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in and during all which time shee belonged … in and during all which time shee belonged to the Port of London, this deponent having<br />
performed two severall voiages in her, whereby hee knoweth according to constant and<br />
credible repute and estimation, that the arlate Robert Oxwicke of London Merchant<br />
William Joppe her late master and others all subjects of this Commonwealth<br />
were are and ought to be the true and lawfull Owner and Proprieters of the said shipp<br />
and of her tackle apparrell and furnitures. And further to this article he cannot depose
To the second Article hee saith, That in the moneths of October and<br />
November in the yeare of our Lord <u>1655.</u> the said shipp the ''Endeavour'' being under<br />
the Conduct and Command of the said William Joppe did remaine at or neere the<br />
Island of Tenariffe one of the Canarie Islands, and then and there tooke in and<br />
received on board her she number of Three hundred and thirteen pipes of Canarie<br />
wynes or thereabouts, which were soe laden and putt on board by the Agents or<br />
factors of the arlate Richard Baker and Companie Merchants Subjects of this<br />
City and Commonwealth, and for the proper accompt of the said Baker and<br />
Companie the said wynes were designed and consigned and to be transported in the [?sayd GUTTER]<br />
shipp and delivered at in the said Port of London. The premisses hee saith<br />
hee knoweth both in regard hee served in and on board the said shipp at the time<br />
aforesaid and for that hee was assistant in the lading of the said wynes, and thereby tooke notice of<br />
the said number of pipes or thereabouts soe laden as predeposed, and constantly was<br />
informed and understood the propriety thereof to be really and truely as aforesaid
To the third Article hee saith That the said shipp the ''Endeavour'' with her lading<br />
of wynes aforesaid did upon the 17th day of the moneth of November in the [XXX GUTTER]<br />
aforesaid English style depart and sett sayle from the said Island of Teneriffe bound for London<br />
and that being in such her Course between the Islands of Teneriffe and Palma<br />
shee was upon the 21st day of the said moneth of November sett upon by fower<br />
ffrench shipps commanded by one Giles de la Roche a ffrenchman and subject<br />
of the french king, the said shipps being bound for the the East Indies upon a<br />
merchandising voiage, as this deponent by severall of the said shipps Companie [?hath GUTTER]<br />
understood, And as to the rest of the predeposed premisses hee very well knoweth<br />
the same to be true for that hee was an eye wittness and thereof and carefully<br />
tooke notice of the times and place predeposed. And further cannot depose.
To the 4th Article of the said Allegation hee saith, That presently upon the<br />
said encounter or meeting of the said french shipps with the shipp ''Endeavour'' the<br />
said La Roche or Companie commanded the Master and Companie thereof<br />
strike their sailes, and to hoyst out their boate and come on board him which hee<br />
refused in regard it was then night, the said La Roch in the morning commanded<br />
againe that the said Master and some of his Companie should come on board<br />
and thereupon the said William Joppe sent some of his Companie aboard the said La Roche<br />
who afterward commanded the said Jope in person to come on board him, [?and GUTTER]<br />
hee did, and then the said french Commander sent and tooke out of the said shipp<br />
Endeavour about 24 men leaving onely fower of he owne Companie on board<br />
her and about thirty frenchmen, causing this deponent and the other English to be<br />
disposed of and distributed into the said french shipps, and soe the said french<br />
men carryed away the said shipp ''Endeavour'' and her lading for Guiney, [?where ?at GUTTER]<br />
a place called Triviesco they landed this deponent and thirteen others of his<br />
Companie, and left them onely one pipe of wyne and about a hundred<br />
weight of biskett for their sustenance, where this deponent and the others [?theri GUTTER]<br />
Camerades continued in very great danger of their Lives by the [XXX GUTTER]<br />
Negroes the space of fiftteene weekes before any oportunity of transport<br />
for England was offered to them. The premisses hee saith hee well knoweth<br />
upon the grounds and reasons of knowledge before recited. And further cannot<br />
depose./
(To the 5thr cannot<br />
depose./
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