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Furniture and then went and lay ahead of h … Furniture and then went and lay ahead of her until the<br />
other two Dutch ships called the ''Orange'' and the ''Armes of Zealand'' also come up. And sayth that as soon<br />
as the other two ships came up, they fired ther great and<br />
small shot upon the ''Experience'', and killed her Captaine and one<br />
more of her company besides a passanger then on board her, and<br />
then the captain and company of the Orange boarded and surprised<br />
her, and one of then did after such boarding and surpriseall and<br />
quarter given, kill one of the ''Experience'' her company in cold<br />
blood. And further sayth that they stripped and plundered<br />
the mariners of the ''Experience'' of all that belonged to them<br />
and tooke away all theire papers and writings, and such as<br />
they found which showed that the ship and the lading belonged<br />
to English, they lost or threw overboard, and then after<br />
severall other abuses done they carried away the said ship<br />
and lading to Ponte Vedra in Gallicia, and there turned about<br />
five and twenty of her company ashore in an enemies country, and<br />
also did there contrey to law and justice (as this deponit conceiveth<br />
and without any legall X broake the ''Experience''<br />
her bulke, and tooke out of her about two hundred and fifty<br />
chests of sugar, and about twelve hundred rolls of tobaccoe<br />
and disposed thereof at their pleasure; abd after ten or<br />
twelve days keeping her these they carried her together<br />
with the most of her lading to fflushing in Zealand and<br />
from there to Middlesbrough, and did and still doo keepe<br />
and detaine the same from the producents, The premises<br />
he deposeth for that he was carried in the ''Experience'' to Gallinier<br />
and there turned ashore, and then went into every one of the<br />
these Dutch ships to get passage to Holland or forme other<br />
place in friendship with England, but they and all said Dutch companies all tuned him<br />
ashore, and would not permit him to continue in either of the said ships<br />
whereupon this depont by stealth getting into the Orange<br />
hid himself in her until she was out at sea and soo came in<br />
her to Fflushing in company of the ''Experience'', Et ate noscrit<br />
AD 15 dicit that during the ''Experience'' her remaining at Brazeele<br />
as aforesaid the said 35 depon did there cause severall bills<br />
of lading, invoices letters and other papers and writings<br />
to be put onboard her, which declared and signified the said<br />
lading then onboard her to belong to the producents Bretton,<br />
Delboe, Middleton and company, as (he sayeth) in truth they<br />
did. All which bills of lading, invoices, letters, pepers and<br />
writings he sayeth came to the hands and possession of the<br />
three Dutch Captains and companies as some of them, and<br />
they as some of them lose as threw the same over board<br />
or caused them to be torne or throwne over board, as<br />
did otherwise make away with them so that the producents<br />
cannot have them whereby to put this premise with said<br />
ship and lading. The premises he seposeth so that hee saw and who was<br />
called Skipper Jacob, and who was put in X of the ''Experience''.nd who was put in X of the ''Experience''. +
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