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a copie of an account of the charges of the tobaccos, and is alsoe of the said
Pursers hand, and the eighth a copie of an account of the said Mollers owne
particular goods and place and is of Mollers owne hand, all which hee knoweth
being welll acquainted with the said hands, and seeing them frequently at
worke in writing the said copies out, which they did in the same chambeer where
the said Moller and this deponent lodged together, and where this deponent
wrote and caused the other copies touching the shipp to be written out, and this
deponent verily beleeveth the said eight copies to be truely extracted and to
agree with their originalls, hee being often present and seeing and hearing
the said Moller and the said other persons while they compared them together. And saith
the said Moller alsoe copied out the said foure bills of lading, And saith
further that the nineth and tenth schedules annexed are of this deponents
said Purser (John Cords) his hand, and the eleaventh of this deponents owne
hand, and the said nineth tenth and eleaventh schedules annexed are true
copies of the originalls thereof soe received by this deponent from the said
Admirall Stokes his Secretary, which hee knoweth because hee this deponent
and his said Purser after the said copying made comparison thereof and
found them to agree, and saith the contents and effects thereof are as is
articulate. And saith that this deponent leaving the originall
charter partie for the said voyage at Amsterdam and taking a copie thereof with him
to sea, the twelfth schedule annexed
was and is (as hee saith) a true copie of the said originall
And further deposeth that after said Moller and this deponent had soe
copied out the said papers, they delivered up the originalls againe
(according to their promise) to the said Admirall Stokes his said Secretary and
hee receved them all, videlicet the originalls of the eight schedules and the said foure bills of lading from the said Moller
and the originalls of the 9th 10th and 11th from this deponents hand, they making such
delivery thereof in each others presence, and since that time this deponent
hath not had or received any of them since as this deponent beleeveth. And
further deposeth not.

To the fourth article and foure bills of lading therein mentioned, left
by the said Moller the twelveth of Aprill last upon his examination, and now
showed unto this deponent, hee saith and deposeth that they were and are foure
of the said originall bills of lading of the said goods claimed in this cause
and were all signed by this deponent at Santa domingo on or about the day
of the date of each of them, and that the contents thereof were and are
true and reall and soe had and donne as therein is contained, and
further that the said foure bills of lading were on board the said shipp
at the time of her said seizure and came to the hands of the said
Captaine Storey, and (as this deponent beleeveth) from him to Admirall Stokes
And further hee cannot depose.

To the fifth hee saith that the contents of the said twelve respective schedules
anned were and are true and reall and soe had and donne as
therein is contained and not colourable, which hee knoweth being privie
to the passages therein mentioned, and for the reasons by him rendred in
his former deposition in this cause whereunto hee referreth, And further hee
cannot depose.

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition was and is true.

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