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for the same videlicet for goates woolls ( … for the same videlicet for goates woolls (which pay the same freight<br />
that Cotton wooll doe) 12 ''li'' per tonne sterling, for galls eight pounds<br />
sterling per tonne, and for fine goods fourteeene pounds sterling per tonne<br />
and saith that those were the usuall and ordinarie freights for the like<br />
goods from Porta fferrari and ligorne to London within that space of time<br />
and this deponent himselfe is to [?XXXX] after that rate for goods brought thence<br />
in the ''dart frigot'' for the account of him and company. And saith that<br />
all men for such goods of the foresaid kindes brought hence in the<br />
''hope'' paid and after to pay the rate aforesaid, and as hee hath [?mentioned] were accordingly to pay forthe<br />
goods brought hence in the ''dart frigot''. And otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose.
Upon the rest of the articles of this allegation hee is not examined by the<br />
direction of the producent.
Upon the allegation of 45 articles (having severall<br />
schedules annexed) given in on the behalfe of the<br />
said Alderman ffrederick and company. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the fourth article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that<br />
hee knoweth not whether there hath bin a custome at Cyprus and<br />
Scanderone by which all goods that are laden aboard shipps, ought to be<br />
delivered by weight, but saith that the masters or pursers<br />
may if they please receive them and see them weighed, being (as hee saith they<br />
are) bound by custome to make deliverie according to the weights mentioned<br />
in the bills of lading, or (for want of such weight expressed in the bills) according to the<br />
factors Invoice. And this hee saith was and is publique and<br />
notorious, and well knowne to all merchants trading to those parts<br />
from London. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 6th hee saith that each kintall maketh one hundred Rotolo's,<br />
that (by usuall computation) every Rotolo is foure pounds<br />
and thirteene ounces Avoir du pois English weight, soe that two<br />
hundred fiftie two kintalls and fourtie foure kintalls and the six<br />
and twenty and eight Rotolos and making thirtie foure Rotolo's<br />
the whole number of kintalls mentioned in the two bills of lading<br />
arlate nowe shwed unto him and remayning on the [?file] annexed to the libell) amount to 296 kintalls and 34 Rotolo's
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296 kintalls and 34 Rotolo's
And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 7th article, hee saith and deposeth that by usuall computation<br />
296 kintalls and 34 Rotolo's of Cyprus Cotton woolls make English<br />
weight one hundred fourtie two thousand six hundred and thirteene pounds<br />
and tenn ounces, And otherwise referring himselfe to the said bills of<br />
lading, hee cannot<br />
depose.
To the 8th article hee saith that hee hath perused the bills of lading<br />
and Invoices arlate and findeth them to containe soe many sacks or<br />
baggs of galls, and that the neate Turkish weight therein expressed amounteth<br />
in the Rotolo's, as in the said article is expressed, soe that the 470<br />
baggs of galls arlate contained thirtie thousand three hundred and<br />
ninetie Rotolo's, referring himselfe to the said bills and Invoices,<br />
And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the nineth hee saith that every Rotolo of neate Turkish weight<br />
makethof neate Turkish weight<br />
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