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bring any armes or ammunition or gunes in … bring any armes or ammunition or gunes in their shipp from Spaine<br />
or otherwise to Santa domingo than what was for their shipps necessary<br />
furniture and defence, nor any souldiers, And saith thaat had they either<br />
taken shipps or prisoners at Tertoudas aforesaid or brought supplies of<br />
ammunition to Santa domingo, hee must needs in all probabilitie have<br />
knowne or heard thereof, being at those places and frequently<br />
(till hee was made close prisoner upon the comming of the English<br />
fleete) resorting to the water side, and taking notice of the<br />
transactions and imployment of the said two brothers, and<br />
having againe libertie to walke the citie of Santa domingo when<br />
they came last thither. But saith there was another<br />
dutch shipp which was called the ''Mary'', which hee saith brought<br />
foure companies of souldiers, and store of guns, armes and<br />
ammunition to Santa domingo, for which service her Imployer<br />
(as the Spaniards said) was knighted by the king of Spaine, and<br />
had a great reward in money besides. And otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose saving the ''Mary'' came<br />
thither some weekes before the shipp inquestion.
To the 17th hee saith hee knoweth the arlate mr Aylet, who<br />
hee saith was of this deponents knowledge a prisoner in the castle<br />
of Santa domingo when the said two nrothers arived there with their<br />
said last shipp from Spaine, and that hee might sea the shipp in<br />
question as shee was comming in by the castle wall to goe into<br />
the harbour, but it was impossible for him to sea her when<br />
shee came to her moreinge and [?laite] in the harbour where shee landed<br />
her goods, the harbour going in with a winding, and besides Mr<br />
Aylet was imprisoned in a ground roome of the castle,<br />
and a greate parte of the towne and another fort<br />
interposed betweene the castle and the place where the shipp lay<br />
when shee came to her mooreing, which was a good distance from<br />
the castle, and soe farr from it, that could hee from the<br />
castle have ssene to the shipp, hee could not distinguish of the<br />
goods or things taken out of her, And otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose
Upon the rest not examined by direction.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first negatively for his part and otherwise hee doth<br />
not know.
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To the second hee saith hee never saw the shipp in question<br />
before her comming to Santa domingo as aforesaid, and otherwise<br />
negtively.
To the third negatively for his part and otherwise hee cannot<br />
answer./
To the 4th hee saith hee hath bin upon the Iland of Saint Christofer<br />
interrogated, and bin neere and in sight of Martinica havinge sailed<br />
by it, but was never at Ginney, nor knoweth how farr Saint<br />
Christofers or Martinica lie from Santa domingo, referring himselfe<br />
to the sea Card in that behalfe
To the 5. 6. and 7th hee referreth him selfe to his foregoeing deposition<br />
and saith that hee heard that as the said Squadron of vessells in the<br />
Spanishron of vessells in the<br />
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