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To the tenth article of the sayd Allegatio … To the tenth article of the sayd Allegation This deponent saith that att such<br />
tyme as the sayd shipp the ''Neptune'' was and remained at Marseillis<br />
It ws there publiquely spoken and reported that the sayd shipp and<br />
ladeing were directly to goe for Hamburgh. And otherwise he<br />
cannot depose
To the 11th article of the sayd Allegation he saith and deposeth that there was a boy<br />
a Passenger aboard the sayd shipp that was to be carryed to Hamburgh<br />
and the sayd Boy was never told by this deponent nor any of his shipps<br />
Company for ought this deponent knoweth that the sayd shipp was bound to<br />
Amsterdam but was told that the sayd shipp was bound for Hamburgh, as indeed<br />
she was. and for the letter allegat he knoweth nothing thereof, but saith<br />
that all the writings which were in this deponents Custody are in the Registry<br />
of this Court as he beleiveth.
To the Crosse Interrogatoryes [CENTRE HEADING]
To the 1. he saith
To the .2. he saith he hath knowne the sayd shipp .7. yeares, from the tyme of her<br />
first building and saith she was built at Lubeck by the order and direction<br />
of this deponent att the Costs of himselfe and other the Owners thereof<br />
whose names hereafter follow.
To the .3. hee saith that Albert Bearnes, Adrian Joncker and this Rendent<br />
were and are Owners severally of one eighth parts of the sayd shippe<br />
And Gryst Boremaster, Grete Burmaster, ffrancis Sloyer, Lewis du Boyes<br />
Roches Stubbe were and are Owners severally of<br />
one .16.th part of the sayd shipp and Christian Holst was and is Owner of<br />
2 eighth parts and 1 sixteenth part of the sayd shipp, And saith the said<br />
Owners were all Natives of Hamburgh and there doe live and have lived<br />
all their tymes respectively.
To the .4. he saith the sayd shipp cost the aforesayd Owners in the building<br />
and furnishing thereof thirteene thowsand and five hundred Rix dollars<br />
or thereabouts, and this deponent payd all the sayd moneyes with his<br />
owne hands for the building and furnishing thereof, And this deponent<br />
for the sole use and proper Accompt of the sayd Owners about 7 yeares<br />
agoe the tyme otherwise he remembreth, had and tooke the possession of<br />
the sayd shipp. And otherwise cannot depose.
To the .5. he saith the sayd Proprietors have not for ought this Rendent<br />
knoweth or hath heard sold their Propriety in the sayd shipp nor any of<br />
them. And saith the aforesayd Owners did contribut to the setting forth<br />
and furnishing the sayd shipp to sea the last voyage.
To the .6. he saith he knoweth all the Owners of the goods and lading aboard<br />
the sayd shipp and knoweth them all to be natives and Inhabitants of Hamburgh<br />
all their tymes. And saith that the names of so many of them as [?for ?XXX]<br />
he remembreth were and are, John and George Scrothering, Jan Baptista [?Youncker]<br />
Adrian Jonker, Paul Langerman, Michael Engles, Cornelius de [?XXX]<br />
Michael Huys, [BLANK IN MANUSCRIPT] da Hartough, and John Jacob [?HEvenar].
To the .7. he saith he hath knowne Jochim Lorenz and David Zollicoffer Thomas<br />
Van Beuer and Repanian Cokel att Marseilles about 4 yeares. and saith by common repute the<br />
sayd Zollicoffers are natives of Saint Gallen in Switzerland, and the sayd<br />
Beuer of ffrankfort upon the Rhyne or some place not farr from thence<br />
upon the sayd River. And otherwise he cannot deposesayd River. And otherwise he cannot depose +
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