er and one Wm. Abbot an Englishman to
Port Royal on the Island of Jamaica carrying with them certain Papers
and Letters relating to an Affair with which he the said Davis was
charged in Virtue of an Order from his Sovereign the King of Great
Britain, who were to remit to him the said Caleb certain Merchandize
which he had given them Orders to send on his Account and Risque for
the Supply of his urgent Necessities which when complyed with he
obliged himself to pay to the said Philip the sum of one thousand
Dollars without Delay, as by the said Agreement ready to be produced
may appear; That after his having made the said Agreement, his said
schooner being at the said Landing Place called Vane's he took on
Board the said Schooner the said Henry Myerhoffer and Wm. Abbot and
their Letters and Papers and Eight other Persons, all subjects of his
Catholick Majesty, who engaged to go as Passengers in the said
Schooner to the said Island of Jamaica. And the said Philip further
saith that he had also on Board his said Schooner one Mate or Pilot
and six Marriners to navigate the said Schooner who were all likewise
Subjects of his said Catholick Majesty and among other Goods had on
board the said Schooner several Bags of Money which contained In
silver to the Amount of six Thousand nine hundred and seventy five
mill'd Dollars, and in Gold the Value of six hundred and sixteen
mill'd Pieces of Eight and divers Gold Rings and other Trinkets to the
Value of two hundred and eighty mill'd Pieces of Eight, six
Pateraroes[3] of the Value of sixteen Pounds, a Parcel of Gun Powder
containing in quantity about fifty Pounds of the Value of Eight
Pounds, one Bag of Indigo containing in quantity about one hundred and
fifty Pounds of the Value of sixty Pounds, and a Chest of Sweetmeats
which cost in the Havannah forty Dollars of the value of sixteen
pounds, fourteen Spanish Machets[4] of the Value of twenty two Pounds
eight Shillings, one Pistol of the value of one pound five shillings,
thirty swivel shot of the Value of fifteen shillings, all New York
money, together with sundry other Goods mentioned in a Lybel filed in
this Court by the said Richard Haddon hereinafter mentioned, all which
were the Property of him the said Philip Y'Banes and others the
Subjects of the King of Spain in Amity and Friendship with the King of
Great Britain; That he the said Philipe afterwards being in the Course
of his Voyage to the Island of Jamaica aforesaid on the