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time aforesaid as the said Bahia upon his … time aforesaid as the said Bahia upon his merchandiseing affaires and<br />
particularly and intimiately acquainted with the said Garcia and his<br />
negotiation and seeing the first goods predeposed soe marked at aforesaid<br />
by the said Garcias order and by him soe laden for the said accompt<br />
as also the goods of the said second marke were soe laden by Vertue of<br />
a Commission of the said Mendez to the said Garcia his correspondent<br />
who thou declared and affirmed as much to this deponent who knoweth by<br />
long experience that the said Garcia is the ffactor and Agent at<br />
the Bahia of and for the said producent And further hee cannot depose
To the second Article and bills of lading these unto annexed hee saith<br />
hee did not see the said bills written or signed./
To the third hee saith the said Garcia is an inhabitant of the said<br />
Bahia, and that the said producents are natives of Portugall and<br />
subjects of that crowne and soe generally accompted and this deponent doeth<br />
personally knowe them both all and hath soe done for many yeares.
To the fourth hee saith it is publique and notorious that the said shipp<br />
and her lading sayleing from the Bahia aforesaid towards Portugall<br />
was seized by some English man or shipp or shipps of warr and<br />
brought into England./
To the Interrogatorries./ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first negatively saving hee is a hamburgher borne, and hath<br />
lived for all or most of the same interrate at the Bahia and at<br />
Lisbone aforesaid.
To the second hee referreth himself to his foregoing deposition, and saith hee<br />
hath knowne the parties interrate for all the time interrate and upwards
To the third hee referreth himself to his foregoeing deposition, and saith<br />
hee hath knowne the said Garcia ever since the yeare 1649.
To the 4th hee saith hee was not present at the buying of the<br />
said sugars or Tobaccoes, And further otherwise then negatively cannot answere
To the 5th hee referreth himself to his foregoeing deposition, saying hee saw<br />
the goods before the lading in the generall Magazins of the<br />
Bahia aforesaid at the disposall of the said Garcia
To the 6th hee saith hee knoweth nothing thereof./
To the 7th hee referreth himself to his foregoeing deposition, which hee doeth<br />
believe in conscience and by vertue of his oath to bee true/
To the 8th hee saith hee knoweth nothing thereof./
Repeated before doctor Godolphin:
P of Chirembareh (sic) [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] of Chirembareh (sic) [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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