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Transcription

therein att the main mast head of the Golden Starr, which they so did as this
deponent beleiveth in defiance of the shipps of this Commonwealth which
he is the [rather] [induced] to beleive for that the master of the Golden
Starr after he was summoned to be visited in the name of the Parliament
of England by the Captaine of the Advantage did not [onely] wave his
[Cuttlace] over his head bidding the Advantage come [under] his [lee], [but]
after one [gunn] [with] shott had bene made by the advantage to bring [her]
[foresayle] to the mast, in a most [insolent] and [base] unseemly manner and
by way of defiance of this Commonwealths frigott turned downe his [breeches]
and [held] [upp] his naked [bumme] or [breech] at Captaine Milly [Commander]
of the sayd Advantage frigot all which this deponent saw and observed
and otherwise cannot depose.

To the [nynth] he saith that during the sayd fight betweene the Advantage
frigot and Morning Starr or Golden Starr the arlate shipp the Waterhound
and another frigot of this Commonweath, and both wearing the [Colours] [thereof]
came upp in aide of the Advantage. And the Master and Company of the Golden
Starr might well [perceyve] that the sayd shipp the Waterhound and the
other frigot were in the immediate service of this Commonwealth and otherwise
he cannot depose.

To the tenth article of the sayd allegation this deponent saith that after the sayd
shipp the Waterhound came upp with the Golden Starr, she [presently] after
the making of 2 or 3 shotts [boarded] and tooke the Golden Starr, but
that the Golden Starr made any shot att the Waterhound he cannot
he saith depose. And further [saith] that the foresayde flagg of defiance
was and [continued] still att the main mast head of the Golden Starr [till]
was taken downed by some of the Company of the Waterhound, or Advantage
which this deponent well observed and saw. And otherwise cannot [depose].

To the eleventh and 12th article he saith he cannot depose.

To the last he saith his depositions are true.

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To the Crosse Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]

To the 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. and 6 Interrorgatories he saith and deposeth that there was not
any shipp any way concerned in the business called the Adventure and
saith that the Advantage att the tyme of the fight [interrate] was a [fflandrian]
built ship, and the Waterhound att the same tyme a Holland built shipp
and that he this Respondent was Carpenters mate of the Advantage and was [?XXX]
all the sayd fight from the beginning to the end thereof and thereby
[knoweth] that the Advantage frigot first [chased] [haled] and fought [with]
the Golden Starr neere [foure] [howres] before the Waterhound came upp.
And otherwise he cannot depose.

To the 7th negatively to every part thereof.

To the 8th he saith that as he remembereth there was one shott with [?XXXXX]
and noe more made by the Advantage frigott against the Golden Starr
before the Golden Starr fired [their] whole [broad] side as [aforesaid] and
otherwise he cannot depose.

To the .9. negatively to every part thereof.

Topics

People

Captaine Milly

Ships

Golden Starr or Morning Starr
Waterhound
Advantage