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the said seizure and had one of his said b … the said seizure and had one of his said bills of lading with him, as<br />
alsoe his papers showing his service of and subiection to the kinge<br />
of Portugall, and his passe from Angola, and other papers and<br />
documents touching his present lading, all which this deponent<br />
sawe, and sawe them taken from him by the boat swaine<br />
the frigot that tooke the said shipp, and by him throwne<br />
over board into the sea, soe that hee is deprived thereof./
To the 14th hee saith that all the said goods under the respective<br />
markes arlate were really and truely bought and provided by the said<br />
producent at Cartagena, and paid for by him, and hee was and is<br />
the sole owner of them, which hee knoweth seeing him soe buy and<br />
provide and pay for them.
To the fifteenth hee saith that the said producent was with<br />
this deponent and others committed to Chelsey Colledge prisoner,<br />
and afterwards released by his highnesse the lord Protectors<br />
order as being a subiect of the kinge of Portugall.
To the crosse Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee referreth him selfe to his foregoeing deposition, and saith<br />
the producent is of about 32 yeeres of age. And otherwise hee cannot<br />
answer.
To the second hee cannot answer, saving hee was this was<br />
never in ffarnambuck.
To the third hee saith hee the examinate came last from Angola<br />
in the yeere 1655, and came thense with the said producent, and<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the fourth and 5th hee saith the subiects of Spaine have and doe frequently<br />
sel tobaccoes, hides, tortoise shells and other commodities brought<br />
from the west Indies at Angola, and the Portugall subiects carry<br />
commodities from Angola to Cartagena and there sell the same<br />
and returne the proceeds to Angola, notwithstanding the warres<br />
betwixt them, having passes to that purpose, and that without<br />
any hazard of confiscation.
To the 6th hee saith that the person that is a subiect of<br />
Portugall coming from Angola to Cartagena, and having thense<br />
occasion to goe to Spaine, hath ordinarily a passe from the Governour<br />
of Cartagena to that purpose, and to carry goods.
To the 7th hee saith the said shipp is a permission shipp, and<br />
otherwise hee referreth him selfe to his foregoeing deposition.
To the 8th hee saith the interrate de Nessa had equall parts<br />
with diego de la Baton in the merchandize of the shipp, but the said<br />
diego had the command of the navigation. And saith the said<br />
goods were bought soe marked and not altered, and that is the cause<br />
of the varietie of the markes, and otherwise hee referreth himselfe<br />
to his foregoing deposition.
To the 9th and tenth hee saith that the boatswaine was the cheife person<br />
that this deponent sawe soe throwe away the papers. and otherwise<br />
hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition.
To the 11th hee saith the said producent was severall monethes at<br />
Cartagena before the lading of the said goods.
To the last hee saith hee this examinate is a native of Saint Lucars and Subiect<br />
of the kinge of Spaine, and saith the goods were all in hold as hee beleeveth, and<br />
otherwise negatively
Repeated in Court before<br />
Doctor Godolphin./
=William Martyn [SIGNATURE (OF TRANSLATOR), LH SIDE]<br />
fernando martin [SIGNATURE OF DEPONENT, RH SIDE]do martin [SIGNATURE OF DEPONENT, RH SIDE] +
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