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receaved the Lading which the said ship br … receaved the Lading which the said ship brought to Glascoe about<br />
August last, and well knowing that they bought and Laded on board<br />
the said ship the Lading which was taken in her, which said lading<br />
hee saith consisted in about seaven lasts of Herrings, and about<br />
ffive tonnes of Butter and tallowe, and the same was to be<br />
Transported in the said Ship to Bourdeaux, and there to be<br />
Delivered to one Mr Peter Pallet upon, and for the Account<br />
of the said Andersons and Ker<br />
and the said Pallet (as this Deponent hath bin credibly Informed) was<br />
to returne the said Ship with wines upon the same Accompt.<br />
The Premisses hee Deposeth living at Glascoe, and being well<br />
acquainted with the said Andersons. and for that hee this Deponent [XXX] satisfy<br />
a person of Greenock neere Glascoe for some of the said Lading<br />
and the said John Anderson hath allowed the same to this<br />
Deponent upon account. And further cannot depose./:
To the 3.d 4.th 5.th 6.th and 7.th hee saith that the said Lading being<br />
soe put onboard the said ship shee Departed from Glascoe<br />
on her said Voyage in September last and not long after<br />
shee was at sea forcibly seized by a ship called the ''Charles'' Comanded by<br />
one Browne as this Deponent hath bin Credibly Informed from the Governour of Garnisea; and otherwise who would<br />
not (as hee hath likewise bin informed) discharge the said Ship untill<br />
her Master paid him a Summe of money. And further deposeth<br />
not./.
To the 8.th and 9.th hee saith that hee is a Merchant of Glacoe and<br />
useth to Trade from thence to Bourdeaux in ffrance with and for the<br />
foresaid Merchandizes, and thereby knoweth that Herrings at Bourdeaux<br />
the last yeere were sold for about twenty foure and twenty six<br />
Livers Per barrell, and butter and Tallow about 28 and 30 Livers Per<br />
Cent. And saith that the said Lading would have produced<br />
at Bourdeaux, above fforty Tonns of wine, which would have<br />
yeilded at Glascoe and thereabouts in Scotland twenty foure<br />
pounds per Tonne Cleere of Customs and Excise. And this<br />
Deponent the yerre before there sold above sixty Tonns of wine which hee<br />
received from Bourdeaux at the same rate And saith that<br />
hee verily beleeveth the Owners of the said ship and lading<br />
by meanes of the said Ships seizure and detention, and breaking of<br />
the Voyage, have suffered losse and Damage to the summe or vallue<br />
of One Thousand pounds Sterling, and upwards, And further deposeth<br />
not:/:
To the 10.th hee saith that since the seizure of the said ship hee<br />
this Deponent hath severall times spoke with the arlate Morgan Jones<br />
and the said Jones hath acknowledged and confessed that hee<br />
Imployed the foresaid Browne as Captaine of the ''Charles '' in his absence or<br />
to that effect, and the said Jones mainaines what the said Browne did<br />
touching the seizure of the said ship, And the sayd Jones hath alsoe<br />
told this Deponent that hee is a Part owner of the ''Charles''. And further cannot depose.
To the last hee saith that the said John Anderson Ninian Anderson and<br />
James Ker are as aforesaid Inhabitants and Merchants of Glascoe (and Scotchmen<br />
and Subjects of the King of England, and for such Commonly accounted./:
To theand for such Commonly accounted./:
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