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should have it. And further to theise arti … should have it. And further to theise articles hee cannot depose for<br />
that hee did not goe in Companie with the said french Captaines<br />
aboard the said English men of warr:/
To the 9th hee saith, that the said shipp the ''Golden Eagle'' was and is a<br />
Vessell of about 100. tunnes having aboard her at the time aforesaid<br />
12. gunns, and ninety foure men, and the said shipp the ''Royall''<br />
''Marie'' was and is a Vessell of about one hundred men, and saith that<br />
either of the said Vessell or shipps of warr was able enough alone and<br />
by her owne proper strength then aboard her to have possessed her selfe<br />
by force of The said shipp ''fortune''; if they had not bin hindered by<br />
the said English frigatt, And saith, the said shipp ''Golden Eagle''<br />
had her Commission from the king of ffrance aboard her the<br />
time shee chased the said shipp ''fortune'', which this deponent often saw<br />
and observed, and beleeveth the said shipp ''Royall'' had also her<br />
Commission then aboard her. And further cannot depose:-
To the 10th hee saith, That hee verily beleeveth, that according to the<br />
Course the said shipp ''fortune'' shaped when first espyed by the<br />
said frenchmen of warr, shee was directly bound for dunquirke or some<br />
other Port in fflanders in obedence to the king of Spain, and beleeveth<br />
the wynes and goods aboard her did belong to fflandrians subjects of the<br />
said king. And otherwise saving his foregoing deposition hee saith hee<br />
cannot depose:-
To the last hee saith, his foregoeing deposition is true./
'''Rowe dt.'''
To the Crosse interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith, hee never know the shipp ''fortune'' interrate<br />
shee was chased by the said frenchmen of warr.
To the second hee saith was not in ffrance at the lading of the goods<br />
interrate, nor knoweth the interrate Mr Ba[?st]erode, Mr Coppen<br />
nor Cover[?t] Lamerts, nor what Countriemen, or whose subjects they are
To the third hee saith , that the lading of the said shipp fortune consisted<br />
in wynes of Nantes, and were bound for dunquirke or some other that<br />
the king of Spaines ports in fflanders for the accompt of fflandrians, as this<br />
rendent verily beleeveth), but for whole particular accompt hee saith had<br />
knoweth not, And further cannot depose, having never bin aboard the<br />
said shipp ''fortune'', and knowing of a nothing of any papers or writings<br />
found aboard her at her said late seizure./
To the 4th hee saith hee knoweth nothing thereof./
To the 5th hee saith, that the said shipp ''fortune'' and ladeing were seized<br />
by the said English friggat betwixt the downes and dover, about a<br />
league and a half from Dover and not under the command of any<br />
English fort or Castle but that 5. or 6 English shipps of the fleete of this<br />
Commonwealth at Anchor in the Downes, when the said shipp<br />
''fortune'' was so seized as aforesayd, about 2. leagues distance from the said seizure
To the 6th hee saith, the said frenchmen of warr never left chasing the<br />
said shipp ''fortune'' till such time, as shee was seized by the said English<br />
frigatt, and that they pursed her till about a league and a half from<br />
Dover but not within the command of any English fort or Castle,<br />
nor of any shipp of the fleete of this Commonwealth then lyeing in the Downes<br />
for the defence thereof./
the marke of<br />
Eustace [MARKE] Bennard [MARKE, RH SIDE];
Eustace [MARKE] Bennard [MARKE, RH SIDE] +
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