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And further saith that soe farr as hee can … And further saith that soe farr as hee can remember after sixteene<br />
yeares space that the premisses were [?asXed], the Spanish Embassadour<br />
don Alonso da Cardenez then Resident in England gave this deponent<br />
order to signifie unto the said Benjamin Newland that<br />
hee should keepe the said eight peeses of brasse ordnanse for his<br />
reimbursement and satisfaction of and for such charges and<br />
summes of moneys as hee had bin at and laid out about the<br />
premisses [LH MARGIN] [GUTTER ?and] this deponent signified the same unto him accordingly<br />
And further that hee hath heard and verily beleeveth that the said<br />
Beniamin had disbursed moneys and bin at charges about the said<br />
shipp, Captaine, company and souldiers to a greate summe or valew.<br />
And saith that to his best remembranse an account<br />
of disbursements and payments was about the yeare 1642 given by the said Beniamin<br />
Newland to the said Embassadour, but the summe thereof hee<br />
doth not remember. And otherwise hee deposeth not.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee was not in the shipp nor at the Ile<br />
of Wight at the time of the said shipps comming thither, nor<br />
indeede was hee ever there, and otherwise hee cannot answer<br />
saving as aforesaid/
To the second third and fourth hee saith hee never sawe the said shipp<br />
nor ordinance, and therefore and for that the businesse happened soe<br />
longe sinse as aforesaid, hee cannot depose further or otherwise than<br />
as afore, referring himselfe to his foregoeing deposition.
To the fifth negatively.
To the last hee saith hee knoweth nothing thereof.
Dierick Hoste [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated befor doctor Godolphin.
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The 13th of ffebruary 1656.
On the behalfe of Julian Cohn and}<br />
others touching a losse in the ''ffortune'' of}.<br />
[GUTTER ?Garnesey], Eleazar le Merchant master}</margin>
Exámined upon the fore said allegation.
'''.J.'''
'''Jacques durand''' of Saint Malo's Mariner,<br />
late Pilote of the said shipp the ''ffortune'', aged<br />
52 yeeres or thereabouts sworne and exámined.
To the first Interrogatorie ministred on the behalfe of Julian Cohn<br />
hee saith and deposeth that hee well kneweth the shipp the ''ffortune''<br />
Interrate about five monethes before her disaster hereunder mentioned<br />
and well knoweth her at present and saith that the said shipp in that moneth of November last, and on<br />
or about the 9th of the same moneth (old stile) set saile and departed<br />
on a voyage from the River of Nantes for Narmoutier on the coast of<br />
ffranceoutier on the coast of<br />
ffrance +
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