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To the 4th. 5th. and 6th hee saith that af … To the 4th. 5th. and 6th hee saith that after the said Browne with<br />
the said ship ''Charls'' had soe seized the said ship ''Golden''<br />
''Cock'', and this Deponents ship called the ''Hope''. the said Thomson<br />
(the Master of the Cock,) and this deponent were by the said Browne<br />
Comanded on board the ''Charls'' where they were kept<br />
Prisoner[?s] and the said Browne demanded of them to send<br />
for the summe of 225 ''li'' Sterling on board the ''Charls'' (which was at Sea<br />
out of the Comand, for the said ships the ''Golden Cock'' and the ''hope''<br />
and Ladings which the said Thomson and this Deponent Refused<br />
to doe, their ships and Ladings being ffree, And upon their<br />
refusall the said browne told them that if they would not hee<br />
would carry their ships and Ladings to the [?S]eaven Islands<br />
and their (sic) sell them, saying that there hee could sekk his father<br />
for money, or to that effect, And saith that the said Thompson<br />
and alsoe this Deponent did often tell the said Browne that<br />
both the said ships did belong to Glascow and that they and their Ladings did belong to Merchants<br />
of Glascow, and subjects of this Commonwealth, And the said<br />
Browne hee saith tooke away the Cockett's and Papers<br />
belonging to the said ships by which it did Appeare that they<br />
came from Glascoe, and those Papers, which hee found<br />
did make against him, hee tore and made away, and would<br />
not discharge the said ships unlesse the said Thompson<br />
and this Deponent would advance the said Summe of 225. ''li''<br />
Sterling which said Summe hee saith the said Thompson and<br />
this Deponent were Constrained to borrowe of two Merchants of<br />
Garnesey, And this Deponent sawe the said Thomson really<br />
pay the Summe of 112. ''li'' 10. ''s'' sterling to the said Browne for<br />
the said ship the ''Golden Cock'', and Lading [XXX] and saith that<br />
hee verily beleeveth that if the said Thompson had not<br />
advanced and paid the said Summe of 112 ''li'' : 10 ''s'': sterling the said<br />
Browne would have Carried the ''Cock'' and Lading to the<br />
Seaven Islands and there have sold the same, and soe the<br />
said Browne oftentimes declared hee would./
To the 7th. 8th. and 9th. hee saith that the said Thomson was<br />
forced to engage the said ship ''Cock'' and her lading for payment of<br />
the said, Summe, and was Constrained to sell the said ships<br />
Lading at Garnesey to pay the same, And saith that<br />
the said Lading of Herrings Butter and Tallowe yeilded but<br />
five and twenty hundred Liven. to this Deponents best remembrance<br />
(hee selling his ships lading alsoe there). And saith that hee<br />
verily beleeveth that the said Lading, at Bourdeaux had it bin<br />
carried thither in safety (which in all probability it would have<br />
bin had not the said Browne soe seized the said ship, would have<br />
yeilded the summe of 5000 Liven and upwards which would have<br />
produced about sixty Tonss of wine, which wine would have yeilded<br />
at Glascowe aforesaid twenty foure Pounds Per Tonne or thereabouts<br />
(cleerer Tonne or thereabouts<br />
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