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To the 7th hee saith the said Dutch ship l … To the 7th hee saith the said Dutch ship lay the said<br />
time neerest to the said ship ''Warewell'', but other ships<br />
alsoe lay not farr off from the ''Warewell'' and further<br />
cannot Answer:/
To the 8th Negatively for his part./:
To the 9th hee saith that the said Anchor was Carryed<br />
on shore, and beleeveth that it weighed about five or<br />
six hundred weight. And further cannot Answer/.
To the 10th hee saith that the said Clarke required this<br />
Deponent to come and testifie the truth of his Knowledge<br />
in this busines and to the rest Negatively./.
To the 11th hee saith that hee sawe now money paid<br />
by the said Clarke to those that helped to heave<br />
out her Coles and haule her ashore, saving [7. s OR IS THIS "d" which]<br />
this Deponent then received for his paines therein, f[XXX GUTTER]<br />
Answer, saving as aforesaid../
To the last Negatively./:
Repeated before doctor Godolphin.
The marke [MARKE, small "v"] of the said<br />
Robert Hercules
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The 3d day of November 1659.
Q: Cowling for wines in the)<br />
''Saint Laurence'' aforesaid)
Examined on the said Allegation.
'''William Martyn''' of London mariner<br />
aged 30 - yeeres or thereabouts sworne<br />
and Examined
To the first second and 8th articles of the said Allegation (upon which<br />
hee is examined by direction ) hee saith and deposeth that hee well<br />
knoweth the arlate Thomas Cowling, and soe hath done for these<br />
Eleven yeeres last past, or thereabouts, and saith hee verily beleeveth<br />
the said Thomas Cowling to be an Englishman borne and soe hee was<br />
and is Comonly accounted. both at the Canaryes and in this City, And saith<br />
that in the yeere 1655, the said Cowlings houses and Estate at the Canaryes was [XXX GUTTER]<br />
and seized upon by the officers of the King of Spaine as being [XXX GUTTER]<br />
English man and subiect of the Comonwealth of England<br />
this Deponentt being at the Canaryes at the time of the said seizure<br />
by the Officers of the King of Spaine, and knowing of the embargo[?e GUTTER]<br />
and seizure of the said Cowlings houses and Estates there, And saith that [?att GUTTER]<br />
the time of the said Imbargure and seizure of Englishmens [?estates GUTTER]<br />
of the Canaryes the said Cowling was generally accounted to [be GUTTER]<br />
there as a Merchant Stranger, and this Deponent beleeveth<br />
hee liveth there at this Present: And likewise beleeveth him to be still a subiect of<br />
this Comonwealth of England, And further deposeth that hee this Deponent being very well acquainted with the handwriting of<br />
Thomas Cowling having often himselfe XXX XXXX and having receaved severall letters XXX<br />
hee verily beleeveth and is perswaded in his Conscience that [XXX XXX GUTTER]<br />
annexed to the said Allegation now seene and dilligently perused by him this Deponent is really written<br />
with the Proper hand of the said Thomas Cowling, and further cannot depose./.
To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee was not present at the Lading [or GUTTER]<br />
seizing the wines in question and otherwise negatively:/.
To the second hee saith hee is about thirty yeeres of age, and<br />
hee hath Knowne the said Cowling for about 11 Yeeres last, and<br />
Knoweth not in what Particular County hee was borne, nor Doth hee<br />
Knowe his ffather or mother, and further cannot answer./.
To the 3d hee saith hee beleeveth the said Cowling hath lived at the Canarye<br />
Islands for about 16. yeeres last, and hath heard that the said Cowling hath bin [XXX GUTTER]<br />
hee went first thither, and saith that when this deponent came from [?thence GUTTER]<br />
which was about Three yeeres since, the said Cowling was a batchelor and [XXX GUTTER]<br />
hee is soe at present, and soth not Knowe that the said Cowling doth pay [XXX GUTTER]<br />
XXXXX as is interrate./.
The last concerneth him not
Repeated before doctor Godolphin
William Martyns [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]phin
William Martyns [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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