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was never but once at Amsterdam and that w … was never but once at Amsterdam and that was in or about the moneth of<br />
June 1653, and there hee staed about eight dates space and not longer<br />
and never sawe the said shipp the ''Salvador'' there, and otherwise hee<br />
referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition.
To the third hee saith that one John henderson was master shipwright<br />
in the building the said shipp the ''Salvador'', and saith the said henderson<br />
as hee taketh is a hollander borne, but this deponent hath knowne<br />
him to be living in hamborough thise foureteene or fifteene yeares<br />
where hee is a Burgher, and an Inhabitant and hath bin there maried<br />
about tenn yeares or upwards, and there hath kept his wife and<br />
family for the said space. And saith hee this rendent did not<br />
see any money paid for or towards the buiding of the said shipp.
To the fourth hee saith that many of the servants and workmen<br />
imployed under the said John henderson in the said building were hollanders<br />
but hee doth not knowe the names of them or of any of them, And<br />
otherwise hee saith hee cannot depose; saving as aforesaid./
To the fifth hee saith hee came from the Contado in Portugall to<br />
Cadiz in August 1652 namely in or about the beginning of the said<br />
moneth of August and staid there only two or three weekes and returned<br />
to the Contado, and came againe from the Contado to Cadiz in or<br />
about the middle of September of the said yeare, and departed thence<br />
in or about the beginning of October of the said moneth, and otherwise<br />
hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition.
To the 6th Interrogatorie being wholly read and made knowne unto him<br />
hee saith hee cannot answer thereto, only hee saith hee holdeth it<br />
as lawfull for sailemakers as for other men to be owners or paart owners<br />
of shipps.
To the 7th hee saith hee neither was in nor any wayes belonged to any<br />
of the shipps interrogated when they or any of them were seized ny the<br />
shipps of this Commonwealth, And otherwise hee cannot answer.
To the eighth Interrogatorie hee saith hee beleeveth the said<br />
shipp the ''Salvador'' hath never bin at hamborough since her first<br />
proceeding thence after her said building; and that shee hath since<br />
her said building made severall voyages betwixt Amsterdama and<br />
Cadiz, And otherwise hee cannot depose for hee never sawe her<br />
at Amsterdam.
[?Josua ?XXXX] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The answer of the foresaid '''hance Ramke''' to tthe<br />
Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee was borne and hath dwelt all his time at<br />
hamborowe, and that hee hath served in the said shipp as aforesaid and is<br />
nowe one of her common men, And otherwise negatively.
To the second hee saith hee is a Sailer by art and profession, and was<br />
never but once at Amsterdam which was the said voyage wherein this<br />
deponent formerly belonged to the said shipp, and then hee was there<br />
about tenn weekes before his departure aforesaid from the said shipp<br />
theresaid from the said shipp<br />
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