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to the arlate William Winter./:

To the 2.d hee saith that for and during all the foresaid
yeere and before and since the arlate Captaine John Stoakes was
Admirall or Comander in Cheife in the Mediterranean
Sea of a Squadron of ships consisting of tenn Saile, one
of which was called the ffairfax frigot, And the said
Captaine Stoakes (being Admirall) had the power to keepe all
the said ships together, or devide them as occasion should
require, The Premisses hee deposeth for that hee served
in the ffairefex frigot aforesaid from the 11th of August
1658 till about the middle of March last, And further
deposeth not./.

To the 3.d hee saith that Thomas Whetston was Comander
of the said ffairefax ffrigot when this Deponent soe came onbord
her, and soe Continued about three months agter
and hee had then foure other ffrigotts under his
Command, and the said William Winter did pretend himselfe
to be Lieutenant to the said Whetston, and did exercise that
office on the said ffairefax ffrigot from the time of this Deponents coming onboard her
till about three monethes after./:

To the 4.th hee referreth him slefe to the Lawes of Princes
and nations./.

To the 5.th hee saith hee knoweth not what orders Instructions
and letters Admirall Stoakes had touching the busines arlate

To the 6.th hee saith that, hee refereth himselfe to the Lawe[?s GUTTER]
and Instructions arlate.

To the 7.th hee deposeth not.

To the 9.th hee saith that hee Referreth himselfe
to the Lawe./:

To the 10.th 11.th and 12.th hee saith that about two dayes after
this deponents coming onboard the said ffairefax, the kent ffrigot
and the Phenix brought a ship which they had taken to Captaine Whetston called
the Armes of Leake, (as this deponent remembers her name)
and the next day the said william winter went onboard
her, and this deponent and severall othrs of the
ffairefax ffrigots Company with him, and soe soone as
they were come onboard her the said Winter
by order of Captaine Whetston Put out the men
that were in the said ship belonging to the foresaid two
ffrigotts, and the said seized ship was carried to the Road of Marsellis
where or a little before her arrivall there her hold was opened and all her Lading taken
out of her, and all or most of the same was carried
(on