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To the 17th hee saith that
John Lopez hath lived here in this City for theise six yeeres last
saving such time as hee hath bin in voyages upon the Account of English
men, which hee knoweth having frequented his Company in this City for that time

To the 18th and 19th hee saith that while the said ship hope was at
Comana the said voyage the arlate Simon Touson Bleau came on board to
the said Mr Lopez, and desired him for Gods sake to take him

[[Image(Historia_Insectorum_Generalis_J_Swammerdam_1669_Mosquito_Wikipedia_200114.jpg, thumbnail, 300, "Mosquito, from Historia Insectorum Generalis, J Swammerdam, 1669")]]

on board the said ship for hee was almost starved, and eaten up
with mosquitoes, and lice, and Promised to doe what hee could; And
the said Mr Lopez seeing him in such a Condition did for pitty
Take him on board, but soone after hee was received on board
hee became a very Lewd, wicked swearing fellowe, and given
much to lying stealing and pilfering and the like, and saith that noe Credit
was or is to be given to him, and further that hee was much given to quarreling
and Put him in minde of his swearing and wickednes, the said
To[?n]ison Bleau oftentimes threatne that hee would be the Death of them that
Corrected him, And saith that after the arrivall of the said ship at
Milford haven, the said Tonison went on shore, and there bought
him a great knife, and meeting this deponent in Milford, he pulled
out his knife, and held it in his hand, and told this deponent in the
Dutch Language (which this deponent well understandeth) that that
knife should be the Death of three of the ships Company
though the next tree was his Gallowes, and about a fortnight
after this deponent Goeing on shore, met with the said Tonison Bleau
who told this deponent that in regard hee could not kill those rougues
(meaning three of the said ships Company) hee would bee
revenged of them in another Kind, for hee would Informe
and sweare that the ship and goods belonged to Spaniards though
the Divell fetched him for it, and doe them all the mischeife
that ever hee could to be revenged of them, or to that effect, And
further hee cannot depose, saving the said Tonison Bleau would
Bragg and say in the voyage that hee had robbed his ffather and mother
of all their monyes, and came away from them, and sold himselfe
to the west India Company of Zealand to goe to the west Indias,/.

To the 20th hee saith that, hee verily beleeveth that neither the said
John Lopez nor any of the said ships during the said voyage did Teare Throwe
over board, or make away any papers or writings Concerning
the said ship or voyage, And saith that as the ship the hope
was sailing by the Island of Lundee the said Lopez and
this Deponent and Company Espying two ships and thinking them to be Spanish men
of warr the said Mr Lopez hid the factory of the outwards
and homeward Cargo And further hee cannot depose./.

To the 21th hee saith that the said Mr Lopez giving out at the said Spanish west
Indias that the ship was bound for Spaine, (which hee did meerely to Carry on the
foresaid designe) there were a packet of Letters given him (the said Lopez)
from on board another shpip there riding which were to be sent into Spaine, which the said Lopez durst not refuse to accept
lest hee should thereby bee discovered, and after hee had received them beinbg
loath to throwe them over board left them at Matansa where the sais ship
touched in her course homewards./.

To the 22th hee saith that there were not any weapons or ammunition carried
out in the said ship the said voyage more then for the said ships use, neither did the
said Mr Lopez dispose or barter away any weapons or armes whatsoever in
the said Indyes saving two Pistolls which hee gave, as Presents there, for to Procure
License and Trade there, And further cannot depose./:

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Topics

Places

Island of Lundee

Malansa

Milford [Haven]

Sources

Secondary sources

Leland O. Howard, Harrison G. Dyar, Frederick Knab, The mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies, vol. 2, plates (Washington D.C., 1912)

Miscellaneous Topics

West India Company of Zealand

Het West Indisch Huys Amsterdam, 1655