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To the first and second articles of the sa … To the first and second articles of the sayd allegation hee saith hee well knoweth<br />
that before and at such tyme as the arlate Cowse and Cowse tooke the<br />
arlate Shipp the ''Golden ffortune'' to freight the arlate Jones was Master<br />
and Commander of her and knoweth that the sayd Cowse and Cowse did<br />
knowe soe much and accept of him as Master though the sayd Jones [?at]<br />
such tyme as the sayd Cowse and Cowse hyred the sayd shipp did in the<br />
presence of this deponent tell them that the sayd Jones was never<br />
either at the Canaries or the Barbados the premisses hee the<br />
better knoweth for that hee this deponent being a dutch man was by the<br />
sayd Cowse and Cowse hyred to goe gunner of her the voyage in<br />
question to the Canaries, and then at the Canaries to bee Master<br />
of her the better to secure her tradeing there under the [notice GUTTER]<br />
of a dutch shipp shee goeing and Comeing thence under dutch Colours<br />
And further hee cannot depose./
To the 3 article of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee this deponent<br />
goeing the voyage in question under the qualities aforesayd did observe<br />
that the arlate Morgan Jones was and is an able and expert seaman<br />
and Master, and well fitt (as to his abilities) to take the charge of [XXXX]<br />
of a shipp upon him, and further to this article hee cannot depose/
To the 4th article hee saith that for that hee kept a Journall of the voyage<br />
in question hee knoweth that the ''Golden ffortune'' arlate was not dispatched<br />
at Garachaco by the ffactors of the sayd Cowse and Cowse untill the<br />
three and twentith day of Aprill one thousand sixe hundred fifty seaven<br />
upon which day the winde being West Northwest the sayd shipp sett<br />
sayle thence bound for Palma, whether shee with great paines and<br />
hazard attayned upon or about the twenty nynth day of that month and<br />
not before, which soe happened partly for that extreamity of weather<br />
did on the 24th of Aprill aforesayd drive and force the sayd shipp some<br />
Leagues to the Leeward of Garacheeco, and partly by the unskillful=<br />
nesse of one Gyles Bayley who was at London shipped by Mr R[XXX]<br />
the sole Owner of the sayd shipp to goe Masters mate and pilott of<br />
her the voyage in question, And further hee cannot depose/
To the 5th and 6th articles of the sayd allegation hee saith hee well<br />
remembreth there were laden aboard the sayd shipp ''Golden ffortune'' of<br />
Palma by the arlate don John da Moule Verde factor of the sayd<br />
Cowse and Cowse, in all seaventy eight pipes of wynes, but how many<br />
of them were laden for Account of the sayd Cowse and Cowse or whether<br />
any of them were for the Accompt of any other persons hee knoweth<br />
not And hee saith hee well knoweth that the sayd Morgan Jones<br />
while hee was at Palma did sell and deliver to the sayd don John<br />
da Monte Verda a great quantitie of hoopes, butter, cheese and<br />
other things (amounting (as hee beleeveth) to nyne hundred and [XXXX]<br />
Ryalls of plate) for which the sayd don John da Monte Verda<br />
[?did GUTTER]n da Monte Verda<br />
[?did GUTTER] +
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