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To the 13th hee cannot depose.
To the 14t … To the 13th hee cannot depose.
To the 14th and 15th hee cannot depose.
To the 16th hee saith that the said gold and goods of this deponent<br />
which hee had aboard, and lost by the said seizure, would<br />
having bin invested into merchandizes in the parts of East India and<br />
brought to this port, have yeelded here with his clothes, necessaries and<br />
wages seaven hundred and fiftie pounds sterling, And otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the 17th hee cannot depose.
To the last hee cannot depose.
Repeated before doctor Godolphin.
Nicholas Sperman [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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[DEPOSITION OF STEPHEN WEBB BELOW IS STRUCK THROUGH WITH THREE DIAGONAL LINES]
The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
Exámined upon the foresaid allegation.
'''3.'''
'''Stephen Webb''' of the parish of Saint Buttolphs Algate<br />
London Merchant, aged 24 yeeres or thereabouts sworne<br />
ánd exámined.
To the first árticle of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth<br />
that
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The fourth of March 1656. [CENTRE HEADING]
Collier pred quoad the}<br />
''Brotherhood''}
Exámined upon the foresaid allegation
'''Rp. 3'''
'''Peter du Bois''' of London Mariner, aged 24 yeares or<br />
thereabouts sworne and exámined.
To the first article hee saith and deposeth that as for the time arlate<br />
the producents (whom hee well knoweth) Peter and Abraham Caultier<br />
and company Englishmen and subiects of this Commonwealth, have<br />
bin (and at present ought to be) the true and rightfull proprietors<br />
of the shipp or vessell called the ''Brotherhood'' arlate and of<br />
her tackle apparell and furniture, and alsoe of ninetie foure<br />
Negro's and a quantitie of Elephants teeth, and for such commonly<br />
accounted and reputed, which hee knoweth for that hee this exáminate<br />
went the was Gunner of her.
To the second árticle hee saith and deposeth that within the said time<br />
namely about thirteene monethes since the said shipp the ''Brotherhood''<br />
with the said Negro's and Elephants teeth aboard her was at or<br />
neere Cape Lopas or Lopez da Gonsalvez on the coast of Guiney Lopez da Gonsalvez on the coast of Guiney +
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