nor were ever heard of (by any meanes that this depon't could
understand of) in foure months tyme whilst this depon't resided in
Barbados after the ship was so taken, nor is yet that this depn't
heares of. And this depon't further sayth That the Spanyord reported
that there was a chest of gold dust six foote long and another chest
of Jewells and Pearles, but named not how bigg it was, and seaven
hogsheads of peeces of eight,[3] besides all other traffick that was
in the said Shipp, And sayth that the Pylate of the said shipp
affirmed that if there were Thirty men of them their share would come
to one thousand pounds a peece, And also sayth That the Gunner of the
said Ship being an Englishman (and this depn'ts country man) informed
this depon't That his owne share in the said Shipp was worth eight
hundred pounds sterl.

[Footnote 2: Carlisle Road or Bay is the roadstead of Bridgetown,
Barbados.]

[Footnote 3: Spanish dollars, pieces of eight reals.]

MATHEW HILL.

_10. Deposition of Francis Blackman and John Dukley. October (?),
1653._[1]

[Footnote 1: Mass. Archives, vol. 60, p. 173.]

Mr. Francis Blackman, aged 60 yeares or there about, and mr. John
Dukley aged 4[_illegible_] yeares or there abouts, doe joyntly and
severally depose and say That in the month of May last past There was
a Spanish Ship, as it was affirmed to be, taken at Barbados by a
company of men that were some of them there resident and some of them
inhabitants there, wherein there was eight men of the shipps company
when it was taken, and two of them leapt over board and were taken up
by other shipps but six of them were taken away with them in the said
shipp. And there was a flying report that they were come on shoare
againe the same day, but the constant report was that they were not,
neither was any of them seene by these depon'ts after they were
carryed away whilst these depon'ts remayned in Barbados, w'ch was
foure months after.

FRANCIS BLACKMAN.

JOHN ID DUKLEY.
his marke

_11. Letter of Governor Searle of Barbados. November 4, 1653._[1]

[Footnote 1: Mass. Archives, vol. 60, pp. 176, 177. Daniel Searle was
governor of Barbados, under the Commonwealth, from 1652 to 1660.]

_Honnored Sr._

Theare arived some sixe mo. since before this Iland a spannish ship
belonging to Tennarife (one of the Canary Ilands) Commanded by
Emanuell Rodriges, Capt. thereof, who having mett with much contrary
weather in theire voiage homewards