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ffowke or his Assigne at Petras, this hee … ffowke or his Assigne at Petras, this hee knoweth being purser of the sayd<br />
shipp and taking notice of the lading of the sayd goods, And further hee cannot depose/
To the 9th article of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee being purser aboard, well<br />
knoweth that upon the 21st day of July 1655 the shipp ''Cesar'' in her course betwixt<br />
Zant and the Morea mett with a shipp whereof the arlate Captaine Miller was Com=<br />
mander, wherein (as hee heard) the consull William ffowke arlate then<br />
was, and hee saith hee knoweth that the sayd ffudge and Marco the sayd William<br />
ffowkes servant went in the ''Cesars'' boate aboard the sayd Captaine<br />
Millers shipp to speake with the sayd William ffowke, but what discourse<br />
passed betwixt them hee knoweth not for that he went not aboard with them/
To the 10th hee saith that hee well knoweth that on t{he} 22nd day of July 1655<br />
the arlate ffudge arrived with his shipp the ''Cesar'' in safety in the roade<br />
of Petras, and saith that some dayes after the arrival of the sayd shipp<br />
there, the arlate Thomas Oliver came aboard the ''Cesar'' and did in the<br />
presence of this deponent and the sayd Marco and ffudge and others aboard,<br />
acquainte the sayd ffudge that the Curranse of the Morea and Nathalego<br />
were all bought and agreed for, and that hee hoped speedily to lade<br />
them aboard the ''Cesar'' for accompt of the aforesayd Thomas Rowse and ffrancis ffowke for soone as the Re[?culto] or harvest was over<br />
or hee then spake words to the same effect And further to this article hee<br />
cannot depose./
To 11th article hee saith hee knoweth that only one thousand dollars was<br />
delivered to the arlate Thomas Oliver<br />
by the arlate ffudge who shortly after a receipt for the same<br />
of the sayd Marco aboard the ''Cesar'',) for that the<br />
sayde Oliver was there sick on shoare, but saith that the sayd Oliver when<br />
hee receaved part of the sayd thousand dollars told the sayd ffudge that<br />
hee would with the sayd thousand dollars and with<br />
the effects<br />
hee had of the Consull William ffowke pay for the Petras<br />
Curranse and take them with the sayd Consulls house and warehouse there,<br />
And hee saith the other three thousand dollers and Coffie and pepper<br />
arlate were by the sayd Oliver left aboard the ''Cesar'' and the sayd<br />
ffudge ordered by the sayd Oliver to sayle therewith to Nathalgoe to<br />
take in the Curranse bought there, for soone as they could bee gotten<br />
ready, which he sayd ffudge accordingly did, this hee deposeth being purser<br />
and present at the premisses and an eye and eare witnes thereof And further hee<br />
cannot depose./nd further hee<br />
cannot depose./ +
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