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sayd shipp for his owne Accompt, And allso … sayd shipp for his owne Accompt, And allso about the same tyme aboard the<br />
sayd shipp bought of Michael Perry a Spanish merchant the arlate four<br />
hundred nynety six peeces of Campecha wood laden aboard the sayd shipp<br />
to be transported in the sayd shipp to Ostend for the accompt and Adventure<br />
of the sayd John Ropke there to be delivered and disposed to his benefitt and<br />
accompt by Christian Cloppenbergh to whom as the sayd John Roopke<br />
told this deponent att Cadiz he the sayd Roopke had given sufficient order and<br />
Commission in that behalfe; And saith for the reasons aforesayd the sayd<br />
John Roopke was and is the lawfull Owner and Proprietor of the sayd moyety<br />
of eight butts of sack, and the sayd 496 peices of Campock wood, and<br />
as and for such was and is commonly reputed and taken and further he<br />
cannot depose.
To the fourth he saith there was of the sight and knowledge of this deponent<br />
about the tyme predeposed laden aboard the sayd shipp three butts of<br />
sack for the accompt of the Mariners of the shipp the ''Salvadores'' Company
[FIRST MARKE, LH SIDE]
one whereof was marked with the first marke in the margent another
[SECOND MARKE, LH SIDE]
with the second marke in the margent another with the third marke
[THIRD MARKE, LH SIDE]
in the margent, to be transported from Cadiz to Ostend for the accompt<br />
and Adventure of the sayd Mariners and there to be delivered and<br />
disposed by them the sayd Mariners being their owne goods and<br />
bought for their use and accompt<br />
att the port Santa Maria in Spaine And for lawfull Owners<br />
of the sayd three butts of sack the sayd Mariners were and are commonly<br />
accounted and taken. And further he cannot depose.
To the fifth he saith that after the sayd goods and moneyes were laden<br />
aboard as aforesayd the sayd shipp having the sayd goods and moneys<br />
and severall other greate quantityes of goods and sylver aboard set<br />
sayle from Cadiz towards Ostend and in her course thither was seized by<br />
some of the ships of this Commonwealth, by meanes of which seizure<br />
the sayd goods and moneys now claymed came into the possession of the<br />
Takers, which this deponent knoweth being master of the ''Saint George''<br />
that sayled along from Cadiz in Company with the ''Salvador'' aforesayd<br />
And further he cannot depose
To the sixth he saith the arlate Christian Cloppenbergh is a native, and<br />
Burgher of Hamburgh and there hath his wife and damily, and hath<br />
there lived all his tym, and is a subiect of the free state of Hamburgh<br />
and so accounted this deponent being an Hamburgher and well acquainted with the sayd Christian Cloppenbergh
To the seventh he saith that John Ropke arlate was and is a native of<br />
Hamburgh and for all his tyme till within six yeares now past hath<br />
dwelt att Hamburgh, and for theis six yeares or thereabouts hath lived<br />
att Sevill in Spaine as a merchant stranger, which this deponent knoweth<br />
being an Hamburgher and well acquainted with the sayd John Roopke And<br />
further he cannot depose
To the eighth he saith that all the Mariners of the sayd shipp the ''Salvadores''<br />
Company were Hamburghers, and others subiects of the free Sttates and<br />
Principalityes neere to Hamburgh in freindship and amity with this commonwealth<br />
and not subiects of the States of the united Provinces or King of ffrance<br />
which this deponent knoweth by the frequent conversation he hath had with<br />
the sayd Mariners. And further he cannot depose.yd Mariners. And further he cannot depose. +
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