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and plundering to be above three thousand … and plundering to be above three thousand pounds<br />
And further he cannot depose.
To the fifth article he deposeth and saith that he this deponent<br />
being Agent for the producent did procure the Passe<br />
arlate for the sayd ship from the Commissioners of the<br />
Navy and Admiralty, and alsoe the Certificate arlate<br />
from the Lord Mayor of London under the Citty seale<br />
certifying the sayd shipp to belong unto the<br />
producent, And he saith that since the seizure of the<br />
said shipp he hath received advice by Letter from David<br />
Billiard the Master of her that the said Passe and<br />
the sayd Certificate, and alsoe the bill of sale of the<br />
sayd shipp were all on board at the time she was<br />
seized, and that they were taken away from aboard<br />
her and detayned by the arlate heath and Company<br />
And further he cannot depose.
To the last he saith his former deposition is true.
To the Interrogatoryes. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatory he answereth that he commeth to<br />
be a wittnes at the request of Mr Philipps the<br />
producent, that he hath noe share nor interest in either<br />
shipp or lading and soe it wilbe neither profitt nor<br />
preiudice unto him which way soever the cause goes, That<br />
he hath knowne the said producent for some what<br />
above 20ty yeares, and that he the Rendent and the<br />
producent marryed two sisters, And further he cannot<br />
answeare.
To the 2d Interrogatory he answereth that he never saw the<br />
shipp interrate./
To the third Interrogatory he answereth that in his conscience he<br />
beleiveth that the sayd shipp is absolutely the shipp of<br />
the interrate Nicholas Philipps and of noe body else for that<br />
he this Rendent hath found by the accounts concerning the<br />
said shipp that he was sole Owner of her And further<br />
he cannot answeare Saving that Zephaniah Parker<br />
(of whom Nicholas Philipps the producent bought the<br />
said shipp) told this Rendent that the said shipp cost<br />
him the said Philipps about 800 ''li''.
To the fourth Interrogatory he answereth that he doth<br />
knowe the interrate Billiard, that he is a ffrenchman<br />
borne (as he beleiveth) at Deipe in ffrance, that he<br />
is and hath bin the pproducents factor there in<br />
ffrance for about fifteene yeares and that he is<br />
the factor there aswell of this Respondent as of divers<br />
English Merchants of this deponents knowledge, And<br />
further referring himselfe to his former<br />
deposition he cannot answeare./
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deposition he cannot answeare./
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