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To the twelfth article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith and deposeth that the sayd Captaine Swanley and his Company upon the discovery of the foresayd Dutch ffleet of the ?sayle of shipps finding themselves in danger advised together and resolved that the best meanes that they could take for preservation of themeselves and their sayd shipps was to putt in to the sayd port of TrapanyUNIQ457ff46511df0872-ref-0000000E-QINU UNIQ457ff46511df0872-ref-00000011-QINU which sayd port is a place allso within the dominions of the King of Spaine and accordingly they did putt into Trapany and gott with both their shipps within pistoll shott of the ffort, and as neere ground as the burthen of their shipps would pmitt, this deponent being present and knoweing and seeing the premisses. And otherwise cannot depose. To the thirteenth article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith and deposeth That the aforesayd Dutch shipps following upn the Harry Bonadventure and the ''Saint Peter'', the arlate Capt Swanley before the dutch shipps arrived or came into the port tooke his master or leivetenant John Merick aforesd and him this deponent being Corporall of the ''Harry Bonadventure'' along with him and addressed himselfe to the Governor of Trapany Don Antonia Rois de Chavis, and demanded of the sayd Governors if he would protect them and their sayd two shipps in his port, representing to him the danger they were in by the dutch shipps aforesayd making towards the sayd port: And thereupon the Governor promised that the sayd dutch shipps should not come into the sayd port, and in case they did yet the English and their sayd two shipps should not be molested, and thereof bad the sayd Captaine Swanley to be secure, for that noe one should affront the English in the chamber of his Master the King of Spaine, The premisses this deponent knoweth to be true being one that accompanies the sayd Captaine Swanley as aforesayd and being a Spaniard assisting the sayd Captaine in his Treaty with the sayd Governor and was present and saw and heard the passages aforesayd. And otherwise cannot depose. To the fourteenth article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith that the premisses not withstanding the sayd Governor of Trapanie (sic) contrary to his promise suffered the sayd dutch shipps under the command of ?Young Van Trump to come in to the sayd Port of Trapany and treated with the sayd Van Trump, and messengers passed to and fro betwixt them in the sight of this deponent who saw them so passe to and fro in the sayd Governors owne boat, and saw and observed that the dutch shipps forbore to enter the port till the returne of their messenger from the Governo:r and then immediately made into and entred the sayd Port. And further faith that att the same tyme that the sayd Governors boat passed as aforesayd betweene Vantrumps (sic) sayd fleet and the shoare, he the sayd Governor sent a messenger to captaine Swanly in a boat which Messenger in the Governors name and in the presence and hearing of this deponent commanded the sayd Captaine Swanly and Companie that on paine of death they should not shoot so much as a pistoll in port for that in his Masters Chamber the King of Spaine they were and should be secure and safe, And further saith that the sayd Boat wherein the Messenger from the sayd Governor came to Captaine Swanles had
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