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Transcription

the same, which was in July last, and saith there came home
the said voyage for account of the said mr ffisher in the said shipp
two and twenty chests and two fetches of sugar, which this
deponent saw weighed neere the Custome house at one of
the Custome house keyes, and made entrie of the number
of the chests and fetches and alsoe of the weight thereof in
his booke and hath a note taken out of his said booke now
with him, and thereby well knoweth that the said two and twenty
chests and two fetches weighed at the time of such their
deliverie two hundred and three hundred weight (grosse) a
quart[?erna] and one pound. And saith the same came to
the possession of the said William ffisher this deponent being
ordered by him to looke to and send them to his the said
mr ffishers, which hee did accordingly. And otherwise hee
cannot depose.

To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first and second hee saith that five of the said chests of sugar soe
taken up for mr ffisher and sent to him were marked with
the first marke in the margent, fifteene with the second
and two chests and the two fetches with the third, And
saith hee neither was in Portugall, nor understandeth
the language, nor knoweth hee
the difference betwixt the English and Portugall weight more than that a roove weigheth 32 lb English weight, and
saith hee tooke the exact weight of every of the said chests and
fetches at the custome house key, and hath entrie thereof in
his booke, together with the markes and numbers, being as
is soe d?owne in the margent. And saith hee V?once]
[?coXXXXXX] saw the [?Instrumentation], but tooke noe exact notice of it.

To the third negatively

George Wells [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

WF [MARKE, LH MARGIN]

No. 22: qts: 6: 3: 23
23: qts 9: 0: 24
21: qts 8: 3: 00
25: qts 6: 2: 22
24: qts 8: 1: 03

39: 3: 16

[STAR AS MARKE, LH MARGIN]

No: 9 qt: 10: 2: 00.
15 qt: 11: 0: 10.
5 qt: 9: 2: 14
2 qt: 9: 0: 21.
10 qt 8: 3: 04.
14: 8: 1: 10.
12: 8: 3: 18.
13: 8: 1: 16
8 qt: 8: 3: 17
3: 9: 1: 07.

94: 0: 05.

11 qt. 9: 0: 14.
1 qt. 7: 3: 16.
4 qt. 10: 1: 07.
7 qt. 10: 2: 24.
6: 9: 0: 10.

47: 0: 15.

E P [MARKE, LH MARGIN]
no: fetch - 3: 4: 0: 25.
4: 6: 2: 24.
5: 7: 2: 00.
fetch - 2: 3: 3: 00.

22: 0: 21.

George Webb [SIGNATURE, LH MARGIN]

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The said Thomas Markland to the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first and second hee saith hee never saw (to his remembrance)
the Portugall Invoice interrogated, nor understandeth the language
of that countrey. nor was ever there. And saith there is
a difference betwixt the English weight which goeth by the
hundred, and the Portugall, which hee saith goeth by the Roove,
And saith there is usually allowed at the custome house a first part
out of the grosse weight for tare, and afterwards [XX] five
pounds per cent. upon Portugall sugars. And saith hee
this deponent tooke the exact weight of every of the said chests and
fetches with their markes and numbers, in his booke, and hath
compared his booke with his contest mr Webbs, and found
it exactly to agree therein with his the said mr webbs booke

To the last negatively.

Tho: Markland [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

Repeated with his precontest before doctor Godolphin.