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Lawes of Spaine, And saith that if moneyes … Lawes of Spaine, And saith that if moneyes or sylver attempted to be transported<br />
without license be seized in the ports of Spaine, the owners thereof<br />
may be devested of their property therein by confiscation thereof to the<br />
use of the King of Spaine, but saith if the same arrive and<br />
come to any place not subiect to the lawes of Spaine it is as free<br />
a merchandize in all respects to the Owners thereof as any other<br />
goods whatsoever, and somuch is evident by daily experience and<br />
practise in fflanders. And further he cannot depose
Repeated before Doctor Clerke<br />
and Mr Cock
Lorenço de[?veles] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The seven and twentyeth day of August <u>1653.</u>
The Clayme of Christian Cloppenbergh}<br />
Captaine and Commander of the shipp he}<br />
''Salvador'' for his goods and moneyes laden}<br />
on board the sayd shipp and of John Roopke}<br />
of Hamburgh for his goods severally taken}<br />
and surprized by some of the shippes of the}<br />
State and Commonwealth of England. Bud ffrancklin}
Examined upon an allegation on the<br />
behalfe of the sayd Claymers.
'''John Martinsdorp''' of Hamburgh<br />
Mariner master of the shipp ''Saint George''<br />
aged one and fifty yeares or thereabouts.<br />
a witnes sworne and examined deposeth<br />
anmd saith as followeth. videlicert
To the first Article of the sayd Allegation This deponent saith that the arlate<br />
Christian Cloppenbergh master or Captaine of the ''Salvador'' did in October 1652 of the<br />
certaine knowledge of this deponent lade aboard his sayd shipp for his<br />
owne proper Accompt the severall goods and moneys hereafter<br />
mentioned that is to say eight butts of sack marked with the first<br />
marke in the margent, which this deponent saw him buy for ready money<br />
att Xeris in Spaine, and three potachoes of Tobacco marked with the<br />
second marke in the margent which he bought in the Bay of Cadiz<br />
of Manuel Correa a merchant passenger in his sayd shipp, and one<br />
Chest of Sugar without marmed bestowed upon as a guift or present<br />
by a merchant a freind of his Vincent del Campo, and one bagg of<br />
peices of eight marked with the third marke in the margent conteyning<br />
fower hundred peices of eight being part of it for fraight, part for<br />
goods, and part upon private Commissions, and the moiety or halfe<br />
part of eight butts of sack more marked with the sayd third marke<br />
in the margent videlicet '''W.''' bought of Pedro ffrancisco a merchant of<br />
Xeris (of whom the other eight Butts were likewise bought) for ready<br />
money, To be transported in the sayd shipp from Cadiz aforesayd<br />
to Ostend upon the Accompt and Adventure of him the sayd Christian<br />
Cloppenbergh and there to be disposed of by him for his accompt.
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To the second he saith that the arlate John Ropke did himselfe buy<br />
the arlate one moyety or halfe part of the foresayd eight butts of sack<br />
marked with the sayd marke videlicet '''W.''' of Pedro ffrancisco aforesayd<br />
att Xeris for ready money, and laded the same in October 1652 in the<br />
saydme in October 1652 in the<br />
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