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To the 22th hee saith hee hath not knowne … To the 22th hee saith hee hath not knowne the said Mollar but from the<br />
time that the said shipp was preparing to saile from Amsterdam as aforesaid<br />
and saith hee is commonly reputed a hamburger by birth; and this deponent<br />
never knewe him in Spaine, and saith hee hath iust now seene him while<br />
hee hath bin answereing to this Interrogatorie; and saith hee was Sopracargo and<br />
the said Spaniard marchant of the said shipp, And saith hee cannot further<br />
answer.
To the Interrogatories in the second place. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the said Interrogatorie hee answereth negatively, saying hee doth not<br />
know the vessell interrogated named the ''Propatria''.
L[XXXXgo] [?foXXXlton] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 21th of Aprill 1659. [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the fosaid allegation of the 7th of January.
'''3.'''
'''John Eering''' of Ha[?nt]s Holme in denmarke<br />
Shipwright, aged 30 yeares or thereabouts sworne and<br />
examined.
To the first article hee saith and deposeth that the goods arlate seized in the<br />
shipp the ''Santa Maria'' arlate were laded aboard her at Santa Domingo a<br />
port in hispaniola under the king of Spaine, and saith the lading of<br />
them was of his [?sight] ordered by the Spanish Captaine that commanded the said shipp<br />
(whose name hee knoweth not), And saith hee cannot otherwise depose<br />
having gonne but a little while to sea, and soe unacquainted with the<br />
proceedings and custome of the place.
To the second hee saith that the said shipp departing from Amsterdam<br />
the voyage in question, came and arived in Santa Cruse almost two yeares since<br />
and there hee saith the said Spanish Captaine went ashore and hired and<br />
sent about twenty Spaniards aboard the said shipp to goe to the West Indies<br />
in her, amongst which was one to be master, andother stiersman, another<br />
boatswaine and another boatswaines mate of the said shipp and the rest common<br />
men, and the said officers assumed those places accordingly. And further hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the third hee saith the said shipp went from Santa Cruse to Santa Domingo<br />
and at Santa Domingo often put out and wore the Spanish flagg or Spanish colours<br />
and that the said Spanish Captaine being there for the most part ashore, and<br />
many of the other Spaniards frequently alsoe ashore, John van lynen the<br />
dutch master by order of the said Captaine commanded in and ordered the [?afreightment GUTTER]<br />
of the said shipp, which continued there about eight monethes, and when the said<br />
Spanish Captaine came aboard the said master did the like, he Captaine only<br />
ordering affaires and whether the shipp should goe. And further hee cannot depose.
To the fourth and 5th hee saith that the said shipp the ''Saint Mary'' was calked at Santa Domingo<br />
by order of the said Spanish Captaine, but who paid them that did the<br />
worke hee knoweth not, and saith hee there heard that the shipp must goe<br />
where and whether the said Spanish Captaine would, which Captaine hee<br />
saith came from holland in the said shipp. And further hee cannot depose<br />
saving what followeth:
To the 6th hee saith that in the said shipps retourne from Santa Domingo, after<br />
shee had bin in her said retourne at Santa Cruse, there was at sea a fleete<br />
of ffrench Newfoundland men espied, and this deponent heard aboard that<br />
thereupon there were papers and the Spanish flagg put into a bagge and<br />
throwne over board, but hee did not sea it as gee saith, And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
To;br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
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