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which nights that this deponent was aboard … which nights that this deponent was aboard the said<br />
man of warr he the deponent could and did well and<br />
easily heare some of the Company of the said man of<br />
warr to goe in the long boate severall times aboard the<br />
arlate shipp the ''Crosse of Jerusalem'', and returne againe<br />
with such goods as they pleased to plunder out of her, And<br />
further he saith he cannot depose.
To the fifth he cannot depose.
To the Interrogatoryes./ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatory he answereth that he was and is Master<br />
of the shipp interrate, And that he commeth to bee a wittnes at<br />
this time by the meanes of the Agents of the Claymers<br />
And to the rest he answereth negatively.
To the second Interrogatory he answereth that he saw the said<br />
sixe bales of Linnen putt or laden aboard the interrate<br />
shipp otherwise he would not have signed the bill of lading<br />
for them, and that they were laden at Saint Mallo's, and<br />
that the said Linnens as all the other goods laden aboard the<br />
said shipp were received either by him theis Rendent or his<br />
steersman, and that they were laden in the hould after the Main Mast<br />
of the said shipp, Annd further he knoweth not.
To the third Interrogatory he answereth that he entred the said<br />
6 bales of linnen into his booke at Saint Mallo's at the time of the ladung<br />
them aboard the interrate shipp the ''Crosse of Jerusalem'', And<br />
otherwise referring himselfe to the said booke he knoweth not<br />
to answere.
To the fourth Interrogatory he answereth that the dry fatts of<br />
hatts interrate were all laden aboard the shipp interrate at<br />
Saint Mallo's in the sight of him the Rendent, and that they<br />
were laden in the hould by the Main Mast of the said shipp<br />
and that the said ffatts were received aboard the said shipp<br />
by the Steirsman And further he cannot answere.
To the fifth and sixth interrogatories he answereth that the Captaine<br />
and Company of the man of warre tooke the keys from him<br />
this Rendent of the hatches, and thereby [?came] unto the<br />
said goods and plunderd what they pleased, And further<br />
to the sayd Interrogatories he cannot answere<br />
saving the shipp the ''Crosse of Jerusalem'' was in the Channell<br />
betweene [?Roscow] and Plimouth when the said Captaine and<br />
company tooke away the said goods.
[?Pieter] martenson [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the said allegation.
'''2'''
'''Peter Baly''' of Amsterdam Mariner, aged 32 yeares or thereabouts<br />
sworne and examined.
To the first article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that all such<br />
bales of linnen as were in and onboard the said shipp the ''Crosse of Jerusalem''<br />
the time of her seizure by Captaine Spurling and Company, were<br />
laden and stowed in the hold of the said shipp and were in her hold at the<br />
timed were in her hold at the<br />
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