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To the second Interrogatorie hee saith and … To the second Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that the said shipp departing<br />
as aforesaid from Palma for Southampton, and comming in her course of<br />
proceeding within two or three dayes saile of the English coast was met<br />
by three holland men of warr [?or ?man of warr] of the States of the<br />
United Netherlands, who set upon her and after some time of fight<br />
and resistance they mastered and tooke and seized her on or about<br />
the nine and twentieth of Aprill last, and carried her and her said<br />
lading to Viego in Galicia, where the same were adiudged and condemned<br />
for prize unto them, and thereby utterly lost to the owners, all which<br />
hee knoweth being aboard and seeing the said seizure, and being in and<br />
of the man of warr carried to Viego in her company, and being there<br />
when shee was soe adiudged, and afterwards seeing diverse of her goods<br />
carried out and staying there till shee was clearely unladen to the<br />
use of the said takers. And saith the said shipp and setting out were<br />
commonly reported to be worth and to amount to [?1600 ''li''], and that the<br />
said ffrancis Tatwell had a quarter part of the shipp as aforesaid.<br />
And otherwise hee cannot depose.
Repeated before doctor Clerke/
[?Nico:] Elliott [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 13th of december 1654. [CENTRE HEADING]
Lord Protector against the}<br />
''Elizabeth'' of deep.}
'''see the first in B.2.'''
'''Rowe dt'''
'''.2.'''
Examined upon the foresaid allegation.
'''Captaine John Arthur''' Vice Admirall of the<br />
County of dorset, aged 50 yeares or thereabouts<br />
sworne and examined.
To the first article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that after<br />
the seizure of the shipp the ''Elizabeth'' of deep and her bringing into<br />
Weymouth, the master and some of the company of her being at Weymouth examined<br />
before this deponent, did in his presence and hearing confesse and<br />
acknowledge that shee belonged to deep, and was thence set out on her<br />
voyage for the Charibbe Ilands. and that her owners were all ffranchmen<br />
and subiects of the ffranch kinge and living in deep. And that shee<br />
had taken in her lading wherewith shee was seized at the Charibbe<br />
Ilands and was going therewith when shee was seized for deep<br />
there to discharfge for the account of ffranchmen, subiects as<br />
aforesaid, and would have gonne thither of shee had not bin<br />
mett with and brought up by the ''dragon frigot'', and this their<br />
confession was soe made about three monethes since.
Repeated in Court.
John Arthur [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]n Court.
John Arthur [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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