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They are in hope to have restitution upon … They are in hope to have restitution upon the fflemings for it,<br />
I hope you have gotten ensurance upon her. It were<br />
a greate pitie the ''Zebulon'' should fall into their hands, as in and<br />
by the said lettere is alsoe to be seene, which hee hath nowe alsoe with him<br />
and is readie to produce upon any further occasion, and well knoweth<br />
(as hee saith) that the said two letters were and are of the proper hand<br />
writing of the said Constant Silvester for that hee this deponent<br />
being here his correspondant hath received about very many letteres<br />
from him of the same hand, dated at the Barbadas, and this<br />
deponent hath seene him write both there and here, and thereby<br />
knoweth that to be his character and manner of hand. And<br />
saith hee this exáminate is alsoe correspondent of the arlate<br />
henry Colleton and hath bin informed that hee had also an eighth<br />
part in the said shipp and Negroes, and saith the said Constant and<br />
henry were and are English men and subiects of this Commonwealth<br />
and for such commonly accounted, and the rest of the owners of the<br />
said shipp and Negroes are alsoe accounted English men<br />
and subiects of the Commonwealth of England, And otherwise<br />
hee cannot depose.
Repeated before doctor Godolphin
Ceste: Sijlvester [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The sixth of May 1657.
Exámined upon the said allegation.
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'''Thomas Middleton''' of Poplar in the parish<br />
of Stepney and county of Middlesex Esquire<br />
aged 48 yeeres or thereabouts, sworne and<br />
exámined as aforesaid.
To the first, second, third 4. 5. 6. and 7th árticles of the<br />
said allegation hee saith and deposeth that hee well knoweth thae<br />
allegate Constant Silvester and henry Colleton, and all or the most<br />
of their company, and saith that they the time arlate were and at<br />
this present are and ought to be owners and proprietors of the<br />
shipp the ''ffortune'' arlate (George Paris Master) and of her tackle<br />
and furniture and for such commonly accounted, which hee knoweth<br />
for that hee this exáminate was and is correspondent of and<br />
with the said harry Colleton (who lives at the Barbadas about<br />
a yeere since that hee and the said company had set out the said shipp<br />
from thense for the coast of Guiney to take in Negroes and merchandize<br />
to be brought to the Barbada's for their account, and desired this<br />
deponent here to make Assurance upon her, but this deponent then<br />
findingbut this deponent then<br />
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