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Ship at Ostend about five or six monethes … Ship at Ostend about five or six monethes since, And ffurther<br />
saith that about five monethes since, or upwards the said Bastian<br />
Corneliss[on] and the said Cornelius Bastianss[on] came and arrived<br />
with her in the Port of fflushing of this deponents sight and<br />
Knowledge, coming with her (as it was Comonly said) from<br />
Ostend, and that after such her arrivall at fflushing, her said<br />
Owners bestwoed much cost in repairing, fitting, and setting<br />
out, And from the said time of such her Arrivall shee<br />
hath bin Comonly said, and Esteemed to bee a ship belong=<br />
=ing to that Port, and the said Owners and that noe<br />
fflandrian or subiect of the King of Spaine hath had<br />
or hath, any Interest whatsoever in her, All which hee<br />
Knoweth being alsoe a mariner of fflushing, and<br />
well acquainted with such her repairing and setting out,<br />
and with her said owners: And Lastly saith that after<br />
such her bringing to fflushing and repairing, shee was<br />
by the said Owners named the ''Saw Mill'', and had<br />
the ''Saw Mill'' Pictured on her Stearne, and had that<br />
name given her in regard the said Peter Elinck was<br />
Owner or Master of a Saw Mill at fflushing aforesaid<br />
And otherwise hee cannot depose:/:
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first, hee saith hee was borne at fflushing and<br />
lived there all his time, (saving when hee hath bin in<br />
Voyages), And saith that the said John Elincks wifes mother<br />
And this deponents wifes mother are sisters, and that hee<br />
is a Kin a farr off to the said Peter Elinck, And otherwise<br />
negatively:/:
To the second hee saith hee hath knowne the said Owners<br />
above twenty yeeres last, And otherwise negatively saving<br />
as aforesaid:/.
To the 3d 4th and 5th hee saith hee cannot Answer, saving as<br />
aforesaid, for that hee was not present at the buying of the<br />
said ship, nor knoweth of the paying for the same, and<br />
saving hee beleeveth in his Conscience shee really<br />
belongeth to the said Owners and none other:/.
To the 6th and 7th hee Cannot Answer, for hee was not present<br />
at the seizure Interrate/.
To the 8th hee doth not know Ba[XXXXXin] B[XXXe] [?And]<br />
otherwise cannot answere saving as aforesaid.
To the last hee cannot Answer:/:
Jacob sens[?e]n [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]r:/:
Jacob sens[?e]n [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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