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Ad 7um Arlum dicit et deponit That the Gov … Ad 7um Arlum dicit et deponit That the Governors of<br />
Bengall and Angola are both Portugueses and subiects of the King of Portugall, and were and<br />
are as this deponent veily eleeveth natives of Portugall, or some<br />
other place within the Dominions of the King of Portugall,<br />
and for such generally accounted and reputed; And this deponent<br />
sayth that they the sayd Hovernors of Bengall and Angola did<br />
very well know and understand (being thereof informed by<br />
most of the Company of the ship ''Hopewell'') that the said<br />
ship with her lading came directly from London, and did<br />
wholly belong to English men and subjects of this Nation,<br />
and that there hath bene for severall yeares past, and<br />
still is peace and amity betweene this Nation and the<br />
Crowne of Portugall. Et aliter nescit deponere./
Ad 8um Arlum dicit et deponit That the sayd Jeffreys, Jenkins<br />
Burton and Company aforesayd have suffered very great losse<br />
and dammage by reason of the unjust seizure and detention of their<br />
ship and lading as aforesayd in regard she was upon a very<br />
hopefull and beneficiall designe, but how to estimate<br />
this losse he knoweth knot. Et aliter nescit./
Ad 9um dicit That Bengall and Angola were and are both<br />
under the Dominion and obsedience of the King of Portugall and soe<br />
generally reputed and knowne to bee. Et aliter nescit./
John Goodlad [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeit coram Doctor<br />
Exton surrogato./
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27th Septembris 1660./
Ex super 2ds Allone in hac causa data
'''Johannes Goodlad''' de Lee in Comitatu Essex<br />
nauta annos natus 46. aut eo circiter<br />
juratus et examinatus dicit et deponit<br />
prout sequitur videlicet./
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[?XX] Jeffereys, Jacobi Jenkins}<br />
[?XCCC] pprietarierum navis The}<br />
[?XX] cujus Arthurus Perskins}<br />
[?XXX] Regius Por=}<br />
[?XXXXX] Anglia Capt.}<br />
[?XXXX]}<br />
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Ad 1um Arlum dicta Allonis det deponit That a such<br />
time as the foresayd ship the ''Hopewell'' was seized as aforesayd<br />
at Bengall, she had on board her twenty five<br />
Negroes, and eight Tonnes or thereabous of Elephants<br />
teeth; and a considerable part of her outwards lading<br />
was then undisposed of; which part of the sayd outwards<br />
ladingrt of the sayd outwards<br />
lading +
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