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The 19th of ffebruary 1656. [CENTRE HEADIN … The 19th of ffebruary 1656. [CENTRE HEADING]
Q: Boone pred in three}<br />
silver shipps.}
Exámined upon the foresaid allegation.
'''Rp. 4us.'''
'''See the 3 first in B4:'''
'''John Hanschen''' of Antwerp Marchant aged<br />
21 yeeres or thereabouts sworne and exámined.
To the first and second articles of the said allegation hee saith and<br />
deposeth that hee this deponent from the yeere 1649 till<br />
within this yeare last past lived with the arlate Adrian Goldsmith<br />
at Antwerp as his servant in the way of merchandize, and<br />
constantly wrote in his Counting house in writing and coppying of letters and<br />
merchandizing dispatches and keeping accounts and<br />
making entries in his bookes and helping to keepe his said<br />
bookes, and thereby well knoweth that hee had correspondance<br />
with the producent Christofer Boone, and that in the yeare<br />
1654 the accompts betweene them was made up, and upon due<br />
calculation thereof, the said Adrian Goldsmith was found to<br />
be really indebted to the said Christofer Boone in the summe of<br />
two hundred thousand Reals of plate, or silver money,<br />
and that the said debt was contracted or owing for goods merchandizes and effects<br />
formerly received by the said Adrian or his agents for his use and account<br />
in Spaine of the said mr Boones factors namely Antonio Upton and others. And upon such making up the said account<br />
this deponent heard the said Mr Goldsmith his master say and<br />
acknowledge that his was really soe much indented to the said<br />
Mr Boone, and in consideration and for or towards satisfaction<br />
thereof hee said hee would goe to a Notarie to make a<br />
transport or assignment to the said Mr Boone of (and for the said<br />
Mr Boones owne use) the severall quantities of silver and<br />
Cochenille seized in England in the shipps ''Sampson'',<br />
''Salvador'' and ''Saint George'' and which were or had bin claimed by<br />
him the said Adrian in the Admiraltie Court at London,<br />
and saith the said Transport was accordingly made in or about<br />
the beginning of November 1654 (new stile)<br />
by William La Rousseau a publique Notarie living<br />
in Antwerp, which hee knoweth because his said master sent<br />
him this deponent to fetch the same (being donne) from the<br />
said Notary, which hee did, being as hee saith the very<br />
schedule in latin remaining in Court and which hee hath nowe seene, and<br />
saith hee verily beleeveth the contents of the said schedule to be<br />
reall and true, and to have bin soe had and donne as therein is<br />
contained. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the third hee saith that forthwith upon notice had by the<br />
said Adrian Goldsmith of the seizure of the said three shipps<br />
in England with their lading, hee wrote and gave order to mr<br />
Vandeput of this citie Marchant to claime for him, his silver<br />
mentioned in the said schedule, which hee knoweth for that hee this<br />
examinate copied the letter soe written into his letter booke.<br />
And otherwise hee cannot depose.
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And otherwise hee cannot depose.
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