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Voiage in Controversie at Scanderoon, and shortly after at Cypru, at both
which laces, the said Richard Chewne was Commonly accompted and reputed
ffactor and Agent for and concerning the Lading in Controversie, and saith That
during the said shipps remaining at Cyprus in the said Voiage, there arrived
there a Convoy of English men of warr ordained, as they then gave out for
the Convoying of all English shipps from the parts of the Straights, And saith
That the Master or Commander of the said shipp Thomas Bonadventure
being then willing to depart from Cyprus and to proceed upon his intended
Voiage, the said Richard Chewne aboard the said shipp in the presence of her said
Master this deponent the shipps Carpenter and his Mates and the Boateswaine
gave order that the said shipp should attend for and saile in Companie with
the said Convoy, and to that effect, contrary to the said Master his liking
hee the said Chewne required that the forepeeke of the said shipp should bee steeved with
Cotton woolls which accordingly was done, the said Chewne then also sayeing
that if any dammage happened upon the said steeving of the forepeake, and
thereby attending the said Convoy, it should rest upon him, and for encouragement
of the said shipps Company therein hee the said Chewne promised and have
them a hogshead of Cyprus wyne. The premisses ths examinate deposeth upon
his certaine knowledge of, by sight and hearing, whilest hee served as Gunner
in and of the said shipp the Thomas Bonadventure And further to this
Article hee cannot depose./

To the 7th hee saith, That the said shipp Thomas Bonadventure by the direction
aforesaid coming in Company with the said Convoy to Zant and thence to
Cephalobia there were then and there taken into the said shipp the Thomas Bonadventure
certaine butts of Currance, the exact number unknowne to this deponent) but so farr as
hee knoweth or now remembreth, thee same were so laden by the order and direction
of the said Richard Chewne who went along in the said shipp from Cyprus to Porto Longoone, Which hee
deposeth for that hee this deponent, as aforesaid, was Gunner of and aboard the
said shipp all the Voiage in Controversie. And further cannot depose./

To the 8th hee saith, That the said shipp being as aforesaid at Zant in
order to her passage homeward , Captaine George hughes shewed and read
in the oresence of this deponent and some others of the said shipps Companie a certaine
letter of advise which hee said hee had then received from Legorne, being sent to
him from Mr Northleigh and Mr Constable factors there to whom hee
was addressed with his outward lading the Voiage in Controversie, and saith the
said letter imported and gave the said Captaine hughes order, as this deponent
then understood and observed the same, to keepe Company with the Convoy
aforesaid by reason of the danger from the dutch or to that or the like effect
which letter as this deponent findeth by his journall of the said Voiage, was deliveres
to the said Captaine hughes immediatley after their said arrivall at Zant,
which was upon the 24th day of July .1652. arlate. And further hee
cannot depose./

To the 9th hee saith hee well knoweth, That the said shipp Thomas Bonadventure
being dispatched from Zant as aforesaid, shee togeather with the said
(Convoy