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knoweth that before the sayd shipp the ''I … knoweth that before the sayd shipp the ''Irish Merchant'' her retourne towards<br />
London the sayd Lopez was soe well recovered of his hurt that hee might<br />
have retourned in her to London if hee had soe intended to doe, And further<br />
hee cannot answere./
To the 7th hee saith hee was not present at the buying and contracting for any of<br />
the goods Interrogate And further saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot<br />
answere/
To the 8th hee saith that at the tyme the ''Irish Merchant'' was at Teneriff and<br />
before and since and during all the tyme of the now warrs betwixt<br />
England and Spaine hee beleeveth there were divers English Merchants and ffactors in<br />
Teneriff who did and doe there trade and send goods for their owne Accompts<br />
to England, And further saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere/
To the 9th hee saith that hee this deponent at his last being in Teneriff<br />
in May last did colour divers goods which hee brought<br />
from England under the name of a dutch man, for his this<br />
deponents more secure tradeing there, (the dutch being in amity with<br />
the Spaniards) and the better to save them from confiscation as the<br />
goods of Englishmen, and beleeveth that others doe the like and<br />
further hee cannot answere./
To the 10th hee saith hee is the person alleadged in the sayd second<br />
article and to whome the sayd Lopez did declare as is predeposed that the<br />
goods arlate were for Accompt of Spaniards, and saith the sayd Lopez<br />
spake the words in this deponents foregoeing deposition to the allegation<br />
specified, or others to the like effect, in the Moneth of May last, and<br />
in and about the Port of Oratava, but what day of the moneth or<br />
weeke or what tyme of the day or night or who were else were present<br />
beside him this deponent hee remembreth not, but beleeveth there were<br />
others beside this deponent present And further saving his foregoeing<br />
deposition hee cannot answere/
To the 11th hee saith hee hath the Interrogate knowne the Interrogate<br />
Antonio da Ponta and Ignatias Landiola for these three or fower<br />
yeares last past or thereabouts and hath seene them severall tymes<br />
within the sayd tyme in the Cittie of London where hee hath alsoe often<br />
seene the sayd Lopez whome hee hath alsoe knowne for these 3 yeares last<br />
and saith hee hath seene the sayd Lopez severall tymes in May last<br />
at in the Island of Teneriff And further saving his foregoeing<br />
deposition hee cannot answere/
To the 12th hee saith hee did not see any letters delivered to the<br />
Interrogate Antonio ffernandez, nor did view or open them before<br />
their delivery, and therefore knoweth not what language they were in,<br />
nor how many there were of them, nor their dates, And further<br />
cannot answere/
To the 13th Interrogatorie hee saith hee was not present at the tyme of<br />
findeing the papers Interrogate but saith the sayd papers being<br />
in all fower letters all written in the Spanish language, and<br />
a bill of ladeing in the dutch language, were delivered to this deponent<br />
by delivered to this deponent<br />
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