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to belong to the said de [?Cominck] and th … to belong to the said de [?Cominck] and the said shipps Owners<br />
(whom this rendent saith hee knoweth not) And further hee<br />
saith hee cannot answer:/
To the 4th hee saith, That the said shipp being under saile upon the<br />
open sea with her said lading neere the Barbadoes was<br />
about the moneth of March last past surprized and taken by<br />
the said ''dover ffrigatt'', and that the seizors thereof brought the<br />
same to the Barbadoes, where they turned ashoare the said<br />
shipps Master and Companie (whereof this rendent was one)<br />
and utterly divested and deprived the said Master Companie and<br />
Owners of the said shipp and goods, And further cannot depose
Repeated with this precontest before<br />
Doctor Clerke:/
the marke of<br />
Gisbrecht [MARKE] Arianson [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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The 9th day of June <u>.1655:-</u> [CENTRE HEADING]
The Clayme of John harbyn of London Merchant for}<br />
his goods seized in the ''Crowned oxe'' of flushing by two}<br />
English private men of warr, where were Captaines}<br />
Bradshaw and Ware. Suckley}
Examined upon an Allegation on<br />
the behalfe of the said John harbyn
'''jus.'''
'''Merinis Isaacson''' of flushing in Zeeland<br />
Mariner aged 32. yeares or thereabouts a Wittnes sworne<br />
and examined saith as followeth videlicet/
To the third Article of the said Allegation, and the bill of lading therein mentioned<br />
and now shewne unto and perused by this deponent hee saith, That hee this deponent<br />
in or about the moneth of January last past being at Bourdeaux in ffrance<br />
did then and there receive into and aboard his said shipp ten Caskes of<br />
Tobacco being estimated to bee fower Tonnes and a halfe or thereabouts<br />
of shipps Tonns, for which hee upon the receipt thereof did signe and firme<br />
three bills of lading being all of one tenor and marked as in the margent
[MERCHANT'S MARKE, LH MARGIN]
importing that the said goods were by him to be delivered at Morlaix in<br />
ffrance for the accompt of Mr John harbyn Merchant therein<br />
mentioned, And saith That the same bill of lading was and is really<br />
firmed with this deponents owne hand and conforme to the other two bills<br />
of lading of the same tenor by him this deponent signed to the same effect<br />
And saith That the Contents of the sad bill of lading were and<br />
are true, as being really firmed by this deponent who doeth not know of<br />
nor beleeve any fraud or fallacie to have beene used as to the prpriety<br />
therein expressed or otherwise. And further cannot depose:-/
To the last hee saith, That the said shipp and Tobaccoes in their Course<br />
from Bourdeaux toward Morlaix were surprized and taken by two<br />
English private men of warr, then under the Commannd of one<br />
Bradshaw and one Ware, whoe brought the said shipp and goods<br />
to Guernezey (where they disposed of the said Tobaccoes and the other goods<br />
but how much the said Tobaccoes were worth, hee knoweth not<br />
The premisses hee declareth for that hee was Master of the said shipp and<br />
present at the said seizure, and at the bringing up of the said goods<br />
(Andging up of the said goods<br />
(And +
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