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appointed by order of the duke of florence … appointed by order of the duke of florence and for that purpose, having Officers<br />
and Overseers belonging to the same, And therefore this deponent beleeveth the<br />
said place to be a place of very good securitie for Merchandizes therein disposed<br />
off. And further cannot depose:-/
To the 17th article hee saith, That the Galls and Cotton woolls laden aboard<br />
the said shipp ''Tho,as Bonadventure'' in the voyage in Controversie were [?so]<br />
laden and putt on board the same in grosse and by the number of baggs<br />
without any weighing thereof, so farr as this deponent being in and belonging<br />
to the said shipp the Voyage in question, over heard saw or observed, And<br />
further cannot depose./
Upon the rest hee is not examined by direction of the producents/
To the Crosse Interrogatories in<br />
the first place:- [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first negatively to any part thereof/
To the second hee saith That hee this rendent served in and aboard the shipp<br />
interrate during all the Voiage now controverted, and that in the said shipp<br />
and voiage there went as passengers from Gravesend one Mr Abraham [?Rowse]<br />
who was landed at Cyprus, and two other Merchants who were landed at<br />
Legorne, And otherwise negatively./:-
To the third hee saith, That hee this examinate had the first knowledge of the<br />
interrate Richard Chewne at Scanderoone in Turkey the Voiage in question<br />
wherein the said Chewne caused the said shipp to be laden both at Scanderoone<br />
and Cyprus, but whose factor the said Chewne is, this rendent knoweth not<br />
And saith that the English Convoy interrate consisted of three men of warr<br />
the ''Paragon'', ''Phenix'' and ''Elizabeth'' under the Command of Captaine<br />
[?Bodiloe] as Admirall and of Captaine Wadworth and Captaine [?RXXX]<br />
And otherwise saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot depose.
To the 4th hee saith That the Convoy interrate arrived at Cyprus in the<br />
moneth of May 1652. and saith the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' at such<br />
arrivall was not fully laden, and that the said Convoy (so farr as thisa examinate<br />
remembreth) sett saile from Cyprus for Scanderoone upon or about the same day<br />
that the ''dart'' and ''African frigatt'' arrived at Cyprus, the said [?Chewne]<br />
then coming a passenger in the said ''dart friggat'' (Captaine Maplesden<br />
Commander) and saith the said Convoy did abide at Cyprus about 2. or<br />
3. daies before the said ''dart'' and ''African frigatt'' arrived there, whereupon<br />
they remayned about 24. howers as hee remembreth. And further cannot<br />
depose./
To the 5th hee saith hee referreth himself to his foregoing deposition And further<br />
cannot depose./
To the 6th hee saith, the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' and English Convoy<br />
interrate came in Companie from Cyprus in or about the moneth of June<br />
<u>1652</u>. And further cannot depose:/
To the 7th hee saith the Currans interrate were laden at or neere Zant<br />
by the said Richard Chewne but for whose accompt hee knoweth not./
To the 8th hee saith hee hath not so deposed./
To the 9th hee referreth himself to his foregoeing deposition. And further<br />
(cannoteposition. And further<br />
(cannot +
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