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That it is a thing publique and notorious, … That it is a thing publique and notorious, That the Subjects<br />
of the Lords the States of the united Provinces in the said<br />
yeares 1657. and at the time of the Lading of the said sugars<br />
and goods on board the said shipp at the Bahia aforesaid<br />
and for some yeares before and since, to witt since their subjugation<br />
and expulsion in and out of the said parts of the Brazeele<br />
had not nor have any trade, nor were or are suffered or permitted<br />
to have any trade in any of the said parts of the Brazeele and<br />
were and are in the Dominions of the said king of Portugall<br />
or to Load or carry sugars or any other goods from thence, but at<br />
and in the yeare aforesaid, and for some time before and since<br />
there was and till this present is Warr and hostility between<br />
the king of Portugall and the said Lords the States Generall<br />
aforesaid and their Subjects at and in the parts of the Brazeele<br />
aforesaid. And this deponent saith, That of a certaine and indubitable<br />
trueth, the Lords of the States Generall of the United Provinces<br />
aforesaid or their Subjects or any of them had not nor have any<br />
part in any of the said shipps Lading aforesaid, nor was any<br />
of the same originally Laden for the accompt of them or any of<br />
them, nor did or doe they or any of them challenge or pretend<br />
any title to the same in point of propertie as the Originall<br />
Laders, or originall Proprietors thereof, And as to the reasons<br />
of this deponents assertion of the trueth of the premisses, hee referreth<br />
himselfe to his deposition made to the precedent articles<br />
wherein he hath declared his relation to the said shipp and<br />
Lading, and to the parts and trading of and in the parts of<br />
the Brazeele aforesaid. And further to this Article hee deposeth<br />
not.
To the eighth article hee saieth, That the said shipp the ''fortune''<br />
being as aforesaid under the Command and Conduct of him this<br />
deponent and having received on board her her said lading of sugars<br />
as aforesaid did therewith sett sayle from the Bahia to ffernambuco<br />
and did from thence see sayle and went in Companie of a<br />
certaine Portugall shipp called ''Nostra Seniora Da Rosario''<br />
''Saint Consalvo'' (OR, Gonsalvo) (whereof one Nicholas Simons was Master) (whose (OR, which)<br />
shipp was also Laden with sugars and Brazeele wood and<br />
Tobacco's and bound for the port of Lisbone in Portugall), and<br />
in her Course thitherwards and in or about the moneth of<br />
November 1657, the said shipp the ''fortune'' with all her said<br />
Lading of sugars togeather with the said shipp the ''Nostra''<br />
''Seniora da Rosario Saint Consalvo'' and her Lading also were about<br />
twenty or thirtie leagues from the Coast of Portugall mett<br />
withe Coast of Portugall mett<br />
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, That it is a thing publique and notorious, … That it is a thing publique and notorious, That the Subjects<br />
of the Lords the States of the united Provinces in the said<br />
yeares 1657. and at the time of the Lading of the said sugars<br />
and goods on board the said shipp at the Bahia aforesaid<br />
and for some yeares before and since, to witt since their subjugation<br />
and expulsion in and out of the said parts of the Brazeele<br />
had not nor have any trade, nor were or are suffered or permitted<br />
to have any trade in any of the said parts of the Brazeele and<br />
were and are in the Dominions of the said king of Portugall<br />
or to Load or carry sugars or any other goods from thence, but at<br />
and in the yeare aforesaid, and for some time before and since<br />
there was and till this present is Warr and hostility between<br />
the king of Portugall and the said Lords the States Generall<br />
aforesaid and their Subjects at and in the parts of the Brazeele<br />
aforesaid. And this deponent saith, That of a certaine and indubitable<br />
trueth, the Lords of the States Generall of the United Provinces<br />
aforesaid or their Subjects or any of them had not nor have any<br />
part in any of the said shipps Lading aforesaid, nor was any<br />
of the same originally Laden for the accompt of them or any of<br />
them, nor did or doe they or any of them challenge or pretend<br />
any title to the same in point of propertie as the Originall<br />
Laders, or originall Proprietors thereof, And as to the reasons<br />
of this deponents assertion of the trueth of the premisses, hee referreth<br />
himselfe to his deposition made to the precedent articles<br />
wherein he hath declared his relation to the said shipp and<br />
Lading, and to the parts and trading of and in the parts of<br />
the Brazeele aforesaid. And further to this Article hee deposeth<br />
not.
To the eighth article hee saieth, That the said shipp the ''fortune''<br />
being as aforesaid under the Command and Conduct of him this<br />
deponent and having received on board her her said lading of sugars<br />
as aforesaid did therewith sett sayle from the Bahia to ffernambuco<br />
and did from thence see sayle and went in Companie of a<br />
certaine Portugall shipp called ''Nostra Seniora Da Rosario''<br />
''Saint Consalvo'' (OR, Gonsalvo) (whereof one Nicholas Simons was Master) (whose (OR, which)<br />
shipp was also Laden with sugars and Brazeele wood and<br />
Tobacco's and bound for the port of Lisbone in Portugall), and<br />
in her Course thitherwards and in or about the moneth of<br />
November 1657, the said shipp the ''fortune'' with all her said<br />
Lading of sugars togeather with the said shipp the ''Nostra''<br />
''Seniora da Rosario Saint Consalvo'' and her Lading also were about<br />
twenty or thirtie leagues from the Coast of Portugall mett<br />
withe Coast of Portugall mett<br />
with +
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