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And saith That at the time of such their s … And saith That at the time of such their seizure, the said shipps were [?XXX]<br />
stood all of them in their direct Course to passe through the English Channell<br />
for Ostend or dunquirke, and so much this deponent saith, That hee this deponent and the<br />
said Otto George and Christian Cloppenburgh gad agreed and concluded [?XXX]<br />
before and at the time of their said departure from Cadiz. The premisses hee<br />
declareth upon the grounds and reasons predeposed And further cannot depose.
To the 12th hee saith, That hee well knoweth the shipp the [?''Mercurie'']<br />
arlate (whereof the arlate hans Yonger was Master) and saith, That in<br />
this deponents sight the said shipp did depart from Cadiz in or about the<br />
moneth of September <u>1652.</u> arlate, being a full moneth or thereabouts before<br />
the said shipps ''Sampson'' ''Salvadore'' and ''Saint George'' departed thence upon the<br />
Voyage in question, And saith that the said shipp ''Mercurie'' after such<br />
her departure did not at all meet with or come in sight of this deponents [?shipp]<br />
of the ''Sampson'' or ''Salvador'' in their said passage from Cadizinto the<br />
English Channell, nor was shee separated from them by ill weather,<br />
nor indeed did any ill or tempestuous weather happen in their said passage<br />
whereby to be separated from her in case shee had been in Companie with [?them]<br />
The premisses hee knoweth being Master of and aboard the said shipp ''Saint George'' during<br />
the said Voiage or passage, and seeing as aforesaid the departure of the said shipp<br />
''Mercury''. And further cannot depose:-/
To the 13th hee saith, That hee this deponent came to Cadiz from [?Maiorca]<br />
in or about the moneth of July <u>1652.</u> the arlate shipp the ''Goulden Sun''<br />
(whereof Peter Tam was Master) being then departed from thence towards<br />
Ostend, so that this deponent did not see her departure, but was credibly informed<br />
there that shee was not long before gone thence, and saith That about 9 [?monethes] after such<br />
this deponents arrivall at Cadiz, the Spanish plate fleet arrived there from<br />
the West Indies in this deponents sight, and this deponent for that reason beleeveth [?not]<br />
that the said Peter Tam did upon that Voyage carry any upon<br />
particular Merchants adventures with him, silver about that time being<br />
extraordianary scarce at Cadiz, by reason of the said Plate fleets attardement<br />
And saith, That whilest this deponent in that yeare still remained at Cadiz<br />
hee there understood by letters of advise from Ostend, that the said shipp the<br />
''Goulden Sunn'' was there safely arrived, And after this deponents departure from<br />
Cadiz upon the Voyage in question wherein his said shipp the ''Saint George'' was<br />
seized as aforesaid, this deponent was informed that the said shipp the ''Goulden''<br />
''Sunn'' was pressed into the service of the king of Spaine, and did then<br />
for severall moneths after remaine in the said service under the ffort of<br />
dunquirke, and during the time of such her restraint in that service this<br />
deponent sent some letters to the said Peter Tam then remaining at dunquirke<br />
for and concerning the payment of some monies due by the said Tam to the<br />
([?XXX GUUTER]said Tam to the<br />
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