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ánd would have there yeilded ánd produced … ánd would have there yeilded ánd produced after the rates following, that<br />
is to say. the sayd herrings betwixt eighty ánd ninety Ryalls per<br />
barrell, the sayd beefe a Ryall or upward per pound, and the<br />
sayd pipestaves a thousand Ryalls per thousand. And that was then<br />
ánd formerly likewise the usuall ánd ordinary price for such<br />
goods ánd he this deponent hath sold ánd seene the same sold, And<br />
somuch or thereabouts, had they come well conditioned they would then<br />
ánd there have bene worth. And the same would have produced a<br />
good quantity of wynes but how much he ćannot depose. And<br />
further or otherwise knoweth not saving that upon his coming to<br />
London ánd in the monethes of January ánd ffebruary last past<br />
Canary wynes did yeild an high price from about one and thirty<br />
to five or six and thirty pounds sterleing per pipe according to their<br />
respective quality and goodnes. which he knoweth by what he hath<br />
heard saw and observed, ánd did himselfe sell of those wynes<br />
átt thirty two pounds sterling per pipe.
To the 18th. and nyneteenth articles of the sayd Libell he saith that there<br />
were of this deponents knowledge about nyne English shipps<br />
laden att the Canaries with wynes after the Embargo came there<br />
and whilst this deponent remaiyned there in the monethes of<br />
October, November and december <u>1655.</u> last past, and that in safety<br />
and without danger, and he this deponent knoweth that within the sayd<br />
monethes and in expectation of the sayd shipp the ''Little Mary'' the<br />
foresayd Mr Stephens had procured liberty that she might have bene<br />
laden as other English shipps were, and to that purpose he<br />
had procured dutch dispatches and writings for them, which dispatches<br />
this deponent saw ánd for some tyme had in his Custody, And<br />
is well assured for the Reasons aforesayd, That in case the sayd<br />
shipp ''Little Mary'' had arrived ánd come to the Canaries in the monethes<br />
of October November december <u>1655</u> whilst this deponent was<br />
there she might ánd would have bene laden with wynes ánd might<br />
have returned in safety for England as the sayd other English<br />
shipps did, upon one of which being the ''Elizabeth'' of London<br />
John Salmon Master he this deponent did lade one hundred seventy<br />
odd pipes of wyne in November and december <u>1655</u> last past<br />
which are since safely come to this Port of London. and otherwise<br />
he cannot depose.
To the 20th. 21th. articles he saith he cannot depose.
To the 22. 23. and 24th articles he referrs himselfe to the law and the Acts<br />
of the Court ánd to his foregoeing depositions which he saith<br />
are true And otherwise cannot depose.
To the Crosse Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatory This Rendent saith, That he expects nothing for<br />
his deposition nor is promised any thing nor is any way concerned<br />
other than to declare what he hath now deposed which att the sayd Mr Bodys<br />
[?request]t the sayd Mr Bodys<br />
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