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<document-start>
1. which her arivall this deponent entred upon her as a waiter for the
2. customeshouse, and afterwards sawe the said tobaccoes taken out of her
3. into a lighter and in which they nowe are at the Customes house key,
4. And saith that there came one Captaine GarretXXX (or having some
5. such name) a dutch man passenger in the said shipp; who as hee said
6. in this deponents presence and hearing aboard
7. the said shipp, had taken the said tobaccoes of or from the Spanish
8. in the West Indies, and that the said Tobaccoe was of the growth
9. of Cuba in the dominion of the king of Spaine in the said Indies
10. soe much alsoe this examinate aboard often ˹heard˺ the said Captaines
11. boatswaine named Peter, and a Mulatto named John ffrancisco (who
12. alsoe came in the Successe) say and acknowledge, who long continued
13. in the said shipp after this deponents comming to waite aboard her, and
14. are still attending the said Lighter. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
15. To the second árticle hee saith that after the arivall of the said
16. shipp the Successe, the interrate Thomas Cowell made seizure of
17. the said tobaccoes as being belonging to Spainards, which hee knoweth
18. being then present and seeing the said seizure, and a person
19. out aboard to waite for the said mr Cowell. And otherwise
20. hee cannot depose, saving the said Thomas Cowell said hee
21. had a Commission to make the said seizure.
22. Abraham Barnabye SIGNATURE, RH SIDE
23.
24. The sixth of October 1657.
25. <margin value="Left">Vanbroughs and Nicholas against}
26. the Abrahams Offering and Rois.}
27. Smith. Suckley}</margin>
28. Exámined upon the Libell.
29. <margin value="Left">Vide 2us in A.14</margin>
30. <margin value="Left">Rp. 1</margin>
31. Baldwin Mathewes of Middleborowe
32. Merchant aged 37 yeares or thereabouts
33. sworne and exámined.
34. To the first second third ˹and fourth˺ árticles hee saith and deposeth that hee
35. well knoweth the producents and that the time arlate the producent
36. William Vanbrughs was owner and Proprietor of one fatt of black
37. and browne thredd, of the marke in the margent, and that then the
38.
39. <margin value="Left">No. WB 25. MARKE, LH MARGIN</margin>
40.
41. arlate ffrancis Rois was master of the shipp the Abrahams offereing
42. arlate and had the command of her as master, and for such they
43. were respectively ˹and comonly˺ accounted and reputed. And further that within
44. the monethes and yeere mentioned in the said first article (as hee
45. remembreth the time) hee this deponent as factor of and for the said
46. producent William Vanbrugh did at fflushing or Middleborowe
47. the said shipp for the use and account of the said William to be thense
48. transported to this port of London, and here to be delivered to his XX GUTTER
49. <margin value="Bottom right, under main body of text, as lead to next page">said</margin>
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