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To the 8th hee saith hee doth not know B[?audwin] van Bourne Interrogate And otherwise hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing DEposition To the last hee cannot Answer:/ Symon [XXXXXson] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] Repeated with his precontest before doctor Godolphin. **************************************** The 15th of May 1658. Captain Thomas against halley} Examined upon the foresaid libell. '''Rp. 3us.''' '''Bartholomew Cuff''' of the Parish of Allhallowes the greate London Porter of the Stillyard, aged 60 yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined. To the seaventh eighth and nineth articles of the said libell hee saith and deposeth that somewhat after Bartholomew tide last was a twelve moneth there came and were brought in lighters and landed at the Stillyarde key a parcell of whale oile amounting (by common estimation and as was said by the Coper (sic) that made it) to fiftie seaven tonnes, And that shortly after the landing thereof there, there were two pipes thereof put into two carts by order of the arlate Edmund halley and sent away to be carried the one to Mr howl[?e]t and the other to Mr Cox, and afterwards by time the said Mr halley sent away alsoe all the rest saving seaven tonnes which were left upon the wharfe, and afterwards put into a warehouse. All which hee knoweth for that this deponent being one of the Stillyard porters did help to land and afterwards to loade away the said oiles soe sent away by Mr halley who hee saith paid this deponent for his paines and labour therein, and said that the said seaven tonnes were left for a Captaine, whom hee then named, but this deponent hath forgotten the name. And saith this deponent saw noe division or partition made of the said oiles into any share before sending of the said greatest part away, nor knoweth ought of calling or warning of any persons about a division, nor of the agreement libellate, nor of the valew of the said oiles. And otherwise hee cannot depose, saving there was afterwards foure pounds odd moneys paid for the warehouse [XXXX] of the said seaven tonnes # [#] that were left and 11 ''s'' to the porters for their worke by his precontest Mr Barfoote. To the rest not examined by direction of the producent. To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING] To the first hee saith hee knoweth not who are plaintiffs or defendants in this cause, nor is of any relation or kindred to any of them. To the second and third hee saith that the said halley sent about sixteene or seaventeene tonnes of the said oiles away forthwith after
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