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wheate and taken in her homeward lading of … wheate and taken in her homeward lading of pitch, prunes, vinegar<br />
strong waters and other goods for the account of the said producents,<br />
and departing from Bourdeaux therewith for Southampton, the said shipp was off<br />
[?Groy] on the coast of Bretagne met with by a Brest man of<br />
Warr on a day happening in or about the moneth of June 1655<br />
which Brest man of warr having but foure guns, came up<br />
with which set upon and shott at the said shipp the ''Prosperous'', whose<br />
master and company betook them selves to their defence, and retourned<br />
shott at the said Brest man, and soe they continewed fight about<br />
an houres space, and untill the small quantitie of shot and powder that<br />
was in the ''Prosperous'' was spent, and shee not being able to make<br />
further resistanse shee was forced to yeeld, and was taken by the<br />
said man of warr and all her said lading, and lost, wheareas had<br />
shee had sufficiencie of shot and powder shee might have evaded<br />
for hee saith the ''Constant Warwick'' (one of the shipps of warr<br />
of this Commonwealth) seeing the said fight was standing with<br />
all the speed she could make towards them, and was come within<br />
a league and halfe of them, when the ''Prosperous'' her shott and<br />
powder failed, and soe shee and her lading became a prey to the<br />
enemie, who presently carried them away into the next ffrench<br />
harbour, the ''Constant warwick'' chasing them, Soe that<br />
(through the want of sufficiencie of shott and powder) hee conceiveth<br />
the said vessell the ''Prosperous'' to be lost with her lading. all which hee<br />
knoweth, being pilot of the ''Presperous'', and present at the premisses.
To the 8th hee cannot depose,
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith the said producents required him to come and<br />
speake the truth in this cause, and have promised to beare his charges<br />
and saith hee hath not discoursed with any about what hee should<br />
therein depose, and otherwise negatively saving as aforesaid
To the second and third hee saith the said vessell carried noe more than two<br />
peeces of ordnance and seaven muskets, and saith there were noe<br />
more or other shott or powder there as aforesaid, which hee knoweth<br />
taking notice of and (as hee beleeveth) being all that came or was put aboard, and of all that<br />
could be found in the said fight, And saith the said man of warr<br />
had by their owne relation 36 men and boyes, all or most part<br />
whereof appeared on the decke; And saith there was a vessell of<br />
Yarmouth in the ''Prosperous'' her company when the Brest man of<br />
warr chased them, and when the said man of warr approached that<br />
said vessell (whereof one Applebie was master) fledd and bad<br />
them of the ''Prosperous'' shift for for them selves, And otherwise hee<br />
cannot answer saving as aforesaid.
To the fourth negatively.
To the 5th hee saith the said man of warrs company did not enter [?nor GUTTER]<br />
offered to enter the ''Prosperous'' till all her shott and powder were spent<br />
in the fight, and that her master and company yeelded and called [?for GUTTER]<br />
quarter, only hee saith there was one gun laden and undischardged<br />
when the ''Prosperous'' yeelded, it being as hee saith the manner [?of GUTTER]<br />
shipps at sea that are in yeelding condition to keepe one gun<br />
loaded, for defense during parley and calling for quarter, and otherwise<br />
hee referreth him selfe to his foregoing deposition
To the last hee saith that it is true the winde was contrary to the<br />
[XXXX XXXX GUTTER]rary to the<br />
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