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To the first article hee saith and deposet … To the first article hee saith and deposeth that hee well knoweth<br />
the producent Giles Marcellis having often seene him upon the<br />
Exchange at Amsterdam and saith that hee and the producent<br />
Issac hermans were and are commonly accompted dutchmen<br />
Inhabitants and House keepers of Amsterdam and Subiects of<br />
the States of the United Netherlands<br />
which hee knoweth being alsoe an Inhabitant of the same citie<br />
And further hee cannot depose.
To the second hee saith hee hath often heard to the effect arlate namely<br />
that the said producents merchants of Amsterdam drive a greate trade<br />
by way of merchandizing betwixt that citie and the Canaries<br />
and other parts in the dominion of Spaine and have correspondents<br />
there.
To the third and fourth articles hee saith that hee well knoweth the arlate<br />
Cornelius [?Snyshens] who hee saith is a dutch merchant resident at<br />
Santa Cruse and correspondent of the producents, and in the moneth of<br />
July last or thereabouts did there lade aboard the said shipp the ''Liesda''<br />
or ''Love'' as factor and for the account proper of the said producents three<br />
thousand one hundred eightie and foure peeces of Campechia wood<br />
and consigned the same for Amsterdam, there to be delivered to the<br />
said producents or their order for their use and account, which hee<br />
knoweth for that hee this deponent master of the said shipp received the<br />
same aboard her, and for the other reasons followeing.
To the fifth and sixth articles and schedules annexed hee saith<br />
that after and upon the said lading hee this deponent master<br />
aforesaid signed three bills of lading all of one tenour for the<br />
same, and left two of them with the said Cornelius, and brought<br />
the third in a letter from the said Cornelius directed to the said producents at Amsterdam, and saith that the bill of lading and letter<br />
annexed now showed unto him was and is the same bill and letter soe<br />
by this deponent received of the said Cornelius, and directed as aforesaid<br />
and that the said bill was (with the said oher two) soe signed by this deponent<br />
at Santa Cruse upon the lading of the said Campecha wood, namely on or<br />
about the day of the sate thereof and the contents thereof were and<br />
are true and soe had and donne as therein is contained, and that the said<br />
letter annexed was and is the same letter of the said Cornelius soe delivered<br />
to this deponent and wherein the said bill was inclosed, And otherwise<br />
saving as aforesaid hee cannot answer.
To the seaventh and 8th hee saith that after the lading of the said wood aboard<br />
the said shipp shee departed therewith from Santa Cruse for Amsterdam, and<br />
that in her course comming neare dover shee was on the thirtieth of<br />
August last (new stile) met with surprized and taken by a frigot<br />
of this commonwealh commannded by Captaine Richard Rose, and<br />
by the English Admirall sent into the River of Thames, and that at the time of the said<br />
seizure, all the said Campecha wood as alsoe the said letter and bill<br />
of lading were aboard her and came all to the hands of the said Captaine<br />
who after the said letter was broken open an dthe contents understood<br />
by the Admirall [?XXX] delivered and the bill back to this deponent, And further<br />
hee cannot depose.
Tofurther<br />
hee cannot depose.
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