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since goe to the sayd Captaine heaman upon … since goe to the sayd Captaine heaman upon the Exchange London and<br />
in the presence of this deponent and his precontest William Mettcalfe<br />
desyre the sayd Captaine to lett him see how the 3[?9] [39 IS INCONSISTENT WITH 37 ELSEWHERE IN TEXT] bayles and two<br />
faugotts of sike aforesayd were entered in the boatswaines books,<br />
whereto the sayd Captaine heaman answered and sayd that his<br />
boatswaine was dead, and that his booke was lost or to that effect,<br />
whereupon the sayd Phillip Michell desyred that hee might see the<br />
freight books for the voyage in question, and the sayd Captaine heaman<br />
went with the sayd Phillipp Mitchell William Metcalfe and this deponent<br />
to the house of the arlate Mr hugh fforth who had the sayd freight booke<br />
in his custody, and shewed the same to the sayd Mitchell Metcalfe and<br />
heaman and this deponent, and hee saith that by perusall of the sayd<br />
freight booke it did plainely appeare to this deponent that the bale number<br />
'''10''' and the faugott number '''A''' were both entered therein as laden<br />
aboard the sayd shipp ''harry'' the sayd voyage under the same<br />
marke and numbers and to be delivered to the place and to the persons in the<br />
sayd bill of ladeing in this cause exhibited expressed and the freight<br />
was in the sayd books expressed to bee tenn dollárs as this deponent<br />
very well remembreth And further to this arle hee cannot depose
To the 7th hee saith the bayle aforesayd numbered 10 did of this deponents<br />
knowledge who weighted the same at Scanderoone weigh 72 rotalos<br />
and 3/4 grosse weight, every rotalo makeing english weight fower pounds<br />
13 oz, but the value thereof hee knoweth not for that hee knew not the<br />
quality of the silke And further hee cannot depose/
To 8th hee saith, hee knoweth that since the ladeing the sayd silkes aboard<br />
the ''harry'' the arlate henry Mitchell is dead, and hee hath heard and beleeveth<br />
hee did in his life tyme make a will and make the arlate Phillipp Mitchell<br />
his Executor, and that the sayd Phillip as hee beleeveth hath proved the<br />
same And further hee cannot depose./
To the 9th hee cannot depose
To the 10th hee saith the arlate heamans is as hee beleeveth subiect to<br />
the authority of this Court and further hee cannot depose
To the 12th hee cannot depose
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/
To the Interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee cometh to testifie the truth of his knowledge<br />
in this cause being required soe to doe by the producent Phillip<br />
Mitchell who well knewe that this despondent was the party who weighed<br />
and laded all the silke above mentioned as being the factor<br />
Marines servant at Scanderoone, and saith hee is noe way concerned<br />
in the silke Interrogate and was present at the ladeing of all the 37 bales and 2<br />
faugotts of silke aforesayd and saw them put on board the boate of the sayd<br />
shipp ''henry'' and saith none thereof was consigned to him this rendent./hereof was consigned to him this rendent./ +
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