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premisses. And further to this Article hee … premisses. And further to this Article hee deposeth not.
To the second article of the said Allegation hee saieth, That the shipp the<br />
''ffortune'' arlate did under the Conduct of this deponent as Master<br />
thereof depart from Lisbone towards the Brazeele in or<br />
about the moneth of December 1656. and arrived at the Bahia<br />
in the Brazeele in or about the moneth<br />
of March then next ensueing, and hee further saieth, That<br />
the said shipp was sett out from Lisbone aforesaid by John<br />
Consalvo Britta, and Manuel Antunes ?Vian Merchants of<br />
Lisbone and Subjects of the king of Portugall and Owners of<br />
the said shipp the ''ffortune'', and for and as such well knowne by<br />
this examinate, who saieth, That the said shipp was at the time<br />
aforesaid sent imployed and designed by the said Owners to<br />
Lade and take in sugars and other goods and Merchandises in<br />
the Brazeele in the Dominions of the said king and to bring<br />
the same to Lisbone aforesaid, And for further and full<br />
confirmation of the trueth of the premisses, hee saith, That he<br />
this Deponent was as aforesaid Master and Commander of the<br />
said shipp the ''fortune'' during the said Voiage, and received<br />
such his Commands orders and instructions for the said<br />
voiage of and from the said Owners And more saieth not to<br />
this said Article.
To the third Article of the said Allegation he saieth, That he this<br />
deponent as having in the quality aforesaid commanded and conducted<br />
the said shipp in and upon the Voiage and Designe aforesaid<br />
well knoweth, That the ffactors and Agents of the said Brazeele<br />
Companie, and also John Antunos ?Vian, Manuel Rodrigues<br />
?Caminha, Maniel Perera ?Hamos and Manuel de Souza<br />
and others all Subjects of the said king of Portugall and soe<br />
commonly reputed and knowne to be did in or about the moneth<br />
of July or August 1657. arlate at the Bahia aforesaid Lade<br />
and putt on board the said shipp One hundred nynety two [?XXXX]<br />
of sugar to be carried and transported in the said shipp from the<br />
Bahia aforesaid to Lisbone and there to be unladed out of the<br />
said shipp, of the Lading of which the said sugars this deponent [?XX]<br />
the quality aforesaid tooke exact and due notice, and thereby was<br />
and is well assured of the trueth of this his deposition<br />
to this Article, And more saieth not.
To the fowerth hee saieth, That all the said sugars in this<br />
deponents declaration to the next precedent article mentioned to be<br />
soe putt on (OR, a) board the said shipp as a foresaid, did growe and<br />
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