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The second of November 1657.
humphreyes a … The second of November 1657.
humphreyes and others ágainst the ''Willing Minde''}<br />
and against da Grates and other.}
Exámined upon the allegation given<br />
in on behalfe of the said de Grates<br />
and others.
'''Row dt.'''
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'''Oliver Masson''' of henboure in ffrance<br />
Mariner, aged 36 yeeres or thereabouts sworne<br />
and exámined.
To the first second and third árticles of the said allegation, and to<br />
the schedule mentioned in the said second article hee saith and deposeth<br />
that hee well knoweth the vessell called the Hellena arlate and since<br />
(as hee hath understood) called the Willing Minde, and hath credibly<br />
heard and beleeveth that shee was taken by the arlate Captaine<br />
William da Bois-Hardy Sieur de la fforrest, a ffrenchman and<br />
subiect of the king of ffrance (whom this deponent alsoe well knoweth)<br />
from the Spaniards and brought into ffrance and condemned as is<br />
arlate for prize, and saith hee this exáminate formerly tooke out<br />
another copie of the originall of the paper mentioned in the said second<br />
article, being the adiudication of the said vessell, and saw the Greffier<br />
write the same from the originall, and verily beleeveth this to be alsoe<br />
a true copie, And well knew the arlate John Yvonn da ffebure<br />
Greffier of Auray, of whom this deponent saw make the foresaid<br />
copie that hee saw excerpted. And further deposeth that hee alsoe well knoweth the<br />
arlate William da Grats John Cherel and John Briart, who<br />
were and are commonly said and reputed to have bought the said<br />
vessell with her lading of iron after such adiudication or condemnation<br />
thereof for prize for the summe of six thousand six hundred pounds<br />
Livers Tournois. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the fourth hee referreth him selfe to the paper therein mentioned and<br />
beleeveth the same to be true and otherwise cannot depose, saving as<br />
aforesaid.
To the fifth, 6 and seaventh articles hee saith and deposeth that after such<br />
buying of the said shipp the ''Santa hellen'' by the said da [?Groots] and<br />
company aforesaid, namely in or about the moneth of October<br />
1643 (about three monethes after the adiudication aforeaid) being<br />
in possession of the said vessell, put and constituted this deponent<br />
master of her, and hee then entred master upon her at Port Lewes<br />
in Bretany to goe thense to Rochell, and other parts on the coast<br />
of ffrance and thereabouts in the imployment of the said owners<br />
thereof, and after theis deponent had bin thirteene monethes or<br />
thereabouts master of her under the said owners da Grats, Cherell<br />
and Briart, and made them severall retournes therewith, (shee<br />
being freighted and imployed from L'une to L'une in their owne<br />
immediate [?XXXXX] and merchandizing) hee this deponent<br />
left her and then the said owners put one Salomon du Ponte<br />
master of her, and hee continued master of her alwaies after till<br />
her comming for England and was (as this deponent hath bin<br />
informed) arrested at Bristol, and saith the sad du Ponte and<br />
this deponent were and are subiects of the king of ffrance,<br />
and saith the said owners put three peeces of [?XXXX] or [?XXXXX] intot three peeces of [?XXXX] or [?XXXXX] into +
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