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of the said shipps Company were detayned i … of the said shipps Company were detayned in [XXX GUTTER]<br />
imprisonment three months, some 4 months, some<br />
five months and some more, And that the<br />
wages of the Master of the said shipp and his servants<br />
did amount unto the summe of 54 ''li'' during the time<br />
of their imprisonment And further he cannot depose
To the sixth Interrogatory he deposeth that the said shipps<br />
Master and Company being imprisoned and having no<br />
releife or allowance from the king of Portugall the<br />
said Master was at great charges in the releife of<br />
himselfe and Mariners for preservation of their lives<br />
And further he cannot depose./
To the seaventh Interrogatory he deposeth that the interrate<br />
George Chappell the Master of the said shipp had aboard<br />
her the time of her said seizure divers goods, as<br />
seeds, papers, looking=glasses, steele and other wares<br />
which he shipped at Venise, which were worth 80 ''li''<br />
at least and that the same were all taken away<br />
from him the said Chappell at the said time of the<br />
said shipps seizure, and that thereof he was utterly<br />
deprived And further he cannot depose.
To the 8th Interrogatory he deposeth that the goods which<br />
were taken away from the Master of the said shipps Company<br />
and the six months wages of 29 Mariners of the<br />
said 35 Mariners which belonged unto the said shipp<br />
did and doth amount unto 697 ''l i'' at least And<br />
further he cannot depose.
Stephen Atkinson [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day [CENTRE HEADING]
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'''John Seaward''' of Redrith in the County<br />
of Surry Mariner where he hath lived about<br />
13. yeares past, aged about 25 yeares, a wittnes<br />
produced, sworne and examined, deposeth as followeth
To the first and second Interrogatoryes he deposeth and<br />
saith that he this deponent was Quarter Master of<br />
the shipp the ''Peter and Jane'' at the time and in the voyage<br />
interrate, and that therby he well knew the said<br />
shipp and that the interrate humfrey holcombe Peter<br />
Middleton, Edward and John Bushell and Company were<br />
and are the true and Lawfull Owners and Proprietors<br />
of the said shipp and her tackle, apparrell and furniture<br />
and that the said George Chappell interrate was Master<br />
or Commander of her And he deposeth that he well<br />
knoweth being Quarter Master of the said shipp that shee<br />
was seized upon on the 2d day of June 1650 by order<br />
of the king of Portugall she then being at Lisbone, and<br />
that the interrate George Chappell and all the said<br />
shipps Company were turned out of her and imprisoned<br />
and that the said shipp was imployed in the said king of<br />
Portugalls service against the fleet of this Commonwealth<br />
forfleet of this Commonwealth<br />
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