| Transcription
|
to Venice and there to be delivered unto D … to Venice and there to be delivered unto Don Augustin de ffonseca<br />
for the use and Accompt of the producent, and the proceed thereof to<br />
be imployed in the service and upon the Occasion of his sayd Catholique<br />
Majesty in Italy and fflanders, the premisses this deponent knoweth to be<br />
true for that hee is under paymaster Generall of the King of Spaines<br />
Army in fflanders, he did about ffebruary last past 1652, receyve<br />
letters of Advise from the Correspondents of the Producents living<br />
att Madrid wherein they did certify this deponent that the fowrsayd<br />
wools of the respective markes aforesayd were about the tyme aforesays<br />
laden att Alicant in the sayd shipp ''Saint Augustin'' to be transported to Venice<br />
and there to be delivered for the use and Accompt and for the service<br />
aforesayd, And this deponent having had for many yeares past<br />
constant correspondence with the sayd Assentista, the producent knoweth,<br />
that he the sayd producent doth usually cause his wools to be marked<br />
with th respective markes afore sett forth. And otherwise he cannot depose.
To the fourth article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith that he hath credibly<br />
heard and verily beleiveth it to be true, that the sayd shipp the ''Saint Augustin''<br />
after lading of the sayd woolls did sett sayle therewith towards Venice<br />
and in her course thither was together with the sayd wools then on<br />
board her seized by force of the shipps of this Commonwealth under<br />
the Command of Captaine Badily, and that by reason of the sayd seizure<br />
the wools aforesayd came into the hands and possession of the sayd<br />
Captaine Badily. And otherwise cannot depose.
To the fifth and sixth Articles of the sayd allon This deponent saith<br />
that the sayd 120 sackes of wools were really laden and provided for the<br />
Accompt aforesayd and the proceed thereof were to have bene really<br />
employed for and in the Affaires of his Catholiq Majesty. And this<br />
deponent himselfe about July last past did deliver to the Spanish<br />
Ambassador here Resident a Letter from his sayd Majesty touching the<br />
foresayd woolls and the seeking after restitution thereof. And saith<br />
that albeit the sayd wools in the bills of lading for the same found<br />
aboard the sayd shipp be ontrue (sic) for the Accompt of Augustine da ffonseca<br />
of venice, yet the same was and is done onely to secure the same from<br />
the ffrench, and saith It is usuall for the sayd producent so to secure<br />
his wools which this deponent knoweth by the correspondence hee holds<br />
with the sayd producent and the sayd Augustine da ffonseca with both<br />
of whom he hath familiar Acquaintance. And otherwise he cannot<br />
depose saving that noe dutchman subiect of the State of the united<br />
Provinces of ffrenchman subiect of the ffrench King had or hath any<br />
right title or Interest in the same or any part thereof.
To the seventh Article of the sayd allegation This deponent daith that the sayd<br />
Sebastian da Cortizo was and is a Spaniard borne and lives in Madrid<br />
where he was borne and hath in habited for theis 20 yeares last and<br />
indeed all his tyme. and was and is a subiect of the King of Spaine<br />
and so accounted. And saith the sayd Augustin da ffonseca is likewise<br />
by birth a Spaniard but by habitacon of Venice where he hath lived<br />
for about .16. yeares now past, and was and is a subiect of the State<br />
of Venice and so accounted, all which this deponent well knoweth by his<br />
acquaintance & Correspondencyes with both the sayd paties. And otherwise<br />
he cannot depose.nd otherwise<br />
he cannot depose. +
|
