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The 9th of ffebruary 1656, [CENTRE HEADING … The 9th of ffebruary 1656, [CENTRE HEADING]
Goodwin and companye against ''Saint John'' et cetera}<br />
Smith ffrancklin}
Examined upon the allegation on the behalfe of the sayd<br />
Lewis and Rodrigues da Souza/
'''5.'''
'''Henry Hickford''' of Saint Pancras Soperlane London<br />
Merchant aged 38 yeares or thereabouts a wittnesse sworne<br />
and examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet
To the first and second articles of the sayd allegation hee saith that there hath bin [?and GUTTER]<br />
and is a Common reporte among Merchants on the Exchange London in the [?yeares GUTTER]<br />
1654: 1655 ad 1656 and moneths therein concurring, and since [?there ?was GUTTER]<br />
made and Concluded betweene the King of Spaine and the States Generall<br />
of the United Provinces, that the shipps of warr of dunkirke and Ost[?ende GUTTER]<br />
and other ports of the King of Spaine, being shipps of the sayd King or his<br />
subiects doe and have frequently within the tyme aforesayd notwithstanding the sayd peace concluded betwixt the sayd<br />
King and the sayd States) interrupte divers dutch shipps belonging to subiects of [?XXXX GUTTER] in their voyages<br />
in soe much that they [?dare not GUTTER]<br />
for the most part make any voyage without a man of warr to [?convoy GUTTER]<br />
them, which Interruptions the King of Spaines subiects doe make<br />
by like reporte hee hath heard) upon pretense that they had or have on board,<br />
goods belonging to Enymies of the King of Spaine or at least Contra banda goods and have upon<br />
pretenses visited and come on board the sayd dutch shipps and [?romaged GUTTER]<br />
their holds and taken and carried away out of them what goods they<br />
pleased, and seized some of the sayd dutch shipps and carried them<br />
into dunkirke or Ostend or other Ports and there deteyneth them and<br />
put the Masters of them to great charge and trouble to recover them out of [?XX GUTTER]<br />
hands againe And these premisses they the sayd King of Spaines<br />
subiects have done (as by like Credible report hee hath heard) the sayd<br />
dutch shipps having at their seizure dutch Colours up, and noe<br />
Contra banda goods aboard them, And this deponent hath by like [?XXX GUTTER]<br />
reporte of Merchants of London heard, that severall complaintes [?have GUTTER]<br />
bin made to the Spanish Embassador resideing at the hague of the<br />
sayd men of Warr of Ostend and dunkirke and other ports of the King of Spaine<br />
their iniuries and abuses offered to the subiects of the States of the<br />
United Provinces in visiting seaching and interupting them in [?the GUTTER]<br />
Course of their voyages, and sometymes seizeing their shipps [?as ?aforesaid GUTTER]<br />
contrary to the sayd Peace concluded, And further saving his deposition<br />
to the subsequent articles hee cannot depose./
To the 3 article of the sayd allegation hee saith that the arlateSshipp<br />
whereof the arlate John de Ketts was Master was Commonly reported<br />
to bee and hee verily beleeveth her to bee a dutch shipp belonging<br />
to subiects of the states of the United Provinces, and saith that [?to GUTTER]<br />
his this deponents knowledge (being one who caused goods to bee then laden aboard [?her GUTTER]<br />
shee was in or about the moneth of October last past laden at London with severall<br />
goods wherewith shee departed in or about the sayd moneth [?XX GUTTER]<br />
bound for dort, or some other Port neere thereabout belonging to the States<br />
of the United Provinces, And saith that in her passage thither (as ?hee GUTTER]<br />
this thither (as ?hee GUTTER]<br />
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