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his house there the contract was made in t … his house there the contract was made in this deponents presence<br />
and hearing. and saith the grosse summe paid by the said Rosetti<br />
in plate and goods, for the said goods soe bought amounted<br />
to fourteene thousand peeces of eight to his best remembrance, but how much thereof<br />
was paid in plate and or how much in goods, hee knoweth not,<br />
nor how much was the cost of each parcell of goods soe bought, And<br />
otherwise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid, and saving<br />
that about six dayes after receipt of the said goods soe contracted<br />
or by the said Rosetti, hee this exáminate saw the said Rosetti<br />
make delivery of the said plate and goods (for which hee bought<br />
them) at the said Rosetti his then dwelling or lodging at Santa Cruse.
William Martyn [SIGNATURE, LH SIDE]
fran carvallo [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated before doctor Godolphin.
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The 17th of August 1657. [CENTRE HEADING]
Exámined upon the foresaid allegation.
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'''Bernardo Medici''' Merchant native of Genoa but now<br />
living in London, where hee hath lived theise tenn<br />
monethes last or thereabouts, aged 22 yeeres or<br />
thereabouts sworne and exámined.
To the first árticle hee saith and deposeth that hee well<br />
knoweth the producent Augustin Rosetti and soe hath donne<br />
for theise six yeeres last past or thereabouts, and saith that<br />
the said Augustin was and is a subiect of the state of Genoa<br />
and borne at Voltra about nine Italian miles<br />
from the citie of Genoa, and within the territories and<br />
Jurisdiction of the said state, where this deponent hath long<br />
knowne his the said Rosetti his mother to be living and inhabiting<br />
(his father being long since dead) and for a subiect of the said<br />
state, and borne of parents that were alsoe subiects of the<br />
same hee saith the said Rosetti was and is commonly accounted<br />
and reputed. And saith the said producent hath for<br />
diverse yeeres last bin and is a merchant of good estate and<br />
repute, and hath for severall yeeres last traded in the dominions<br />
of Spaine with Italian and other goods, this deponent having<br />
seene him soe trading at Cadiz and in the Canarie Islands, and<br />
saith that this deponent being at Cadiz about five<br />
yeeres since, it was then and there commonly and frequently<br />
reputed that the said Rosetti, (then ariving there from the<br />
Spanish West Indies) had bin there imprisoned for that hee<br />
being imprisoned for that hee<br />
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