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therein mentioned hee saith hee cannot dep … therein mentioned hee saith hee cannot depose./
To the 6th article of the sayd allegation hee saith hee hath heard and beleeveth<br />
that the arlate Paule Richards was an Adventurer with the arlate<br />
horne Cornelius and Richbell in the Cargo arlate but what part thereof<br />
hee had hee knoweth not nor hath heard And further to this article hee<br />
cannot depose./
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true./
To the Interrogatories./ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first the danger of periurie being declared unto him as is<br />
required hee saith, hee was Gunner of the ''Prosperous'' the tyme<br />
Interrogate and continued soe untill, at her seizure, being then aboard<br />
her, and saith at her seizure one her gunnes was charged and that<br />
there was a parcell of round shell left and also Muskett shott and<br />
smale quantities of some powder in bandoleeres, and saith hee verily beleeveth and is<br />
perswaded in his consciense, and indeede knoweth that had the sayd<br />
shipp had never soe much powder and shott aboard, shee could not have<br />
escaped with her ladeing from being seized by the sayd man of<br />
warr, hee being soe much over powered by their men who were<br />
ready to enter her quarter when the master and Company of h{er}<br />
soe waved quarter, And further saying his foregoeing deposition<br />
hee cannot answere/
To the 2 Interrogatorie hee saith saving his foregoeing deposition<br />
hee cannot answere otherwise than negatively./
To the 3 Interrogatorie hee saith that at such tyme as the Master and<br />
Company of the ''Prosperous'' called out for Quarter there was a<br />
man of warr of this Commonwealth about two leagues off from<br />
her to the Lee ward, soe that hee could not as this deponent beleeveth<br />
come up to her rescue there in tyme though the ''Prosperous'' had bin<br />
provided with much more powder and shott than shee was in regard<br />
the man of warr soe much over powered her in men and was ready<br />
to board her And further to this Interrogatorie saving his foregoeing<br />
deposition hee cannot answere./
To the 4th hee saith hee beleeveth the Cargo of goods seized aboard<br />
the ''Prosperous'' by the sayd man of warr was worth about seaven<br />
or eight hundred pounds, And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot<br />
answere/
To the 5th hee saith hee this deponent is the Interrogate Rogers and<br />
went Gunner and saith hee knew the knew not the Interrogate Tompkins<br />
before the voyage in question and saith hee went therein Pylott of the<br />
''Prosperous'' and having smale acquaintanse with him hee knoweth not<br />
what hee is accompted and saith hee him selfe being the person other person<br />
Interrogateerson other person<br />
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