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silke marked with the second marke in the … silke marked with the second marke in the margent consigned to [?XXX]<br />
of London Merchant, one pack of Linnen marked with the third marke<br />
in the margent, consigned to david ffaringdon of London Merchant, one<br />
pack of linen marked with the fourth marke in the margent consigned<br />
to Robert Biddulph of London merchant, one pack of linnen marked<br />
with the fifth marke in the margent consigned to henry Smith of London<br />
Merchant, one Ring of Wyer consigned to Mr Thomas Glover of London<br />
Merchant, one pack of linnen marked with the 6th marke in the margent<br />
consigned to Richard Ma[?unsell] of London merchant, three peeces of<br />
course canvas, marked with the seaventh marke in the margent consigned<br />
to Joachim [St?XXXXXX], one box marked with the eighth marke in the margent<br />
and alsoe three peeces of browne linnen and one peece of linnen, all<br />
which goods were laded as aforesaid at hamborow, and consigned to this port<br />
of London, here to be delivered according the said consignements, all<br />
which hee knoweth because hee being master of the said shipp received the<br />
said merchandizes aboard and signe bills of lading for the same.
To the second, third and fourth articles hee saith an deposeth that aftersuch<br />
lading of the said merchandizes and other goods aboard the said shippp the<br />
''ffalcon'', in the said port of hamborowe, shee departed therewith under the<br />
conduct of this deponent and company for London, and such her departure<br />
was in the moneth of August last, and that in her course of proceeding<br />
with all her said lading aboard, comming about two leagues to the Northward<br />
of Yarmouth and about a league from shoare on the 24th (old stile)<br />
of August last there came certaine persons in a frigot or man of warr<br />
carrying about six gunns, which haling the said shipp the ''ffalcon'', demanded<br />
whenc shee was, and whether bound, and answer being retourned that<br />
shee came from hamborowe and was bound for London, they of the said<br />
frigot or man of warr presently let flie, and discharged five or six<br />
muskets at and against the ''ffalcon'' and company, and commannded her<br />
master aboard, whereupon this deponent not being able to withstand<br />
them by reason the said man of warr was much stronger than the ''falcon''<br />
and fitted and furnished for warr, and able to sincke the ''falcon''<br />
or take her at pleasure, being over [??awed] and in that necessitie forced to<br />
obey, went aboard the said man of warr, where the Captaine and company<br />
for sometime detained him, and this hee saith was in the evening of<br />
the said 24th of August last, and all that night the said man of warr<br />
kept close by the ''ffalcon'' and kept her under commannd, and that the<br />
next morning (being the 25th of August last) about eighteeene or twenty<br />
of the said man of warrs company came in their boate and by force and<br />
violence and in despight of the ''ffalcons'' company entred her and possessed<br />
themeselves of her and of her lading, of this deponents sight and knowledge.
To the fifth article hee saith and deposeth that the said company of the [?said]<br />
man of warr having soe by force entred and possessed themselves ofthe<br />
said shipp the ''ffalcon'' and her lading, did stay and continew in her fromthe<br />
time of such their first entrie (which was about six of the clocke in the<br />
morning) to and untill the evening of the said 25th day, during all<br />
which time they brake open the ''ffalcons'' hold by ransacking [?XXX]<br />
the same, and pillaged and tooke out severall packs and other greate [?quantities]<br />
of her lading, and layeing and spreadeing the same upon the deck, cut and<br />
tore open the packs to cull and choose what goods liked the best and<br />
tooke the same and many of the packs of goods and severall of [?XXX] and [?XXX]<br />
by force and carried the same out of the ''falcon'' aboard their said man of warr<br />
andard their said man of warr<br />
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