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William hart and otherwise hee cannot depo … William hart and otherwise hee cannot depose saving what followeth
To the sixth article hee saith and deposeth that about foure yeares and a<br />
halfe since (the time otherwise hee doth not now remember) the said shipp the<br />
''Wildeboare'' under the conduct of her then Master William hart came<br />
and arived safely at Lisbone where this deponent then was and saw her<br />
upon such her arrivall, and it was then and there said shee came the<br />
said voyage from Ireland, and the sayd hart then [behave]d himselfe as master<br />
and acknowledged himselfe master of her.
To the seaventh article hee saith that after such arivall of the said shipp<br />
at Lisbone the said William hart did there let her out to freight to<br />
goe thence to the Azora Ilands and thence to returne to Lisbone,<br />
on merchant imployment, and the said hart the said voyage (as this<br />
deponent was informed) from Lisbone carried passengers to the said<br />
Ilands, And otherwise hee cannot depose saving hee beleeveth the said<br />
hart soe let the said shipp to freight for the said Ilands and back againe<br />
with the consent of the said Thomas Amery the younger.
To the 8th hee cannot depose
To the nineth, tenth and 11th heee saith that the said William hart the<br />
said voyage did at the said Ilands leave out or behinde him severall<br />
quantities of [?corne] (as appeared upon his arivall at Lisbone) which<br />
of this deponents knowledge hee had before his said departure from<br />
Lisbone thither ward, contracted and undertaooke<br />
to bring in his said shipp from the said Ilands to Lisbone, and<br />
in particular a parcell of the corne which hee had contracted with<br />
don John da Costa to bring thence, in which regard severall parts<br />
of the freight due for the corne brought hence to Lisbone were<br />
arrested and made stay of by order of Justice there, soe as the said<br />
Amery and company could not receive the same untill satisfaction<br />
was made for the dammage in leaving the said [?corne] behinde,<br />
And saith there was by course of law recovered at Lisbone for part of<br />
the said dammage out of the said producents freight asmuch<br />
,oney as amounted to his remembrance to 90 li sterling or thereabouts,<br />
and the same was paid accordingly, which losse came and happened<br />
meerely by the fault of the said hart, in his leaving part of the<br />
corne contracted for behinde him as aforesaid, all which hee knoweth<br />
being privie to the proceedings and transactions at lisbone about<br />
the said busines. And saith that before the finishing of the said<br />
busines, the said hart being to depart for England, l[?ast] pro[XXXXXX]<br />
with this deponent an English marchant there resident to end<br />
and determine the said busines of dammage pretended against him,<br />
and this deponent accordingly upon arbitration did end the same<br />
and did upon the agreement pay for the said dammage the summe<br />
of five hundred thirtie three Mill res or thereabouts to severall<br />
persons, videlicet to the said don John and others, comprising t[XXXXX]d don John and others, comprising t[XXXXX] +
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