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Transcription

January and february 1657. or some or one of them, the allate
Antonio fernandez Carvajal did hire and take to fraight
at this City of London a certaine shipp called the New England
Merchant allate, to saile from hence to dartmouth in the West
Countrey of England, and there to take in her lading of dry
fish being there designed and provided to be transported in her
from thence to Porto Porto in Portugalll for the use and accompt
of him the said fernandez and Companie and to returne from thence reladen
with other goods designed for ffrance for the sole accompt of the said fernandez And hee further saieth
That within a very short time after the fraighting of trhe said
shipp the New England Merchant as aforesaid, the said
fernandez did send the said shipp to dartmouth aforesaid where
shee safely arrived, and upon such her arrivall did receive on
board her by order of the said fernandez and for the said account, of
one Jago his Agent there such her lading of fish consisting of
2000. quintalls and upwards, which were by order of him the
said fernandez consigned to be delivered at Porto Porto aforesaid
unto one Policarpio da Oliveira a Merchant there residing,
for the accompt and behoofe of him the said fernandez and of Antonio Rodrigues Morais and Jeronimo and Raphael Rodrigues Lamego And that
the said fernandez by himselfe or his Agents did actually pay
or cause to be paid unto one Mr Richard Bogan of London
Merchant the summe of eleaven hundred and fifty pounds for
the said fish or thereabouts And that the
said shipp the New England Merchant did with her said
lading of fish safely arrive at Porto Porto aforesaid, and that
the said fish was there delivered unto the said Policarpio da Oliveira
for the use and accompt aforesaid. All which the premisses this deponent
saieth he is well assured of, both for that he this deponent being assistant
to the said Mr Fernandez in his merchandizing affaires, and privy
thereunto at and about the time aforesaid and untill this present, is
well acquainted with the said transactions, as having seene and perused the
Charterpartie made for and in relation to the said voiage, and the letters and
orders sent and given for and about the said fish lading consignement and voiage
and the bookes of accompts of the said fernandez which are duely
kept, and wherein the payments made for the said fish to the valew
aforesaid were and are duely entred, and hath also seene and observed
by advise sent to the said fernandez, that the said shipp did soe arrive
aforesaid. And further to this Article hee deposeth not/:-

To the third Article of the said Allegation he saieth That the said
(Mr