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To the third hee saith the said shipp and … To the third hee saith the said shipp and lading were soe carried to<br />
Brouage about the end of September last, and otherwise hee cannot<br />
answer saving negatively for his part.
To the fourth hee saith that when the said servants first rebelled the<br />
master endeavoured to have brought them for England, but was prevented<br />
by the said two ffrench men of warr as aforesaid, otherwise hee<br />
cannot answer.
Thomas Sharpe [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
'''Rp. 3.'''
'''William Barret''' of yarmouth Marchant, aged 22 yeares<br />
or thereabouts sworne and exámined.
To the first, second and third Interrogatories hee saith hee well know<br />
the shipp the ''ffortune'' interrogated, and knoweth henry Clarke<br />
interrogated, whom hee sawe at leith in August last, where the said<br />
Clarke laded and caused to be laded aboard the said shipp about<br />
five hundred deale boards, betwixt thirtie and fourtie tonnes of<br />
caske, severall brasse kettles, and some other things, all for his<br />
owne account, to be carried in the said shipp to the Barbada's and<br />
there to be delivered to his brother Robert Clarke (to whom they were<br />
consigned) for account of the said henry the owner thereof, which hee<br />
knoweth seeing the said lading, and taking the charge thereof<br />
of and from the said mr Clarke, and going supra cargo for the<br />
managing the said transportation.
To the fourth hee saith that the said shipp shipp proceeding in her said<br />
voyage for the Barbada's, the servants that were aboard rebelled<br />
against the said master and marriners, whereupon the master comming<br />
into the bay of Biscay lay to and again hoping to meete some English<br />
shipp, by help whereof hee might bring the tumulters to obediennce,<br />
but instead of English there came two ffrench men of warr, who<br />
put men aboard the ''ffortune'', and carried her and her lading to<br />
Brouage in ffrance, and dispossesed the master and marriners thereof.<br />
and soe the said goods of the said Henry Clarke were and are utterly lost to him<br />
being taken away and disposed of by the ffrench, all which hee knoweth<br />
seeing the premisses soe donne.
To the crosse Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith that the said servants aboard the said shipp<br />
were to the number of six men or thereabouts, and were to be<br />
transported to the Barbada's, and that some of them were belonging<br />
to the said henry Clarke but howe many hee knoweth not, and<br />
the rest were belonging to mr hicks, mr Robert Clarke, and others<br />
but howe many to any one hee knoweth not, and otherwise hee<br />
referreth him selfe to his foregoeing deposition
To the second hee saith the said servants mutiniedd against the master and<br />
marriners, and declared their desire to goe for ffrance, And otherwise hee<br />
cannot answer saving as aforesaid, and saving the said servants submitted<br />
them selves to the ffrench on condition they should secure them against<br />
English frigots, which the ffrench undertooke to doe.
To the third negatively for his part and otherwise hee cannot answer.
To the fourth hee saith that the winde first and then the ffrenchmen of warr<br />
prevented the said shippe being brought for Enland
Repeated with his precontest before doctor Godolphin.
{Wm:} Baret [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]dolphin.
{Wm:} Baret [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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