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depart shortly after the lading of the sai … depart shortly after the lading of the said 600. peeces of eight for the accompt<br />
aforesaid, videlicet in or about the moneth of May last past (as this deponent now remembreth<br />
the time) saw and perused at Antwerp the bill of lading annexed to the allegation<br />
or one of the same Contents, being sent in a letter of advise together with an Invoyce<br />
from the said ffactor to the said producent at Antwerp by the Ordinary land poast<br />
for and Concerning the ladeing of the 600 peeces of eight for the accompt predeposed<br />
And saith hee hath bin Credibly informed that the said shipp being in her Course<br />
from Cadiz towards Dunquirke with the said moneys and a bill of lading of the<br />
same tenor with the bill annexed was mett withall surprized and taken by some<br />
of the shipps of the Parliaments ffleete and brought up to London, and that the said<br />
second bill of lading is now remaining in the Registry of this Court. And this<br />
deponent by reason of the familiar Correspondencie between his Master one Edward<br />
Peters a Merchant of Antwerp, and the producent in this Cause, being usually and<br />
frequently admitted to peruse, and oftentimes employed in dispatch of businesse for<br />
the said producent, and well acquainted with his bookes of accompts, did shortly after<br />
the receipt of the said bill of ladeing letter of advise and Invoyce, see the said<br />
600 peeces of 8/8 entred into the said producents booke of accompts, and that the said<br />
Gerard Ryper was Credited for the same, and by frequent observation of the usual<br />
handwriteing of the said Gerart Ryper, this deponent is fully assured that the<br />
bills of ladeing annexed was and is really filld up by him the said Gerard Ryper<br />
and that the Contents thereof are reall and true and no way fictitious or<br />
Colourable. And otherwise saving his following deposition hee saith hee cannot depose.
To the 6. and 7th hee saith, That the said John Smeesters the producent<br />
is commonly and generally esteemed a Native of Antwerp and is a Merchant of good quality there<br />
and a Subject of the King of Spaine, and hath for severall yeares last past of<br />
this deponents Certaine knowledge driven a trade to Cadiz and Saint Lucar in Spaine<br />
sending goods to his ffactors residing there and receiving returnes in mony<br />
plate and bullion from thence, And saith the marke in margent<br />
formerly expressed was and is one of the usuall markes under which the<br />
said producent usually sendeth out and receiveth the goods Merchandizes and<br />
moneys to him belonging, And that no Dutchmen or ffrench Subjects in the<br />
States of the United Netherlands or King of ffrance had or have any title<br />
or interest in the silver rpredeposed or any part thereof, The premisses hee knoweth<br />
being by the meanes predeposed familiarly and intimately acquainted with the<br />
negotaiation of the said producent, and haveing for severall yeares observed the marke<br />
predeposed to be made and used upon goods merchandizes and baggs of money<br />
transmitted by, or consigned to the said producent. And further hee cannot<br />
depose./
To the 8:th hee saith, That the said producent of this deponents certaine knowledge<br />
hath for severall yeares last past received baggs of money and peices of plate<br />
for his owne use and accompt merely upon Consignation to the marke predeposed<br />
without any expression of his name at large in the bill of lading, and it is<br />
usuall and commonly practized amongst Merchants to Consigne money from<br />
(Spaineto Consigne money from<br />
(Spaine +
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