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To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
T … To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee hath noe relation to the producent mr Boone<br />
nor any interest in the silver or cochanilla claimed, and that hee cometh<br />
to testifie the truth in this cause on the instance of the said mr<br />
Boone, and that hee expecteth noe benefit thereby, though there<br />
be restitution.
To the second hee saith mr Boone was not present at Antwerp<br />
when the said account was made up, and otherwise hee referreth<br />
himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, saying the said mr Goldsmith made<br />
or managed the making and casting up the said account, and<br />
this deponent wrote and entred the same.
To the third hee saith hee was not present at the making the<br />
said act of Transport or assignment, but beleeveth it to bee<br />
very true and reale, and made meerely in consideration of the foresaid<br />
reall debt, and otherwise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.
Repeated before doctor Godolphin.
Jean Hanschen [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 21th of ffebruary 1656. [CENTRE HEADING]
Exámined upon the foresaid Interrogatories.
On behalfe of the foresaid Cohn}<br />
touching the ''ffortune'' of Garnesey}
'''Rp. 3.'''
'''Eleazar le Marchaut''' the yonger of Garnesey Marchant and Mariner<br />
aged 22 yeares or thereabouts sworne and<br />
exámined.
To the first Interrogatory hee sauth hee hath well knowne the shipp<br />
the ''ffortune'' interrogated for theise two yeares last past or thereabouts, and saith<br />
that on or about the nineteenth day of November last past ffrench stile<br />
the said shipp set saile and departed from the river of nantes<br />
for Noirmonstier, there to take in her full lading and thence to saile for<br />
London, and that hee this examinate was then Captaine and merchant of her.
To the second and third Interrogatories hee saith and deposeth that the<br />
said shipp the said voyage ariving in the Roade of Noirmonstier<br />
came to an anchor about a Cannon shot from shoare, in a place<br />
where shipps frequently use to anchor and ride to receive advise from<br />
the shoare. And at the same time there was a Biscayer or other<br />
Spanish man of warr anchored in the same roade about halfe a cannon<br />
shott from the ''ffortune'', which when this deponent commander and<br />
Merchant of the ''ffortune'' perceived, hee this examinate went ashore<br />
to to speake with Monsieur Gazeau to whom hee was consigned by monsieur de la<br />
ffardier of nantes (this deponents freighter) to acquaint him with<br />
his arivall, and get a more certaine knowledge of that man of<br />
warr, and to knowe whether the place where the ''ffortune'' was<br />
anchored was a fitt and convenient place for her to ride in and to<br />
take in the rest of her lading, but the said monsieur Gazeau<br />
being absent, monsieur de Daisne his the said monsieur Gazeau's<br />
kinsman and partner and agent for him in his absence told this<br />
examinate that the said shipp was not in a place convenient for her<br />
lading, being winter time and in such a season as was not fit for<br />
lading her as was not fit for<br />
lading her +
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