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To the 17th hee saith there once came an Auncient man in a
Boate to the side of the said Ship while shee lay in y:e Road of
Oratavo, who pretended himselfe to be the ffactor or Merchant, to
the sais Ship was Consigned, And saith the said Tye knewe him
not neither did hee knowe whether hee was the right ffactor or
not, And the said pretended ffactor desired that foure of the
Company might goe on shore to Oratava, And saith the said
pretended ffactor; in all that time or at any other time during the
said ships being there did not ever say or declare, or send any word that hee
had promised practick for the said Ship, or could for the same,
And never shewed the said Ketcher any License in writing or
otherwise; And saith hee beleeveth that the said Antient man
aforesaid was not the Reall ffactor to whom the said goods were
Consigned, and the reason of such his beleefe XXXXX is for that
one Captaine CorneXX XXX of a Dutch ship then Lyeing in
Oratava Road said and XXXXXX the said ffactor XXXXXX
y the said XXXXXX or one of his Company XX was a younge man, And
further hee cannot depose :/:

To the 18th hee saith that there was not any Spanish Boate nor
any other Boate whatever that did follow or come unto the said
ship the Lisbone ffrigot after she went away from Oratava either
to Gazachico, or any other place neither did the said Pretended
ffactor ever after the said ships
departure from Oratavo, see or speake with the said Ketcher, or any
of his Company, neither was it (as hee saith) a probable thing for
him to come after him in any Boate both for the stormynes of the
Seas, and the Swiftsayling of the said Ship. And further hee Cannot
depose :/:

To the 19:th hee cannot depose

To the 20:th hee saith that the said Ketcher and his Company finding
that there was not practick to be gotten at the Canaries, for their
said ship did upon a serious Consideracon saile the said ship to
the Madera Islands, and there safely arrived, and after such their
arrivall there the said Kitcher applyed himselfe to one ?Ald:r Ward , and one
M:r Pickford for their advice and directions, in the sale & Disposing
of the said goods and Merchandizes, for the best advantage of the
ffreighte:rs, and part of the said goods, were
there left with the said Pickford and the rest of the said goods
w:ch shee had on board, were by direction & advise of the said Pickford
or Ward carried in the said Ship, to the Coast of Barbary and
there sold, and Bartered the same for wax, and other Comodityes
to y:e best Advantage to the said ffreighters, w:ch said wax and
Comodityes being taken aboard the said ship, shee sailed to the
Maderas againe: (she being ordered soe to doe by the said
Pickford or Ward before her goeing from the Maderas to the Coast
of Barbary.) where shee tooke in the proceeds of the foresaid
goods w.ch shee left there with the said Pickford, and with the
same, and the said goods w:ch shee tooke in at Barbary shee XXX XXX
for