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hee well knoweth the arlate Nicholas Le Br … hee well knoweth the arlate Nicholas Le Bretan and hath soe donne<br />
for theise foure yeares last past or thereabouts, and well knoweth that<br />
hee the said Le Bretan was imprisoned about a yeare and halfe<br />
since at a place in ffrance neere Nantes at the sute of the producents<br />
Mathew Quine and John Madyn when this deponent hath<br />
knowne for theise 6 yeares last at least,<br />
and saith the<br />
said Le Bretan got there out of prison and was released, and<br />
this deponent there sawe and spake with him after such his<br />
release and heard him say and acknowledge that hee had bin there<br />
imprisoned at the sute of the said Quine and Madyn, and that hee<br />
had gotten libertie and release from prison against their [?liking], and<br />
will, and that hee had made them noe satisfaction for their<br />
losse and dammage sustained by him or to that effect; And that<br />
hee was soe got at libertie without their liking and consent and<br />
had made them noe satisfaction hee saith was commonly said and<br />
reported at Nantes and thereabouts amongest such as knew them<br />
And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the second article hee saith and deposeth that about foure yeares since<br />
this deponent hath heard severall<br />
of the friends and assistants of the said Le Bretan much menace and threaten the said<br />
Quine and Madyn who were then at Saint Malo's, and hee well<br />
knoweth as hee saith that through the sanger they were in by<br />
the said threats and plots against them, they the said Quine<br />
and Madyn were constrained to deser and leave that countrey<br />
and come for England, not daring to make longer stay there<br />
but shift away for their securitie, this deponent seeing them<br />
embarque themsselves at Saint Malo's and came away in the shipp<br />
the ''Pellican'' of Saint Malo's, And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the first hee deposeth not, the schedule not being annexed.
The marke of<br />
Richard '''P''' Costilly [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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The 16th day of November <u>1654</u> [CENTRE HEADING]
A Busines promoted in the name}<br />
of the Lord Protector against Pibus}<br />
Budd Suckley}
Examined upon an allegation given in and admitted<br />
on behalfe of the sayd Pibus.
'''Rp. 1us'''
'''John Warner''' of East Greenwich in the County<br />
of Kent mariner Late masters mate of the shipp the ''Martha''<br />
whereof John Pibus was master aged twenty four yeares or thereabouts a witnes sworne<br />
and examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet.
To the first Article of the sayd allegation, This deponent saith, he knew<br />
well the arlate shipp the ''Martha'', whereof John Pibus was master<br />
the voyage in question, and was masters mate of the sayd shipp<br />
the same voyage. And saith by vertue of his Oath and of his cetayn<br />
knowledgeth and of his cetayn<br />
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