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''Katherine'' lay there, a fitting out on … ''Katherine'' lay there, a fitting out on the sayd voyage and this deponent being then at delphes haven [?very] frequently sent on Board the [?said] shipp [XXXX XXXX XXX] often [XXXX XXXXX]<br />
that meanes sawe and tooke notice of the Premisses; And<br />
further hee cannot depose:/:
To the 2d hee saith that as hee hath heard the said Henry Baldero<br />
William harris, John Sheppard and John Thampson (having<br />
fitted the said ship as aforesaid) let her Out to ffreight to<br />
an English merchant. to saile to the foresaid place, And<br />
further cannot depose/.
To the 3d hee saith that hee hath heard that as the said<br />
ship the ''Catherine'' was lying at an Anchor in the<br />
Road of Avero, shee was taken and seized by the ''Laurell''<br />
''ffrigot'', and by her Captaine and Company Carried to Lisbone,<br />
and there detained, And further hee cannot depose:/.
To the 4th hee saith that the said henry Baldero<br />
William harris and John Sheppard were and are<br />
all of them Comonly accomted Natives of this Comon=<br />
wealth, and soe hee verily beleeveth they are, and saith<br />
that they are all of them, Subjects of this Commonwealth<br />
And that they lved in holland onely as Merchant<br />
Strangers, and are none of them subjects of the States of the United<br />
Provinces. neither did or doe they or any of them beare any Office or Burthens there, as<br />
Dutchmen, which hee Deposeth, for the reasons aforesaid and<br />
for that hee hath bin severall timmes at the Lodgings<br />
of the said Mr Baldero, Mr Sheppard, and Mr harris, in holland<br />
And further hee cannot Depose:/.
To the 4th hee saith that the said John Thampson was<br />
and is an Inhabitant of East Smithfeild neere this City of London, and<br />
hath there and at other places of neere London lived (as this deponent verily beleeveth for about<br />
five yeares last and hath at ths present a wife<br />
living with him in East Smithfeild, and the said John Thampson hath<br />
told this deponent that hee is resolved here to abide and<br />
Continue. And further hee cannot depose./:
Alberd thampso[?X] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated before Collonel CockE, RH SIDE]
Repeated before Collonel Cock +
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