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being very well acquainted with the hand writing of
the said Producent having received many letters
from him, and very often seene him write, And
further cannot depose, saving as aforesaid:/:

To the last hee saith his foregoeing depon is true:/:

To the Interries

To the first hee saith hee hath noe pt or share in y:e
said Wines Claimed, & was neither p:rsent at the Lading
or seizing of them, nor saw any money paid for y:e same

To the Second hee saith hee is of the age of 36 yeeres
or thereabouts and hath knowne y:e Said Cowling
for y:e time aforesaid. but knoweth not his ffather or mother
and hath bin Credibly informed that the said Cowling
was borne at or neere Rippon in Yorkeshire/

To the third hee saith that the said Cowling hath
lived at the Canaryes for all the time of this Depo:ts
Knowledge of him, but knoweth not when hee went
first thither, And saith hee hath, not bin in England
since this Depo:ts Knowledge of him, that hee knoweth
of, And saith y:e said Cowling is a Bachelo:r and
payes Customs , for his goods, as other merchant
Strange:rs doe; but no ?Tapes or Contribucons
And further cannot Answer./.

To the 4:th hee saith hee doth neither Knowe beleive or
hath heard. y:t if the wines now clamed to be lost, that
any subiect of the King of Spaine must or will beare
the losse thereof, or that they were laden upon y:e
hazard of any subiect of the said King:/:

ROBERT XXXXX [His signature]

Repeated before D:r Godolphin

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Case: Clarke ag:t Scattergood: Examination: 2. Robert Hercules, of Ratcliffe, Mariner, aged 40: Date: October 27th 1659

The 27.:th of Octobe:r 1659:/:

Clarke ag:t Scattergood aforesaid)

Examined on the Libell:/:

2:ne ROBERT HERCULES of Ratcliffe
Mariner aged 40 yeeres or thereabouts
Sworne and Examined:/.

To the first posicon of the said Libell hee saith and
Deposeth that in or about the time of Libellate the
Libellate Robert Clarke was M:r of
the Lilate: ship the Warewell, and was in or
about y:e said time a pt owne:r, of her of this Depo:ts
Knowledge, w:ch part of her, hee the said Clarke
bought of the said widowe of one Warewell y:t was y:e
former M:r of the said ship, and y:e said Clarke & ?Company
in or about the said time were the true Owne:rs of XX
and

re.