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To the sixth hee cannot depose, not being … To the sixth hee cannot depose, not being at lisbone as aforesaid.
To the seaventh hee sath that the interrogated Alfonse Suarez is a<br />
Portugese borne by common reputation, but this deponent doth not knowe<br />
him personally, nor his father or mother, and for the reasons aforesaid<br />
hee beleeveth the said Alfonse to have noe share in any of the goods<br />
in question, and otherwise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.
To the eighth hee saith hee beleeveth that the master of the ''Thirstie''<br />
''hart'' was to have received his freight at Roane for the said goods in case<br />
of deliverie there, and otherwise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.
To the 9th hee saith hee neither knoweth nor beleeveth that any ffrench<br />
man of subiect of the ffrench kinge hath any share or part in the goods<br />
in question or any part thereof, nor that they or any of them or transferred<br />
or made over from the said claimers or any of them to any other person<br />
or persons, but that the proprietie thereof is still remaining in them<br />
And otherwise saving as aforesaid hee cannot answer.
To the 10th negatively, saying hee hath not soe deposed.
To the 11th hee saith that hee beleeveth in his conscience the said<br />
14 bills of lading exhibited in this cause to be reall and true and<br />
noe wayes colourable, and that the master signed noe other of any other<br />
tenor, referring him selfe alsoe to his foregoing deposition, and otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the 12th hee saith hee hath by letters on behalfe of all the said claimers bin<br />
requested to take care and to endeavour the restitution or recovery of the<br />
said goods, which letters came from Amsterdam, and that as touching the<br />
goods of the said Manoel Martines da Mediana of lisbone, hee hath<br />
bin requested to take care concerning the same by letters from the said<br />
da Costa of Amsterdam, who is the correspondent of the said Manoel,<br />
and saith hee hath alsoe had letters from the said Alfonse Suarez from<br />
Roane, advising him that hee was ro receive<br />
the said goods for the accmpts of the said producents, and desiring<br />
ythis deponent to advise him as occasion should serve concerning the<br />
processe here depending about the same, but never had any order<br />
from him or discussion about the claiminge thereof. And otherwise<br />
hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.
To the 13 hee hath not doe deposed.
To the 14 hee cannot depose.
To the 15thg hee cannot depose.
To the 16 hee cannot depose.
To the 17 hee cannot depose.
To the 18 hee hath heard that the said shipp the<br />
''Thirstie hart'' is of about fiftie tonnes burthen, and that according to the<br />
advise sent him from Amsterdam there were aboard the said shipp at<br />
the time of her seizure 139 1/2 chests of sugar, 100 quintalls of<br />
Brazill wood and 50 Rolls of tobacco, belonging to the said merchants,<br />
And otherwise hee cannot answer.
To the 19 negatively.
To the 20th hee saith that by correspodance hee knoweth duarte Nunez da Costa<br />
of hamborowe, father of the said Jeronimo Nunez da Costa, and<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose
To the 21. and 22th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoing deposition and<br />
cannot otherwise depose.
To the last hee cannot depose saving his foregoing deposition to which hee referreth<br />
himselfe./which hee referreth<br />
himselfe./ +
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