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as aforesayd, and was to receyve the sayd … as aforesayd, and was to receyve the sayd money againe att Bahia of<br />
and from the severall factors there to whom the sayd Negers of<br />
the Portugulls were respectively consigned; And saith that the<br />
sayd money was allso seized and arrested in the hands of the sayd factors<br />
by the sayd Kinges Minsters so as the sayd ffrancis Hardidge could<br />
not nor did not receyve the same. the premisses he well knoweth<br />
being att Angola and Bahia when the premisses happened respectively<br />
as aforesayd being then and there Carpenter of and in the sayd shipp<br />
And otherwise deposeth not.
To the 11th article he saith that in or about the beginning of the yeare<br />
1652. English stile there were laden and putt on board the sayd shipp<br />
by the King of Portugalls officers nine hundred and forty Chests and<br />
sixteene fetches or halfe Chests of Sugars, which was to pay freight<br />
twenty six millrees per tonne reckoning fifty four aroves to a<br />
tunn, and to pay one hundred and sixty Rees average for every<br />
arove. And there were likewise a great quantity of Tobacco<br />
in Rolls and severall great planckes, and peices of Jacaranda<br />
wood. the certayne quantitye whereof or freight or average he<br />
knoweth not. nor can depose certainly to the value of the whole<br />
freight and average, of the whole sugars att the rate aforesayd did<br />
amount to, fourteene thousand two hundred seventy five millrees<br />
or thereabouts.
To the 12th article he saith that of the sayd sugars seven hundred Chests<br />
or thereabouts were for accompt of Portugauses and the Provador att<br />
Bahia did receyve two millrees, per Chest for every of them making<br />
in all one thousand four hundred Millrees, and after that rate of this<br />
deponents observation the Captaines of all vessells then att Bahia did<br />
rećeyve for the place of each Chest or leave to lade them aboard<br />
and saith that the sayd ffrancis Hardidge should have receyved<br />
the sayd 1400. millrees in case his shipp had not bene seized as aforesayd,<br />
the premisses he deposeth being then att Bahia and well observing the<br />
price and manner of procuring and paying for places for sugars. And<br />
further deposeth not.
To the 13th article he referreth to his foregoeing depositions and furtehr<br />
cannot depose, saving he saith that by computation he findeth that the [#]
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price of the sayd salt being 800. millrees. the freight of the sayd Portugalls negers being 3089 millrees, the value of the sayd Captaine Hardidge and his<br />
Owners 133 negers att 45 millrees per head making 5985. millrees. the sayd Royall Customes being 3668 millrees, the sayd places for sugar<br />
Chests being 1400. millrees. in all fourteen thousand nine hundred forty two millrees. which should have come to the sayd Captaine Hardidge<br />
his hands att Bahia had it not bene for the sayd seizure, would there have produced five hundred thirty three Chests of white sugars<br />
reckoning twenty eight millrees for the price of each Chest one with another which was the highest price such sugars were then there<br />
bought att, and those Chests would att Lisbon if brought thither have yeilded thirty five thousand one hundred seventy eight millrees<br />
reckoning onely 22-aroves to a Chest and three millrees for the price of each arove: which is farr below the ordinary measure and<br />
price
Richard Rawl [SIGNATURE, LH MARGIN AT 90 DEGREES]
To the 14th article of the sayd allegation he saith that the sayd Kings officers<br />
did seize and take away att Bahia aforesayd from William Marshall<br />
Pilot of the sayd shipp two and twenty negers worth forty five millrees,<br />
per head one with another and five Elephants teeth worth about twelve<br />
millrees and the sayd Marshall was enforced of this deponents knowledge<br />
to take upp 60 millrees att 30 per cent Interest, for the supply of his<br />
necessaries all which amounts to one thousand sixty two millrees<br />
and saith that the sayd 1062 millrees were and are well worth<br />
6 per cent per anno from the tyme of the sayd seizure which was<br />
on or about the seventh of ffebruary 1651. English stile. of the<br />
seizure of the sayd Marshalls goods he was an eye witnes. and further<br />
referring to his foregoeing depositions he cannot depose saving<br />
thats he cannot depose saving<br />
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