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this Cause being thereunto required by the … this Cause being thereunto required by the said producent. And<br />
otherwise negatively:-
To the second, hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, And<br />
further otherwise then negatively cannot depose:-/
To the third hee referreth himself to his foregoeing deposition./
To the 4th and 5th hee saith, they doe not concerne him, And therefore<br />
hee answereth not thereunto:-/
Repeated before doctor Clarke/
Jos: Harbin [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 13th day of June 1655/ [CENTRE HEADING]
domingo Vaz de Britto for his shipp}<br />
the ''Saint Michael'':}
'''2us./'''
'''Augustine Coronel''' of London Merchant<br />
aged Thirtie yeares or thereabouts a Wittnesse<br />
sworne before the Judges of the high Court of<br />
Admiraltie of England saith as followeth videlicet.
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith, That hee this sexaminate for two yeares<br />
or thereabouts hath traded in Consortshipp with Seignor domingo<br />
Vaz de Britto, and by meanes of such their Consortshipp and Corres=<br />
pondency this rendent hath seene and observed out of his the said<br />
domingos booke of accompts, That the interrate shipp the ''Saint Michael''<br />
hath for all that time wholely and solely belonged to the said domingo<br />
as the sole Owner and Proprietor thereof And further cannot depose:
To the second Interrogatorie hee saith, That his rendent by the meanes<br />
aforesaid hath well seene and observed, That the said domingo vaz<br />
Britto did cause the said shipp to bee originally built for his owne<br />
accompt, and that hee hath by himselfe or his factors ever since her building<br />
fitted and furnished her out to Sea upon all the Voiages shee hath<br />
since performed, saveing the last voiage interrate, upon which shee was as<br />
this rendent hathc redibly heard amongst Merchants and verily beleeveth<br />
fitted to Sea from the Terrera's upon the said domingos accompt<br />
and at his Costs and Charges./:
To the third hee saith, That it is well knowne to this rendent, and<br />
publique amongst Merchants of this Citie, That the interrate domingo<br />
Vaz de Britto was and is a Subject of ths Commonwealth, and an<br />
inhabitant of this Citie of London where hee keepeth house and<br />
family./:-
To the fourth Interrogatorie hee answereth, and saith, That hee this rendent<br />
well knoweth and hath seene in the Assurance office London, That<br />
the said shipp being sett out to Sea by the said domingo in the yeare<br />
<u>1653:-</u> the said domingo caused the same to be assured by sewerall Merchants<br />
of London, And that since in another Voiage wherein the said shipp<br />
upon the said domingo's adventure was bound from the Terrera's to the<br />
Madera's, the said domingo or his order did also here at London cause<br />
the same to bee assured by sewerall Merchants of this Citie, both<br />
which this rendent hath seen the policies of Ensurance in the said<br />
Office entred, and saith hee well knoweth That the sewerall [?Pronouncements]<br />
(uponwerall [?Pronouncements]<br />
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