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The 24th of January 1654. [CENTRE HEADING] … The 24th of January 1654. [CENTRE HEADING]
The claime of the foresaid domingo}<br />
Centurione in the ''Sophia Saphire''}
Examined upon the foresaid allegation.
'''dt. 3'''
'''Egidio Motet''' Secretary to his Excellency<br />
the Lord Embassador of Spaine, aged<br />
33 yeares or thereabouts sworne and<br />
examined
To the first and the rest of the articles of the said allegation hee saith<br />
and deposeth that hee hath seene and perused a letter from his<br />
Catholique Maiestie the king of Spaine, bearing date the 21th<br />
day of May 1653 signed with his Maiesties owne hand and directed to<br />
his Embassador here resident, wherein (after recitall made the<br />
said don domingo Centurione, one of the Counsell of his said Maiestie<br />
had laden aboard the shipp the ''Sophia Saphire'' whereof Peter<br />
Johnson [?Part] was master eighteene baggs of wooll of Andaluzia<br />
at Cadiz to be transported to dunquirke, Ostend or Amsterdam for<br />
accompt if his Maiesties factories, and for supplie of his Maiesties<br />
owne affaires and army of fflanders according to a contract made<br />
by the said domingo Centurione in that behalfe) his Maiestie<br />
required the said Lord Embassador to speake for Restitution of<br />
the said woolls in the behalfe of the said domingo Centurione<br />
of and from this Commonwealth and the Courts of Justice<br />
thereof into whose power the said woolls were come by occasion<br />
of a seizure made of the said shipp and goods by some of the<br />
frigats of this Commonwealth. And this deponent hath<br />
likewise seene and perused another letter dated from Madrid<br />
the 30th of december 1652 from his excellency don Lewes da haro<br />
duke de Oliva[?res] his Majesties first and cheife Minister<br />
of State directed to the said Lord Embassador of Spaine<br />
here resident to the same effect and purpose with the<br />
said letter if his Majestie, in which the said woolls are mentioned<br />
to be thus marked, '''S. + M.''' And for the<br />
foresaid reasons this deponent beleeveth that the said don<br />
domingo Centurione the time mentioned in the first article<br />
to have bin and at present to be lawfull owner of the said eighteene<br />
baggs of wooll, and that hee laded them by his factor at<br />
Cadiz for accompt of the foresaid factories managed by him<br />
in his said Majesties name to be transported, as aforesaid and<br />
to be delivered for supllie of his said Majesties Army<br />
and affaires in fflanders, And otherwise hee cannot depose.
Toders, And otherwise hee cannot depose.
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