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To the fifth hee saith that in the said sh … To the fifth hee saith that in the said shipps retourne from Santa domingo<br />
towards Santa Cruse, the said Spanish Captaine said and declared that hee was<br />
to carry and discharge the said vessell at Cadiz, and (as this deponent heard)<br />
hee gave bond at Santa Cruse to that purpose. And further cannot depose.
To the 6th hee saith that after the said shipps departure from Santa Cruse<br />
in her retourne and being in her course towards Cadiz, there was a ffleete<br />
of ffrench Newfound land men espied, whereupon the said Captaine<br />
seeing them, caused certaine papers<br />
and the Spanish flagg to be put into a bagg and throwne over board,<br />
and although hee did not see such putting in of the papers and flagg into<br />
the bagg, yet hee well knoweth they were therein, but saw as hee saith the<br />
said throwing of the said bagg over board with the said papers and flagg therein<br />
such throwing over board being donne by the boat swaines mate, by the said<br />
Captaines order, And further hee cannot depose.
To the 7th article hee saith that the said shipp being arived in the Roade<br />
of Gibraltar on the coast of Spaine, the said Spanish Captaine and the<br />
Spanish master and John Moller the Sopracargo departed and went ashore<br />
to goe for Cadiz, and abo[?ut] six dayes after, the said Moller retourned<br />
aboard (leaving the said Captaine and master behinde) and said that the<br />
shipp must goe to Cadiz to discharge hides and cacoa, and the said shipp<br />
setting saile and being in her course thetherward, hee saith shee was<br />
met with by a fflute which came to receive the said hides<br />
and the said Spanish master came therewith, and being soe come<br />
both the said vessells came to anchor, and then the companies fell to<br />
taking out of the hides and cacoa and putting them into the said fflute, and while<br />
they were busie thereabouts, a storme arose, which forced both the said vessells<br />
into the said bay of Gibraltar, where they came to anchor and fell<br />
againe to their former worke, all which hee knoweth being present and<br />
seeing the same. And further cannot depose.
To the eighth hee saith that while they were soe againe busie about the<br />
said lading in the said bay of Gibraltar, the ''ffairfax frigot'' under<br />
command of Captaine Story came and seized the said two vessells and<br />
all the said lading, and saith that as hee was informed there should have<br />
binnine thousand hides in all taken out of the ''Mary'' and put into the<br />
said fflute, if the said seizure did not happen, and further saith that the<br />
cacoa that was taken out was to make way for comming at the hides<br />
and was afterewards to be taken back againe out of the fflute into the ''Mary''<br />
And further cannot depose.
To the nineth hee saith hee cannot say upon whose account the outwards<br />
lading was taken in at amsterdam, but well knoweth that the said Spanish<br />
Captaine had the disposall thereof, and saith John van Lynen commanded<br />
the said vessell till shee came to Santa Cruse, and comming in her outward<br />
proceeding on the coast of Portugall/>
proceeding on the coast of Portugall +
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