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of the Master the Cocquetts, hee was able to shew none. Where-
uppon hee had seised her. And th^t the men on board her were in
different Stories, from whence he did suspect them to bee Pyratts,
Whereuppon the Prisoners were sent for & Examined.

Richard Galey one of the Seamen taken uppon the George in S^t
Georges Riuer uppon suspicion of Pyracy Examined Sayth, That the
s^d ship was a Dutch Ship belonging to Amsterdam in Holland Laden
w^th Dutch goods. That the skipper whom they tooke on board of her

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did tell them, shee was a free prize. That they tooke her in the
Roade att the Barbados, himselfe & six more goeing on board of her
w^th out Commisⁿ. That they tooke six men on board of her w^ch
belonged to her, there being Seauen more on shoare th^t belonged to
her. That they putt the skipper & Three more of the men uppon a

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Raft made of Cask in a Bay att Antego. That a ships Boate came &
tooke them of the Raft, & carryed them on shoare. And th^t they
came immediately from Antego, to S^t Georges Riuer, That Richard
Stockdale was one of the Ships Company when they tooke her, &
th^t he was in the Hould att worke when they Layd her on board.

Richard Stockdale one of the Seamen belonging to the George
taken in S^t Georges Riuer, Examined Sayth That he came from
Amsterdam in the s^d Vessell called the George being shipped for th^t
Voyage to the Barbados by the skipper Jacob Dirickson. That hee
was on board the s^d Ship, when Richard Galey & his Complices
layd the s^d ship on Board, & carryed her out of the Roade att the
Barbados. That the s^d Galey & his Complices turnd' the sayd skipper
& Three persons more uppon a Raft att Antego, & that hee saw them
safe on shoare.

Nicholas Salmon, one of the Seamen taken on board the George
in S^t Georges Riuer, Examined uppon Suspicion of Piracy Sayth
That the Ship S^t George afores^d was a Dutch Ship, as hee was told by
the Skipper Jacob Dirickson, That hee w^th Six more layd the sayd
ship on board in Carlile Bay in Barbados on the third day of May.
That they carryed the s^d ship from thence to Antego, & there putt
the s^d Skipper & Three more uppon a Raft. And that they had a
Boate came to them from a Pirke w^ch tooke them in, uerv neare the
Shoare.

Richard Stockdale sworne & examined, Eod die, And th^t as a
wittnes touching the Vessell called the S^t George of Amsterdam,
Sayth That hee was shipped on board the s^d ship by skipper Jacob
Dirickson about eight weekes before shee was taken att the Barbados
by Richard Galey & his Complices. That amongst them there did
not appeare any one person that bore more rule or sway then the
other. That hee doth uerily beleiue that the Skipper w^th the other
Three persons, that att Antegoe were putt on the Raft are safe.
That they tooke in their horses & Brandiwine att Amsterdam, & the

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