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The 26th of August 1657.
Exámined upon th … The 26th of August 1657.
Exámined upon the fore said allegation.
'''4.'''
'''Sebastian Garcia''' of Cadiz Merchant, aged 33 yeeres or<br />
thereabouts sworne and exámined.
To the first árticle hee saith and deposeth that hee well knoweth<br />
the producent Augustin Rosetti and hath soe donne for theise nine<br />
yeeres last or thereabouts, having in that time bin acquainted and<br />
conversed with him at Cadiz in old Spaine and in new Spaine<br />
in the West Indias and at Santa Cruse in the Canaries, and<br />
saith hee the said Augustine was and is commonly reputed a Genoese<br />
and native subiect of the State of Genoa, and further that<br />
the said producent hath for the said time of this deponents<br />
knowledge of him bin and is a merchant of good account<br />
and repute, and when this deponent soe sawe him in New<br />
Spaine in the West Indias (which was in the yeare 1650)<br />
hee the said producent was there trading with Genoa<br />
commodities, which hee invested in plate<br />
and India commodities as Sassaperilla, tobaccoe and others<br />
of this deponents sight and knowledge, seeing him soe trade at<br />
Saint John da Ulloa in Nova hispania. And further that<br />
the said producent while hee was soe trading at<br />
Saint John da Ulloa, being discovered to be a Genoese, was<br />
taken and of this deponents sight and knowledge imprisoned<br />
there for soe trading, hee being a Genoese, and soe a stranger<br />
in respect of the Spaniards, to whome alone trade is there<br />
permitted; And at length the said producent was constrained<br />
to redeeme and did redeeme his libertie with money, amounting<br />
as it was said to a great summe, The premisses hee deposeth<br />
being at Saint John da Ulloa aforesaid, where hee tooke notice<br />
of the premisses, and since the premisses namely about foure<br />
yeeres since this deponent saw the said producent embarque<br />
himselfe at Cadiz for the West Indias againe on a trading<br />
voyage. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the second and third árticles hee saith and deposeth that in or about<br />
the moneth of december last past hee this deponent ariving<br />
with the Spanish West India ffleete of Galions at the<br />
Canaries, found the said producent (with whom hee was well<br />
well acquainted) there, imploying himselfe in merchandizing,<br />
and preparing for a voyage for Amsterdam, and this deponent<br />
staying in Santa Cruse in Teneriff till about three monethes<br />
since, that hee imbarqued in the ''fflying fanne'' (whe[nse GUTTER]<br />
hee was taken) for Cadiz, there frequented the said producents<br />
company, and went up and downe with him about his<br />
Merchandize, and saw him buy an hundred and one chests of<br />
Indigondred and one chests of<br />
Indigo +
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