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Ad 12th artum deponit et dicit that the Re … Ad 12th artum deponit et dicit that the Rere(?) Admirall of the said shipp<br />
called ( as afterwards appeared ) the ''Zelandia'' and whereof one ty xxx Quarts<br />
was commander came sailing to the windward of the ''Experience'', which is<br />
contrary to the custome of friends at sea, and never hayled the ''E''-<br />
''perience'' at all; whereupon Captain Kingsman seeing the same<br />
hayled the ship ''Zelandia'', and wished her Captain to keep to leeward<br />
of the ''Experience'' but the said(?) Captaine made no answer at all thereunto but<br />
sayled on still to windward of her as an enemy. And<br />
then and not before Captain Kingsman, according to the use and custome<br />
of the seas in the like case, caused a shot to be made from his<br />
ship the ''Experience'' athwart the ''Zelandia’s'' foot, which did neither<br />
touch the ''Zelandia'' nor was intended soe to doe, but was only<br />
( as he sayth ) to give the said Quarts in the ''Zelandia'' notice of when<br />
to fall with his said ship to leeward of the ''Experience'', and not to be upon(?) of the<br />
weatherside of her, notwithstanding all which means used he sayth<br />
the said Captain Quarts kept to windward still of<br />
''Experience'', and would not come to the Lee. The premisses he<br />
knoweth to be true seeing and hearing the same.
Ad 13th Artum dicit that during all the time the ''Zelandia'' came(?)<br />
to windward of the ''Experience'' as aforesaid and before, the ''Experience'' had(?)<br />
up and sayled with the English Colours, and the Captain and Company<br />
of the ''Zelandia'' might and did see the same, And this Deponent<br />
verily beleeveth that they, and also the Companies of the two said(?)<br />
ships ( which were also very neare ) might and did very well<br />
perceive(?) and know the ''Experience'' to be an English ship. Et ate nescit.<br />
Ad 14th dicit that so soon as ever the ''Zelandia'' came up with the(?)<br />
''Experience'', her Captain never hayled the ''Experience'' but xxxx<br />
gave her a broadside, and so lay ahead of her continually<br />
firing his guns, and spoyling the masts rigging tackle<br />
furniture of the ''Experience'', untill the other two Dutch ships(?)<br />
came up with her also. And sayth that when the other two<br />
Dutch ships ( called the ''Orange'' and the "Armes of Zealand" )<br />
soe came up they fired their Guns also at the ''Experience''<br />
and also poured small shot amongst her Company, by<br />
which their shooting they killed the said Captain Kingsman, one or<br />
two more of the Company of the ''Experience'', and then<br />
boarded and surprized her<br />
And after such surprizall and quarter given(?)<br />
he sayth that one of the Company of one of the foresaid Dutch<br />
ships in cold blood killed one of the ''Experience’s'' Company<br />
and they the said Companies of the Dutch ships plundered all(?)<br />
the xxxxxxxx of the ''Experience'' of all that belonged unto<br />
them, and tooke away all the papers and writings which<br />
were in the said ship and such as they found did concerne the<br />
ship and her lading and showed that the same did belong to Englishmen they either tore or threw overboard or<br />
caused them to be torne or throwne overboard and then<br />
(after severall other abuses done to the Company of the<br />
''Experience'' ) carried her and her lading to xxxxx xxxx<br />
Gallicia, and there kept her about ten or twelve dayes during which(?) time(?)<br />
(contrary to the rules of the Law and Justice in such case(?))<br />
broke bulke and tooke out of her about two hundred and fifty<br />
chests of white sugar, and at least twelve hundred Rolls<br />
of Tobaccoe, and disposed thereof at their pleasure, and soe carried(?)<br />
theeasure, and soe carried(?)<br />
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