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to them the sayd Taylor and Company) that … to them the sayd Taylor and Company) that then he would buy<br />
all their oyles and other commodities, and that he did by<br />
reward, promises and foule practises make some of the cheife<br />
of the Country to bee on his side, and by his meanes and<br />
procurement the Country people were forbidden to deliver<br />
the Currance not delivered to the sayd Taylor and Company<br />
And he further saith that on the 2d day of October last a<br />
boate laden with about 12000 weight of the Lepanto Currance<br />
bargained for as aforesaid going to be putt aboard the ''Morea''<br />
''Merchant'' for the accompt of the producents, the arlate ffowke<br />
with the helpe of some of the Country people seized by<br />
maine force upon the said boate of currance, and tooke away<br />
the same from them that were in the possession of the said<br />
boate and Currance for the accompt of the arlate Taylor and<br />
Company and disposed of them to his owne Ware-houses, And<br />
that he this deponent did afterwards speake to him the<br />
said ffoulke about his taking away of the said Lepanto Currance<br />
and the said ffoulke answere that he was sorry that he had<br />
not had the rest of the Currance, And he deposeth<br />
that he the deponent had payd all dutyes and Customes for<br />
the sayd 12000 ''lb'' weight of Lepanto Currance soe iniustly<br />
taken by the said ffoulke, and that he this deponents<br />
brother did pay two halfe peeces of fine scarlett clothes, in<br />
earnest of the said 12000 ''lb'' weight of currance, And further<br />
he cannot depose.
To the seaventh article he deposeth and saith that by the workings<br />
of the arlate William ffowlke the remainder of the Petras Currance<br />
(being about 18000 ''lb'' weight), which were sold by the bargaine<br />
predeposed of and in part payd for by the agents of the<br />
producents were with the helpe of some of the great [?Ones]<br />
of the Country seized on by the said ffowlke, and [?part the rest] carryed into<br />
his Warehouses, The premisses he knoweth for that many of<br />
the poorer sort did come to this deponent and tell him that<br />
they were very willing to deliver their Currance according<br />
to the bargaine for the accompt of the said Taylor and Company<br />
but that they durst not being commanded to the contrary by the<br />
great [?Ones], in reagard the said ffowlke had promised to buy up<br />
their oyles, And he further saith that there were not any<br />
other Currance in the Countrys arlate nor thereabouts other<br />
then the said 12000 ''lb'' weight of the Lepanto Currance, and the 18000 ''lb''<br />
weight of Petras Currance predeposed of that this deponent knoweth of And further he<br />
saith he cannot depose, for that he left the said Country before<br />
the said Currance were laden aboard any shipp./
To the Interrogatoryes [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatory he answereth that the ''Morea Merchant''<br />
interrate did lye about a quarter of a mile from the<br />
shore at Petras, under the Command of the Castle, and that the<br />
Master of her was Anthony ffen, who as he the Rendent beleiveth<br />
was aboard her when the boate of Currance was taken, because<br />
upon enquiry he was told soe by one of the said shipps<br />
Company.
To the second Interrogatory he answereth that the shipp interrate the<br />
''More Merchant'' was of the burthen of about 200 Tonnes, that<br />
she carryed about 20ty gunns, that 33 men and boyes belonged<br />
unto her, but he answereth that he knoweth not how many of<br />
them were on board at the time interrae And otherwise he<br />
cannot answere.
Toherwise he<br />
cannot answere.
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