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da Conte, And the said Gregorio Diaz did t … da Conte, And the said Gregorio Diaz did the time and place<br />
aforesaid lade or cause to be laden in and aboard the said shipp for<br />
his proper accompt and adventure five chests of white sugars, and<br />
five chests of Muscavadoes sugars of the third marke in the<br />
margent. All which goods wares and merchandizes were to bee transported<br />
in the said shipp to havre de Grace in ffrance, and there to bee<br />
delivered to their respective factors and Agents for their severall<br />
and respective accompts. Which the premisses this deponent saith hee<br />
knoweth, and is well assured of the trueth thereof partly by the letters<br />
of advice which this deponent received from the said ffactors and correspon=<br />
dents of the said Proprietors from Roane shortly after the seizure of the saiid<br />
shipp ''Nightingale'' and her lading, and partly by the originell letteres of<br />
advise sent over land by the said Proprietors to their said Correspondents<br />
and sent by them inclosed in their said letters of advise to this deponent, All<br />
which did concurr as to the numbers quantities and qualities of goods<br />
soe laden for and upon the respective accompts aforesaid and under the respective<br />
markes predeposed, with which markes this deponent saith he is perfectly<br />
well acquainted, by the familiar acquaintance which hee hath formerly<br />
had and hold with the said producents at Lisborne aforesaid by the space<br />
of eight or nyne yeares consecutively, wherein this deponent there lived<br />
and frequently there saw and observed the said respective markes usually<br />
and constantly marked and putt upon the respective goods and Mer=<br />
chandises to the said Claymers respectively belonging, and by their order<br />
sent abroad, as also this deponent by the familiarity aforesaid is well<br />
acquainted with the usual firmes and subscriptions of the said respective<br />
Claymers with whichh the originell letters of advise from Lisbone aforesaid<br />
to their said Correspondents to the effect aforesaid were really subscribed,<br />
and this deponent hath since received divers and severall letters from the<br />
said Claymers importing their respective interest aforesaid and<br />
desiring him to further the reclamation thereof in this Court And<br />
further to this Article hee cannot depose./
To the second Article hee saith, That hee this deponent well knoweth, that<br />
the said Lewis Scarletti and Antonio Maria da Conte two of the<br />
producents in this Cause were and are Natives of Italy, that is<br />
to say the said Lewis Scarletti of fflorence in Tuscany, and the said<br />
Antonio Maria da Conte of Genoa, both being places in amity<br />
with this Commonwealth, and that they have resided at Lisbon<br />
aforesaid as Merchant strangers for the space of ten of fifteene<br />
yeares last hee further saith, the said Gregorio Diaz was and is<br />
a Portugueze, and a Subiect of the king of Portugall, and saith<br />
that all the said producents were and are Merchants that send out<br />
great parcells of sugars from Portugall for their owne accompt and<br />
adventure which they constantly cause to be marked with their<br />
severall and respective markes predeposed, but never ladespective markes predeposed, but never lade +
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