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the said shipp the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' … the said shipp the ''Thomas Bonadventure'', and saith shee is an<br />
English built shipp and had formerly 24 guns and was manned<br />
with about 40 men, and saith it is unusuall, and hath alwaies<br />
for this deponents time of trading bin accompted dishonourable<br />
and noe cause of iust feare for an English shipp soe manned<br />
and armed to forbeare her proceeding upon her voyage and alter<br />
her designes, upon supposition that shee might meete with<br />
Tripoli or ffrench men of warr, And otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the 32th hee saith that by custome and common usage<br />
of merchants noe factor can give direction for his principalls<br />
businesse or order another man therein, out of the place where<br />
the said factor usually resideth, and that noe Master of a<br />
shipp is bound to take notice of any factors advise or direction<br />
out of the place of such factors residence, except hee<br />
produceth some speciall order of his principall, All which<br />
hee knoweth for the reasons aforesaid. And otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the 35th article hee saith and deposeth that in or about<br />
the moneths of July or August 1653, the shipp the ''John''<br />
''and Conrard'' arlate came from Genua and arived safe with<br />
her lading in this port; ad saith that before such her arivall<br />
this deponent had advice from his factor Residing at Ligorne<br />
that George Norleigh arlate had there demannded the goods of<br />
Alderman ffrederick and others laded aboard the ''Thomas''<br />
''Bonadventure'' (which was then there) to be delivered unto him<br />
by the said hughes, and [?then] the said hughes refused to make<br />
deliverie of them to the said Norleigh. And otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the 36th article hee saith and deposeth that in the shipp arlate the<br />
Cotton woolls of Alderman ffrederick and company aforesaid might have<br />
bin brought to London at and after the rate for freight of 7 ''li'' sterling per tonne, and<br />
the galls at 5 ''li'' sterling per tonne, and saith that that was the<br />
usuall freight for such commodities from Genua and Ligorne for London<br />
the time arlate, which hee knoweth for the reasons aforesaid And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 37th hee saith that for six monethes space after the moneth<br />
of ffebruary 1652 and even to the end of the yeare 1653<br />
Cotton woolls were sold here in London some at 15 ''d'' some at 16 ''d''<br />
and some at 18 ''d'' or more per pound, and the usuall price of that<br />
commoditie for all that time was fifteene pence at least<br />
per pound, and after that rate Alderman ffrederick and others<br />
mightan ffrederick and others<br />
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