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Captaine G[?ottens[ and company}
'''Rp.'''
'''Cornelius Releques''' of der schelling in<br />
North holland Mariner, master of the shipp<br />
the ''Brandares'' or ''Beacon'' of Amsterdam<br />
aged 34 yeeres or thereabouts sworne before the<br />
right worshipfull William Clerke and John<br />
Godolphin doctors of lawes, Judges of the<br />
high Court of the Admiraltie saith and<br />
deposeth by vertue of his oath.
That there were laden aboard the said shipp the ''Brandares'' at<br />
Brouage in ffrance 347 moyes and eleaven [?measures] of salt to be<br />
thence transported to haver de Grace and there to be delivered for the<br />
accompt of ffrenchmen, and this hee saith was in or about the moneth<br />
of August last, and being soe laden the said shipp depaarted with<br />
the said salt from Brouage for haver de Grace and comming neere<br />
the entrance of the said haver, the said shipp was on the first of this<br />
present moneth of September (old stile) met with and with her<br />
said lading surprized and taken by the said Captaine Gittens and<br />
company in a shipp of warr in service of this Commonwealth. And<br />
saith that upon the said seizure the said Captaine Gittens his company<br />
embeazeld and tooke away as much of the said shipps lading of salt<br />
as in his estimation amounted to twenty lasts, for hee saith they tooke<br />
out soe much, as that the shipp drawes a foote lesse in depth of water<br />
thereby, and that they caried the same away in boates, And this deponent<br />
demanding of Captaine Gittens his Lieutenant wherefore the<br />
company in such manner ambeazeld and carried away the salt, hee made<br />
this deponent answer that they had the said Captaines order for the<br />
same, and that it was prize, and therefore this deponent had nothing<br />
to doe to aske that question, or to that effect, and saith that the said<br />
salt soe plundered and embeazeld laye (about seaven or eight lasts<br />
thereof) betwixt decks and the rest in the hold of the said shipp the<br />
''Brandares'', And further saith that not therewith content<br />
they tooke and plundered away from this deponents company (who were<br />
all hollanders) the summe of 166 gelders in ffrench money;<br />
All which hee knoweth being master of the<br />
''Brandares'' and present and seeing the premisses soe donne, only hee did<br />
not see the money at the instant of the taking the same away, but<br />
his company gave him an accompt of what was taken from each man<br />
amounting in all to 166 gelders in ffrench money, which this deponent<br />
had in ffrance paid them for wages.
cornelis [?relches] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
cornelis [?relches] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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