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Thomas Colclough and Companie did sett out … Thomas Colclough and Companie did sett out and employ<br />
the said shipp the ''Rappahannacke'' upon a trading voyage from the<br />
Port of London to Guinney and from thence to Virginia and that<br />
they did here putt or cause to be putt on board the said shipp the ''Rapa=''<br />
''hannacke'' a Cargo of goods and Merchandise being Linnen cloth<br />
tinsell, iron, scarlett cloath, bowdges, callicoes and cormadell linnen<br />
for the proper use and accompt of the said Owners to bee transported to the<br />
parts of Guiney and there to bee bartred (sic) away for Negroes, which<br />
were from thence to bee transported to Virginia and there to bee sould<br />
or otherwise disposed of for the accompt and benefitt of the said Owners<br />
The premisses hee saith hee well knoweth for the reasons predeposed<br />
And otherwise cannot depose, saving That the said shipp with the<br />
said goods safely arrived in the parts of Guinney aforesaid, under the<br />
Conduct of this deponent.
To the third Article hee saith, That hee this deponent hath Likewise beene<br />
credibly informed, and hath understood for and as a reall trueth by the<br />
said Master and some of the Companie of the said shipp ''Sarah''<br />
That the said Robert Lewellin had in this part of London in or<br />
about the moneth of ffebruary which was in the yeare. <u>1655</u><br />
Laden and putt aboard the said shipp a Cargaison of goods and<br />
Merchandises proper to be be transported to the said parts of Guinney and<br />
there to be bartered away for Negroes to be transported to the<br />
West-Indies and thence to be disposed of according to the direction<br />
and for the accompt of the said Lewellin, And saith that hee this<br />
deponent saw the said shipp ''Sarah'' safely arrived at Guinney aforesaid<br />
and that the said outward Cargo or the most part thereof was there bartered away for<br />
Negroes. And further hee cannot depose:-
To the 4th Article hee saith, That hee this deponent with the said shipp the<br />
''Rappahannack'' and goods in the same safely arrived in the parts of<br />
Guiney upon or about the 14th of ffebruary <u>1655.</u> last past, and<br />
there this deponent by order of his said Owners being Master and<br />
Supracargo of the said shipp and goods did traffique and barter<br />
away part of the said shipps outward Cargoe, and did therewith<br />
gaine and provide the number of fiftie three or fower Negroes, and had<br />
soe much of the said outwards Cargoe remaining undisposed of<br />
as would have produced upon barter one hundred Negroes more<br />
which hee this deponent could with ease have effected, within<br />
a very short space of time. hee further saith, That by the<br />
credible relation of the said Master and some of the Companie<br />
of the said shipp ''Sarah'', the outwards lading of the said shipph'', the outwards lading of the said shipp +
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