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this deponent, And lastly three thousand [ … this deponent, And lastly three thousand [?Manocu's] and upwards of<br />
tobacco, which hee saith were laded by the mariners and [?XXXX]<br />
for their accompt. And for the said Campecha wood<br />
being aboard for the said freighters, hee saith the same was laded by the<br />
said Captaine Morales for their account. And further deposeth [?not]
To the fourth Interrogatorie hee saith the said Captaine hath [?his]<br />
house and familie at saint Lucars. And saith the said John Wil[?mot]<br />
gave instructions for the said voyage for soe much as concerned the<br />
freighters goods, which was for the shipp to goe and deliver part of their goods at [?XX]<br />
Cartagena and the rest at havana, and with the proceed to lade<br />
the said Campecha wood, and saith there were bills of lading signed<br />
therefore and for the rest of the goods seized, by this deponent, and<br />
that many of her papers were seized by the Captaine of the ''Nightingale ?frigot''<br />
and hee refrreth himselfe to the said papers, And further cannot<br />
depose saving as aforesaid and what follows.
To the fifth and 6 Interrogatorie (sic) and the papers now showed unto him<br />
saith that the booke and papers nowe showed unto him were aboard<br />
and were belonging to the said shipp when shee was soe seized, and [?that]<br />
there were severall other papers and dispatches aboard which were<br />
in chests and cabbins, which were throwne over board in chests [?and]<br />
bixes for making way to fitt the shipp for fighte when the [?said]<br />
friggot gave her chase. And saith the said books and papers nowe<br />
showed him were for the most part made to agree with the fore said Spanish [?XXX]<br />
because strangers cannot traffique in those places where the [?''Peahen'']<br />
traded. And further deposeth not, saying hee knoweth nothing<br />
further thereof.
To the seaventh hee saith the said shipp was seized within [?sight]<br />
of the Canaries to which shee was bound, and would thether[?XXX]<br />
and dischardged, had shee not bin prevented.
To the 8th hee saith that there were about fourtie men [?aboard]<br />
when the said shipp was seized, about halfe whereof were English [?XXX]<br />
dutch and Irish and one or two Portugeses, and the rest Spanish<br />
some of which strangers hee saith had bin prisoners in the West Indies<br />
but were then abroad and were entred upon wages as the Spaniards [?were]<br />
And further answereth not.
To the last hee saith that the said English friggot approaching shott<br />
off a gun and they of the ''Peahen'' answered with another gun [?XXX]<br />
then the friggot sporting another gun and her English colours<br />
appearing the ''Peahen'' presently submitted, which shee had sooner<br />
but that her companie doubted the said friggot to be a [?XXX]<br />
till her English colours appeared. And further answereth not
[?XXXX] Notary Publique Interpreter [SIGNATURE, LH SIDE]
Diego de G[?XXXXX] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated before doctor Walker., RH SIDE]
Repeated before doctor Walker. +
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