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London in barres of silver plate and money … London in barres of silver plate and moneys to a very great and Considerable<br />
value[?], which have been received for his accompt by Mechants residing here in<br />
England, and by them made over to him by bills of exchange, and by English manufactures<br />
as perpetunet[?] bayes sayes and the like sent by them for his use and accompt in<br />
Spaine. And so much hee saith was and is true and commonly knowne amongst<br />
Merchants both of this nation and of fflanders. And further he cannot depose:-
To the Third hee saith, That in the years 1651. and 1652. arlate and moneths<br />
therein respectively concerning[?] or some of them the said producent for his owne accompt<br />
and adventure did some severall parcells and quantities of goods and Merchandizes<br />
from Ostend, and from Dunqircke (since it returning under the obedience of <br />
Spaine) and from this port of [?] and on to the arlate Gerard Riper[?], John Lopez de Molina, John Baptista <br />
and to Peter de Loletta and others his factors and Correspondents in Spaine, with<br />
order and direction to his said ffactors to sell and dispose of the same[/sales?] to his best <br />
advantages and to make him returnes of the same[?] into fflanders in bullion plate and<br />
pieces of eight; which said goods the ffactors aforesaid received in safety, as hee<br />
beleveth, And accordingly by letters of advise Certified the said producent, that <br />
they had or would dispose of the [?] according to his order, and receitt[?] unto him the<br />
proceed thereof in plate bullion and Coyne which they also performed, The promises[?]<br />
this deponent well knoweth, for the hee being Journall keeper to the said producente<br />
and by that meanes familiarly acquainted with his whole [?] and trading<br />
did with his owne hand write and enter into the said Journall the respective goods and <br />
Merchandizes so sent as aforesaid, and writt[?] the sevrall [?] thereof which<br />
were sent of land to the said ffactors and having also seene and pased[?] the sevrall adverses[?] advises and letters for all the said time passing and repassing between the said John <br />
Bollart and his said ffactors for and concerning the negotiation aforesaid. And <br />
further hee cannot depose:
To the fourth hee saith That by means of this deponents said employment and privity[?]<br />
to the Merchandizing affaires of the said producent, and by frequent and Diligent <br />
pusuing of the said adresses [?] letters and by the bills of lading sent over land to the said<br />
producent from his ffactors for his said returnes, hee this deponent knoweth That in <br />
or about the monthe of May June July August September and October in the<br />
yeare 1652. last past or some of them, the arlate Gerard Riper Lopez de Monlina<br />
John Baptista, and the said Peter de Loletta and others ffactors and Correspondents <br />
of the said John Bollart did as part of the Returnes of the goods and <br />
Merchandizes sent to them as aforesaid for his accompt, lade and cause to bee laden <br />
aboard the shipps the ''Saint George'' (John Martenson dorp Master), the ''Salvador''<br />
(Christian Cloppenburgh Master) and the Sampson (Otto George Master)<br />
all and singular the parcells of silver plate bullion and Coyne mentioned and<br />
[?] in the beginning of the said Allegation, That is to say, tenn<br />
barres [?] of silver in forme of a snail shell marked with the first marke in the
[FIRST MARK LH]
margent and these barrs of silver one of the second marke number 66. another of <br />
the third mark number 977. and the other of the 4th marke number 108. and foure<br />
(barres number 108. and foure<br />
(barres +
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