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The same day Examined upon the said
Allegation/ [CENTRE HEADING]

Rp 2

Cipriano Pachao of Penniche in the
kingdome of Portugall Mariner late Master of
the shipp the fortune of Lisbone, aged 33. yeares
or thereabouts a Wittnesse produced and sworne
saieth as followeth to witt

To the first article of the said Allegation hee saieth, That hee this
deponent well knoweth that in the yeares 1655. 1656 and
1657. arlate, and in the severall moneths in the said respective
yeares concurring there was and at present is a Certaine
Companie of Merchants called or knowne by the name of
the Brazeele Companie, who were and are all of them

Subjects of the king of Portugall and for and as such well
knowne and generally reputed and taken, who did and doe hold
their usuall abode and residence in the City of Lisbone or
places neere adjacent thereunto, and were constituted and made
a Companie by authoritie of the king of Portugall now regnant
or of the Late deceased king his immediate predecessor
with authoritie to trade to and from the Brazeele for sugars
and other Merchandises, and that the said Companie for
many yeares past and especially in the said yeares 1655. 1656.
and 1657.
and the moneths therein respectively concurring and
since have exercised used and driven, and doe exercise use
and drive a great trade from Lisbone to Brazeel with
Merchandises and from Brazeele to Lisbone and others the
Dominions of the king of Portugall for sugars and other
goods and Merchandises, and for that purpose had and have
their factors and agents resident at the Bahia ffernambuco
and other parts in Brazeele; And this deponent rendring a reason
of such his knowledge saieth, That he is a Portugueze by
birth and habitation, and a Mariner by profession and hath
for all the said yeares 1655. 1656. and 1657 and before had a constant relation
to the said Companie trade and Navigation, and hath beene
thereby and therein employed as Master of a shipp trading
to and from the parts and places aforesaid upon the accompt
of the said Companie and others all Subjects of the Crowne
of Portugall, and hath thereby had the oportunity well and
sufficiently to observe and to notice, and to be well and duely
assured of the trueth of the premisses. And further to this article
hee deposeth not./

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