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in her forty pipes of Canarie wynes, and s … in her forty pipes of Canarie wynes, and sent in her from London that voyage<br />
bayes, Cottons, plaines and Ossen brigs and other goods to the value of fower<br />
hundred pounds sterling or thereabouts consigned to be delivered to the arlate<br />
Nicholas Alvares his factor there resident which<br />
goods were safely delivered (as hee beleeveth) at the Teneriff Island to the sayd Nicholas<br />
Alvares, this hee deposeth for that hee this deponent coppyed out the Invoice of the sayd<br />
goods which was soe sent with the sayd goods to the sayd Alvares, and was privie to the ladeing<br />
of them, and alsoe hath since seene a letter of advice sent from the sayd Alvares expressing<br />
that hee hatd there receaved them in safety And further to this article hee deposeth not/
To the 3 and 4th articles of the sayd allegation and to the schedule in the fowerth<br />
article mentioned and now showed unto and perused by him this deponent hee saith that<br />
hee this deponent was not in the voyage in question and therefore sawe not the ladeing<br />
of the three and twenty pipes of wyne arlate and in the sayd schedule specified [?in]<br />
aboard the shipp ''Saint Lawrence'' arlate nor knoweth what bills of ladeing were signed<br />
for them nor with what marke they were marked at the tyme of the ladeing but well knoweth<br />
that the sayd shipp the ''Saint Lawrence'' being in her course from Teneriff and (as hee hath<br />
heard) surprized by a frigott in service of this Commonwealth with divers pipes of wyne[?s]<br />
aboard her and brought into Plymouth and afterwards brought with the sayd wynes aboard<br />
her into the River of Thames this deponent sawe in lighters who were<br />
receiving wines from aboard the sayd shipp divers pipes of wine of the marke in the<br />
margent, and they being brought to the Custome house and put into a Cell[?ar]<br />
in Thames Streete by order of the officers of this Commonwealth for prize goods this deponent<br />
there againe sawe them and tooke notice that they were marked with the same marke, and<br />
were in number twenty one pipes, and verily beleeveth that the sayd twenty one pipes<br />
were part of the three and twenty pipes in the sayd schedule mentioned, laden<br />
as in the sayd schedule mentioned for Accompt of the arlate John Rouse, by the arlate<br />
Richard Alvares And verily beleeveth the contents of the sayd schedul<br />
to be reall and true and all things soe had and done as in the same is conteyned, and that the<br />
sayd twenty oe pipes are the proper goods of the sayd Rouse and part of the sayd twenty three<br />
pipes laden for his Accompt at the Canaries by the sayd Alvares out of the<br />
proceede of the goods sent as aforesayd thither in the ''Saint Nicholas'' And for that hee was not<br />
in the voyage in question hee cannot further depose./
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true./
To the States Interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee came to testifie teh truth of his knowledge in this<br />
cause being soe required by the producent Mr Rouse and saith hee shall receive noe benefitt<br />
nor disadvantage by the restitution or not restitution of the wines claymed [?nor ?is]<br />
promised any thing for his testimony./
To the 2 Interrogatorie hee saith hee hath knowne the Interrogated John Rouse for these fower yeares<br />
and saith hee is by common repute and as hee verily beleeveth a huntington sheire man from<br />
where his father (whome this deponent hath severall tymes bin in company with) liveth And<br />
hee hath as is predeposed bin well acquainted with the sayd Rouse his trade to the Canaries for these<br />
three yeares last past./
To the 3 Interrogatorie hee saith hee was not present when the sayd Rouse tooke the tonnage Interrogated<br />
but beleeveth hee tooke the same in London of one Mr John Vaseby of London Merchant for that<br />
the sayd Caseby hath since the shipp ''Saint Laurence'' came home to London from the voyage in question<br />
asked this deponent whether his master the sayd Rouse had given order to this deoinent to [?pay]<br />
him for the tonnage the sayd Rouse hryed of him in the sayd shipp the sayd voyage, and [?demanded]<br />
of this deponent fifty pounds whereto this deponent answered hee had not as yet received any<br />
such order, And saith hee rembreth not at present whether hee were present when the goods Interrogated<br />
were shipped, but well knoweth the sayd hoods were the proper goods of the sayd Mr Rouse and [?were ?not<br />
belonging to any Spaniards nor by him coloured for any Spaniards, And further<br />
cannot answere./.
To the 4th hee saith for that hee lived severall yeares in the Canaries hee well knoweth and<br />
was well acquainted with the sayd Alvares, and saith hee knoweth not where hee was [?borne]<br />
nor whether hee bee a Spaniard or a Portugese, and saith that the sayd Alvares of this deponents<br />
knowledge hath bin an Inhabitant of the Island of Teneriff about<br />
eight yeares And further hee cannot answere./
To the 5th hee saith hee knoweth not nor beleeveth that it is usuall or that any [?XXX]<br />
Merchants doe since the warr betwixt Wngland and Spaine Colour the goods of Spaniards [?XX]<br />
to this port of London, And verily beleeveth the wines in question to be the reall goods of the said<br />
Mr Rouse and not of any Spaniard or subiect of the King of Spaine./
To the last hee saith the marke above specified hee knoweth to bee the [?usuall]<br />
marke of the sayd Mr Rouse for his wines sent to him from the Canarie [?Islands]<br />
And further saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere./
[?HenrXXs] Warner [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]./
[?HenrXXs] Warner [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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