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A busines of examination of … ''' B:19:'''
A busines of examination of Witnesses on the part and behalfe of Peter and Abraham Coullier and}<br />
Companye Merchants of London, and subjects of this Commonwealth, owners of the shipp the}<br />
''Brotherhood'', and her tackle furniture and lading against Albert Cope, Commander of the}<br />
''Gatt ffrygott'' and Captaine Yapoone Captaine or Comander of the ''Kater'', both belonging to some}<br />
port or place in Holland or Zealand under the Comand of the States Generall of the United}<br />
Provinces, and against the owners and Imployers of the said two dutch Vessells in particular, and against all}<br />
others in generall who will take upon them the Justification of the said Seizure by the said two ships}<br />
of the said Shipp the ''Brotherhood'' (and her ladinge Smith:}
The 27th of February 1656 [CENTRE HEADING]
'''Rp. .j.us'''
Examined upon an allegation given in on the behalfe<br />
of the said Peter and Abraham Caullier.
'''John Jourden''' of the parish of Stepney in the County<br />
of Middlesex, Mariner, aged foure and twenty yeares or<br />
thereabouts, sworne as in the acts of Court, saith<br />
and deposeth by vertue of his oath as followeth.
To the first article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that<br />
hee well knoweth the arlated Peter and Abraham Caullier, and that<br />
they and company were the time arlated the true and lawfull owners and<br />
proprietors of the Shipp or vessel called the ''Brotherhood'' of London<br />
arlate and of her tackle and furniture, and alsoe of ninetie foure<br />
Negro's, and some Elephants teeth; and for such commonly<br />
accounted and reputed, which hee knoweth for then hee this deponent<br />
was one of the company of mariners of the said shipp the<br />
voyage allegate, and saw her setting out thereupon by the said Peter<br />
and Abraham Caullier, who with their company were and are Englishmen and Subiects of this Comonwealth
To the second article hee saith and deposeth that within the said time<br />
the said shipp the ''Brotherhood'', with the said Negro's and Elephants<br />
teeth aboard her abode and remained at or neare a place called Cape<br />
Lopez on the coast of Guiney, and were then in the power and possession<br />
of the then master and company of the said shipp, Englishmen for<br />
the use and account of the said Peter and Abraham Caullier and<br />
company, and thence to be carried to the Barbada's, where the said<br />
Negro's were to be sould and bartered away for sugars and other<br />
commodities for the account aforesaid. And saith then while the said<br />
shipp so remained with the said Negro's and Elephants teeth<br />
at Cape Lopez, there was with her company in a quiet and<br />
peaceable condition, without offering any violence to any shipp<br />
or person of or belonging to any shipp, which he knoweth being<br />
one of the ''Brotherhoods'' company, and then and there in her.
To the third he saith that within the said time, and while the said<br />
shipp with the said Negro's and Elephants teeth in her so remained at<br />
or neere the said Cape Lopez, namely (to his best remembrance)<br />
iny (to his best remembrance)<br />
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