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To the 14. he saith he knoweth nothing the … To the 14. he saith he knoweth nothing thereof.
To the 15. he saith, that himselfe and shipps Company being in all<br />
24 persons were taken in and aboard the sayd shipp since her being bought<br />
aforesayd and are all of them Spaniards the Pilot excepted who is a<br />
Hamburghese, and further that neyther the sayd JohnBarens nor any of<br />
his Company that formerly belonged to her were aboard her att the time<br />
of seizure nor att any tyme during the sayd voyage in question, And<br />
otherwise he cannot depose.
To the .16 he saith he knoweth nothing thereof.
To the .17. he saith he hath heard the sayd John Barens is an Hollander<br />
and of Amsterdam and further to this interrogatory cannot depose saving<br />
he knoweth that the moneyes disbursed in furnishing out the sayd ship<br />
was not upon bottomry or any other Insurance of repayment [?and ?is]<br />
for the sole accompt of the foresayd owners which he knoweth being Captaine<br />
of the sayd shipp and privy to the sayd disbursements.
To the .19. he saith he this deponent by himselfe and purser did firme<br />
severall bills of lading for the sayd goods but how many remembreth<br />
not. and saith of and for each distinct parcell of goods he firmed<br />
three bills of lading all of one and the same tenor, one of ebery which<br />
came into the possession of the seizers, and the same were so signed att [?BXX]<br />
upon or about the dayes of dates thereof respectively in manner<br />
as aforesayd. And otherwise cannot depose.
Sam Delaplace [SIGNATURE, LH SIDE]
[?XXX XXXX] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day
Examined upon the sayd allegation./
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'''Pedro de Ceballa''' of Bilboa in Spaine [?merchant]<br />
aged 22 yeares or thereabouts a witnes sworne and<br />
examined deposeth and saith as followeth.
To the first second third and fourth 5. and 6th articles of the sayd allegation this deponent saith<br />
that the arlate Thomas de Saracha Santa Columba and Company [?XXXX]<br />
subiects of the King of Spaine from and ever since the 14th day of August<br />
last past 1653. were and att present are the lawfull owners of the sayd [?shipp]<br />
''Nostra Seniora de Bigonna'' whereof his precontest Juan de [?SXXXXX] [?is ?XXX]<br />
which shipp the foresayd owners on or about the sayd 14thd ay pof August last<br />
of the arlate John Barents the then master and owner of her then [?XXX]<br />
at Bilboa in Spaine and called by the name of the ''ffaithfull Souldier'' for the<br />
sume of 13480 florins, which moneyes this deponent saw the sayd [?XXX]<br />
de Columba at Bilboa about the tyme aforesayd in the howse of [?JXX]<br />
Cooper there really pay and satisfy to the sayd John Barents in peeces<br />
of 8/8 to witt six thousand and odd peices of 8/8 coyne of Mexico<br />
Sevilia and Segovia, he this deponent being desired to neare<br />
witnes of the sayd payment by the foresayd Thomasde Santa Columba<br />
who was and is a familiar acquaintance of this deponent and [?XXX]<br />
neere neighbors in Bilboa. and moreover saith that he saw [?him ?given]]<br />
possession delivered of the sayd shipp by the sayd Barents to the sayd [?XXX]<br />
for him and Company, and hath taken notice that they teh sayd [?XXX]<br />
appoynted the sayd Captaine Swasse Comander of her and did [?fXXXX] [?XXXX]<br />
out upon a voyage from Bilboa to Ostend, whether she os now bound.
[?XXXXX]stend, whether she os now bound.
[?XXXXX] +
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