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To the third hee saith hee hath not bin ta … To the third hee saith hee hath not bin taught or instructed nor had speech<br />
with any touching what hee should say or depose in this businesse, and<br />
saith hee knoweth not by what authoritie or Commission the said<br />
shipp ''hope'' was seized, but saith the Captaine showed him<br />
a parchment with a seale, but the contents hee knoweth not.
To the fourth hee saith the said shipp as hee conceiveth was<br />
either sold, or should here be sold after her arivall hither, and<br />
saith hee was addressed to the said Cornelius with letters, wherein<br />
hee supposeth the order touching the disposall of the said shipp<br />
was contained, and saith hee received the said letters from the<br />
said Clerke at fflushing. And otherwise hee cannot answer.
Jan le gal [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day [CENTRE HEADING]
'''2.'''
'''Peter Pauls''' of Middleborowe Mariner Stiersman of<br />
the said shipp the ''Hope'', aged 49 yeares or thereabouts<br />
sworne and exámined.
To the first hee sayth hee is a Native of Antwerp, and that hee<br />
nowe dwelleth at Middleborowe and hath soe donne for theise<br />
eight or nine yeares last, and saith that hee hath only knowne<br />
the said shipp the ''Hope'' from Satturday last was a seavenight<br />
at which time hee was shipped and came aboard her neere fflushing<br />
and was shipped to come with her to this port, whether hee came<br />
stiersman of her, and was soe shipped by his precontest the<br />
Skipper./.
To the second Interrogatorie hee saith hee neither knoweth where the<br />
said shipp was built, nor who are her owners or where they dwell<br />
nor knoweth hee to what place shee belongeth, but beleeveth shee<br />
belongeth to Zealand, nor doth hee as hee saith knowe William<br />
Colen or Phillip de Pape, now whether the said shipp was ever<br />
at dunquirke or Ostend or not, And otherwise hee cannot answer
To the third hee saith that hee hath not bin instructed nor hath hee<br />
communication with any about what gee should answer or say in this<br />
businesse, And otherwise hee cannot answer as hee saith.
To the last hee saith hee hath heard that the said shipp was [?here GUTTER]<br />
to be sold, and as hee conceiveth shee came hether to this purpose<br />
And otherwise hee cannot depose as hee saith.
Pÿeter [XXXXX] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated with his precontest<br />
before doctor Godolphin.
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The same day [CENTRE HEADING]
'''3.'''
'''Jacob Johnson''' of Middleborowe Mariner, aged 25 yeeres<br />
or thereabouts sworne and exámined.
To the first hee saith hee was borne at [?Terwiner] in Zealand and<br />
hath dwelt there and at Middleborowe all this time, and that hee<br />
hath dwelt at Middleborowe about two yeeres last, And saith that<br />
heeeeres last, And saith that<br />
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