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much from their husbands, and that all tho … much from their husbands, and that all those reports about the faire<br />
reception of the Pincke at Santo domingo, and giving her dispatch for<br />
trade and the like were meare pretenses and purposely given out to<br />
intice the said Captaine ashore and drawe him to trade with them<br />
and land his Negro's and goods that soe they might the better seize<br />
them, which when the said Allen (retourning aboard) had made<br />
knowne to the rest of the Company, diverse of them seeing the<br />
said Captaine Jacket cause the said Negro's and goods to be put<br />
ashore, and nothing retourned aboard in lieu thereof<br />
(as in truck and trading there ought to have bin) to prevent the<br />
said treacharie of the Spaniards, petitioned the said Captaine<br />
Jacket in writing, and besought him that hee would be more<br />
wary and circumspect, and that hee would not suffer or cause any<br />
more negro's or goods to be landed, untill hee had received aboard some<br />
retournes for what were already sent ashore, telling him that<br />
if hee delivered and put ashore the remainder, and tooke nothing<br />
aboard in truck for the same, there would be nothing left to pay<br />
them their wages, acquainting hin withall, with what they heard<br />
and iustly suspected touching the Spaniards said designe upon him,<br />
them and the said shipp and lading, or to that effect, whereat<br />
the said Captaine Jacket being much enraged, tould them in<br />
greate passion, that hee would spend five thousand pounds<br />
rather than they should have a penny wages, and that hee<br />
would make their bellies cleare to their backs, in case they went<br />
about to hinder him in what hee did and intended or to the<br />
same effect, and soe neither would nor did desist, but still<br />
proceeded to send the rest of the Negro's and goods ashore<br />
without receiving ought on board in lieu thereof, Reddens<br />
rationem scientia sua ut supra. Et alr nescit deponere.
Ad 21um arlum deponit that besides the landing of all the said<br />
Negro's and goods out of the said shipp the ''Mayflower'', hee<br />
the said Captaine Jacket as if hee had conspired with the<br />
Spaniards for the betraying up of the shipp, company and goods into<br />
their hands, caused all the caske wherein the waster was for the<br />
companies use and drinking, to be alsoe taken out and carried<br />
ashore, and put into a condition of being captivated and<br />
made a proxy to the Spaniards together with shipps and goods, [?as GUTTER]<br />
it afterwards happened. Et alr nescit.
Ad 22um arlum deponit et dicit that forthwith after the premisses there [?XXX GUTTER]<br />
the Alcalde of Barcelona and another Spanish officer on board the<br />
shipp and treated with her company about delivering her up, which they were [?XXX GUTTER]<br />
to doe having neither water nor sufficiencie of other provisions to sustaine [?them GUTTER]<br />
or bringe her away, and soe the said shipp and goods were utterly lost to her<br />
said imployers and merchants, and that by the fault or miscariage of the said<br />
Jacket, Reddens rationem ut supra. alr nescit.et, Reddens rationem ut supra. alr nescit. +
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