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taken (that hee knoweth of) for the retour … taken (that hee knoweth of) for the retourne of any goods in lieu of [XXX]<br />
soe brought home, nor had hee any order touching any answer to [XX]<br />
the English or other shipps that hee should meete with.
To the fifth hee saith hee hath not bin taught or instructed what to say<br />
answer or depose since his comming to London, and saith the said Chelling[worth]<br />
with a shallop manned came aboard the said shipp on or about tuesday<br />
last, and said hee seized her lading and said alsoe that hee had a<br />
Commission thereto, and shewed a parchment Instrument (which this deponent<br />
understood not) which hee said was his Commission, And otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the sixth hee saith hee knoweth the interrogated John Lopez da Miranda<br />
and left him at Teneriff this voyage, and that John Balthazar a young<br />
man who came home in the said shipp (and alsoe went out in her) was<br />
his servant, And otherwise hee cannot depose, saving as aforesaid.
To the seaventh hee saith that there are not two pipes or other quantities<br />
of wine aboard for the account of the said John Lopez da Miranda that<br />
this deponent knoweth of. And saith hee knoweth not whether Don Antonio<br />
da Ponte mr Ignatius Landthala, nor hath heard speake of them<br />
And otherwise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.
To the eighth hee answereth negatively to the same and every part thereof.
To the last Interrogatorie and foure letters and one bill of lading<br />
and showd unto him, hee saith the said bill of lading [?concerneth] the<br />
foresaid goods. soe consigned to the said Mr Page, who therein is<br />
[?Powets] and that the said bill is filled up and subscribed by this<br />
deponent with his owne hand, but saith hee knoweth nothing of the<br />
said [XXXX]. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
Repeated before doctor Godolphin.
Jan daenielsen [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
Exámined upon the foresaid Interrogatories.
'''Rp. 3.'''
'''Robert Hunter''' of London Mariner, aged 24 yeares or<br />
thereabouts sworne and exámined.
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee was borne at Harwich<br />
in Essex and dwelleth at Wapping and hath soe donne about nine yeeres<br />
and that hee hath knowne the shipp interrogated neare two yeares, and [XXX]<br />
hath soe longe bin master of her<br />
only for this voyage his precontest John danielson was alsoe put master<br />
of her, because hee was a dutchman and might goe ashore at the<br />
Canaries, and saith this deponent came first aboard her in the River<br />
Thames, being constituted master by her owners, who bought her of this<br />
Commonwealth, shee having bin a prize taken upon the dutch.
To the second hee saith the said shipps lading consisted of raisins [XXX]<br />
and tobaccoe, all which were laden at Teneriff, and saith they [XXXX]<br />
in the as from John Lopez da Miranda and for account of<br />
Antonio ffernandez whose factor the said Lopez is and [XXXX]<br />
the said shipp [?hXXX] to the Canaries with [?lemmons] and other goods,<br />
by the said Mr ffernandez, and of which this deponent conceiveth the<br />
lading to be the retourne, but what countryman Mr fernandez is he [XX]<br />
this deponent knoweth not, and saith this deponent and the said<br />
danielson a fflushinger have for their ioynt account [?XXXXXXX]er have for their ioynt account [?XXXXXXX] +
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