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while hee traded to and againe betweene Ca … while hee traded to and againe betweene Cadiz and [?parts] in the straights<br />
at Genuoa, Ligorne and others, and that when shee came into and<br />
was staid in the downes shee was bound for Ostend or dunkirke And<br />
otherwise negatively.
To the fifth hee saith that hee was laden at such time as hee was<br />
staid as aforesaid with silver, woolls, hides and other peace goods<br />
all which were laden at Cadiz by John de Windt aforesaid, Michael<br />
Parry, John Baptista Montoya and other particular merchants<br />
to be transported to Ostend and there delivered to severall persons.<br />
referring himslefe for the more particularitie of his lading, with<br />
the names of the laders and to whom consigned and for whose accompt<br />
to his bills of lading and manifest or catalogue of his lading taken<br />
and sent up into this Court and here remayning. And saith that<br />
hee had 30 peaces of artillery aboard, two dozen of muskets and<br />
otherappurtenance of ammunition for service of the said vessell, And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the sixth hee saith that his said bills of lading aboard and sent<br />
up into this Court were and are all true and reall and signed by him<br />
or his Purser, and that the goods were really intended to be transported<br />
according to the consignements of the said bills, and otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the 7th hee saith hee had 50 men and boyes of his company when hee<br />
was staid as aforesaid, which were of severall countreys, as English,<br />
Scotch, hamburgers, Lubeckers, hollanders and other places, and<br />
otherwise negatively.
To the 8th hee saith hee was borne in the dominion of<br />
the duke of Lunenburgh, and is a maried man and hath soe<br />
bin for theise eight yeares last, during which space hee hath lived<br />
with his wife and family in Lubeck.
To the 9th negatively.
To the tenth and 11th negatively.
To the twelveth hee saith that some of his lading belongs to some of his<br />
said owners, referring himselfe to his foresaid bills and book[?s], and that<br />
hee was to receive his freight at Ostend or dunkirke of such persons<br />
to whom the said goods were consigned.
To the 13 and 14th negatively.
To the 15th hee saith hee wrote from Cadiz to hamburgh to have<br />
assurance there made upon his part of the shipp and goods, to the<br />
valew of 1000 or 1500 Rex Dollars, but whether it be made or not hee<br />
knoweth not. And otherwise negatively.
To the 16th hee saith hee brought bales of silke and paper and other<br />
peace goods from Genoa to Cadiz when hee was last there, which were<br />
laden at genoa by severall Genoeses, and were delivered at Cadiz<br />
to Genoeses and Spaniards, and otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 17th negatively.
To the 18th hee cannot depose.
To the 19th and 20th hee saith that the money and silver aboard is some in baggs<br />
and some in chests, and some without either baggs or chests, and that<br />
part of it is coyned and the rest in barrs and barretons, and otherwise and some is<br />
marked and some without mark{?s], referring himselfe to his said book[?e] and bills<br />
remayning in this Court.
To the last hee saith hee signed bills of lading for the said money and silver<br />
which bills were and are true and reall and not colourable, and hee referreth<br />
himselfe thereto And otherwise cannot answer./elfe thereto And otherwise cannot answer./ +
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