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To the 4.th hee referreth himselfe to the … To the 4.th hee referreth himselfe to the Laes, and<br />
the Constitutions of Princes and Nations, in that behalfe./
To the 5.th 6.th 7.th and 8.th hee saith that hee never sawe the<br />
order or Instructions given to the said Admirall Stoakes<br />
or the letter arlate sent to him, nor knoweth the Effect<br />
thereof, nor what orders were given to the said Whetstone or the said Winter<br />
nor what the lawes are touching the busines arlate and further deposeth not (saving<br />
hee saith that the bulke of any Prize ought not to be<br />
broken till such Prize bee delivered up to the Admiralty<br />
neither ought the Evidence and Papers touching such Prizes<br />
to be kept or concealed but delivered up to the Admirall.
To the 9.th hee saith that hee verily beleeveth that whatsoever<br />
person shall at Sea take any Ship or goods as Prize<br />
to this Nation and after hee hath got the same into his Possession shall<br />
Imploy the same to his owners use, without order from the<br />
high Court of the Admiralty) or other just and due warrant<br />
and authority or shall detaine and keepe the Evidence<br />
and writings concerning such Prize or shall strike or<br />
abuse any ffreind or ally of this Nation, such person<br />
soe offending is Lyable and responsible for such his<br />
misdemeanours and otehrwise cannot depose./:
To the 10.th 11.th and 12.th hee saith that in or about the<br />
moneth of August 1658 Captaine Hannam and<br />
Captaine Bun, Comanders of the ''Kent'' and the ''Phenix''<br />
brought the Arlate ship the ''Armes of Leake'' as a Prize<br />
to Captaine Whetstone, and soone after rge said<br />
Winter went onboard the said Prize, and tooke<br />
severall of the ''ffairfax ffrogots'' Company with him<br />
and turned out Captaine Hannams and Captaine<br />
Bunns men, and the said Winter carried the<br />
said Prize to Maresllis and there disposed of the<br />
same, but howe this deponent knoweth not in Regard<br />
hee was then in the ''ffairefax'', which lay some<br />
distance from the Prize when shee was at Marsellis<br />
And saith that nott long after, the ''ffairefax ffrigott''<br />
did at Legorne take and seize a ship called the<br />
''warior'' of Amsterdam, and loaden as this deponent beleeveth<br />
with Spaniards goods, and presently after the said winter<br />
went on board her, and tooke this Deponent and severall other<br />
of the ''ffairfax ffrigots'' Company with him, and soe soone<br />
as they were come onboard the said Winter fell to<br />
ransacking and rummaging the said Prize and<br />
(brokeging the said Prize and<br />
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