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his man for the use and towards fitting of … his man for the use and towards fitting of the said shipp the ''Triall''<br />
all and singular the goods and materialls schedulated, namely six tonnes<br />
of iron bound caske, one hundred and a halfe of New Cordage, foure<br />
hundred weight of Junck and a parcell of New Canvas, and<br />
saith the same were all received aboard and imployed in and about the<br />
said shipp the ''Triall'', for her necessarie use, and that shee had soe much<br />
neede thereof, that without the said goods and materialls (or other the like)<br />
shee could not have proceeded to sea on a voyage from the place where<br />
shee then lay, All which hee knoweth because hee this deponent (being<br />
boatswaine of the said Pooles shipp the ''Guift'') did by order of the said<br />
William Poole deliver the said goods and materialls, and saw them soe<br />
imployed upon the ''Triall''./
To the fourth and 5th article[s] and schedule hee saith that the said goods and<br />
materialls were the time aforesaid of such their delivery well worth the<br />
severall and respective summes schedulated, amounting in all to sixteene<br />
pounds sterling, and soe much the said Rogers then agreed to pay for them<br />
to the said mr [?Poole], and otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the 6th hee referreth himselfe to the Refistrie of this Court, and<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the seaventh hee cannot depose.
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true.
Repeated before doctor Godolphin.
Robert Shepard [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 16th of October 1657.
The Lord Protector against certaine}<br />
tobaccoes seized in the ''Nicholas'' and brought}<br />
to this Port in severall shipps.}
Examined upon an allegation given in on<br />
the behalfe of his highnesse the<br />
9th of this instant.
'''Row dt.'''
'''.1.'''
'''Edward Phillips''' of [?Wouster] Sailor, aged<br />
20 yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined.
To the first article hee saith that hee this deponent before the warrs<br />
with Spaine namely above three yeares since,<br />
was at T[?artoodas] an Iland neare hispianiola taken prisoner by the<br />
Spaniards and carried prisoner to Santa domingo in hispaniola, and there<br />
kept till about eight monethes since<br />
that hee was going thence to Cadiz in a Spanish shipp which was taken by the English. And saith that<br />
the said shipp wherein hee was taken was the ''Nicholas'' arlate and that shee<br />
had then aboard her (besides other goods) severall parcells of tobaccoe<br />
which since they were taken out of the said shipp were brought to this<br />
Port of London, and saith that part thereof was<br />
brought that part thereof was<br />
brought +
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