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Transcription

Prize, seeing the said Winter and his Company Carelesse
and negligent tooke out of the said Prize
twenty Thousand Peeces of Eight which were [?laded] in her and brought the
same on shore, and
the same could never be recovered; and saith that
while the said Prize was at Marsellis delivering, the
Dutch Consull came onboard her, to treate
with the said Winter about his abusing the Dutch men
that were in the said ship, and the said Winter did in
a very uncivill manner abuse and strike the said Consull this
Deponent seeing him soe doe, as hee this Deponent
was passing by the said Prize in his Boate, And saith
that some short time after Admirall Stoakes receaved
a letter from the then Authority of England (which this
deponent sawe) wherein the said Admirall Stoakes was ordered
to make inquiry Concerning the abuse and wrongs done to the Dutch
and their Shipping in those Parts the same being complained of by
the Dutch Ambassador then resident here, And the said
Admirall Stoakes being informed [?XXX] the said William
Winter was Guilty of many crimes,. and misdemeanours against
the Dutch and other the freinds of this Nation, caused
him to be secured, untill hee could make further
inquiry into the busines, hee the said Captaine Stoakes being then very sick and
weake, and the said Winter not long after (knowing himselfe
to be Guilty) made his Escape, And further saith that
neare Leghorne the said Captaine Whetstone with the
said ffairfaax ffrigot of this Deponents Sight Seized a ship
called the Warriour. and carruied her into Leghorne
but this Deponent was then undersaile, being bound for
Tholoone, whether hee went, and therefore cannot depose
of his owne knowledge, what became of the Warriour
or her Lading, but hath bin Credibly Informed that [XXX]
Winter had the possession of the said ship, and that
hee did breake bulke and tooke severall goods out
of her, and by his Carlesseness or underhand dealing let the said ship
Warriour be carried away by a Dutch man of warr which was her
Convoy when shee was taken. And further cannot
depose./

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