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money, worth to the value of about eighteen or twenty pounds sterling And by the sayd man of warr having by such his seizure of the sayd dutch vessell and in romageing of her spent three or fower howrers at leaste did thereby hinder the sayd vessell of her voyage to Colchester, soe that the winde turneing Contrary the sayd vessell was forced with much danger by stresse of weather, back to Rotterdam, whereas if they had not bin soe hindered by the sayd man of warr hee verily beleeveth they might have safely gotten to Colchester without goeing back to Rotterdam, and further to this article hee cannot depose./ To the 6th hee saith hee hath heard a publique report amongst merchants in London that the shipp ''hare in the ffeilda'' was a dutch shipp belonging to subiects of the States of the United Provinces and soe adjudged in this Court, and shee and part of her lading restored by order of this Court, and that the sayd shipp after such restitution sett sayle from London with divers of the goods restored, in her, to Cadiz, and was after her arrivall there seized with her ladeing by the subiects of the King of Spain and there deteyned And further hee cannot depose./ To the 7th hee saith that hee this deponent being a Merchant knoweth that in the yeares and tyme arlate it hath bin and is a usuall custome among merchants to make colourable bills of ladeing for goods laden by them in any Country in hostility with the King of Spaine, or laden for Accompt of persons in hostility with him and to make bills for them as if they belonged to the subiects of Princes or states in Amity with the King of Spaine though really they belonge to such as are not in amity with him, which practice hee saith is frequently used among merchants in tymes of warr for the better preservation of their goods in case they here mett with by any men of warr belonging to the King of Spaine or his subiects and further hee cannot depose./ To the last hee saith his forgoeing deposition is true. To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING] To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh to testfie in this cause by the entreaty of Joas Everson merchant of London, who told this deponent that hee the sayd Everson had a suite in the Admiralty Court wherein hee understood this deponent could testifie, and desyred this deponent to appeare and speake the truth what hee knew touching the same, and saith hee knoweth not the Interrogate de Souzaes nor where they live, nor to whom they are subiects and saith hee is neither ffactor nor correspondent to the sayd de Souzas And further cannot answere./ To the 2 Interrogatorie hee saith hee is a Londoner borne and hath noe share nor interest in the goods in question and shall receive neither profitt nor preindice whether they bee cleared or condemmed./ To the 3 hee saith that in the yeare 1656 and the moneths therein happening hee hath bin at Amsterdam and Rotterdam and dort and other places in Holland and Zealand but hath
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