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valew of six pounds sterling Cordage and o … valew of six pounds sterling Cordage and other Materialls worth about<br />
twelve pounds sterling, six and twentie hogsheads of Vinegar each hogshead<br />
worth fourtie shillings, three hogsheads of wine worth about 12: ''li'' sterling<br />
one hogsgead of brandewine worth abot 7. or 8L ''li'' sterling a quantity of<br />
wallnutts worth at the least 12: ''li'' sterling Mariners cloaths which this deponent<br />
beleeveth could not be lesse worth then eight pounds sterling and the Cable and<br />
anchor, which the said seizors cutt off and left behind them upon such their<br />
running away with the said shipp and goods from under Portland Castle.<br />
well worth sixteen pounds sterling The premisses hee well knoweth as being<br />
Master of the said shipp, presemt at the said sezure and having since the<br />
plunder aforesaid been twice or thrice aboard his said shipp and seene and observed<br />
the goods and necessaries predeposed to be there wanting and taken away, and that<br />
by the seizors as the Steersman and others of the said shipps Company have<br />
constantly affirmed and declared to this deponent. And further hee cannot depose/:
To the Crosse Interrogatories:- [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith, That hee hath bin Master of the said shipp<br />
ever since shee was built at Edam as aforesaid, and is a hollander native and<br />
subiect of the states generall of the United Netherlands hath lived at Edam all the<br />
time interrate, and is allied to swerall of the Owners of the said shipp, and hath<br />
together with his sister Ave Jansen 1/16th part of and in the saiid shipp, and<br />
hath together with his said shipps Companie interest in the Vinegar, wine,<br />
brandewine and nutts aforesaid And further cannot depose./
To the second hee saith hee hath knowne the interrate Claus Jansen hoone<br />
Peter Cornelison Pates and all the rest of the Owners aforesaid for ten yeares<br />
and upwards, and saith they are all of them hollanders and reputed natives of that<br />
Company./
To the third hee saith hee hath knowne the shipp interrate ever since shee was<br />
built at Edam, as predeposed, att the Costs and Charges of the Owners aforesaid<br />
and by their direction and that the same was there built by Alvert Jansen<br />
a Ship Wright and one of her Owners this deponent being Overseer of the said<br />
building by the said Owners direction.
To the fourth hee saith, That hee this rendent payd unto the said Alvert Johnson and others<br />
for and on the behalfe of the Owners aforesaid the summe of twelve thousand<br />
and eight hundred gilders for the hull of the said shipp and tackle apparell<br />
and furniture thereunto belonging, And saith hee doeth not at present remember<br />
nor can hee particularize the Owners of the said shipp and their particular shares<br />
exactly, there being many of them, and the list of their names and share which<br />
this deponent had aboard at the time of the said seizure being taken away by the<br />
aeizors.
To the 5th hee refrreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, And further cannot depose<br />
saving that hee this rendent bought the said salt of the said Monsieur de [?XXXX]<br />
to whom the said moneys were payd for the same by the said Isbrand<br />
Rodenburch, as the said Rodenburch after the payment thereof affirmed and as the<br />
said [?Videau] himselfe acknowledged to this rendent.
To the 6th hee saith hee hath knowne the interrate Isbrand Rodenburch<br />
from his infancie, and saith hee hath lived abut three yeares at [?XXXX]<br />
(asut three yeares at [?XXXX]<br />
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