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To the .11. 12. 13. and 14th he saith that the sayd ffrancisco de La Sierpe hath
for theis three yeares and upwards bene the producents factor and hath
yearely receyved from them severall quantities of goods of good value from
Ostend, and hath generall Order to returne the proceeed thereof in
Sylver for all convenient shipping this deponent the Companion of the
sayd de la Sierpe being privy to his proceedings, letters of advise and
other matters touching his sayd factory. and particularly saith that the
last yeare 1652 severall parcells of lace, linnen Cloath and yarne of
the value of 3000. pieces of eight or thereabouts, came to the hands of the sayd
factor for accompt of the producents some in the shipp of Cordes [?Keysar]
some in the sayd shipp John Evangelist John de Vos Master some in other
shipps whose names he remembreth not, all from the Port of Ostend And
further cannot depose.

To the fifteenth he saith he was borne att Lisle and dwelleth in
Cadiz and otherwise negatively.

To the sixteenth Interrogatory he saith that the sayd moneyes were in the
yeare 1652. procured by the sayd ffrancisco de la Sierpe att severall
tymes of and from severall persons whose names he remembreth not
to whom he sold as the marketts and occasions happened the
goods of the producents and putt the same to their accompt according
to their respective Interests, to say 2/3 parts threeof to the sayd Peter
de Cock and 1/3 part to the sayd Baldwin Matthewes all which this Rendent well knoweth being the sayd ffrancisco de La Sierpes Companion in his
factories as a foresayd. And otherwise he cannot depose.

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and further that unlicensed sylver of [?Spaine]
in the Ports of Spaine before transportation is confiscable to the King
of Spaines use, but that the Owners are usually admitted to compound for
it And in case it be not so seized, It is not confiscateble by but is free
to the Owners in ffalnders or elsewhere as any other merchandize And
somuch is generally knowne And otherwise cannot depose

Joan [?Bauttista] de la [?XXX] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]