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1. Hope (shee sinkeing neere the shoare of in the Roade called Rio Grande where
2. the sayd Portugueses first sett upon and fought with the sayd shipp hope and XX GUTTER
3. take out of the sayd shipp the hope thirty sixe negroes and severall other Merchan=
4. dizes as linnen cloath, wollen cloath, wines, strong waters, and a great quantitie
5. of Iron, and likewise seized upon the and tooke the mayne maste and all of
6. the masts sayles rigging Anchors Cables and one gunne belonging to th
7. shipp hope and carried them awaie with them, togeather with the sayd ladeing and ˹the sayd 36 Negroes and˺ this deponent
8. seaven or eight more of the sayd shipps company to a little towne XX or
9. village belonging to Cacheow in Guinney and within and inhabitants by PXXX GUTTER
10. and Governned by a Governour of the King of Portugall, where they kept this GUTTER
11. deponent prisoner for the space of eight moneths, in which tyme divers of
12. other prisoners of the hoyes Company dyed there, And further saving his former
13. examination whereto hee referreth him selfe hee XXX cannot depose./.

Repeated before Collonel Cock

Cornelius Rawlins [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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The 12th day of August 1656

A busines of examination of wittnesses concerning}
the shipp to Peacock taken for perpetuall remembrance}
of the matter upon certaine Interrogatories ministred}
on the behalfe of Antonio ffernandez Caravaiall: Smith}

Examined upon Interrogatories on the behalfe of
the sayd Antonio ffernandez Caravaiall./

dt Smith

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William Pastell of Ratcliff in the County
of Middlesex.Mariner Master of the shipp the PXXXX GUTTER
aged thirty fower yeares or thereabouts a wittnes sworne
before the Right Worshipfull Charles George Cock one of the
Judges of the high Court of Admiralty saith and deposeth
as followeth videlicet

32. To the Interrogatorie hee saith that hee hath knowne the shipp Peanke Interrate
33. for these two moneths last past during which tyme hee hath bin Master of her and
34. was soe made Master of her in holland by Lewis da Esgoterras the XXXX GUTTER
35. of the Interrogant Mr ffernandez and was since confirmed Master of her by the
36. sayd Mr ffernandez And saith that of his this deponents knowledge the sayd
37. was bought at Amsterdam in holland for the summe of thirteene thousand XXX GUTTER
38. hundred guilders or thereabouts this deponent and the sayd Esgotheres XXX GUTTER
39. the bargaine about by buying the sayd shipp and this deponent paying XXXX GUTTER
40. the money for the same And hee saith that the sayd shipp was bought by GUTTER
41. this deponent and the sayd Esgoterres in the presence of one fferdinando MaXX GUTTER
42. Correspondent also of the sayd Mr ffernandez Caravaiall for the sole XXXX GUTTER
43. Accompt of him this deponent and the sayd Mr ffernandez Caravaiall XXX GUTTER
44. and noe others, and the true and sole Owners and of the sayd Shipp and
45. tackle apparell and furniture, and this deponent iw well assured that noe
46. stranger or foreigner have any parte or share therein but the same doth
47. belonge to the sayd Mr ffernandez and this deponent and is only upon XXXX GUTTER
48. And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot depose/

William XXXXX GUTTER SIGNATURE, RH SIDE

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The same day./ [CENTRE HEADING]

Examined upon the sayd Interrogatorie/

dt Smith

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Lewis da Esgoterres of Amsterdam in holland Merchant GUTTER
aged thirty sixe yeares or therabouts sworne before the GUTTER
Judge saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet./

58. To the sayd Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth That he well XXX GUTTER
[XXX GUTTER]

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