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The seaven and twentieth of Aprill 1657.
… The seaven and twentieth of Aprill 1657.
On the behalfe of John Browning of}<br />
London Merchant touching the losse of}<br />
the shipp the ''Posthorse'' and her lading}
'''Bruyning dt.'''
'''.j.us'''
'''John Omer''' of Amsterdam Mariner, aged<br />
thirtie yeares or thereabouts sworne before<br />
the right worshipfull John Godolphin doctor of Lawes<br />
one of the Judges of the high Court of the Admiraltie<br />
and exámined upon certaine Interrogatories<br />
ministred on the behalfe of the said John Browning<br />
saith and deposeth as followeth, videlicet.
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that hee well knew<br />
and was master of the shipp the ''Posthorse'' interrogated.
To the second hee saith that the time Interrogated the said John Browning<br />
as alsoe Albert Lem[?arman], Joost Glimmer and John Bolle, were owners<br />
of the said shipp, and that the said Browning was owner of a third part<br />
thereof, and for such commonly accounted, which hee knoweth being then Master<br />
of her, And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the third Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that in the or about<br />
the moneth of November 1653 there were at the port of lynn in<br />
England (wherethe said shipp then lay) laden and put aboard her for the<br />
account of the said Browning and the rest of the said owners<br />
sixe and seaventy lasts of Coles=[?seaXX], whereof one third part was<br />
for the said John Brownings particular account, and the rest for the<br />
rest of the said owners, each according to his part in the shipp; and that<br />
the said twenty six lasts of Coles[?seXXX] were soe laden to be carried and<br />
transported in the said shipp to fflushing, there to deliver the same<br />
to ffrancis Olars for account of the said owners thereof, all which<br />
hee knoweth being master of the said shipp and receiving the same<br />
aboard, And otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the fourth and fifth Interrogatories hee cannot depose.
To the sixth hee saith that at the time of the said lading there were<br />
Warrs betweene England and the United Netherland Provinces, and that<br />
to avoid the seizure of the said Coles[XXXX] by man of warr, the bills<br />
of lading for the said [?seaX] were made colourable, mentioning the lading<br />
of the said Coles[?SeXX] for dunkirke, whereas in truth and realitie the<br />
same was laden to have bin carried to and delivered at fflushing, and<br />
that dunkirke was merely put in for a colour and to the end<br />
aforesaid, and the said [?seXX] was not to be delivered there but at fflushing,<br />
And saith that the bill of lading nowe showed unto him, was one of<br />
the three that hee signed (being all of the same tenor) for the said [?seXX],<br />
and that his name subscribed thereto, was soe by him subscribed at<br />
lynne aforesaid upon the said lading of the said goods.
To the seaventh hee cannot depose.
To the eighth hee saith that in or about the moneth of december<br />
1653 the said shipp departed from lynn with the said Cole [?seXX] aboard<br />
her and prosecuted her intended voyage for fflushing her port of discharge<br />
andhing her port of discharge<br />
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