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The 17th of October 1653. [CENTRE HEADING] … The 17th of October 1653. [CENTRE HEADING]
On the behalfe of the State}
'''Captaine Christofer Myngs''' Commannder of the<br />
''Elizabeth frigot'' in the service of this Commonwealth<br />
aged 28 yeares or thereabouts, sworne before the<br />
right Worshipfull William Clerke and John Godolphin<br />
doctors of lawes Judges of the high Court of the Admiraltie<br />
saith and deposeth by vertue of his oath.
That on the third of this instant October about foure leagues off dieppe<br />
aout nine of the clocke in the fore noone hee this deponent in the said frigott<br />
''Elizabeth'' espied twenty foure<br />
saile of shipps, and gave chace unto them, and about two of the clock in the<br />
afternoone came almost up with the hinder most of them, and that the<br />
headmost of the fleete were two holland men of warr (as this deponent afterwards<br />
found) and that the said two holland men of warr were chacing a private<br />
man of warr of dover named Captaine Allington, and with the said [?respective]<br />
fleete had stood about five houres after him:- And that the said two holland<br />
men of warr seeing the said frigot soe neere came up and readie to fall<br />
in with the said fleete convoyed by them, tacked upon her to the [?XXX] of<br />
the said fleete, and being come up there[?with], the said fleete alsoe<br />
tacked. And forth with the said two men of warr being most [?westherly] [?XX]<br />
up with the ''Elizabeth frigot'' and exchanged their broade sides with her<br />
and tacked upon her againe, but by shott from the ''Elizabeth'' [?XXXX]<br />
hurt, they spake one with the other, and soe bore to lea-ward through<br />
their fleete to a third man of warr of their companie, who to that<br />
time being farr to leaward. could not come up to the ingagement<br />
during all which space, hee saith that the said whole fleete of merchant<br />
men which was withn shott of them put abroad noe colours, untill<br />
such time as the ''Elizabeth'' bore in upon and fired on them, and<br />
then some of them put abroad hamburger colours, some Lubeck colours<br />
and some none at all and soe they came by the lea of the ''Elizabeth''<br />
and this deponent commannding their boates aboard secured 18 of their [?masters]<br />
amd manned foure of their vessells, in some of which soure this<br />
deponents men (as they informed him) found the gunns primed and<br />
Linstocke lighted standing by them. The premisses being thus farr<br />
donne, hee saith then the said private man of warr, chaced<br />
as aforesaid by the said two holland man of warr came in, who<br />
after the said vessells were all brought by the lea of the ''Elizabeth''<br />
came to leaward and tooke up two of the boates of the said bessells<br />
as the skippers were therein comming aboard this deponent, and<br />
went and manned the two vessells to which the said boates belonged<br />
which this deponent perceiving, sent his Lieutenant to him to<br />
admonish him to behave himselfe as was befiting towards this<br />
deponents said prizes which had all struck and submitted unto him<br />
this deponent, and to desire his assistance in securing them to the<br />
downes, and to tell him that what should be thought fitting<br />
for such his assistance, hee should bee considered by those that<br />
were in authoritie for such affaires or to that effect<br />
But the names of the said vessells or any of them hee remembreth not<br />
but referreth himselfe to their [?XXX] Examinations taken at dover after this<br />
deponent had brought them into the downes, where twnn of them were<br />
sent by him into dover [?peere]. and the other tenn into the River of Thames
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