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John ffernandez De Viera to this deponent' … John ffernandez De Viera to this deponent's best remembrance<br />
soone after the said Notice given of the ''hopewells'' being<br />
at Bengall sent two ships of warr one having 32 peeces of<br />
Ordnance, and the other about 14: very strongly mannd<br />
to Bengall to seize upon the ''hopewell'', which they<br />
did accordingly in a hostile and Trecherous manner<br />
and fetched most of the goods that were ashore,<br />
and not bartered away, aboard the said men of warr,<br />
and carried the same together with the ''hopewell'' and<br />
all her Negroes and Teeth and what she had on board her, to Angola, and<br />
utterly dispoyled and deprived the said Jenkin[?s] and Company<br />
of both of the said said ship and Lading, to their great<br />
losse and damage and overthrowe of the voyage: which<br />
hee knoweth being on board the said ship ''hopewell''<br />
when shee was seized, and carried in her to Angola<br />
where hee, and all the said Ships Company were<br />
turned ashore to shift for themselves, as well as they<br />
could and further cannot depose./:
To the 5th hee saith that hee verily beleeveth that the said Outward Lading carried in the said ship to Bengall<br />
would there have produced and procured above six<br />
hundred Negroes, And further cannot depose to this<br />
article./.
To the 6th hee saith hee cannot depose not being able<br />
to Estimate the worth of the said ship./.
To the 7th hee saith that both the said Governour of<br />
Bengall and the Governour of Angola are Portugall[?s]<br />
or of some place in the Dominions of the King of Portugall and his Subjects and were put in<br />
Governours there by order of the said King of Portugall<br />
as this Deponent hath credibly heard and verily beleeveth<br />
and saith that the said Governour[?s] did well knowe<br />
that the said ship ''hopewell'' and her Goods did belong<br />
to English men and subjects of this Commonwealth<br />
of England, And saith that there was the said time<br />
and alsoe before, and ever since Peace and Amity<br />
betweene England and Portugall./.
To the 8th and 9th hee saith that the said Jenkins and Company<br />
the Owners of the said ship and Lading have sustained very<br />
Great losse and dammage by the said unjust seizure of the<br />
said ship, but howe much hee cannot Estimate. And<br />
further saving as aforesaid deposeth not, saving that<br />
Bengall and Angola are in the Dominion of the King of<br />
Portugall../.
Repeated before doctor Walker one of the Judges
John Taylor [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]e Judges
John Taylor [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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