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1. To the 2 Interrogatorie hee saith hee hath heard Robert Hunter the English Master
2. of the shipp Irish Merchant, saye, that at the tyme when the sayd shipp was
3. lett to freight for the voyage in question hee him selfe and one John Blithe
4. and the producent Richard Webb and others were owners of the sayd shipp, And
5. hath heard saith that since the beginning of this suite hee hath heard (but by
6. whome hee cannot call to mynde) that the sayd shipp was freighted for the
7. sayd voyage by the Interrogate Antonio ffernandez And further to this
8. Interrogatorie hee cannot answere./
9. To the third hee cannot answere knowing nothing nor having heard any thing
10. to the effect Interrogate more then before is declared/
11. To the 4th hee saith hee never knew Webb the producent vntill the after
12. the seizure of the shipp Irish Merchant, nor ever heard before the sayd
13. seizure, of any letter of Marque hee had against the Spaniard, And
14. further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere knowing nothing nor having
15. heard any thing to the effect thereof more then what hee hath declared/
16. To the 5th hee saith that the foresayd Lopez went supra Cargo or Marchant
17. of the sayd shipp as is predeposed, and further saving his foregoeing deposition
18. hee cannot answere/
19. To 6th hee saith that the Interrogate Lopez went as Marchant on board
20. the sayd shipp the Irish Merchant from London to Teneriff, and was
21. accompted marchant of her at Teneriff and did dispose of her outward
22. ladeing and relade her with the goodes in question but for whose Accompt
23. or whether as in his owne right, or as ffactor for Antonio ffernandez
24. Interrogate hee knoweth not, And saith hee well knoweth that the sayd Lopez his
25. wound was received at Teneriff was not the cause why hee returned not
26. againe in the sayd shipp for England, for that this deponent ˹knoweth˺ that the sayd
27. Lopez before the sayd shipps departure from Teneriff towards England
28. was soe sufficiently cured of the sayd wound that hee was past any
29. danger thereby, and alsoe for that hee heard the sayd Lopez saye that
30. hee had busines to doe at the Cittie of Alagoona the XXX in Teneriff
31. to perfect and make up his Accompts and pay some moneys hee ought there
32. and that hee could not presently doe it otherwise hee would haue returned for
33. England in the shipp of one William Martine which came home in the
34. Company of the Irish Merchant And further hee cannot answere/
35. To the 7th Interrogatorie hee answereth that hee was not present at the buying of
36. or contracting for any of the goodes Interrogate And further cannot answere/
37. To the 8th Interrogatorie hee saith hee beleeveth that during the time Interrogate
38. there haue bin and are English Merchants or ffactors resideing in the
39. Isle of Teneriff And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere
40. for that divers of them dXX are come away from thence secretly and
41. therefore hee knoweth not what to beleeve touching any trade driven
42. by them there./
43. To the 9th hee saith hee not being a Merchant nor acquainted with their
44. manner of trade in tymes of trouble, knoweth not what articles are used
45. by them, nor what to beleeve touching the matter Interrogate/
46. To the 10th hee saith hee hath not deposed to the article Interrogate
47. and therefore it concerneth him not to answere to this Interrogatorie neither
48. can hee answere any thing thereto other then what hee hath before deposed/
49. <margin value="bottom right">To</margin>

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