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Transcription

To the 6th and 7th hee saith that hee this Deponent and all or most of
the Company of the ship Golden Cock did tell the Company
of the Charles which were in the Cock, that both the Cock and
the hope belonged to Scotland, and that Scotchmen were
Owners of them, and their Ladings and all of their Companyes were Dcotchexcept the Master of the Cock and verily beleeveth
that the Master and Company of the Hope Did tell affirme and declare to the said
Browne and Company. And further saith that
the said Browne and Company would bot Release or discharge
either of the said Ships unlesse their Masters would procure
and pay a sume of money which they were forced to doe, and
did pay unto him about 225. li or 250. li this Deponent
seeing the two Masters goe on board the Charles with the
same, And this Deponent verily beleeveth that if the said
Hart and Thompson the Master of the Cock had not procured
and paid the said money, the said Browne and Company
would have carried away the said ships and Ladings and
sold the same. and soe much they declared, And further cannot
depose./:

To the 7th. 8th. and 9th. hee saith that the said Hart to procure
the money which hee paid to the said Browne
was forced to engage his ship and Lading for payment
of the same, and was afterwards likewise constrained
to sell the said ships said lading at Garnesey to pay
the same, and could not proceed on the said voyage to
Bourdeaux. where this Deponent saith hee verily beleeveth
it would have yeilded as much more as it did at Garnesey
And saith that in his Judgement the Owners of the Hope
and her lading by reason of the said seizure and detention
and hinderance of the voyage, and being forced to sell their goods
at Garnesey have suffered losse and dammage to the Vallue
of a Thousand Pounds sterling. And further deposeth not.

To the 10th. hee saith that severall of the Charles her Company
have told this Deponent and others that Morgan Jones made
the said Browne Captaine of the said ship Charles at ffoy,
from whence shee was set out by the said Jones. and they
said that Browne had Jones Comission, or to that effect
And further cannot depose/.

To the last hee saith that Mr Jen[X]ins aforesaid is a Scotchman
and a Subject of the King of England as this Deponent verily
beleeveth and further cannot depose./:

Repeated before Doctor Zouch
the Judge./:

see his Answer to the Interrogatories after his
Deposition about the Cock +:/:

Alexander keir [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]