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To the third hee saith hee well knoweth th … To the third hee saith hee well knoweth the shipp the ''John'' of Weymouth Interrogated and hath knowne her<br />
for these 8 yeares last past and saith by reason hee this deponent was on board her<br />
before the sayd 20th day of december 1653 and before shee was as is predeposed carried<br />
over the barr of Weymouth Roade hee knoweth shee was before such her goeing over<br />
the barr, at least at or before the sayd 20th day of december 1653 fitted and provided<br />
to have sett syale then from the Port of Waymouth if shee had not bin hindered by<br />
the sayd presse, which caused her company to be absent themselves from on board her,<br />
And hee saith hee cannot write nor kepyt any Accompt how the windes<br />
stood the tyme Interrogated but well knoweth for the reson as aforesayd and sawe that the sayd shipp the ''John'' was<br />
manned and victualed and fitt to proceede on her intended voyage from the Port of<br />
Weymouth before the sayd 20th of december had shee not bin hindered by the meanes<br />
aforesayd And further hee cannot answere
To the 4th hee saith hee knoweth not the names of any of the sayd shipp the ''Johns''<br />
Company, but Thomas Browne and one John Bebber the boatswaine of her, but<br />
knew them all by sight hee this deponent living at Weymouth and seeing them almost dayly<br />
during their staye there and knowing they belonged to the sayd ''John'' of Weymouth<br />
And further saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere saving hee saith<br />
hee hath at sewerall tymes seene them all on board the sayd shipp, but not all on board<br />
her at once And saving hee saith hee hath heard and beleeveth that the sayd shipps<br />
Company were hyred to serve in her by the producent Captaine Arthur/
To the 5th Interrogatorie hee answereth negatively videlicet that hee is verily perswaded<br />
the shipp the ''John'' could not upon the 20th of december 1653 nor at any tyme<br />
after till about the 19th of January next after have found an opportunity to get out<br />
of the harbour of Weymouth norr have escaped thence and avoided the ffrigotts<br />
that laye there in the service of this Commonwealth./
To the 6th hee saith hee knoweth nothing of the contents thereo, and therefore<br />
cannot answere thereto/
Repeated before doctor Clarke/
the marke of the sayd<br />
William [MARKE] Clements [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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The 4th day of January 1654/5:-/ [CENTRE HEADING]
An affidavit made concerning the perishablenesse}<br />
of the lading on board a ffrench prize taken by}<br />
an Ostend man of warr and brought into the}<br />
Port of Guernezey}
''Anne'' of Ostend.
'''dt. Smith./'''
'''George Brehaus junior'''<br />
of Lyme in the County of dorsett<br />
Mariner aged 27 yeares or thereabouts<br />
sworne before the right Worshipfull<br />
Godolphin doctor of Lawes one of the Judges of the<br />
high Court of Admiralty of England saith and declareth<br />
by Vertue of his Oath as followeth videlicet:-
That upon or about the 20th day of November <u>1654</u> last past, a shipp<br />
or friggat being a man of Warr of Ostend and called the ''Saint Anne'' of<br />
that place, being under the Command of Jacob ffernando a dunkirker haveing<br />
mett withall and surprized at Sea a cetayne french Vessell belonging<br />
to and bound for the Port of Saint Malo with her ladeing of fish and Trayne<br />
then aboard her, the said Jacob ffernando with his said man of<br />
warr and the said Prize were by distresse of weather forced into the<br />
Port and Pee[?re] of the Island of Guerezey, where they now<br />
(remainerezey, where they now<br />
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