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nor shott at the said man of warr, And aft … nor shott at the said man of warr, And after the said ffrenchmen so come<br />
aboard as aforesaid, and the said french Pylot had upon the neere approach of<br />
the sad man of warr deserted the said shipp, the said Master Legier derrickson<br />
and Companie tarried and remained aboard the same, and without any the<br />
least opposition suffered some men that came in a boate from the said man of warr<br />
to enter upon seize and take way the said shipp and lading, which they could<br />
well have prevented, if they had resolved to make resistance. The premisses hee<br />
knoweth and deposeth upon the reason of knowledge predeposed, and for that the<br />
said boates Companie consisted but of 7. men, whereas they of the said shipp ''Saint''<br />
''Peter'' were of equall number, and had the advantage of their shipp and gunns<br />
to repulse them, and the said man of warr by reason of the dangerous rocks<br />
thereabouts, not being able to come up to them:-/
To the 8th hee sith, That after the said shipps seizure by the mann of warr<br />
aforesaid (Captaine Barnett Commannder) the said mann of warrs Companie<br />
or some of them abused the said master and Companie and sett swords and [?poussards] to their<br />
brests, calling to them, and by such cruell usage constaraining them to deliver their monies,<br />
such of them, as had any about them, and cutt in peeces their Cloathes to that purpose,<br />
and tooke from the said Legier derrickson the Master all such Cloathes linnen and<br />
woollen and other necessaries as hee had in his Chest and Cabin, and tooke also<br />
from him such moneys as hee had about him, but how much the said Clothes<br />
goods or monies imported this deponent knoweth not, hee further saith that the said<br />
seizors or some of them tooke from the said shipps Steersman 17. french Louyes<br />
and from the said Steeresman this deponent and the rest of the Companie, they<br />
tooke all their cloathes linnen and woollen, save what they had on their backs,<br />
this deponent having by the said plunder sustained losse to the valew of about one hundred<br />
gilders or ten pounds sterling, besides a Tierce of wyne of about 40. ''s'' price which this<br />
deponent had aboard for his owne accompt. hee further deposeth and saith, That the<br />
said seizors or some of them after the said seizure plundered and tooke away<br />
out of the said shipp all the kettles potts dishes Compasses mapps leads<br />
sealines and other moveable necessaries belonging to the same, and converted them<br />
to their owne use, part whereof they carried aboard the said man of warr, and<br />
part were carries ashoare and sold and disposed of at Guernezey where they<br />
brought this deponent and Companie,) and there the said shipps Stiersman and<br />
this deponents precontest Thunis Jacobson were examined, but by what authority<br />
this deonent knoweth not, but saith they were exposed to great misery being in<br />
a strange land destitute of friends and monies for their support. The premisses<br />
hee knoweth by sadd experience, being a partaker in the suffereings aforesaid, And<br />
further cannot depose, saving the said seizors tooke away from the said shipp 1 maintopsaile, and 3. bonnetts
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true./
To the Crosse Interrogatories:-/ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee answereth, That hee cometh to depose the trueth of his knowledge<br />
in this Cause by authority as hee beleeveth of and from this Court, and by<br />
the Clearing of the said shipp hopeth to have his wages, and reparation for his<br />
losses sustained as aforesaid. And otherwise negatively:-/
To the second hee saith hee hath used to saile for france for theise ten yeares<br />
last past, and knoweth not how manie times hee hath bin there, And further<br />
otherwise then negatively hee saith hee cannot depose./
To the third hee saith, there were the said Master and four duch men and a boyhe said Master and four duch men and a boy +
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