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for this deponents passage. And hee saith the saud Claes alsoe severall tymes told this deponent that the two shipps sunke as aforesayd in the River at Saint domingo were the two shipps which hee the sayd Claes and his sayd brother Bernard served the the King of Spaine in at the takeing of the Terludos, and that hee had before his coming with the ''Nicholas'' to Saint domingo bin in Spaine with the King there for restitution of the sayd two shipps and other things wherein hee had bin iniured at Saint domingo and that hee had procured order from the King of Spaine for those at Saint domingo who had iniured him by deteyning his sayd shipps, to make him satisfaction and that while hee was absent about getting and order for their restitution and before hee returned to Saint domingo in the ''Nicholas'' the sayd two shipps were sunke in manner aforesayd, and that hee could gett noe restitution at Saint domingo according to the Kings order and therefore he was forced to lett the sayd shipp the ''Nicholas'' upon ffreight to Spaniards And further to these articles hee cannot depose/ To the 9th hee saith that hee was a prizoner in the Castle at Saint domingo when the sayd Claes Johnson came thither with the shipp ''Nicholas'' and thereby knoweth that the sayd Claes brought in the sayd shipp one who was to be Governour at Saint domingo and was there receaved as Governour and soone after videlicet about tenn or twelve dayes after the arrivall of the sayd shipp there were brought into the sayd castle twelve, or eighteene Iron gunnes which as this deponent heard the souldiers of the Castle saye (hee understanding the Spanish language and enquiring of them whence they came) were brought by the sayd Claes Johnson in the ''Nicholas'' aforesayd, and that they were sent by the King of Spaine to fortifie the sayd place against the English And further to this article hee cannot depose./ To the 10th saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot further depose./ To the 11th hee saith hee was at the Governours house at Saint domingo using his Endeavour to gett passage for Spaine, at the same tyme when Claes Johnson came thither alsoe to receave his dispatches and commands from the Governour there and sawe the sayd Claes carrie away severall packetts of letters from the Governours house And sawe alsoe a Spanish Captaine who went a passenger and part freighter of the ''Nicholas'' take into his charge two packetts delivered to him by the Officers of the Custome house at Saint domingo who in this deponents hearing charged the sayd Captaine to deliver one of the sayd packetts to the King and the other to the officers of the Customehouse at Sivill in Spaine And saith hee heard the sayd Captaine him selfe, and others Inhabitants of Saint domingo say that the sayd Captaine was goeing to the King to procure honour to be conferred upon him for his service which he had done at Saint
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