I, DON JOSE DE ABOS AND PADILLA, His Majesty’s Notary for the Royal Revenue, and Register of this Province, and Notary Public of the Holy Crusade of this Bishopric, etc.

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# I, DON JOSE DE ABOS AND PADILLA, His Majesty’s Notary for the Royal Revenue, and Register of this Province, and Notary Public of the Holy Crusade of this Bishopric, etc. ## Overview This is a section extracted from the chapter "[Benito Cereno](arke:01KG6YGB7ZTSMEMJ6J7EZPHPRP)" within the text file [the_piazza_tales.txt](arke:01KG6YDDF6PTWG4P7JTS5THSTD). It is part of the [Melville](arke:01KG6YCG626JN4FCG8QK17CQCF) collection. The section is preceded by an "[Introduction](arke:01KG6YGRZTEE5859WYJDPVXVM1)" and followed by a section titled "—That he believes that all the negroes, though not in the first place knowing to the design of revolt, when it was accomplished, approved it. [arke:01KG6YGRZTSHMVJG70A44QVCY4]". ## Context The section is part of Herman Melville's short story "Benito Cereno," found in the file [the_piazza_tales.txt](arke:01KG6YDDF6PTWG4P7JTS5THSTD). The story and this section are included in the [Melville](arke:01KG6YCG626JN4FCG8QK17CQCF) collection, which aims to compile the complete works of Herman Melville. ## Contents This section contains the beginning of the deposition of Don Benito Cereno, as certified by Don Jose de Abos and Padilla, a notary. It includes Cereno's account of setting sail from Valparaiso, bound for Callao, with a cargo including 160 slaves. The deposition details the revolt of the slaves, the murder of several crew members, and the negroes' demands to be taken to Senegal. It also describes the negroes' plot to kill Don Alexandro Aranda and other Spaniards, and the subsequent events leading to the arrival at the island of Santa Maria and the encounter with Captain Amasa Delano. The section is divided into seven chunks: [Chunk 1](arke:01KG6YHDD4FHCSG11AKBVWXN06), [Chunk 2](arke:01KG6YHDD43ZEJK38F5F477AWP), [Chunk 3](arke:01KG6YHDD495J5XKCMC5E9DN8B), [Chunk 4](arke:01KG6YHDD7JDH7WT63G8JZPGQJ), [Chunk 5](arke:01KG6YHDD7Z4S2A0YRPJJ88AX0), [Chunk 6](arke:01KG6YHDZ0749F6SHSNCT35Z18), and [Chunk 7](arke:01KG6YHDZ0ENBJ51PEC7H5B2GQ).

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I, DON JOSE DE ABOS AND PADILLA, His Majesty’s Notary for the Royal Revenue, and Register of this Province, and Notary Public of the Holy Crusade of this Bishopric, etc.