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and seized some, and romaged them, and hin … and seized some, and romaged them, and hindered them in course<br />
of their voyage, and gave carried others dutch shipps alsoe belonging to the<br />
subjects of the sayd states and their ladeing (not being Contrabanda goods)<br />
to dunkirke or Ostend or some other Ports in fflanders belonging to the<br />
King of Spaine, and there kept and deteyned them, And in perticular here<br />
hath board a Common report among Merchants of London (which reporte<br />
hee verily beleeveth to bee true) that the shipp in the third article of<br />
this allegation mentioned whereof the arlate John de Ketts was Master<br />
being a dutch built shipp and belonging to the subjects of the states<br />
of the United Provinces was in the moneths and tyme in the sayd third<br />
article mentioned laden at London with severall goods and mechandises<br />
and bound for Rotterdam in holland, and in or about the moneths<br />
of September of October in the sayd yeare one thousand sixe<br />
hundred fifty sixe was by stormie weather forced with her ladeing<br />
into Ostend, and shee and her ladeing there seized by the Officers<br />
and subjects of the King of Spaine and there kept and deteyned<br />
and the sayd John de Ketts her master put to great charge and trouble<br />
to recover her and her ladeing out of their hands, and that the<br />
sayd de Ketts did there make her appeare to bee a dutch shipp belonging<br />
to subjects of the United Provinces and after great charge and trouble<br />
did obteyne restitution of her and her ladeing And further<br />
saving his subsequent deposition hee cannot depose./
To the 4th hee saith that hee hath heard the arlate Peter de Bart and<br />
John de Thieulieur Merchants of London sayd that they did shipp<br />
them selves in Zealand to goe passengers thence for Roane or some<br />
other port in ffrance in a dutch shipp belonging to subjects of the United<br />
provinces, and that the sayd dutch shipp in her Course for ffrance was<br />
mett with by a man of warr in service of the King of Spaine<br />
or his subjects, and that the Master and Company of the dutch shipp<br />
seeing the man of warr at a distance, were fearfull that hee would<br />
seize or plunder them and to prevent losse as much as they could<br />
did hide and a such things as were easily portable out of the way<br />
as much as they could before the man of warr came up to them, and<br />
that the sayd man of warr being come up did hale the sayd dutch shipp,<br />
and was answered that shee was of Zealand and bound for<br />
ffrance which not withstanding (as the sayd de Bart and Thieulieur<br />
told this deponent) the Commander of the sayd man of warr and<br />
his Company did command the Master of the sayd dutch shipp on board<br />
the man of warr, and there kept him some tyme, and in the meanetime<br />
sent some of the men of warrs company on board, who romaged the sayd<br />
dutchrd, who romaged the sayd<br />
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