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and with the said shipp and lading was sei … and with the said shipp and lading was seized about foure leagues short of<br />
Briel in holland by Captaine Butteler in a shipp in the service of<br />
the parliament of England, which shipp of Captaien Buttlers (the<br />
name whereof hee knoweth not) ws then alone and had noe other<br />
shipp of warr in her company [?XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX] all which hee knoweth being then skiper of<br />
and being aboard the said shipp the ''Boars head'', Et alr nescit.
Ad 2um deponit that John Rosse an Englishman and merchant living<br />
at Rotterdam was and [is] the sole owner of the said shipp at the time of<br />
the said seizure and part of her lading and the rest to<br />
Moses Cock an Englishman and [?Steake] Renier a dutch woman [?both]<br />
there at soe resident, to which place the said shipp is alsoe belonging<br />
which hee knoweth to be true, because hee was constituted and appointed<br />
skipper of the said shipp by the said Rosse, and received the said<br />
goods aboard the said shipp or pinke at diep in ffrance for accompt<br />
of the parties aforesaid, and signed bills of lading for the same<br />
accordingly, alr negative.
Ad 3 deponit that at the seaventh day New stile of August last past being Saterday<br />
hee this deponent departed with the said shipp and lading from diep and<br />
stiered his course for Rotterdam having then aboard the said pinke<br />
102 [?mathes] or baskets of windowe glasse, eleaven firkins of butter<br />
55 reams of white paper, a hogshead of hatts, thirteene<br />
hundred and a halfe of faggotts, more ffoure boxes with hatts, a<br />
box contayning foure hatts, two chests of linnen shirts<br />
and some linnen not cut out<br />
a little box with ribbon, a bible and some other<br />
small books therein, which chests of linnen breeches and other linnen therein were this deponents goods and were by him <br />
brought to be sent to his sonne at Saint Christofers, and the billets<br />
were alsoe for this deponent [?XXXX] at his house in Rotterdam where hee keepeth a [?XXX], and all the other goods<br />
saving his butter were for the foresaid merchants accompt and were bought and<br />
provided for them by their factors at diep before this deponents<br />
coming thither, this deponent having letters and orders from the said<br />
merchants at Rotterdam to goe to diep and fetch thence to Rotterdam such goods<br />
as they had ordered to be provided against his comming, being<br />
the goods aforesaid, which were readie and presently laden upon his<br />
comming thither, this deponent going thither in his ballast from<br />
Saint Vallery, alr negative referendo se ad predepoita, saving the said butter <br />
was for the accompt of him and company.
Ad 4 refert se ad predepoita, alr redder negative.
Ad 5 reddet that none of the said shipps lading belongeth to any<br />
ffrench, Et alr negative et nescit salvis predepoits, saving<br />
hee this deponent is a ffrenchman borne, but hee hath dwelt 25 yeares at Rotterdam.
Ad 6 deponit that there were neither gunns, powder, nor any<br />
ammunition aboard the said shipp, shee being a small pinke, and but<br />
five men of her company, and saith shee had two cables and a<br />
halse aboard, three anchors, a furniture of sailes, with tackle<br />
rigging and ordinary furniture, belonging t the said [?XXX] [?RoXX]<br />
owner f the said shipp and this deponent and his contest had about<br />
30 gulders in money aboard, which with the said shipp and goods were<br />
seized and taken away by the said Constant Butler and company. Et<br />
alr negative.
Ad 7 deponit that there were about 24 Codfish, two peeces of beefe<br />
about a dozen loaves of bread, some butter, cheese, two<br />
halfe barrells of beere and halfe a hundred stockfish aboard for the<br />
ships provisions and noe other provisions but her owne.
Ad ult predepoita negative ad singula.
'''IB''' [MARKE, RH SIDE]ive ad singula.
'''IB''' [MARKE, RH SIDE] +
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