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passe from Angola, grannting him his passa … passe from Angola, grannting him his passage for Spaine, and to carry<br />
goods thither, and what ever shipp hee goes in, is to him a Permission shipp.
To the seaventh hee saith that the said shipp the ''Virgin Mary and All''<br />
''Saints'' of Cartagena came from Spaine to Santa domingo and thense to Cartagena,<br />
where this deponents said precontest and brother bought her, and hee<br />
beleeveth shee was never at Angola, and saith shee is a Permission<br />
shipp, having license for her voyage, as all other shipps in those<br />
parts have.
To the eighth hee saith that the said diago dele Baton and the interrogated<br />
Antonio Martina da Messa had equall priv[XX] in the said shipp touching<br />
her merchandiza but not her navigaition which the said diego had<br />
And further that there were but only two bills (and those were both of<br />
one tenor) signed for all the said goods claimed by the said producent.<br />
And saith the said goods are of the same markes the said producent<br />
bought them with, and firther happen to bee of three severall<br />
markes, And otherwise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.
To the nineth hee answereth that it was the boatswaine of the frigate a<br />
tall man that threw most papers overboard, and that hee the said boatswaine was the most<br />
diligent plunderer, and got most bootie thereby of all the rest of the<br />
mariners of the frigot, and there were severall others that threw<br />
papers over board alsoe, but hee doth not nowe remember who<br />
or what manner of persons they were And otherwise hee<br />
referreth him selfe to his foregoeing deposition.
To the tenth negatively, referring him selfe to his foregoeing deposition.
To the last hee saith the said producent was and remained at<br />
Cartagena before the lading of his said goods there aboard the said<br />
shipp about six monethes of this deponents knowledge.
William Martyn [SIGNATURE, LH SIDE]
Anttonio Martines demessas [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated in Court before both<br />
Judges.
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The same day [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the sayd allegation/.
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'''Alonzo Nunes''' of Saint Lucar de Baramera Mariner<br />
aged forty yeares or thereabouts a wittnesse sworne<br />
and examined saith and deposeth videlicet/
To the first article hee saith hee hath knowne the arlate Antonio da ffonseca<br />
for those seaven or eight yeares last past and hath bin often in company with him in<br />
Angola and knoweth hee was there commonly reputed to bee a native<br />
of ffarnambuco arlate and borne there of Portugall Parents and this<br />
deponent verily beleeveth him soe to bee And further to this article hee cannot depose
To the second and third articles hee saith that the arlate Antonio da ffonseca<br />
ffranca did of this deponents knowledge and sight serve and was in the service of the<br />
King of Portugall as Alfares or Lietenant under his brother the arlate George<br />
ffernandezr the arlate George<br />
ffernandez +
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