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produced, did presume them to be true, And … produced, did presume them to be true, And said that the [?very]<br />
firmes of them were like the other firmes of his Majestie Royall<br />
schedules, being by them compared together.
To the 14th and 15th hee saith that the said five Spaniards<br />
did further averr to this deponent that the said Governour [?Barvrel]<br />
not finding thereof sufficient to make the said license false, nor any<br />
iust cause to give an Individuall sentense to condemne the said Jackets<br />
shipp and goods, did by an Interlocutorie decree cause all the Negroes<br />
and goods to be sold, and the proceeds to be applied to the costs and<br />
treasurie of the king of Spaine there, and ordered the said Captaine<br />
Jacket to be carried to the prison of the C[?onturfXXX] in<br />
Sevill.
To the 16th article hee saith that the said Captaine Jacket finding<br />
himselfe prisoner, and to be carried away per forse, procured<br />
an Authantique testimony from the Secretary of the cargo, of the<br />
whole processe or suite against him, the said shipp and goods<br />
at New Barcellona, which this deponent hath seen and<br />
exáctly exámined with the foresaid Simon Lopez, Roderigo da<br />
Padilla, don diego da [?Rirves], Alforez Siphonter and Alonso<br />
Perez, who testified upon their severall oathes in the yeere 1651,<br />
before a Jury in the Admiraltie Court in Southwarke (this<br />
deponent being their interpreter) where they<br />
were two severall dayes examined) and did all unanimously declare<br />
that they were ey witnesses in Barcellona at the [XXXXX]<br />
passages mentioned in the testimony of the said precontest, and did<br />
testifie the particulars sufferinge of the said Captaine Jacket<br />
and of the depriving him of the said shipp, pink, Negroes and<br />
goods, after they had approved and allowed his license, admitted<br />
him free traffique, and accepted the Captaine for his Negro's<br />
And did alsoe testifie that the said shipp and Pink were made<br />
use of for the king of Spaines service, and that the said Negro's<br />
and goods were all sold, and the proceede of them applied<br />
to the king of Spaines treasurie there, and that the said Jacket<br />
was sent for Spaine prisoner in chaines. All which this deponent<br />
verily beleeveth to be true having seene and understood the severall<br />
passages in the [?certife] and testimony of the said precontest had at<br />
Barcellona, and having compared and examined the particulars<br />
with the said relations and averments of the said five Spaniards,<br />
who did before the said Jury upon their oathes and at many other<br />
times to this deponent affirme the truth of the effect of all<br />
the particular of this and the former articles touching the passages at<br />
New Barcellona, and otherwise<br />
hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition,
To the 17th hee beleeveth that the shipp the ''Mayflower'' was of the<br />
burthen of foure hundred tonnes or thereabouts, and that at the<br />
time of her seizure shee might be worth five thousand pounds<br />
or thereabouts, and the Pinke with her tackle and furniture<br />
worthher tackle and furniture<br />
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