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To the last hee saith that this Deponent s … To the last hee saith that this Deponent severall<br />
times sawe the Truncks of the said Passenger opened<br />
and thereby well knoweth, that there was nothing therein<br />
saving Cloathes and necessary waring things, and not<br />
Packetts papers or writings And saith the said passenger<br />
told this DEponent that hee was noe Spaniard, Although hee spake Spanish<br />
well, And further hee cannot Answer saving as aforesaid./:
Repeated with his precontest<br />
before Collonell Cock./
Abraham van Dintur [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 23th of November 1659. [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the foresaid allegation.
'''3.'''
'''Rocus vander Maes''' of Ziricksea but dwelling in the hague<br />
in holland Merchant, aged 37 yeares or thereabouts sworne<br />
and examined.
To the first hee saith hee well knoweth John haydekoper, lord of<br />
Marsaven, Volckwyn Momma, James R[?u]land, hendrickMatthyssen, John<br />
Pelt, William Johnsson Bruijn, Conrade Pasterlosse, Peter Jacobsson hoyewager<br />
the widow of Emanuell Pelt and Skipper John Stmonsson Burch,<br />
and saith they were and are the owners of the shipp the ''Marcus Aurelius''<br />
arlate and subiects of the Lords States of the United Netherland Provinces<br />
and for such commonly accounted, which hee knoweth having bin at a meeting<br />
with them at Amsterdam where they were about the said shipps occasions and there declared themselves to be her owners<br />
And this deponent hath heard that the said shipp was built at Sardam in holland, and was bought there by her owners all hollanders. And further<br />
hee cannot depose.
To the second hee saith and deposeth that the said meeting of the said<br />
owners at Amsterdam was in or about Aprill last and while the said<br />
shipp was taking in her lading for this present voyage for Cadiz, and then and<br />
there this deponent heard some of the said owners gave expresse order and<br />
charge to the said John Simmonson her master not to take in any but free goods<br />
and that hee tooke in noe goods for Spaniards account or any contrabande good, and<br />
saith his contest Abraham van dentur and mr van hulen both<br />
merchants of Amsterdam and subiects of the said States laded goods aboard for<br />
their owne accounts, of this deponents sight and this deponent laded two greate chests or cases of<br />
merchandize for the proper account of this deponent (alsoe a hollander and subiect<br />
of the said States) consisting in stuffs and looking glasses and alsoe a greate chest<br />
of maderines for merchandize (this deponent having bun a Chirurgeon) and a<br />
trunck of clothes and having some fine linnen for Merchandize alsoe in the<br />
said trunck, and severall other dutch merchants alsoe laded goods aboaard<br />
her, and that the said shipps lading belongs wholly to subiects of the said<br />
States, and was all to be carried to and delivered at Cadiz for their account;<br />
which hee knoweth being passenger in the said shipp, and saith hee was at<br />
Cadiz to receive and dispose of his owne goods aforesaid, and further hee cannot<br />
depose.
To the third hee saith that the said shipp tooke in her whole lading before<br />
Amsterdam and in the Texel, and this deponent saw severall of her goods put into<br />
lighters from the key at Amsterdam, and there this deponents said goods were<br />
laded by limselfe, and mr van dentur laded goods there,<br />
and saith the said laders of all the goods were and are commonly accounted Hollanders<br />
and subiects of the sid States, And further saving as aforesaid hee cannot depose.her saving as aforesaid hee cannot depose. +
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