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for Martinica or Saint Christofers, but sa … for Martinica or Saint Christofers, but saith that the said shipps being<br />
met with by fowle weather and stressie stormes, and her victualls<br />
and beverage failing in her course, the said masters and companies were<br />
forced with them into Santa domingo in Hispaniola in the West India's<br />
in or about October 1653 stile aforesaid, and in the next moneth following or<br />
thereabouts, they as hee saith there sold all such of their said Negro's<br />
as were remaining and died not in the voyage, namely they there<br />
sold three hundred and sixtie Negro's or thereabouts for commodities<br />
of that place and countrey, to be thence transported for Spaine in<br />
Spanish bottomes for their said owners account, and the reason of<br />
such designe of transportation in Spanish bottomes hee saith was<br />
because that dutch shipps were not permitted to lade in those parts,<br />
And this hee saith was and is true and notorious, and very well knowne<br />
to this deponent who went master of the shipp the ''Yellow Sunn'', in<br />
company of the ''Angell'' (whereof his said brother was master) and<br />
saw the premisses soe happen and donne.
To the third article hee saith and deposeth that in or about the moneth<br />
of december 1653 stile aforesaid, and before the said lading of the said proceed of<br />
the Negro's in Spanish bottomes, the Spaniards at Santa domingo<br />
having a designe upon a little Iland lying neere hispaniola<br />
called Tertoodas, possessed by the ffrench, imbargoed and impressed the said two<br />
shipps the ''Angell'' and the ''Sunn'' for transportation thither of<br />
their soldiers; in consideration of which imployment of the said shipps<br />
they promised this deponent and his said brother (commanders of the<br />
said vessells) that they should have leave to make their retournes
and Lade the said proceed of their said Negro's in their said owne<br />
shipps the ''Angell'' and the ''yellow Sun''. But after they had served<br />
their turnes, with such transportation oof their men in the said shipps,<br />
and that the said shipps were retourned to Santa domingo, where the<br />
masters hoped of leave to lade them as was promised, the Governour<br />
and officers were soe farr from making their said promise good,<br />
that they put this deponent and his said brother (masters andcommanders<br />
of the said vessells) in prison, and there detained them prisoners<br />
from May 1654 untill March next following and tooke away their shipps and goods and this<br />
they did upon pretence of the said commanders comming to trade<br />
there with the said shipps without License, And this was and<br />
is true and publique.
To the fourth article hee saith and deposeth that on or about the<br />
eighteenth day of March (new stile) next following the said<br />
moneth of May 1654, and about six weekes before Generall<br />
Penn and the English fleete came to hispaniola (according as<br />
hee hath heard of the time of their arivall there) the Governour<br />
and officers of Santa domingo caused this deponent and his said<br />
brother to be imbarqued in a Spanish frigot and sent them away prisoners for<br />
Spaine, in regard of such their comming (as was by the Spaniards pretended) to trade at Santa domingo, And saith that in their<br />
course of proceeding for Spaine comming to the Westward of the<br />
T[?e]rc[XX]a Ilands they met a fflushing man of warr, which being<br />
of greater strength than the Spanish frigot tooke this deponent out of<br />
the frigot, but with [?consent] of this deponent and of his said brother] of this deponent and of his said brother +
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