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To the 3 Interrogatorie hee saith hee was … To the 3 Interrogatorie hee saith hee was not present at the making<br />
of any Charterparty (but his owne) for a voyage from Lisbon to the<br />
Brazeele And further saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere/
To the 4th hee saith hee and his Company had their wages for the<br />
voyage to Brazeele over and above the Average, And knoweth not<br />
nor hath heard ought to the Contrary but that other English shipps who<br />
went that voyage had the like./
To the 5th hee saith it concerneth him not to answere thereto having not<br />
deposed to the contents of the article Interrogate./
To the 6th hee saith that the Average as hee beleeveth is in Brazeele<br />
voyages greater or lesse according to the rate agreed upon for freight<br />
and where the freight is high the Average is high and the lesse is agreed<br />
upon for freight the lesse is agreed for Average soe that<br />
hee beleeveth that a master cannot XXXke his Average either<br />
equall or above his freight And further hee cannot answere/
To the last hee saith hee was at Lisbone the tyme Interrogate And<br />
further saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere/
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The sayd '''ffrancis Hurdidge''' upon the allegation given in on<br />
the behalfe of the sayd dobbins the fifteenth<br />
of ffebruary 1657./
To the first and second articles of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee<br />
being at Lisbone at the same tyme andgoeing a voyage<br />
to Brazeele the same tyme the arlate Joseph dobbins did thereby<br />
tooke notice that the sayd dobbins did without helpe of any his<br />
Owners procure the sayd imployment for his shipp and knoweth<br />
that it is usuall for Englishmen who goe from Lisbon to the Brazeele<br />
to put in security at Lisbon to the King of Portugall for the true per<br />
=formance of their voyage, which as hee beleeveth is done for the<br />
better securing their returne, and payment of the Kings Customes, and<br />
hee beleeveth the sayd dobbins did soe or else hee could not have<br />
obteyned a Licence of permission from the King to goe the sayd voyage<br />
And hee this deponent knoweth that the sayd dobbins did spend<br />
many weekes and moneths ashoare at Lisbone (and as hee beleeveth<br />
at Brazeele alsoe) to acte the shipps busines wherein he could<br />
not choose but bee at great charges And hee this deponent knoweth<br />
that it is usuall for Masters of shipps not only in Brazeele voyages<br />
but all other voyages to Spaine and the streights in case they negotiate<br />
the shipps busines ashoare to bee allowed<br />
by the owners for such their negotiation, over and above their Average,<br />
which allowance is sometymes halfe a peece of eight a day, sometymes a peece<br />
of eight a day, and somtymes more, And after these rates hee this<br />
deponent hath receaved allowance in severall voyages, besides his<br />
Average, and in some voyages when this deponents purser hath<br />
negotiated the shipps busines ashoare hee this deponent hath allowed his<br />
Purserponent hath allowed his<br />
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