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for the same, and this deponent sawe and r … for the same, and this deponent sawe and read them and thereby knoweth that<br />
they were both of one tenour, and knoweth that they were true and reall.<br />
And saith the said Antonio da ffonseca ffranca embarqued himselfe with the<br />
said goods in the said shipp, which sett saile from Cartagena with the said goods<br />
and other goods and the said ffonseca in her and other persons, in or about<br />
the said moneth of ffebruary last, which hee knoweth because hee sawe the<br />
premisses and alsoe embarked himselfe in the said shipp to come for Spaine<br />
in her.
To the twelveth hee saith that the said shipp the ''Virgin Mary and all''<br />
''Saints'' of Cartagena in her course from Cartagena aforesaid for the coast<br />
of Spaine, was chased by two frigots of this Commonwealth<br />
and afterwards seized and boarded by one of them, and that the said fourtie<br />
nine potaccoes of tobaccoe, and sixe hundred sixtie and three hides<br />
and foure chests of Tortoise shells were all then in her and were<br />
alsoe taken and seized by the Captaine and company of the said frigot<br />
and brought to the downes in the frigot in company of their said<br />
shipp the ''Virgin Mary and All Saints'', which was then brought up<br />
into the River./
To the thirteenth hee saith that the said Antonio da ffonseca ffranca<br />
was in the said shipp the ''Virgin Mary and all Saints'' of Cartagena at the<br />
time of the said seizure, and had one of the said bills with him, as<br />
alsoe his paper showing his service aforesaid as Alfarez under the<br />
king of Portugall, as and alsoe his license and other papers for his voyage<br />
from Angola and other documents of and touching his said lading brought<br />
from Cartagena, all which hee had in his chest aboard the said shipp<br />
saving some few of them hee carried about him, and saith that upon<br />
the said seizure they were all taken away from him by the officers or<br />
mariners of the said frigot, who broke open his chest and tooke<br />
out all that were there, and his lettre case of papers out of his pocket<br />
and sawe this deponent sawe them throw them over board into the<br />
sea soe that the said producent is deprived thereof. And otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
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To the fourteenth hee saith that twentie of the said fourtie nine potacoes<br />
of tobacco, marked with the first mark in the margent, and twenty<br />
nine potacoes (being the rest of the parcell) marked with th second<br />
marke in the margent and the said five hundred sixtie and three hides<br />
marked in the fleshie side with the third marke in the margent, and<br />
the said foure chests of Tortois shells (upon each of which was written<br />
(arcys) were all really and truely provided, laded an put aboard<br />
the said shipp the ''Virgin Mary and All Saints'' of Cartagena with the goods<br />
and effects of him the said producent and for his account, and that noe<br />
Subiect of the king of Spaine hath any interest therein, which hee knoweth<br />
for the reasons aforesaid. And further cannot depose.
To the fifteenth hee saith that after the bringing the said shipp into England<br />
with her lading, the said producent being with this deponent and othersducent being with this deponent and others +
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