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To the first hee saith doming Vas da Britt … To the first hee saith doming Vas da Britto and Edward Bushell of<br />
London were the Owners of the shipp the ''Blessing'' and the sayd da Britto<br />
was alsoe a freighter, having 15 bales of linnen and 400 deale boards<br />
laden for his Accompt aboard her and Manuell Swarez Merchant of<br />
Roane was the other of her ffreighters, and laded aboard her twenty bales<br />
of linnen and peece of Scarlett and a truncke with about a dozen hatts in<br />
it and further saving his foregoing deposition to the Interrogatorie given on<br />
behalfe of the sayd Swares hee cannot answere/
To the 2 third and 4th Interrogatories hee saith that the sayd shipp went with the goods aboard<br />
specified from Roane and when there was out at Sea the winds proving<br />
Contrary shee put in at the Isle of Wight where shee stayed about<br />
fower or five dayes for a fayre winde and thense went directly<br />
for without stay toward the Canaries till such tyme as shee was surprized together<br />
with her sayd ladeing by three Sally men of warr about the seaventeenth<br />
or eighteenth of March 1656 neere the North Cape And further<br />
saving his foregoing deposition to the Interrogatories ministed<br />
on the behalfe of the sayd Swares hee cannot depose/
To the last hee saith that as hee was informed by some at Sally<br />
(in the tyme hee this deponent was in Captivity there as a Slave) the sayd<br />
shipp was sold to certayne Moores, but for what hee knoweth not, neither<br />
can hee estimate the value of her or her ladeing aforesayd/<br />
And further hee cannot depose/
Jo [?Soon] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The sayd '''Soon''' to the Interrogatories on the<br />
behalfe of the Assurrers./ in the cause touching<br />
Vas da Britto./
To the first hee saith domingo Vas da Britto and Edward Bushell<br />
Merchants of London were Owners of the ''Blessing'' and the sayd<br />
da Britto was alsoe a ffreighter, having 15 bales of linnen and 400<br />
deale boards laden for his Account aboard her and Manuell Swarzes Merchant<br />
of Roane was the other of her ffreighters, and laded aboard her<br />
20 bales of linnen, one peece of Scarlett and a truncke with about<br />
a dozen hatts in it which was all the sayd shipps ladeing the voyage in<br />
question And further saving his foregoing deposition to the Interrogatorie given<br />
on behalfe of the sayd Vas da Britto hee cannot answere/
To the 2: 3 and 4th Interrogatories hee saith the sayd shipp went with the<br />
goods above specified from Roane, and being at Sea and the winde proveing<br />
Contrary shee put in at the Isle of Wight where shee stayed about 4 or<br />
5 dayes for a fayre winde and thense went directly without stay toward<br />
the Canaries till such tyme as shee and her sayd ladeing were taken<br />
by three Sally men of warr neere the North Cape aforesayd about the 17th<br />
or eighteenth of March 1656 And further saving his foregoing<br />
depositionaving his foregoing<br />
deposition +
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