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taken away, but for all and singular the g … taken away, but for all and singular the goods, materialls and shipps provisions<br />
mentioned in the schedule annexed (now read unto him) hee the<br />
saith they were in the said shipp when shee went into the power of the said Welch and<br />
company, but upon this deponents comming aboard hee found them all wanting<br />
being embeazeld, spent and made away while shee was under the said seizure<br />
soe that this deponent never did or could recover them againe, and saith they<br />
were the time aforesaid worth the severall summes and prices mentioned<br />
in the said schedule. And otherwise hee cannot depose, saving that hee<br />
heard the said welches Commission read, and understood it to be<br />
a Commission of Reprizall graunted to one Riley, and<br />
saving that the arlate Christen, Quint[?eer] and Gr[?XX]ne were said to be the<br />
said welches setters out and lastly saving that whereas in the beginning of the<br />
said schedule, mentioned is made of one barrell of pitch, hee saith it was<br />
a barrell [?sXXX]ed in two.
'''Smith dt.'''
To the interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith that this deponent in the whole parsell of clap boards<br />
had only two hundred belonging to him selfe, and that of the flax and tallow<br />
belonged to him and ships company ioyntly, and saith that Peter Olde<br />
was the company of the said wilkin wade in the said<br />
cargo of clap boards saving the said 200 belonging to this deponent, and that<br />
they the said wilkin and peter being the freighters of her and that they<br />
the said wilkin and Peter and Albert Schult all of hambowre were them<br />
her owners, and of her said tackle, furniture victualls and<br />
provisions, and this deponent and shipps company of the clothes and<br />
other necesaries and for the flax and tallow, hee saith they belonged to<br />
him, and his boatswaine hans schult, his Cooke Martin [?Look] fish<br />
the Carpenter, Cornelius, and the Steward Gaspar Brum<br />
and Simon Peters his Purser, and saith hee is to have his part of<br />
the said goods being so receaved, and otherwise saving this foregoing<br />
deposition hee cannot answer, saving hee was a master of the said vessell.
To the second hee saith hee sawe all the said goods counted and weighed in<br />
Riga upon the said shipps proceeding thense, either by himselfe, purser<br />
or stiersman, and firmed the bills and accounts for the same, but from<br />
the time of her seizure, till shee was restored, hee was not aboard her,<br />
being about three monethes absent, and saith hee sawe the clapboards<br />
told that were recovered at hull, and the flax there receaved was there<br />
weighed, and in ffrance afterwards hee sawe the same weighed, and found<br />
it to be as aforesayd. and otherwise hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition.
To the third negatively, beleeveth that not any of this company too be<br />
out of any of the said goods.
To the fourthe hee saith hee made entrie in his booke at hull of<br />
the said losses and defects, out of which booke the contents of the said<br />
schedule were taken for the most part, and this deponent had before.<br />
the seizure an Inventary of the shipp goods, tackle and furniture,<br />
and an account of his lading, which hee all left at home, and there<br />
they are at present, And otherwise hee cannot answer, saving as<br />
aforesaid.
To the last hee can write and reade and well knew and noted the said<br />
goods and materialls, both what was in the said shipp when hee was<br />
seized and what was wanting; and otherwise hee referreth him selfe<br />
to his foregoeing deposition.
Repeated before doctor Godolphin.
Christofer Peterson [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Christofer Peterson [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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