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To the 15th hee saith that the said Henry … To the 15th hee saith that the said Henry prescot<br />
is an Englishman Borne as this Deponent verily beleeveth<br />
and soe hee is Comonly accounted and reputed<br />
And is a Subject of this Comonwealth; And<br />
further cannot depose./.
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true
To the Interrogatories ./: [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith he is not any wayes allyed to<br />
the said Henry Prescot , And is neither his servant or<br />
ffactor saving hee desired this Deponent to receive and pay<br />
some money for him./:
To the second Negatively ./::
To the third hee saith that hee verily beleeveth the<br />
wines in Question were of the growth of Oratava in<br />
Teneriffe but Knoweth not of whom they were bought<br />
nor for what, nor how much was paid for the same<br />
nor for whome And further hee saith hee cannot<br />
Answer /.
To the 4th hee saith that it is probable that the wines<br />
in Question did Originally belong to some Inhabitant<br />
or Inhabitants of the Canaryes subjects of the king of<br />
Spaine, And for the reasons in his foregoeing<br />
deposition hee verily beleeveth that the same did solely<br />
belong to the said prescot at the time of the said<br />
Seizure And further cannot Answer:
To the 5th he saith that hee cannot nor will<br />
possitively sweare the said wines were for the<br />
said prescots Account at the time of the seizure of the same but verily beleeveth they<br />
were for his account as aforesaid./:
To the 6th hee saith hee Knoweth not in Whose possession<br />
the said wines were before they were Laden and this<br />
deponent did not see the same Laden, And further saving<br />
his foregoeing deposition hee cannot depose ./:
To the 8th hee saith that hee verily beleeveth that there<br />
were true bills of Lading signed by the said peter Bennewysen<br />
for the said wines, and this Deponent received a bill of<br />
Lading for the 22 pipes of wine in question herein<br />
this City, from Master prescot who was then at Amsterdam, which bill of<br />
Lading this deponent hath now seene in the registry of this<br />
Court, and verily beleeveth the Contents thereof to be<br />
true./.
To the 9th hee saith that hee verily beleeveth hee could have<br />
distinguished the said 22 pipes and the said 4 pipes of wine claimed<br />
by the said prescot from the other pipes of wine taken in the said<br />
ship by their mark ./:
To the last hee saith he doth not knowe if any of the wines taken in the said ship<br />
did then belong to subjects of the King of Spaine, and verily beleeveth that the said<br />
prescot doth not Claim the said wines for any of the subjects of the said King but for himself<br />
further saving as aforesaid cannot Answer
Phillip Manning [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]swer
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