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To the .9th. he saith, he never saw, so fa … To the .9th. he saith, he never saw, so farr as he knoweth or remem=<br />
breth, the sayd ship[?p] the ''Mercurius'', nor doth certainly know, that<br />
there was any such shipp in being . but saith he had the before<br />
mentioned relation of and touching the sayd Shipp ''Mercury'' of<br />
and from the sayd [?J]urian or George Mattison in or about the<br />
month of August '''1653'''. And further he cannot depose
To the .10th. he saith he was not att Cadiz att such tyme as the sayd<br />
shippes or any of them dep''ar''ted from Cadiz. And further<br />
cannot depose.
To the .11th. he saith he cannot answer of his knowledge being not att<br />
Cadiz when the sayd shippes are sayd to have come from thence.<br />
but saith he heard the sayd Mattison say, that the sayd four<br />
Shipps ''Sampson'', ''Salvador'', ''St George'' and ''Mercurius'' departed<br />
from thence alltogether, meaning upon one, and, the same day,<br />
and att the same tyme, as the deponent conseyveth. And<br />
otherwise he cannot depose.
To the 12th. he saith he cannot of his owne certaine sight, or know=<br />
ledge depose where or in what place, or when the sayd shipps<br />
''Sampson'', ''Salvador'' and ''Saint George'', or any of them were<br />
built. And otherwise he cannot depose.
To the 13th. he sayth he doth not know how many Owners have<br />
part, or share in the sayd shippes, ''Sampson'', ''Salvador'', and ''Saint George''<br />
nor any, or eyther of them: And otherwise he cannot depose.<br />
To the 14th. he saith, he doth not know any one of the Owners of<br />
any of the last mentioned three shipps, or of the goods in<br />
question, neyther did he ever see them or any of them so far<br />
as he knoweth or remembreth. And otherwise he cannot<br />
depose.
To the .15th. he saith, he knoweth nothing of his owne knowledge<br />
touching the property, or Ownershipp of the sayd three shipps or any<br />
of them; but saith that the sayd Reeve, Johnson and Mattison<br />
did in or about the month of August 1653. acquaint this<br />
deponent that the sayd shipps did belong to holland, and that<br />
the sayd Queman, Vandestranty Nelson and Webb living in<br />
Amsterdam were Owners or interested persons in the sayd shipps<br />
and lading thereof. And otherwise he cannot depose.
To the 16th. he saith he was not pr''e''sent, nor saw the buying, or<br />
contracting for the sayd three shipps, or their lading, nor of any<br />
or eyther, or any part of any of them or[?,] of the lading<br />
of any of them, made or contracted for by any<br />
person whatsoever. And otherwise he cannot depose.
To the 17th. he saith, he hath for these five yeares last past, lived<br />
in ffor street in the parish of Saint Giles Cripplegate aforesayd<br />
and in that street now: liveth with his wife and family; and is<br />
free of the Vintners Company of London, but for these seven<br />
yeareson, but for these seven<br />
yeares +
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