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To the 13th article hee saith, That in or … To the 13th article hee saith, That in or about the latter end of May and<br />
beginning of June <u>1652.</u> there was in the Port of Cyprus arlate the<br />
shipps the ''Mary Rose'', Captaine Poole Commannder the ''Richard and''<br />
''William'' Captaine Wise Commannder which being according to common report<br />
then and there fully laden and readie to depart, yet stayed there and attended<br />
till the departure of the said Convoy for their securitie, and did actually<br />
come from thence with the same of this deponents sight, and saith the said<br />
Convoy and Companie touching at Cephalonia the shipp ''William and''<br />
''Thomas'', Captaine knight Commannder came and joyned her selfe with the<br />
said Convoy, with which shee came in Companie to Porta Longoone And<br />
further cannot depose./
To the 14th hee saith, That at or about such time as the said shipp the ''Thomas''<br />
''Bonadventure'' was commannded at Porto Longoone into the service of this<br />
Commonwealth, there were then alsoe five other English Merchants shipps commannded<br />
into the said service and forced to unlade besides the said shipps the ''Thomas''<br />
''Bonadventure'', the ''Mary Rose'' and the ''William Thomas'', all being laden<br />
and bound for London with Merchants goods, Which hee well knoweth for<br />
that hee saw and observed the said shipps employed in the said service, but<br />
whether the Master or Owner thereof or their Agents received their full<br />
freight due to the time of their discharge hee saith hee knoweth not:<br />
And further hee cannot depose./
To the 15th hee saith, That there were of this deponents sight and observation<br />
about 20. sacks of Cotton wooll laden aboard the said shipp at Cyprus by order<br />
of her freightors there, which were not of the same marke with the rest<br />
of the baggs of cotton wooll there received aboard the said shipp, but were<br />
as hee beleeveth, belonging to some other Merchant and not to the generall<br />
freighters of the said shipp, and were unladen in this deponents sight at Porto<br />
Longoone together with the rest of the said shipps kading, but whether any<br />
freight were particularly payd for the same, or how much hee saith hee<br />
knoweth not./
To the 16th hee saith, Tha this deponent saw and was assistant at and in the<br />
unlading of the said shipp ''Thomas Bonadventure'', and that upon such her<br />
unlading, the Merchandizes therein were brought ashoare at Porta fferrara<br />
arlate and there delivered into the place called the Lazaretta being the<br />
usuall place for the receipt of goods there discharged, and being of this deponents<br />
observation a very strong and secure place, and beleeveth not that any goods<br />
entred into the same are or can be purloyned thence or stole away. And further<br />
cannot depose./
To the 17th aarticle hee saith, That the Galls and Cotton woolls laden on board<br />
the said shipp the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' the Voiage in question were not<br />
so farr as this deponent ever heard saw or observed received into the said<br />
shipp by weight, but onely by the number of baggs, nor hath this deponent<br />
though hee have been severall times and at severall ports and places of<br />
Turkey ever seene any goods of the like nature taken in by weight but<br />
onely by baggs or sacks in grosse. And further cannot depose./cks in grosse. And further cannot depose./ +
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