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To the 8th hee saith hee can neither write, reade nor understand<br />
ffrench, but hath made severall voyages into ffrance, and that the<br />
ast before this was about none monethes since.
To the last hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, and<br />
otherwise cannot depose.
Repeated before doctor Clarke.
The marke of '''X''' marke Cornelius<br />
C[XXXX] [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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28th of August 1651.
On the behalfe of John Bushell touching}<br />
Sugars as claimed by him in ''our Lady of''}<br />
''Conception and Saint Anthony''}
Examined upon Interrogatories.
'''Rp.'''
'''Edward Bushell''' of the citie of London merchant<br />
aged 31 yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined.
To the first Interrogatory hee saith and deposeth that the interrogated John<br />
Bushell his this deponents brother living at Lisbone hath for severall<br />
yeares last past managed and driven a considerable trade thence to the<br />
Brazila and coast of Angola, and hath frequently sugars and other<br />
merchandizes laden for his accompt upon diverse shipps trading for<br />
those parts, which hee knoweth having interest with him in severall<br />
of those voyages, and hath had often and frequent adise from him<br />
concerning his said dealing there and retournes thence.
To the second Interrogatory hee saith that hee hath credibly heard<br />
that there have bin severall shipps of warrr set out from Zealand<br />
for the taking of such shipps as should be found going to or comming<br />
from the Brazila videlicet [XXX] from such places thereof as are in the<br />
kinge of Portugalls dominions or Territorie, and this deponent<br />
hath had sugars comming thence formerly taken by such men of warr,<br />
in regard whereof and of the casualti[?a] in that voyage of having such<br />
shipps taken by the said men of warr, this deponent hath formerly<br />
given order to mr John Barr (this deponents correspondent at<br />
Amsterdam) to enquire of the masters and officers of all Portuguese<br />
shipps that hee should heare were taken by the said men of warr<br />
what sugars or other goods they had aboard for English mens accompt<br />
and in particular for the accompt of this deponent and of his said<br />
brother, and hath willed the said Barr to give him this examinate<br />
advise thereof.
To the third Interrogatory hee saith and deposeth that the said Barr<br />
upon notice of the taking of the shipp the ''Lady Conception and Saint Anthony''<br />
aforesaid by omr Regemorter in a frigot of Zealand, enquired and<br />
found out the Captaine of the said shipp the ''Lady Conception'' or<br />
''Saint Anthony'' upon his comming to Amsterdam (as by letters hee advised<br />
this deponent), and demanded of him what sugars hee had laden<br />
aboard his shipp from Brazila for the accompt of Englishmen,<br />
to which (as hee wrote) the said Captaine made him answer that the[?re GUTTER]<br />
were sugars laden aboard [?h]is said shipp for English mens accompts<br />
and particularly for accompt of the said John Bushell and company<br />
there were 20 chests aboard her and alsoe for the accompt of Robert<br />
Cook and Englishman living in Lisbone nine chests, and that the<br />
said Captaine had delivered unto him the said Barr a bill of lading<br />
under his hand for the said 20 chests of sugar, which heefor the said 20 chests of sugar, which hee +
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