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To the third and fowerth articles of the s … To the third and fowerth articles of the said Allegation and<br />
to the schedule or bill of lading to the said Allegation annexed hee saith, That<br />
the said Bartholomew Leon the factor aforesaid did in or about the<br />
moneth of June 1658. last past lade or cause to be laden in and on<br />
board theis deponents said shipp then lyeing at or neere the Port of<br />
Oratava in the Island of Teneriffe allate being one of the Canary<br />
Islands the full number of nynety fower pipes of Canary wynes<br />
to witt eighty pipes of the said wynes of the first marke and
[FIRST MARKE, LH MARGIN]
number in the margent, and eight more of the said wynes<br />
of the second marke and number in the margent, and one pipe more
[SECOND MARKE, LH MARGIN]
of the like wyne marked with the third marke and number
[THIRD MARKE, LH MARGIN]
in the margent of this Allegation sett forth as also five other pipes<br />
of the like wynes marked severally with the two last markes and<br />
numbers in the margent of the bill of lading annexed sett forth<br />
and as therein is to be seene, all to be transported from thence<br />
in the said shipp to this Port of London and here to be delivered<br />
unto the said Thomas Burrage and Companie according to the tenour of the said<br />
bill of lading annexed, which this deponent declareth and affirmeth<br />
to be one of the three bills of lading of one tenour which he this<br />
deponent at or about the time of the lading of the said pipes<br />
wyne did with his owne hand writing really and truely signe<br />
for the receipt and delivery of the said goods according to the<br />
tenour of the said bill of lading, whereunto this deponent referreth<br />
himnselfe, And further to theise articles or schedule he cannot<br />
depose, saving that the said schedule as to the quantities and markes<br />
of the severall pipes of wyne therein mentioned was and is<br />
of this deponents certaine knowledge reall and true, and also in all the<br />
other contents thereof, saving that as to the matter of the severall<br />
proprieties of the said wynes hee cannot more absolutely or fully<br />
depose then as is by him predeposed and in the said bill of lading<br />
expressed/
To the fifth he saieth, That the arlate Thomas Burrage and Company<br />
Claymers in this Cause are commonly and generally reputed Merchants<br />
and inhabitants of this City of London and Subjects of this Commonwealth<br />
And that the said Bartholomew de Leon was and is an inhabitant<br />
of Teneriffe aforesaid and factor there for the said Burrage and<br />
Companie, as this deponent hath understood by the premisses And<br />
further he cannot depose
To the last he saieth his foregoing deposition is true/e saieth his foregoing deposition is true/ +
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