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| Mercurij viij° Februarij anno dni secund[am] computac[ione]m
Anglicanum 1547 Reg[ni] supreme d[omi]ni n[ost]ri Edwardi sexti
anno primo secondo |
| (Wednesday 8th February in the year according to the English
computation 1547 [modern year 1548] in the second year of the
reign of our supreme lord Edward the Sixth) |
Petrus Paulo contra Dominicum Erizo
Repitit dicto die |
| (Peter Paulo against Dominico Erizo) |
| Jaques Frauncys famulus ut asseruit Petri Paulo cum quo habitavit
circiter duos annos et antea in Insula de Gynney ubi natus erat
etate xxti annorum aut circiter libere ut dicit condicionis
testis dicit ad interpretacionem Johannis Tyrart in interpretem
assumpt[i] et iurat[i] etc se novisse prefatum duos annos et
Dominicum Erizo circiter vij menses novit ut dicit |
| (Jaques Frauncys, slave, as he asserted, of Peter Paulo
with whom he lived for about two years, and before in the Island
of Guinea whre he was born, aged 20 years or thereabouts, witness
etc, as he says of his own free will, says through the interpretation
of John Tyrart, appointed and sworn etc as interpreter, that
he had known the aforesaid [Peter Paulo] for two years and he
had known Domenico Erizo for about seven months, as he says) |
| Ad Primum secundum, iijtum, iijtum, vtum et vjtum dicit (To
the first, second, 3rd, 5th and 6th [questions] he says) That
the sayd Peter Paulo and this deponent with vij more men abowte
Ester last chauncyd to fynde in the see at the nedelles CC blockes
tynne a Bell and certen ledde w[hi]ch this deponent dyd handell
and see under water being there p[er]yshyde and forsakhy And
thereuppon the same Peter having a Commission of my lorde Admyrall
for that purpose dyd p[re]pare dyv[er]s Instramentes and thinges
to his costes of CCC Crownes and wold have takyn and savyd all
the same Tynne bell and ledde w[i]thowten dowte and then the
same beyng p[re]paryd the sayd Domynico dyd arreste and staye
the same Peter at Hampt[o]n [Southampton] and sayd
that he had robbyd hym, and by that meanes kepte the sayd Peter
that he could not use his peace in taking uppe thereof by the
space of all the monethe of Maye and the best tyme that he shuld
have byn occupyed and by reason thereof his Instrumentes and
vyttelles so p[re]paryd were not occupyd and by that meanes
loste the sayd Tynne bell and ledde ut dicit et aliter nescit
deponere (and says that he cannot further depose) |
| Ad vjjm viijm, ixm, xm xjm xijm xiijtum, xiiijtum, xvtum,
xvijm xviijm xixm et xxm dicit (To the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th,
11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th [questions]
he says) That the sayd Dominico Erizo dyd by force take
waye from the sayd Peter Paulo one pece of tynne w[hi]ch the
same Peter Paulo founde ij myles from Hampton (Southampton)
in the see and brought uppe the same and evey payd for the takyng
thereof But sayd falsely that the same Peter had stolen hit
to his hynderaunce of CCCCCCCCli w[hi]ich the same Peter Paulo
might have gotten w[i]th the sayd tynne bell and ledde that
he found ut dicit et aliter nescit deponere (and says that
he cannot further depose) |
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