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To the tenth hee saith that the shipp the Saint Mary de Garda lupa aforesaid
soe set out by the said Coymans from Amsterdam, and afterwards taken
by the said Collart, and after that taking by the Saphire and carried into
Plimouth and whereabout hee is nowe examined was and is one and
the same shipp, for hee saith that shee being since brought about from
Plimouth into the River of Thames, hee this deponent on friday last sawe
her and was aboard her in the said River, and well knew her to be the
same. And otherwise hee cannot depose.

To the 11th hee saith that the said Baltazar and John Coymans were and
are merchants and inhabitants of Amsterdam, and subiects of the
States of the United Netherland Provinces, and housekeepers in Amsterdam
and soe have bin for many yeeres, And othewise hee cannot depose.

To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first hee saith hee was borne and hath alwaies dwelt at
[?Purmarent] neere Amsterdam, and otherwise negatively saving as
aforesaid.

To the second hee saith hee knoweth the said Baltazar and John Coymans
to be natives of Amsterdam, where hee saith hee k[?knowne] them living
about 20 yeares last, And otherwise hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing
deposition.

To the third and 4 hee saith hee hath knowne the said shipp not longer then thirteene
monethes last, during which space hee hath served in her, till the said
seizure, and that about such time as this deponent soe came first
aboard her at Amsterdam, namely about 13 monethes since the said
Coymans bought her, as this deponent there understood, but this
deponent was not present nor sawe any money paid nor any writing
made thereof, And otherwise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid
saving the said shipp is hollands built.

To the fifth and 6 hee saith hee did not see the goods in question bought or paid
for, but for the factors name that laded them hee saith it was one
[?Victore] (as hee remembreth the same) who was hee taketh it is a Spaniard,
And otherwise saving as aforesaid hee cannot answer.

To the 7th and 8 hee saith that hee did not see the said goods (sent outwards
by the said Coymans) in their house or custodie, but sawe them sent
aboard as theirs and in their names. And otherwise hee cannot answer
saving as aforesaid.

To the nineth negatively.

To the tenth hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, and otherwise
hee cannot depose.

To the 11th hee saith that there were fourteene or fifteene of Callarts
men aboard the Mary continually from his first seizing of her to the
time of her taking by the Saphire, and but seaven of the Maries owne
men, who were alwaies under the power of the said Callarts men

To the 13 hee cannot depose.

Repeated before Collonel Cock and doctor Clarke./.

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