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The 10 day of January <u>.1654:-< … The 10 day of January <u>.1654:-</u> [CENTRE HEADING]
Peter Cock and Baldwin Matthewes for their silver in the}<br />
shipp ''Saint John Baptist'' et cetera.}
Examined upon the said Allegation.
'''3us./'''
'''Peter Matthewes''' of London Merchant aged 37. yeares<br />
or thereabouts a Wittnes sworne and examined deposeth as<br />
followeth videlicet/
To the first article of the said Allegation hee saith, That hee this deponent hath by<br />
credible relation heard, and by letters of advise, which hee hath seene and perused<br />
hath observed that the arlate Peter de Cock and Baldwin Matthewes did in<br />
the yeare <u>1653.</u> arlate cause to bee laden by their factors or agents residing at<br />
Cadiz in And aboard the shipp the ''Saint John Baptist'' arlate (John de [?XXX GUTTER]<br />
Master) seaven hundred and fiftie peeces of 8/8. to be transported in the same<br />
shipp from Cadiz aforesaid to Ostend in fflanders upon the adventure and<br />
for the proper accompt of the said de Cock and Matthewes, who as this deponent<br />
upon the grounds predeposed firmely beleeveth were are and ought to bee the<br />
true and Lawfull Owners thereof. And further to this article hee cannot depose
To the second hee saith, That the arlate Peter de Cock was and is this<br />
deponents Cousin, and a native, as hee beleeveth of the Citie of Gant in<br />
fflanders where hee hath by and of this deponents knowledge resided and inhabited<br />
for about 12. yeares last past, and was and is a Subject of the king of<br />
Spaine, betwixt whom and this Commonwealth is amity and friendshipp<br />
And saith that the arlate Baldwin Matthewes, who is this deponents<br />
owne brother, was and is an Englishman borne and a Subject of this<br />
Commonwealth and well affected to the Gouvernment thereof, and for the<br />
reasons herein expressed. And further cannot depose, saving that this deponent<br />
for all the time predeposed hath held and still doeth hold correspondence<br />
in trade with the said Peter de Cock,
To the third hee saith, That it is publique and notorious That the said<br />
shipp the ''Saint John Baptist'' was in her Course from Cadiz towards dunquirke<br />
mett withall and surprized by some shipps of this Commonwealth<br />
And beleeveth the said seaven hundred and fiftie peeces of 8/8 now<br />
Claymed by the producents in this Cause were at the time of the<br />
said surprizall in and aboard the said shipp, and came to the hands<br />
and power and possession of the seizors thereof. And further hee cannot<br />
depose./
To the 4th article and schedule or bill of lading therein mentioned as [?XXXX GUTTER]<br />
in this Court, and now shewne unto and perused by him this examinate hee<br />
saith and deposeth, That hee this deponent by long correspondence with<br />
ffrancis de La Sierpe mentioned in the said bill of ladeing is fully convinced<br />
and assured in Conscience, That the said bill of ladeing was and is<br />
filled up with the proper hand-writing of the said francis de La Sierpe<br />
and that the Contents thereof were and are true and reall, this<br />
deponent also saith that hee hath severall times seene and observed<br />
(the times seene and observed<br />
(the +
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