desiring them not to interrupt their passage or<br />
to injure or abuse them as they did. And saith that the said ffather<br />
Directors trunke with his bookes cloathes and goods to the valew of about<br />
2. hundred french Crownes, the trunke of one Monsieur Blanchart secretary<br />
to Monsieur des Esarts Superintendent to the Queene of Poland or some other<br />
persom of great quality Attendant upon the said Queene to the valew of<br />
about 200 ffrench Crownes, the portmantle of one Mr de La [?Lane]<br />
Comptroler to the Queene of Poland, to the valew of about 100: ''li''<br />
sterling, two trunkes belonging to one Monsieur Mantevle a Polonian Gentleman worth about<br />
450: ''li'' sterling: and severall other goods as rings jewells, moneyes, linnen,<br />
silver scales, and silver crosses of a very great valew, but the particular<br />
valews this deponent knoweth not, were violently plundered and taken<br />
away by the said seizors, and by certaine souldjers who come aboard the said shipp<br />
in the haven of Dover The premisses hee deposeth, being an attendant upon<br />
the said ffather director and designed to goe a passenger in the said Vessell<br />
for Poland, and present at the lading of the said Vessell at Diepe<br />
as aforesaid, and at the seizure and plunder of her, and the religious psons<br />
and passengers aboard her, as is predeposed. And otherwise cannot depose:-
To the Crosse Interries [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith, That hee cometh on the behalf of the said religious<br />
persons and by the persuasion of the said ffather director to declare the<br />
trueth of his knowledge in this Cause, and saith hee hath a bagg in the said<br />
shipp with wearng cloathes linnen and other necessaries for his owne use, And<br />
saith hee is a Roman Catholique. And otherwise cannot depose.
To the 2ue. And otherwise cannot depose.
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