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sylver of about 30 markes. and about 525. peices of eight

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The same day of ffebruary 1653.

Examined upon the sayd allegation

1)

Michael van Lubkin of Hamburgh Mariner
Master of the sayd shipp the Morning Star aged
31 yeares of thereabouts a witnes sworne and
examined deposeth and saith as followeth. videlicet

To the 1. 2. 3. and 4th articles of teh sayd allegation This deponent saith that
sailing in the sayd shipp the Morning Starr alongst the Coast of England
for dunkerke upon the 23th day of ffebruary 1652 old stile he espyed a
shipp att distance which afterwards proved to be the Advantage frigot that
made the fight in Controversy, and saith of his certaine sight the sayd frigot
then was dutch built and so appeared to be and had and wore out upon her
masts the ffrench waves that is to say white waves whereby ffrench vessells
are commonly notifiyed and distinguisht att sea from the shipps of other nations
and that she had not out any English Colors whereby the shipps of
this Commonwealth are usually knowne and distinguished from other shipps
And saith that the sayd shipp Morning Starr then had out the Hamburgh [?vanes]
or waves upon her masts, which he saith she likewise wore all the
way from Cadiz, And further that he this deponent according to Custome
upon the discovery of he sayd frigot did cause his Hamburgh Colors
being a Redd flagg to be putt out upon the sterne of his sayd shipp
thereby