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the ''Sampson'' the said bills having all … the ''Sampson'' the said bills having all of them some of the markes arlate thereon. And saith that<br />
the said producent was and is hee beleeveth the true and lawfull<br />
owner and proprietor of the silver and plate laden as is arlate aboard the said three<br />
shipps by the said three factors for his accompt, and for suh hee was and<br />
is commonly accompted and reputed. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the third 4 and 5th articles hee saith and deposeth that aafter the lading in question<br />
hee sawe severall bills of lading of the markes aforesaid in the hands of<br />
the said factors at Cales which they said were for the silver laden by them<br />
aboard the said shipps for the producents accompt, and that they would<br />
send one of every of them to the producent over land and had left<br />
or delivered the examplars or duplicates thereof aboard the said severall shipps to be<br />
carried alonge in them with the said silver, and saith hee is well<br />
acquainted with the hand writinge of the masters of the said shipps<br />
namely of Otto George master of the ''Sampson'', Christian<br />
Cloppenburgh master of the ''Salvador'', and John Martenson dorp master<br />
of the ''Saint George'', and of the said Otto George his Purser and<br />
verily beleeveth the bills of lading anneded and nowe shewed unto him<br />
and the duplicates thereof remayning in the Registrie of this Court<br />
(which hee hath alsoe seene) to be signed with their hands, and the<br />
contents thereof to be true and soe had and donne as therein is contained<br />
And that the said bills annexed were and are the same soe sent over land<br />
from Calves to the said factors to the said producent to Antwerp,<br />
and by him brought or sent hether. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the sixth article hee saith and deposeth that this deponent seeing<br />
the bills of lading arlate at the house of David Molenstein in Cadiz<br />
after the signing thereof, asked him what hee meant by '''I.B.''' set therein<br />
for an in place of the parties name for whose accompt the silver<br />
therein mentioned was laden, and was answered by him that the said silver<br />
was for the accompt of Mr George Boschaert of Antwerp,<br />
(speaking of the producent) and that the said letters being he initiall<br />
letters of his name and sirname in the dutch and Spanish tongues, were<br />
by him the said Molenstein for therein in the stead of his name at length<br />
to the end to conceale his name from being there taken notice of.<br />
And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the seaventh hee saith that in and for the time arlate and when the<br />
said respective peeces of eight, barrs of silver and plate aforesaid<br />
were laden aboard the said shipps and ever since the said Maximilian<br />
de Hoghe David Molenstein and ffrancis de la Sierpe the laders thereof<br />
[?were] and are his the said producents factors at Cadiz and such as<br />
have had and have correspondance with him in the way of trade and<br />
for such they were and are commonly accompted, which hee knoweth<br />
living in Cadiz, and knowing that the said producent removing his<br />
dwelling as aforesaid from Cadiz left them at Cadiz in the said<br />
factorage and his imployment thereof. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 8th and 9th articles of the said allegation hee saith that within the space of<br />
three monethes or thereabouts before the departure of the said shipps from<br />
Cadiz this deponent sawe the said Maximilian da Highe sell as<br />
many linnens and goods (with hios said [?goods] from the [?lowe] countries ) as ammounted<br />
to 20 thousand peeces of eight at [?one] time to Alsonso da Sierra of<br />
Cadiz and heard the said da Hoghe say that the said goods were<br />
before the said selling the goods of the producent George Boswchaert<br />
and received from him from fflanders, and this deponent<br />
heard the said David Molanstein and ffrancis de la Sierpe alsoe say<br />
that they had received many goods from the said producents from fflanders<br />
And that they laded the silver with the effects and proceede<br />
thereof, and other wise hee cannot depose saving the said factors all<br />
three said that the silver laded in the said shipps bu them for the producent the said shipps bu them for the producent +
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