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To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
… To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee was not one of the said ship ''Saint Laurence''<br />
her Company, and cometh to Testifye in this Cause at the request<br />
of the said John Casby, And saith hee this deponent was borne at<br />
Sivill and to the rest Negatively./:
To the second hee saith as aforesaid that the said Don Christovall<br />
da Alvarado is the ffactor of the said Producent at the Canaryes; and<br />
saith the said Alvarado was borne at the Canaryes. as this Deponent hath oftentimes<br />
heard, and is as hee beleveth a subiect of the King of Spaine<br />
And saith that of his this deponents Certaine Knowledge, the said<br />
Producent hath had above a Thousand pipes of Canary wines<br />
brought from the Canaryes to this Port for his Owne Account<br />
within theise three yeeres last, And the said Producent doth<br />
frequently send great quantityes of Goods from hence to the<br />
Canaryes. upon his owne account and Adventure, In ships<br />
wherein his Deponents said master hath Alsoe sent goods to<br />
the said Islands. And further cannot Answer/.
To the third hee saith that hee doth not knowe any man<br />
called by the name of Peter vander Rubin; but the said Mr Casby<br />
who is soe called for the reasons aforesaid: And<br />
further is not able to Answer./.
To the ffourth hee saith that hee doth very well knowe the<br />
said da Alverado and hee is generally knowne by that name<br />
which is his true and reall name. And saith that hee beleeveth<br />
the said Da Alvarado hath lived for theise tenne yeares last<br />
in the Canaryes saving some time that hee lived here in England,<br />
And is (as hee beleeveth) a Batchelor. And further cannot<br />
Answer, otherwise then Negatively:/:
To the 5th hee saith that hee Cannot Estimate the vallue of<br />
the said Goods sent hence to the Canarye, by the said<br />
Mr Caseby for his owne account, but saith they were of<br />
Great vallue, and saith that the wines now Claimed by<br />
the Producent when they were seized were worth in his estimation<br />
a Thousand Pounds or thereabouts: And further cannot depose/
To the 6th hee saith hee sawe not the Interrate Bill of Lading<br />
signed and further cannot Answer:/:
To the 7th hee cannot Answer.:./.:.
To the 8th hee hath not soe deposed:/.
To the 9th hee saith that it is usuall<br />
at the Canaryes oftentimes for the ffactors of Merchants to<br />
marke pipes of wine with severall markes, although they are for One<br />
Merchants Account, and the reason of their soe doeing<br />
Cheifely is to distinguish which Pipes of wine are<br />
th best, And further cannot Answer./.
Repeated before Collonell Cock./
Domingo de La [?C]erda [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]omingo de La [?C]erda [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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