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depose any thing in that particular, save … depose any thing in that particular, save onely That this deponent hath often<br />
heard from and amongst Merchants of Credit and qualitie that the said William Pym had then and there goods and Mer<br />
chandizes f his owne to the valew of Two Thousand pounds and upwards<br />
And further cannot depose./
To the 5th and 6th hee saith, That hee this deponent being at Morlaix in<br />
ffrance in or about the moneths of September and October <u>1653.</u> arlate<br />
there understood by letters of advise sent from Saint Mallor to some of this deponents<br />
acquaintance at Morlaix, That some ffrench shipps belonging to Saint Mallo<br />
had been seized by the English, And that thereupon the Magistrates and<br />
Commonalty had seized upon the goods of English Merchants residing at<br />
Saint Mallo and particularly, That by the said seizure the said William Pym<br />
had suffered dammage to the valew of eight thousand five hundred<br />
livers, being in sterling money about 850 ''li'' And further hee cannot depose
To the 7th hee saith hee knoweth nothing thereof.
To the 8th hee saith, That it is notorious and publique amongst Merchants<br />
That the losses sustained by the said William Pym were so sustained<br />
for that hee was an Englishman, and that the Subiects of the ffrench king<br />
at Saint Mallo did by the seizure of his and other Englishmans goods intend<br />
a reparation to themselves for their losses sustained by the shipps of this<br />
Commonwealth. And further hee cannot depose./:-
To the 9th hee saith, That this deponent being at Morlaix in the yeare<br />
<u>1653.</u> as aforeaid, was there informed by credible and common report then and there<br />
Currant amongst Merchants, That the ffrench at Saint Mallo had very<br />
barbarously used the English there upon the pretence of their losses as aforesaid<br />
and so much this deponent the rather beleeveth, for that the ffrench at Morlaix<br />
about the same time were so enraged, that this deponent and other English there<br />
were in continuall danger of their lives. And further hee cannot depose
To the 10th hee saith hee knoweth nothing thereof./:-
To the 11th hee saith, That to the best of this deponents Judgement and estimation<br />
the said William Pym by the losse of his said employment as factor, and by the<br />
reall losse of his goods and Merchandizes at Saint Mallo, and by the losse pf<br />
such advantage and benefitt as hee might in all probability have gained and<br />
gotten by the [?managements] of his said imployment and estate, hath suffered<br />
and sustained losse by the said violent proceedings of the ffrench at Saint<br />
Mallo to the full valew of 5000 ''li'' sterling or thereabouts. And further<br />
hee cannot depose.
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true./
Repeated before doctor Clarke./
Thomas Webb [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]Clarke./
Thomas Webb [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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