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To the 7th article of the sayd allegation … To the 7th article of the sayd allegation hee saith and deposeth That<br />
hee this deponent being himselfe a Merchant doth knowe that it is a usuall<br />
practize amongst Merchants and soe hath bin for all the tyme arlate, and<br />
before and since, that Merchants who lade goods in any Ports belonging to such<br />
Princes of States as are Enymyes to the King of Spaine, or are laded<br />
in the Ports of Princes or States who are in Amity with the King of<br />
Spaine and yet really doe belong unto such persons as are Enimies to the<br />
Kinge of Spaine, do make colourable bills of ladeing for the same goods<br />
though laded in a dutch shipp at an Enymies port, as is laden for Accompt of dutch<br />
men, as for example this deponent well knoweth that it is usuall for<br />
Portugeses at Lisborne who lade goods in dutch vesssells<br />
at Lisbone and bound for ffrance or holland to take make bills of ladeing<br />
for the sayd goods there laden, as laden for the Accompt of subiects of<br />
the United Provinces living at Amsterdam, and as bound for Amsterdam whereas In truth the sayd<br />
goods doe really belong to Portugueses Enymyes of the King of Spaine<br />
and are bound to an enymye Port and this is done to free the sayd goods from danger of Capture in<br />
case they bee mett with by any of the Men of warr subiects to the<br />
Kinge of Spaine, And hee further saith that such goods as have within<br />
the tyme aforesayd bin sent to him this deponent (being an English<br />
subiect and an Enymye to the King of Spaine) from holland or Zealand,<br />
hee hath caused his correspondents there who were and are Subiects of the<br />
States of the United Provinces to cause colourable bills to bee made<br />
for the sayd goods as laden for their Accompt, whereas they properly<br />
belonged to him this deponent And this and the like practizes<br />
hee knoweth to have bin practised during the tyme arlate and to bee commonly used amongst Merchants for the better<br />
preservation of their goods from being seized by men of warr subiects<br />
of the King of Spaine And further hee cannot depose/
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/
To the Interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh to bee a wittnes at the Request<br />
of Mr Joas Everson a Merchant of London who as hee beleeveth doth<br />
sollisite his busines on the behalfe of Lewes and Symon Rodrigues da<br />
Souza and saith the da Souzas live as hee beleeveth at Amsterdam, whense hee heard<br />
from them by letter about a yeare since but saith hee knoweth them not by<br />
sight and beleeveth they are subiects of the States of the United Provinces<br />
for that hee hath formerly sollisited a busines for them in this Court<br />
wherein they were by oath of wittnesses proved to bee subiects of the sayd<br />
States, And saith hee knoweth the Interrogant Mr Goodwin and Mr<br />
Jacobs and Mr Tiddeman (who are reputed two of his Company) who live at<br />
Dover and soe have done for these fower yeares last past And further saving<br />
his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere/
To the 2 hee saith hee liveth at present in the parish of Saint Buttolph Billingsgate<br />
and hath lived in London these fifteene of sixteene yeares last and hath noe share<br />
in the goods in question nor will it bee profitt or preiudice to him which way<br />
soe does this cause be adiudged And saith hee is noe assurer of any part<br />
of the goods in question And further cannot answere/ds in question And further cannot answere/ +
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