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helped him to pack the same up, and to his … helped him to pack the same up, and to his remem<br />
=brance they were packed and made up in two<br />
Great Trunks and one Bale; and to his best<br />
remembrance the said goods cost betweene two<br />
and three hundred pounds, And saith the same<br />
were to be Transported to the Canaryes. upon the<br />
Account of the said prescot; and the said<br />
prescot affirmed to this Deponent that the said Goods<br />
were Consigned to Don Michel de ffranches. and<br />
Michael Gonsales. And further cannot depose./.
To the 4th hee saith that the said ship the<br />
''Saint Laurence'' set sail from hence with the said<br />
Goods in her, and safely arrived at the Canaryes<br />
as this Deponent hath bin Credibly Informed and<br />
verily beleeveth /. and the said goods were<br />
there delivered according to their Consignements<br />
(as this Deponent hath bin Likewise Informed.).<br />
And having nowe seene and diligently perused<br />
the first Letter of schedule annexed hee saith and Deposeth<br />
that hee being well acquainted with the handwriting<br />
of the said Bartholomew DeLion , hee is fully<br />
perswaded in his Conscience that the said Letter<br />
is wholly written and subscribed by and with the<br />
proper handwriting of the said DeLion to which said<br />
Letter this Deponent<br />
referreth himselfe<br />
And further cannot depose. saving that the said<br />
Michael Gonsales, is Comonly called Michael<br />
Roderigues and sometimes Michael Gonsales Guerra../.
To the 5th hee cannot depose ./.
To the 6th hee Saith that he well Knoweth that the<br />
said Don Michael de ffrănches and Michael Gonsales<br />
are both ffactors of and for the said Prescot, and saith that<br />
hee this deponent being at Oratava in or about<br />
December last, hee had speech with the said Gonsales<br />
about the foure pipes of wine in Question marked
'''M.P.'''[L.H.Margin]
as in the margent, And the said Gonsales did then and<br />
there seriously acknowledge and affirme that the<br />
same were Laden onboard the ship ''Saint Laurence''<br />
for account of the said prescot, and they were part<br />
of the returnes of goods sent to him in the said ship. and<br />
alsoe acknowledged that hee had more goods in his<br />
hands belonging to the said prescot; And said they<br />
went in his name, because a Dunkirke man of warr<br />
lay without the harbor or to that effect. And saith that heerbor or to that effect. And saith that hee +
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