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To the third hee saith that hee hath only … To the third hee saith that hee hath only ever made Cyprus his last<br />
Port of lading, homewards, namely in the said yeare 1654 in the Chase and<br />
never came from Cyprus to Zant but hath gonne from Zant to Cyprus,<br />
and saith that many shipps from Cyprus bound for England, take Zant<br />
in their way to touch at, but this deponent in the said two voyages from Cyprus<br />
Cyprus to London never touched there, and otherwise hee cannot depose<br />
saving his foregeing deposition to which hee referreth himselfe, and saving<br />
hee continueth the Barbary coast to
To the 4 hee saith hee hath seene but was never aboard the ''Thomas''<br />
''Bonadventure''; and otherwise saving his foregoeing deposition to which hee<br />
referreth himselfe hee cannot answere.
To the 5th hee cannot answere.
To the 6th negatively for his part and otherwise hee cannot answere.
To the 7th hee saith there is noe other way for shipping from<br />
Cyprus to London to England but by the Streights mouth, and<br />
saith the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' coming out of the Mediteranean<br />
to for England , must of necessitie come through the Streights mouth or noe<br />
was or. and saith it may happen by adverse windes that a shipp<br />
comming from Salina Roade for the Streights mouth cannot keepe<br />
a direct course but must board it sometimes one way and sometimes<br />
another to take the advantage of the winde for her course, and<br />
may be constreined sometimes to goe 30 leagues while out of her direct<br />
course. and otherwise hee cannot answer.
To the 8th hee saith that hee never heard of any that from Cyprus<br />
for London were by Confirm as being constrained by contrary windes,<br />
or fowle weather XXX and otherwise he cannot answer.
To the 9th hee saith this the land coile not give leave to a shipp to<br />
saile in a direct line from Salina to the Streights mouth, and this<br />
deponent (and as hee beleeveth many others) crossing from the Cyprus,<br />
having have from the coast of Candy, Malta or Sicilia sailed<br />
or bin put by contrary windes to the Barbary coast, and this<br />
deponent hath donne it twice and saith there from Candy<br />
to the Barbary shore is above 25 leagues, from Malta about 17<br />
and from [?XXXXXX] Sicilia 22; and otherwise hee cannot answere saving<br />
as aforesaid.
To the tenth hee saith that in case the master of a shipp doe not<br />
obey the order of his freighters or their factors in going away or<br />
staying as they command, the said factors use presently to protest<br />
against him for the same, if he factor be present. And otherwise hee<br />
cannot answer.
To the 11th hee saith it is usuall amoungst masters and mariners<br />
marchants, that where the factors to whom shipps are consigne have<br />
not sufficient goods of the freighters to lade them withall, for the<br />
said factors (unlesse they have order to the contrary) to fill or supplie<br />
the defect of lading with other mens goods; this hee meaneth where<br />
the shipp is not freighed by the moneth: and otherwise hee cannot<br />
answere.
To the 12th hee saith it is usual for a shipp comming to take in and<br />
steeve comming to take in and<br />
steeve +
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