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Transcription

To the 3 Interrogatorie hee saith hee was not present at the making
of any Charterparty (but his owne) for a voyage from Lisbon to the
Brazeele And further saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere/

To the 4th hee saith hee and his Company had their wages for the
voyage to Brazeele over and above the Average, And knoweth not
nor hath heard ought to the Contrary but that other English shipps who
went that voyage had the like./

To the 5th hee saith it concerneth him not to answere thereto having not
deposed to the contents of the article Interrogate./

To the 6th hee saith that the Average as hee beleeveth is in Brazeele
voyages greater or lesse according to the rate agreed upon for freight
and where the freight is high the Average is high and the lesse is agreed
upon for freight the lesse is agreed for Average soe that
hee beleeveth that a master cannot XXXke his Average either
equall or above his freight And further hee cannot answere/

To the last hee saith hee was at Lisbone the tyme Interrogate And
further saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere/

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The sayd ffrancis Hurdidge upon the allegation given in on
the behalfe of the sayd dobbins the fifteenth
of ffebruary 1657./

To the first and second articles of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee
being at Lisbone at the same tyme andgoeing a voyage
to Brazeele the same tyme the arlate Joseph dobbins did thereby
tooke notice that the sayd dobbins did without helpe of any his
Owners procure the sayd imployment for his shipp and knoweth
that it is usuall for Englishmen who goe from Lisbon to the Brazeele
to put in security at Lisbon to the King of Portugall for the true per
=formance of their voyage, which as hee beleeveth is done for the
better securing their returne, and payment of the Kings Customes, and
hee beleeveth the sayd dobbins did soe or else hee could not have
obteyned a Licence of permission from the King to goe the sayd voyage
And hee this deponent knoweth that the sayd dobbins did spend
many weekes and moneths ashoare at Lisbone (and as hee beleeveth
at Brazeele alsoe) to acte the shipps busines wherein he could
not choose but bee at great charges And hee this deponent knoweth
that it is usuall for Masters of shipps not only in Brazeele voyages
but all other voyages to Spaine and the streights in case they negotiate
the shipps busines ashoare to bee allowed
by the owners for such their negotiation, over and above their Average,
which allowance is sometymes halfe a peece of eight a day, sometymes a peece
of eight a day, and somtymes more, And after these rates hee this
deponent hath receaved allowance in severall voyages, besides his
Average, and in some voyages when this deponents purser hath
negotiated the shipps busines ashoare hee this deponent hath allowed his
Purser