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of the said owners, And that the said ship … of the said owners, And that the said shipp the ''Saint Nicholas'' in or about<br />
the beginning of November (old stile) 1656 sett saile from Santa domingo<br />
with all the said goods both those upon freight and those laden for the<br />
proper account of the said owners and the said [?passengers] bound for Cadiz, and that in their<br />
course thitherward, they were on or about the first of Januart<br />
last past was a twelve moneth new stile met with and seized by the ''Maidstone''<br />
''frigot'' belonging to this Commonwealth neere Cape Saint Vincent, and<br />
carried thence to or neare Tituan to the ffleete of this Commonwealth<br />
then there under the commannd of Generall Blake, And saith that at<br />
the time of the said seizure all and singular the goods aforesaid both<br />
those upon freight and those laden upon the owners particular account<br />
were on board the said shipp ''Saint Nicholas'', and came to the power and<br />
possession of Captaine Adams commannder of the ''Maidstone frigot''<br />
and Company and by them were carried to the said fleete, where and<br />
on the coast of Portugall they were all taken out by the officers of<br />
the said fleete and disposed of by order (as the said officers said) of<br />
Generall Blake. And further that there were alsoe in the said shipp<br />
''Nicholas'' at the time of the said seizure (and came alsoe to the possession<br />
of the said Captaine and company) a parcell of peeces of eight to the<br />
number of upwards of twenty thousand in the chests and<br />
custody of the Spanish passengers. All which hee knoweth<br />
seeing the foresaid goods laden and signing bills of lading for<br />
the most part of them, and with his brother comming from Santa domingo<br />
with them and being aboard at the seizure and seeing the premisses<br />
soe donne, and seeing the said peeces of eight for the most part of them<br />
And further deposeth not.
To the nyneth article hee saith and declareth that at the time and<br />
upon teh said seizure this deponent and his said brother freely and<br />
fully declared to the said Captaine Adams and company and afterwards<br />
to Generall Blake what goods they had aboard with the quantities<br />
and particularities thereof that were soe laden upon freight, and<br />
declared that they were laded at Santa domingo by Spaniards bound for<br />
Cadiz upon Spanish accounts as they beleeved saving a parcell for a<br />
sutch skipper that was a passenger and 195 bull hides for the said Dutch gentleman and declared alsoe what was laden<br />
as aforesaid for the owners account, with the summes due for freight of<br />
the goods laded upon freight according to the rates and summes predeposed<br />
And saith that the said dutch skippers goods were afterwards restored unto<br />
him by order of Generall Blake, by the officers of the said fleete, who<br />
received the freight of him for his said goods being those<br />
above mentioned in the schedule with a stroake drawne before them<br />
beginning - 128 bull-hides in parte for freight 500 peeces of eight, and<br />
therest coming to -2339 peeces of eight and 1/8 was<br />
payable tfor the freight of the said dutch skippers goods.
To the tenth article hee saith that this deponent and his said brother<br />
Claes Johnson Engell had in their said shipp at the time of the said<br />
seizure for their owne particular use two silver candlesticks five<br />
silver cups, and a silver cover for a cupp, three silver platters,<br />
two dozen of plates, seaven spoones, eight forkes and one sword<br />
with a silver hilt, all which the said Captaine Adams tooke into his<br />
owne custodie, and upon their averring that they were their owne, the said<br />
Captaine said that hee would be answerable for them to them and gave this deponent<br />
a note inder his hand of the receipt thereof.
Toinder his hand of the receipt thereof.
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