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Transcription

To the 2 Interrogatorie hee saith hee hath heard Robert hunter the English Master
of the shipp Irish Merchant, saye, that at the tyme when the sayd shipp was
lett to freight for the voyage in question hee him selfe and one John Blithe
and the producent Richard Webb and others were owners of the sayd shipp, And
saith that since the beginning of this suite hee hath heard (but by
whome hee cannot call to mynde) that the sayd shipp was freighted for the
sayd voyage by the Interrogate Antonio ffernandez And further to this
Interrogatorie hee cannot answere./

To the third hee cannot answere knowing nothing nor having heard any thing
to the effect Interrogate more then before is declared/

To the 4th hee saith hee never knew Webb the producent untill the after
the seizure of the shipp Irish Merchant, nor ever heard before the sayd
seizure, of any letter of Marque hee had against the Spaniard, And
further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere knowing nothing nor having
heard any thing to the effect thereof more then what hee hath declared/

To the 5th hee saith that the foresayd Lopez went supra Cargo or Marchant
of the sayd shipp as is predeposed, and further saving his foregoeing deposition
hee cannot answere/

To 6th hee saith that the Interrogate Lopez went as Marchant on board
the sayd shipp the Irish Merchant from London to Teneriff, and was
accompted marchant of her at Teneriff and did dispose of her outward
ladeing and relade her with the goodes in question but for whose Accompt
or whether as in his owne right, or as ffactor for Antonio ffernandez
Interrogate hee knoweth not, And saith hee well knoweth that the sayd Lopez his
wound was received at Teneriff was not the cause why hee returned not
againe in the sayd shipp for England, for that this deponent knoweth that the sayd
Lopez before the sayd shipps departure from Teneriff towards England
was soe sufficiently cured of the sayd wound that hee was past any
danger thereby, and alsoe for that hee heard the sayd Lopez saye that
hee had busines to doe at the Cittie of Alagoona in Teneriff
to perfect and make up his Accompts and pay some moneys hee ought there
and that hee could not presently doe it otherwise hee would have returned for
England in the shipp of one William Martine which came home in the
Company of the Irish Merchant And further hee cannot answere/

To the 7th Interrogatorie hee answereth that hee was not present at the buying of
or contracting for any of the goods Interrogate And further cannot answere/

To the 8th Interrogatorie hee saith hee beleeveth that during the time Interrogate
there have bin and are English Merchants or ffactors resideing in the
Isle of Teneriff And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere
for that divers of them are come away from thence secretly and
therefore hee knoweth not what to beleeve touching any trade driven
by them there./

To the 9th hee saith hee not being a Merchant nor acquainted with their
manner of trade in tymes of trouble, knoweth not what actes are used
by them, nor what to beleeve touching the matter Interrogate/

To the 10th hee saith hee hath not deposed to the article Interrogate
and therefore it concerneth him not to answere to this Interrogatorie neither
can hee answere any thing thereto other then what hee hath before deposed/

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