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To the 5th hee saith hee cannot depose:
T … To the 5th hee saith hee cannot depose:
To the 6th hee saith that after the Lading of the foresd ffoure and<br />
ffifty hydes and the said Chest of Tortoise shells on board the said Ship<br />
the ''Morning Starr'', this Deponent and Company set saile in and<br />
with the said Ship, and the said goods in her from the said Roade<br />
of Santa Cruze bound for Amsterdam, and in her Course thither was<br />
the said Ship, together with the said 54 Ca?ra?cca Hydes, and the<br />
said Chest of Tortoise shells and the rest of the Lading on board<br />
her were seized, and taken by the ''Lizard ffrigot'' Captaine Baker<br />
Comander, (being in the Imediate Service of this Comonwealth and<br />
by him and Company Carried to Milford Haven, and from thence<br />
to this Port which hee knoweth being aboard the said Ship ''Morning''<br />
''Starr'' at the said time of her seizure, and<br />
carried in her: to Milford haven, and from thence to this Port ./.
To the 7th and 8th hee deposeth not :/:
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true ./.
To the Interrogatories /: [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first he saith (as aforesd that hee was Master of the said ship and<br />
was in her when she was seized. and saith hee belonged to the<br />
said Ship about a yeere before shee was seized, and came into<br />
her first at Amsterdam:/:
To the second hee saith hee doth not knowe the said Alfonso Gomez<br />
Dias And further cannot Answer ./.
To the 3d hee saith hee Doth know the said John Lonsel and hath soe done<br />
ever since March 1657: but knowes not where hee was borne<br />
but taketh him to be a Dutch, man. and further cannot Answer<br />
saving as aforesd:/
To the. 4th hee saith hee sawe the said John Lonsell. often times at Santa Cruze<br />
in the moneth of March 1657. And the said Lousel sent the foresaid<br />
goods in Boates aboard the said Ship ''Morning Starr'' and further<br />
cannot Answer it being soe long since;/
To the 5th hee saith that hee sawe not the said Hydes or Tortoise<br />
Shells bought or paid for and further cannot answer.
To the 6th negatively-
To the 7th hee saith that hee signed the said three Bills of Lading<br />
on or neere about the 10th of March 1657. (new stile), in<br />
Santa Cruze; in the warehouse of the said Lonzel/:
To the 8th hee saith that hee is fully persuaded in his Conscience<br />
that all the foresd Bills of Lading was and are true and reall, and not Colourable<br />
and saith hee signed onely the said three bills of Lading for the said 54 Ca?racco<br />
hydes and the said Chest of Tortoyse shells now Claimed; and knoweth<br />
nor beleeveth that there were any other signed for the said Goods<br />
by any other person or persons whatsoever: and otherwise negatively for his<br />
part:/.
To the 9th and 10th hee hath not soe deposed./:
To the 11th: hee saith that hee verily beleeveth that if the said<br />
Shipp and Lading. had in her passage from Santa Cruze to Amsterdam the<br />
said Voyage, bin sunck and lost in the sea. the said Alfonso Gomez Dias<br />
(must said Alfonso Gomez Dias<br />
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