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Transcription

and saith that hee lnoweth not nor doth beleeve that any of the said silver or goods
belonge to any hollander or ffrench man, or subject either of the States of the
United Netherlands or of the kinge of ffrance. Ad otherwise saving as aforesaid
hee cannot depose.

To the 23th hee saith that when hee was soe at Cales as aforesaid there were
the shipps the Sampson of Lubeck (Otto George Commannder) and the
Salvador of hamburgh (Christian Cloppenburgh master) then there alsoe
and that they alsoe there received silver aboard, but to whom it belongeth
or for whose accompt laden hee knoweth not. And otherwise hee
cannot depose.

To the 24th hee saith hee came with the said shipp and goods from Cales on
the third of October last.

To the Interrogatories in the second place. [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first hee saith hee shall be only soe farr profited by the release of
the said silver and goods as that hee shall receive his freight and have his
owne few particular goods aforesaid, and that otherwise hee hath noe interest in the
said silver goods.

To the second hee saith that hee and his Purser received the said silver aboard
and the goods, namely when this deponent was aboard hee received the same
and in his absence his Purser received them and somtimes his Stiersman
and that his said Purser tooke accompt and made entrie of all, and
otherwise referring him selfe to the markes and numbers aforesaid appearing
on the baggs, peeces and parcells aforesaid and in the bills of lading hee
cannot depose, saving his foregoing deposition.

To the third hee saith that his said Purser made entrie presently upon the
bringing aboard of each parcell as well of the said silver as of the
rest of the merchandize, with the markes, numbers, [?parties] names and
other particulars as in the said booke seized may appeare, And otherwise
hee cannot depose, referring himselfe to the said booke brought into this
Court.

To the fourth hee answereth negatively.

To the fifth hee saith hee knoweth Andrew Spinola and [?Cipriano]
[?Zpuini] who laded 105 bales of the said wooll, who hee saith are of Sevill
ffrancisco Lopez de ffonseca who laded 156 baggs of wooll, who us of
Cadiz Nicholas Witman of the same who laded 3 cases of coch[aneale]
John Wouters of Sevill who laded two cases of cochenilla, Alonso da
Torres of Cales who laded 7 cases of cochenela, George da Boyes of
the same who laded 5810 peeces of Brazill wood and Alonso da [?Scperro]
of Cales who laded 36 canasters of Tobacco, and taketh the said Spinola
and Z[?puini] to be Italians, ffrancisco lopez da ffonseca Alonso da Torres and Alonso da S[?cierra]
to be Spaniards, Nicholas Witman, and George da Boyes to be fflandrians
and John Wouters[?on] hee saith is a hamburger by birth, and saith that they
are by habitation subiects of the kinge of Spaine, And otherwise saving the
said bills of lading whereunto hee referreth himselfe hee cannot depose.

To the last hee saith hee verily beleeveth the said goods and silver to be
really belonging to such for whose accompt the same are said in the bills
of lading to be laden, and not to any ffrench or hollanders, or
subiects of the States of the United Netherland or of the kinge of ffrance
and saith that the said bills of lading were and are all true and reall
and now wayes colourable, And otherwise hee cannot depose, saving his
forgoing deposition whereunto hee referreth himselfe./

Jan Martins[?dorp] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

Repeated before Doctor Exton.