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To the first Article of the sayd allegatio … To the first Article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith and deposeth that the<br />
arlate shipps hereafter mentioned did sett sayle together from the Elve of<br />
Hamburgh, bound for france some for Rochell some to Nantes and<br />
others for other ports for wynes upon the 27th day of September<br />
last past, that is to say. the ''Mercury'' John Detree master The ''hope'' Hendrick Marens<br />
Master. the ''ffortune'' Bernard Bardaynke Master. the ''Carp fanger'' Barent Jacobson Master<br />
The ''Prophet Elias'' Simon Cornelison master the ''King David'' Jacob Young master ''Saint Mathias''<br />
Claus Billiet Master ''Brewer'' Claus van Raton Master the ''King David'' this deponent<br />
Master ''Saint Anthony'' Zacharias Mielde Master the ''fflower Boy'' Peters master. the ''fortune''<br />
Joachim Dowke Master the 'ffortune'' of Stralsund. The ''Hope'' of Lubeck<br />
Hendrick Caven Master a shipp whereof Gerdt ffalcas was Master, and saith<br />
the ssayd shipps came out without any Convoy or men of warr with them<br />
and that teh first day of October being Saturday as he taketh it as they<br />
were in the North seas in their direct Course for ffrance, the ''Hope'' of<br />
Dantsick, one Lubecker and the ''Starr'' of Emden Peter Eppen master ipyned<br />
with the sayd ffleet and sayle along in Company with them. And<br />
knoweth the premisses being then in the sayd ffleet mast of the ''King''<br />
''David'' as aforesayd. And otherwise cannot depose.
To the second and third Articles of the sayd allegation This deponent saith that upon<br />
Sunday morning being as he taketh it the second of October last past<br />
a small English Caper fell into the sayd ffleet and as he hath heard did<br />
plunder the sayd shipp ''Mercury'' and in the forenoone of the same<br />
day two shipps were discovered in the reare of the sayd ffleet<br />
but knoweth not what colors they or eyther of them had, and they<br />
upon the discovery of the foresayd English Caper seemed to pursue<br />
him, but continued all that day neere a league to the sterne of the<br />
sayd ffleet. And saith that about 3 in the afternoone a small English<br />
frigot and an English Galliott happened into the sayd ffleet upon<br />
the discovery whereof the sayd two shipps in the reare made after<br />
the sayd frigot flying before them, to the Leeward before the wind<br />
towards the ffrench Coast and the sayd galliott towards the English<br />
Coast, and the sayd two shipps in the reare continued all that day<br />
att a good distance from the sayd Hamburgh ffleet. All which he knoweth<br />
for the reasons aforesayd and otherwise cannot depose, saving that the<br />
premisses happened in the English Channell betweene Dover and<br />
Calice and to the westward.
To the fourth and fifth article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith that upon the<br />
sayd Sunday night and the next day the wind being full westerly and contrary<br />
to the said Hamburgh ffleet they made little way so as upon the Munday<br />
morning the third of October as he taketh it the sayd 2 shippes formerly in<br />
the reare were come upp into the sayd ffleet. and the same day another<br />
English frigott with about 16 gunnes came neere the sayd ffleet<br />
upon discovery of which frigott the sayd 2 shippes made a pursuit<br />
after her, And saith that the wind being contrary the sayd ffleet<br />
was forced to tack about too and fro to gather wind for their course<br />
and about eight in the morning of the sayd Munday the ''Elizabeth frigot''<br />
was discovered sailing directly before the wind upon the discovery<br />
whereof the foresayd two shipps putt on the Aurange Colours and made<br />
towardsrange Colours and made<br />
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