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''hart'' for the accompt of Jeronimo Nunez … ''hart'' for the accompt of Jeronimo Nunez da Costa, and to the third article<br />
and the severall chests of sugar mentioned therein and marked as in the same<br />
and fiftie Rolls of tobaccoe laden for the accompt of the arlate diego<br />
fferdinando Lemos, and to the fourth article and the severall chests of sugar<br />
therein specified, under the marks therein alsoe expressed, laden for the<br />
respective accompts of accompt of diego Barazo, Andrew and Christofer Nunez,<br />
duarte dias da Paz, Simon and Lewes Rodriguez da Susa, diego<br />
Perez Cominho, and Manuel Martines Madina, hee saith and deposeth<br />
that hee verily beleeveth that the said sugars and other goods were laden<br />
aboard the said shipp at Lisbone the time arlate for the proper and<br />
respective accompts of the said persons as in the said articles is declared<br />
and soe much the rather for that hee hath received advises from them all (saving the said manoel Martines Madina who dwells at Lisbone)<br />
to that purpose, and [?procurations] to persue the restitution thereof, and<br />
withall attestations made by them upon oath before the Magistrate of<br />
Amsterdam, declaring the said proprietie, (which attestations hee<br />
leaveth for the further information of this Court<br />
in the truth of the premisses) and having seene the bills of lading for<br />
the same taken aboard the said shipp and remayning in the Registrie<br />
of this Court. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the fifth and 6th articles and the said goods, and the 14 bills of lading therein<br />
mentioned and nowe showed unto him, hee saith hee verily beleeveth the<br />
said bills to be true and reall bills of lading for the said respective goods<br />
and the contents thereof to be true and soe had and donne as therein is<br />
expressed, for the reasons aforesaid, and for that the master of the<br />
said shipp hessell Jacobsen Neef hath told and averred unto him<br />
that they are the reall bills for the goods aforesaid, and were aboard<br />
the said shipp at the time of her seizure by the ''Preston frigot'', and<br />
for that hee hath made strict inquisition both at London and<br />
by letters beyond the seas to finde out if there were any fraud in the matter<br />
or that the said goods were not really for the said accompts, but<br />
still hee hath found and bin assured by all parties<br />
that the said goods were really for the said accompts and not otherwise<br />
And further hee cannot depose.
To the seaventh article hee saith and deposeth that it is usuall amongest<br />
merchants trading betwixt Lisbone Amsterdam and Roane to cause bills of<br />
lading for goods laden at Lisbone for Roane to be signed for the<br />
deliverie of such goods at Amsterdam, although the shipp goes to Roane,<br />
to the end that if the market for such goods proves not good at<br />
Roane upon the said shipps arivall there, the factors at Roane may send<br />
them in the same shipp (being a Hollander and soe retourning homewards whereby the freight will be [?XXX]<br />
for Amsterdam if the market be there better for the same, and to<br />
that effect they use to write to their said factors at Roane. And for<br />
this reason and not otherwise hee beleeveth the goods arlate mentioned<br />
in the bills of lading arlate were consigned in the said bills for Amsterdam,<br />
The premisses hee deposeth having seene and bin<br />
acquaintedaving seene and bin<br />
acquainted +
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