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learne the language, saw Vice Admirall de … learne the language, saw Vice Admirall de Ruyter come in [?thither]<br />
with several prizes which hee had taken from the Turkes, and<br />
afterwards hee saith the arlate Barent Claeson meeting this<br />
deponent, told him that hee had there bought a shipp being one of<br />
the said prizes of Vice Admirall de Rutter to goe for Santa domingo<br />
to fetch off his and his brothers said two shipps which they brought<br />
thither from Guiney, and were there staid by the Spaniards, and<br />
their goods, having as hee said obtained license of the king of<br />
Spaine to that purpose, and asked this deponent if hee would<br />
be hired and goe one of the company, whereunto this deponent<br />
condescended, and was hired and embarqued in the said shipp,<br />
which hee saith was called the ''Nicholas'', and this deponent saw [?twelve]<br />
peeces of ordnance put into her, and fourtie peeces of wine<br />
and fiftie arobes of oile for her owners account, and saw<br />
a Spanish President and foure servants embarqued for Santa domingo,<br />
with which the said Claes Johnson and Barent Claeson and<br />
company departed and after safely arived at Santa domingo<br />
Where the said masters found their said two shipps sunck and<br />
useles, whereupon being loath to loose their voyage, they got license<br />
of the Gouvernour to take in twelve other guns that had bin<br />
belonging to their said two other shipps into the ''Nicholas'',<br />
and to get a freight for her for Spaine, which being grannted,<br />
they tooke in many goods upon freight and severall for their<br />
owners and others, namely tobacco, hides, cacoa and other<br />
goods, All which hee knoweth going from Cadiz in the said shipp<br />
and seeing the premisses soe done, And otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose.
To the eighth article hee saith that after the premisses<br />
namely about a yeere and halfe since, the said shipp having receaved<br />
in her said lading of goods and many passengers at Santa<br />
domongo for Spaine, shee departed thence therewith, but this<br />
deponent being gonne sick ashore was left behinde there<br />
soe that hee knoweth not ought after befell in the voyage<br />
to the said shipp or masters, not having since seene the said shipp<br />
nor the said masters till lately that hee came hether and met<br />
the said Barent Claeson, And otherwise hee cannot depose
To the 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. and 14 hee cannot depose, saving as aforesaid
To the 15th hee saith that the ''Nicholas'' carried noe other [?armes]<br />
or ammunition to Santa domingo but her owne twelve guns and [?XXXX]<br />
for her owne ordinary defence, or any souldiers or passengers<br />
save the said President and foure servants, but saith the shipp<br />
''Saint Mary'' a dutch shipp carried greate store of ammunition armes<br />
and souldiers from Cadiz to Santa domingo, and departed from<br />
Cadiz about a moneth before the ''Nicholas'', which hee<br />
knoweth because hee this deponent was imployed at Cadiz to<br />
help lade the said armes and ammunition aboard the ''Mary'' before<br />
hee was hired into the ''Nicholas'', and saw the souldiers enter<br />
in the ''Mary''; and afterwards when hee came to Santa domingo afterwards when hee came to Santa domingo +
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