olours if that should be an
English Privateer, to which he answered, be not afraied for my Pass
and Colours will bring us off, or Save us, and this Deponent being
asked what Cargo was on board the Said Snow and to whom the Same did
belong, he Saith, that the Snow was loaded with wines at the Said
Island of Teneriffe and that Antonio Pereda a Sailor on board the Said
Snow who had received the Said wines on board and Stowed them in the
Vessel, frequently after the takeing of the Said Snow informed him,
that eighteen or Twenty Pipes of the wine belonged to the aforsd.
Andrew Haymas, and that one Stephen Pereda a Spainard born as he
belives on the Island of Teneriffe aforsaid owned twenty-eight or
Thirty Pipes of the Said wines. That the first Information he received
concerning the Said Andrew Haymas and Stephen Pereda's owning those
wines, was after takeing the Said Snow and from the sd. Antonio Pereda
who upon examination by the Commander of the Privateer Called the
_George_, freely, and without any Force or Compulsion confessed that
So much of the wines as are above Mentioned, of his own knowledge, did
belong to the Said Andrew Haymas and Stephen Pereda.

[Footnote 31: One of the Lesser Antilles, far to the east of Curacao.]

And this Deponant further Saith that the Paper now Shewn and read to
him marked No. 10,[32] signed by himselfe and Six other Spanish
mariners was Signed by them freely and without Compulsion, and
contains nothing but Truth to the best of his knowledge. That he heard
the paper marked No. 11,[33] now Shewn and read to him, read to the
Said Antonio Pereda who in the presance of the Deponant freely and
without any Constraint signed the Same and declared the Contents
thereof to be true. And the English Deposition marked No. 8[34] being
Likewise Shewen to this Deponant and the Contents thereof explained to
him by an Interpreter duely Sworn and qualified for that purpose, He
Deposeth and Saith, That He with the other Deponants in the Said
Deposition named, did before James Abercromby in the same Deposition
named, make Oath to the Truth of the Contents of the Said Deposition,
and did Sign the Same in the presence of the Said James Abercromby
freely and without Compulsion, and further Saith, the Said Deposition
contains nothing but the Truth to the best of his knowladge and
Belief, and this Deponent further says that the forementioned Snow
_Princess of Orange_ was navigated by Seven Spainish Seamen besides