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To the sixth hee saith that the said shipp … To the sixth hee saith that the said shipp when shee was seized had tenn guns aboaard<br />
and belonging to her, twelve muskets, six swords, some pistolls and other weapons<br />
and a munition, which had in her when shee was in the West Indies, and<br />
caried them in her thither and brought them away againe, and besides them, shee<br />
carried to and sold or disposed and left in the said West Indies some muskets<br />
some pistolls, some hangers some rapiers or swords, and other weapons and<br />
some match, and alsoe sold and disposed and left wines, Spicerie and other<br />
things there, namely at Truxilla and honduras where the said John Lopez and<br />
company dispatched thereof, all which hee knoweth going the said voyage, and<br />
seeing the premisses soe donne.
To the seaventh hee saith there is and for theise three yeares last at least there hath bin<br />
warr and hostilitie betweene England and Spaine, and saith the said shipp and<br />
lading were and are good prize to this nation for the reasons aforesaid, and saith<br />
the Spaniards frequently said (before the English their comming aboard at Milford)<br />
that if the English came aboard and found them and the Sassaperilla aboard, all<br />
would be made prize, or to the same effect. And further hee cannot depose
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh by the order of Mr Budd to<br />
testifie in this cause, and that it will be noe proffit to him although the said<br />
shipp and lading should be made prize, nor dammage or losse to him though<br />
they come to be cleered, hee as hee saith deposing mearly for the truth sake, and not for<br />
gaine, having refused the offer of foure hundred gilders, which at Bristoll was<br />
offered him to be instrumentall to make the said shipp and goods prize, and saith<br />
hee hath not received nor expecteth ought for his deposition.
To the second hee answereth negatively.
To the third hee saith that for the reasons aforesaid and for the Spaniards saying<br />
that if the English came aboard and opened the hatches, and found them and [XXXXds]<br />
they would be all prize, hee verily in his conscience beleeveth the said shipp<br />
and lading to be good prize to this nation, and saith it is all one to him<br />
whether they be prize or cleared, but in regard of the Spaniards words aforesaid<br />
hee this examinate (if hee were Judge of this busines) would make them prize.<br />
And further hee cannot answer.
To the fourth hee saith hee can speake and understand the dutch, ffrench and<br />
Spanish languages, and was five yeares (within three monethes or thereabouts<br />
in the said Spanish West Indies and never in Spaine, and saith that the<br />
occasion and manner of his comming into the said Indies was this videlicet, somewhat<br />
above five yeeres since, a Scotch man at Amsterdam enquiring for<br />
a house which this deponent knew, got this deponent upon promise of rewarding<br />
him to show it him, which this deponent did, and therein (being a victualling<br />
house) the said Scotchman made much of this deponent and gave him soe<br />
much brandewine, wine and beere that hee made this deponent quite drunck,<br />
and being soe, caused this deponent to be carried aboard a shipp, wherein<br />
hee saith hee was carried first to Tobago neere Barbados, thence this deponent was carried to<br />
Trinidad, and thence to Margarita, thence to Comanagat[XC], and soe<br />
to Comana, where at last hee met with the said shipp ''hope'', and cannot<br />
write or reade
To the fifth and 6th hee saith that espying the said shipp at Comana, and willing<br />
to get away thence, hee went aboard her, and being sick desired the said Captaine<br />
Lopez to give him passage hence, and the said Captaine received him, and afterwards<br />
when the shipp came to honduras, hee was made Cookes mate of her first and then<br />
Cooke, and never saw the said shipp before such her comming to Commana, which<br />
was about twenty monethes since, and then alsoe first saw the said John Lopez<br />
and thenceforth became acquainted with him.
Tohenceforth became acquainted with him.
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