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guns put aboard, fourtie peeces of wine an … guns put aboard, fourtie peeces of wine and fiftie arobes of oile, which<br />
were for the said owners and imployers their account. And<br />
saith there was a President with his foure servants imbarqued in the<br />
said shipp for Santa domingo, and soe the said shipp departed from Cadiz<br />
and in or about May 1656 arived at Santa domingo, which hee<br />
knoweth because hee went in her, And saith that when they came<br />
to Santa domingo they found that the said two shipps were become<br />
useles to them and unserviceable, whereof the said two Masters [?XXXX]<br />
complained. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the seaventh and eighth articles and schedule hee saith that the said two masters seeing<br />
their shipps in such [?case], obtained leave of the Governour at<br />
Santa domingo to get freight for their said shipp the ''Nicholas'' for Spaine<br />
And thereupon hee saith there were laden at Santa domingo aboard<br />
her a greate quantitie of hides, tobaccoes, Cacoa and other goods<br />
being as hee beleeveth the severall quantities schedulated, and<br />
besides hee saith there were severall passengers embarqued for<br />
Spaine, and saith that the said shipp departed with the said lading and<br />
passengers from Santa domingo for Cadiz in or about November<br />
1656, and in or about January then next following, were met with<br />
and seized by the ''Maidstone frigot'' arlate neare Capa Saint Vincent<br />
at which time all the said lading, with many peaces of eight in<br />
chests were aboard and came to the hands and possession of<br />
Captaine Adams and company, All which hee knoweth being present<br />
and seeing the premisses soe donne. And further hee cannot depose
To the nineth article hee saith and deposeth that there was a<br />
dutch shipper or passenger aboard at the time of the said seizure<br />
who had goods aboard for his owne account, namely hides, ccoa<br />
and tobaccoe, which hee saith were partly restored him by the<br />
Generall and officers of the English ffleete, but they received<br />
the freight of his goods as it was commonly said. And otherwise<br />
hee cannot depose.
To the tenth hee saith the said Claes Johnson and Barent<br />
Claeson had aboard the said shipp at the time of the said seizure<br />
severall peeces of plate in candlesticke, platters, plates, cupps and<br />
otherwise, and a sword with a silver hilt or handle, and the said<br />
plate was commonly said and accounted aboard amongst the<br />
company, to be the proper plate and goods of them the said Claes<br />
and Barent, All which plate of theirs, hee saith the said<br />
Captaine Adams tooke into his custodie upon the seizure<br />
of this deponents sight and knowledge.
To the 11th hee saith that in or about January 1656 (old stile)<br />
the said Captaine after and upon the said seizure carried the<br />
said shipp to the English Generall and ffleete lying near Ti[?XXX]<br />
where the goods of the ''Nicholas'' were all or most taken out<br />
of her into the frigots, namely such ofthe goods as were<br />
acknowledged to be belonging to the Spaniards, but afterwards<br />
many of the said goods were put againe aboard the ''Nicholas''<br />
and sent therein for Lisbone, which hee knoweth being carried<br />
from place to place in her company And saith the said Captaine<br />
Adams saith the said Captaine<br />
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