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HCA 13/68 f.63r Annotate
First transcribed 8 March 2018  +
First transcriber Colin Greenstreet  +
Folio 63  +
Parent volume HCA 13/68  +
Side Recto  +
Status Uploaded image; transcribed on 08/03/2018  +
Transcription The eleaventh day of November .1653. The The eleaventh day of November .1653. The Keepers of the Liberty et cetera against}<br /> the ''Golden Star'' Mich van Lubkin master} Examined upon the sayd allegation. '''8''' '''Captain Giles Shelly''' Commander of the ''Water hound''<br /> ''frigot'' in the immediat service of this Commonwealth aged<br /> 44 yeares or thereabouts a witnes sworne and examined<br /> deposeth and saith as followeth. videlicet. To the first second third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth nynth and<br /> tenth articles of the sayd allegation This deponent saith, that he this<br /> deponent being Commander of the ''Waterhound frigot'' in the immediate<br /> service of this Commonwealth did upon the 23th day of ffebruary<br /> 1652 last past heare and discerne att a good distance neere to the English<br /> shoare towards Beachy two shipps in fight one against the other<br /> and thereupon sayling towards the (sic) saw that one of them did weare the<br /> Colours of this Commonwealth upon the poope and boltspritt end, and that<br /> the other that fought against her was a tall large shipp wearing in<br /> her main topmast head a Redd flagg with the picture of a hand and<br /> sword therein, and an ancyent of like nature, which shipp had as<br /> appeared to this deponent worsted the other shipp that wore this Commonwealths<br /> Colours. And saith that he this deponent with the ''Waterhound frigott''<br /> wearing the Colours of this Commonwealth about noone of the same day<br /> came upp with the sayd shipps and found that the sayd woorsted shipp that<br /> wore the Colours of this Commonwealth was the arlate frogot the<br /> ''Advantage'' commannded by Captaine Mill in the immediat service of<br /> this Commonwealth and that the other shipp which most part of that forenoone<br /> had fought against the ''Advantage'' and had still upp her flagg of<br /> defiance and ancient aforementioned, was the arlate shipp the<br /> ''Golden Starr'' or ''Morning Starr'' which he then did and still doth take to<br /> be an enemy shipp. And saith that notwithstanding this deponents frigot<br /> had and wore out the Parliament Colours and that there were two or<br /> three other of this Commonwealths shipps in sight wearing likewise<br /> the Parliaments Colours yet the sayd shipp the ''Golden Starr'' did upon the<br /> English Coast and with in [?XXXXX] or thereabouts of the English shoare fire upon<br /> the ''Waterhound'' and fought with her and wounded one of his quartermasters<br /> in his head and neck so as he is still in great danger of life and not<br /> like to recover of the sayd wounds, and likewise the Gunner of the sayd<br /> shipp in his legg, and did not nor would submitt to the ''Water hound'' till<br /> she was boarded and by force subdued by her, and saith that after boarding<br /> and calling for quarter some of the sayd ''Golden Starrs'' men continued the<br /> fight and shott the boatswayne of the ''Waterhound'' in his Arme with a<br /> pistoll or small shott and saith the premisses notwithstanding and that the sayd<br /> ''Golden starr'' waas att length subdued yet they continued upp their sayd<br /> flagg and Ancyent of defiance and the same were not taken downe<br /> till some of this deponents Company Cutt the same downe. And this<br /> deponent moreover saith that he verily beleiveth that the Master and Company of the sayd shipp<br /> the ''Golden Starr'' did well know observe ad see that the sayd ''Advantage''<br /> ''frigot'', and this deponents sayd frigot were shipps of warr of this<br /> Commonwealths of warr of this<br /> Commonwealth  +
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