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of this Commonwealth, and that since the t … of this Commonwealth, and that since the time aforesaid hee hath [?not]<br />
beene in the parts of the West Indies, being then taken and from thence<br />
carried away a prisoner to the said place of Campechia and afterwards to the Canarie Islands. And further to this<br />
Interrogatorie hee cannot depose./
To the second Interrogatorie he answereth and saieth, That he well k[?new]<br />
the shipp the ''Saint John'' interrate, and was one of the shipps Company of the<br />
''Saint Katharine'' otherwise ''Kate'' at such time as the said shipp or Vessell<br />
was surprized and taken in the said Bay of Campechia by the<br />
said shipp and the shipps Companie of the ''Saint John'' interrate, which<br />
was as this deponent was then informed by the seizors commissionated [?by]<br />
the Governour of Merida in the said Bay and Countrie of Ca[?mpechia]<br />
by authority and in the name of the king of Spaine, And as to the<br />
Owners of the said shipp the ''Saint John'', this examinate saieth, That at or<br />
after the time of the said seizur, there being in and on board the said<br />
shipp the ''Saint John'' eight persons or thereabouts which were and declared<br />
themselves to be dutchmen Subjects of the States of the United<br />
Netherlands, this deponent was by them informed and assured, That the<br />
said shipp the ''Saint John'' was a Dutch shipp belonging to the said<br />
United Netherlands, and that her Owners were Dutchmen there<br />
dwelling, which had hyred and lett the said shipp to fraight to<br />
Spaniards, in consequence whereof shee sayled under Spanish<br />
Commission. And he further saieth, That the said shipp or Vessell<br />
the ''katharine'' or ''kate'' having a little before the time of her Capture<br />
by the said shipp ''Saint John'' taken a Spanish Vessell called the ''Saint''<br />
''Anthony'' whereof one John La [?moon] was Commander, being [?laden]<br />
with Cacow, the said shipp the ''Saint John'' did pursue the said [?predeposed]<br />
the ''Saint Anthony'', which did thereupon runn ashoare in the said<br />
Bay of Campechia, where this examinate and others of the Companie<br />
of the said shipp ''kate'' then on board her did desert her, and in [?order]<br />
to their escape betaking themselves to two Canoes were surprized<br />
and taken by a Spanish shallopp, and brought prisoners to Camp[?echia]<br />
Towne, where the said shipp the ''Katharine'' otherwise ''kate'' was<br />
also brought up, and the said prize the ''Saint Anthony'' remained in the<br />
power of the Spaniards, being soe as aforesaid run ashoare and<br />
bilged within the territories of Campechia aforesaid And further<br />
to this Interrogatorie hee saieth hee cannot depose/
To the third Interrogatorie hee saieth, That as to the time of the<br />
Capture of the said shipp the ''kate'' and her said prize the ''Saint''<br />
''Anthony'', this examinate referreth himselfe to his answer made to the<br />
first Interrogatorie, not remembring the precise day of the said seizure<br />
and saieth That he this examinate was as aforesaid brought prisoner<br />
to Campechia, and there continued a prisoner by the space of<br />
fowerteen daies or thereabouts, after which he<br />
was carried on board a Spanish Vessell, from which hee was<br />
peritted to goe on board the said shipp ''Saint John'' to visit his [?Companie]<br />
where this examinate observed that the Companie of the said shipp [?predeposed]<br />
were cruelly and inhumanely used by the said seizorss and [?saieth]<br />
as this examinate then and there observed the said shipp the ''Saint John''<br />
was Laden with Logwood. And further to this Interrogatorie he saieth<br />
he cannot answer/:
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he cannot answer/:
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