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'''A5'''
The eighteenth of June 1657.
Th … '''A5'''
The eighteenth of June 1657.
The claime of Antonio da ffonseca da}<br />
ffranca for his goods in the ''Virgin Mary''}<br />
''and All Saints'' of Catagena. ffrancklin Budd.}<br />
Exámined upon an allegation given in on the<br />
behalfe of the said claimer the 9th of this<br />
instant.
'''.j.'''
'''Diego de La Baton''' of Sevill Master of the shipp<br />
the ''Virgin Mary and All Saints'' of Cartagena, aged<br />
33 yeeres or thereabouts sworne and exámined.
To the first árticle hee saith hee well knoweth the producent Antonio<br />
da ffonseca da ffranca and hath soe donne for theise fourteene monethes<br />
last or thereabouts, and that the said producent is commonly reputed a<br />
native of ffarnambuco in Brazila in the dominion of the king of<br />
Portugall, And other wise hee cannot depose.
To the second hee saith the producent is commonly esteemed a subiect<br />
of the king of Portugall.
To the third hee saith that hee this exáminate hath seene<br />
papers in the hands of the said producent declaring his being a lieutenant<br />
in service of the said king of Portugall in the Warrs arlate; and to have served in the<br />
said warres and imployment and to have lived at Angola hee was and is<br />
commonly accounted and reputed.
To the fourth hee saith that for all the time arlate and to this present<br />
there have bin and are certaine shipps (commonly called permission shipps)<br />
which notwithstanding the warrs betweene the kings of Spaine and<br />
Portugall, have and doe by mutuall permission of the said respective kings officers<br />
usually goe and trade from Cartagena in the West India's in the dominion<br />
of the king of Spaine to Angola in the dominion of the said king of<br />
Portugall, and from Angola to Cartagena and other parts of the West<br />
Indias in the subiection of the said king of Spaine, in carrying<br />
Blackmores, slaves and other Merchandizes and bartering the same<br />
in the West Indies, and retourning hides, tobaccoes, tortoise shells, and<br />
plate thense to Angola, and this hee saith is publique and notorious.<br />
And further hee cannot depose.
To the fifth hee saith hee well knew the shipp the ''Lady of Conquest''<br />
arlate and John Rodrigues da Calderon her commander, and sawe her<br />
(being a permission shipp and having license to that purpose) depart<br />
from Cadiz on the voyage arlate for Angola, whense shee was<br />
bound for Cartagena aforesaid, and this deponent being at Cadiz did<br />
assist the said Captaine Rodriguez in his dispatch thense, and thereby<br />
to know the distance of her voyage as aforesaid, And saith that shee was<br />
againe to retourne from Cartagena to Angola, And this was and is<br />
true and notorious. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the sixth hee saith hee hath seene the license of the Governour of<br />
Angola graunted to the said Antonio da ffonseca da ffranca in the yeere<br />
1655 for his departure thense in the said shipp for the West Indies in<br />
a trading voyage for his owne account
To the seaventh and eighth hee saith that the said producent brought the said<br />
voyage from Angola to the West Indies about fiftie Negroes for his<br />
owne account, which hee knoweth for that the said shipp the ''lady of Conquest'' wherein hee went touched at<br />
Comana in the West Indies, where this deponent then was, and sawe<br />
the said producent and Negroes, and there saw him dispose of some of<br />
themaw him dispose of some of<br />
them +
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