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and saith the said Walker was the Comander … and saith the said Walker was the Comander of the<br />
said ketch, who is as this Deponent beleeveth an<br />
Englishman and saith that one of the said ketches<br />
Company the time Interrate was a Swede, and<br />
some of them, of other Nations, but most of them<br />
were English, but where the fforaigners lived<br />
hee knoweth not but saith that Edward Burton<br />
the Gunner of the said ketch liveth in the Minoryes<br />
and others in other places in England, And saith<br />
hee was Chirurgion of the said ketch, And<br />
further cannot Answer./.
To the 2.d hee saith that hee belonged to the said<br />
ketch somewhat above three monethes, and saith<br />
the ''ffortune'' was seized betwixt Calais and Dover<br />
and above three Leagues and a halfe from [?the GUTTER]<br />
English shore, but the time hee remembreth not<br />
And saith the ''ffortune'' (as her master said) came<br />
from Dunkirke, And saith that the said<br />
Walker nor none of his Company did knowe<br />
or beleeve (as this Deponent beleeveth) that the said<br />
Ship the ''ffortune'' was hired by the Ingin[?eeres GUTTER]<br />
or other Officers of Dunkirke in the service of<br />
this Commonwealth to fetch Lyme or other necessar[?ies GUTTER]<br />
for the service of this Comonwealth, from<br />
Dover to Dunkirke, but saith that the said [?VerXXX GUTTER]<br />
at the time of the said Seizure did say hee was<br />
bound to Dover to take in Lyme or Chalke, and<br />
carry the same to Dunkirke, but did not say by<br />
whom hee was Imployed that this Deponent knoweth<br />
of. And further cannot Answer./.
To the 3d hee saith the said ''Peter'' did not weare the<br />
English Colours at the time of the seizure [?of ?the GUTTER]<br />
said ship, but wore them before, but not on the<br />
Day the ''ffortune'' was taken to the best of this Deponents<br />
knowledge./:
To the 4.th hee saith hee was not present nor did see the said [?Commission GUTTER]<br />
signed or sealed, and saith hee sawe the same aboard<br />
either about an hower before or an hower after [XXX GUTTER]<br />
seizure, and further saving as aforesaid cannot [?answer GUTTER]
To the 5.th hee saith hee knoweth not how much the<br />
said ship ''ffortune'', and her tackle and furniture<br />
were worth the time Interrate. And saith hee beleeveth<br />
that her sailes Rigging and furniture are laid up [??at GUTTER]<br />
Wivenho to be preserved against her goeing to [?sea GUTTER]<br />
And further cannot Answer./:
Repeated before Doctor Sweit./:
John M[XXX GUTTER] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]:
John M[XXX GUTTER] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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