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The 12th of June <u>.1655:</u> … The 12th of June <u>.1655:</u> [CENTRE HEADING]
A busines of examination of Wittnesses for the perpetuall memory}<br />
of the matter on the behalfe of domingo vas Britto of}<br />
London Merchant concerning the shipp called the ''Saint Michael''}<br />
(whereof Manoel ferdinando Camerino was sometimes}<br />
Master}
Examined upon certaine<br />
Interrogatories on the behalfe of<br />
the said domingo vas britto
'''Manuel Perera''' Native of Roane in ffrance but<br />
now dwelling here in London Cashier to the said<br />
domingo vas Britto aged 20 yeares or thereabouts<br />
a Wittnes sworne this day in Court and examined saith as followeth videlicet
To the first of the said Interrogatories hee saith, That hee this examinate doeth<br />
well knowe the shipp ''Saint Michael'' interrate, whereof Manoel ferdinando<br />
Camprino was master, and hath soe knowne her for about three yeares<br />
last past, during which time shee hath constantly belonged to the said<br />
domingo Vas de Britto, who was and is commonly reputed and taken to<br />
bee the sole and whole Owner and Proprietor of the said ship and of<br />
her Tackle apparrell and furniture, Which hee knoweth for that hee<br />
this rendent hath for most of that time been Cash keeper of the said<br />
Owner and thereby hath good knowledge of the said Proprietorshipp.
To the second hee saith, That this rendent hath been very credibly informed<br />
and understood, That the said dominico vas de Britto did cause the said<br />
ship to be originally built about three yeares since at his owne Costs and<br />
charges and for his owne accompt and service, and hath ever since at<br />
his owne Costs and charges fitted and furnished the same to sea upon all<br />
the Voiages shee hath performed, and hath therein runne the whole hazard<br />
and adventure thereof, And saith the said shipp was upon her ladt<br />
Voiage wherein shee was taken fitted and furnished out to sea from the<br />
Terreraes by the said domingo's factor for the said domingo's accompt<br />
whereof this rendent hath seene and perused and accompt sent over<br />
inclosed in a letter of advice to the said domingo vas Bretto from his<br />
said factor importing the charges hee had been at for such her last setting<br />
to sea upon the accompt aforesaid, And saith That thereby and by his<br />
said relation as Cashier to the said domingo hee is well assured<br />
of the trueth of the premisses, And further saving his foregoeing<br />
deposition hee cannot depose
To the third hee saith, the said domingo vaz de Britto was and is<br />
a Merchant in and of this Citie of London, and a Subject of this<br />
Commonwealth of England, and that hee keepeth his house and family<br />
here, and for such a Merchant inhabitant and Subject hee saith hee<br />
the said domingo was and is well knowne and generally reputed
To the fourth Interrogatorie hee saith hee this examinate well knoweth by<br />
meanes of his relation predeposed, That the said shipp did in or about<br />
the moneth of August <u>1653.</u> being then in the ffernambuco in Brazile<br />
sett out from thence upon a voiage to Portugall being so sett out by<br />
(the saidbeing so sett out by<br />
(the said +
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