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spoones (all of silver) aboard the said sh … spoones (all of silver) aboard the said shipp and in custodie of the said Lopez when<br />
shee soe came to Milford;
To the 9th hee cannot depose.
To the further Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith that the said shipp comming neere an Iland neare<br />
the terra firma of England, shortly before shee came to Milford haven dropped<br />
an anchor and dischardged a gun to get some body come aboard to advise them<br />
where they were, and shortly there came a boate aboard whch the<br />
company being English said was a herring boate, and at such comming aboard of<br />
the said boate this deponent was above by the mainemast, and the other Spaniards<br />
were up and downe in the shipp with out hiding themselves, and Mr<br />
Betts then as before and after appeared master of her and mr John lopez<br />
And further hee cannot depose, saving shee was not in Ireland.
To the second hee saith that the said shipp came to honduras about sixe weekes<br />
after her departure from Comana as aforesaid, and staid at honduras about<br />
five or six monethes, and in that time John lopez went ashore with the<br />
rest of the outward cargo, and gold and bought and managed the trade and<br />
afterwards sent the Indigo or drugs aboard and came aboard him selfe with<br />
the last thereof. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
The marke of Pedro<br />
'''+''' [MARKE] da Moralis. [MARKE, RH SIDE]
Interpreter Wm Martyn [SIGNATURE, LH SIDE]
Repeated and his two precontests before<br />
doctor Godolphin.
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The same day.[CENTRE HEADING]
'''9.'''
'''Martin de Parada''' of Saint Sebastians Sailor, aged 20 yeares or<br />
thereabouts sworne and examined as aforesaid.
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee was spoken to at Amsterdam to goe the<br />
voyage in question by John Lopez his contest, who promised to give him what<br />
hee deserved, and thence hee saith hee sailed in the said shipp the ''Saint Mary''<br />
which carried thence some packs of goods and wines, to be carried to the West<br />
Indias (whether shee was bound) and to be disposed by the said John Lopez, And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose saving shat followeth.
To the second article hee saith and deposeth that the said shipp went from<br />
Amsterdam to Trinidad, and there delivered some few of her goods, and thence went<br />
to Comana, and there delivered more, and thence to Truxilla and there<br />
disposed of more, and thence to the Golfe of honduras and there delivered<br />
all the rest, and there tooke in chests of Indigo<br />
and some skinne sacks of the like, and soe numbered (after about six monethes<br />
stay there) to Truxilla and there tooke in hides and Sassaparilla, and<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose saving what followeth.
To the third hee saith that having received the said goods, the said shipp<br />
departed from Truxilla bound as was said for Europe, and by fowle weather touched at Mat[?ansa], and<br />
thence againe departed and being out at sea, hee heard the mariners say that<br />
they were bound for England, but the first port they afterwards<br />
came to was Milford haven, after they had cast anchor neare the shore<br />
a little before, namely about twelve or thirteene leagues (as hee guesseth)<br />
before they came to Milford haven. And saith hee doth not know the respective<br />
quantities or numbers of the goods, but saith that they were all laded by John<br />
Lopez, And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the fourth hee saith that one Mr Betts was master of the said shipp the<br />
said voyage, and otherwise hee cannot depose.
Toyage, and otherwise hee cannot depose.
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