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The ''Advantage'', which he so did the bet … The ''Advantage'', which he so did the better to discover or what the sayd shipp<br />
the ''Morning Star'' or ''Golden Starr'' might be, and for the same purpose<br />
soone after shott a warning peice being still out of shott, and thereupon<br />
the sayd shipp the ''Golden Starr'' bore toward the ''Advantage frigot'' and<br />
fired one Gun without shott, which in the sea language is much as to<br />
say All freinds and presently putt out a Redd Ancyent which when this deponent perceyved he immediately tooke<br />
downe his says Holland Colours, and putt out the Colours of this Commonwealth<br />
whereupon the sayd shipp ''Golden Starr'' stood off from the ''Advantage'' and<br />
returned into her former course, howbeit this deponent made after the<br />
sayd ship and being come upp with her within pistoll shott side by side<br />
haled the sayd shipp ''Golden Starr'', and badd them severall tymes that they<br />
should strike for the Parliament of England, whereto the sayd Master<br />
of the ''Golden Starr'' refused to strike, and bad this deponent kisse his breech<br />
and sayd he would not strike to such a small shipp as the ''Advantage'' was<br />
and immediatley fetcht out his Cutlase and waved it att this deponent bidding<br />
him to do his worst and come under his Lee and this deponent desired him in a fair way to submitt<br />
himselfe to be visited and to send out his boat to that purpose, and thereto the<br />
sayd master of the ''Golden Starr'' replyed that he had noe boat to send out,<br />
whereas in truth as afterwards appeared he had a fair good boat aboard<br />
Hereupon this deponent percyving that entreaty would not prevayle fired a<br />
gunn over him; and then immediatley the sayd Master of the ''Golden Starr'' hoysted out his flagg<br />
of defiance being a Red flagg with a oicture of a hand and sword<br />
thereon, and then againe badd this deponent doe his worst, And this deponent<br />
againe firing another gunn over him hee immediatley fired a whole broad<br />
side at this deponent and killed one of this deponents men; upon which<br />
a sharp fight was begann which continued from about .8. of the Clock in<br />
the morning till about 12 att noone betwixt the sayd shipps the ''Advantage''<br />
''frigott'' wearing the Colours of this Commonwealth, and the sayd shipp the<br />
''Golden Starr'' wearing her redd Ancyent and flagg of defyance as aforesayd<br />
in which fight this deponent lost two of his men, and the ''Golden Starr''<br />
fought sharply all the sayd tyme, and the master and Company of her<br />
used their uttmost endeavour to sinke and destroy the sayd ''Advantage frigott''<br />
the premisses this deponent knoweth being actually engaged in the sayd fight<br />
aboard the ''Advantage'' and seeing and observing the premisses to be true<br />
as he hath now declared and otherwise cannot depose
To the nynth tenth articles of the sayd Allegation This deponent saith that<br />
during the sayd fight and about 12 of the Clock of the same day the arlate<br />
shipp the ''Waterhound'' whereof Giles Shelley was Commander came<br />
upp, And the ''Water hound'' came and engaged in the fight and shott att the<br />
''Golden Starr'', and the ''Golden Starr'' made a broad side against the ''Waterhound''<br />
and fought with her and wounded the Boatswaine therof, and continued<br />
the sayd fight till she was boarded and subdued by the sayd shipps the ''Waterhound''<br />
and ''Advantage''. And he saith that during all the sayd fight the foresayd flagg<br />
of defiance continued still upp at the main topmast head of the ''Golden Starr'' and<br />
wasf the ''Golden Starr'' and<br />
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