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and saith that soe fare as ever hee wuld h … and saith that soe fare as ever hee wuld heare, noe shipps of holland or hollander<br />
noe others [?what] soever that were not Spaniards or subjects of the king of Spain have<br />
bin or are permitted to traffique in the said places of the west Indies or to carry any<br />
goods [?therein], and so strict are the Spaniards there, that they will not suffer [?fflanxxxxx]<br />
or other forreine subjects of the king of Spaine to traffique there nor any but what<br />
are moor Spaniards , and saith that as this deponent hath bin informed by xxxx of<br />
the officers of the said shipp ''Mary'' , the said goods seized, were laded by Maxin de Herera<br />
a Spaniard, and (as they said they beleeved) for the account of Spaniards, And<br />
further hee cannot depose saving what followeth.
To the second, third, and fourth hee saith that severall of the company of the ''Santa''<br />
''Maria'', as alsoe the duty master and pretended sopracargo have confessed and<br />
acknowledged in this deponents presence shortly after the said seizure, that the said<br />
shipp was set out from Santa [?Crus] under the command of the arlate Juan<br />
Mexia de herera, and there [?were] severall spaniards there shipped upon her<br />
to the number of twenty, and then they sailed from there to Santa domingo, and<br />
then they did [?neare] the spanish [xxxx] coast at Santa[?Crucc] and at Santa domingo<br />
during the time of her stay there, and then the outward cargo of the said<br />
shipp was sold by the said Mexia de herara, and the shipp [xxxxxxd] and<br />
fitted for her retourne by his order, and when she xxxxxxxxxxxx<br />
and other her said goods were laded aboard by him at Santa domingo, xxxx<br />
this deponent verilt beleeveth, then the said shipps cargo that was so seized<br />
would have proved without any further testimony to be for the account<br />
of spanish subjects by the papers that were aboard, and were [??thrown]<br />
overboard by the said spanish Captaine Juan Mexim de herera or his orders, as<br />
severall of the company confessed [xxxxx] were, and saith that the duty master<br />
and pretended sopracargo could not [xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]<br />
was demanded by Admirall stoker in this deponents presence, And<br />
further deposeth not:
To the fifth article hee saith and deposeth that hee also heard severall<br />
of the said company of the said ''Mary'' say and acknowledge to the effect [?declared]<br />
in this article, and further hee cannot depose.
To the sixth he saith that hee hath alsoe heard severall of the said<br />
shipp Mary her company confesse and say that upon her retourne after having<br />
touched at Santa Cru[xx] and coming towards the coast of Spaine, they discovered<br />
a fleete of ffench shippes coming from Newfoundland towards the [?strait of]<br />
month, and not [forxxxx] when they were and fearing that they might be<br />
examined by them , the said spanish Captaine Juan Mexia de herera did<br />
cause his Spanish colours and papers to be put into a bagg, and that they<br />
were given into the hand of the [xxxxx] masters mate of the said shipp, to be<br />
heaved overboard, and then that summe were heaved overboard accordingly,<br />
and soe [xxxx] the said boats [xxxxx] mate himself confessed to this<br />
deponent soone after the said seizure. And further deposeth not.
To the seventh article hee saith that hee hath heard the effect of that<br />
said article acknowledged by most of the said shipps company. and further<br />
deposeth not.
To the eighth he saith that this deponent found the said shipp the ''Santa''<br />
''Maria'' on or about the 29th of October 1658 in the night in the<br />
Bay of Gibraltar dischardging part of her goods into a ffluke that<br />
was sent from Cadiz to receive them, the master of which fluke did ative them, the master of which fluke did at +
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