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That in the moneth of October last the said John hart in this<br />
port of London laded aboard the said shipp the ''Cock'' to be therein transported<br />
for dublin in Ireland for the proper accompt of the said John hart nine<br />
and twenty butts and foure pipes of Spanish wine, and consigned them to<br />
be delivered at dublin to Adam Gold and to this deponent for the foresaid<br />
accompt of the said John hart; And saith that the said shipp in her course of<br />
proceeding in the said voyage for dublin, comming off the English lands<br />
end was on or about the second day of January last met with by a<br />
Brest man of warr and with the said goods (saving halfe a butt that was leaked out) and all other her lading seized<br />
and carried into Brest, where the same were confiscated, and soe the<br />
said wines were and are utterly lost to the said Mr hart, all which hee<br />
knoweth seeing the lading of the said goods by the said Mr hart as aforesaid,<br />
and going along with them in the said shipp and seeing the said seizure<br />
and carrying into Brest, and losse as aforesaid. And saith the<br />
said wines were then worth here 20 ''li'' per pipe, which for all the<br />
parcell amounts to 650 ''li'' sterling, but at dublin the said wine would<br />
have yeelded 30 ''li'' per pipe or more, besides [?her] cost to the valew of fifteene<br />
pounds sterling in the clothes and necessaries of this deponent who is<br />
his apprentice. And further that the said John hart had and was<br />
owner of a quarter part of the said shipp, of this deponents knowledge<br />
seeing the money (for which the said part was bought) paid oon the said Mr harts<br />
behalfe, being 87 ''li'' sterling; which 87 ''li'' hee saith hee this deponent<br />
by order and for accompt of his said master paid for the said quarter<br />
part, And saith the said quarter part of the said shipp was and<br />
is alsoe lost to the said Mr hart by the said seizure.
Adam Lugg [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]d seizure.
Adam Lugg [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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