* * * * * _English Smith_, and _Humphry Clay_, Mariners, of full age, lately belonging to the said _Adventure Galley_, testify, That they sailed in the same from _New York_ on the time before specified: and testify to the Truth of the above-written Deposition from that time: And that the Goods, now on board the said Sloop _St. Antonio_, were purchased, as aforesaid, for the Use of the Owners of the said Galley. ENGLISH SMITH HUMPHRY CLAY. * * * * * _Hugh Parrat_ Mariner, of a full Age, also deposeth, That he went on board the Galley at _Johanna_; and testifies to the Truth of the above-written Deposition from that time; and that the Goods now on board the said Sloop _St. Antonio_ were purchased, as aforesaid, for the Use of the Owners of the said Galley. HUGH PARRATT. * * * * * The Five Deponents within-named, did severally declare, That, whereas, in their within written Affidavits, they speak of the Taking of Two Vessels, they do further explain themselves; and testify, That the said Two Vessels were _Moorish_ Ships, and taken by them upon the coast of _India_: One of them of Burden betwixt Four and Five Hundred Tons, the other about Two Hundred Tons; They surrendered to them without firing any Gunns at them: The greater Ship came from _Bengall_; the lesser Ship came from _Surratt_: The smaller Ship was taken in _November_ 1697; the greater Ship in _February_ following: The Master, Gunner and Boatswain of the smaller Ship were Dutchmen, the rest of the Company were _Moors_, being about Forty in Number in the Whole: Her Lading consisted of some _Persian_ Silks and other Dry Goods with some Horses. The Three _Dutchmen_ afterwards took up Arms on board the Galley: The greater of the Two Ships is the same that they lately left at _Hispaniola_: She had about Ninety men on board: She was commanded by an _Englishman_ named _Wright_: The Mate and Gunner were _Dutch_; all the rest of the Company were _Moors_: She was mounted with Ten Guns; and laden with _Bengall_ Goods. The Deponents further say, They met with the _Mocha Frigate_ at the _Port of St. Marie’s_; and the Company belonging to her took the Companies belonging to the aforesaid Two Ships, forcibly, from on board the _Adventure Galley_; and Ninety of the Company of the said Galley there also left her, and entered themselves on board the said _Mocha Frigate_; having first plundered the Two Ships before-named, and taken out of them a considerable Quantity of Goods and disposed of them at their pleasure. (Signed)