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The 16th of January 1656. [CENTRE HEADING]

On the behalf of the said Mr Tivele}
touching the Noahs Ark}

James Wright of London Grocer
aged 45 yeeres or thereabouts sworne
and examined.

5us

To the first and second Interrogatories hee saith and deposeth
that in the moneth of March 1656 there was sold by
Mr John Tivele of London Merchant unto Mr Samuel Browne
and Mr Richard Boylie Grosers one hundred thirtie and five barrales or thereabouts
of raisans of the sun, and one hundred eightie two peeces
of peece raisins or thereabouts, at the rate and price of
fourtie foure shillings per cent for the barrells, and twenty
seaven shillings per cent for the peeces, which hee knoweth
because hee this deponent at the instance of the said buyers mr Browne
weighed them off for them the said buyers Mr Browne

[LH MARGIN] #and since the bells of
parcells ment coming the
sale of the soe goods at
these rates,

and Mr Boylie and since the delivery of them by their order#
And their deponent was credibly informed and beleeveth
that the said parcells of raisens were brought to London in
a ship called the Noahs arke, which was said to come from
Callice having bin carried thither by a man of warr
belonging to that place, which man of warr (as
it was alsoe said, plundered out of her a quantitie
of barrels and peeces of raisins.

To the third hee cannot depose, saving as aforesaid.

To the fourth hee saith XXX that hee this deponent upon the
said weighing the said raisens off clearly found and pernertued
then the barriells peeces were much defective and recounting
[XX] their contents and quantitie of raisins according to the [XXX] which had bin laden
originally in there in Spaine ˹according to what appeared to the caskes and froielurr˺ and then such defect and were
of quantitie happened or hee after perceived and beleeveth
by plundering imbeazealing or filching, and
that such plundering and imbeazeling happened
said shipp (as their deponent (was told) by such the said ship her seizure
and carrying there was Callice plundered and wanting about fourteene
hundred weight of raisins of the sun and about six hundred weight
of peece raisins,

James wright [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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