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goods to be transported in the said shipp … goods to be transported in the said shipp to haver de Grace for the said respective<br />
accompts, which hee knoweth being master of her and seeing the said goods soe<br />
laden and being privie to the buying of them by the said parties, and lading his owne<br />
himselfe, And saith that this deponent and all the said other claimers aforementioned<br />
were and are hollanders and subiects of the States of the United Netherlands and<br />
for such commonly accompted, saving he said Chirurgeon is of Aken in Germany<br />
and Stephen Croyansen a ffrench man borne, but longe lived at Madenblick.<br />
And saith the said producents were and are the owners of the said respective goods.<br />
And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee hath bin master of the said shipp about a yeare<br />
last, being as long as shee hath sailed being a new shipp, and that hee<br />
was borne and hath alwaies dwellt in Madenblick and otherwise<br />
hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition and saith that the said ffolkert<br />
one of the boyes is his wifes brother.
To the second hee saith hee hath knowne all the said claimers about a yeare and<br />
some of them much longer, and otherwise hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing<br />
deposition.
To the third hee saith hee bougjht and paid for his said goods with is owne<br />
money, and that his company of his knowledge bought and paid for theirs<br />
with wages that hee paid them and with the proceeds of some goods that they<br />
carried thither, and saith they were and are reall owners of the said goods<br />
And otherwise hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition.
To the fourth hee saith they had the said goods in their owne possession before<br />
the said lading of them, And otherwise hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition.
To the 5th hee saith they were at Marseille about two monethes before the said<br />
lading of the said goods, and otherwise referreth himselfe to his foregoeing<br />
deposition, and saith the goods that yeelded the said proceee were tobaccoes, cheese<br />
onyons, and otherthings and that their wages were therein alsoe laid out.
To the 6th negatively.
To the 7th the said sope is of the make of Marseille.
To the 8th negatively saving as aforesaid.
To the 9 and 10th hee saith hee had two bills of lading and a charterpartie<br />
aboard and a manifest of lading and a letter aboard at the time of the seizure<br />
which came to the hands of the Captaine of the ''Preston'' that tooke her, and hee beleeveth<br />
the papers nowe showed him were alsoe aboard, and in the custodie of his<br />
precontest John Boulin the Sopra cargo, but hee this deponent doth not knowe<br />
of their being aboard, nor doth hee knowe of any torn, throwne over boarde<br />
or otherwise made away or concealed saving as is mentioned in his deposition in the [?proparature] taken at Portsmouth. And otherwise hee cannot answer.
Eeleman Se[verijesen] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated before doctor Godolphin.H SIDE]
Repeated before doctor Godolphin. +
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