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1. being a Genovese, had adventured to trade in the said Indies,
2. where none but Spaniards are permitted to trade, and that hee had
3. bin constrained to procure his libertie with money, and this hee saith
4. was and is publique and notorious, and this deponent being
5. then at Cadiz tooke the more notice of the said report, for that hee
6. was a countrey man and an acquaintance of the said Rosetti, whom hee
7. alsoe upon such his arivall heard say and report that hee had bin XXXdXX
8. with in the West Indies. And otherwise hee cannot depose.

9. To the second and third articles hee saith and deposeth that hee this exáminate
10. as a merchant was resident at and frequented the Canarie Islands
11. for twenty monethes together (ending about fifteene monethes since)
12. during which space hee saith hee saw the said producent alsoe trading there
13. as a merchant, and when this deponent about fifteene monethes
14. since came thense, hee left the said producent still trading there:
15. And otherwise hee cannot depose

16. To the fourth hee saith hee well knoweth alsoe the arlate Thomas
17. Clercq, who hee saith was resident at the Canaries when this
18. deponent soe came thense, and was and is commonly reputed a
19. dutchman and a subiect of the States of the United Netherlands.
20. And otherwise hee cannot depose.

21. To the fifth hee saith that by the said producent hee this deponent
22. received letteres from written by and from this deponents correspondent
23. ffrancisco Cruz, residing at Oratavo in the said Islands, wherein
24. the said Cruz advised this exáminate that the said producent
25. had bought a quantitie of Indigo and other goods Indian
26. goods in the said Islands, and had laded them aboard the shipp the
27. Morning Starr of Amsterdam, and went him selfe in the same shipp recommended with
28. his said goods to Balthazar Rubin of Amsterdam, And otherwise hee cannot
29. depose, saving hee soe received the said letteres after the seizure
30. of the said shipp and goods.

31. To the sixth hee saith there was and is pease and ámitie betweene
32. this Commonwealth and the Republique of Genoa, and their
33. respective subiects./

To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]

36. To the first hee saith hee the more certainly knoweth the said
37. Rosetti to be a native of Voltra aforesaid in the said dominion of
38. Genoa, for that this deponent hath frequented the said place
39. of Voltra and hath bin severall times at the house of the said
40. producents father having lands adioyning the said place. And
41. otherwise hee cannot answer, saving as aforesaid.

42. To the second hee and third hee saith that hee this examinate was never
43. at the West Indies, but about five yeares since, living for the
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