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The 17th day of December 1653:- [CENTRE HE … The 17th day of December 1653:- [CENTRE HEADING]
[?Chelston] against the shipp the ''great Christopher''}<br />
and against John ffalzbergh and others. Smith Suckley}
Examined upon the sayd Allegation
'''2.us'''
'''John Pruyse''' of Riga in Liefland [?Merchant]<br />
aged 40. yeares or thereabouts a Wittnes sworne<br />
and examined/
To the first article hee saith hee cannot depose otherwise then by the relation of<br />
the arlate Joachim Wise, saving that the arlate Adrian a ffrenchman<br />
who came a Passenger in the shipp the ''great Christopher'' from Riga, told and<br />
acquainted this deponent upon the exchange London about the middle of the<br />
moneth of October last past, that hee had beene very much solicited by<br />
severall of the Company pf the English private man of warr who had seized<br />
the said shipp the ''Christopher'', to declare on their behalfe, that the said shipp at<br />
the time of her seizure was bound for Holland or ffrance:/
To the second hee saith that the arlate Cornelius alias [?neels] Peterson one of<br />
the parties examined in the prepatorie on the behalf of the said Chelston and Companie<br />
was and is of this deponents certaine knowledge of him at Riga in [?Luifland] and since a very poore indigigent and extremely necessitous person, whom<br />
this deponent knew very lately goe as a beggar and loose person at Riga, after which he was taken<br />
on for a Souldjer by the souldjery there, and being altogether iinfitt for service<br />
by reason of his sloathfull condition and miserable accoutrement, the Master<br />
of the said shipp the ''great Christopher'' by name Michael Cruyger of this<br />
deponents knowledge bought him of one Captaine Jacob Wingaerden for 9 rix dollars<br />
and brought him aboard his said shipp some daies before she sett sayle from<br />
Riga, and the said Neels Peterson shortly after absenting himselfe from the<br />
shipp the said Michael Cruyger sent to seeke him out, and bring him aboard<br />
againe, as hee accordingly was and being in such a poore condition that hee was<br />
full of vermin, the said Cruyger gave him some sleight cloathes to Cover him<br />
in which necessitous and verminous condition the said Peterson was at the<br />
time of the said shipps seizure, and as this deponent hath credibly heard, he<br />
hath since the time of his examination in this Court, been supplied with [?XXX]<br />
and cloathes, which this deponent verily beleeveth (in regard hee the said Peterson had<br />
no friends in theise parts being merely a stranger and having received no monie<br />
for his service in the said shipp) the said Peterson had ontained by the [?XXX]<br />
meanes of deposing in thos Cause contrary to the trueth, and so much hee<br />
verily beleeveth (in reagard of the loose life and conversation of the said Peterson<br />
well knowne to this deponent and many others) that hee might easily bee and really<br />
was induced to doe, either by Lieutenant Mowat or some others concerned in the<br />
presentation of this Cause against the right Owners of the said shipp and goods<br />
And otherwise cannot depose./
To the Interrogatories./ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the 1.st hee saith hee well knoweth the interrate Lieutenant by name [?XXXX]<br />
Mowat, as the said Lieutenant himsellfe declared to this deponent after the seizure of<br />
the said shipp the ''great Christopher''./
(To theshipp the ''great Christopher''./
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