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producents rigg fitt and fournish the said … producents rigg fitt and fournish the said shipp the ''Saint Julian'' for this<br />
present voyage, and as sole owners thereof, and for such hee saith<br />
they were and are commonly accounted, and saith they tooke care in getting<br />
men to serve that said voyage in her, and were present and with the<br />
master when hee hired this deponent to serve in her, who was in her for some<br />
space before shee sailed, and well sawe and perceived that shee had never<br />
made voyages before, for shee was not wholly rigged when hee came<br />
first aboard her. And further saith that the said producents John James du<br />
Cornovaille and John de Mescham, Sieur de Landegarneau are and<br />
ffloran de Cornovaille (lately dead) was ffrenchmen and subiects of the<br />
kinge of ffrance and for such commonly accounted, and that the<br />
said ffloran de Cornovaille came in person in her this voyage<br />
from Brest for London where hee is lately dead.
The marke of '''M''' John Tiffany. [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the said allegation.
'''Rp. 6'''
'''John Petun''' of Morlieu in Bretany Mariner, aged<br />
22 yeeres or thereaboutes, sworne and examined.
To the said allegation hee saith that hee well knoweth the vessell the<br />
''Saint Julian'' allegate, and hath soe donne ever since her first<br />
building which was begun about three yeeres since, but shee was never<br />
fitted and rigged till shee was set out upon this present voyage which<br />
is her first voyage: And saith hee well knoweth James de Cornovaille<br />
and John de Mescham, and well know ffloran de Cornovaille (who<br />
is latly dead) and that they caused her to be built, and furnished<br />
the wood from the ground of the said Messieurs de Cornovaille<br />
being their place neere Brest, called kirinau, whense this deponent<br />
sawe a greate part of it brought and afterwards sawe it wrought<br />
and imployed in building the said vessell which this deponent sawe launched<br />
and did help at the launching thereof, and saith the said Messieurs<br />
James and ffloran de Cornovaille to the death of the said ffloran<br />
(which happened about a weeke since) and the said John de Mescham<br />
Sieur de Landarg[?areom] were and the said James and John are the<br />
owners of {the} said vessell and of her tackle apparell and furniture<br />
and that they set her out on this present voyage, which is her<br />
first voyage, and wherein ffloran de Cornovaille<br />
came in her for London, where the said ffloran died, which hee<br />
knoweth being one of her company. And saith the said producents<br />
were and are ffrench men, and subiects of the kinge of ffraunce and<br />
for such commonly accounted. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
The marke of the said '''O''' [MARKE] John de Petun [MARKE, RH SIDE]
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee came first aboard the said shipp to serve in<br />
her about the beginning of January last, Albert Meler then Master<br />
and, Albert Meler then Master<br />
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