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''Hope'' (shee sinkeing neere the shoare i … ''Hope'' (shee sinkeing neere the shoare in the Roade called Rio Grande where<br />
the sayd Portugueses first sett upon and fought with the sayd shipp ''hope'' and [?XX GUTTER]<br />
take out of the sayd shipp the ''hope'' thirty sixe negroes and severall other Merchan=<br />
dizes as linnen cloath, wollen cloath, wines, strong waters, and a great quantitie<br />
of Iron, and likewise seized upon and tooke the mayne maste and all of<br />
the masts sayles rigging Anchors Cables and one gunne belonging to the<br />
shipp ''hope'' and carried them awaie with them, togeather with the sayd ladeing and the sayd 36 Negroes and this deponent [?and GUTTER]<br />
seaven or eight more of the sayd Shipps company to a little towne or<br />
village belonging to Cacheow in Guinney and inhabitanted by P[?ortugueses GUTTER]<br />
and Governed by a Governour of the King of Portugall, where they kept this<br />
deponent prisoner for the space of eight moneths, in which tyme divers of<br />
other prisoners of the ''hopes'' Company dyed there, And further saving his former<br />
examination whereto hee referreth him selfe hee cannot depose./.
Repeated before Collonel Cock
Cornelius Rawlins [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 12th day of August 1656 [CENTRE HEADING]
A busines of examination of wittnesses concerning}<br />
the shipp to ''Peacock'' taken for perpetuall remembrance}<br />
of the matter upon certaine Interrogatories ministred}<br />
on the behalfe of Antonio ffernandez Caravaiall: Smith}
Examined upon Interrogatories on the behalfe of<br />
the sayd Antonio ffernandez Caravaiall./
'''dt Smith'''
'''jus'''
'''William Pestell''' of Ratcliff in the County<br />
of Middlesex. Mariner Master of the shipp the ''P[[?eacocke''] GUTTER]<br />
aged thirty fower yeares or thereabouts a wittnes sworne<br />
before the Right Worshipfull Charles George Cock one of the<br />
Judges of the high Court of Admiralty saith and deposeth<br />
as followeth videlicet
To the Interrogatorie hee saith that hee hath knowne the shipp ''Peacocke'' Interrate<br />
for these two moneths last past during which tyme hee hath bin Master of her and<br />
was soe made Master of her in holland by Lewis da Esgoterras the [?Correspondent]<br />
of the Interrogant Mr ffernandez and was since confirmed Master of her by the<br />
sayd Mr ffernandez And saith that of his this deponents knowledge the sayd [?shipp]<br />
was bought at Amsterdam in holland for the summe of thirteene thousand [?XXX]<br />
hundred guilders or thereabouts this deponent and the sayd Esgotheres [?made]<br />
the bargaine about buying the sayd shipp and this deponent paying [?XXXX]<br />
the money for the same And hee saith that the sayd shipp was bought [?by]<br />
this deponent and the sayd Esgoterres in the presence of one fferdinando Ma[?rkXX]<br />
Correspondent also of the sayd Mr ffernandez Caravaiall for the sole [?XXXX]<br />
Accompt of him this deponent and the sayd Mr ffernandez Caravaiall [?XXX]<br />
and noe others, are the true and sole Owners and of the sayd Shipp and<br />
tackle apparell and furniture, and this deponent is well assured that noe<br />
strangers or foreigners have any parte or share therein but the same doth<br />
belonge to the sayd Mr ffernandez and this deponent and is only upon [?their XXX]<br />
And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot depose/
William [?XXXXX] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day./ [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the sayd Interrogatorie/
'''dt Smith'''
'''2 us'''
'''Lewis da Esgoterres''' of Amsterdam in holland [?Merchant]<br />
aged thirty sixe yeares or therabouts sworne before [?the XXXX]<br />
Judge saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet./
To the sayd Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth That he well [?knoweth]<br />
theth That he well [?knoweth]<br />
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