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To the 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16 … To the 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. and 17 hee hath not<br />
so deposed and therefore they concerneth him not.
To the 18th hee saith that hee can write and reade, and learned the same<br />
when hee was a youth.
To the 19th hee saith hee can reade written hand well, and understandingly.
To the 20th hee remembreth not the particular day or dayes of seeing<br />
the said Commission, which hee sawe and had in his hand and perused<br />
at many severall times. And otherwise hee cannot answer saving as<br />
aforesaid.
To the 21th hee saith hee doth not remember the date of the said Commission<br />
and saith that about a weeke or 8 or tenn dayes after the bringing in the<br />
said prize to dover, mr Godwin demanded the same of Captaine hendricks<br />
saying hee must send it to London, and then this deponent last sawe<br />
it, which was in the said Captaines house in dover where this deponent<br />
then was. And otherwise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.
Willm Robijs. [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
Exámined upon the foresaid allegation.
'''Rp. 2.'''
'''John de vos''' of dover late Gunner of the shipp or Galliot<br />
the ''hound'' or ''Black-dogg'' (derrick hendricks Commander)<br />
aged 38 yeeres or thereabouts sworne and exámined.
To the tenth article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that at<br />
such time as the said shipp or Galliot the ''hound'' or ''dogg'' (the man<br />
of warr) tooke and surprized the shipp the ''Saint John'' and her lading, derrick<br />
hendricks commaunder of the said man of warr had his Commission<br />
on board the said man of warr for taking and surprizing the shipps and<br />
goods of the ffrench kings subjects; which hee knoweth for that the said<br />
derrick Ryn master of the ''Saint John'' comming first aboard the said man of<br />
warr after the said seizure, would not beleeve the man of warr to be<br />
English, because there were fflemish and dutch in her, whereupon the<br />
said derrick hendricks (who by a nick name is commonly called<br />
derrick Swi[?ne]) caused his Commission to be fetcht by this deponents<br />
precontest William Rubois. and showed to the said derrick Ryn in this<br />
deponents presense; and saith the said shipp the ''Saint John'' and her lading<br />
were seized by vertue of the said Commission. And otherwise hee cannot depose.<br />
Upon the rest hee us not exámined by direction of the producent.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee was Gunner of the said man of warr and<br />
on board at the time of the said seizure, wherein hee assisted, and<br />
saith that hee served for shares, and was to have nine shares of the<br />
Captaine and Companies third part of each prize.
To the second hee saith that hee hath endeavoured and doth desire that the<br />
lading of the said shipp ''Saint John'' should be declared prize, as hee conceiveth<br />
the same ought to be the said not him selfe having acknowledged the same to<br />
be ffrench and belonging to ffrench men of Roane, and saith that this deponent<br />
expecteth his shares thereof after the rate aforesaid. And otherwise hee<br />
cannot answer saving as aforesaid.
To the third hee saith hee hath lived last in dover for thirteene monethes<br />
last and before that two yeeres in dunquirke, and before that againe five yeeres<br />
in dover, where hee liveth at present
To the fourth negatively, and referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition.
To the fifth hee saith hee hath bin in the service of the interrate Goodwin and<br />
company interrate Goodwin and<br />
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