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To the one and fourtieth article hee saith … To the one and fourtieth article hee saith and deposeth That the said shipp<br />
the ''Saint Mary'' at the time of such her departure from Amsterdam upon<br />
the said voyage, carried out thense in her seaven and thirtie men and boyes<br />
all who hee saith were dutch and Easterlings, subiects of Princes and States in Amitie<br />
with this Commonwealth, videlicet three and thirtie men and foure boyes, but how<br />
many of them particularly were hollanders subiects of the States of the United<br />
Provinces hee doth not now remember. And further hee cannot depose.
To the two and fourtieth article hee saith and deposeth that the said John<br />
Mollar paid for the said Spaniards (who were soe taken in and left at Santa Cruse)<br />
their wages for their service in the said shipp, with the money of the said<br />
Imployers of the said shipp, this deponent seeing them soe paid. And further<br />
hee cannot depose.
Examined upon an allegation given in the cause of the Lorde<br />
Protector against the said van hulten and others. [INDENTED TO RIGHT]
To the first article of the said allegation hee deposeth and saith that<br />
the said shipp the ''Santa Maria'' was soe brought into Tholon on a satturday<br />
inb the evening, and that on the monday next following Captaine Stoakes<br />
sent for this deponent ashore, and commanded him and all his company to<br />
leave and depart from the said shipp, saying hee tooke her and her lading<br />
into his custodie, and forth with by his order the Lieutenant of the ''ffairfax''<br />
and some others of his company being aboard the ''Santa Mary'' commanded<br />
and turned all this deponents company ouyt of her ashore, and would not<br />
suffer them to come againe aboard and looke after or to the said shipp<br />
and lading, although this deponent besought him the said Captaine Stokes<br />
to that purpose, and would not soe much as suffer this deponents Purser<br />
to stay or come aboard to looke after the goods, but the same with the<br />
shipp were fully taken into the custodie and disposall of the said Captaine<br />
Stoakes and such as hee imployed, by whom the tobacco was sold or<br />
made away, and many of the hides, without this deponent or any of his<br />
companie being suffered to sea the disposall thereof, and that<br />
they alsoe disposed or made away silver, hides, cacoa, and other goods of<br />
this deponents particularly belonging to him, which were not any part of<br />
the foresaid goods of the Imployers of the said shipp. And further deposeth not.
To the second article hee saith that the said Captaine Stoakes going afterwards<br />
to sea with the Squadron whereof hee was Admirall, left the said shipp and<br />
such goods as were by him and such as gee imployed undisposed of, in the possession<br />
or at the disposall of one mr John Aldworth, the English Consul there,<br />
who having such possession, sold and disposed (,as hee himselfe confessed<br />
to this deponent) above a thousand of the said shipp hides,<br />
and of this deponents sight tooke and disposed foure<br />
iron guns (belonging to the said shipp) carrying each bullets of eight pounds<br />
weight, with the carriages thereto belonging. And further hee cannot<br />
depose, saving many of the shipps sailes, tackle, cordage, muskets, powder,<br />
bullets, pistols, swords and other appurtenances were and are alsoe taken<br />
away and embeazald since such her bringing into Thulon, and her shallop<br />
alsoe embeazald or taken away and a new cable of fourteene inches about<br />
cut in peeces, and a cable two taken away.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith that hee never knew the said John Mexia da herera<br />
before such his embarking at Amsterdam upon the shipps proceeding thense as<br />
aforesaid on the said voyage, which was on or about the nineteenth (new<br />
stile) of June 1657, and saith the said Mexia is a Spaniard<br />
and subiect (as this deponent taketh it) of the king of Spaine, borne at Toledo<br />
and a batchelour, but saith this examinate hath seene a burger brief, whereby it<br />
appeared that the said Mexia was a burger of Amsterdam, and further hee cannot<br />
answer.
Tofurther hee cannot<br />
answer.
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