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each of the rest, and saith that out of every of the said bills came along
in the shipp and came to the hands of the States officers at the time oof the said
seizure, and thence as hee beleeveth into this Court, and the rest hee
left with the respective persons that laded the said goods, only for his owne
particular goods aforesaid hee saith there are noe bills. And saith the
said bills were and are true and reall, and the said goods and silver really
belonging (as hee verily beleeveth) to such persons for whose accompt the
same are in the said bills said to be laden. And otherwise saving the
said booke and bills hee cannot depose.

To the seaventh and 8th hee saith that his shipps company consisted of fourtie persons
men and boyes at the time of the said seizure of which one was a
hollander and came first aboard at Cales this voyage, and the rest were
and are all Easterlings. And for this deponent hee saith hee was borne at
hamburgh and hath lived there all his time, and hath bin a maried man
and kept his wife and familie there about twenty yeares last, and otherwise
negatively saving his foregoeing deposition whereunto hee referreth himselfe.

To the nineth, tenth and 11th hee answereth negatively.

To the 12th hee saith hee doth not knowe that any of his said lading belongeth
to his owners or any of them, and for his freight hee saith hee was to receive
the same at Ostend of the severall persons to whom the goods were consigned according to
the said bills of lading, And otherwise hee cannot depose.

To the 13th, 14th and 15th negatively.

To the 16th 17 and 18th hee saith that having delivered the foresaid goods caried from Amsterdam
to Cales, hee was there freighted in the service of the kinge of Spaine to carry
masts, cables, and other materialls for shipping thence to Maiorca, which having
there delivered the said shipp retourned in ballast for Cales and there tooke in her said
lading that was aboard at the time of the seizure. And for the foresaid
goods carried from Amsterdam hee saith that the deales were for the accompt
of his owners, and were sold by this deponent at Cales for money for the
shipp and companies chardges, and the rest of the goods were laden by Everard
Scott, Nicholas van hulten, henrick Maltheson and others of Amsterdam
and delivered at Cales to their factors. But saith that noe part of the
silver or other goods nowe seized are retourne or pro[?pXXX] of any of
the said goods soe carried from Amsterdam. And otherwise saving his foregoing
deposition hee cannot depose.

To the 19th hee saith that the silver aboard at the time of the said seizure
was part in baggs and those baggs made up into Caskes or barralls, and the
rest is loose in barrs, and all are marked, and none of the baggs or chests to his [?remembrance]
have the armes of the kinge of Spaine thereon, referring himselfe to the same
And otherwise hee cannot depose.

To the 20th and 21th hee sith hee tooke a manifest or Register of the severall parcells
of silver laden aboard as alsoe of the rest of her lading with the names of
the laders, persons to whom consigned and for whose accompt according to the
bills of lading, which Register amongest the rest of his papers and bills came
to the hands of the States officers, and thence as hee beleeveth into this Court
as aforesaid. And otherwise hee referreth himselfe to his foregoing deposition and
to the said bills and booke, and sving the same hee cannot depose.

To the 22th hee saith that the said silver was sent aboard [?on/?in] barkes, and the
laders came not aboard therewith, which laders were Spaniards, Italians, [?and]
Genoeses and as hee conceiveth of other nations referring himselfe to his [?said ?XXX]