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ánd being in her course of proceeding, she … ánd being in her course of proceeding, shee was by storme forced on the coast<br />
of holland, and there neere Edmont op't Z[?ee] by storme and tempest stranded<br />
and steved in peeces, and utterly perished, with all her said lading, all<br />
which hee knoweth seeing the same soe happen, hee and company<br />
hardly escaping with their lives, and this stranding, staving, and casting<br />
away and losse of the said shipp and twenty lasts of cole [?seX]<br />
hee saith happened on or about the first of January 1653, new stile, And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose saving as aforesaid.
To the nineth Interrogatorie hee saith the said John Browning was reale<br />
owner of a third part of the said shipp and Coles [?seXX] as aforesaid at the time<br />
of the said casting away thereof, and as this deponent beleeveth ran the<br />
adventure thereof, And otherwise saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot<br />
depose.
Jan Om[XXXXs] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day.
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'''Peter van Overscheld''' of London Merchant aged 28 yeeres or<br />
thereabouts sworne and exámined as aforesaid.
To the first hee saith hee well knew and hath in this port of London<br />
seene the shipp the ''Posthorse'' whereof John Omer was master
To the second hee saith that the time interrogated namely in November,<br />
december and January 1653 the interrogated John Bruning was owner of a third<br />
or two sixth parts, Albert l[?a]mmerman of a third or two sixth parts, Jost Glemmer of a sixth part<br />
and John Bolle of dunkirke of a sixth part of the said shipp<br />
(being devided into sixths) and for such commonly accompted,<br />
and saith the said Jost Glemmer living in Amsterdam was imployed by the<br />
said John Bruyninck in buying his parts of the said shipp, and the said Glemmer for and on the<br />
behalfe of the said Bruyninck paid for the said Brownings said two sixth<br />
parts six hundred twenty foure gilders and seaventeene [?steevers] , and charged<br />
the said summe upon the account of the said Browning and made him<br />
debitor therefore, and since the said Mr Browning hath paid and satisfied<br />
the same to the said Glimmer of this deponents knowledge, who then kept<br />
the bookes of accounts and sawe the letters of the said Browning, and sawe<br />
the letters sent and received and the accounts touching that busines, and hath<br />
nowe lately perused the said accounts, bookes and letters of the said Browning<br />
in that affaire, hee this exáminate being yet his bookekeeper and accountant.
To the third hee saith that in or about the moneth of November 1653 there<br />
was by order given by the said Mr Bruquick to Mr Mathew Twels, and<br />
Cornelius da Gelder factors then resident at Lynne, to lade and put aboard the<br />
said shipp the ''Post horse'' for the account of him the said Browning and the<br />
rest of the said shipps owners, twenty six lasts of Cole [?seaXX]<br />
to be caried to fflushing consigned unto ffrancis Olars for the said owners<br />
account, which hee knoweth because hee this deponent sawe and copied<br />
the said letters of order, and saith that one third part of the said Coles[?seaXX]<br />
was for the said Mr Brownings account, and the rest for [?the other] of the<br />
said owners, according to their respective proportions in the said shipp.
To the fourth Interrogatory hee saith that the said factors lading the said<br />
Coles [?seaXX] for the said account accordingly, they drew the payment therefore on the<br />
said Browning to the summe of three hundred ninetie five pounds eight shillings<br />
andive pounds eight shillings<br />
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