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To the 42th hee saith that the usuall Prem … To the 42th hee saith that the usuall Premium of Assurance<br />
from Porta fferara and ligorne to London for theise two yeares last hath<br />
bin and is at and after the rate of 5 ''li'' per cent at least, And for<br />
a reason of his knowledge of all the premisses hee saith that hee<br />
hath bin a Turkie merchant for theise twelve yeares last or<br />
thereabouts, and continually exercised in that course and way<br />
of imployment, and for the most part of that time hath<br />
lived in Aleppo and bin specially acquainted with merchants affaires<br />
and transportations in and about the like matters as afore is deposed<br />
And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 43th hee saith that the arlate Alderman ffrederick<br />
and other persons intimated in this article namely henry Chewne<br />
ffrancis ffowke, and Thomas Rowse were and are merchants and men<br />
that trade beyond the seas, which hee deposeth having knowne some<br />
of them theise 8 or 9 yeares and the rest theise two yeares last or<br />
thereabouts. And hee conceiveth them to have bin much preiudiced<br />
by the detention of their goods anin question, both in the [?XXX] thereof being they<br />
are not worth soe much as they were in the yeares 1652 and<br />
1653, and alsoe in their losse of [?time] through want of<br />
their estates (in the said goods) to proceede in their trade. And<br />
saith that if the principall detained from them bee<br />
13178 ''li'' sterling (as is alledged) that the interest at 6 ''li'' per cent<br />
doth amount to 790 ''li'' per annorum and upwards.<br />
And otherwise hee cannot depose.
Upon the rest hee is not examined by direction of the producent.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the second hee saith hee was never at Porto fferrara, And<br />
saith that hee conceiveth that in case Cottons and galls be<br />
weighed and delivered nett into any shipp at Scanderoone and Ciprus and carried thence<br />
and [?continue] a shipp board foure or five monthes and afterwards<br />
be brought to Scanderoone or Ciprus againe and there weighed out<br />
by the same weight whicxh they were weighed in by, they will want<br />
of the first weight, but not soe if they were weighed and delivered<br />
in drie, And otherwise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.
To the third hee saith that hee well knewe William and<br />
Edward ffowke and Richard Chewne in Aleppo and<br />
Roger ffowke at Cyprus, and saith that all the said<br />
ffowkes are commonly reputed the brothers of ffrancis ffowke one of<br />
the parties in this sute, And otherwise hee cannot depose saving<br />
as aforesaid, and saving that the said Roger ffowke is commonly<br />
accompted the elder of the said brothers, and was and(as hee beleeveth)<br />
is Consull of the English nation at Cyprus.
Tonsull of the English nation at Cyprus.
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