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To the fifth and sixth he saith that the a … To the fifth and sixth he saith that the arlate Don Antonio de Ponte was<br />
and is a Spaniard bourne in Teneriffe one of the Canarie Islands where he<br />
hath his family and betwixt the sayd Islands, Spaine and the West Indies<br />
and other places subiect to the King of Spaine hath for many years<br />
traded as a merchant. And saith that for the proper Accompt and <br />
att the [?proj] hazard and perill of the sayd Antionio de Ponte the sylver<br />
now claymed was really and truly laden aboard the sayd shipp ''Sampson''<br />
out of which the same was to be and would have bene deliverd to him<br />
the sayd producent att Oostend whither the sayd shipp was bound, if the<br />
sayd shipp had safely come thither, the reasons of this deponents knowledge<br />
therein being formerly sett forth in the foregoeing depositions whereto the<br />
producent was and is a Subiect of the sayd King of Spaine and so [?hath]<br />
and accounted by all that know him.
To the seventh he saith his former depositions are true. And otherwise<br />
he cannot depose.
To [?the] Crosse Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first he saith that he was a Passenger aboard the ''Sampson'' and<br />
was aboard her at the tyme of seizure, and embarqued himselfe in the<br />
saime in the bay of Cadize in the month of September or October 1652<br />
but cannot expresse the tyme more particularly. And<br />
otherwise he cannot depose.
To the second he saith that he hath knowne the interrate Don Antonio da Ponte<br />
for theis nyne yeares now past, to be a Spaniard, an Inhabitant in Teneriffa<br />
and there as this Rendent hath credibly heard the producent was borne and<br />
hath lived there when att home all his time. And further he cannot depose.
To the third and fourth he saith that the sylver interrogat by the producent<br />
himselfe his name being Don Antonio de Ponte, was laden in the baye<br />
Cadize in the day tyme, this deponent being present and allso<br />
his precontest Lorenzo da Veles, and Pasquall Andrada who as a servant<br />
assisted his Master the producent, and the purser of the shipp received<br />
the same aboard, and otherwise he cannot depose saving that the <br />
producent who laded the sylver is a Spaniard as he hath deposed.
To the fifth he saith that he was present and saw the Interrate Pedro de Campo<br />
signe the bills of ladeing interrate in September last, (and on or about the <br />
sixth of the saime moneth now [?ptite] as he beleiveth), aboard the shipp ''Sampson'' in<br />
the sayd bay of Cadize. And otherwise he cannot depose.
To the sixth he saith that he doth not know nor beleive that the Bill interrate<br />
was or is colourable or fictitious, but saith they are and were true and reall.<br />
And otherwise he cannot depose.
To the seventh he saith that the purser of the ''Sampson'' when he received the sylver<br />
now Claymed aboard did in the sight of this Rendent make a note of<br />
the barres their markes and numbers, but whether he entered the same in his<br />
booke this Rendent knoweth not. And further he cannot depose.
To the eighth he saith that he beleiveth the bill of lading Interrate was made <br />
as [?recable] to the sayd note whereof he hath deposed to the next [?precedent]<br />
Interrogatorie. but what is become of the sayd note the Rendent knoweth not.<br />
And otherwise he cannot depose.
To the nynth he saith he cannot depose.
To the tenth he saith that the ''Sampson'' was bound for Oostend, and to noe other.<br />
Port, and the sylver Interrate did and doth really belong to the sayd producent<br />
and to noe Dutchman or ffrenchman or other person whatsoever, but [?]<br />
and onely to the producent. And otherwise he cannot depose.roducent. And otherwise he cannot depose. +
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