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Transcription

and thereby knoweth that there is allwaies in all voyages an allowance to
the Masters and Companyes of shipps by the names of Primage and Average
in some voyages more and some lesse according to the custome of the severall
places to and from whence the voyages are made, and according to the quality
receaved as Master, and knowne other Masters receave for goods
transported from fflanders and severall parts of ffrance to parts both
within and without the Streights a Ryall for primage and Average
upon every duckett freight And that such allowance have bin allwaies
made to Masters and Mariners and alsoe to Marchants and such as use sea
affayeres And further to this article hee cannot depose/

To the 2 and third articles of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee
this deponent did goe a voyage from Lisbon to the Brazeele at the
same tyme as the Peter (whereof the producent dobbins went Master
did goe thither And knoweth that in his this deponents Charterparty for
that voyage there was expressed a certayne summe for freight and
and other different summe or allowance videlicet fiftie Rees upon a
Roove for Average, Which Average this deponent did receave
as master, and as belonging to this deponent and Company, And
this deponent allwaies understood and doth understand that the
sayd Average did and doth properly belong to the Master and Mariners
and not to the Owners of the shipp, And saith there was
noe other allowance to this deponent and Company for the sayd voyage
but the sayd Average and their wages, And hee saith in voyages to the
Brazeele there is great danger in respect of the heate of the Country
not agreeing with English mens bodyes, and alsoe great
danger in respect of the hostility betwixt the hollanders and
Portugueses, And for the reasons aforesayd hee beleeveth that
the Average aforesayd is allowed to Masters and Mariners as
an encouragement to undergoe those difficulties And further
to these articles hee cannot depose./

To the 4th hee cannot depose./

To the 5th hee saith hee knoweth all the Captaines arlate and
that they did goe a voyage from Lisbone to Brazeele but upon
what conditions hee knoweth not for that hee sawe not their charter=
parties, but beleeveth they had Average allowed them And further
to this article hee cannot depose./

To the 6th article of the sayd allegation hee saith hee haveing a long
tyme gone Master of shipps knoweth that it is usuall and ordinary in
all Charterparties for other voyages than the Brazeele to have beside
the freight a summe expressed apart for primage and Average, which
Primage and Average doth usually belong to the Masters and Companyes
of