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To the 6th hee saith that the weather bein … To the 6th hee saith that the weather being foule and darke<br />
and hee [?leaving] over shot his Port and<br />
Knew not well where hee was with his ship, hee at Last discried the<br />
Land, and Towne of Oastend, and then knowing where hee was, hee<br />
presently stood off for fflushing intending there to shelter<br />
till the winde, and weather served to goe to Callice, but some English<br />
ships that lay before Oastend seeing him soe stand off the<br />
ship Comanded by Captaine Basket, stood after him (as it afterwards<br />
seemed) to take him, this deponent and Company not thinking that he soe<br />
thought hee would have staid them, they could have runn with ease<br />
from and got into fflushing with their said ship and goods before<br />
hee could have fetched them up, And saith this deponent and Company<br />
nor any of them had not any though, or meaning of goeing into Ostend with their said<br />
ship, to Deliver their goods there or otherwise:/:
To the 7th hee saith hee did not see the English Colours out upon the<br />
said English ship, but soone as shee shot a gunne the ''Saw mill''<br />
strooke saile:/
To the 8th hee saith the said ship SawMill was bought of the<br />
Interrate Boundwin van Bourne of Ostend about 26 weekes<br />
since as aforesaid, and after was much altered and repaired at<br />
fflushing by her now owners (ahoe are of fflushing) and after=<br />
=wards sailed from fflushing for Baijon, and thence came to<br />
Rochell, to seeke a ffreight, and soe was ffreighted for the<br />
voyage in question, and saith that Neither the said Baudwin<br />
Van Bourne, nor any other subject oof the King of Spaine, hath<br />
any interest in the saed ship, or had any interest in her<br />
from the said time of her said Buying. And further hee<br />
cannot Ansxwer:/.
To the last hee answereth negatively./.
Cornelis baestijaense [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day.
Examined on the said Allegation/.
'''Rp. 2.'''
'''Jacob Senson''' of fflushing Mariner; aged 29<br />
yeeres or thereabouts sworne and Examined./.
To the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth. articles hee saith and<br />
deposeth that hee well knoweth the ship the ''Sawmill'' arlate and<br />
soe hath done for theise five or six monethes last past, And<br />
well knoweth her owners namely Bastian Corneliss[on] Articulate:<br />
Peter Elick, John Elick, Peter vor Marr John Pr[XXX] and this precontest the<br />
shippar Cornelius Bastianson, And saith the said Owners are all Natives of fflushing, and there Inhabiting, and subiects of the<br />
Lords the States of the United Netherlands, And saith they are<br />
Comonly accounted, esteemed and reported to have bought the said<br />
shipd to have bought the said<br />
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