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for Riga, but coming [?neare] the [?doger] shee had [?XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX]<br />
and his company with the shipp and goods in danger of perishing by stresse of<br />
weather they were constrained to run before the winde withion the Texel and<br />
soe to Amsterdam, where his salt was sold there being a necesitie to lighten<br />
and unlade the leakie shipp to bring her into a [?chanill] of reparation, which<br />
was there don, and then departing thence by his said owners order in ballast to goe to<br />
Rochell to lade salt for their accompt to be brought to Riga, hee was on the seaventh<br />
of August last or thereabouts new stile in the Channell or the heights of<br />
[?Ballen] or thereabouts, met with and taken by two Capers videlicet Captaine<br />
Manning and Captaine hall and brought up to ffalmouth, and that hee this deponent<br />
is a native of Osterleke in holland, but hath dwellt four yeares at Riga, and<br />
hath for that time bin a subiect of the Kinge of Sweden, and there his wife<br />
and familie have for that time bin [?fized], and that his company<br />
are for the most part Swedes, but his Carpenter John Cornelison and<br />
Stiersman John Meizon are hollanders, and that hee had a ffrench boy aboard<br />
his company consisting of tenn men with himselfe, and the said ffrench boy and<br />
another boy being this deponents sonn. And saith hee had no false papers aboard,<br />
and that his documents or shipps papers are as hee taketh ot in the hands<br />
of the Judge of this Court. Et alr nescit, saying hee knoweth not where is ship<br />
was built.
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24th Septembris 1666. [CENTRE HEADING]
Con navem the ''Golden Sun'' of Stralsund}
'''Eggert Wolf''' de Stralesund in Pommerania in [?ditione]<br />
Suecica, Nauta, Navarbus dicta navis the ''Golden Sun''<br />
annos agens 60 sut circiter testis prepario examinatus,<br />
deponit ut sequitur, videlicet.
That his said shipp was built at Stralsund about eight yeeres since<br />
which building this deponent was appointed to oversea and manage his then and<br />
now owners, who were and are all Stralsunders and subiects of the King<br />
of Sweden, videlicet Nicholas Bowman, owner of an eighth part, John [?Henst] an<br />
eighth, John havermaster an eighth, Hanse Yeila a 32th, Ernest Warenka an 32th<br />
Jores [?SarXXX] a 16th, Claus [?Poplow] a 16th, Charles Banck a 16th, Martin<br />
[?Clinke] a 16th henninck [?Clewe] 16th, and this deponent a 16th part<br />
and that noe Hollander, ffrench or dane hath any share therein, And they are<br />
cometh now from Stralsund bound for Bremen, laded with mault, and<br />
some rie, three lasts of wheate, eleaven baggs of wool, 2000 sheep skins, and<br />
about 20 shipp pounds of iron, 6 barrells of pot ashes, 12 barrells of linseed<br />
and one fatt of copper, all laded at Stralsund by subiects of the king of Sweden<br />
and to them belonging and for their accompt and to be carried to Bremen for<br />
the same accompt, and saith that about seaven weekes since standing for Bremen<br />
and [?XXXing] by reason the winde was at South East, hee was about eight<br />
dutch miles to the North East of the fflie met with by the Ketch of the Vice<br />
Admirall of the English White Squadron, and afterwards brought up to<br />
harwich, and saith they tookke away about tenn pounds of the shipps provisions<br />
and companies clothes before this deponent came thence, And saith hee delivered<br />
up all his papers and writings aboard the shipp of the English Generall, in the<br />
presence of his Excellencie the duke of Albermarle. And that the same<br />
were and are true and reall And that his company are nine men<br />
with himselfe and a boy, all Stralsunders and subiects of the King<br />
of Sweden.
[MARKE] [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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The 24 of Septembris 1666 [CENTRE HEADING]
Con navem The ''Death'' pf ffrederickstat in}<br />
holstatia}
'''3us'''
'''Hance Deckers''' de ffrederickstat in holstatia Nauta<br />
Navarbus dicta navis the ''Death'', annos agens 37 aut<br />
circiter, testis in prepario examinatus, deponit ut sequitur.
That his said shipp was built at ffrederickstat aforesaid about foure yeares since<br />
by order and oversighting of this deponent and upon his owne cost and accompt<br />
and that to him alone shee hath ever since appertained and doth now appertaine<br />
[?unto]nd doth now appertaine<br />
[?unto] +
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