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HCA 13/73 f.180r Annotate
First transcribed 7 January 2014  +
First transcriber Colin Greenstreet  +
Folio 180  +
Parent volume HCA 13/73  +
Side Recto  +
Status Uploaded image; transcribed on 07/01/2014  +
Transcription To the 13th article hee saith hee well knoTo the 13th article hee saith hee well knoweth the arlate John Tilley and<br /> saith hee is commonly reputed an Irish man by birth, and to be living in holland<br /> only as a merchant stranger and subiect of this Commonwealth, and further<br /> deposeth not. To the 14th hee saith hee alsoe well knoweth the arlate John Chanterwell<br /> to be an Inhabitant and housekeeper with his wife children and familie in<br /> Amsterdam, and for such and a subiect of the States of the United Netherlands<br /> was and is commonly accounted and reputed, which hee knoweth having nin<br /> severall times at his house there./ To the 15th hee saith that the said shipp and lading doe really and truely<br /> belong to the said producents and noe other or others, albeit this deponent<br /> for the securing of her and getting prattique in the said Spanish west Indias<br /> gave out that shee was a Spanish shipp and with her lading belonged to this deponent a<br /> Spaniard, and made entrie of her there for such, without which hee could<br /> not there have traded but the said shipp and goods (had they bin knowne<br /> not to be for Spaniards as indeed they were not) would have bin seized and confiscated, and such this deponents<br /> avouching them to be for Spaniards account secured them there from,<br /> and otherwise hee cannot depose saving as aforesaid. To the 16th hee cannot depose, saving as aforesaid, and saving it is<br /> notorious upon the Exchange London that the said shipp and goods<br /> both outwards and homewards were for the said producents their account<br /> and that shee was the said voyage in their sole imployment. To the 17th hee saith that this deponent (saving such time as hee hath bin<br /> at sea in voyages) hath lived in and about this citie for theise six yeares<br /> last or thereabouts, and hath bin imployed by severall marchants of this<br /> citie. To the 18th and 19th hee saith that while the said shipp the said voyage was at<br /> Comana, the arlate Simon To[?uson] Bleau came tattered, t[XXXX]. and<br /> without shoes or stockings, almost starved and swelled miserably with<br /> bitings of moskito's, aboard the said shipp and besought this deponent for<br /> Gods sake to take pittie of him and save his life by receiving and giving<br /> him food and letting him be aboard promising to doe what hee could,<br /> whereupon this deponent in charitie and not out of expectation of any help<br /> or service from him that was almost dead with hunger and misery, received<br /> him aboard, where the said Simon shortly appeared to be a very lewd idle boy, given<br /> to pilfering and stealing, picking of quarrells and doing mischeife by<br /> stabbing men with his knife, which hee severall times endeavoured to doe,<br /> and saith that being reprehended and corrected somtimes<br /> by some of the company for such his intollerable lewdnes, and feareing<br /> to be further chastised for his misdemeanors, hee at<br /> Milford havenm ran away from the said shipp, and threatened this deponent<br /> and the rest of the company, saying that they had better not [?to ?have ?medled]<br /> with him, and that hee would be revenged of them, and that though the<br /> divell should fetch him yet hee (to be revenged of them) would<br /> sweare that the said shipp and goods belonged to Spaniards, and doe<br /> whatsoever mischeife hee could doe therein, or words to the<br /> same effect in the presence and hearing of this deponent Mr Betts: Mr Ayleward and some other of the said ships Company and<br /> further deposeth not To the twentieth hee saith that neither this deponent nor any other of the<br /> company as hee beleeveth, tore, threw overboard or made any papers or<br /> writings away in the said voyage that concerned the said shipp and lading<br /> or either of them. And when this deponent saw any shipp neare, that<br /> hee supposed to be Spanish, and feared to be boarded by them, hee hidd<br /> the factorie of the goods aboard in the said shipp least they should finde it<br /> (being the factorie hereunto mentioned) and in particular hee did soe<br /> when being neare London in the way to Milford haven, hee espied two<br /> vessells which hee deemed to be dunkirke men of warr, And<br /> for such they were esteemed by the company. And further cannot depose,<br /> saving as aforesaid and what followeth. Toaving as aforesaid and what followeth. To  +
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