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only appeared Master of the said ship, and … only appeared Master of the said ship, and otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose saving as aforesaid:/.
To the second hee saith the said ship Continued about six<br />
monethes at Honduras, where shee tooke in most of<br />
her Lading, And saith that hee Conceiveth that if the said<br />
goods had bin Ready provided, the said ship needed not<br />
to have staid there soe long, and otherwise Cannot answer
Interpreter Wm Martyn [SIGNATURE, LH SIDE]
Benito Le XXgoin XXXXXX [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 23th of March 1658
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'''Pedro de Moralis''' of Saint Lucar Mariner, aged 28 yeeeres<br />
or thereabouts sworne and examined,
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee came first aboard the<br />
shipp the ''Saint Mary'' aforesaid at Comana in the West Indies, where hee<br />
was hired and shipped by John Lopez who appeared there as Captaine of<br />
her, and hired this deponent to goe one of the said shipps company, which<br />
imployment this deponent accepted and this was about fourteene or fifteene<br />
monethes since, and for wages the said Lopez agreed to give this deponent such as the<br />
rest of the ordinary mariners had, and then there was woollen and linnen goods<br />
aboard and some wines as hee understand, And further hee cannot depose saving<br />
what followes.
To the second hee saith that the same day of this deponent comming aboard the said shipp departed from Comana and went to Truxilla<br />
and there delivered out some of her said goods, and<br />
thence went to honduras, and there dischardged all the rest of her outwards<br />
cargo, and at honduras tooke in and received aboard Indigo or druggs<br />
(as they were said to be) in chests and skinne baggs, but the quantitie or<br />
number hee knoweth not. And further cannot depose.
To the third hee saith that being dis[?patch]ed at hondras the said shipp retourned<br />
to Truxilla where shee tooke aboard sassaparilla and hides, but the number<br />
or quantitie hee knoweth not, and then departed to goe for Europe as was<br />
said, but for what place was not declared to this deponent, and being thence departed hee<br />
heard some of her company say that shee was bound for England to discharge<br />
and afterwards prosecuting her voyage, shee was by fowle weather put towards<br />
Milford haven where shee at last came and there there was an<br />
officer or waiter put aboard her. And otherwise hee cannot depose not<br />
knowing the quantitie of any of the said goods.
To the 4th hee saith the said John Lopez only on the coast of the west Indies<br />
pretended to and appeared in the command of the said shipp, but when shee<br />
was gonne thence, mr Betts tooke and managed the command of her<br />
all along, And further hee cannot depose, saving as aforesaid.
To the fifth hee cannot depose, saving negatively for his part
To the 6th hee saith hee never knew the said shipp before such his meeting<br />
her in Comana, And otherwise hee cannot depose, saving shee did not carry<br />
the Spanish flagg.
To the 7th hee saith there were about one and twenty of the said shipps company<br />
aboard and belonging to her when shee soe came to Milford, whereof seaven<br />
were Spaniards, of which Spaniards this deponent is one, and saith fowre<br />
of them are now in this citie and otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the eighth hee saith there were tenn peeces of ordnance aboard and belonging<br />
to the said shipp when shee was at Milford haven, and otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose, saving there were two dishes, two cups, a salt and threeere two dishes, two cups, a salt and three +
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