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The same day:-/
Examined upon the said In … The same day:-/
Examined upon the said Interrogatories:-
'''4us./'''
'''Cornelius Peterson''' of Landsmore in the<br />
Waterland in Holland Mariner aged 38 yeares<br />
or thereabouts sworne and examined saith and<br />
deposeth as followeth videlicet:/
To the first hee saith, hee this deponent about three weekes ame aboard<br />
the shipp the ''Goulden Hawke'' of ''ffalcon'' at Vleckeren in Norway being<br />
hired by the Master thereof to saile with him on his said shipp for an Ordinary<br />
or Common Seaman to Hamborough, And saith hee hath heard the Master and<br />
some of the Companie of the said shipp then declare, that the said shipp was come<br />
from and belonged to the Port of Stockholme in Sweden, and to a Swedish<br />
Companie there. And further hee cannot depose.
To the second hee saith hee knowethnothing thereof otherwise then aforesaid:
To the third hee saith, hee this deponent beleeveth the Master of the said shipp<br />
to bee a Hollander by his speech, and that the said shipps Companie are Swedes<br />
as hee beleeveth, except this deponent and two others which are Hollanders and<br />
Subjects to the States of Holland. And further cannot depose:/
To the 4:th hee saith hee knoweth nothing of the particulars thereof
To the 5.th hee saith the said shipp is laden with iron Copper and bulletts, which<br />
this deponent was informed by the said Master, were Laden at Stockholme, and<br />
were to be transported to and delivered at Hamburgh, And further hee cannot<br />
depose./
To the 6.th hee knoweth nothing thereof:-
T the 7:th hee saith hee hath bin severall times at Rochell and Bourdeaux<br />
in ffrance with severall Hollands shipps, and was last at Saint Martins<br />
about three moneths since in a Hollands shipp, which in her voyage from<br />
thence towards Holland was cast away, and this deponent and the rest of her<br />
Companie were preserved aboard another Hollands shipp on which they came to<br />
Vleeckeren aforesaid, where this deponent was hired as aforesaid. And further<br />
hee cannot depose./
To the 8:th hee saith hee this deponent was hired by the said Master upon a Voyage<br />
from Vleckeren to Hamburgh, and expected such wages to be paid him at his<br />
coming there, as the said Master should think fitt to allow him. And further<br />
cannot depose:/
To the 9:th hee saith, hee onely saw one Swedish Colour aboard the said shipp, and no others<br />
whatsoever, and saith the said shipp the ''Goulden Hawke'' was surprized and<br />
taken by Captaine Welch interrate by the Riff ofJutland upon the open seas<br />
And otherwise cannot depose:-/
To the 10:th hee saith hee knoweth nothing thereof.
cornelis pietterß [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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