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January and february 1657. or some or one … January and february 1657. or some or one of them, the allate<br />
Antonio fernandez Carvajal did hire and take to fraight<br />
at this City of London a certaine shipp called the ''New England''<br />
''Merchant'' allate, to saile from hence to dartmouth in the West<br />
Countrey of England, and there to take in her lading of dry<br />
fish being there designed and provided to be transported in her<br />
from thence to Porto Porto in Portugalll for the use and accompt<br />
of him the said fernandez and Companie and to returne from thence reladen<br />
with other goods designed for ffrance for the sole accompt of the said fernandez And hee further saieth<br />
That within a very short time after the fraighting of trhe said<br />
shipp the ''New England Merchant'' as aforesaid, the said<br />
fernandez did send the said shipp to dartmouth aforesaid where<br />
shee safely arrived, and upon such her arrivall did receive on<br />
board her by order of the said fernandez and for the said account, of<br />
one Jago his Agent there such her lading of fish consisting of<br />
2000. quintalls and upwards, which were by order of him the<br />
said fernandez consigned to be delivered at Porto Porto aforesaid<br />
unto one Policarpio da Oliveira a Merchant there residing,<br />
for the accompt and behoofe of him the said fernandez and of Antonio Rodrigues Morais and Jeronimo and Raphael Rodrigues Lamego And that<br />
the said fernandez by himselfe or his Agents did actually pay<br />
or cause to be paid unto one Mr Richard Bogan of London<br />
Merchant the summe of eleaven hundred and fifty pounds for<br />
the said fish or thereabouts And that the<br />
said shipp the ''New England Merchant'' did with her said<br />
lading of fish safely arrive at Porto Porto aforesaid, and that<br />
the said fish was there delivered unto the said Policarpio da Oliveira<br />
for the use and accompt aforesaid. All which the premisses this deponent<br />
saieth he is well assured of, both for that he this deponent being assistant<br />
to the said Mr Fernandez in his merchandizing affaires, and privy<br />
thereunto at and about the time aforesaid and untill this present, is<br />
well acquainted with the said transactions, as having seene and perused the<br />
Charterpartie made for and in relation to the said voiage, and the letters and<br />
orders sent and given for and about the said fish lading consignement and voiage<br />
and the bookes of accompts of the said fernandez which are duely<br />
kept, and wherein the payments made for the said fish to the valew<br />
aforesaid were and are duely entred, and hath also seene and observed<br />
by advise sent to the said fernandez, that the said shipp did soe arrive<br />
aforesaid. And further to this Article hee deposeth not/:-
To the third Article of the said Allegation he saieth That the said<br />
(Mron he saieth That the said<br />
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