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depending in the Admiraltie Court at Londo … depending in the Admiraltie Court at London and that the said copie could<br />
not then be found, hee made or caused an other copie to be made, and having<br />
showed the same with the originall Commission to the said officers, he left<br />
the said second copie there with this deponent, being as hee<br />
saith the copie nowe showed unto him and annexed to he said allegation./
To the third article hee saith then the said veselle of an unknowne name was<br />
and is Spanish built, and had at the said time of seizure by the ''Lewise''<br />
the Spanish colours and none other aboard her, and saith that when the<br />
said Captaine Bouchet sawe the said company of her said vesell quit<br />
their vesell and betake themselves to their boats to run ashore and<br />
escape hee caused severall of his company in his shallup to make after<br />
them to seize them if they could, which they endeavoured but could not<br />
effect, the said company of the said vessell of an unknowne name<br />
escaping all ashore, and quitting and leaving their said vesell with<br />
the said Spanish colours aboard her while the Lewise chased her with<br />
the ffrench Ensigne displaied, and without all doubt the said vessell<br />
as hee saith was belonging to the subjects of the King of Spaine<br />
together with the goods therein at the time of the said seizue, And<br />
whereas this deponent after such driving into Saint Ellens bay<br />
sold an anchor and eight of the said iron pots, hee saith hee<br />
did the same to supplie the necessities of himselfe and company with<br />
provisions of victualls, they then being in great necessitie, not having<br />
flesh and fish but for one day, and their bread being spoiled<br />
with wormes, and having noe other way to supplie themselves , but<br />
for the rest of her said goods so seized in the said vessell by the Lewise hee<br />
saith they came in the said vesell of an unknowne name to Portsmouth<br />
and there to the hands of the officers of this Commonwealth./
'''Rowe dt.'''
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee saith hee neere knowe the said vessell before such<br />
seizure by the ''Lewise'', and was in her as aforesaid when shee was seized<br />
by the [''SXXling frigot''], and saith the ''Lewise'' had had the said vessell<br />
about three dayes in her possession before the said Captaine Bouchet<br />
sent this deponent and the other eight persons away with her for<br />
Bologne, and saith hee came first aboard the said vesell on the coast<br />
of Galicia neere Cape ffinis-terre., where the ''Lewise'' as aforesaid<br />
took her on or about the eight and twentieth day (new Stile) of<br />
October last, And otherwise hee referreth himself this foregoeing deposition.
To the second hee saith that none of the company of the ''Lewise'' could<br />
come to speake with any of the said vessells company, who fled away<br />
on shore upon their approach with the ffrench colours, And otherwise<br />
hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition.
To the third hee saith the said Captaine Bouchet is a ffrench man<br />
borne at Bologne, and a subject of the king of ffrance, and for the<br />
rest hee hath satisfied the same before.
To the fourth hee saith that this said deponent hath knowne the said<br />
Captaine Bouchet about two yeares, and well knoweth him to be a<br />
frrenchman, and of ffrench parents, this deponent well knowing that<br />
his father a ffrenchmen is or lately was Captaine of a<br />
troope about Bologne aforesaid, and saith the said Captaine George<br />
Bouchet was aboard the ''Lewise'' when she tooke the said vesell as aforesaid.<br />
And otherwise cannot answer, saving negatively for his part and saving<br />
his foregoeing deposition.ing<br />
his foregoeing deposition. +
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