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Transcription

said Porto Port to Amsterdam in the said shipp for the accompt of the
said Albert Lemmerman Abraham [?Austyn] and company aforesaid
which hee knoweth being then principall boatswaine of the said shipp
and seeing the lading thereof; and saith the said Albert Lemmerman
was and is a merchant of Amsterdam, and a subiect of the Lords the States
of the United Netherlands, and for such hee and company were and are
commonly accompted and reputed, And otherwise hee cannot depose
saving the said goods were to be delivered at Amsterdam to the said merchants
or their factors, saving that there were alsoe two and twenty bales of Sumack
laden by and for accompt of the said Arent [?Marynessen] the
master, who dwelleth alsoe at Amsterdam and was and is alsoe
a subiect of the Lords the States if the United Netherlands.

To the third article hee saith and deposeth that the said shipp having
received aboard her the said goods and merchandizes, departed from
Port a Port in September last to saile therewith for Amsterdam
her port of discharge on or about the thirteenth day (old stile) of the said moneth,
and that in her course for Amsterdam, the said shipp Sprung
a leake, which was soe greate and incurable and the water came soe fast
there through into the shipp, that both shee and her lading together
with the master and company were in danger to perish and to be
sunck in the sea, which hee knoweth being then aboard her

To the fourth hee saith that the said master and company seeing
themselves with their shipp and lading in soe greate distresse and in danger
to be suddenly swallowed up in the sea, by reason of the said leake
the said shipp being become almost full with water, comming on the
coast of Sussex on or about the third of October last, endeavoured
to run her ashore neare a place in Sussex called Little Hampton
thereby to save their owne lives, and to preserve the shipp and goods
to their power, and accordingly they put her ashore there the
said day, which hee knoweth for the reasons aforesaid.

To the fifth article hee saith and deposeth that the said shipp being
soe brought ashore, the said master went to little hampton to get
help to save her and her goods, and this was in the night of the
said day, wherein hee alsoe retourned aboard, during which time
of his absence this deponent and most of the rest of the company
continued aboard the said shipp.

To the sixth hee saith that the next morning namely on the fourth
day (old stile) of October last many of the countrey people dwelling
in that coast and in or about Little Hampton came downe, and
finding the said shipp ashore in such state as aforesaid, and
notwithstanding that this deponent and severall other of the SaintJacobs
company were aboard her (as hee saith they were) fell forcibly upon
the said shipp and fell to cutting the ropes and sailes of the said
shipp and carry them away together with severall of the said
shipps merchandize and lading, which hee knoweth for the reasons
aforesaid. And otherwise hee cannot depose.

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