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1. of the sayd fower hundred chests of oringes and Lemmons, And he saith as before
2. that the sayd shipp set sayle from Porto Port on the sixth of March last and the stormie
3. weather happened about the 20th began about the 20th day of the sayd moneth
4. and continued for divers days togeather, and saith the sayde shipp and her
5. ladeing were taken on Easter day last And further to this Interogatorie hee
6. cannot depose./

Robart BlackXXXX [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

Repeated before doctor Godplphin

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The same day [CENTRE HEADING]

Examined upon the sayd Interrogatorie

Rp. 2.

Richard Retorick of Billingsgate London Servant
to Mr George Chambers of the same place Merchant aged
eighteene yeares and upwards a wittnes sworne before
the sayd doctor Godolphin saith as followeth

17. ˹To the first and second Interogatorie he saith and deposeth˺
18. That hee will know the shipp Affrey Interrogate the voyage in question
19. and went that voyage in her as a servant to the p the foresayd Mr George Chambers
20. to negotiate for him his merchandieing affayres in the sayd shipp and
21. knoweth the Interrogate Robert Blackleech was Master of her that
22. voyage when shee was last at Porto Port in Portugall which was in
23. the moneth of January, ffebruary and March last upon the 6th day of which
24. month of March shee sett sayle form thense And saith that during the sayd
25. Shipps stay there at Porto Port there were laden aboard the sayd shipp
26. for Acc by Mr Richard Pearse and Mr Thomas Pate factors in that behalfe for
27. the Interrogate Mr George Chambers Mr George Robinson and Mr James Gover
28. For Accompte of them the sayd Chambers, Robinson and Gover fower hundred
29. chests of oringes and lemons and also a certayne quantitie of Citterons
30. susketts and Corke# #(videlicet two fifths of the sayd oringes lemmons Cittrons sucketts and corke for the sayd Chambers, and two fifths
31. more of the same for the sayd Robinson and one fifth of the same for the sayd Gover#
32. all to bee transported thense in the sayd shipp to London
33. and there delivered to the sayd Chambers Robinson and Gover this hee the
34. better knoweth goeing the sayd voyage in the sayd shipp and being being
35. imployed by the sayd Chambers to take care of to take care of soe much
36. of the sayd goods as belonged to him and seeing the sayd goods laden and
37. coming alonge with them in the sayd shipp And further to these Interrogatories
38. hee cannot depose/

39. To the 3 Interrogatorie hee saith he well knoweth that the sayd ship Affrey with
40. the sayd fower hundred chests of Oringes and lemons and with the sayd Citrons
41. Susketts and corke ˹onboard her˺ sett sayle fromPorto Port aforesayd and the sayd sixth
42. of March last and ly bound directly for London, and in her course homeward
43. mett with fowle weather about the 20th or 21st of March last and was thereby
44. driven into Saint Georges Channell and in Kings Roade there came t Anchor
45. and stayd till the next oportunity of fayre winde and weather, and then departed
46. thense on or about the first April last intending directly for London with
47. all the goods and ladeing aforesayd on board her but was upon Easter day
48. last being the sixth of Aprill surprized and taken with all her sayd ladeing
49. on board her by Dunkirke man of warr of eighteene gunnes and
50. having on board a hundred and odd men ˹notwithstanding all possible endeavour used by the master and company of the sayd shipp to preserve her and her ladeing˺ which man of warr having taken the
51. sayd shipp Affrey and her sayd ladeing carried the same to and fro with them at
52. <margin value="Bottom right, under main body of text, as lead to next page">Sea</margin>

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