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The 19th of July 1656.
'''Rp. 2.'''
'''J … The 19th of July 1656.
'''Rp. 2.'''
'''John Danielson''' of fflushing, Mariner, aged 25 yeeres<br />
or thereabouts Marchant exámined.
To the first Interrogatorie hee deposeth that hee was borne and hath<br />
alwaies dwelt at fflushing , where hee nowe hath his wife and familie<br />
resident, and saith hee hath well knowne the shipp the ''Irish Merchant''<br />
other wise called the ''Dolphin'' Interrogated for theise eight monethes last or<br />
thereabouts, and was one of her masters this present voyage, in which<br />
qualities hee went hence in her from hence about seaven monethes since<br />
for the Canaries, whence shee is now returned, and that hee came first<br />
aboard her in the River of Thames, being appointed by her owners to goe<br />
in her.
To the second hee saith the said shipp is retourned and there arrived with an<br />
hundred and fourtie foure pipes of wine for the merchants account, six<br />
hundred seaventie seaven hides alsoe for the merchants, and for them fiftie<br />
nine Canastus of tobaccoe, all which wines, hides and tobaccoes<br />
hee saith were laden at Teneriff (one of the Canarie Islands) by William<br />
one Mr Pindar or Painter and by Mr John Lopez da Miranda who was sent thense<br />
in her by Mr feernandez of this citie, and saith that of the foresaid goods<br />
there was laden for the account and [?riskgo] of the said Mr ffernandez<br />
fiftie three pipes of wine, and six hundred seaventie and seaven hides, and<br />
for Mr Page of this citie merchant, ninetie one pipes<br />
of wine, and one and fourtie pot[?acke] or canastas of tobaccoe, and further that<br />
the said<br />
George Webber merchant eighteene potacks of tobaccoe, and further that<br />
the said goods were ordered to be delivered to them here on their order according<br />
to bills of lading signed for the same, And saith that they are merchants of<br />
this citie and (as hee conceiveth) subiects of this common wealth, and<br />
lastly that hee hath not said nor beleiveth that any of the said there<br />
merchants are subiects of the king of Spaine, And otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose, saving this deponent and Robert hunter the other master<br />
(an Englishman and subiect of this Commonwealth) have ioyntly seaven hogsheads<br />
and one pipe of wine aboard for their owne account and six and fourtie<br />
hides and one potack of tobacco, and the Stiersman (an English man)<br />
hath one pipe of wine aboard for his account, and that there are two pipes belonging<br />
to mr Webb, one of the owners of the shipp.
To the third hee saith that there were letters with inclosed bills of lading<br />
brought home on the said shipp directed to the said Antonio ffernandez, mr<br />
Page and mr webber and to them they were delivered here, being sent unto<br />
them from the downes, but the number, or for whom written or the contents<br />
hee knoweth not, they being in baled up and in a packet, and saith there were<br />
noe papers or bills aboard when Captain Ch[?e]llingworth came with a<br />
shallop aboard the said vessell; and saith there were three bills of lading<br />
signed for each of the foresaid parcells for the said merchants, and that they<br />
were all (for every parcell) of one tenor, and that there were noe bills signed of severall tenors<br />
for one and the same parcell of goods. And further that there were noe<br />
papers, bills of lading or writings torne throwne over board hidden or<br />
otherwise made away.
To the fourth hee saith hee had noe private instructions or by word of mouth<br />
touching the carriage or disposall of the said goods, but had order from the<br />
said laders, for the deliveries of the said goods to the foresaid merchants according<br />
to consignment aforesaid, to which purpose hee had signed the bills afore mentioned, and having delivered, the voyage was to end, and saith there was noe order<br />
takenaith there was noe order<br />
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