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guns put aboard, fourtie peeces of wine and fiftie arobes of oile, which
were for the said owners and imployers their account. And
saith there was a President with his foure servants imbarqued in the
said shipp for Santa domingo, and soe the said shipp departed from Cadiz
and in or about May 1656 arived at Santa domingo, which hee
knoweth because hee went in her, And saith that when they came
to Santa domingo they found that the said two shipps were become
useles to them and unserviceable, whereof the said two Masters [XXXX GUTTER]
complained. And otherwise hee cannot depose.

To the seaventh and eighth articles and schedule hee saith that the said two masters seeing
their shipps in such [XXXX], obtained leave of the Governour at
Santa domingo to get freight for their said shipp the Nicholas for Spaine
And thereupon hee saith there were laden at Santa domingo aboard
her a greate quantitie of hides, tobaccoes, Cacoa and other goods
being as hee beleeveth the severall quantities schedulated, and
besides hee saith there were severall passengers embarqued for
Spaine, and saith that the said shipp departed with the said lading and
passengers from Santa domingo for Cadiz in or about November
1656, and in or about January then next following, were met with
and seized by the Maidstone frigot arlate neare Ca[?y]a Saint Vincent
at which time all the said lading, with many peaces of eight in
chests were aboard and came to the hands and possession of
Captaine Adams and company, All which hee knoweth being present
and seeing the premisses soe donne. And further hee cannot depose

To the nineth article hee saith and deposeth that there was a
dutch shipper or passenger aboard at the time of the said seizure
who had goods aboard for his owne account, namely hides, ccoa
and tobaccoe, which hee saith were partly restored him by th
Generall and officers of the English ffleete, but they received
the freight of his goods as it was commonly said. And otherwise
hee cannot depose.

To the tenth hee saith the said Claes Johnson and Barent
Claeson had aboard the said shipp at the time of the said seizure
severall peeces of plate in candlesticke, platters, plates, cupps and
otherwise, and a sword with a silver hilt or handle, and the said
plate was commonly said and accounted aboard amongst the
company, to be the proper plate and goods of them the said Claes
and Barent, All which plate of theirs, hee saith the said
Captaine Adams tooke into his custodie upon the seizure
of this deponents sight and knowledge.

To the 11th hee saith that in or about January 1656 (old stile)
the said Captaine after and upon the said seizure carried the
said shipp to the English Generall and ffleete lying near Ti[XXX GUTTER]
where the goods of the Nicholas were all or most taken out
of her into the frigots, namely such ofthe goods as were
acknowledged to be belonging to the Spaniards, but afterwards
many of the said goods were put againe aboard the Nicholas
and sent therein for Lisbone, which hee knoweth being carried
from place to place in her company And saith the said Captaien
Adams