Note (retour) — II.
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To the 2d. 3d. and 4th. hee saith that he was in the forte when Capt Kircke and his comp. tooke the same, and there were then in that forte and habitacion thereof when Kircke tooke the same viz. the 20th. day of July 1629. Stilo novo viz 4. brasse peeces weighing each about 150 lb weight, one other peece of brasse ordinance wey. 80 lb weight, 5 Iron boxes serving for the 5 brasse peeces of ordinance, 2 small Iron peeces of ordnance wey. each 8 hundred poundes weight, six murderers with their double boxes or chargers, one small Iron peece of ordnance wey. about 80 lb, 45 small Iron bulletts for the service of the foresaid 5 brasse peeces, six iron bullettes for the service of the foresaid, 26 brasse peeces wey. every one 3 poundes, 30 or 40 poundes of gunpowder all belonging to Mo. de Caen of Deepe Mo. Dollew831 of Paris Mo. de Nouveau of the samm Mo. Ezemaell Caen of Roen Mo. Deshenn832 of St. Mallos and 3 or 4 more whose names he doth not remember, aboute 30 poundes of match belonging to the French King, 13 whole and 1 broken muskett, a harquebush, a Croacke belonginge to the said merchants, 2 longe harquebushes 5 or 6 foote longe, a peece belonginge to the Kinge, 2 other harquebushes, 10. halbertes. 12 pikes belonginge to the Kinge, 5 or 6 thousand leaden bulletts plate and barres of lead belonging 60 Corseletts whereof 2 are compleat and pistole proof, 2 greate brasse croes wei. 80 lb, 1 pavilion to lodge aboute 20 men belonging to the King, a smithes fordge with the appurtenances, all necessaries for a kitchen, all 3/1415tooles and necessaries for a Carpenter as appurtenances of Iron worke for a windmill a hand-mill to grinde corne, a brasse bell belonging to the said merchants, and as he hath bin toulld by the factors for the merchants there were in the warehouse or magazine in the said habitacions aboute two thousand five hundred or 3 thousand beavor skinnes and some cases of knifes the number whereof he hath not heard and some small Iron shafts which did belonge particularly to Mo. de Cane and the forte belonging to the King and the habitacion and houses there belonging to the said merchants were all left standing undefaced, and the inhabitants in those houses had some goods of their owne in them but what they were he cannot expresse, and this he affurmed upon his oath to be true, and more to these Interogatories he cannot answere.