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Transcription

and the Captaine or One
of his Officers bid Sprittman to send his Dutch Boate aboard the
Alexander to which the said Sprittiman replyed and said, that if
(meaning the Master and Company of the
Alexander have any thing more to say to us then wee have to
you, send your English boate aboard us or to that effect, and thereupon
the Alexanders boate came to the Starrs side with the mate and
about Eight or nine men more belonging to the Alexander and
the said Mate came on board the Starr, and went with the
Master into the Cabbin, and in the meane time this Deponant
(who then belonged to, and was on board the Golden Starr)
had some discourse with the men which brought the said Mate
aboard as they were in their boate, and this Deponent
(who then belonged to, and was on board the Golden Starr)
had some discourse with the men which (sic) brought the said Mate
aboard as they were in their boate, adn this Deponent asking
them whence they were, some of them said they were of
the sea, others of them said they came from London and were bound for Jamaica
and they said they had order to search all Dutch ships to see
if they had any Spanish Goods aboard, and presently after
the mate went onboard the Alexander, and so soone as hee
was come onboard, they fired one Gunne at the Starr, and
then lowered their English Antient, and hoysted upp the
Portugall Antient, and then fired a whole broadside at and
upon the said Ship Golden Starr, and a Ketch which belonged
unto and was in Company of the Alexander (whereof one
Hasnet was master) fired some Gunnes at and upon the Golden
Starre, And thereby did much dammage to the said Ships
hull sailes and rigging and her Companyes lives were in greate Danger
and saith that neitehr Master nor Company of the Golden Starr did give
them any occasion soe to doe, nor did any wais oppose them
and saith that after the Alexanders Company had fired their
broad side at the Golden Starr, the Master or some of her Company
Called out to then, to leave Shooteing, and they would come
onboard them, which the said Sprittyman presently did
and tooke this Deponent and three more with him, and further
Deposeth not./.

To the third hee saith that soe soone as the said Sprittyman
and this Deponent and the three others were come on board the Alexander
the said Sprittiman was put into the Roundhouse of the Alexander
and the Captaine of her went to him there, and this Deponent
and the other three were put into the great Cabbin, and a
guard set over them soe that this Deponent could not heare what
discourse passed between the said Sprittyman and the
Captaine of the Alexander and saith that presently
after the said Sprittyman was come onboard the Alexander
the Captaine of the Alexander sent his boate, and alsoe the
Golden Starrs boate, (which then lay by the Alexander) with about foure
(or