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sayd ffowke did by his undue and fowle practices
prevayle with the Country people that the sayd Petras
Currance and the Lepanto Currance taken away (as
is predeposed) were carryed into the warehouses provided by him the
said ffowke at Petras, And he saith that he beleiveth
that the Currance now arrested and in controversy were
and are the very same Currance of Lepanto and Petras
that the producents factors had bargained for, and which
according to the said bargaine they showld, and had received
if the said ffowke had not hindred them And further
he cannot depose. Saving that he this deponent heard the
sayd William ffowke say that he expected the Castle
ffriggatt arlate there./

To the last he saith his foregoeing deposition is true.

To the Interrogatoryes. [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first Interrogatory he answereth that the interrate shipp the
Morea Merchant did lye at the time interrate noe further from
the shoare, then they on shoare might heare them of the shipp
call unto them, that Anthony ffenn was then Master of her,
and that he this Rendent was then aboard her.

To the second Interrogatory, that she was generally accounted to bee
of (about) 220 Tonns, that she carryed 20ty Gunns that five
and thirty men belonged unto her besides this Rendent and
his servant, who were all aboard her at the time interrate
for ought this Rendent knoweth.

To the third Interrogatory he answereth that the boate of Currance
lay at the usuall place where boats lye very nigh the shoare, and waas
within call of the shipp and alsoe within shott of her, and within
pistoll shott of the shoare, but that there was none made
from either shipp or shoare, and that it was not thought
fitt by some to hinder the taking away the said boate of
Currance (which he beleiveth the Mariners of the Morea Merchant
could have done) but rather to expect releife by the way
of iustice And further he cannot answeare.

To the fourth Interrogatory he answereth that he this Rendent did
see the interrate ffowke on the shoare nigh the said boate when
she was taken away, together with the aforenamed Janizary
and other Turks, who (he beleiveth) had such weapons as they
seldome or never goe without, as a Dagger and a Cutlasse,
And further referring himselfe to his former deposition he
cannot answeare/

To the fifth Interrogatory he answereth that he [?did ?not]see the
said ffowke strike or make any shott at any body.

To the sixth Interrogatory he answereth that after the seizure of the
said boate of Currance, the said Currance was carryed into a
Warehouse very nigh unto the shoare, which was provided by the said
William ffowke, And he answereth that he the said ffowke
had by subtill and false meanes soe incensed the Country people
that he this Rendent durst not stirre or goe on shoare And
further he cannot answeaare./

To the 7th Interrogatory he answereth that the Currance interrate
were nigh 12000 weight, and that according to the rate of 2 dollars
and a halfe per Sack, which was bargained to be payed
for