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this deponent by letters of advice from hi … this deponent by letters of advice from his Correspondent at delfe<br />
to whome the goods by this deponent soe laden aboard her were<br />
consigned to bee delivered was informed) the sayd shipp mett with<br />
a violent storme at sea, and was therby driven into Ostend and<br />
was there (notwithstanding her being a dutch shipp belonging to subiects<br />
of the United Provinces) seized both shee and her ladeing by the subiects<br />
of the King of Spaine, and there kept, and the Master of her put<br />
to great trouble and charge to gett her and her lading cleered, and<br />
further to this article he cannot depose./
To the 4th 5th and 6th articles of the sayd allegation hee saith hee<br />
cannot depose
To the 7th hee cannot depose./
To last hee saith his foregoing deposition is true/
To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh to testifie at the request<br />
of Mr Joas Everson Merchant of London, and that hee knoweth none<br />
of the parties litigant nor where the da Souzas Interrogate live nor<br />
whose subiects they are nor is any Correspondent of theirs nor never<br />
sawe them that hee knoweth of./
To the 2 hee saith hee is a Londoner borne And to the rest of the<br />
Interrogatorie hee answereth negatively./
To the 3 hee saith hee was never in holland nor fflanders, And<br />
saith that soone after the last peace concluded betwixt the King of<br />
Spaine and the States of the United Provinces hee did (to the best of<br />
his now remembrance) see a printed paper in dutch containeing<br />
the articles agreed upon betweene the sayd King and the sayd States<br />
touching the sayd Peace, wherein was conteyned (to his now best<br />
remembrance) as article that noe shipps of warr belonging to the<br />
King of Spaine or his subiects should molest search or surprize any<br />
shipps belonging to the States of the United Provinces or their subiects<br />
though bound to, or comming from, any port or place in hostility<br />
with the King of Spaine, And further cannot depose for that hee was<br />
never in holland nor fflanders./
To the 4th hee answereth negatively. being never aboard any shipp taken<br />
at sea./
To the last hee saith hee was never in holland or fflanders, but hath<br />
heere in England (to the best of his now remembrance) seene a printed article to the<br />
effect aforesayd and further cannot answere./
Repeated before doctor Godolphin/
Henry Hickford [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]phin/
Henry Hickford [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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