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Transcription

To the 15th hee saith that the said Henry prescot
is an Englishman Borne as this Deponent verily beleeveth
and soe hee is Comonly accounted and reputed
And is a Subject of this Comonwealth; And
further cannot depose./.

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true

To the Interrogatories ./: [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first hee saith he is not any wayes allyed to
the said Henry Prescot , And is neither his servant or
ffactor saving hee desired this Deponent to receive and pay
some money for him./:

To the second Negatively ./::

To the third hee saith that hee verily beleeveth the
wines in Question were of the growth of Oratava in
Teneriffe but Knoweth not of whom they were bought
nor for what, nor how much was paid for the same
nor for whome And further hee saith hee cannot
Answer /.

To the 4th hee saith that it is probable that the wines
in Question did Originally belong to some Inhabitant
or Inhabitants of the Canaryes subjects of the king of
Spaine, And for the reasons in his foregoeing
deposition hee verily beleeveth that the same did solely
belong to the said prescot at the time of the said
Seizure And further cannot Answer:

To the 5th he saith that hee cannot nor will
possitively sweare the said wines were for the
said prescots Account at the time of the seizure of the same but verily beleeveth they
were for his account as aforesaid./:

To the 6th hee saith hee Knoweth not in Whose possession
the said wines were before they were Laden and this
deponent did not see the same Laden, And further saving
his foregoeing deposition hee cannot depose ./:

To the 8th hee saith that hee verily beleeveth that there
were true bills of Lading signed by the said peter Bennewysen
for the said wines, and this Deponent received a bill of
Lading for the 22 pipes of wine in question herein
this City, from Master prescot who was then at Amsterdam, which bill of
Lading this deponent hath now seene in the registry of this
Court, and verily beleeveth the Contents thereof to be
true./.

To the 9th hee saith that hee verily beleeveth hee could have
distinguished the said 22 pipes and the said 4 pipes of wine claimed
by the said prescot from the other pipes of wine taken in the said
ship by their mark ./:

To the last hee saith he doth not knowe if any of the wines taken in the said ship
did then belong to subjects of the King of Spaine, and verily beleeveth that the said
prescot doth not Claim the said wines for any of the subjects of the said King but for himself
further saving as aforesaid cannot Answer

Phillip Manning [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]