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her lading of Rosin, and waxe and other go … her lading of Rosin, and waxe and other goods, and<br />
alsoe a hoye called the ''hope'' loaden with C[?XXXX], and<br />
a vessell called the ''fflower pott'' loaden with pewter<br />
and nayles, And that all the said shipps or vessells<br />
soe taken and surprized by the shipp the ''Constant''<br />
were carryed into Portsmouth and there delivered into the<br />
custody of the sayd Captaine Philipps, The premisses he<br />
knoweth being present at Portsmouth when the said<br />
Captaine Philipps disposed of the said shipps and<br />
their respective ladings, and alsoe he the deponent heard<br />
the Governor of Portsmouth say that Captaine Philipps<br />
had told him that the said shipps and goods brought<br />
into Portsmouth were all his. And further he cannot<br />
depose.
Repeated in Court.
John dyet [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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On the 22th of ffebruary 1654. [CENTRE HEADING]
'''Rp. 3'''
'''Samuel Wright''' of the parish of Stepney Mariner<br />
where he hath lived about 2 yeares past, aged<br />
28 yeares, a wittnes produced and sworne and being<br />
examined deposeth as followeth./
To the allegation made in the Acts of Court and to the schedule<br />
therein mentioned and by him this deponent read and perrused at<br />
this his time of examination he deposeth and saith That he<br />
the deponent was one of the Company of the allegate shipp the<br />
''Constant'', and that he was present and aboard her when the said<br />
shipp and her Company tooke and seized a hoye laden with<br />
herrings, a shipp called the ''Joseph'' laden with salt, prunes<br />
vinegar and other goods, and a shipp called the ''Concord'' laden<br />
with Bahia Sugars and Shemack and other goods and alsoe<br />
a shipp called the ''Dolphin'' loaden with pitch and rossin and<br />
the shipp called the ''Winter king'' loaden with Rye, and alsoe<br />
a shipp called the ''Island of [?XXXing]'' with her loading of<br />
[?XXX] commodities, and a hoye called the ''hope'' laden with [?XXX]<br />
and alsoe a vessell called the ''fflower pott'' loaden with pewter<br />
and nayles, All which sayd prizes were brought into<br />
Portsmouth and there delivered into the custody of the allegate<br />
Captaine Philipps, who made sale thereof, And that all<br />
the persons mentioned in the allegate schedule were of the said<br />
shipp the ''Constant'' her Company, and employed out by the<br />
said Captaine Philipps, who promised to pay the said shipps<br />
Company the thirds, and he saith that the sayd shipp and her<br />
Company was in the imployment of the said Philipps<br />
in taking the aforementioned prizes for about eight monethes<br />
And further he cannot depose.
Repeated before Dockor Clerke.
Samuell Wright [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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On the same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
'''Rp. 4'''
'''Thomas Greene''' of the parish of Stepney Chirurgeon<br />
where he hath lived theise 8 yeares past, aged<br />
about 60ty yeares, a wittnes produced, sworne and<br />
being examined he deposeth as followeth.
To the sayd allegation made in the acts of Court and the<br />
schedule therein mentioned and now by the deponent read<br />
andd now by the deponent read<br />
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