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by lowring their sayles in honour and ob[X … by lowring their sayles in honour and ob[XXXX]ance and to the English<br />
Colours and that they could with ease have taken the said shipp<br />
without any ayd or assistance of or from the said English, The<br />
premisses hee knoweth and declareth upon the grounds aforesayd<br />
And further, saving his subsequent deposition, cannot depose:
To the 7th and 8th articles of the said Allegations hee saith, That presently<br />
upon the said seizure, the Captaines of the said frenchmen of warr<br />
went aboard the said English frigat, with their respective [?Commons]<br />
to demand and reclaime the said shipp fortune and lading as their<br />
Prize, and being by the Officers of that friggatt referred to the<br />
English Commander in Chief then being in the Downes, they went<br />
also aboard him to the same effect, and were answered by the said<br />
Commanders that hee could not deliver them the said shipp ''fortune''<br />
and Lading, till hee had writt about them, and received advice from<br />
London, whereupon they should have the said shipp and Lading, in<br />
case they should be found Lawfull prizes to them, the said french<br />
Captaines and Companies, The premisses hee saith hee partly saw,<br />
and partly understood from the said Captaine John [?Coveruset]at his<br />
returne from the said English Officers aboard his said shipp the<br />
''Mary Royall'', And further cannot depose./
To the 9th hee saith, the said shipp the ''Goulden Eagle'' was and is<br />
as shipp of 100: tunns or thereabouts, and had about 100. men, and<br />
12. gunns aboard her at the time of the pursuite and Capture<br />
aforesaid, and that the said shipp ''Mary Royall'' was and is a<br />
Vessell of about 70 tunns, having aboard her at the time<br />
aforesaid about 100. men, and 9. peeces of Ordnance; and were<br />
either of them able enough to have overpowred and taken the said<br />
shipp ''fortune'', shee having onely about 9. or 10. men, and five gunns<br />
aboard her. and in regard of her lading being not in a capacity to<br />
have entertained a fight with them or either of them, This hee well<br />
knoweth being a person who hath for many yeares been used to the sea in<br />
warlike imploying. And further saving his foregoing deposition hee<br />
cannot depose./
To the 10th hee saith, That the said shipp the ''fortune'' her lading in<br />
Controversy consisted principally in wynes and brandewine of<br />
Nantes, but by whom or what Countriemen the same were there<br />
Laden, or for whose particular accompt they went, hee knoweth not<br />
otherwise, than that by reason of her said flight, And according to<br />
common report, since the said Vessell hath been brought to this<br />
Port to unlade, the same belonged to fflandrians Subjects of the<br />
king of Spaine. And further cannot depose./
To the last hee saith, his foregoing deposition is true:/
To the Crosse Interrogatorieies:- [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith, hee never knew the shipp fortune untill the<br />
time of the Chase predeposed:-/
To the second hee saith hee did not see nor was at the lading of the<br />
Lading of the goods controverted; nor knoweth any of the persons<br />
interrate nor whose Subjects they are./t;
interrate nor whose Subjects they are./ +
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