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company together within a small distanse o … company together within a small distanse one of an other And hee this<br />
deponent verily beleeveth that if all the shipps<br />
taken having gunns of their owne) had bin by the sayd Kircoff<br />
with his man of warr as he might have done and the two other dutch vessells that were with the ''Union'' and<br />
all the rest of the vessels soe taken might have beene defended and<br />
preserved from being taken by the sayd dunkirke and Ostend men of warr<br />
And saith hee is well assured the ''Union'' and her ladeing at their seizure<br />
were worth a very considerable value and did belonge to certaine Scotch<br />
and English men inhabiting in and about Leith but their names hee knoweth<br />
not And saith that hee hath heard by one Alexander Boutly living<br />
at Camphire that the ''Union'' was after her being soe taken sold to some<br />
Merchants of Middlebrough in Zealand where (as hee sayes) hee sawe<br />
her lyeing And further hee cannot answere/
Daniel B[XX]ing [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day
Examined on the sayd Interrogatories/
'''Rp. 2us'''
'''Walter Todd''' of Kircaudy in Scotland Mariner, aged<br />
23 yeeres or thereabouts, sworne and exámined as<br />
aforesaid.
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that hee well knew<br />
the vessel called the ''Union'' of Leith Interrogated whereof<br />
John Tannent was master, and well knew the man of Warr interrogated<br />
Whereof one kirkhoff was Commander, and saith the said shipp of<br />
Warr carried about eight guns and about fiftie men, and was in or<br />
about the beginning of March last 1655 (old stile) upon the coast of<br />
Scotland in the River of fforth near Boriston in Scotland, which hee.<br />
knoweth being then aboard the said ship of the said Tannet (sic)<br />
Wherein hee was a passenger bound for Rotterdam. And this deponent<br />
heard that sayid kirkhoff had by a letter signified unto masters of<br />
shipps lying on the said coast of Scotland that hee was a Convoy bound<br />
for Rotterdam, and would be ready to Convoy them or to that effect.
To the second Interrogatorie he saith and deposeth that the said vessel<br />
the ''Union'' of which the said Tannet was Master were about the tenth<br />
of March last 1655 English stile went off at Sea to the said<br />
holland man of war, of which the said kirkhoff was commander<br />
and being come neere, was haled by him and asked whense shee was,<br />
to which the ''Unities'' Company answered that shee was of Leith<br />
and bound for Rotterdam, which when the said Kirkhoff heard, hee<br />
replied saying that hee was bound for Rotterdam, upon which the ''Unities''<br />
companie saying that they should bee gladd of his company, hee badd<br />
them welcome and dranke to them,<br />
and receive them under his Convoy, and the said vessel the ''Union''<br />
stood by the light of the said man of Warr all that night; and<br />
saith that the next day they met with three men of Warr of fflanders<br />
belonging to dunkirke or Ostend or both who [?haried] the ''Union'' and<br />
[?some GUTTER]e ''Union'' and<br />
[?some GUTTER] +
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