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The 12th of January 1653. [CENTRE HEADING] … The 12th of January 1653. [CENTRE HEADING]
The Claime of Melchior Speke[?r] and}<br />
othres of Hamborough for the shipp the}<br />
''Sphera Mundi'' of Hamborough and goods]
Examined upon an allegation on the behalfe<br />
of the said claimars.
'''Rp.'''
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'''Garret Derrickson''' of Hamborough Mariner<br />
Master of the said vessell, aged 44 yeares or<br />
thereabouts sworne and examined.
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made answer that his vessell was a free vessell, bought in England<br />
and that hee would not for five times the value of an ordinary freight<br />
meddle with any unfree goods, for that hee might thereby indanger his<br />
shipp, incurr his owners displeasure, and bring ruine upon himselfe,<br />
whereupom the said Anthony ffreson hagen assured this deponent with<br />
many protestations that the goods and lading by him meant and<br />
spoken of for this deponents freight were all for hamburgers accompts<br />
and belonging to such hamburgers as lived in and were freemen of the<br />
said citie of hamburough, and that hee was as cautious to lade in a free<br />
shipp, as this deponent was of free goods, and would be sure that there<br />
should noe other goods be laden but such as belonged to hamburgers of [?hamburg]
least the lading might be endangered, and upon those conditions and<br />
assurances this deponent undertooke the said freight and received the<br />
said goods aboard, being the same nowe seized, which goods hee saith<br />
were and are consigned for hamborough, there to be delivered, for the<br />
accompt of hamburgers there resident, referring himselfe to the<br />
bills of lading by him signed for the same, The premisses hee deposeth<br />
being master of the said shipp, and otherwise hee cannot depose.
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To the Interrogatories.
To the first hee saith there was not any Charter partie made for the<br />
present voyage, but the freight is according to the bills of lading.
[ADD DATA]ording to the bills of lading.
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