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shipp, and all that hee knew of for the sa … shipp, and all that hee knew of for the said voyage, and whether there were<br />
noe more or other; whereto the said John kein answered and protested<br />
that hee had noe more nor knew of any more or other papers or<br />
writings than those which hee had soe delivered to this deponent.
To the 16th hee saith that there was aboard the said shipp at the<br />
time of the said seizure one named (or naming himselfe) hermannd<br />
Goris, who being examined aboard the ''Tiger frigot'' by<br />
this deponent, cried out and said that this deponent had undonne<br />
him or them and their masters, and wished hee had given five hundred<br />
pounds hee had never seene this deponent, and said hee had two<br />
thousand pounds adventure in the said shipp, and that hee was an<br />
Englishman and of London, and lived in Gracious streete and was<br />
well acquainted there and in Lombard streete, and thereupon this deponent<br />
asking him whom hee knew there, and particularly if hee knew<br />
Mr Lovell or Mr Robert Cordall, (who are housekeepers and men<br />
well knowne in those straets) but hee said hee knew not either of<br />
them, nor could or did hee name any one that hee knew there, saving<br />
Mr [?Starky] the Cooke.
To the 17th hee saith that the said Goris was then demannded by this<br />
deponent whether hee had any bill of lading for any goods of his aboard<br />
the said shipp, to which hee answered that hee had none, and it being<br />
replied by this deponent, that it ws never knowne that a merchant<br />
shipped soe much goods aboard any shipp without taking a bill of<br />
lading, the said Goris said that hee was there in person with his<br />
goods, and therefore what neede hee a bill of lading; yes answered<br />
this deponent, it is necessary, for you are mortall and in case of<br />
death they might be lost through want of a bill of lading<br />
or to the like effect, howbeit, hee still answered that hee had none,<br />
and saith that further discourse to the same effect passed betweene<br />
them.
To the 18th hee saith that the bill of lading arlate was amongest<br />
the bills and papers delivered by the said master to this deponent,<br />
which this deponent showed to the said Goris, and asked him what<br />
that meant and why hee had told this deponent that hee had noe<br />
bill of lading, to which hee answered, saying, '''you In faith Sir''' (speaking to this<br />
deponent) '''to tell you the truth, tooke us when wee were making bills<br />
of lading''', and this deponent replying and saying, then you would<br />
have made more bills of lading if I had not taken you, the said<br />
Goris answered and swore with an oath, yea that they would if<br />
they had had more time, but said that this deponent tooke them<br />
soe soone after they came out that they could not. And otherwise referring himselfe to the Registrie of this Court hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the 19th hee saith that there was alsoe aboard the said shipp<br />
when shee was seized one William [?Lemo'] a ffrench man who<br />
was Cooper of her, who being examined by this deponent, confessed<br />
and declared that her lading of linnen cloth and hatts aboard her<br />
were ffranchmans goods, and that shee was freighted for the said<br />
voyage freighted for the said<br />
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