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call the said commannder of the ''Reformat … call the said commannder of the ''Reformation'' commannded to hall her, which<br />
accordingly was donne by the boatswaines mate and when his<br />
demannd, answer was in this deponents hearing retourned from the ''Saint Mary''<br />
that shee was of Amsterdam, and [?that] withall the ''Reformation'' shooting or sailing<br />
forward, the company of the ''Saint Mary'' being cleare of the ''Reformations'' guns<br />
halled downe her Hollands Ensigne and hoisted up the Burgundia flagg<br />
having the figure of a ragged staff and being the flagg used by the king<br />
of Spaines fflemish men of warr, and fired a volley of small shott and [?a] broad<br />
side upon the ''Reformation'', and continued assailing and fighting her till<br />
such time as the ''Reformations'' maine mast and misen mas were shott by the<br />
board, and that one of the other vessells that were in the ''Saint Mary'' her company<br />
and assisted her in the fight came up and boarded the ''Reformation'' while the<br />
''Saint Mary'' lay upon her [?quaarter] and still fired on her till her company called for<br />
quarter, and soe the said shipp the ''Reformation'' with all her said lading were<br />
taken by the said shipp ''Saint Mary'' and other shipps of her company, and<br />
carried away and the said producents utterly dispoiled and deprived thereof,<br />
And further that most of the company of the ''Saint Mary'' were Hollanders and<br />
Zealanders, and that shee was built, as her men told this deponent (who was<br />
out aboard her) at Serdam in holland, and for a holland shipp belonging to<br />
Holland the commannder and company of the ''Reformation'' tooke and esteemed<br />
her upon her approach, and saith that shee was of the burthen of upwards<br />
of three hundred tonnes and had two and thirtie peeces of ordnance. And<br />
kastly that the said shipp ''Reformation'' and such her said lading soe seized were<br />
in this deponents and the common estimation worth four score thousand<br />
pounds sterling, And further hee deposeth not, saving hee knoweth the<br />
premisses, being one of the ''Reformations'' company and present at<br />
and seeing what hee hath predeposed.
George Escope [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 24th of September 1660. [CENTRE HEADING]
Touching the ''ffreetrade'' aforesaid}
'''Rp. 3.'''
'''George Ecopp''' of Limehouse in the County of Middlesex<br />
Mariner aged 23 yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined,<br />
saith and deposeth by reason of his oath That hee well knoweth the shipp the ''ffree''<br />
''Trade'' of London (Simon fflew late commander) and that about six monethes<br />
since hee came in the ''Reformation'' (to which this deponent belonged) from the Levant<br />
in company of the said shipp ''ffree trade'' which at Scanderon and that coast had<br />
taken in a cargo of cotton yarne, grogeram yarne, gawles and other merchandizes<br />
for account of Merchants of this citie of London to which okace shee was bound to deliver,<br />
and that comming into the Straights mouth namely on the fifteenth of May<br />
last the said shipp ''ffree trade'' and all her said lading were taken and seized by<br />
acertaine shipp called the ''Santa Maria'' Laurance [?XXXsen] commander and other shipps of her company and carried<br />
away and soe the owners of her and of her said lading were utterly deprived<br />
thereof, which hee knoweth ecause hee saw the same soe donne, this deponent<br />
being in the said shipp ''Reformation'' which with her lading was alsoe seized<br />
by the said shipps, and this deponent being taken into the ''Saint Mary'' after the<br />
seizure, heard her company (which was most of them hollanders and Zealanders)<br />
say that shee was built at Serdam in Holland, and had two and<br />
thirtie peeces pf ordnance, and saith that before the seizure when shee [?XXXXX]<br />
shee put out first the English colours annd then the Hollands flagg p?XX XXXX] the Burgundian being the Ragged staf<br />
under which shee assailed and fought the ''Reformation'' and ''ffree Trade'', and helped<br />
to take them, but for the valew of her or of her lading, hee saith hee cannot<br />
estimate the same nor hath heard any estimate made thereof by others.
George Escop [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]others.
George Escop [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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