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belonging unto her all the riggin, tackle, provisions, utensills and necessaries
mentioned in the sayd 4th article and now particulerly read over unto him at
the tyme of this his examination all which belonged to the sayd Rankin the
Owner aforesayd of the sayd shipp and her provisions which hee knoweth for the
reasons aforesayd being master of the sayd vessell the Saint Peter at her
seizure, and takeing thereby the better notice thereof And saith for that
hee after his arrivall at Portsmouth and his coming up thence to London about
his necessarie occasions, hee this deponent made a iourney from London to
Portsmouth on purpose to see in what state the sayd vessell and her provisions
then were, and went on board her and tooke expresse notice what was
wanting her thereby found that all the perticulers mentioned in the
sayd fifth article and now alsoe particulerly read over unto him were (since the
takeing of the sayd vessell the Saint Peter by the sayd Portsmouth ffrigott) taken
and imbeazelled out of her the Peter, which perticulers mentioned
in the sayd 5th article and soe taken and imbeselled were worth forty
five pounds sterling at the least, and moreover hee saith that besides the
perticulers mentioned in the sayd 5th article this deponent did then alsoe observe
that there were Carpenters tooles imbezelled which alsoe belonged to
the sayd shipp Saint Peter worth forty shillings sterling and better And further
hee cannot depose./

To the 6th hee saith the arlate henry Rankin is a Merchant and Inhabitant
of Edenburrough and hath of this deponents knowledge there kept
his wife and family and resided there him selfe (at such tymes as his busines will
permitt) for these five yeares last past, and hath heard and beleeveth that hee is alsoe
a native of Scotland, and knoweth hee is generall reputed a native of Scotland and
a subiect of this Commonwealth And further hee cannot depose/

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true./

To the Crosse Interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first hee saith hee hath lived in Kerkaulde aforesayd from his birth, being
there borne, and saith hee is not of Kinne nor any way related to the producent
saving as hee is Master of the Saint Peter by his appointment, and hath noe share or
interest in the goods claymed, and to the rest of the Interrogatorie hee saith hee hath satisfied
the contents thereof in his foregoeing deposition./

To the 2 hee saith hee hath satisfied the contents thereof soe farr as hee can in
his foregoeing deposition And further cannot answere/

To the third hee saith hee hath fully satisfied and answered the contents thereof
in his foregoeing deposition to which hee referreth and further cannot answere/

To the 4th hee saith that being present at and privie to the treatie betwixt the sayd
Rankin and Pape touching the sale of the sayd shipp Saint Peter and provisions in her hee is well assured the
sayd Rankin bought her and her sayd provisions for him selfe and not for any subiect
of the ffrench King, and that the sayd Rankins name was not therein colourably used
in trust for any other And further hee cannot answere./

To the 5th by vertue of his Oath hee saith, hee beleeveth in his conscience that noe
part of the shipp Interrogate doth belonge to any ffrenchman or subiect of the ffrench King
and saith hee beleeveth the same doth wholly belonge to the sayd Rankin, and hee
saith hee knoweth not nor beleeveth that the sayd Rankin hath transferred any part
thereof to any other person whatsoever And further hee cannot answere./

To the 6th hee saith saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere otherwise
than negatively not knowing nor beleving any such thing as is Interrogate./