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for this deponents passage. And hee saith the saud Claes alsoe
severall tymes told this deponent that the two shipps sunke as aforesayd
in the River at Saint domingo were the two shipps which hee the sayd Claes
and his sayd brother Bernard served the the King of Spaine in at the takeing of the
Terludos, and that hee had before his coming with the Nicholas to
Saint domingo bin in Spaine with the King there for restitution of the sayd
two shipps and other things wherein hee had bin iniured at Saint domingo and
that hee had procured order from the King of Spaine for those at Saint
domingo who had iniured him by deteyning his sayd shipps, to make
him satisfaction and that while hee was absent about getting
and order for their restitution and before hee returned to Saint domingo in the
Nicholas the sayd two shipps were sunke in manner aforesayd, and
that hee could gett noe restitution at Saint domingo according to the Kings
order and therefore he was forced to lett the sayd shipp the Nicholas
upon ffreight to Spaniards And further to these articles hee cannot depose/

To the 9th hee saith that hee was a prizoner in the Castle at Saint domingo
when the sayd Claes Johnson came thither with the shipp Nicholas and
thereby knoweth that the sayd Claes brought in the sayd shipp one who
was to be Governour at Saint domingo and was there receaved as Governour
and soone after videlicet about tenn or twelve dayes after the arrivall
of the sayd shipp there were brought into the sayd castle
twelve, or eighteene Iron gunnes which as this deponent heard
the souldiers of the Castle saye (hee understanding the Spanish language
and enquiring of them whence they came) were brought by the sayd
Claes Johnson in the Nicholas aforesayd, and that they were sent
by the King of Spaine to fortifie the sayd place against the English
And further to this article hee cannot depose./

To the 10th saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot further depose./

To the 11th hee saith hee was at the Governours house at Saint
domingo using his Endeavour to gett passage for Spaine, at the same
tyme when Claes Johnson came thither alsoe to receave his dispatches
and commands from the Governour there and sawe the sayd Claes carrie away severall
packetts of letters from the Governours house
And sawe alsoe a Spanish Captaine who went a passenger
and part freighter of the Nicholas take into his charge two
packetts delivered to him by the Officers of the Custome house
at Saint domingo who in this deponents hearing charged the sayd Captaine
to deliver one of the sayd packetts to the King and the other to the
officers of the Customehouse at Sivill in Spaine And saith hee
heard the sayd Captaine him selfe, and others Inhabitants of Saint
domingo say that the sayd Captaine was goeing to the King to procure
honour to be conferred upon him for his service which he had done at
Saint