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away, and would not discharge the said ships unlesse this
Deponent and the Master of the Cock would [?procure] the said summ
of 225 li Sterling which said summ hee saith they were Constrained
to borrow of [?two] Merchants of Garnesey, and this Deponent did himself
pay halfe the said summe namely 112. li 10 s. Sterling to the said
Browne, and the Master of the Golden Cock paid the like
summe to the said Browne in this Deponents presence, which said
summes were soe paid for the said ships and Ladings without
payment of which the said Browne severall times declared
hee would not discharge the said ships. But
would undoubtedly have Carried them and their said Ladings
to the leaven Islands and there have sold them. And further
Cannot depose./:

To the 7th and 8th hee saith that this deponent was forced to engage
his said ship and Lading for payment of the said Summe, and
was necessitated to sell his said lading at garnesey to pay
the same, And saith that the said Lading of Herrings Butter
and Salmon yeilded but low prices at Garnesey, And
did not yeild One hundred
and ffifty pounds Sterling at Garnesey, whereas had the same
bin Carried to Bourdeaux, as it would in all probability have
bin had not the said Browne seized the said ship: it
would have yeilded three hundred and fforty pounds Sterling as this
Deponent well beleeveth, which would have produced about ffifty
Tonns of ffrench wine, which wine would have yeilded att
Glascow aforesaid twenty foure pounds Per Tonne or thereabouts
cleere of all charges, And saith that thereby and in losse of time the said Owners
are very much damaged, and further cannot depose./:

To the tenth hee saith that the said Browne did acknowledge
that the foresaid Morgan Jones did set out the said ship
Charls to sea the said voyage and was the Captaine of her
and that hee the said Browne was put into her by the said
Jones. And further cannot depose./:

To the last hee saith that the said James Bogle John
Walkinshawe and Company were and are all Merchants of
Glascow, in Scotland, and subjects of this
Commonwealth and soe Commonly accounted And further cannot
depose./:

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