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in the said shipp for the accompt of parti … in the said shipp for the accompt of particular Merchants not freighters<br />
And that for and upon the resaon aforesaid. And saith That the Merchants<br />
goods so laden for the supplying of the defect of full affreightment as aforesaid<br />
being afterwards discharged at Porta fferrara the fraight due for the<br />
same was by the said Merchants in their order payd unto this deponent<br />
in the name of the said George hughes, And further, referring himsef to<br />
his deposition to the next precedent article hee saith hee cannot further depose./
To the 16th hee saith, That upon the unladeing and discharging of the<br />
goods wares and Merchandize of the said Alderman ffredericj<br />
Chowne and Companie at Porta fferrara, the same were there delivered<br />
into a place called the Lazaretto, where all goods dischardged at that<br />
Port are usually putt, the same being a place of noted dafety and securitie<br />
expressely thereunto designed by the Order of the duke of fflorence, and<br />
carefully kept, so that no goods putt in there can be prloyned imbeazeled<br />
or stole away, And saith the said goods so delivered did remaine in the<br />
said place untill this deponent by order of the said George hughes delivered<br />
the same in or about September <u>1653:</u> to George Norleigh and Robert<br />
Constable aforesaid being thereunto authorized by the said ffrederick and<br />
Companie. The premisses hee knoweth being an Eyewittnes of the said<br />
unlading of the said goods and of their placeing and putting in the Lazaretto afore-<br />
said, and of their delivery to the said factors in the manner and at the time<br />
predeposed. And further hee cannot depose./
To the 17th hee saith and deposeth, That hee this deponent being in the whole<br />
Voyage in question Purser of and belonging to the said shipp the ''Thomas''<br />
''Bonadventure'', well knoweth, That the Galls and Cotton woolls<br />
laden aboard the said shipp at Scanderoone and Ciprus were not<br />
delivered by weight unto the said George hughes, but saith that the<br />
same were delivered and received aboard by the number of baggs, and<br />
so were entred into this deponents booke, and bills of lading accordingly firmed<br />
for the same by the said George hughes or this deponent in his name, without<br />
taking in any the least notice of the weight thereof. And so much hee<br />
saith hee verily beleeveth that the said ffrederick and Companie doe very<br />
well know by the said bills of lading and by advise from their said ffactors<br />
ffowke and Chewne who gave order for the lading of the said goods. And<br />
further hee cannot depose:-/
To the 18th hee saith, That in or about the moneth of September <u>1653</u><br />
arlate, this deponent having received order and direction from the said<br />
George hughes, did on his behalfe at Porta fferrara aforesaid<br />
deliver unto the arlate George Northleigh and Robert Constable<br />
ffactors to and for the said Alderman ffrederick Chewne and<br />
Companie the number of fower hundred eighty and nine sacks of<br />
Galls, and three hundred and nyne sacks of Cotton woolls being<br />
the whole number of goods that were laden and putt on board the<br />
(saiden and putt on board the<br />
(said +
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