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with victualls and necessaries, fully inte … with victualls and necessaries, fully intending (being soe supplied) to<br />
prosecute their voyage for Amsterdam there to make deliverie of the said<br />
goods, but saith that at Bristoll the said shipp and lading were arrested<br />
and stopt by one Mr Gill, but under what pretence<br />
hee knoweth npt. And saith the said shipp after her comming from Guiney<br />
as aforesaid never traded nor came at or to any of the English Ilands<br />
or plantations in the West India's or to any of the Charibbe Ilands<br />
belonging to the English, for hee saith hee sawe her first arivall from<br />
Guiney at Martinica whence after shee had bin there about five monthes<br />
and had taken in only seaventeene rolls of tobaccoe shee departed (and<br />
this deponent in her) and went to Daint Christogers and there<br />
staid only to take in water and bury the said Cornelius ffrederickson and<br />
for companie namely about three weekes space and soe came away as<br />
aforesaid for Amsterdam, and fell into Saint Georges Channell as aforesaid.<br />
And for the further information of the Judges of this Court hee leaveth to be showne<br />
unto them his passes and papers which came to his hands from the said<br />
Cornelius ffrederickson, amongest which there is an Inventary or<br />
schedule of the goods that were as hee saith brought from Martinica<br />
as aforesaid and were aboard at the time of her said staying at<br />
Bristoll.
[?Claeijs Tiveni?XXes] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 20th of december 1654 [CENTRE HEADING]
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'''Peter Reyerson''' of Monickendam in North holland Mariner<br />
aged 26 yeares or thereabout one of the company of the<br />
said shipp the ''Leopard'' sworne as aforesaid saith and<br />
deposeth as followeth.
That the shipp the ''Leopard'' whereof his precontest Claus T[XXXson] was<br />
master came and arived at Saint Christofers one of the Charibbe Ilands<br />
(where this deponent then was) about a moneth since, and as her master and<br />
company told this deponent shee came from Guiney to Martinica and<br />
thence to Saint Christofers, and at Saint Christofers hee saith hee this deponent<br />
was by the said master hired to goe one of her company for Amsterdam<br />
in the service of the duke of Courland, and accordingly hee imbarqued<br />
himselfe, and saith hee knoweth and observed that from the time of her<br />
first comming to the said Iland of Saint CHristofers to the time of her<br />
departure thence, shee did not trade at all, but only tooke in water<br />
and soe departed for Amsterdam, and that in her course comming into<br />
or neere the Channell, the weather being very darke her master and<br />
company mistooke their course, and by error came into Saint Georges<br />
channell and that the Iland of Lund[?ae] was the first shore they knew<br />
after such their departure from Saint Christofers, and that their provisions<br />
being spent and their sailes all tattered and torne through stormes and<br />
tempest that they had met withall they went for Bristoll intending there<br />
to revictuall and repaire and soe to goe their voyage for Amsterdam their<br />
to dischardge their lading of elephants teeth, 15 Rolls of tobaccoe, foure<br />
chests or thereabouts of corrall, and some ginger (the rest being ballast)<br />
but at Bristoll the sad shipp and goods were staid and there they are still<br />
remayning, And otherwise hee cannot depose
[MARKE] The mark of the said<br />
Oeter Reyerson [MARKE, RH SIDE]t;br />
Oeter Reyerson [MARKE, RH SIDE] +
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