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Transcription

To the fifth and sixth he saith that the arlate Don Antonio de Ponte was
and is a Spaniard bourne in Teneriffe one of the Canarie Islands where he
hath his family and betwixt the sayd Islands, Spaine and the West Indies
and other places subiect to the King of Spaine hath for many years
traded as a merchant. And saith that for the proper Accompt and
att the [?proj] hazard and perill of the sayd Antionio de Ponte the sylver
now claymed was really and truly laden aboard the sayd shipp Sampson
out of which the same was to be and would have bene deliverd to him
the sayd producent att Oostend whither the sayd shipp was bound, if the
sayd shipp had safely come thither, the reasons of this deponents knowledge
therein being formerly sett forth in the foregoeing depositions whereto the
producent was and is a Subiect of the sayd King of Spaine and so [?hath]
and accounted by all that know him.

To the seventh he saith his former depositions are true. And otherwise
he cannot depose.

To [?the] Crosse Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first he saith that he was a Passenger aboard the Sampson and
was aboard her at the tyme of seizure, and embarqued himselfe in the
saime in the bay of Cadize in the month of September or October 1652
but cannot expresse the tyme more particularly. And
otherwise he cannot depose.

To the second he saith that he hath knowne the interrate Don Antonio da Ponte
for theis nyne yeares now past, to be a Spaniard, an Inhabitant in Teneriffa
and there as this Rendent hath credibly heard the producent was borne and
hath lived there when att home all his time. And further he cannot depose.

To the third and fourth he saith that the sylver interrogat by the producent
himselfe his name being Don Antonio de Ponte, was laden in the baye
Cadize in the day tyme, this deponent being present and allso
his precontest Lorenzo da Veles, and Pasquall Andrada who as a servant
assisted his Master the producent, and the purser of the shipp received
the same aboard, and otherwise he cannot depose saving that the
producent who laded the sylver is a Spaniard as he hath deposed.

To the fifth he saith that he was present and saw the Interrate Pedro de Campo
signe the bills of ladeing interrate in September last, (and on or about the
sixth of the saime moneth now [?ptite] as he beleiveth), aboard the shipp Sampson in
the sayd bay of Cadize. And otherwise he cannot depose.

To the sixth he saith that he doth not know nor beleive that the Bill interrate
was or is colourable or fictitious, but saith they are and were true and reall.
And otherwise he cannot depose.

To the seventh he saith that the purser of the Sampson when he received the sylver
now Claymed aboard did in the sight of this Rendent make a note of
the barres their markes and numbers, but whether he entered the same in his
booke this Rendent knoweth not. And further he cannot depose.

To the eighth he saith that he beleiveth the bill of lading Interrate was made
as [?recable] to the sayd note whereof he hath deposed to the next [?precedent]
Interrogatorie. but what is become of the sayd note the Rendent knoweth not.
And otherwise he cannot depose.

To the nynth he saith he cannot depose.

To the tenth he saith that the Sampson was bound for Oostend, and to noe other.
Port, and the sylver Interrate did and doth really belong to the sayd producent
and to noe Dutchman or ffrenchman or other person whatsoever, but [?]
and onely to the producent. And otherwise he cannot depose.

Topics

People

Antonio da Ponte
Lorenzo da Veles
Pasquall Andrada

Pedro de Campo

Places

Cadiz
Teneriffe

Ostend

Ships

Sampson