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HCA 13/72 f.206v Annotate
First transcribed 25 December 2013  +
First transcriber Colin Greenstreet  +
Folio 206  +
Parent volume HCA 13/72  +
Side Verso  +
Status Uploaded image; transcribed on 25/12/2013  +
Transcription To the first article hee saith hee this deTo 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 /> same  +
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