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To the thirteenth Interrogatory he answere … To the thirteenth Interrogatory he answereth that the<br />
interrate Perera is (as he beleiveth) a marryed man<br />
and that before he lived at Amsterdam, he lived<br />
(as this Rendent hath heard) in the West Indies<br />
And further to the sayd Interrogatory he cannot answeare./
To the fourteenth Interrogatory he answereth that sometimes<br />
Letters of advise and bills of Lading are made colourable,<br />
but he saith that the Letters of advise, which this Respondent (sic)<br />
received from the said Perera concerning the goods in<br />
controvery were not colourable, And further or otherwise<br />
he cannot answere./
To the fifteenth Interrogatory he answereth that the bills<br />
of Exchange by him predeposed of were at the time he<br />
saw them in the hands of his precontest Antonio<br />
ffernandez Carvaiall, where he beleiveth they still<br />
remaine, And further he cannot answeare./
Augustin Coronel [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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On the eighteenth day of August 1655 [CENTRE HEADING]
Michael de Rutter, Everard Ghislinge}<br />
and Abraham Van Pe[?XX] of fflushing}<br />
concerning the losse or seizure of the}<br />
shipp the ''Golden Popingay'' of fflushing.}<br />
ffrancklin}
Upon Interrogatories ministred<br />
in this behalfe on the part<br />
and behalfe of the said Michael<br />
De Rutter and others.
'''Jean Dannelson''' of fflushing in Zealand<br />
Skipper, where he was borne and ever since<br />
hath inhabited, aged about 24 yeares a wittnes<br />
produced and sworne and being examined he deposeth<br />
and answereth to the said Interrogatories as followeth<br />
videlicet
To the first Interrogatory he answereth and deposeth that he was<br />
Skipper of the interrate shipp the ''golden Popingay'' in the<br />
voyage wgerein she was taken and seizd, and that he hath<br />
knowne the said shipp for theise sixteene months last past<br />
that she now belongeth to the Port of fflushing where the<br />
Owners of her namely Michael de Rutter (Vice-Admirall<br />
of holland) Everard Ghisling a Burgomaster there and Abraham<br />
Van P[?eene] a Lord of the said Towne of fflushing doe dwell, who<br />
were alsoe the Owners of the Lading that was in her at the<br />
time she was seized, and he saith that she was built at<br />
Eadam, but by the aforenamed Owners (who are subiects to the<br />
Lords the States of the United Provinces) bought at fflushing<br />
And further he cannot answeare to the said Interrogatorye saving<br />
that itt may not be taken for a untruth or contradiction that<br />
he hath sayd that Michael de Rutter One of the Owners<br />
is Viceadmirall of holland and an Inhabitant of fflushing,<br />
he desireth to explaine that the same is a truth and that<br />
although the said De Rutter is for the most part (when not<br />
at Sea) at Amsterdam being busied there in his place<br />
ofg busied there in his place<br />
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