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unto a letter to these interrogatories is annexed and now shewed unto him ay the tyme of this his examination And saith that by letters of Advice from thence hee this deponent hath bin lately informed that all the said English Merchants were in or about the Month of ffebruary last past seized upon and apprehended and imprisoned by '''Don Pedro de''' '''Carillo Gusman''' cheife Generall of the said Canary Islands and that they were by him or his Command proceeded against upon a pretense of bringing in Contrabande goods thtiher and for exporting thense diverse sugars and other West India goods and Merchandizes which hee beleiveth is soe by him the said Don Pedro de Carillo Gusman done with an intent to punish the said Merchants and by such his rigorous proceedings to fforce them to a composition and to pay monies for noe offence att all by them committed And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot depose. To the second and third Interrogatories hee saith and depo= seth that for this five years last past during which tyme the deponent hath lived and resided att and in the Canary Islands hee of his certaine knowledge can depose and hath heard that for diverse years next before proceeding that all Merchants whatsoever which send goods from England to the Canaryes have and doe constantly use to carry or send certificates from the Custome house London or from the Lord Mayor of the said Citty of the severall sorts and conditions of theire goods soe sent thither And saith that dureing the said tyme hee never knew or heard of and English Merchant at the Canaryes that was troubled or molested for any goods soe carryed thither as aforesaid and of which such mercjamt had his certificate nor for and West India goods exported thense untill at this present that he hath bin and is informed they are soe done unto and punished by the said Don Pedro de Carillo Governour there, And this deponent further said that in all the tyme predeposed of this deponente knowledge of the said Islands such Certificates soe sent or carryed from hence as aforesaid have usually bin soe done for the clearing of such fraud and suspition as might happen and fall and by and through the likenesse of merchandise which said certificates and goods being presented in the Custome house there the officers thereunto belonging hath as hee saith allwaies from tyme to tyme allowed thereof and soe took theire Customes for them without making of any further question about or concerning the same, And for
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