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ánd deposeth that in or about the beginning of January last 1656 the shipp the ''Nicholas'' (whereof Claes Johnson was master) was off the Southwood Cape or Cape Saint Vincent taken and seized by this deponent and company in the ''Maidstone frigot'' in the immediate service of this Commonwealth and that the said shipp ''Nicholas'' had then aboard her besides other goods severall parcells of tobaccoe, which have since bin brought to this port in severall shipps, and saith that the said shipp the ''Saint Nicholas'' (as her company declared) then came from Santa domingo in hispaniola, and there (as her said company declared) tooke in the said lading of tobacco and other goods. And that the said Spaniards aboard further declared that the same namely the said tobaccoes and other goods were laden at Santa domingo by Spaniards, and were for the account of Spaniards, subiects of the king of Spaine or to that effect #, and were to be carried to and deliveres at Cadiz in Spaine or thereabouts in the king of Spaines dominions, and saith the said shipp the ''Nicholas'' was then in her course for cadiz or Santa Lucars, and would (in all probabilitie) have gone in thither if shee had not bein prevented by this deponent and company in the said frigot. And further that when shee was soe seized their were severall papers aboard her, which this deponent hath caused to be delivered into this Court; and hee and this examinate was informed that while the said frigot after the said seizure was in stormes and this deponent and company were busie upon the deck to prevent danger, the said Claes Johnson went into this deponents cabbin (whither all the papers that had bin taken in the ''Nicholas'' had bin brought) and tooke two packets and heaved them over board into the sea. And otherwise hee cannot depose. Tho: Adames SIGNATURE, RH SIDE [#] saving some baggs of [XX]kow and some [GUTTER XXXX] tobaccoe, were for account of a dutch skipper that came passenger in the ''Nicholas'', which tobaccoes of the said skipper were plundered away, but [XXX] [GUTTER XXXX] Blake made gave [GUTTER XXX] satisfaction for them and restored him his XXXXXX)
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