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The same day Examined upon the said Allega … The same day Examined upon the said Allegation:-/ [CENTRE HEADING]
'''Rowe dt.'''
'''2us/'''
'''Maynard Everson''' of Amsterdam Mariner Master<br />
of the shipp the ''Saint George'' of Amsterdam aged 42<br />
yeares or thereabouts a Wittnesse sworne and examined<br />
saith as followeth videlicet
To the first hee saith, That hee this deponent did not see the shipp the ''hare in''<br />
''the field'' arlate when shee lay at or neere havre de Grace in france<br />
before the time of her late seizure, but saith hee there heard, that shee went<br />
from thence upon her last voiage before shee was seized by the English, and<br />
saith hee knoweth not what Countreiemen shee had on board her:-/
To the second hee saith, hee this deponent did not see the lading of the said shipp<br />
and therefore cannot depose when or where or with what goods shee was<br />
laden, otherwise then that hee was informed at havre de Grace that shee was<br />
laden at a place called the horq about a leagie distant from havre, And<br />
further cannot depose, saving this deponent heard at havre, that the goods<br />
laden aboard the shipp had been brought from Roane,/
To the third hee saith hee knoweth not of any bills of lading (as is arlate)<br />
brought into the Registry of this Court, nor what is therein contained<br />
nor the qualities of the goods laden aboard the said shipp, nor by whom or<br />
whose Subjects the same were laden:-
To the 4th hee saith hee referreth himselfe to the Acts and proceedings of<br />
the Court, And further cannot depose:-/
To the 5th and 6th hee saith hee knoweth nothing thereof not being present<br />
at the seizure in question:-
To the 7th hee saith, hee knoweth not the precise time of the said shipps seizure<br />
by the English, but hath heard that it was upon the 16th or 17th day of May last<br />
new style. And saith that not long after the said seizure, it was reported<br />
at havre that the said John Kein had sent a letter from England importing that<br />
his said shipp and lading were seized and brought into England (which letter<br />
this deponent saith hee never sawe, nor knoweth any thing of the Contents<br />
thereof) neither did hee ever heare any person or persons of that place of<br />
havre de Grace say or declare that they had suffered a great losse by meanes<br />
of the said shipps seizure nor [?beine ?and] themselves concerning the same, nor said<br />
that the said John kein had writt any letter or letters into England to betray<br />
the ffrench, nor that if they could come at him, they would hang or<br />
imprison him, nor any words or expressions to that or the like effect as in<br />
this article is alleadged. The premisses hee declareth to bee true upon his oath<br />
and salvation, And otherwise cannot depose:-/
To the 8th hee saith, hee this examinate did not heare at Roane or havre de<br />
Grace of any such report as is in, and by this article alleadged, neither<br />
knoweth hee, nor did there heare of any such other shipp as is alleadged to<br />
bee laden with french goods, and afterwards dischardged and not sett forth after<br />
the newes of the seizure of the said shipp the ''hare''./
To the 9th hee referreth himselfe to the Lawe of Nations allate, and to the<br />
Lawes of this Land and proceedings of this Court, And further cannot depose
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true:-/saith his foregoeing deposition is true:-/ +
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