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Transcription

To the 7th article of the sayd allegation hee saith and deposeth That
hee this deponent being himselfe a Merchant doth knowe that it is a usuall
practize amongst Merchants and soe hath bin for all the tyme arlate, and
before and since, that Merchants who lade goods in any Ports belonging to such
Princes of States as are Enymyes to the King of Spaine, or are laded
in the Ports of Princes or States who are in Amity with the King of
Spaine and yet really doe belong unto such persons as are Enimies to the
Kinge of Spaine, do make colourable bills of ladeing for the same goods
though laded in a dutch shipp at an Enymies port, as is laden for Accompt of dutch
men, as for example this deponent well knoweth that it is usuall for
Portugeses at Lisborne who lade goods in dutch vesssells
at Lisbone and bound for ffrance or holland to take make bills of ladeing
for the sayd goods there laden, as laden for the Accompt of subiects of
the United Provinces living at Amsterdam, and as bound for Amsterdam whereas In truth the sayd
goods doe really belong to Portugueses Enymyes of the King of Spaine
and are bound to an enymye Port and this is done to free the sayd goods from danger of Capture in
case they bee mett with by any of the Men of warr subiects to the
Kinge of Spaine, And hee further saith that such goods as have within
the tyme aforesayd bin sent to him this deponent (being an English
subiect and an Enymye to the King of Spaine) from holland or Zealand,
hee hath caused his correspondents there who were and are Subiects of the
States of the United Provinces to cause colourable bills to bee made
for the sayd goods as laden for their Accompt, whereas they properly
belonged to him this deponent And this and the like practizes
hee knoweth to have bin practised during the tyme arlate and to bee commonly used amongst Merchants for the better
preservation of their goods from being seized by men of warr subiects
of the King of Spaine And further hee cannot depose/

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/

To the Interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh to bee a wittnes at the Request
of Mr Joas Everson a Merchant of London who as hee beleeveth doth
sollisite his busines on the behalfe of Lewes and Symon Rodrigues da
Souza and saith the da Souzas live as hee beleeveth at Amsterdam, whense hee heard
from them by letter about a yeare since but saith hee knoweth them not by
sight and beleeveth they are subiects of the States of the United Provinces
for that hee hath formerly sollisited a busines for them in this Court
wherein they were by oath of wittnesses proved to bee subiects of the sayd
States, And saith hee knoweth the Interrogant Mr Goodwin and Mr
Jacobs and Mr Tiddeman (who are reputed two of his Company) who live at
Dover and soe have done for these fower yeares last past And further saving
his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere/

To the 2 hee saith hee liveth at present in the parish of Saint Buttolph Billingsgate
and hath lived in London these fifteene of sixteene yeares last and hath noe share
in the goods in question nor will it bee profitt or preiudice to him which way
soe does this cause be adiudged And saith hee is noe assurer of any part
of the goods in question And further cannot answere/