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was at the said ships side hee did demand … was at the said ships side hee did demand the said Ketcher, his<br />
mates; purser, Boatswaine, and another of the said Ships Company<br />
to goe at Oratava, and then hee would procure them<br />
Prattick for the said Ship, and the said pretended ffactor told the<br />
Master and Company of the said Ship openly in the hearing of all the other<br />
Spaniards in the said Boate, That hee knew they were all<br />
English men: and thereupon the Company of the said Ship perceived<br />
they were discovered. to be English would not be persuaded to goe<br />
on shore. But did all of them much<br />
Importune the said Caralo Tye to goe on shore to procure<br />
practick for the said Ship, but the said Tye did not nor would soe<br />
Doe, And saith that the said Pretended ffactor or any that came<br />
with him did not demand or require either any Bills of health.<br />
or other papers or writings or desired to knowe with what goods<br />
the said ship was Laden: This hee deposeth for the reasons aforesaid<br />
And further hee cannot depose./.
To the 11th. hee saith that the said Spanish Boate soe come unto<br />
the Ship the ''Lisbone ffrigot'' with the said Pretended ffactor in it<br />
on or about the 28th day, of July 1658 in the afternoone, and<br />
the said Tye, and this deponent and 3 more of the said Ships Company<br />
had bin ashore at Oratavo in the Morning of the said Day and<br />
had bin and were denied Practick, and about that time hee saith<br />
the said Newes came to Oratavo of the taking Dunkirke and putting the Spaniards to the Sword<br />
after they had given them quarter (as was Pretended) given by the English<br />
And Saith that all the said Shipps Company did looke upon the<br />
sending of the said Boate, to get the Master, Mate, Purser, Boatswaine<br />
an an other of the said Ships Company on Shore to be<br />
?clearly a devise to betray them. and not to procure Practick, in<br />
regard they had just before positively denied the same, And<br />
further hee cannot depose.
To the 12th and 13th hee saith that the more to Confirme that there<br />
was some practick, or designe to surprize the said Ship and<br />
Company there were three or foure Spanish Vessells, sent out<br />
from Oratavo manned with Spaniards About the same [XXXX GUTTER]<br />
the foresaid Spanish Boate came to the ''Lisbone ffrigot'' and the said Ketcher and Company demanded<br />
of the Company of the Spanish Boate what Vessells, they were<br />
and they in the said Spanish Boate replyed they were Vessells carrying<br />
of wines to Santa Cruze, and at that time<br />
indeed they were in a direct Course sailing from the ''Lisbone''<br />
''ffrigot'', and saith the said Ketcher thereupon ?ffurled<br />
the sailes of the said Ship, and Comanded his boate to be ready<br />
againe intending to send some of his Company on shore, and<br />
came to Anchor with the ''Lisbone ffrigott''. which the said Spanish<br />
Vessells perceiving they Imediately altered their Course and came<br />
directly before the winde as if they did intend to have seized<br />
upon the ''Lixon ffrigott'' And for this deponent verily beleeveth they would (and did<br />
the rest of the said Shipps Company alsoe beleeve;) upon her boate<br />
and some of her Company were gone on shore; And saith the said<br />
Ketcherre; And saith the said<br />
Ketcher +
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