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him to be an able honest, and skilfull sea … him to be an able honest, and skilfull seaman and Master and soe<br />
hee is Comonly accounted to be. And further, cannot<br />
depose:/:
Upon the rest not Examined by diretion of the said Grove
To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the 1st hee saith the said Grove requested this said deponent to come<br />
and testify in this Cause; and saith hee favoureth both the partyes litigant<br />
a like, and if it were in his power. hee would give the Victory<br />
to Mr Grove; and saith hee never belonged to the said ship, and otherwise<br />
cannot answer./.
The second concerneth him not.
To the 3d hee saith hee hath knowne the said Luke Wood for<br />
about 14 or 15 yeeres next before his death, and for all that time hee had the<br />
repute of an honest and sober mann and further cannot<br />
Answer:/:
To the 4th hee saith that hee doth not knowe that the said Grove<br />
is accounted to be as is Interrate & Otherwise cannot answer
The 5th Concerneth him not
To y:e 6th. 7th. 8th. 9th. 10th. 11th. and 12th hee cannot Answer thereunto:/.
To the 13th hee hath not soe deposed
To the 14th hee cannot Answer:
To the 15th hee saith that hee went from Nevis many Dayes before the Day<br />
interrate. and therefore knoweth nothing of the matter Interrate
To the 16th 17th and 18th he cannot answer:
To the 19th he Cannot Answer.
To the last hee saith that hee is not allyed to the said Grove in any<br />
Degree of Kindred that he knoweth of & is nowayes related unto<br />
him: /./.
John Rand [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The eighth of June 1659.
Swifte and others against}<br />
Centurions and others aforesaid}
Examined upon the fore said allegation given on the behalfe of<br />
the said Swifte and other.
'''Rp. 7'''
'''William Bowtell''' of London Marchant, aged 25 yeeres or thereabouts<br />
sworne and examined.
To the nineth article of the said allegation upon which alone hee is by direction<br />
of the producent examined, hee saith and deposeth that twenty hundred<br />
weight of Nathalago Currans goe to and make a tonne of currans, And<br />
saith that in the moneth of ffebruary last past the shipp the ''Virgin frigot''<br />
(Andrew Cratey master) came and arived in this port of London laded<br />
with Zante Currans, for account of this deponent and John Trelony merchant<br />
and that the said Currans weere all here sold for the sume of three pounds and two shillings sterling<br />
per hundred weight one hundred with another to his contest John Savage and company Grocers<br />
of this citie of London, being then the market price of that commoditie in<br />
this cittie, that as this deponent heard and beleeveth good Nathalago<br />
curransleeveth good Nathalago<br />
currans +
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