| First transcribed
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25 December 2013 +
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| First transcriber
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Colin Greenstreet +
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| Folio
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206 +
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| Parent volume
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HCA 13/72 +
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| Side
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Verso +
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| Status
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Uploaded image; transcribed on 25/12/2013 +
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| Transcription
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To the first article hee saith hee this de … To the first article hee saith hee this deponent was Gunner of the ''Eastland Merchant'' the<br />
voyage in question and knoweth that the arlate Smithier Rivelt and Tayler and one Mr Morley<br />
and Mr Talbolt and others all English men and subiects of this Commonwealth were the true and<br />
lawfull Owners and Proprietors of the sayd ship the ''Eastland Merchant'' and of<br />
her tackle apparel and furniture the Monethes and tyme articulate and for such commonly<br />
accompted./
To the second article hee saith hee being Gunner aboard her as aforesaid knoweth that the<br />
''Eastland Merchant'' in the moneth of June one thousand sixe hundred fifty seaven<br />
was and remained in the Port of Bickery arlate and saith that while shee soe lay there<br />
upon the fifth day of the sayd moneth five Spanish men of war laye without the<br />
Island of Bickery intending (as afterwards appeared) to seize and take the ''Eastland''<br />
''Marchant'' and a ffrench ship which lay alsoe in harbour and this deponent sawe one of the Spanish men of war attempt to get<br />
into harbour but not being acquainted with the harbour found scantnesse of water<br />
soe that hee struck upon ground and thereupon put back to sea and came to Anchor with the<br />
rest of the Spanish vessels upon the sayd fifth day of June last without the Island<br />
and after they had layne there a while the arlate Captaine Cardis with a Pinke<br />
and Potash of Leghorne whereof hee was Commander came to the sayd<br />
Spanish vessels but what discourse or words passed betwixt him and the sayd<br />
Spanish men of war hee knoweth not for that hee was aboard the ''Eastland Mer=''<br />
''chant'' then And therefore cannot further depose to this article./
To the 3 article of the sayd allegation hee saith that the sayd Cardis being come<br />
with his sayd Pinke and Potash of Leghorne unto the sayd Spanish men of<br />
war they amongst them manned out a boate to sound the depth of the water<br />
which this deponent and the rest of the ''Eastland Merchants'' company perceiveing<br />
hee this deponent made a shott at the sayd boate to hinder her from soe doeing whereupon shee returned to the<br />
Shipps againe and then the sayd Cardis with his sayd Pinke and Potash of Leghorne<br />
sayled into the Port of Bickery and led in the five Spanish vessels, and they being<br />
all got into the roade they came all up togeather and all of them sett upon<br />
and fought with the ''Eastland Merchent'' and the sayd Cardis from his sayd<br />
Pinke and Potash fyred several gunnes and gave severall broade sides<br />
against the ''Eastland Merchant'' and was very active both on the sayd fifth day<br />
and alsoe on the sixth day of June last and was rather more active and violent against<br />
her then the Spaniards were, And the ''Eastland Merchant'' made what resistance<br />
shee could and fought with them the sayd fifth day till night, and the sixth day till about<br />
ten o clock in the forenoone when shee being overpowered by the sayd Cardis<br />
and his Company pf the sayd Pinke and Potash and by the Spanish men of war, shee<br />
was by them at length seized and taken togeather with her ladeing whch was<br />
of great value, which by that meanes was all lost togeather with the Cloathes and<br />
Adventures and instruments of the Master and Mariners And further to this<br />
article hee canot depose/
To the 4th article hee saith heee knoweth that the ''Eastland Merchant'' at such her<br />
seizure had twenty gunnes and was well provided with all sort of provisions and<br />
necessaries fit for a voyage and was an able new strong ship of the burthen of two<br />
hundred and fifty tonnes and upwards And in his this deponents Judgment<br />
shee and her gunnes tackle furniture and provisions at such her seizure were<br />
well worth fower thousand and fifty pounds English money And hee<br />
alsoe saith that there were of his knowledge aboard the sayd ship at her seizure<br />
two bales of Broad cloath and twenty pigs of leade and two sacks of<br />
sena but what to value them at hee knoweth not And saith there were alsoe at the<br />
sameh there were alsoe at the<br />
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