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and now in subjection to the king of Portu … and now in subjection to the king of Portugall, the people<br />
and inhabitants of which Dominions and Territories were and<br />
are all Subjects of the king and Crowne of Portguall, and for<br />
and as such commonly knowne reputed and taken, as this deponent<br />
saieth it is publique and notorious to all persons frequenting<br />
negotiating or relating in or to the said parts of the Brazeele<br />
And further to this article hee deposeth not
To the fifth article of the said Allegation he saieth, That the said John Antunes Vian Manuel Rodrigues Caminha, Manuel<br />
Perera Ramos and Manuel de Sousa, and such other persons<br />
as then were the factors of the said Brazeele Companie by whom<br />
the said Lading of sugars was putt on board the said shipp in the<br />
yeare of our Lord 1657. arlate and in the moneths aforesaid<br />
and for some yeares or moneths before did and doe live and<br />
reside at the Bahia aforesaid or in some other parts thereabouts<br />
within the Dominions of the said king of Portugall, and were<br />
and are Subjects; and each of them was and is a Subject of the<br />
king of Portugall and for such commonly accompted, as this deponent<br />
sufficiently knoweth by his acquaintance commerce and corres-<br />
-pondence with them in the trade and negotiation aforesaid<br />
And more saieth not to this Article.
To the sixth article of the said Allegation hee saieth, That the said<br />
sugars or the greatest and most considerable part thereof were really<br />
and truely Laden and putt on board the said shipp for the accompt<br />
of the said Brazeele Companie and of others the Subjects<br />
of the King of Portugall, and were to have beene unLaded in<br />
the port of Lisbone aforesaid, and were by the said ffactors or<br />
Laders ordered and consigned to be delivered there to the Subjects<br />
of the said king, who were upon the receipt to have<br />
payd to this deponent as Master of the said shipp the fraight<br />
due for the transportation thereof, And this deponent alsoe saieth<br />
That true it is, that some few chests of sugar, or a very litle and<br />
inconsiderable number of the Chests of sugar whereof the said<br />
shipps Cargasoon consisted, did belong unto some subjects of<br />
this Commonwealth of England, The premisses this deponent affirmeth<br />
and knoweth to be true by reason of such his relation to the said<br />
shipp, andinfluence upon the transactions about, and privity to the Lading and propriety<br />
of the said sugars; And more to this Article he saieth not, saving<br />
that as this deponent beleeveth, such subjects of this Commonwealth<br />
as were or are interessed in any part of the said sugars have<br />
in this Court made their Clayme and demand for the same<br />
since the arrivall of the said shipp the ''fortune'' in England.
To the seaventh Article of the said Allegation this deponent saiethf the said Allegation this deponent saieth +
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