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acknowledge that hee was and is a Spaniard and a subiect of the Kinge
of Spaine And further hee cannot depose not knowing the arlate
Ignatio Landihola nor Antonio de Ponte./

To the 4th article of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee this deponent
being by profession a Chirugion the sayd John Lopez de Miranda
haveing received a wound in his right wrist while the sayd shipp
the Irish Merchant laye in the roade of Oratava in the Island of Teneriff
made use of this deponent as his Chirurgion for the Cure thereof
and thereby hee well knoweth that the sayd Lopez was soe well [?cured]
of the sayd hurt before the sayd shipp the Irish Merchant departed
from the Island of Teneriff with the goods in Controversie, that hee
could and did write letters and other writings with his right hand
which was soe hurt, and this deponent hath seene him write at
the sayd tyme divers letters and this deponent alsoe sawe the
sayd Lopez after his sayd hurt and before the sayd shipps departure
twice or thrice playe upon the virginalls with his sayd hand which
was soe hurt And further to this article hee cannot depose/

To the 5th and 6th article hee saith that since his this deponents coming to London hee hath
heard that the arlate Antonio ffernandez hath since the ladeing of
the goods in controversie received letters expressing the wynes hydes
and tobaccoes in Controversie to belonge to the arlate Lopez and other
Spaniardes And saith the letters arlate in this cause exhibited
being perused by him hee verily beleeveth and is perswaded in his conscience that one of the sayd letters videlicet [?XXXX]
directed to Antonio de Porte is all of it the proper hand writing of
the sayd Lopez and saith the rest of them were written by a preist whome the sayd Lopez imployed somtymes to write for him [#]

[LH MARGIN AT 90 DEGREES]
[#] after his hand was hurt and were written by the dictate
of the sayd Lopez to the sayd Preist in the deponents presence and
beleeveth and is verily perswaded in his conscience
that the sayd letters written by the sayd preist (soe many of them
as are firmed) are firmed with the proper handwriting of the
sayd Lopez de Miranda, and this deponent sawe the sayd Lopez
deliver all the sayd letters to bee carried on board the Irish Merchant
to be sent for England and the sayd Lopez (while the sayd letters were writing
by the sayd preist) told this deponent that they did concerne the then Cargo of the
sayd shipp

Tho: Fuller [SIGNATURE, LH MARGIN, AT 90 DEGREES]

And
further hee cannot depose./

To the 7th article of the sayd allegation hee saith that since the
seizure of the shipp the Irish Merchant the arlate John
danielson did say in the presence and hearing of this deponent and
Richard Webb the producent, and two others whose names at present
hee remembreth not but beleeveth Thomas Webb the producents [?brother]
to bee one of them) saye that if Master ffernandez (meaning the arlate
ffernandez one of the parties to this suite) would not paye the [?due]
freight and demorage (meaning the dead freight and [?XXXX]
due for the goods in controversie) hee could confiscate all the sayd
goods for that hee the sayd danielson well knew that all the sayd
goods belonged to Spaniards or hee the sayd danielson spake
words to the very like effect, And further hee cannot depose/

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/

To the Interrogatories./ [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee hath knowne the sayd Lopez
for above these sixe moneths last past, and saith the sayd Lopez went to
England in the shipp Interrogate the voyage Interrogate this hee
knoweth for that hee went with him a passenger in the sayd shipp And
further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot depose./

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