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1. The 12th day of June 1656/

2. A busines ˹of Examination of wittnesses˺ for the perpetuall remembrance}
3. of the matter promoted by}
4. John Greene and Company touching}
5. certayne goods in the hopewell of London}
6. John harris Master. Smith}

7. Examined upon certayne Interrogatories ministered on
8. the behalfe of the sayd Greene and Company./

9. <margin value="Left">Rp. jus</margin>
10. John Harris of Rederiff in the County of Surrey
11. Mariner Master of the shipp the hopewell aged thirty XXX GUTTER
12. yeares or thereabouts a wittnes sworne and examined XXXX GUTTER
13. and deposeth as followeth videlicet./
14. To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee well knoweth the Interrogate shipp
15. the hopewell being him selfe the Interrogate John Harris and Master of and in GUTTER
16. her ˹during˺ the voyage interrogate to the./

17. To the 2 Interrogatorie hee saith that the sayd shipp the sayd voyage tooke GUTTER
18. in part of her ladeing at Scanderoone Interrogate and the rest at Cyprus which GUTTER
19. ladeing hee saith was to be delivered and was delivered part thereof at Ligorno GUTTER
20. Interrogate and the rest ˹(saving what was afterwards taken away at Cyprus) was delivered˺ at London and saith that before the sayd shipp hee the
21. deponent paid XXX 153 dollers or thereabouts at Scanderoone, and at Ciprus
22. 122 dollers for Anchorage of his sayd shipp at those places which was all GUTTER
23. the duties due to bee paid by this deponent to the Grand Signior and his Agents
24. there and saith hee did alsoe goe to the Customs house ˹there˺ XXXX at Scanderoone
25. and Cyprus and from the officers of them did receave ˹before his departure thense˺ noates declareing
26. that all customes and other duties there due to the Grand Signior for the goods TO DO: CHECK- IN GUTTER
27. laden a board the sayd shipp were paid. And further saving his subsequent
28. deposition hee cannot depose./

29. To the 3: 4th, 5th 6th and 7th Interrogatories hee saith that the sayd Shipp
30. the hopewell in her course from Scanderoone ˹Cyprus˺ for Logorno mett with
31. exceedeing tempestious and stormy weather and contrary windes
32. by violence whereof the sayd Shipps XX Rudder was cleere washed
33. away ˹off and the Iron worke thereof lost˺ and the sayd Shipp sprange two leakes in her Run a little
34. above her keele, so that this deponent and Company for preservation
35. of the sayd shipp and goods and to amend the sayd leakes and make the
36. new sayd Rudder firme and fast againe to the sayd shippe (they having
37. with much difficulty, and danger preserved ˹the wood of˺ it out of the sea as it
38. floated thereupon, and gotten it on board the shipp) to put were forced
39. to put into Cyprus and there unlade the greatest part of their ladeing
40. formerly receaved in there and at Scanderoone, that the sayd shipps leakes and
41. harmes done her by the sayd tempest might bee repayred and made good
42. and the sayd shipp being soe repayred and amended this deponent and
43. Company had ˹gone about to˺ lade on board the sayd shipp all the goodes soe by him
44. unladen but saith the sayd being laden there XXXX some officers or
45. souldeiers of the Grand Signiors did hinder this deponent and company
46. after they had laden some of them, from ladeing the rest, pretending that
47. duties for all the sayd goods were unpaid where upon hee this deponent
48. showed the sayd Grand Signiors officers and souldiers his noates from
49. the Customs houses aforesayd, which not withstanding the sayd
50. <margin value="Bottom right, under main body of text, as lead to next page">officers</margin>

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