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came in the said shipp; and further that h … came in the said shipp; and further that hee this exáminate sawe some<br />
of the mariners of the said frigot that made the said seizure throw a<br />
greate many papers overboard (after their seizing the said shipp) which they<br />
had taken in her, and beleeveth the said producents writings and paper<br />
to be amongst them throwne overboard, for hee presently sawe his chest<br />
open and all them taken away: and saith there were severall of the<br />
mariners that soe threw them over board, and in particular the boatswaine<br />
(as hee taketh hee was) a tall man with long brownehaire, and two<br />
boyes, and many papers were throwne up and downe and some into<br />
the fire by the said seizers company.
To the last hee answereth negatively, referring himselfe to his<br />
foregoing deposition.
To the last hee saith the said producent Antonia da ffonseca da ffranca<br />
was and remained about five or six monethes at Cartagena aforesaid<br />
before hee laded the said goods aboard the said shipp the ''Virgin Mary and''<br />
''All Saints'' of Cartagena, and lodged all that space neere this deponents<br />
lodging there.
=William Martyn [SIGNATURE, LH SIDE]
=A diego [XXbatory] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated in Court before<br />
both Judges the 19th of June<br />
1657
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The nineteenth of June 1657. [CENTRE HEADING]
Exámined upon the foresaid allegation.
'''2.'''
'''Antonio Martines de Messa''' of Sevill Merchant<br />
áged 32 yeares or thereabouts sworne and exámined.
To the first article hee saith hee well knoweth the producent Antonio<br />
de ffonseca da ffranca, and hath soe donne for theise eight yeares last<br />
past, who hee saith is a native of ffarnambuco in Brazil and for such<br />
commonly accounted, and borne of Portugall parents and for such commonly<br />
accounted.
To the second and third hee saith that the said producent for all the said time of this<br />
deponents knowledge of him hath in the service and subiection of the king<br />
of Portugall, and served him as Alfarez or lieutenant under his brother<br />
George ffernandes da ffranca (a gentleman of the habit of Saint Jago, Captaine)<br />
in the warres made by the said king for recovery of Angola, and in other<br />
places, which hee knoweth, having seene him in that service at Angola<br />
where this deponent knew him dwelling foure or five yeeres after regaining of<br />
that place, where which regaining was about the yeere 1647. And otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the fourth árticle hee saith and deposeth that for all the time arlate<br />
and to this present there were and are shipps under the name of<br />
Permission shipps that by vertue of licenses obtained<br />
from the officers of the king of Spaine and those of the king of<br />
Portugall) in that behalfe appointed) usually goe and trade from Cartagena<br />
in the west Indies in the dominions of the king of Spaine to Angola<br />
aforesaid in the dominion of the king of Portugall, and from Angola<br />
to Cartagena and other parts of the West Indies in subiection to the king<br />
of Spaine, and have and doe usually and frequently carry from Angola Negroes<br />
and other Merchandizes to Cartagena, and other parts of the West Indies<br />
under subiection of˺ the said king of Spaine, and there invest the same in hides, tobaccoes,<br />
plateame in hides, tobaccoes,<br />
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