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The 20th day of March 1656

Examined on the sayd allegation

Rp. 5'

William Friet of the parish of St Leonard Shorditch Mariner
Masters Mate of the Sarah aged thirty eight yeares or
thereabouts a wittnesse sworne and examined saith and
deposeth as followeth videlicet.

8. To the first article of the sayd allegation hee saith hee goeing Masters Mate
9. of the Sarah the voyage in question knoweth that the arlate Humfrey Beane
10. Thomas Thompson and others of their Company XX XXXX during the moneths of Aprill
11. May June July and ˹some part of˺ August one thousand sixe hundred fiftie sixe (in which moneth
12. at present ought to bee the true and lawfull Owners and Proprietor of the
13. sayd shipp the Sarah andof her tackle apparrell and furniture And alsoe knowTO DO: ethGUTTER
14. that the arlate Robert LLewellin was the sole frieghter of the say shipp for the
15. voyage in question which was a voyage from London to Guinney and there
16. to the Barbadoes or Virginia (which of them should bee XXXX found most TO DO: couneuinGUTTER
17. by such discretion of the master of her and there to London this hee knoweth goeing
18. Masters mate of her the sayd voyage And further to this article hee cannot depose

19. To the second hee cannot depose of retaine knowledge for that hee sawe not
20. the shipp Ropannack till the same day shee was seized neere Cape Lopez
21. in Guinney.

22. To the 3 article hee saith hee goeing Masters Mate as aforesayd well knoweth
23. that the arlate Mr LLewellin did in the tyme arlate cause to bee laden at London
24. on board the shipp Sarah for his Accompt of Copper barrs Bowges
25. Beades from and East India Stuffes and other good, to be thence transported to
26. Guinney and there bartered away for Negroes to be thence transported to
27. Barbadoes or Virginia and there sold and disposed of ˹XX to˺ the use of the sayd
28. to the discretion of the master and Supracargo of the sayd shipp: with which
29. outward Cargo hee knoweth the sayd shipp sett sayle from Gravesend (bound
30. for Guinney) on the first of ffebruary one thousand sixe hundred fifty five,
31. and arrived there in saftey therewith in or about the moneth of May that yeare
32. this hee knoweth for the reasons aforesayd And further cannot depose

33. To the 4th article hee saith that for the reasons aforesayd hee knoweth that the
34. Master and Supracargo did there barter away the greatest part of her outward
35. teeth (˹the negroes˺ to bee disposed of at Barbadoes or Virginia for Accompt of the sayd
36. LLewellin) and saith the sayd MAster and Supracargo were in quiett and
37. peaceable possession of the sayd Negroes and Elephants teeth upon the high and
38. open Seas at Cape Lopez in Guinney And further cannot depose

39. To the 5th 6th and 7th articles of the sayd allogation hee saith that for the
40. reasons aforesayd hee knoweth that the Sarah with the sayd hundred and
41. sixty Negroes, and Elephants teeth aboard her and about three or fower
42. hundred pounds worth of her Outward Cargo which remayned aboard XX
43. bartered away came to Cape Lopez (intending there to take wood and such
44. water for their better accomodation and thence to proceede to Virginia_ and
45. there found the arlate Shipps the Mary and the Unicorne rideing at
46. Anchor with their dutch Colours up, and an English shipp (which as it afterwards
47. appeared they had taken some few dayes before) lying by them with English
48. Colours abroad, And the Master and Company of the Sarah by their dutch
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