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of the ''Sarah'' and her ladeing, but they … of the ''Sarah'' and her ladeing, but they refused to have any comission<br />
And further saith that after the surprizall of the ''Sarah'' and her ladeing<br />
in manner as aforesayd here this deponent was kept as a prisoner on board<br />
the ''Mary'' and thereby had often Conference with the sayd Scroll and, one [?Claes GUTTER]<br />
''Prince'' the Marchant aboard the ''Mary'', and other officers of the sayd<br />
Shipp, and heard the sayd Scroll confesse that hee was a dutchman and a<br />
subject of the States of the United Provinces and that the sayd shipp ''Mary''<br />
did belonge to Amsterdam, and that hee came thee with and brought outward Cargo from holland her upon a tradeing voyage<br />
and that hee lived at or neere [?Minikin dam] in holland, and the sayd Claes Prince<br />
alsoe confessed to this deponent that hee was alsoe a subject of the sayd States<br />
and lived at [?housden] in holland, and alsoe head most of the officers of the<br />
''Mary'' confesse that they were dutchmen subjects of the sayd states, And further<br />
to these articles hee cannot depose saveing hee saith that about sixe or seaven<br />
weekes after the surprizall of the ''Sarah'' videlicet about the [?eleveanth GUTTER]<br />
of September 1656 the sayd Scroll being then on board the ''Unicorne''<br />
arlate, as Commander of her, and this deponent being a Prisoner on board the<br />
''Mary'', sawe the sayd Scrawle (sic) upon the high and open Seas nere Cape Lopez<br />
aforesayd surprize and take the arlate shipp the ''Rappanhannack'' of London<br />
but whether the ''Unicorne'' then bore the dutch colours when shee made the sayd<br />
seizure of the ''Rappanhannack'', or what ladeing was surprized aboard the<br />
Rappahannack hee knoweth not for that hee was a prisoner, but hath<br />
heard shee had divers Negroes and alsoe other Merchandize then aboard her
To the 8th article of the sayd allegation hee saith that every of the<br />
hundred and sixtie Negroes seized onboard the shipp the ''Sarah''<br />
the tyme and place aforesayd, would in the yeare 1656 arlate have<br />
yeilded at the Barbadoes thirty pounds sterling per Negro in goods of<br />
that Country or upon bills of exchange for money to bee paid in England<br />
and would then have yeilded at Virginia at the least thirty five pounds<br />
sterling per Negro in goods of that Country or bills of exchange for<br />
money to be paid at London (Negroes usually bearing a greater price at<br />
Virginia then at the Barbadoes) and this deponent after his being released<br />
from being a prisoner on board the ''Mary'' came to the Barbadoes and there sawe<br />
a shipp come in thither with Negroes in the moneth of december 1656 and sawe them<br />
there sold for goods of that country after the rate of thirty five pounds sterling<br />
per negro And this deponent beleeveth that what Negroes were surprized on<br />
board the ''Rapahannuck'' would have [?yeleiled] at Barbados or Virginia the<br />
rates aforesayd And further too this article hee cannot depose
To the 9th article hee saith as is predeposed that<br />
there was on board the ''Sara'' at her seizure (for Accompt of the sayd LLewellin<br />
a quantitie of Elephants teeth worth five hundred pounds sterling, and for<br />
this deponents Account as Master a quantitie of Elephants teeth worth three<br />
hundred pounds sterling as aforesayd, besides the Negroes predeposed of on<br />
board her for the sayd LLewellins and this deponents Accompts And saith that besides<br />
the premisses this deponents Sea Instruments and bookes and Cloathes, and<br />
of the ''Sarah'' were worth five hundred pounds sterling at the least, and alsoe<br />
the sayd shipps outward Cargoe undisposed of and on board her at the<br />
tyme of her seizure and belonging to the sayd LLewellin was worth two<br />
or three hundred pounds sterling all which hee well knoweth was seized<br />
and taken away by the sayd Scrole and his Company and the Owners<br />
thereof utterly deprived of the same And further to this article hee cannot depose
Tother to this article hee cannot depose
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