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value of .150. Crownes for his favour in t … value of .150. Crownes for his favour in that behalfe. And saith that whilst<br />
this deponent was so deteyned att Messina the sayd shipp the ''Lyon'' having<br />
by meanes of the sayd Governor and his contrivance gayned in intelligents<br />
of this deponents lyeing there with his shipp of warr gott safe into Amsterdam<br />
this deponent afterwards understood as well by letters from thence as by<br />
some of the Dutch themselves formerly dismist by this deponent, and<br />
sent, from Messina to meet with the ''Lyon'' as aforesayd. And further<br />
he cannot depose.
To the eighth and nynth he saith that in order to the further preiudice of of this<br />
deponent and to the disservice of this Commonwealth the sayd Governor and<br />
Magistrates of Messina tooke and imprisoned John Merrick master of the<br />
''Saint Peter'' and Lorenzo Michell a Spaniard Corporall of the ''Harry''<br />
''Bonadventure'' and deteyned them in priosn till this deponent had made<br />
shift to gett out to sea with his said shippes. And moreover saith that<br />
they the sayd Governor and Magistrates of Messina to hinder this deponent<br />
from gaining intelligence seized upon, his ffelensa and Companie XX<br />
belonging, and halled the sayd ffelensa a shoare, and imprisoned th<br />
Company thereof, and suffered them not to returne to this deponent to<br />
serve in the ymployment wherein he had hired them and the said ffelensa<br />
at sparate of 80 dollars p month. and saith that to prevent this deponent<br />
getting out from Messina and to entrapp him and his sayd shipps XXX<br />
sayd Governor and Magistrates did seize and imprison severall pilotts<br />
belonging to the sayd port of Messina, and used them with ?Severity to<br />
force them to confesse that this deponent had Landed goods contrary to<br />
the rules of that port, and soemuch this deponent was given to understand<br />
from his freinds in Messina, who advised this deponent to use his best<br />
diligence to gett both his shipps out of that port, advising withall that<br />
the sayd Governor and Magistrates had forced the said pilotts to confess<br />
that this deponent had landed the Chests of quicksylver, in order to<br />
bring this deponent and his sayd shipps especially the prize shipp in ?danger<br />
And otherwise he cannot depose.
To the tenth he saith that hereupon, and the Pilotts of Messina not daring<br />
to conduct this deponents sayd shipps out of that port, he att an extraordinary<br />
price hired a Bandito to pilott his sayd shipps the ''Harry Bonadventure''<br />
and ''Saint Peter'' from Messina, upon or about the 12th day of June 1653<br />
last past, And being out att sea gott sayle and carryed the sayd shipps<br />
alonst the Coasts of Scicilia intending to reach Tunnys (sic) as soone as ?was<br />
possible according to the sayd Mr Longlands former Order, still in force and<br />
continued, howebit he saith the winds being contrary he could not<br />
steere to the Southward of the ?Barre of Messina, but was forces to beare XX<br />
the Northwards alongst the Coasts of Scicily as afored. And otherwise cannot<br />
depose.
To the eleventh he saith that the sayd shippes the ''Harry Bonadventure'' and ''Saint''<br />
''Peter'' after 12 or 13 dayes being att sea, the winds crosse, and sayling along<br />
the Coasts of Scicily, This deponent and his Company espied off of Trapany<br />
under the Isles there 7 dutch shipps, which afterwards proved to be XX<br />
XXXafterwards proved to be XX<br />
XXX +
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