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but the said Difference was Determined by … but the said Difference was Determined by the worshipfull Roger<br />
ffowke, and the said Rosse, Southerne, and Bond; were<br />
receaved aboard the said ship againe, and Continued<br />
in her untill the said Disaster happened, saving the said<br />
Rosse not being obedient to this deponents words and<br />
Comands was by him this deponent put into the ''Guinney frigot''<br />
about three weekes before the said disaster happened. and<br />
further cannot answer:
To the 6th hee referreth himselfe to his answer made to the<br />
4th Interrogatorie in the first place; and further Cannot<br />
Answer./
John Atkins [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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Sims against Browne}
The 7th of March 1658
Examined upon the foresaid libell.
'''Rp. 2.'''
'''Joseph Lambell''' of London Marchant aged 43 yeares<br />
or thereabouts sworne and examined.
To the first, second and third articles of the said libell hee saith and<br />
deposeth that hee well knoweth the producent John Syms, and saith<br />
that about eleaven or twelve yeares since hee this deponent living in the<br />
Iland of Teneriff and being correspondent of the said Sims, received a letter<br />
from him dated at Lynn purporting that hee the said Sims in a shipp<br />
whereof Captaine Belfore was commander had at Lynn in England laded for his<br />
account and consigned to this deponent to be delivered at Oratava two<br />
bales of stuffs, three XXXXXX one third part of the tenn thousand and eightie<br />
pipe staves, and some pipe staves strippd and hooped and some nailes<br />
and foure packs of linnen cloth, marked (to his remembrance) as in the<br />
margent, And further hee cannot depose saving what followeth, it being soe<br />
long since, and this deponents letters and dispatches being seized and taken away<br />
at the Canaries upon the falling out betwixt this Nation and Spaine./
To the fourth, fifth and sixth articles hee saith and deposeth that upon the arrival<br />
of the said shipp the time aforesaid at XXXXX and this deponents receipt of the said letter<br />
(which came in the said shipp) hee this examinate sent the said Belfore order<br />
to land the said goods soe sent by the said Simms and consigned to this examinate<br />
but received answer that they were all landed by the said Captaine amongst<br />
goods of one Mr Carling before such time as this deponents said order came<br />
unto him, Whereupon this deponent went to the Custome house at<br />
Oratava to take order about receiving them, but found, only<br />
packs of linnen cloth which hee received ?and hath wXXX XXXXX XXXX the XX interr XXX XXXX mr SXXXXXX but for the rest of the said goods<br />
before mentioned, hee saith they were missing or XXXing, and though this<br />
deponent used much endeavour to finde them out and receive them hee could by<br />
noe meanes come by them, the said master having otherwise disposed them<br />
and conveyed them into other hands, and keeping himselfe purposely aboard<br />
that this deponent should take noe cause in lawe against him for the same<br />
And having nowe seen the factory or second schedule annexed, hee saith that<br />
Mr ?Simmes the time aforesaid sent this deponent a factorie<br />
of the said goods, and hee beleeveth the said factorie annexed to be a true XXXXX<br />
or copie thereof and to agree with the same, and the contents thereof to be<br />
true, and saith thet each thousand of the pipe staves as they were mentioned<br />
in the said Invoice ?a factorie were then on the Canaries worth fifteene pounds<br />
sterlingworth fifteene pounds<br />
sterling +
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