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and adventure. Which hee knoweth as being at the time aforesaid
Cashier to the said producent, and saw the said letter and order and tooke
a Copie thereof And further cannot depose:-

To the second, and to the first and second schedules annexed and now
showne unto and perused by this examinate hee saith, That the said William
Carey in prosecution of the said producents Order to him sent as aforesaid
did buy and provide for the said producents accompt tenn hogsheads of
french Tobaccoe, and did lade or cause the same to bee laden on board
the said shipp the Crowned Oxe of flushing at or neare Bourdeaux
to bee therein transported to Morlaix and there to be delivered to the said
producents factors for his proper accompt, the said ffactors being Englishmen
and so well knowne to bee, And saith, That this deponent saw and perused
the said two first schedules after they were sent to the said producent by the
said William Carey, the first being a letter of Advise and the second an
Invoyce or accompt for the said Tobaccoes, both which are subscribed
with the usuall handwriting of the said William Carey, and were and
are true in the Contents thereof, and soe had and done as therein is expressed to
this deponent by his relation as aforesaid, and by his the said producents
Correspondence with the said William Carey well knowing his usuall
firme, And saith this deponent well knoweth for that hee writt the
bills of exchange, and sent them to the said Churchey and Sanders to
be endorsed for the summe of five hundred Crownes payable upon
the accompt aforesaid to the said William Carey, and afterwards
saw the letter of advise whereby it was certified to the said producent, that
the said moneys were actually and really paid. And further cabnnot
depose:/:

To the third article, and third schedule being a bill of ladeing annexed
hee saith That the said bill of lading after the lading of the said
Tobaccoes was sent by the ordinary poast from the said William
Carey to the said producent, as this deponent well knoweth and observed by
the imployment hee hath as aforesaid, and beleeveth the Contents
thereof to bee reall and true and soe had and done as therein is
expressed,. And further cannot depose:-/

To the last hee saith, That the said shipp with the said tenn
hogsheads of Tobaccoe aforesaid were in their Course between Bourdeaux
and Morlaix surprized and taken by two private men of warr of this
Nation whereof one Bradshaw and one Ware were Commanders
whoe as hee beleeveth have converted the same to the use of themselves
and Companie or their Imployers And beleeveth the said Tobaccoes if
they had safely arrived at their designed place, and had been mannaged
to the best advantage of the said producent would have been worth
to him the summe of Three hundred pounds sterling or thereabouts
And further cannot depose:-

To the Crosse Interrogatories:- [CENTRE HEADING]

To the ffirst (sic) Interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh to be a Wittnesse
(in this