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To the third article and bills or schedule … To the third article and bills or schedules aforesaid, hee saith and deposeth<br />
that the said bills were and are the true and originall bills for the said<br />
goods, and were and are all signed by and with the proper hand writing of<br />
the arlate Michael Andric Captaine of the said shipp, and the contents<br />
thereof were and are true and soe had and donne as therein is contained,<br />
which hee knoweth for the reasons aforesaid, and because hee was present<br />
in a merchants house in Smyrna and sawe the said Captaine signe the same with<br />
his owne hand writinge, And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the fourth article and schedules aforesaid hee saith that after the said producents<br />
had soe laded their said respective merchandizes aboard the said shipp at<br />
Smyrna they alsoe imbarqued them selves in the same and<br />
departed therewith from Smyrna directly for Ligorne, and tooke<br />
the said respective bills of lading alonge with them of his sight and knowledge<br />
comming alonge in their company, and seeing them put them up<br />
privately about their persons, and saith that in the said shipp the<br />
''Saint Martin'' her course for Ligorne shee and the said goods were met<br />
with by a Squadron of eight English shipps said to belonge to the Parliament<br />
and commanded as hee hath heard by Captaine hall, and at the time of the said seizure<br />
the said producents were aboard the said shipp of his sight and<br />
knowledge being alsoe aboard her, And otherwise hee cannot depose,<br />
saving as aforesaid, and seeing the said shipp the ''Saint Martin'' is since<br />
brought into England.
To the fifth article hee saith and deposeth that the said producents were and<br />
are Armenian Merchants, and doe usually trade and traffique from<br />
Guiland, Spaham and other places of Persia to Smyrna and thence to Legorne, and<br />
and (sic) other places, and frequently traffique with English in those parts and quarters, and for<br />
and as such they were and are commonly accompted and reputed, and<br />
saith that the said Jacomo and Sofer were and are Persians and subiects<br />
of the kinge of Persia and the said Saroukan was an is a subiect off<br />
the Turkesh Emperour or Grand Seignior, betwixt whom and<br />
this nation there was and is peace and amitie, And otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose./.
To the crosse Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee came first aboard the said shipp at<br />
Smyrna, which was the time aforesaid of lading the said goods, And otherwise<br />
referring himselfe to his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answer or depose, saving<br />
what hee hath predeposed.
To the second hee saith hee hath knowne the said hojah Jacomo foure<br />
yeares last, hojah Sofer eight yeares last and hojah Sarunkan for<br />
theise twenty yeares last past and saith the said Jacomo liveth<br />
in a village neere Rivan in Persia, and was borne there, the said Sofer liveth and was borne<br />
at Spaham in Persia, and the said Saroukan liveth at Constantinople<br />
and as hee hath heard was borne there, and this respondent liveth and<br />
was borne at Bursia aforesaid, and saith that they nor any of them<br />
doe not belonge to any ffrench ffactory at Smirna Constantinople [XXXXX], nor have<br />
any relation to the ffrench nor doe they use to traffique or deale with<br />
them. And otherwise saving as aforesaid hee cannot answer.
To the third hee saith that the said shipp the ''Saint Martin'' is as hee beleeveth<br />
a ffrench shipp being under the command of the said Andri[?c] who is a<br />
ffrenchman, and saith the shipps company were atg the time of the<br />
said seizure ffrench men saving about five or six who were Venetians,<br />
and otherwise hee answereth negatively referring him selfe to his<br />
foregoing deposition.
To the fourth hee answereth negatively to all the contents thereof,<br />
saving this deponent hath alsoe goods aboard the said shipp for his owne<br />
accompy and laden by him.
To the fifth hee saith that the fore said goods of the said Sarankan ande fore said goods of the said Sarankan and +
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