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two hundred and fifty peices of eight in e … two hundred and fifty peices of eight in every of them aboard the<br />
arlate shipp the ''Saint George'' whereof John Martinsdorp is Captaine for<br />
teh same Accompt, all att Cadiz arlate and to be transported from<br />
thence to Ostend in the sayd shipps and there to be disposed for the<br />
Accompt aforesayd, and then and there shewed to this deponent two<br />
bills of lading for the same videlicet one signed by Christian Cloppenbergh<br />
for the sayd fifteene baggs, and one by John Martinsdorp for the sayd<br />
twelve baggs. And further saith that the three bills of lading to<br />
the allegation annexed and now shewne he knoweth by the contents<br />
firmes markes and handwriting to be the very same bills of others<br />
of the same tenor with those he saw att Sevill and Saint Lucar respectively<br />
as aforesayd. for which causes this deponent verily beleiveth that the<br />
sayd Hjeronimo Brudgmans and Christian Aelst were. and are<br />
the true and Lawfull Owners and Proprietors of the sylver and<br />
moneyes arlate, and for such have bene and are accounted. And<br />
otherwise saving his subsequent depositions he cannot depose.
To the fifth he saith that about or towards the middle of October<br />
1652 the sayd shipps sett sayle and departed from cadiz and in their<br />
Course towards Ostend were seized by some of the shipps of this<br />
Commonwealth this deponent being aboard the sayd shipp ''Salvador'' att<br />
the tyme of the sayd seizure, and beleiveth that the sayd sylver and<br />
moneys were then aboard and came to the possession of the Takers. And<br />
further he cannot depose
To the sixth and seventh he saith the sayd Christian Aelst and Jeronimo<br />
Brudgmans were and are by common repute fflandrians, and subiects of<br />
the King of Spaine and so accounted, and the sayd Jeronimo Brudgmans<br />
for theise eight yeares now past or thereabouts hath lived and inhabited<br />
and still doth live and inhabit att Sevill in Spaine, And this deponent<br />
for the reasons above declared doth verily beleive that the sylver and<br />
moneyes arlate were laden for the Accompt of the sayd Christian Aelst<br />
and Hieronimo Brudgmans, and upon their sole hazard, and that noe<br />
subiect of the States of the United Provinces or of the King of ffrance<br />
had or hath any right interest or propriety therein. And further he<br />
cannot depose.
To the Crosse Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first he saith he was aboard the interrate shipp the ''Salvador''<br />
att the tyme of the seizure aforesayd and came first aboard her as a<br />
Passenger att Cadiz, in the moneth of October 1652.
To the second he saith he hath knowne the interrate Hieronimo Brudgmans<br />
for seven or eight yeares or thereabouts, but the sayd Christian Aelst<br />
heknoweth not otherwise than by letters and Correspondencyes. And saith<br />
the sayd Hieronimo Brudgmans liveth in Saint Nicholas Street in<br />
Sevill. and further saving his foregoeing depositions he cannot<br />
depose.
To the .3.d he saith that Diego Maestre a servant of the sayd Hieronimo<br />
Brugmans told this deponent that he did lade or carry aboard the plate<br />
and sylver interrate for the Accompt aforesayd. and further he cannot depose.
To the 4th and fifth he saith he saw not the bills of lading interrogate<br />
signed, but beleiveth they were true and reall for the causes aforesayd, and<br />
saith he beleiveth that some of the bills of lading for sylver laden by<br />
this deponent wherein the same is colourably entred for the Accompt of<br />
Arnoul Van Haesdonck of Hamburgh the better to preserve his sylver from<br />
the french were found aboard the shipp ''Salvador''. And further he<br />
cannot depose. And further he<br />
cannot depose. +
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