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Account of the producents Englishmen afore … Account of the producents Englishmen aforesaid and were<br />
(as this deponit verily belieaveth) the producents of their goods<br />
soe sent from Lisbone to Brazeele. Et X ad [GUTTER]<br />
arlate noscrit deponed ./
Ad 10 et 11n diciit that after the lading and putting the said<br />
sugars and other goods on board the ''Experience'' at Lisbone<br />
Brazoole she departed there with bound for Lisbone<br />
to unlade the same for the producents account, and he<br />
the King of Portugall his customs out of them; and she<br />
in her passage towards Lisbone, her captaine and [GUTTER]<br />
Captain Kingsman and Company did on as about [GUTTER]<br />
seaven and twentieth day of May last (being Sunday<br />
in the morning about breake of say in fight of X<br />
of Lisbone espy three sayle of ships making towards the<br />
''Experience'', which ships afterwards proved to be three Dutch [GUTTER]<br />
of warre; but sayth that it was too early in the morning<br />
when the captain and company of the ''Experience'' first discovered<br />
them, that they could not discern whether they were<br />
enemies as friends , suddens caos X sud ut [GUTTER]<br />
AD 12n dicit that the Rese ad mis all of the said Dutch ships<br />
called the ''Zelandia'' (whereof one Tyson Quarts was<br />
of the weather side, without ever hayling her, which<br />
is contrary to the custom of friends when they meet at<br />
sea: And that there upon Captain Kingsman in the ''Experience''<br />
got up upon the poope of his ship and did in this depon<br />
profenne and hearing hayle the ''Zelandia'', severall himes and with<br />
her captaine to fall to Leeward, but the said ''Zealandia''<br />
made no anser at all thereunto, but continued her<br />
course still to windwards of the ''Experience'' as an enemie<br />
35 hereupon Captain Kingsman commended his deputy to make<br />
A shot from the ''Experience'' which this deponit did) other<br />
the ''Zelandia’s'' foot which shot he sayth did not [GUTTER]<br />
the ''Zelandia'', nor was intended soo to doo, but only<br />
give her captaine warning to fall to Leewards of<br />
Experience, not with standing all which premises her sayth<br />
the said Captain Quarts would not nor id come to the leewards<br />
of the Experience, but kept on his course to windwards of her<br />
still./
Ad/ 3n deponit et dicit that during all the said time, the<br />
ship the ''Experience'' had up and say lef with the England<br />
X and the captain and company of the ''Zelandia'' and the companies of the other two dutch ships did<br />
and might very well see and X the same. And he<br />
verily beleaveth they all know her to be an English ship<br />
et ate noscrit./
Ad 14n dicit that when Captain Quarts came up near the ''Experience''<br />
he never hayled her at all but X fired a broad side [GUTTER]<br />
her, and thereby did much damage to her masts rigging ad furniture. damage to her masts rigging ad furniture. +
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