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sent to the said producent intimating and … sent to the said producent intimating and expressing, that they had respectively<br />
laden as is predeposed, the severall parcells of moneys aforesaid for the said producents<br />
[proper] accompt, and accordingly this deponent saw the said [?] sett downe and outred<br />
in the said producents bookes of accompts by his [percontest]. And otherwise saving his<br />
following deposition hee saith hee cannot depose.
To the 4th article of the said Allegation and schedules annexed hee saith and deposeth, That the ffactors<br />
predeposed in some of the moneths of the yeare 1652 before the ladeing of the<br />
said peeces of eight as aforesaid, sent over Land from Cadiz to Antwerp to the said<br />
producent letters of advise thereby intimating that in lieu of the goods received by<br />
them from fflander for his accompt, they intended to send him returnes of moneys<br />
in the said shipps the ''Sampson'', ''Salvadore'', and ''Saint George'', And since the said<br />
baggs of pieces of eight were by them respectively laden videlicet in the moneths<br />
of August September October and November 1652 or some of them, the said ffactors<br />
againe writt unto the said producent declaring unto him that they had as<br />
aforesaid laden the said severall baggs of pieces of eight for his accompt and<br />
adventure, and together with their letters they sent also to the said producent 4<br />
bills of lading (which this deponent verily believeth to be the bills of ladeing<br />
annexedto the said Allegation and non showne unto him) and saith the same are<br />
reall and true bills of lading, and really made and done according to the contents <br />
thereof, which hee deposeth having by reason of his intimate acquaintance as<br />
aforesaid, beene constantly admitted to see and peruse the letters interchangeably sent betweene<br />
the said ffactors and the producent for and concerning their Correspondence and trade, <br />
and by that [priand] well knowing the handwriting wherewith the said bills of<br />
lading are filled up namely 2 of them with the handwriting of the said<br />
Gerard Ryper, and two of them with the handwriting of the brother of the<br />
said John Lamotte, and two of the said bills being firmed by the said John<br />
Martins Dorp and one by the said Christian Cloppenburgh with their<br />
owne handwritings, and the fourth by the Purser of the said Otto George in <br />
his name, whose usuall firmes this deponent by the former frequent sight<br />
and observation thereof, is well acquainted withall, And otherwise <br />
canno depose.
To the 5th hee saith That shortly after the said producent has received <br />
advise of his said ffactors intentions concerning the lading of the moneys<br />
aforesaid, and some time before the seizure of the said shipps, the said<br />
producent writt a letter, which this deponent then presented and sent the same<br />
into England unto Paul Mariner, his Correspondent dwelling at Southampton [bene] signifying<br />
unto him that according to advise received from his ffactors in Spaine hee<br />
expected the parcells of moneys deposed, and desired him in Case the same<br />
were brought into England, to make demands thereof in the said producent<br />
behalfe, or to that effect. And otherwise cannot depose.
To the 6th hee saith, That as hee hath Credibly heard and belleveth <br />
the said shipps with the moneys predeposed respectively on board them in <br />
their Course from Cadiz toward Ostend were mett withall surprized and <br />
taken byithall surprized and <br />
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