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6. — ^^ FhiUp Bechervaise knoweth not the Qover- ^' nor sent any corne in the barke Mary inta Spaine, ^* but he being a mariner in the said barke, was hired ^ to go to Bochell, Bourdeaux or Bayonne, in France ; '^ besides he saith that being at Conquet» the mas- *' ter and merchant agreed together to go to Biscaye,

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*' and that the Govemor, as he beleeveth, kne^ " notliing thereof."

7. — ^^ Brelade Boze, owner of the said barke, de- <^ poseth that the Govemor knew nothing of their '^ going into Spaine, and that being neare ^th the ^^ barke unto the Castle, the Grovemor prayed him to " carry with him one tunne of corne to be bestowed ^^ upon some noTelties for his wife, and gave them '^ leave to go to Rochell, Bourdeaux or Bayonne, in " France, and that he and the other owners hâve de- " livered unto the Justices, the Charte-Partie of their " voyage, before whom they were called for the said ** voyage."

8. — " James Fotead, owner of the said barke, de- ^^ poseth in effect as the said Brelade fioze, adding ^^ that the contrary winds, and because certain pinace " pursued them, they were constrained to bend their " course towards Spaine, where the said pinace con- << ducted them unto the haven of St. Sebastien, and " they constrained them to land ail. Ail which he " knowes to be true, because he was then there in " person."

Rapport des Commissaires. Item, ^^ to the fifth, " that Anthony Poulet did not send any wheat or " corne in the sàîd barke, called the Mary, of Jersey, *^ into Spaine, neither did it appepxe unto us that he ^^ had any such purpose, but a tunne of wheat being ^' by him putt in the barke, being bound and having ^' license for France, to bring some small trifles from '^ thence for his wife, was by casuall meanes forced