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knoweth being as aforesaid Carpenter of the said shipp and going the said voyage in her to the time of her seizure. To the third hee saith that after the arivall of the said shipp in the Roade of Santa Domingo and before her going into harbour, the said Spanish Captaine sent the shipps shallop manned with Spaniards ashore to fetch a pilot, and saith they brought two pilots aboard in the said shallop, who carried her in to the harbour there where shee lay and contunued about eight monethes space, and that the said Spanish Captaine and the other Spaniards in her commanded her all the while, and there hee saith the said Spanish Captaine caused her lading to be landed and as hee heard put into a warehouse or storehouse there, this deponent helping to land them, and afterwards the said Captaine laded the retourne thereof in the foresaid homewards goods. And further hee cannot depose, not seeing or being in the said warehouse. To the fourth article hee saith and deposeth that the said shipp having soe taken in her goods and departing from Santa Domingo, for Santa Cruse, met about six dayes after with a squadron of seaven or eight Spanish shipps whereof severall were Gallions, and saith that severall of the Spaniards belonging to them came aboard the ''Santa Maria'', and were there entertained with Cacoa and such other things as the shipp afforded, and the said Spanish Captaine sent Cacoa and went aboard the Admirall or Vice Admirall of the said Spanish shipps, and afterwards the said shipp ''Santa Maria'' came cleare from the said Spaniards and shipps, and prosecuted her voyage to Santa Cruse. And further cannot depose saving as aforesaid. To the fifth hee saith that noe shipps but such as belong to or are freighted by Spaniards or have Spanish Commission[?X] are permitted to trade at Santa Domingo, and that any Spanish Admirall meeting any shipp that hee knowes to be there laded and to be for account of any other than Spaniards, will seize the same, And further hee cannot depose. To the sixth hee saith that the arlate John Mollar is of the Romish religion and as this deponent hath heard hath lived long in fflanders in the dominion of the king of Spaine. And otherwise hee cannot depose. To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true. '''H P B''' [MARKE, RH SIDE] **************************** The same day. [CENTRE HEADING] Examined upon the fore said allegation of the 7th of January last. '''2.''' '''Kempe Scheltes''' of Middlebowra Mariner, aged .38 yeares or thereabouts late Stiersman of the said shipp the ''Saint Mary'' sworne and examined. To the first hee cannot depose not being with the said shipp at Santa Domingo nor aboard her when shee was seized. To the second hee saith that the said shipp the ''Saint Mary'' going from Amsterdan (whence this deponent went Stiersman of her under John van lynen her comander came and arrived at Santa Cruse on or about the nineteenth of July 1657 (new stile) and from Santa Cruse which is under the Dominion of the king of Spaine, shee set saile and departed for Santa Domingo on or about the sixteenth of September next following (stile aforesaid) and before her departure thence there were six and twenty Spaniards there hird to goe in her thence to Santa Domingo, but there went but three and twenty of them aboard, one whereof went Stiersman in this deponents place who was at sea
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