| Transcription
|
howbeit hee saith the said Master how refu … howbeit hee saith the said Master how refused to help to save or protest<br />
the said shipp and lading from the countrey people who were by this<br />
time come downe in greate numbers. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the fifth hee saith that the said countrey people who were soe in<br />
greate number come thither, (hearing the said mr howe with a loud<br />
voice say that the whole shipp and lading were due to my lord of<br />
Arundell and that hee seized upon all (or to that effect) they cried<br />
out in a tumultous manner and said, if they were due to my lord of<br />
Arundell they were due to them (or to the same effect) and therewithall<br />
they fell in a tumultous furious manner aboard, and fell to pulling<br />
cutting and hacking and wholly plundered tooke and carried away<br />
away all the said shipps lading and goods, saving three or foure boates<br />
lading oof the goods and sailes. And that the said people dispossessed<br />
the said master and company of the said goods (saving what was in the<br />
boates as aforesaid) and cut downe all the masts and rigging and<br />
carried the same away alsoe, all which hee knoweth being present and<br />
seeing the same, and seeing the master and company doe their best to<br />
prevent the said spoile, and violence.
To the sixth hee saith hee beleeveth the such comming and speeches<br />
of the said mr how, were and gave the occasion for the said people<br />
soe to fall on and commit the said spoile and outrage, and that if<br />
hee the said how had donne his endeavour and countenanced the master<br />
and company, and opposed the said violence, hee beleeveth the same had not<br />
bin committed, but the said shipp and goo goods or greater part thereof had bin preserved.
To the seaventh hee saith that hee dwelling a good distance from that place<br />
and being but a stranger there, doth not knowe the names of any of the<br />
persons that tooke away any of the goods, tackle, apparell, furniture<br />
or hull of the said shipp, or that have since got any thereof into their<br />
hands, saving (as hee hath heard) some Commissioners herein appointed,<br />
have recovered part thereof, this deponent seeing some of the tobaccoe<br />
and sailes in their the said Commissioners custodie. And otherwise<br />
hee cannot as hee saith depose.
'''H''' [MARKE] The marke of the said<br />
John harris [MARKE, RH SIDE]
Repeated before doctor Godolphin.
*************************
The 11th of Aprill 1657.
The claime of the foresaid Simon}<br />
Barbosa and others in the ''Nostra Seniora}<br />
da Rosario''.}
Exámined upon the foresaid allegation.
'''dt. Coronell 2. us'''
'''see j.us in B15'''
'''George Whillers''' of Lisbone Merchant<br />
aged 28 yeeres or thereabouts sworne and<br />
exámined.
To the first and second árticles of the said allegation and schedule annexed hee saith and deposeth that hee<br />
well knoweth and was commander of the shipp the ''Nostra Seniora da''der of the shipp the ''Nostra Seniora da'' +
|
