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not servant to any man, otherwise then as … not servant to any man, otherwise then as being a master of a shipp which<br />
is his condition of living and hath soe bin for theise twelve yeares last or<br />
thereabouts, And saith hee hath continually dwelt at Middleborowe for<br />
theise sixteene yeares last, and bin a houskeeper there for all that time<br />
and hath constantly as a houskeeper for all that time paid taxes and<br />
contributions, as other houskeepers there use to doe, and never dwelt or<br />
paid any contributions or taxes in England.
To the eighth hee saith that hee hath bin master of the said shipp<br />
two yeares and upwards, and that Cornelius hubrechtson and<br />
John Kein of Tervier, and Adrian Van Bulstrode, Nicholas Colment<br />
David de Vischer and Baniel Baltens, of Middleborough and other the then<br />
owners of Middleborowe and Tervier (whose names hee nowe remembreth<br />
not without books) constituted him this deponent master of her, and tha<br />
the said shipp was then alsoe called by the same name of the<br />
'''Haze in't velot''', and that shee hath had noe other name for all<br />
the said time that hee had bin master of her, and that shee was<br />
called by the same name before hee became master of her, namely while<br />
Jaques wolfers of Tervier (who was her master before this deponent<br />
and had soe bin from her first building) was master of her, and<br />
that this deponent first came aboard her (as master of her) at Middleborowe<br />
and there tooke the care and charge of her first as master.
To the nineth hee saith that hee was at and came last from Middleborow<br />
on or about the sixteenth of March last (new stile) at which time<br />
hee saith that the interrogated Mr Bulstrat and Mr Kelment were<br />
there as alsoe Mr Goudin, and saith they are all dutchmen<br />
by birth, and dwellers in Middleborowe, and have there dwelt above<br />
tenn yeares last, being (as hee beleeveth) all natives of that towne, and saith<br />
that the said Mr Bulstrat hath a sixteenth part in the said shipp, but<br />
not any part in the lasing that this deponent knoweth of, and that<br />
Mr Kelment hath alsoe a sixteenth part and Mr Goudin a sixteenth<br />
part in the said shipp, and that Mr Kelment hath three fatts of goods<br />
as aforesaid inher, but whether Mr Goudin hath any part in any of<br />
the goods or not hee knoweth not, And otherwise hee cannot depose<br />
saving hee doth not knowe any person by the name of Mr Pappe.
To the tenth hee saith that there was not any other in the shipp (besides<br />
this deponent) that was master or might pretend himselfe to be master<br />
of the said shipp, or that might dispose of the shipp where hee pleased<br />
and that the said shipp after shee had dischardged at Cadiz, was there<br />
to seake a freight for what place shee could get it, and was not<br />
before hand designed for any particular place.
To the eleaventh hee saith that the said shipp when shee came the<br />
said voyage to haver de Grace had in her the said caske of pictures,<br />
some tobaccoe, some cheeses and some pepper and a few other goods<br />
all which shee carried from Middleborowe, and were belonging to this deponent<br />
and company, and that her maine lading was ballast, the goods<br />
shee carried thither being very inconsiderable, and noe freight was<br />
to be paid for them. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
Tothem. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
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