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trunks Chests Boxes and Cupboards on board the sayd shipp the Redd
Rose to be brought unto them and such chests Boxes trunks or Cupboards
whereof the keys could not be found by reason the sayd Lemmon and
severall of his Compnay were on shoare the sayd Wigarts and drewes
caused them to be broken open and did out of them and the trunks
boxes and Cupboards in the sayd shipp whereof the keys were found on board
her take away all bills of ladeing and letters and other papers
writings that they found on board her, amongst which were [XX GUTTER]
this deponents knowledge many letters and packetts sent from England
to be carried to the English Fleete then in the Sound, and put them
on board the sayd smack together with a bond for payment
of a considerable summe of money which bond they tooke out of the
Cost of one of the Carpenters of the sayd shipp Redd Rose, and took
away Cloathes and strong waters and other things belonging to the
sayd shipps Company and utterly deprived them of them this hee deposeth
of sight and certayne knowledge being aboard and seeing the [XXXGUTTER]
soe acted and done and well knowing that they tooke about two
hundred letters, and seven or eight packetts out of this deponents
trunck which was sent from England to be by this deponent
delivered to severall persons on board the English ffleete then in
the Sound And further to these articles he cannot depose/

To the 4th and 5th articles hee saith that the sayd Wiggarts and drewes and their [XXX GUTTER]
mariners who came in the sayd Smack having soe seIzed the sayd
shipp the Redd Rose and her ladeing and papers bills of ladeing and other
writings as aforesayd put the sayd papers bills of ladeing and other writings aboard the sayd Smack, Commanding
the Company of the Redd Rose who were on board her to weight her
Anchors which they refusing to do, and demanding of the sayd Wygarts
and drewes and their associates for what reason they did what they had done
and askeing them whether there were any warrs betwixt England and
holland, the sayd Wygarts and drewers threatened the Company of the
Redd Rose that if they would not assist in weighing her Anchor
and carrying her and her ladeing away they would doe them a mischief
and punish them, And the sayd Wygarts and drewes thereupon by [?GUTTER]
tooke the Masters Mate of the Redd Rose and put him on board the
Smack and carried him therein to delfe Island arlate, where [they? GUTTER]
kept him on shoare in their custody not suffering him to come aboard
the Redd Rose, and caused the Anchor of the Redd Rose to be weighed
and the sayd shipp to be carried to the sayd delfes Island where they [XXX GUTTER]
Anchor with her and her ladeing neere the sconce there, And hee [XX GUTTER]
saith that the sayd Wygarts and drewers and their Complices did [bind? GUTTER]
the sayd shipp to an Anchor soe that either through their unskillfulness
or wilfullness they did bring her on ground and seated her upon her
own Anchor in such sort that shee hoisted and wrung the shank
thereof and alsoe wrung her upon the ground in a strong tyde by [which
meanes hee well knoweth the sayd ship Redd Rose proved very
leakie and tooke in such water soe that her ladeing being
salt [BOTTOM RH SIDE]

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