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1. Companie by reason of the losse of their said wages money goods
2. and cloathes to them belonging have sustained losse and dammage to
3. the summe or value of one thousand pounds sterling as aforesaid
4. And further hee saith hee cannot depose

Repeated before the judges in Court:-

Anthony ffett [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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March the 16:th 1656:

Rp. 4.us

Arthur Perkins of Wapping in the County of
Middlesex Mariner Late Master of the said shipp the
Sarah, aged 44 yeares or thereabouts a Wittnesse
sworne and examined upon the said Allogation saith
as followeth.

14. To the first article of the sayd allogation hee saith hee well knoweth the shipp
15. Sarah arlate and hath knoweth her ever since about the beginning of January
16. one thousand sixe hundred fiftie five about which tyme and during all the tyme
17. arlate the Arlate Humfrey Beane and company were and at present
18. ought to be the true and lawfull Owners and Proprietors of the shipp the
19. Sara aforesayd and of his tackle and furniture this hee the better knoweth for
20. that Mr Robert Llewellin toke of the freighter of the sayd shipp for voyage
21. in question did in the sayd moneth of January 1656 hire the sayd shipp of the
22. sayd Beane (as being one of his Owners) for the sayd voyage and for that
23. hee this deponent was imployed by the sayd LLewellin to goe and did goe both
24. master and Supracargo of the sayd shipp the sayd voyage which was from London
25. to Guinney and there to Barbadoes or Virginia and there to London again And
26. further to this artivle hee cannot depose.

27. To the second hee saith hee cannot of his certayne knowledge depose any
28. thing thereto for that hee never sawe the shipp Ropahannack from XX a little
29. before her depture from London upon the voyage in question till hee save her
30. seizure at neere Cape Lopez Gonzalees in Guinney.

31. To the 3 article hee saith hee goeing Master and Supracargo of the Sarah as aforesayd
32. thereby well knoweth that the sayd Mr LLewellin in having at London hyred the sayd
33. shipp for the sayd shipp voyage and taken her Isle of Wight did there lade and putt aboard her
34. a Cargo of goods ˹for his own Account˺ consisting of Copper Barrs, Baroges Beades from and last
35. India stuffs and other goods to be there transported to Guinney and there bartered away
36. for Negroes and Elephants teeth and other Commodities, and the Negroes soe gott in
37. barter to bee there carried to Virginia or Barbadoes and there to bee sold and
38. disposed of ˹for the use and accompt of˺ the sayd Robert LLewillin, with with which goods so laden there aboard
39. bartered away at Guinney in like manner for Negroes and Elephants teeth to bee
40. sold in manner aforesayd, the sayd shipp sett sayle from Gravesend (bound for
41. Guinney) the first day of ffebruary one thousand sixe hundred fifty five, and
42. arrived in safely at Guinnney about the latter end of Aprill or beginning
43. of May one thousand sixe hundred fifty five, the premisses hee the better knoweth
44. for the reasons aforesayd.

45. To the 4th article of the sayd allegation ˹hee saith˺ that after the arrivall of the sayd
46. shipp at Guinney ˹hee˺ this deponent did as Master and Supracargoe or factor
47. for the sayd voyage, traffique there and barter away the greatest part of
48. the sayd outward ladeing, for Negroes and Elephants teeth, and did procure
49. for the goods bartered away, one hundred and fifty Negroes, and eight hundred
50. pounds worth sterling money of Elephants teeth, vigt one hundred fiftie two Negroes
51. and five hundred pounds worth of Elephants teeth for Account of the sayd LLewellin
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