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To the 7th hee saith that since the end of the voyage in question the shipp ''Alexander'' hath made an other voyage to Virginia by order (as hee beleeveth) of the arlate Mr Howe who for this last voyage was and is reputed Owner of the sayd shipp this hee deponeth goeing Steward of the sayd shipp the sayd last voyage And further hee cannot depose/ To the 8th hee saith that hee hath used the trade to Virginia for these fowerteene or fifteene yeares last and thereby knoweth that amongst Marchants and Mariners tradeing thither fower Virginia hogsheads of tobaccoe and noe lesse number are accompted to bee a tonne of Virginia Tobaccoe and that it is a thing well knowne there and taken for granted amongst Merchants and Mariners that hee that agreeth to bring a Tonne of Tobaccoe thence agreeth to bring fower Virginia hogsheads and that the freight of a Tonne of Tobaccoe, and of fower Virginia hogsheads of Tobaccoe to bee brought from thence is commonly accompted one and the same And further hee cannot depose/ To the 9th 10th 11th and 12th articles of the sayd allegation hee saith the sayd shipp the ''Alexander'' the tyme arlate was there fully laden with Tobaccoe and came home to England soe laden and that hee well knoweth the sayd shipp if shee could have taken in any more might have had great quantities of tobaccoe laden aboard her which came afterwards in Captaine Swanleys shipp who was at Virginia at the same tyme, and stayed after the ''Alexander'' And saith that One Thomas Ball after the ''Alexander'' had rowed aboard her as much ladeing as shee could did bring about fowerteene hogheads of Tobaccoe to the ''Alexanders'' side and desyred the sayd Watson to take them aboard the sayd shipp but the sayd Watson refused to take the same aboard and said hee could not for hee had as much allready on board as his shipp could carry and soe left the same behinde in Virginia this hee deponeth being supra cargoe as aforesayd and thereby well knowing the same To the 13th hee saith that since the sayd Watson came home from Virginia hee hath heard him acknowledge and confesse that hee was (the voyage in question) proffered a hundred and fifty hogsheads of tobaccoe to be laden aboard the ''Alexander'' over and above the sixe hundred seaventy and odd hogsheads of Tobaccoe which hee brought home in her thence And further saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot depose/
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