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Spaniard to provide some necessaries a sho … Spaniard to provide some necessaries a shoare att Messina, which sayd Merrick<br />
and sayd Spanish Corporall were by the Governor of Messina without any iust<br />
cause that this deponent over heard detayned and kept in prison in Messina<br />
for severall dayes during which their imprisonment this deponent did visit<br />
them and saw them in hold, and knoweth that they came not aboard againe<br />
till after the sayd shipps were putt out from Messina. And further<br />
cannot depose.
To the ninth he saith that Captaine Swanley did hire at Messina before he<br />
went first from thence videlicet before the taking of the ''Saint Peter'', a ffelenca<br />
with 7 or eight men to serve and attend the sayd shipp of warr, and saith<br />
that after his returne into Messina with the ''Saint Peter'' the sayd ffelenca was<br />
seized and detayned, and the men belonging to the same were kept and deteyned<br />
by the sayd Governor, whereby the sayd Captaine Swanley was deprived of<br />
meanes to gaine Intelligence. the premisses this deponent knoweth for<br />
the reasons aforesayd. And otherwise cannot depose.
To the 10. 11. and 12th. he saith that the sayd Captaine Swanley on or about the<br />
12:th day of June 1653 last past sett sayle with his sayd two shipps from<br />
Messina and sayling along the Coasts of Scicily for Tunis the wind being<br />
Crosse after 12 or 13 dayes sayleing espyed .7. dutch men of warr lyeing<br />
under the Isles of Trapany which is a place subiect to the King of Spayne<br />
and gott as neere the Castle of Trapany with both the sayd shipp as hee<br />
durst for running them aground. which this deponent being then present<br />
saw and observed. and otherwise cannot depose.
To the .13. and 14.th he saith that after the arrivall of the ''Harry Bonadventure''<br />
att Trapanie and salutation given to the place, and notice being taken by the<br />
sayd Towne and the Governor thereof that the sayd ''Harry Bonadventure''<br />
was a Mann of Warr of this Commonwealth, ?hee the sayd Governor sent<br />
Capt Swanley word that he and his shipps should be protected, and that<br />
the sayd Dutch shipps commended by Young Van Trump should not affront<br />
or dammage the English in that port, And the Messenger that brought<br />
the sayd message to Captaine Swanley went immediately to the sayd Trump who<br />
was then makeing in for the sayd port, pretending he so went to hinder<br />
the further approach of the sayd Dutch ffleet of 7. sayle of shipps aforesayd,<br />
and withall telling the sayd Captaine Swanley and Companie that they might<br />
att noe hand presume to make any shott there for that they were and should<br />
be safe. But the premisses Notwithstanding the sayd dutch shipps soone after<br />
the arrivall of the sayd messenger from the Governor att them entred the<br />
moule or port and made up to the sayd ''Harry Bonadventure'' and ''Saint Peter''<br />
and there seized and tooke both the sayd shipps and<br />
their lading, by meanes whereof the sayd Van Trump and Companie of the<br />
sayd dutch shipps became possessed of the sayd ''harry Bonadventure''<br />
and ''Saint Peter'' lyeing under the ffort of Trapany as aforesd this<br />
deponent being then present and taken prisoner aboard the ''Harry<br />
Bonadventure'' in his owne quarter. And otherwise cannot depose.
To the fifteenth he saith there were some shott about the same tyme made<br />
from the fforts of Trapanie, but whether any execution were thereby done<br />
upon the dutch men, or their shipps or noe this deponent knoweth<br />
not and otherwise cannot depose.;br />
not and otherwise cannot depose. +
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