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To the 16th 17th 18th and 19th articles of … To the 16th 17th 18th and 19th articles of the sayd allegation hee saith that<br />
about the tyme when the arlate William ffowke dyed aboard the ''Cesar'', there<br />
came newes from Petras from the sayd William ffowkes house there,<br />
that the arlate Thomas Oliver laye then there very sick and almost speechelesse,<br />
whereupon the sayd ffudge being much troubled thereat, and not dareing to goe on<br />
shoare without protection of the sayd Vice Consull Thomas Oliver, and not<br />
knowing howe to get the Nathalagoe Currans aforesayd (which the sayd<br />
Consull sayd hee had bought) on board the ''Cesar'', did advise with the<br />
arlate John Gifford what course was fittest for him the sayd ffudge to take<br />
in that case And the sayd Gifford did in the presence of this deponent and<br />
others, advise the sayd ffudge to send to Zant for the arlate Clement Harbie<br />
to bee his assistant, and told the sayd ffudge hee the sayd Gifford could doe<br />
much with the sayd Harbie, and the sayd Gifford then proffered to give<br />
fifteene dollars to some Greekes to goe with a ffallowca or boate of his<br />
the sayd Giffords which attended on him, to Zant to fetch the sayd Harbie<br />
to Nathalagoe which the sayd Greekes belonging to the sayd boate<br />
refuseing to doe for feare of being taken by the turkes Galliotts who<br />
as they sayd were then abroad the sayd Gifford in the presence of<br />
this deponent and others of the Company of the shipp ''Cesar'' advised<br />
the sayd Captaine ffudge to goe with his shipp the ''Cesar'' to Zant<br />
to fetch the sayd Clement Harbie, which the sayd ffudge by his<br />
persuasion accordingly did, and came with the sayd Harbie back<br />
to Nathalagoe Roads, the premisses hee deposeth of his owne knowledge<br />
And further to these articles hee cannot depose. /
To the 20th article hee saith that by reason of the death of the sayd Consull<br />
William ffowke and sicknes of the sayd Thomas Oliver his Vice Consull<br />
and by reason of the absence of the shipp ''Cesar'' being gone to Zant as<br />
aforesayd to fetch the sayd Clement Harbie the arlate Hardwick<br />
Langford and Gifford gott part of the Currans of Nathalagoe on board the<br />
shipp the ''Elizabeth and Anne'' and used such meanes that none of the<br />
Currants growing that yeare 1655 at Nathalagoe could be gotten aboard<br />
the ''Cesar'' although the sayd Consull William ffowke had in his<br />
life tyme bought them and paid two thousand peeces of eight (as hee<br />
sayd) in part of payment for them And this deponent knoweth that none<br />
of them were laden aboard the ''Cesar'' And further to this article hee<br />
cannot depose /
To the 21th and 22th articles of the sayd allegation hee saith that the sayd<br />
William ffudge and Clement Harbie seeing they were prevented of receiving<br />
anyere prevented of receiving<br />
any +
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