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to the master and company of the shipp, an … to the master and company of the shipp, and is usually devided<br />
amongst them<br />
and saith the freight doth only and properly belong to the owners; But saith [?that GUTTER]<br />
[?as] the Charter parties made at Lisbone for the Brazila, there is only<br />
expression of freight and average or averies; which<br />
hee knoweth for the reasons aforesaid, and saith that average<br />
or averies in the Portuguese Charter parties specified one and<br />
the same thinge with perinage, average and petiladmonage in<br />
[?our] Charterparties, which are made for other places and not for the<br />
Brazila. And otherwise saving as aforesaid hee cannot depose.
To the seventh hee saith that diverse goods and merchandizes<br />
(before the warrs with Spaine) were usually sent from fflanders to<br />
dover arlate to be shipped [?thence] in English shipps for Spaine and<br />
Italy, as Cadiz, Saint Lucars, Genua, Livorne and other places,<br />
and they have bin frequently shipped off from dover for the said<br />
other ports, and saith they have usually paid at least a<br />
ryall of average upon every ducket freight for the said<br />
goods, which hee knoweth because hee this deponent hath often<br />
received it, and saith the said average hath belonged to the master and<br />
companies, without the owners having any pretence thereto or<br />
to any part thereof, and otherwise saving his foregoeing deposition<br />
to which hee referreth himselfe hee cannot depose.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee hath lately bin commander<br />
of the said shipp ''Scipio'', and went in her from Portugal to Brazela<br />
in the yeere 1650, and was freighted by Charterpartie for the said<br />
voyage homewards by the Portugall Brazila company, and with that foure<br />
Mil Res per tonne was expressed to be his avarage for the<br />
said voyage in his Charterpartie (which hee hath nowe with him)<br />
for the goods laden from Brazila for Portugal, and for the<br />
goods from Portugall hee was to have eight mil Res<br />
per tonne freight, and for average upon the same hee saith hee<br />
received a [?teston] upon every Mil Re of freight according to the custome, but had [?noe GUTTER]<br />
Charterpartie for the said outward voyage,and<br />
saith his owners never claimed or pretended to the said average.<br />
And otherwise<br />
hee cannot answer./
To the second hee answereth negatively, and referreth himself to<br />
his foregoing deposition.
To the third hee saith that John Wilky commander of the<br />
shipp the ''Three Brothers'' of London who went the same voyage in company of this<br />
deponent, had expressed in his Charterpartie a teston for average upon every<br />
roove of sugar laden from Brazila for Lisbone, and Robert<br />
Morrice commander of the ''Blessing'' of dover (who was alsoe<br />
there with them) had the same allowance for average as this deponent<br />
had as aforesaid, which hee knoweth having seene their Charter<br />
parties, and they had the same allowance from Lisbone to<br />
Brazila, that this deponent had as aforesaid. And saith this<br />
deponents wages was 6 ''li'' per moneth in sterling money, and soe<br />
much hee had for other voyages in the Streights and other<br />
places in ordinary voyages; And otherwise hee cannot answer saving<br />
as aforesaid.
Tonswer saving<br />
as aforesaid.
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