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delivered to the said Peter aboard the said shipp at Saint Malo's, and
sawe him break it open and take thereout two papers for the said
shipp, the one in ffrench and the other in dutch, And otherwise hee cannot
depose.

To the seaventh hee cannot depose, for hee saith hee knoweth not of any
other letter then that aforesaid written to the master of the White Unicorne and
the other to the master of the Crosse of Jerusalem, nor was there any
speach of the owners at Saint Mallo's paying or giving this deponent any
money before and, otherwise then that the said Monsieur La Gard would have
referred him to the owners at Saint Malo's to pay him this deponent
his first monethes pay, and offered to give him a note to them to
this purpose, which this deponent refused, saying hee would have
it there at Amsterdam, and soe the said Monsieur La Gard paid this deponent
and the said other five their said monethes pay before their departure
from Amsterdam.

To the eighth article hee saith and deposeth that the said master
of the Unicorne ariving at Saint Malo's said hee would not suffer
this deponent nor his five other mates to have their clothes and
baggage out till hee were paid for their transportation, and willed
this deponent to goe ashore and tell the master of the Jerusalem
Crosse soe much, and this deponent going ashore, went to and
acquainted the said Peter Martinsen the master of the Jerusalems
Crosse therewith, who said, I knowe a remedie for that, Goe alonge
with mee to Monsieur ffilladien, and soe brought this deponent to the
said Monsieur ffilladien a ffrench merchant dwelling at Saint Malo's,
with whom the said Peter had some discourse in ffrench, which this
deponent understood not well, and then the said Peter going thence with
this deponent to the skipper of the Unicorne to give him content,
this deponent (when they were come out of the said Monsieur ffilladien's
house) asked the said Peter Martinsen, saying, is this (speaking
of the said Monsieur ffilladien) one of the owners of the Jerusalem Crosse,
to which the said Peter answered I, hee is the cheifest owner but said that this deponent must
not speake thereof, or to the same effect, And otherwise hee cannot
depose.

To the ninth hee cannot depose.

To the tenth and 11th hee cannot depose saving as aforesaid.

To the twelveth hee cannot depose.

To the thirteenth hee saith the said shipp the Crosse of Jerusalem hath
not bin at Amsterdam since this deponents departure thence as aforesaid
and saith that after his comming aboard her at Saint Malo's hee was
told and understood that shee had made a voyage before that from Saint
Malos to Spaine, and retourned thence to Saint Malos and discharged
her lading brought from Spaine at
haver de Grace, and that there her former Skipper went from
her and left her, and then the said Peter (who to that time was
Stiersman) was made master of her, and brought her to Saint Malos.
And otherwise hee saith hee cannot depose.

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