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and so much hee saith was and is publique … and so much hee saith was and is publique and notorious, and saith this deponent<br />
hath bin very well assured thereof by sewerall persons who were present at the<br />
burial of the said Otto George at Lubeck, and are some of them at present<br />
in this Citie. And further hee cannot depose:-/
To the 6th hee saith hee cannot depose
To the 7th hee saith, That about three yeares before the seizure of the arlate<br />
ship the ''Sampson'' by the English in or about November <u>1652:</u> the said<br />
ship ''Sampson'' had been at Amsterdam, and had there discharged a lading<br />
brought in her from Spaine, but saith hee hath hever heard, nor doeth hee<br />
in conscience believe, that shee was ever at Amsterdam since that time of<br />
about 3. yeares before her said seizure, forasmuch as this deponent hath<br />
credibly heard and been informed that for all that time shee was upon<br />
trading voyages imployed to sewerall Ports and places in the Straights, and<br />
there remained till about the time of her said seizure by the English<br />
And further hee cannot depose./
To the 8: and 9th hee saith hee cannot depose./
To the 10 11. 12. 13. and 14th hee saith hee knoweth nothing thereof.
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true./
To the Interrogatories:- [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatory hee saith hee is a native of hamborough, and hath<br />
lived in and been a Bourgher of Lubeck for about 22. yeares last past, And<br />
saith he hath not, nor ever had any part or interest in the ship ''Sampson'' interrate,<br />
nor any relation of kindred either to the interrate Otto George, or to any of the<br />
Owners of the said ship ''Sampson''. And further cannot depose./
To the second hee saith hee is by profession a mariner and that his constant<br />
residence is at Lubeck, and saith hee was about three yeares since at Amsterdam<br />
being taken by the Hollanders in his then ship the ''Ostrich'' of dantsick, and<br />
saith he then remained in Amsterdam for about 12. dayes, And saith hee never<br />
saw the ship the ''Sampson'' interrate from the time that shee was built and sett to<br />
sea from Lubeck as aforesaid, till such time as hee saw her in the River of<br />
Thames after shee was seized by the English as is predeposed./
To the third hee saith, That the name of the Shipwright, who built the ship<br />
''Sampson'' interrate was and is '''Jurian Steechman''', who is a Burgher and<br />
inhabitant of Lubeck, and one of the Principall Shipwrights there, And saith that<br />
one Caspar Vischer a Lubecker and Thomas Peterson of Veymeren neere Lubeck<br />
were at the time of the said shipps building servants to the said Steechman and assistants in the<br />
building thereof, besides others whose names and places of Nativitie hee doeth<br />
not at present remember. And saith hee this rendent did never see any moneys<br />
paid for or about the building of the said ship ''Sampson'', And further cannot<br />
depose./
To the fourth hee saith, it is prohibited by the constitutions and customs of the<br />
City of Lubeck, for any stranger whatsoever to cause any ship to be built for the<br />
accompt of strangers, at the said place of Lubeck, And saith this rendent hath never<br />
knowne or heard of any ship there originally built for the use or accompt of<br />
any stranger of the United Netherlands or elsewhere. And further cannot depose/
To the 5th/e. And further cannot depose/
To the 5th/ +
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