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the Commonwealth of England Scotland and I … the Commonwealth of England Scotland and Ireland and the dominions<br />
thereto belonging to take the shipps and goods of the king of<br />
Spaine and his subiects, which hee knoweth because hee sawe the<br />
said Commission and saith that by vertue of the said Commission the said two<br />
vessells proceeded from this port on the said designe in or about<br />
May last of his knowledge, going masters mate of the said<br />
bugger vessell as aforesaid.
To the third hee saith that after such their setting out and departuure<br />
from this port, the said two vessells went and proceeded to the<br />
River of Bremen, and came to a place there having on one<br />
side the dominion of the duke of Oldenburg, and on the other<br />
the dominion of the king of Sweden, both in amitie with this State,<br />
and this was in or about the end of the said moneth of May, which<br />
hee knoweth for the reasons aforesaid.
To the fourth 5th. 6. 7. and 8th hee saith that the ffleete of the king of danmarke<br />
came into the said River after the said two vessells came in thither,<br />
and the Generall of the said ffleete commanded the said Captaine<br />
Welch to come aboard him, and the said Captaine went aboard<br />
him accordingly and carried the said Commission with him, this<br />
deponent seeing him take the said Commission and goe aboard the said<br />
Generall, who with the rest of the said fleete well sawe and knew<br />
that the said two vessells wore and carried the English colours<br />
and were belonging to England, and after the said Captaines retourne<br />
aboard his owne shipp, shee and the shallop went further into the River<br />
and were followed by two of the vessells of the said fleete, till the<br />
said two English vessells were come into the dominion of the duke of Oldenburgh<br />
in the said River, and that the Captaine and companies of the said<br />
two English vessells suspecting them the said two danish vessells had<br />
a designe to take them, endeavoured in the night time to hale<br />
their vessells ashoare but the subiects of the duke of Oldenburgh<br />
refused to permit and would not suffer them to hale them ashore,<br />
and thereupon the next morning (being the first of July last)<br />
the said Captaine Welch went ashore accompanied with foure or five<br />
of his men, to know the reason wherefore his vessells<br />
were not permitted in a friends territorie to be haled ashore, but<br />
hee was noe sooner come ashore, but that hee and his said men<br />
were taken prisoners by some of the men of the said two danish<br />
vessells, who had gonne ashore and lay there in ambush. Which<br />
danes having taken him carried him and his said men away, this deponent<br />
from aboard the said bigger vessell (which was neere to the shore)<br />
seeing such seizure and carrying away the said Captaine Welch and<br />
his men by the danes,?whilas other of the danes seized the said boate<br />
wherein the Captaine went ashore. Which being donne some<br />
from one of the danish said vessells, called aboard the said Welches<br />
bigger shipp (wherein this deponent was) and asked them saying<br />
you rogues will you yeeld your shipps, and men will give you [?XXX]<br />
quarter, if not, if wee take you, wee will give quarter to near?e a man of<br />
youquarter to near?e a man of<br />
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