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and thereby knoweth that there is allwaies … and thereby knoweth that there is allwaies in all voyages an allowance to<br />
the Masters and Companyes of shipps by the names of Primage and Average<br />
in some voyages more and some lesse according to the custome of the severall<br />
places to and from whence the voyages are made, and according to the quality<br />
receaved as Master, and knowne other Masters receave for goods<br />
transported from fflanders and severall parts of ffrance to parts both<br />
within and without the Streights a Ryall for primage and Average<br />
upon every duckett freight And that such allowance have bin allwaies<br />
made to Masters and Mariners and alsoe to Marchants and such as use sea<br />
affayeres And further to this article hee cannot depose/
To the 2 and third articles of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee<br />
this deponent did goe a voyage from Lisbon to the Brazeele at the<br />
same tyme as the ''Peter'' (whereof the producent dobbins went Master<br />
did goe thither And knoweth that in his this deponents Charterparty for<br />
that voyage there was expressed a certayne summe for freight and<br />
and other different summe or allowance videlicet fiftie Rees upon a<br />
Roove for Average, Which Average this deponent did receave<br />
as master, and as belonging to this deponent and Company, And<br />
this deponent allwaies understood and doth understand that the<br />
sayd Average did and doth properly belong to the Master and Mariners<br />
and not to the Owners of the shipp, And saith there was<br />
noe other allowance to this deponent and Company for the sayd voyage<br />
but the sayd Average and their wages, And hee saith in voyages to the<br />
Brazeele there is great danger in respect of the heate of the Country<br />
not agreeing with English mens bodyes, and alsoe great<br />
danger in respect of the hostility betwixt the hollanders and<br />
Portugueses, And for the reasons aforesayd hee beleeveth that<br />
the Average aforesayd is allowed to Masters and Mariners as<br />
an encouragement to undergoe those difficulties And further<br />
to these articles hee cannot depose./
To the 4th hee cannot depose./
To the 5th hee saith hee knoweth all the Captaines arlate and<br />
that they did goe a voyage from Lisbone to Brazeele but upon<br />
what conditions hee knoweth not for that hee sawe not their charter=<br />
parties, but beleeveth they had Average allowed them And further<br />
to this article hee cannot depose./
To the 6th article of the sayd allegation hee saith hee haveing a long<br />
tyme gone Master of shipps knoweth that it is usuall and ordinary in<br />
all Charterparties for other voyages than the Brazeele to have beside<br />
the freight a summe expressed apart for primage and Average, which<br />
Primage and Average doth usually belong to the Masters and Companyes<br />
ofo the Masters and Companyes<br />
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