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the same, which was in July last, and sait … the same, which was in July last, and saith there came home<br />
the said voyage for account of the said mr ffisher in the said shipp<br />
two and twenty chests and two fetches of sugar, which this<br />
deponent saw weighed neere the Custome house at one of<br />
the Custome house keyes, and made entrie of the number<br />
of the chests and fetches and alsoe of the weight thereof in<br />
his booke and hath a note taken out of his said booke now<br />
with him, and thereby well knoweth that the said two and twenty<br />
chests and two fetches weighed at the time of such their<br />
deliverie two hundred and three hundred weight (grosse) a<br />
quart[?erna] and one pound. And saith the same came to<br />
the possession of the said William ffisher this deponent being<br />
ordered by him to looke to and send them to his the said<br />
mr ffishers, which hee did accordingly. And otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first and second hee saith that five of the said chests of sugar soe<br />
taken up for mr ffisher and sent to him were marked with<br />
the first marke in the margent, fifteene with the second<br />
and two chests and the two fetches with the third, And<br />
saith hee neither was in Portugall, nor understandeth<br />
the language, nor knoweth hee<br />
the difference betwixt the English and Portugall weight more than that a roove weigheth 32 lb English weight, and<br />
saith hee tooke the exact weight of every of the said chests and<br />
fetches at the custome house key, and hath entrie thereof in<br />
his booke, together with the markes and numbers, being as<br />
is soe d?owne in the margent. And saith hee V?once]<br />
[?coXXXXXX] saw the [?Instrumentation], but tooke noe exact notice of it.
To the third negatively
George Wells [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
'''WF''' [MARKE, LH MARGIN]
No. 22: qts: 6: 3: 23<br />
23: qts 9: 0: 24<br />
21: qts 8: 3: 00<br />
25: qts 6: 2: 22<br />
24: qts 8: 1: 03
<u>39: 3: 16</u>
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[STAR AS MARKE, LH MARGIN]
No: 9 qt: 10: 2: 00.<br />
15 qt: 11: 0: 10.<br />
5 qt: 9: 2: 14<br />
2 qt: 9: 0: 21.<br />
10 qt 8: 3: 04.<br />
14: 8: 1: 10.<br />
12: 8: 3: 18.<br />
13: 8: 1: 16<br />
8 qt: 8: 3: 17<br />
3: 9: 1: 07.
<u>94: 0: 05.</u>
11 qt. 9: 0: 14.<br />
1 qt. 7: 3: 16.<br />
4 qt. 10: 1: 07.<br />
7 qt. 10: 2: 24.<br />
6: 9: 0: 10.
<u>47: 0: 15.</u>
'''E P''' [MARKE, LH MARGIN]<br />
no: fetch - 3: 4: 0: 25.<br />
4: 6: 2: 24.<br />
5: 7: 2: 00.<br />
fetch - 2: 3: 3: 00.
<u>22: 0: 21.</u>
George Webb [SIGNATURE, LH MARGIN]
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The said '''Thomas Markland''' to the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first and second hee saith hee never saw (to his remembrance)<br />
the Portugall Invoice interrogated, nor understandeth the language<br />
of that countrey. nor was ever there. And saith there is<br />
a difference betwixt the English weight which goeth by the<br />
hundred, and the Portugall, which hee saith goeth by the Roove,<br />
And saith there is usually allowed at the custome house a first part<br />
out of the grosse weight for tare, and afterwards [XX] five<br />
pounds per cent. upon Portugall sugars. And saith hee<br />
this deponent tooke the exact weight of every of the said chests and<br />
fetches with their markes and numbers, in his booke, and hath<br />
compared his booke with his contest mr Webbs, and found<br />
it exactly to agree therein with his the said mr webbs booke
To the last negatively.
Tho: Markland [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated with his precontest before doctor Godolphin.th his precontest before doctor Godolphin. +
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