HCA 13/68 f.350v Annotate

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respectively have severall yeares served them in the like imployment
And saith of his certayne knowledge the sayd shipp Lewise for
theis three yeares last past this deponent being one of her Company
and the sayd Hunter for 2 yeares now past of his knowledge
have in their returne from Greenland to ffrance made their
passage through the English Chanell, and saith that the sayd
shipp Lewisa was this present voyage by the order of the sayd Greenland
Companie to call att the Texell being a convenient place for
that purpose there to take in a Pilot to guide the sayyd shippe through
the Chanell to Havre de Grace, And saith as he hath credibly
heard the shipps of the sayd Greenland Company of ffrance have
in their course from Greenland touched in former yeares att the
Texall being an usuall and convenient way betwixt Greenland
and Havre de Grace, and this deponent hath seene a dutch
Pilott arrive in one of the shipps of the sayd Greenland Company
att Havre de Grace videlicet about 3 yeares now past and he did
then understand that the sayd dutch Pilot was taken in att the
Texall and hired for 40. livres. And further saith that the
sayd shipp Lewisa of his certayne knowledge and the Hunter as
her verily beleiveth were bound directly to Havre de Grace there
to make their full discharge for Accompt of the sayd Peter and
Paul Telement and Companie, and to noe other port or place
or to and for any other Accompt. And saith the sayd shipp the
Lewisa of his like knowledge was ot intended or designed to
goe into any port in Holland, but was onely to touch att the
Texall there to take in a Pilot as aforesayd, which he knoweth
being Master of the Lewisas shallop and privy to the sayd voyage
and designe, and he beleiveth the same of and touching the sayd
shipp the Hunter. And further referring himselfe to the Registry
of this Court he saith he cannot depose:

To the Crosse Interrogatories.

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