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upon the said first Assurance were duely a … upon the said first Assurance were duely and truely satisfied and<br />
paid as this rendent knoweth by his Consortshipp aforesaid, and<br />
as to the second hee beleeveth they are paid, but hath no knowledge<br />
thereof. And further cannot depose:-/
To the last hee saith, That the said shipp ''Saint Michael'' in her last<br />
Voiage wgerein shee was taken came from the Terreras bound<br />
for Lisbon in Portugall, as is generally reported amongst Merchants<br />
and that shee was taken by a Zeeland shipp and brought up<br />
into Zeeland with her Master and Companie, where for<br />
ought hee knoweth they still remaine:./
Repeated in Court:-/
Augustin Coronel [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day Examined upon the said Interrogatories:-/ [CENTRE HEADING]
'''3us./'''
'''Henry Folliot''' of London Merchant aged<br />
19. yeares or thereabouts a Wittnes sworne in<br />
Court as aforesaid, and examined saith as<br />
followeth videlicet:/
To the first hee saith, That hee this rendent hath knowne the shipp<br />
the ''Saint Michael'' interrate by sight onely since the second day of<br />
May last past according to the new style, at which time hee saw her<br />
at the Terrera Islands Manoel ferdinando Camerino then being<br />
Master or Commander of her, And saith That then and there and<br />
for about two yeares before this rendent by good intelligence amongst<br />
Merchants hath knowne that the said shipp did wholely and solely<br />
belong to Seignor domingo Vaz de Britto a Merchant then and<br />
now living and inhabiting here in London. And further saving his<br />
subsequent deposition hee cannot depose:-/
To the second hee saith, That as predeposed hee hath by Correspondence<br />
and Conversation amongst Merchants in Portugall and here alwaies<br />
heard and understood that the said domingo Vaz de Britto was and<br />
is the true and lawfull and sole Owner and Proprietor of the said shipp the<br />
''Saint Michael'' and for such commonly reputed and taken, and that<br />
hee hath in that quality by himselfe or his agents alwaies fitted and<br />
furnished her out to Sea at his owne proper charges, and upon his<br />
owne adventure, and saith That the said shipp being returned upon<br />
a Voiage from Brazile in the yeare <u>1654.</u> about the moneth of<br />
November in that yeare, one Michael Rodrigues Barretto a<br />
Correspondent of the said domingo residing at Saint Michaels one<br />
of the Terrera Islands, did expressely saile from thence to the<br />
Island Terrera to cleare and equipp the said shipp to Sea upon the<br />
said domingo's accompt, and to take all accompts concerning the<br />
same, this rendent then residing at Saint Michaels aforesaid in the<br />
same house with the said Rodrigues Barretto, and thereby being<br />
well acquainted with his said designe, and saith hee hath seene<br />
and perused letters at Saint Michaels aforesaid wherein was expressed<br />
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