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at Antwerp amd other places. And saith it … at Antwerp amd other places. And saith it is notorious That the said shipps<br />
in their Course from Cadiz towards Ostend were surprized taken and<br />
brought into England where they remaine And that the said silver<br />
and moneys are here detained from the said producent to his very<br />
great dammage and prejudice. And otherwise cannot depose.
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true./
To the Crosse Interrogatories:-/ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first negatively./
To the second hee saith hee hath knowne the interrate Edward Peters<br />
by Correspondencie and personally for about 12. yeares last past and the<br />
interrate John Lamotte for about 4. or 5. yeares last past, and the interrate<br />
William Jansen for about 14. yeares last past, and otherwise negatively<br />
for his part, And further cannot depose not being in the Voyage in<br />
question:/
To the third hee saith hee well knoweth that the interrate John Lamotte and<br />
William Jansen were and are factors to and for the said producent, but not<br />
hee for them. And otherwise cannot depose:-/
To the fourth hee saith the said Edward Peters is an Antwerper borne<br />
and so commonly accompted, and hath lived for all the time this deponent hath<br />
personally knowne him with his family in the Kitdorp in Antwerp and<br />
formerly in Antwerp and Dover for all the time interrate, and the said<br />
John Lamotte in the street de Juan de los Santos in Cadiz and is a Batchelor<br />
and the said William Jansen who is a married man hath lived for all the time<br />
interrate in [BLANK IN THE MANUSCRIPT] by the Port of Sevill./.
To the 5th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoing deposition And otherwise<br />
cannot depose.
To the 6 hee cannot depose otherwise then negatively./
To the 7th. hee saith and declareth by Vertue if his Oath, That for the<br />
reasons predeposed hee is fully Convinced in Conscience, That the bills of<br />
lading interrate were and are true and no waies fictitious or Colourable./.
To the 8th: 9: and 10th: hee knoweth nothing thereof more or otherwise<br />
then as hee hath formerly deposed./
To the 11th: hee saith, That for the reasons predeposed hee is firmely<br />
and absolutely Convinced in Conscience that the sylver monies and plate<br />
now Claymed doe really belong unto the said producent, and that no person<br />
Subject or Subjects of any Prince or State in hostility with this Common<br />
wealth had or hath any part or share therein, and that the said shipps<br />
at the time of their seizure, were, if not interrupted, directly bound<br />
for Ostend there to discharge their severall ladeings,/ And further<br />
cannot depose./
To the 12. and 13 hee saith, the interrate Edward Peters did severall times<br />
(beforeers did severall times<br />
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