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To the second hee saith that the said ship … To the second hee saith that the said shipp departing with the said goods from<br />
Amsterdam as aforesaid, sailed therewith to Trinidad one of the Ilands of<br />
the Spanish West India's, which was the first place shee touched at after such her<br />
departure from Amsterdam, where the said John Lopez disposed of some of her<br />
said goods, to the end with the proceed thereof to make presents to the Governour<br />
and get his passe and permission for trade in the said Indias, and that from<br />
Trinidad shee went to Comara and there the said John Lopez Captaine of the<br />
said vessell disposed and vended a quantitie of her said outwards lading, to<br />
the amount of one thousand peeces of eight or thereabouts, and from Comana<br />
shee waent to Truxilla till shee should retourne, and thence hee went with that<br />
said shipp to the Golfe of honduras, and there delivered out and disposed<br />
of all the rest of the said lading, and there received and tooke in<br />
about three hundred eightie three chests of Indicao and druggs, (the most<br />
part thereof Indico), about eleaven skinnes containing (as hee supposeth)<br />
Indico or druggs, and two potacks and two barrells containing druggs<br />
as hee beleeveth and retourning to Truxillo the said CaXXXX there tooke in one thousand one hundred and tenn arobes or thereabouts<br />
of sassaperilla, and foure hundred seaventie six hides, which said goods soe<br />
taken in at Truxillo were as hee beleeveth the proceeds of the said money<br />
there soe left as before. And saith the said CaptXXXXin did not receive any<br />
freight of any person for any goods whatsoever the said voyage. The<br />
Premisses hee deposeth for that hee this deponent went from place to place in<br />
the said shipp the said voyage, and was privie to and saw the premisses soe<br />
donne. And further hee cannot depose, saving that of the said goods soe received<br />
some of the mariners and persons aboard the said shipp had some small quantities<br />
for their proper account, namely Toribio ffernandez his contest a Spaniard<br />
had sixteene XXes of the said sassaperilla laded for his account, which hee<br />
in the said shipps retourne sold at sea to an Irishman that was assistant<br />
to the said Captaine in the said voyage, and of this deponents knowledge received<br />
fourtie peeces of eight and other commodities of the said Irishman for the<br />
same, and was to receive of him the remainder, the whole summa being eightie peeces<br />
of eight, and that the Carpenter had about thirtie five chests, containing<br />
(as hee taketh it) Indico or druggs, the said carpenter being a ffleming and<br />
this deponent not remembring his name, and that mr betts the<br />
English master of the said shipp had twenty of the said chests soe loaded, and<br />
the said Irishman named Peter had thirteene of the said chests laded for him<br />
and a dutch man (that was to appeare master in case of meeting with<br />
the Spaniards) had twelve of the foresaid chests for his account, and nine<br />
?wXXX hide XXrXXs, containing as hee beleeveth Indico. amd that<br />
one Bartholomew who was boatswaine on the ?theise coasts aboard the<br />
said shipp had one chest and two skinns of the said Indico and druggs (which hee<br />
this deponent tooke their contents to be) and that all the rest were belonging to the merchants<br />
Imployers of the said vessell, living in London and Amsterdam and saving what<br />
followeth.
To the third hee saith that having in her retourne from the said Gulfe<br />
dispatched at Truxillo, the said shipp departed to come for<br />
England, and about fifteene dayes after such her departure from Truxillo<br />
shee was by fowle weather necessitated to touch at Matansa, and after about<br />
six dayes stay there for faire weather, shee departed againe and<br />
came not with any port or harbour till shee came to Milford whether<br />
shee was forced by fowle weather being intended to come into this Channell<br />
to re?ceave orders touching her discharge from her merchants in London at the downes or some other English port where they<br />
could conveniently arive in this said Channell, and further hee cannot<br />
depose saving as aforesaid.
To the fourth hee saith that the said John Lopez was put into the<br />
saidhn Lopez was put into the<br />
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