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To the fourteenth article hee saith and deposeth that neither hee nor his said brother neither in the ''Angell'', ''Yellow Sun'' or ''Saint Nicholas'' foresaid tooke or seized any English shipp or shipps, or English or dutch men nor sent any such prisoners to Santa domingo, although at the time when they were as aforesaid forced to Tertoudas, there were warrs between England and holland, whereby they might lawfully have taken English, but did not. To the fifteenth hee saith that there were only in the ''Saint Nicholas'' her owne twelve guns in her when shee went to Santa domingo and about a dozen muskets, and powder and ball convenient for them for her service, and noe other armes or amunition but what was for her owne necessary use, nor any souldiers or other passengers but only the said President and foure servants namely three men and a boy, a Holland shipp that was freighted by the Spaniards which men from Cadiz about a moneth before this deponents said departure then with the ''Nicholas'', which shipp the ''Mary'' carried good store of amunition, and ordnance and three or foure hundred souldiers in her from Cadiz for Santa domingo, and arived there with the same, this deponent seeing the lading and imbarking thereof at Cadiz, and upon his arivall at Santa domingo seeing the said Ordnance, and amunition taking out of her, And at Santa domingo this deponent and his said brother tooke and put into the ''Nicholas'' twelve other guns, which were belonging to their said two former shipps, which they did with the license of the Governour. To the sixteenth hee saith that there were noe letters or papers or writings whatsoever that were in the custody of this deponent or of his said brother or any of their company, that were torne, burnt, throwne over board or otherwise made away, but were all delivered by this deponent over to Captaine Adams his lieutenant who carried them aboard the ''Maidstone frigot'' saving such of the shipps papers and dispatches as were in his said brothers owne custodie, which his said brother himself carried aboard the frigot to Captaine Adams upon the said seizure, nor doth hee know of any papers whatsoever that were made away. To the seaventeenth hee saith that the Castle of Santa domingo is about an English mile distant from the place where the ''Saint Nicholas'' came on and moored there, and the towne being betweene those places, one in the castle cannot see a shipp lying where the ''Saint Nicholas'' was, but may see them as they come in, for that they come neere the Castle, and saith that about a fortnight after the said shipps arived this deponent went to the Castle and saw the arlate Mr Aylet prisoner therein; and afterwards saw him in the towne. And otherwise hee cannot depose, saving that hee hath heard that some English have said that if they could get that shipp and lading to be condemned, they should have a good reward, but did not heare it of the parties themselves. To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true. To
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