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soe Committed to the Charge of Captaine Whetston brought
a ship which they had taken (called the Armes of Leake (as this
deponent remembers her name) to the said Captaine Whetston
and the next Day the said Winter and severall of the
ffairefax ffrigots Company went on board the said Prize
and turned out the men belonging to the two other
Frigotts. and that day or not long after a Chest was
sent from the said seized ship on board the
ffairefax ffrigot, and saith that hee verily beleeveth. and
hee was credibly informed that the same was soe sent
by the said Winter, and the said Winter the next
day or thereabouts after the said sending it onboard
came onboard the ffairefex ffrigott, and caused
it to be carried up in his Cabbin, and saith that there
were very considerable goods in the said Chest, this
Deponent seeing the same opened, and the said Prize
was carried into the Road of Marsellis and
there laded, but how her Lading was disposed of hee
knoweth not, this Deponent continueing onboard the ffairfax
which rode at some Distance from the said Prize And saith
that some time after the ffairefax ffrigot did neere Leghorne
Roade seize a Ship called the Warriour and soe soone
as shee was seized this deponent and two more went on
board her by order of Captaine Whetston, and about
three houres after the said winter and severall of the said
ffairfax ffrigotts Company came onboard the Warriour, her
Bulke was not broken, nor any goods whatsoever taken out
of her hold, but that night and severall other times there
were goods brought from the said Prize onboard the ffrigot
and this Deponent was Imployed by winter in plying too and
fro with the boate to carry goods onboard the said ffrigot
and saith that there were about thirty bales of Cloath
and severall other goods brought onboard the said ffrigot
and this deponent sawe a long boate by order of the said winter goe Loaden with goods
from the said seized ship, which goods were carried, to this Deponents
best remembrance onboard a ship called the Consent
whereof one Captaine Jourdan was Comander: And saith
that the said Winter did in a Cowardly and carelesse manner
goe away in a boate as a Dutchman of war was coming up
to seize the said ship Warriour And saith that the said winter
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