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To the first and second article hee saith … To the first and second article hee saith and deposeth that hee<br />
well knoweth the ship the ''Vincent'' (now called the<br />
''Elizabeth'') arlate and well knoweth the producents Vincent dela barr,<br />
Thomas da la val, Michael da haze and henry Renier, and<br />
that they and company were the time arlate and are the true and<br />
Lawfull owners and proprietors of her and of her tackle and<br />
furniture and for such commonly accounted, and knoweth<br />
that shee having bin a prize laden with salt, they bought her<br />
th[?en] and have ever since bin owners of her, And after<br />
such their becoming owners of her, they within the time arlate set<br />
her out on a voyage for Newcastle for coals, which shee retourning<br />
with to dover, and they understanding that shee might have agood<br />
market for them at Ostend, sent her away for Ostend with them<br />
and coming thither shee was seized and detained by the Ostenders<br />
and the said owners despoiled of her, which hee knoweth being one<br />
of her company, and going in her from dover to Newcastle<br />
and back againe and soe to Ostend, and being in her when shee<br />
was soe seized, and turned out of her by the seizers with the<br />
rest of her company. And saith hee living in dover was present<br />
at and tooke notice of the said owners their (sic) [XXX]ing the said ship [?th]ere<br />
as aforesaid. And further deposeth not.
To the third hee saith that the said ship the ''Vincent'' being<br />
retaken and brought into the River of Thames and there lying<br />
neere Redriff by the name of the ''Elizabeth'' this deponent<br />
went aboard her about three weekes since and saw, found<br />
and knew her to be the same ship ''Vincent'' that was soe<br />
seized and taken from the said owners at Ostend as aforesaid<br />
and for particular tokens and markes of her identification hee<br />
saw and found that shee had a peece in her mast which shee had at<br />
the time of her said seizure, [XXXX] '''I.W''' for the name of John Walley<br />
cut with a knife upon her bulke head in her cooke roome<br />
with a rindle or ring cut about it,<br />
which was soe cut and made by John Walley whiles shee lay at<br />
Ostend under the said seizure and before her company were turned<br />
out, which this deponent saw him the said John (being the masters<br />
s[XXXX]) soe cut thereon, which marke this deponent found<br />
when hee soe went aboard about three weekes since and<br />
viewed her, together with two ports or port holes (one on each side<br />
of her before the mast) donne with English plank at Newcastle<br />
the foresaid voyage, whereby and by foure guns (being the same that<br />
were in her when shee was soe seized at Ostend) and other<br />
particular signes and tokens this deponent knew her to be<br />
the same, though now called the<br />
''Elizabeth'', And further deposeth not.
To the fourth hee saith the said Vincent de la Barr; Thomas<br />
de la Val, Michaell da haze and henry Renier, were and are<br />
all subiects of this Commonwealth and Inhabitants thereof<br />
and for such commonly accounted, And further cannot depose.only accounted, And further cannot depose. +
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