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To the seaventh and 8th articles hee saith … To the seaventh and 8th articles hee saith and deposeth that the said shipp in her retourne<br />
comming into the Roade of Gibraltar the said Spanish Captaine and the Spanish master<br />
and John Mollar the Sopra cargo were ashoare to goe to Cadiz, and about six dayes after the<br />
said John Mollar came aboard, and then the said shipp the ''Saint Mary'' went to saile<br />
and went out to sea, and about a day and halfe after there came a dutch vessell<br />
called a fflute aboard, and then both the vessells comming to anchor, they fell<br />
to taking the hides out of the ''Saint Mary'' and putting them into the said fflute<br />
and while they were soe imployed, hee saith there arose a storm, whereupon both<br />
the said vessells went into the said Bay, and there anchoring the commander fell againe to<br />
work to take hides out of the ''Mary'' into the fflute, and while they were<br />
busie thereabouts, the''ffairfax frigot'' commanded by Captaine Story came<br />
and seized both the said vessells and lading, but whether the said fflute should<br />
have carried the said hides hee knoweth not. And further hee cannot depose.
To the 9th hee saith the said shipp ''Saint Mary'' before her said first comming to ''Santa''<br />
''Cruse'' came directly from Amsterdam, whense hee saith shee brought a cargo<br />
of goods, and saith that when the said shipp in her said outwards voyage came<br />
on the coast of Portugall, and two English frigots came neere her, the said<br />
Spanish Captaine appeared not on the deck, but (as the Stiersman said) hidd<br />
himselfe in the said Stiersmans cabbin, And otherwise saving as aforesaid hee<br />
cannot depose, for the goods were provided and laded at Amsterdam<br />
before this deponent came aboard the said vessell.
To the tenth hee saith that there is warr betwixt England and Spaine<br />
And otherwise cannot depose.
The said John Eering alsoe examined upon the allegation of<br />
the 13th of Aprill instant [INDENTED TO RH SIDE]
To the first hee saith there was a parcell of tarr amounting to severall lasts<br />
aboard and carried in the said shipp from Amsterdam and a quantitie of iron<br />
and materialls fore making up a shallop, which shallop was put together and<br />
made up at Santa domingo and after a voyage downe therewith to the maine<br />
land, the same was sold or given away by the said Spanish Captaine who<br />
disposed thereof to Spaniards, And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the second hee saith that the said Captaine alsoe laded in the said shipp and<br />
carried from Santa Cruse severall pipes of wine and sold and disposed the same<br />
at Santa Domingo to Spaniards. And further hee cannot depose.
To the third hee saith that upon the comming of the said shipp into the Roade<br />
of Santa domingo, the said Spanish Captaine sent the ships boate ashore<br />
manned with Spaniards for a pilot, and the said boate retourned and brought<br />
one or more aboard, and then the said shipp went into the harbour, and<br />
saith the lading by order of the said Captaine were landed there, and put into<br />
a warehouse, which hee knoweth seeing such landing and helping therein,<br />
and after wards a new cargo being there taken in, the said Captaine retourned<br />
therewith.
To the fourth hee saith that the said shipp having taken in her said lading at Santa<br />
domingo and being in her retourne thense for Santa Cruse after about 6 dayes saile<br />
met seaven or eight Spanish vessells, whereof severall were gallions,<br />
severall Spaniards whereof came aboard the ''Mary'' and were entertained<br />
by the said Captaine, and hee afterwards went aboard them, and afterwards<br />
the ''Saint Mary'' prosecuted her voyage for Santa Cruse, where shee afterwards<br />
arived. And further cannot depose.
To the fifth hee cannot depose saving as aforesaid
To the 6th hee saith the arlate John Mollar is reputed a Roman Catholique<br />
and otherwise hee cannot depose, not having knowne him but from the time of<br />
the said shipps proceeding from Amsterdam nor seene him before.eding from Amsterdam nor seene him before. +
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