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the said John Lamotte William Janson and o … the said John Lamotte William Janson and one Peter Lowis all factors and<br />
Correspondents of the said producent, who respectively laded the silver barrs<br />
or moneyes predeposed after the ladeing of the same as aforesaid by letters of<br />
advise sent by the ordinary post ober land from Spaine to Antwerpe intimated<br />
the ladeing thereof unto the said producent with the Valewes charges and particular<br />
markes and numbers before expressed, And saith that at or about the time of<br />
lading of the said sylver as is predeposed, there were three bills of ladeing all<br />
of one tenor signed by the said respective Captaines, or their Pursers in their names<br />
for each parcell of silver, savieing the two parcells of the markes '''P.F.''' which<br />
were laden in the shipp ''Sampson'' and were both contained in one bill of lading<br />
so that there were nyne bils of lading and three of the same tenor for each<br />
parcell, one whereof was sent in the respective shipp where such a parcell of<br />
silver was laden, and one other was sent over land to the same producent at<br />
Antwerp and the third remained in the hands of the said ffactors or laders in<br />
Spaine, And saith That the nine bills of ladeing annexed to the Allegation<br />
and now showed to him this examinate were and are nine of the said Originall<br />
bills of ladeing which the said producent received at Antwerp from his said<br />
ffactors before the seizure of the said shipp and their lading by the shipps<br />
of this Commonwealth, and since have bin sent by the said producent to<br />
Mr Richoult and Companie Merchants here in London, to the intent to reclayme<br />
the saud sylver for the said producent, and there were 9. others of the same tenor<br />
aboard the said shipp at the time of her said seizure Which are brought into the<br />
REgistry of this Court where they now remaine; All which said bills of<br />
ladeing were and are reall and true, and so had and done as therein is contained<br />
which hee deposeth and knoweth being by eanes of the said producents Correspon<br />
dency presently acquainted with the severall handwriteings wherewith the said bills of<br />
ladeing respectively are filled up, and haveing severall times formerly seene and<br />
observed the manner of firme of the said Captaines, for one whereof namely for<br />
Otto George his Purser hath firmed to three of the bills of ladeing annexed to<br />
the allegation and three others remaineing in this Registry, And this deponent haveing<br />
seene the said 9 bills of ladeing seized aboard and now remaining in the Registry aforesaid, Hath<br />
observed the same to agree punctually with the bills of ladeing annexed to the Allegation<br />
by which meanes and for the reasons predeposed this deponent is absolutely confirmed<br />
in the trueth of his deposition to this Article. And further cannot depose
To the fifth article hee saith, this deponent hath Credibly heard, and perceived<br />
by the bookes of accompts of the said producent that hee hath lived some 16.<br />
yeares or thereabouts in dover in England, and during such his residence here did<br />
receive returnes of very considerable quantities of silver from Spayne into this<br />
Nation, and by the same meanes of this deponents owne knowledge hath observed that the<br />
said producent for 20. yeres last past and upwards hath beene a very great<br />
trader for silver, bullion and coyne, and for such commonly knowne And<br />
further hee cannot depose./.
To the 6th;
further hee cannot depose./.
To the 6th +
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