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To the 3d Interrogatorie. he saith the for … To the 3d Interrogatorie. he saith the foresayd Owners doe all live in Breme<br />
and are Burghers there, and have [?XXXX] wives Children and families<br />
there, and were and are subiects of the free State of Breme, whereof<br />
this Rendents certaine knowledge they have lived theis ten yeares last<br />
past and upwards and indeed all their tymes respectively. and they<br />
nor any of them within theis 12 monethes now past have lived in any<br />
port or place in Holland or Zealand.
To the 4th Interrogatory he saith the lading aboard the sayd shipp was taken in<br />
aboard the sayd shipp att fflushing in Zealand, and saith that the interrate<br />
Marsas Scults did there lade aboard tenn balls or baggs of pepper and 290.<br />
Cheeses [*]
[LH MARGIN AT OP DEGREES] <br />
[*] and [?in] that case with 2 Castors therein, and one<br />
small fardell but what was therein this Rendent<br />
(as he saith) knoweth not. And saith. that severall<br />
passengers whose names he remembreth not did<br />
likewise putt [?XXXXX] sp [?XXXX] Cheeses and [?XXXX]<br />
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And saith he knoweth well the sayd Marsas Scults and last saw<br />
him att fflushing in Zealand, and saith. he was borne att Breme of<br />
the certaine knowledge of this Rendent who hath knowne him from a child<br />
and was well acquainted with his parents and the sayd Scults is a subiect<br />
of the free State of Breme and so accounted and hath his dewlling<br />
there for the most part with his sister, but by reason of his present course<br />
of lie which he spends in merchandizing and travelling to and<br />
fro betwixt Breme and ffrance, he hath noe fixed howse and family<br />
being a young man and a bachiler; and hath so traded and travelled<br />
for ten yeares now last past or thereabouts. and saith he was att fflushing<br />
att the tyme he laded he sayd pepper and Cheeses and other things but hath not any<br />
habitation there or elswhere under the Jurisdiction of the States of the<br />
United Provinces, nor ever had so farr as this Rendent knoweth<br />
beleiveth or hath heard. And otherwise cannot depose.
To the .5. he saith the sayd Marsas Scults did putt and lade aboard<br />
the sayd shipp att fflushing for hs owne Accompt the foresayd pepper<br />
Castors, small fardell and 290. Cheeses.<br />
And further he cannot depose.
To the .6. he saith he this deponent did himselfe pay the moneyes aforesayd<br />
for the sayd shipps new deck att fflushing, and brought the sayd moneyes<br />
with him in his sayd shipp from breme./
To the .7.th Interrogatory he saith that he this Rendent did receyve the three<br />
papers now shewne him one whereof is a bill of lading for part of the sayd<br />
Schults goods, att fflushing aforesayd, and the same were aboard the sayd<br />
shipp att the tyme of seizure. And saith that one of the sayd papers being<br />
a letter was delivered to this Rendent att fflushing by the sayd Schults<br />
but whether the sayd Schults did write the same att fflushing he saith<br />
he cannot depose being wholly ignorant where or when it<br />
was written. And otherwise he cannot depose
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Repeated in Court before the three Judges.Repeated in Court before the three Judges. +
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