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To the 5th negatively.
To the Interrogato … To the 5th negatively.
To the Interrogatories 2°. loco.[CENTRE HEADING]
To the 6th. he saith he knoweth nothing thereof.
To the .7th he saith the differences betweene England and Spayne<br />
and the sayd Embargo came to Teneriffe in the month of october <u>1655</u><br />
last past. And otherwise he cannot answer saving that<br />
after the sayd difference was knowne att the Canaries some English<br />
shipps did arrive here and returned empty home, And this<br />
deponent came from hence in a shipp whereof of Captaine Sanders<br />
was Master which (her factors wanting effects to lade her) came<br />
home empty.
To 8th he saith he is the brother of the said fferdinando Body, but<br />
had noe part or share by way of property, Company or otherwise<br />
in the goods in interrate nor was any way interested in this business<br />
other than to assist in the dispatch of the sayd shipp ''Little Mary''<br />
att the Canaries in case she had come there. And otherwise or further<br />
he cannot answer.
Repeated before doctor Godolphin.
Edward Bod[?je] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day Examined upon the sayd allegation
'''Rp. 3us'''
'''Ralph Standish''' of London merchant aged 28 yeares<br />
or thereabouts a witnes sworne and examined saith<br />
and deposeth as followeth videlicet.
To the first second third fourth fifth and sixth and 7th articles of the said allegation<br />
he saith that being att the Canaries within the tyme arlate he then<br />
and there ćame to understand by and from one Mr Stephens, who<br />
did busines there for the arlate fferdinando Body that he the<br />
sayd Stephens did expect a certayne vessell there from Ireland<br />
to come laden with herrings beefe and the like Irish goods<br />
called the ''Little Mary'' Captaine dennis Commander, which he<br />
believeth to be the shipp in question. And otherwise or<br />
further he cannot depose, saving that about the end of October 1655 last year [#]
[#] as he now remembereth<br />
the tyme there did arrive<br />
att the Canaries a certayne<br />
vessell from Ireland<br />
whereof one Joy was<br />
Captaine which Joy<br />
did give out and say<br />
that the vessell the<br />
''Little Mary'' (meaning<br />
the vessell in question<br />
as this deponent beleiveth)<br />
was laden att Waxford<br />
to come for the Canaries<br />
before his departure from<br />
Ireland or to that effect<br />
Ra Standish [SIGNATURE, LH MARGIN]
To the 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. and 14th articles he saith he cannot depose, saving<br />
that the said shipp being so expected arrived not att the Canaries<br />
during the tyme he deposeth stayd there which was till January<br />
last past.
To the fifteenth article he saith, That the common and ordinary rate of herrings<br />
att the Canaries in September October November and December last past<br />
was a ryall for ten herrings, and beefe was commonly sold for a<br />
Ryall the double pound, and pipestaves from seventeene<br />
pound ten shillings to twenty pound a thousand. And after this<br />
rate the lading of the ''Little Mary'' (in case she had brought<br />
thither such goods well conditioned) might have bene sold for which<br />
he deposeth for that he was the tyme aforesayd att the Canaries<br />
and well observed the price of such goods then and there to be<br />
as aforesayd. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the sixteenth article hee saith, that such goods as are above<br />
specifiedh goods as are above<br />
specified +
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