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his the said Lines ship called the ''Samps … his the said Lines ship called the ''Sampson'' not long before seized<br />
upon and deteyned by the Portuguese at the Bahia aforesaid,<br />
and saith this deponent was present at the payment of the said moneys<br />
by the said producent to the said Ignatio de Costa/
To the 4th hee saith hee hath knowne the interrate Ignatio<br />
de Costa ever since the yeare <u>1648:-</u> and saith hee is<br />
a Portuguese and hath lived at the Bahia ever since this<br />
Deponent knew him, and otherwise negatively:-/
To the 5th hee saith, the said Ignatio de Cruze sent the said<br />
sugars aboard the said shipp, And otherwise referreth himselfe<br />
to his precedent deposition:-
To the 6th hee saithm hee doeth not know nor beleeve any discovery<br />
of the said sugars [?XXXing] to sequestration, made by the said de<br />
Costa nor any other person nor that the same were ever<br />
confiscate or converted to the use of the king of Portugall
To the 7th hee saith, hee doeth knowe that the said sugars were<br />
never discharged at Lisbone interrate, and that the said Captaine Lynes<br />
did never clame the said sugars before the Commander interrate:-
To the 8th hee referreth himself to his foregoeing deposition and<br />
to the date of the bill of lading interrate, which hee<br />
declareth upon his oath to be true, and that hee signed<br />
no bills of lading of or for the said goods, then the 4. bills<br />
predeposed being of one tenor whereof the bill inyerrate<br />
and annexed to the Allegation in this Cause was and is one.
To the 9th negatively, referring himselfe to his foregoeing<br />
deposition:-/
Repeated before doctor Clerke:/.
George Whillers [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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On the second of July 1655. [CENTRE HEADING]
John Tayler and Company against}<br />
15 Tonns of Currance brought to this}<br />
Port of London from Morea in Turkey in}<br />
the ''Castle ffriggott'', wherof John Wall}<br />
was Master, laden by William ffowke}<br />
against the said John Hall and William}<br />
ffowke and all others et cetera Suckly Budd}
Upon an articulate allegation<br />
(as to the obtayning of the<br />
possession of the said 15 Tonns<br />
of Currance) given in and<br />
admitted on the 27th of June 1655<br />
on the behalfe of the sayd Taylor and<br />
Company
'''1)'''
'''Roger Middleton''' of Lothbury in the Citty of<br />
London Merchant, aged about thirty yeares, borne<br />
at Wrexam in Denbighshire, a wittnes produced<br />
and sworne and being examined he deposeth as followeth
To the first article of the sayd allegation he deposeth and<br />
saith that he this deponent hath lived in Turkey for the<br />
greatest part of twelve yeares last past, and that he came<br />
fromst past, and that he came<br />
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