have been at the Cammanus and have fetched A shipe one purpose to Make
a prise of them". Captaine Duglass Answered and said that "I and my
Company Can testifie to the Contrarie and as far as my Commishon and
my life doth goe I will beare you out Against all them that shall
qushton you as Conserning the takeing of this shipe: I am Captaine and
I have taken her with my Commishon and I will Answer it".

[Footnote 2: The Cayman islands, NW. of Jamaica.]

[Footnote 3: Cayman Brac.]

[Footnote 4: Ay.]

thes be the men that Can testifie that they weare ten or twelve dayes
out in the pursuite after thes ship be fore I Came to them: and have
heer unto set their hands.

the Marke of WILLIAM GIBENS.
[W]
JOHN HILL. These be the two witnesses wich
[*] the Marke of CLINE the Can Justifie that I did desire the
Dutchman. Capt. that, without his Comemishon
THOMAS HUCKENS is Marke. where[5] sure, not to medle
[dot in circle] : with the ship.
SOLEMON BEGENSOUS, quarter
Maistor. The Marke of DANELL HARRESS.
[+] the Marke of HALLIGERT [four connected lines]
YOUNSON.
THOMAS BERKENHEAD. ABRAHAM WILLKESON.

[Footnote 5: Were; "unless his commission were sure."]

_21. Deposition of William Browne. July 25, 1664._[1]

[Footnote 1: Mass. Archives, vol. 60, p. 223.]

William Browne, age 17 or 18 yeares, Saith that he was to goe
passenger for England with mr. Robert Cook, master of the Shipe Called
the _blow dove_ of london. the sd. wm. Browne heard the master Say
that the Said Ship did belonge to Sr. wm. Davidson in Amsterdam[2] and
I know that James wattson who came owt of holand befoire the Ship, did
frawght the Sd. Ship with Some goods marked with WD. and I doe not
know certanly whether there was ane S. in the midle or not, and that
the Said James wattson was going with the Sd Shipe first for England
and then for Amsterdam, and that the Sd. wm. Browne did See a Jewe
Marke Qwicksilver and wax, which was Shiped Aboard of the Sd. Shipe,
which Jewe kept a Shope publickly in Jamaica and did dispose of Some
of the goods q'ch [which] came from holdand in the Said Shipe, and I
doe know that there was ane English man Aboard which was a pasenger
which had Some goods A board, as Cocco, 2 Tunne marked with ane O
burned with the Barrell of A mwscket.[3] the Sd Shipe coming out of
port Royall with 10 men or there About, with Some pass