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taken to be, that after haleing and comein … taken to be, that after haleing and comeing upp with another shipp doth<br />
Change her colours. And otherwise cannot depose.
To the 11th he saith he was not aboard the interrate shipp the ''Golden Starr'' till after<br />
said tyme as the Wayters for the Prize office came upon her in the behalfe<br />
of the State, and by authority of the Commissioners for the Prize Office; And he saith<br />
that after the said Waiters were so aboard he saw the master of the ''Waterhound''<br />
named [BLANK IN MANUSCRIPT] Grant take out of the ''Golden Starr'' a bag of moneyes of about<br />
six hundred peices of 8/8, and saw the Captaine of the ''Water hound'' Giles Shelley<br />
take out of the ''Golden Starr'' a quantity of moneyes in a Bagg, but how much<br />
in certaine he knoweth not, and saw likewise Capt Mi[XX] Commander of the<br />
''Advantage frigott'' take out of the sayd ''Golden Starr'', in one or two baggs<br />
four hundred and three and twenty peices of eight and 1/2. And beleiveth<br />
that severall other parcells of moneyes were taken out of the<br />
sayd prize shipp he cannot specify, but beleiveth that all or most of<br />
the Company of the ''Advantage frigot'', and of the ''Water hound'' that were<br />
aboard the ''Golden Starr'' att the tyme of seizure and afterwards before<br />
she came into the River of Thames had and tooke some small quantityes<br />
of the sayd moneyes, the values whereof he knoweth not. And saith that<br />
some of the Company of the sayd ''Advantage'' and ''Waterhound'' but who in particular<br />
he knoweth not tooke out of the ''Golden Starr'' some small Jarrs of oyle<br />
and some other things the particulars or values whereof he cannot sett<br />
forth. And further he cannot depose."
To the 12th Interrogatorye he saith<br />
he is not bound to answer<br />
as he beleiveth, there being not any false colours out on board the sayd<br />
''Advantage frigott'' when she haled the ''Golden Starr''. but the Colours<br />
allowed by this State onely.
To the .13 he saith that in case the says shipp the ''Morning Starr'' shall be<br />
adiudged prize he this rendent expecteth benefit thereby according<br />
to the office he bore in the ''Advantage frigot''. and according to an Act<br />
or Ordinance of Parliament made in that behalfe, and not otherwise. And<br />
further he saith he cannot depose.
Repeated before Doctor Clarke by Mr ?Chrymes
Marke harrison [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 26th day of September 1653.
On the behalfe of the Keepers of the Liberty}<br />
of England by authority of parliament against}<br />
a shipp or vessell called the ''Hart'' of Skadam}<br />
taken and seized by some of the shippes of}<br />
the ffleet of this Commonwealth. Budd}<br />
of which sayd vessell the ''Hart'' Peter}<br />
ff[?eiir] was master.}
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'''1.'''
'''William Evarson''' of Skadam in holland<br />
Mariner aged four and forty yeares or thereabouts<br />
a witnes sworne and examined deposeth and saith<br />
as followeth videlicet.
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that he this deponent was<br />
one of the Common Mariners of the Companie of the sayd shipp the ''Hart''<br />
and was aboard the sayd shipp att the tyme of seizure of the same<br />
by some of the shipps of this Commonwealth; And saith that the sayd shipp<br />
the ''Hart'' came last from Skadam in Holland and began her outward<br />
voyaged and began her outward<br />
voyage +
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