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said to be one of the said bills soe by hi … said to be one of the said bills soe by him then signed, and that in and<br />
by the same bill it appeareth that the said seaven small packs of<br />
merchandizes were laden for the account and adventure of the Sieurs<br />
Robert and hendrick Mechenburgh Merchants dwelling at Amsterdam;<br />
but for the contents of the said packs hee saith hee knoweth not. the same.<br />
ffurther hee deposeth that the said seaven packs of marchandize were<br />
all on board the said shipp the ''hare in the ffeild'' in good order and condition when shee was seized<br />
by the ''Tyger'' and the ''Dragon'' two of the men of warr of this<br />
Commonwealth, on the fifteenenth of the said moneth of May last<br />
and came to the hands of the Captaines and officers of this Commonwealth<br />
upon the said seizure; And after the said seizure the said shipp was<br />
brought into Portsmouth, and that since the said goods being ordered to be restored<br />
by authoritie of this Court, this deponent who (upon the first seizure<br />
was taken from and but lately suffered to come aboard his shipp)<br />
saith hee hath bin informed both by the merchant and others that there could be but<br />
six of the said packs found, and that one of them was and is wholly missing<br />
and lost to the said owners. And otherwise cannot depose, saving<br />
That the said shipp when the said seizure was made was in her<br />
course of proceeding in her voyage from haver de Grace for<br />
the barr of cadiz; and saving that shee was brought<br />
from Portsmouth to London by authoritie of this Commonwealth, and was<br />
lying before Blackwall when the said six packs were found<br />
and restored, and that the said pack was soe lost out of of her after this<br />
deponents being put out of her upon the said seizure.
Jan [?kieln] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 22th of Aprill 1656.
'''Rp. 2.'''
'''John danckars''' of der Goos in Zealand Marriner<br />
aged 37 yeeres or thereabouts sworne and examined<br />
as aforesaid
To the first, second and third Interrogatories hee saith and deposeth that<br />
there were at haver de Grace in or about the beginning of May 1655<br />
laden aboard the shipp the ''hare in the ffeild'' of Middleborowe (whereof<br />
John kein was commander) seaven small packs of marchandize No. 1. 2. 3. 4.<br />
5. 6. 7. marked as in the Margent to be transported to the barr of<br />
Cadiz and there to be delivered according to bill of lading, and which hee<br />
knoweth because hee was Stiersman of the said shipp and sawe the lading<br />
of her said goods, and tooke a note thereof in writing amongest the rest<br />
of the lading of the said shipp. And saith the said seaven packs of goods<br />
were aboard the said shipp the ''hare in the ffeild'' when shee was seized<br />
by the ''Tyger'' and the ''Dragon'' two of the shipps of this Commonwealth<br />
as shee was in her course for the barr of Cadiz, and was<br />
brought to Portsmouth, and that the said seaven packs came to the<br />
hands of the Captaines and officers of this Commonwealth. And<br />
further that the said shipp being after wards brought up into the<br />
Riverards brought up into the<br />
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