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kinge who seized them, and this hee saith … kinge who seized them, and this hee saith was on the 29th of July<br />
last new stile, and as the said Collart was carrying the said shipp and<br />
goods towards ffrance, his frigot and shee were severed by<br />
storme, and lost the company of each other, and afterwards about<br />
14 dayes after their said severeing, they met againe at sea, and then<br />
the said Collart toke her againe into his custodie, but shee being leakie<br />
the said frigot went with her to the fflemish sic) Ilands to Saint Michels<br />
to stop her leake and to get [?reXXXX] of Victualls, and thence hee<br />
was carrying her for Rochell. but commong in the heights of 44 degrees<br />
and a halfe or thereabouts were met with by an English shipp<br />
whereupon the said Collart quitted the said shipp the<br />
''Saint Mary'' and willed his men that were in her to make all the saile<br />
they could to escape with her from the said English shipp, but<br />
the said English shipp as this deponent afterwards understood<br />
seized and brought her up to Plimouth, while this deponent<br />
was carried to Charenton in the said Collarts frigot. And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 5th and 6th hee saith that during such time as the<br />
said shipp the ''Saint Mary'' was and continued under the power of<br />
the said Collarts frigot, shee was not carried into any port<br />
or harbour nor under commannd of any fort or castle in ffrance<br />
or belonging to the ffrench kinge, nor were this deponents<br />
company all taken out of her but 6 of them continually<br />
remayning in her to the time of the said Rescue by the said<br />
English shipp, And further that while shee was under the<br />
power of Collart, hee and his company tooke out of her<br />
only 4 small chests (of about 8 or 10 arobes a peece) of sugar<br />
out of her, and about 3 or 400 peeces of compecha or logwood<br />
not more unlesse some [?XXX] small things. And otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the 7th hee saith that when the said Collart had seized<br />
the said shipp and goods, and that all her papers were delivered unto<br />
him by this deponent, hee gave over all or most part of the dutch bills<br />
and papers (amounting to a greate number) to him that hee put<br />
master of the ''Saint Mary'', to the end that if hee met with dutch<br />
or English, they might be a meanes to avoide them<br />
and preserve the said shipp from seizure by them, and in<br />
particular there were two dutch bills, namely one for<br />
the goods consigned as aforesaid and laden for accompt of the said<br />
Coymans, and the other for the goods laden for one Mr<br />
Rubin of Amsterdam, all which papers hee beleeveth came to the<br />
hands of the master or Captaine of the said English shipp<br />
that seized the ''Mary''. And otherwise hee cannot depose.''Mary''. And otherwise hee cannot depose. +
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