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bring any armes or ammunition or gunes in their shipp from Spaine
or otherwise to Santa domingo than what was for their shipps necessary
furniture and defence, nor any souldiers, And saith thaat had they either
taken shipps or prisoners at Yertoudas aforesaid or brought supplies of
ammunition to Santa domingo, hee must needs in all probabilitie have
knowne or heard thereof, being at those places and frequently
(till hee was made close prisoner upon the comming of the English
fleete) resorting to the water side, and taking notice of the
transactions and imployment of the said two brothers, and
having againe libertie to walke the citie of Santa domingo when
they came last thither. But saith there was another
dutch shipp which was called the Mary, which hee saith brought
foure companies of souldiers, and store of guns, armes and
ammunition to Santa domingo, for which service her Imployer
(as the Spanairds said) was knighted by the king of Spaine, and
had a great reward in money besides. And otherwise hee cannot
depose saving the Mary came
thither some weekes before the shipp inquestion.

To the 17th hee saith hee knoweth the arlate mr Aylet, who
hee saith was of this deponents knowledge a prisoner in the castle
of Santa domingo when the said two nrothers arived there with their
said last shipp from Spaine, and that hee might sea the shipp in
question as shee was comming in by the castle wall to goe into
the harbour, but it was impossible for him to sea her when
shee came to her moreinge and [?laiter] in the harbour where [?shee] landed
her goods, the harbour going in with a winding, and besides Mr
Aylet was imprisoned in a ground roome of the castle,
and a greate parte of the towne and another fort
interposed betweene the castle and the place where the shipp lay
when shee came to her mooreing, which was a good distance from
the castle, and soe farr from it, that could hee from the
castle have ssene to the shipp, hee could not distinguish of the
goods or things taken out of her, And otherwise hee cannot
depose

Upon the rest not examined by direction.

To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first negatively for his part and otherwise hee doth
not knoow.

To the second hee saith hee never saw the shipp in question
before her comming to Santa domingo as aforesaid, and otherwise
negtively.

To the third negatively for his part and otherwise hee cannot
answer./

To the 4th hee saith hee hath bin upon the Iland of Saint Christofer
interrogated, and bin neere and in sight of Martinica havinge sailed
by it, but was never at Ginney, nor knoweth how farr Saint
Christofers or Martinica lie from Santa domingo, referring himselfe
to the sea Card in that behalfe

To the 5. 6. and 7th hee referreth him selfe to his foregoeing deposition
and saith that hee heard that as the said Squadron of vessells in the
Spanish