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Spanish service were comming from Santa do … Spanish service were comming from Santa domingo for Tortoadas upon their<br />
said designe, the Spaniards tooke the boate of one of the said two<br />
dutch shipps that were in the said Squadron and manned it with<br />
Spaniards and Irish and therewith tooke a ffrench boate that was upon the coast<br />
of hispaniola, And saith hee is well assured that the said two brothers<br />
were carried away prisoners for Spaine, before Generall Penn and<br />
the English fleete came upon the coaste of hispaniola. And otherwise<br />
saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot depose.
To the 8th negatively for his part and otherwise hee cannot answer<br />
having never bin in Spaine, nor knowing ought of<br />
the [XXXXXs] interrogated.
To the 10th hee cannot answer, not being aboard, nor knowing<br />
ought of the matters interrogated./
Repeated before doctor Godolphin.
<u>John Morrice</u> [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 20th of Aprill 1658.
Examined upon the said allegation.
'''Rp. 4.'''
'''Simon Claeson''' of Serdam Mariner, one of the<br />
company of the said shipp the ''Nicholas'', aged 23 yeares<br />
or thereabouts sworne and examined.
To the first article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that hee<br />
well knoweth the two brothers arlate Claes Johnson and Barent<br />
Claseson and hath soe donne for theise twelve yeares last or thereabouts<br />
and well knoweth that shortly after the beginning of the late warrs<br />
betweene England and the States of the United Netherlands the said<br />
Claes Johnson in a shipp named the ''Angell'' and Barent Claeson<br />
in another named the ''Yellow Sun'' carrying each twenty guns were<br />
set out from Amsterdam for Guinney on a trading voyage, which<br />
hee knoweth being then at Amsterdam (and seeing such their setting out<br />
and seeing the said two brothers goe masters of the said two shipps,<br />
and saith that Peter Poulla and hartie Johnson allegate and company<br />
were then commonly said to be their setters out and imployers, and this<br />
deponent saw the said Peter and hartie busie in the said setting out<br />
the said shipps. And further hee cannot depose.
To the fourth fifth and 6th articles hee saith and deposeth<br />
that afterwards this deponent comming from Genoa to Cadiz in Spaine<br />
in a Genoa shipp, there found the said Claes Johnson and Barent<br />
Claseson, who there (namely at Cadiz) recounted unto him their hard<br />
shipp and ill successe with the said two shipps the ''Angell'' and<br />
''Yellow Sun'', and what had passed to that time, and that now<br />
by the permission and leave of the king of Spaine they were at<br />
Cadiz bying a shipp to<br />
goe to Santa domingo to fetch off their said two former shipps effects and goods<br />
and spake to this deponent<br />
to goe with them as carpenter of their said shipp, whereto hee and INSERT
Hee saith they proceeded and bought the said shipp there of Vice Admirall da Rutter and they put [?gunns] and goods<br />
into her, and then this [?XXXX] standed, and sent<br />
[?XXX] being free from<br />
[?XXX by ?XXXX] went aboard the<br />
[?said shipp] which was named the ''Nicholas'' and<br />
[?XXXXX] twelve gunslas'' and<br />
[?XXXXX] twelve guns +
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