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The second of ffebruary 1656 [CENTRE HEADI … The second of ffebruary 1656 [CENTRE HEADING]
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'''Simon de Casseres''' of London Merchant, aged 47 yeeres<br />
or thereabout swore and examined
To the fourth article of the said allegacion and the schedule therein<br />
mentioned now showed unto him hee saith and deposeth that hee well<br />
knoweth the arlate John Lopez de Miranda, and that the said John<br />
being upon his preceeding outwards from this port with the shipp and<br />
linnens and goods arlate for the Canaries in the service of the producent<br />
Mr Antonio ffernandez Caravajall to sell and dispose the said outwards<br />
goods and make retourne thereof in wines of other goods from the<br />
Canaries to this port for the saie mr ffernandez his account, hee<br />
the said John Lopez de Miranda as factor of and for the said ffernandez<br />
did by writing under his hand written in the Spanish language<br />
acknowledge and oblige himselfe to the effect arlate, and that thee<br />
said schedule nowe showed unto him dated 21/31 of January 1655<br />
was and is the same writing whereby hee soe acknowledged and obliged<br />
himselfe, and was on or about the day of the date thereof wholly read<br />
over and by him the said John Lopez de Miranda subscribed with<br />
his name as nowe appeareth, in the presence of this deponent and<br />
of Manuel de ffonseca Meza who as witness thereof for their<br />
hands thereto as nowe alsoe appeareth; and by his name<br />
thereto he knoweth it to be the same without alteration, and further<br />
that the same was so donne at the house of mr ffernandez<br />
in Leadenhall Street London. And hee beleeveth the contents of the said<br />
schedule to be true and reall. And otherwise hee cannot depose.<br />
Upon the rest hee is not examined by direction of the producent.
To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first after showing unto him the writings interrogated remaining in<br />
the Registrie of this Court, hee saith he knoweth nothing of or<br />
concerning the same, otherwise then as aforesaid, nor who wrote them<br />
or any of them, nor by whose order they were written, nor by whom sent.
To the second hee saith that hee is by profession of Religion a<br />
Jew, and maketh conscience of by a oath hee hath taken and beleeveth<br />
it obliging unto him to speake the truth, without respect of persons<br />
or things or of what profession the persons concerned are, and that<br />
hee holdeth noe despensation from an oath taken before a magistrate<br />
as this respondent hath taken his oath in this cause.
To the third hee saith hee knoweth all the three persons interrogated and<br />
saith they are accounted Spaniards and subiects of the king of Spaine and<br />
for such hee esteemeth them. And otherwise hee cannot answer.
To the 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.and 12th hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid<br />
not knowing ought of the frieghting or lading or passages of the voyage<br />
otherwise then as hee hath predeposed, to which hee referreth himselfe, saving that<br />
being showne the letter mentioned in the 9th Interrogatorie hee beleeveth it to be subscribed<br />
with the hand of the said Miranda.
Simon de Casseres [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]a.
Simon de Casseres [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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