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for such and to be a dutchman and subiect … for such and to be a dutchman and subiect of the States of the<br />
United Netherlands commonly accounted, which had knoweth to be<br />
true, becourse hee this deponent hath from time to time seene<br />
letters of such correspondence betweene them, and on the behalfe of the<br />
said mr Robinson hath made entrie thereof in his Coppy booke.<br />
of letters; And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the second article hee saith and deposeth that in or about<br />
the moneth of October last past the said George Robinson wrote<br />
and sent over to the said Rocus Parvé to Rotterdam desiring and<br />
ordering him to freight a Holland shipp to goo thense to Saint<br />
Lucacs under a holland master to receive her lading of oranges<br />
and lemmons, and bring the same into the downes, and there to expect<br />
the order of the said mr Robinson, for disposall thereof; and<br />
further that the said mr Robinson ordered the said mr Rocus<br />
Parvé to drawe bills of exchange upon him the said Robinson<br />
for payment of and for the said lemmons and oranges, which<br />
letters mr Parvé received (for hee answered the same,) which hee knoweth<br />
having seen and copied into the said booke the said letters soe sent<br />
by mr Robinson, and seene the answers from the said mr<br />
Parvé. And otherwise hee cannot depose saving the said mr Robinson<br />
alsoe ordered the said mr Parvé to write to and imploy his further correspondent [#]
[LH MARGIN] [#] at Saint Lucars to buy<br />
in and lade the said<br />
oranges and lemmons.
To the third article hee saith that according to the said Parvé
hired and freighted at Rotterdam for Saint Lucars a certaine holland<br />
shipp, named the ''Armes'' of Brill (Martin williamson<br />
Rosse master) and sent her for Saint Lucars to receive the said<br />
cargo of oranges and lemmons of and from his correspondent<br />
named Gilbert Melsoe (to be brought into at Downes,) and to the said Melsoe to lade the same<br />
as by his letters sent to mr Robinson in answer of those received<br />
from him this deponent hath seene, the contents of which letters<br />
hee verily beleeveth to be reall and true. And otherwise referring<br />
himself to the said letters annexed to the allegation, hee cannot depose.
To the fourth hee saith that the said Melsoe upon the said<br />
shipps comming to Saint Lucars provided and laded a cargo of oranges<br />
lemmons and corke upon her, according to order received by him<br />
from the said Parvé,<br />
which hee knoweth having seene the<br />
Invoice of the said lading under the said Melso's hand, And<br />
otherwise he cannot depose.
To the fifth hee saith that after such freighting and sending<br />
the said shipp the ''Armes'' of Brill from Rotterdam to Saint Lurars<br />
hee the said Parvé drew two bills of exchange (one of 250 ''li'' sterling and the<br />
other of 500 ''li'' sterling) upon the said mr Robinson for payment<br />
of or towards the said oranges, lemmons and corke and freight, the said<br />
first bill whereof hee this depondent (who useth to act for mr<br />
Robinson) accepted in mr Robinsons absense and in his the said<br />
Robinsons and in his the said<br />
Robinsons +
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